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I am an elementary school librarian - although I like the new term cybrarian better. I am in a rural and suburban district, and I teach students in grades K - 6. I was really nervous about teaching technology to students when I began teaching 6 years ago. Now it is one of my favorite things to teach. I am looking forward to learning more ways to help students learn and create.

11/20/10
 * 5 technologies to try
 * 1) prezi.com
 * 2) polleverywhere.com
 * 3) zamzar.com
 * 4) pppst.com
 * 5) scholar.google.com
 * 4 ideas to share with others
 * 1) Create a presentation with prezi.com to show new student content
 * 2) Have students create graphic organizer using prezi.com
 * 3) Show (again) teachers the web tools bookmarked in Delicious
 * 4) Show teachers how to find scholarly articles in google.
 * 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning
 * 1) Use multiple methods of presenting information (to support recognition),
 * 2) Encourage diverse methods for students to show what they have learned (to support strategic processes),
 * 3) Increase student engagement using a wide variety of digital learning tools (to support affective responses).
 * 2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age
 * 1) Find more videos to present information - use schooltube, youtube, teachertube,
 * 2) Offer more options for formative assessments to offer options for all learners,
 * 1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday”
 * 1) Find a video of Caldecott winning book from the 1960's instead of reading it.

11/21/10 - Noon 5 technologies to try 4 ideas to share 3 principles of UDL 2 changes to my teaching 1 BIG idea for Monday
 * Book Adventure
 * Shahi
 * VisuWords
 * Wikipedia Simple English
 * Kerpoof
 * BBC Solar System Jigsaw
 * Webspiration
 * Education Oasis Graphic Organizers
 * bubbl.us
 * Use multiple methods of presenting information,
 * Encourage diverse methods for students to show what they have learned,
 * Increase student engagement using a wide variety of digital learning tools.
 * Use Shahi for word meaning with some students
 * Use Wikipedia Simple English for research
 * Bookmark Shahi for students

11/21/10 Group Discussion
 * 1) Use GoogleDocs for collaboration with other district elementary librarians for planning the 3rd marking period.
 * 2) Consider an elem lib wiki for discussion and planning.
 * 3) Earphones for text to speech for SIRS discoverer research.

12/04/10 12/04/10 5 technologies: 4 ideas to share: 3 principles of UDL 2 changes to my teaching 1 BIG Idea to share on Monday
 * scholar.google.com
 * izzit.org
 * [|__http://www.google.com/educators/p_notebook.html__]
 * __http://www.google.com/educators/p_booksearch.html__
 * http://www.tenbyten.org/10x10.html
 * google earth animal habitat lesson plan
 * google earth renaissance lesson
 * Mythology websites
 * Storytelling websites
 * Use multiple methods of presenting information,
 * Encourage diverse methods for students to show what they have learned,
 * Increase student engagement using a wide variety of digital learning tools.
 * Increase use of Google Earth - create geographical context (add to Shakespeare and Greek mythology)
 * Use Google scholar for research
 * Online collage by Microsoft

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 * LESSON PLAN - Grade 4 - Cycle 17 and 18)
 * Objectives: Library support of Storytown reading series themes - cause/effect and mountain landform.
 * Students will appreciate quality literature.
 * Students will be introduced to Google Earth.
 * Students will learn to create a placemark in Google Earth.
 * Students will placemark mountains in Google Earth.
 * Students will locate Lancaster County and placemark it in Google Earth
 * Materials: When I Was Young in the Mountains, by Cynthia Rylant
 * audioclip of “Coal Miner’s Daughter” by Loretta Lynn
 * Computers for students
 * Google Earth guide sheets
 * Procedure: Remind students (or introduce if their class has not reached this focus in Storytown) that they are reading about mountains as a landform. We will read a story today about what life was like for a young girl growing up in the mountains of Eastern United States. We will also listen to a song about growing up in this kind of setting. Afterwards we will use computers to locate where in the US mountainous regions the singer lived. Afterwards we will then try to locate mountainous areas of Pennsylvania where coal mining took place.
 *  Read story. What is the setting of the story? Guide students to answers about mountain ranges, coal mining areas, United States. We will learn to find these areas on Google Earth on the computers. Have students get together with partner (count off numbers to create groups of 2). Using computers, show how to open Google Earth program. Teach students to type in location (Butcher’s Hollow, KY). Use placemark feature to identify it on satellite image. Then locate Centralia, PA. Put placemark onto that location. Zoom out to compare these locations. Look at street view where possible to see buildings, streets, vehicles.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assessment: Checklist assessment:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Did students find each location successfully?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Did students placemark each location successfully?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Did students placemark each location successfully?