Thing #4

Hello Googledocs...you are my new best friend! :) I can't tell you how many times I've created something at home and either e-mailed it to myself only to get to school and find out that I didn't wait for it to attach or forgot to attach it altogether, put it on a jump drive and forgot it at home, or the file was too big to attach to the e-mail or fit on the jump drive. Googledocs has solved my problems! I will definitely be taking advantage of this free service. Now, not only will I have access to something both at home and at school, but if I change it once I get to school, I'll have the new file at home too! Googledocs has opened up a whole new world for me! :) Thank you Mrs. Yoder! You are the best!

Thing #3

On the 13 Things blog there is a link to another blogspot called Speaking of History. This is a blog written by an 8th grade history teacher in Missouri. On this blog, I found a slideshow entitled "A Dozen Ways to Incorporate Technology Into the History Classroom." In this slideshow I found the idea of taking the kids on a "Virtual" field trip! This sounds like such a fun idea! I can't wait to explore this idea. The next chapeter in Social Studies has the students taking a tour around my classroom using pictures. I think I'm going to explore the internet and see what I can find. I might be able to use the idea of a "virtual" field trip for this chapter! :) I can't wait!



Here is the Link to Dozens of Ways to Integrate Technology into the History Classroom. Just click on the word "dozens". Enjoy! I know I did!

Getting closer...

I need your help followers! :) Here is what I'm thinking. This chapter my students will be going on a "tour" of four different sites in Egypt. They are going to write postcards to "friends" describing the things they saw, why those things are important to the Egpytians, etc. What if I had them make a blog entry of their postcards? Then asked them to respond to someone elses blog postcard. What do you think? Any other ideas? I'm just bouncing ideas around, I'd love to hear your ideas!

Still thinking....

I am still unsure as to how I want to use this blog with my students. My thoughts are this...have the students create an entry (maybe in pairs or trios) from the viewpoint of someone that lived in Ancient Egypt or something along those lines. Like I said though...this is all still in the planning process inside my head. I usually need to write things out a few times before I start to incorporate them into my lessons. :) I'm a visual kind of person! If you have any ideas or thoughts...please share! I'm all about cooperation! ;)

Welcome!

Welcome to Miss Wainman's Budding Bloggers page! My hope is to encorporate this blog into my classroom curriculum by asking my students to create posts that relate to the current topic in our Social Studies curriculum.

Who knows what the blogging world has in store for the future of my 6th graders...