Harlem Wizards Photo Story

Using Photo Story 3 I created a photo story that I will use with my students. This story is about a Harlem Wizards basketball game that I played in as a fundraiser. I created this story to show to my current students to entice them to come support their teachers and help raise money for their local sports teams. To learn more, check out my movie.

I really enjoyed creating this video and I think it will be very useful for my students. I would love for all of them to come to the game this year and I think this video will help. I love that Photo Story 3 is free. I have never created a digital story before, but I found using this program to be very easy and user friendly. I will definitely use it again.

Goolge Earth and Teaching Area and Perimeter

Today I was searching around on the internet for engaging activities to teach/review area and perimeter with my 6th graders. I stumbled across this website that explains how to use Google Earth to engage students in understand area and perimeter. Google Earth has a measure feature that allows you to zoom into familiar places and measure the side of a building or piece or property. This is engaging for the students because it makes it personal by allowing them to choose the places to go. They can explore the world while doing math! Check out the video below for more information. This is a perfect example of teaching with technology!

My Life in Photos - Writing Exchage

Today I worked on introducing myself on the forum for the Writing Exchange project. I have to say it was a little frustrating. However, now that I am done I am pleased with the way that it came out. I typed my entire introduction first. After, finishing but before posting, I decided that I wanted to put a slideshow or a collage on my post. So, I went to Picasion because I had used it before and liked it. I tried to create a slideshow but the website was not cooperating and I wouldn't create it. So, I got frustrated and looked for a different website. I found Smilebox, which is a great website! It is free and you can create slideshows and collages for free! Well, by the time I was done messing around and posted it into my introduction, I hit post and it didn't work. The site had timed me out and all the work was gone! Agghhh! I screamed  a little. =] It wasn't all for nothing though.