TIE plan

This is the link to my TIE plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nIB0MLtrCr1mUF-wiCo7a2wVuljokukPJme3OFdStX8/edit?hl=en#

link to lesson plan

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bm92H_Wpl0Q4baSP3VH7ftaFANBY15x_MmZUNL2G9GE/edit?hl=en&authkey=COSqrdYO

This is the link to my lesson plan for the TIE assignment

Reflection on TIE lesson

I feel that using technology in the classroom is a fantastic idea.  I have only used google docs, which the students all enjoyed.  The problem I was faced with was the amount of time I was able to have in order to complete this assignment with the students.  There wasn't enough time in the lesson to complete the task.  I feel that when I have my own classroom, this would work ideally.  Since that is not the case for us PST's, this is difficult to incorporate.  I wasn't able to create a voicethread to my document which I had hoped to do.  Again, because of the shortness of time.  Third grade is the beginning of the TAKS testing process, which greatly reduces classroom time for anything other then learning the information for the TAKS.  I have found that disappointing yet understandable. So while this is great in theory, the ability to follow through on this has been  limited due to the time constraints.  If anyone out there has some suggestions on how I can find the time to incorporate both googledoc and voice thread, I would appreciate it.

Lesson Plan using googledocs third grade social studies

I created a lesson plan for third grade on the social studies unit about Benjamin Franklin.  After meeting with Dr. Elwood, she showed me a great idea for incorporating a google doc into my lesson.  The activity involved creating a bio-poem about Benjamin Franklin, and each group had one invention/contribution that they wrote about.   This was an activity that my students were interested in, and given enough time during the lesson, it would have benn completed.  As it was, the lesson did not provide enough time to finish all of them.  This is what they were able to accomplish during the lesson/station time.  Let me know what you think.  Thanks!
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AQFYIWsPxDn4ZDlneGMzdF8xM2Y5dm41NGRn&hl=en&authkey=CIngtbYJ

Marti Cryst

voice thread

I'm trying out voice thread so I may use it in my social studies class, I'm hoping the link will work; let's try: http://voicethread.com/share/1762265/
  Anyhow, it works on my end.  It's not a brilliant first time, but for a first try it will suffice (I can only get better, right?).  Let me know if it works for you.

Blogs

At school on Thursday I was checking out the teacher's computer and seeing if I would be able to start a blog for the students.  When I tried to make a blog it was blocked.  Thus, we will not be able to do a blog for our students if you are a PST at the same school I am at....I was a bit disappointed as I wanted to try it out.

syllabus

Does anyone know how to find the syllabus for this class????