Phew!

I have been learning but have been too busy to post. I am so thankful I have former posts so that I can refer to them. The ideas everyone has shared are fantastic.

I love some of the more recent tools I've explored. Glogster is incredible and if you haven't visited Jaclyn's blog you have to see what one of Leslie's students created. I also like Wallwisher and we are going to have our fourth graders try it out the first week of school saying something about fourth grade and what they are looking forward to.

After the children receive their laptops on the 23rd one of the first activities we will do is give a "shout out" about how cool having a laptop is.

Skype is a great tool and we've got to connect our children and experts and perhaps schools in colonial towns. When we study the American Revolution it would be interesting to have the children connect with a school in England. I can imagine the questions the children would create to ask British students. About ten years ago my students read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The setting of the story is London and we had video conferences with a school in England.

As you can see by the date, I am immersed in school. Wasn't Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs amazing! Oh what to cut! What to keep! Tis a toughy!

Thanks again to you, Sandy! You have introduced me to so many valuable tools and I must continue to learn and choose which ones will help prepare my children for 2017 and beyond!