Personal Learning Network (PLN) Diagram

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Learning Unit Reflections

Learning Unit Reflections

Learning Unit #1:  All About Me

I like the bubbl.us brainstorming tool a lot, it was a very quick and easy way to organize ideas.  I could definitely use this graphic organizer with my students to organize story details as well as for pre-writing.
I also liked the wordle and smilebox creation tools.  I know my students could definitely make a wordle of themselves for their all about me assignment and I will be adding it to the project for next year.  I also like the smilebox tool which I plan on using to make a class video to share with parents.

Learning Unit #2:  Our Earth - Maps

I never thought about using a spreadsheet to gather student information but I think it worked well for this project.
Google maps worked naturally with this project and I think the students will connect to this activity because they get to pin their own address.
I wasn't too wowed by Google Presentations, it is just like power point if you ask me.

Learning Unit #3:  We the People - Government

I would definitely like to use polleverywhere again but since my classroom only has 3 student computers and 2nd graders don't have cell phones, I would use it in the computer lab so that everyone can respond and we can see results instantly.
I think Glogster is a great tool for students to show what they know.  I think it would be great to split up a story or topic and have small groups of students create a glogster to share the information that they learned with the rest of the class.
I think Blogger is my favorite publishing too probably because I had my own blog before I started this class and I'm used to using it but it's a great way to publish to the web.

Web 2.0 Tools Research

Web 2.0 Tools Research

Use SignUpGenius to have students and or parents sign up for things like classroom activities, project topics, conferences, or classroom donations.

I used Sign Up Genius to allow my students to sign up for research paper topics, see my sign up here.

I suggest walking students or parents through the process of signing up before you set them loose.  Also, make sure to specify how many times they can sign up.