My Googleform

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1g-Xhv7tOlbW4FwKtFZROiWtVnoBBSiY8umI-83GnyAo/viewform The tools we learned about today seem to be very useful. One tool presented to us was googleforms which can be used for invitations, surveys, quizzes, or even essay assignments. I thought the invitation can be used for many celebrations both personal and school related. This is a great way to inform parents whom you communicate with through email. The survey like our presenter mentioned can be used to get feedback from parents of what they thought about the year and what things could be modified. For Googleearth I got many great ideas of what it could be used for like socialstudies. In prek we can talk about the community and how it looks, we have a whole theme about community so this would be a great way to show students how the police department building looks like. We can also show them the fire department building and comparisons to other buildings in other states. It is a very useful tool for all grade levels. A third tool we learned about is Wordle this can be used to brainstorm different topics and it organizes it in a creative way. This in my opinion can also be used for any grade level. A forth tool we learned about was gliffy can be used for language arts to brainstorm different topics as well. It is like a web that can be used using technology instead of using paper. It has many functions to it that can be added to add more information on the topic being researched. All of these are great tools that can be used both in school or for our personal use.

Using Animoto

In class today we learned about Animoto I had never heard about this program Animoto, but now that I got to use it I loved it. I think it is a great tool that can be used for many things. I liked how you can even add music to it and just by adding the pictures it modifies it for you. As a preK teacher we are constantly taking pictures of the students and it is sometimes hard to use them all for something. I have just thought of a great way to use Animoto and that is making a classroom video with all of the students picture at the end of the year and send it to parents. They would love to have something like this to keep of their child. It is a very simple video to use but very fun and nice to have. I am looking forward to using it in my classroom.

Khloe

Khloe