Julie+Gleason

__Web 2.0 Connections __

1. Wordle: a tool that creates a "word cloud" or poster with the words that you type in. Wordle could be used for lots of things in kindergarten such as vocabulary lessons, teaching famous people, seasons, weather descriptions, etc. =[|Wordle] = 

__ PhotoPeach: __ a tool to turn photos and videos into a slideshow with music. I use this tool to upload photos onto my blog and I am able to add captions to go along with the slideshows. It is easy to use Valentine's Day Party on PhotoPeach and upload to my blog. media type="custom" key="8699414"

__ Blogger: __ Free webblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and videos.

I have started a blog this year to communicate with my parents and to give them educational information. I communicate daily information, educational websites, books read online, newsletters, and up-coming events. I have posted videos of the children on YouTube and PhotoBooth.

[|Mrs. Gleason's Kindergarten Blog]

__iMovie __-you can make movie trailers, easily edit audio, add effects, and share your new movie on FaceBook, YouTube, and more. I tried using iMovie in my classroom by having some of my readers video taped and uploading it into iMovie for sharing it on YouTube and/or burning it on a disk.

[|YouTube of Kindergarteners Reading] media type="custom" key="8727348"

__Personal Learning Network __

1. Diigo I started a Kindergarten Group on Diigo and started to bookmark websites that I want to refer back to at a regular basis that have been beneficial to my classroom curricullum. Also, I like the option of "saving" an article to read at a later date or emailing a site to a friend. I hope to use this tool much more in the future.

Twitter/TweetDeck- I have just started using Twitter/TweetDeck for the Web 2.0 Tools class. I have learned to send short text messages, or "tweets". I hope to do more social networking to learn more and share articles that I have found too.

__Integrated Lesson Plan : __ Taught with Nicole Spalla and Karen Innis

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