Examples shared of ELEMENTARY teachers doing exceptional, creativity, collaboration in their classrooms.

1. Never Too Young To Learn
Jennifer Wagner
TCEA 2011
projectsbyjen@gmail.com

2. Resources
• What Every Teacher Should Know About Technology
-- Bernie Poole
• Blogging, It's Elementary, My Dear Watson
-- Lorrie Jackson
• Tech-ing Wisely in the K-2 Classroom
-- Tech Team Education World
• Using Technology as a Learning Tool, Not Just the Cool New Thing
– Ben McNeely
• Math Instruction Can Be Enhanced by the Techie Teacher
-- Marilyn Western
• Literacy Technology in the Elementary Classroom
-- Ira Socol
• Podcasting in the Elementary Classroom
-- Wes Fryer (From EdTechTalk "It's Elementary Webcast"
• Using Technology to Enhance Literacy in Elementary School Children
-- Dr. Alice Christie
• It's Elementary!! Using Electronic Portfolios with Young Students -- Dr.
J. Moritz & Dr. Alice Christie

3. Kathy Cassidy
Kathy teaches a class of 6 year olds in Moose Jaw,
Canada who are inviting the world into their classroom
to help them learn.
Kathy has also established blogging buddies, where
pre-teachers in college read & comment on her
student’s blogs. This enables the students to
receive feedback as well as help the soon-to-be
teachers see ways of using blogging with their
classrooms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ8VAef8QM4

4. Student Thoughts
Parent Communication
Global Outreach
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337&start=10

5. Brent Coley
Each day, a student in Brent’s classroom is assigned
to be the Roving Reporter. His or her job is to write
short article about what took place in class that
day. ColeyCast is Room 34's very own podcast!
Recorded by the students, each
broadcast highlights some of the exciting things we're
learning in our classroom. Mr. Coley has created
specially designed PowerPoint presentations that can
serve as color flash cards to help you
review some of the concepts studied
in class.

6. Review and Comprehension
http://mrcoley.com/coleycast/index.htm

7. Tomball ISD
Skyping between two 2nd
grade classes once a week on
Friday.
They take turns sharing what they are learning in their
classes each week.
The teacher also directs the students in the other class
with following directions and answering questions.
Another example is they shared weather posters
(via the webcam) and then ask the other class
questions.
They also are have teamed up the students to be
online/offline buddies.

8. Kolter Elementary, Houston ISD
The teachers have created wiki pages
– for things such as reading logs,
embedding forms for parent info
(snack/volunteering), sharing links
with students, classroom
communication!!
The students are filling out their
reading logs in several classes.
This is the beginning of a new journey
on this campus.

9. CO - Connections
Mrs. Cranford & Mrs.Odom work with combination of 3rd,
4th, and 5th grade students. Their classroom integrates
technology in almost everything they do. Recognized as the
Web 2.0 pioneers on their intermediate campus, they are
the first classroom to create and participate in blogging,
and it has been exciting for everyone. They hope to make
friends all over the world!

10. http://coconnections.wonecks.net/
Team Work Vocabulary Communication

11. Mrs. Wingo
The Students in Mrs. Wingo’s class are creating a
daily journal of class happenings and upcoming
events.
They use both a blog, and now also a webcam, to
help them communicate with parents, family, and the
world.
Do not confuse simplicity with quality.
With a just a few words, daily or weekly,
Mrs. Wingo has established an effective
way for her Kindergarten students to
share their classroom with the world.

12. Conversations and Communication
http://awingo.wordpress.com/

13. Carol Broos
The fourth graders start on Sound Studio and the
keyboard to record their stories. They
compose music and produce projects that
involve multi-media.
Students comment on
each other’s compositions and share files
within the school. Sunset Ridge just started a district-
wide podcast website www.pod29.com
where students &
teachers can post podcasts.

14. http://www.pod29.com/
Writing Editing Collaboration

15. Mrs. Gamache
The Students in Mrs. Gamache’s class create voice
threads.
One voice thread was to extend “Mary Had A Little
Lamb” with ideas of where the lamb might have
gone besides “school”.
Using a drawing program, the
keyboard, and microphones…..
the students shared their individual
stories and then invited
others to comment.

16. Creativity Imagination Art
http://ed.voicethread.com/#q.b44783.i234219

17. You???
Please share the ways you
are taking advantage of new
opportunities within your classroom.
Please don’t boast about the tool – boast
about the learning. 
Teacher Name, School, Grade

18. Never Too Young To Learn
Jennifer Wagner
TCEA 2011
projectsbyjen@gmail.com

19. Links
ohttp://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech/tech227.shtml
ohttp://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech/tech217.shtml
ohttp://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech/tech195.shtml
ohttp://www.educause.edu/Resources/EducatingtheNetGeneration/UsingTechnolo
ohttp://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/elemath.html
ohttp://ldaofmichigan.org/articles/early_intervention.pdf
ohttp://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/08/13/podcast179-podcasting-
in-the-elementary-classroom-a-conversation-on-edtechtalk/
ohttp://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/NECCHTML/index.htm
ohttp://www.alicechristie.org/pubs/Moritz-Christie.pdf
ohttp://www.primaryresources.co.uk/index.htm

20. Shared Session Links
• http://www.toondoo.com/
•
http://www.officelabs.com/projects/communityclips/Pages/D
efault.aspx
• http://www.pageflakes.com/
• http://www.delicious.com/
• http://tinyurl.com/
• http://www.arounder.com/
• http://vimeo.com/
• http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/home

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