
- Papers can be placed under the doc cam & projected full screen. Kids love to come put their paper or piece of writing on the "big screen".
- Showing the kids how to use math manipulatives, or showing them how to DO something (like folding or cutting a piece on a craft activity.
- Zooming in on small details (excellent for parts of a plant!)
- Turns any book into a Big Book!
- One of my favorite things to use it for is teaching the kiddos how to play a game. I can project all the cards, pieces, dice, & everything.

Another of my favorite techy tools is our classroom Moodle. For those of you who have ever used Blackboard or OnCourse, Moodle is very similar. It can be used as an online extension of the classroom: lessons & quizzes can be posted & completed electronically, & you can even set up a chat. For my primary classroom, I use it as a portal for my students. I teach them in first grade how to access the Moodle.
I post links there for them to use. I use computers as a literacy workstation, for example, & have posted language arts games, & links to Speakaboos & Tumblebooks, for example.
As you can see below, I also have a link for them to do research (Kids' Encyclopedia) & to an online version of our basal. Love the Moodle!
Head over to 1st Grade with Miss Snowden & check out all the cool techy ideas at the Linky Party!

Thanks for linking up!
ReplyDeleteI've heard a lot about moodle but have never used it. Do you create an account or is it like a search engine? Thanks!
Jena
Our corporation has it. I'm not sure if you can do an individual account...I've never checked into it.
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