Tate enjoying his breakfast. Cereal is huge at the Pfantz house. Yum!Thursday, November 3, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
More pics
Kisses for sis 
Tate's already trying to tackle his little sister. Good thing Tess is amused by it!
Photo op. Didn't go so well.
My pretty little sweetieCentral Trick or Treating!
We went on a Halloween outing on Thursday night. Tate and Tessa were a cute duo in their Fireman themed outfits. Tess slept the entire time but Tate was on a mission to get candy! When people asked who he was he said, "weee ew weee ew" (the sound of a fire truck) (o:Monday, March 7, 2011
Webquest/technology
I also wanted to add to my previous post that it is very important to make sure the site you want to incorporate into a lesson is working correctly. There were many sites that I tried viewing that no longer worked or did not direct me to where I needed to go. This would also be important if you tried using the same webquest each year as the site may change. Always good to be prepared!
Webquests
I have been researching different webquests that would be interesting to use in the classroom with students from K-3rd grade. I was frustrated early on as there are numerous webquest sites, most of which did not include what I was looking for. The best webquest site I have found so far is webquest.org. This site lets you chose the grade/age and than the topic. Although a little limited it did offer some very neat webquest activities and they were all developed and organized very nicely. The two I am currently looking at deal with reading and astronomy/geography. I could definitely see myself frequently using webquests in the classroom for group and individual work. I could incorporate them at the beginning, middle, or end of a unit or lesson. I think the kiddos will love them!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Emerging Technology
After watching the clip on the new technology in progress I was pretty speechless initially. A device that can allow you access to any info on a product or person and than can display that info by a projector on any object available is pretty amazing. What really struck me is the fact that these engineers were talking about the possibility of implanting this technology in your brain. What? Who would do that? I thought it was an impressive invention but I don't know that it would make my life much easier, possibly more complicated in fact. I can't believe how many new devices have come out in the past two years; it's a little overwhelming.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Intro to Instructional Technology - blog #3
Flickr - Google - Pandora - Skype
I really enjoyed all of the above sites and would easily be able to incorporate them in the classroom. Google of course is a great resource that includes different tabs or searches such as "Google Scholar". I use this when writing research papers.
Flickr is a great interactive, creative site that all students could get involved with. You can create collages, posters, compile photos from a class field trip, etc.
Pandora is a music site where you can type in a certain song, artist, genre, and than Pandora chooses music to play that is similar to what you chose. This would be great to have playing in the background while students are working on group projects. The students can have input on what music they want.
Skype is a great way to keep in touch with family, friends, or for the classroom possibly an international friend. Classrooms can communicate to eachother, you could even use it to work on group projects without leaving home!
I really enjoyed all of the above sites and would easily be able to incorporate them in the classroom. Google of course is a great resource that includes different tabs or searches such as "Google Scholar". I use this when writing research papers.
Flickr is a great interactive, creative site that all students could get involved with. You can create collages, posters, compile photos from a class field trip, etc.
Pandora is a music site where you can type in a certain song, artist, genre, and than Pandora chooses music to play that is similar to what you chose. This would be great to have playing in the background while students are working on group projects. The students can have input on what music they want.
Skype is a great way to keep in touch with family, friends, or for the classroom possibly an international friend. Classrooms can communicate to eachother, you could even use it to work on group projects without leaving home!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Virtual Tour
http://campus.fortunecity.com/newton/40/field.html
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php
I had a hard time finding actual virtual tours online but finally came across the website listed above that had many options to choose from, mostly relating to the social sciences. I chose a virtual tour on African wildlife which I would probably use in K-3rd grade classrooms. I viewed a tour of the elephant plains along with live video of a bald eagle. Most of the videos were live so there wasn't a lot of action, however there were previous recordings that captured movement. I think that this would be a great resource to use in the classroom that would make the students feel they were a part of what was happening. This is something I could have playing on the big screen during free time as well. Overall, great resource.
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php
I had a hard time finding actual virtual tours online but finally came across the website listed above that had many options to choose from, mostly relating to the social sciences. I chose a virtual tour on African wildlife which I would probably use in K-3rd grade classrooms. I viewed a tour of the elephant plains along with live video of a bald eagle. Most of the videos were live so there wasn't a lot of action, however there were previous recordings that captured movement. I think that this would be a great resource to use in the classroom that would make the students feel they were a part of what was happening. This is something I could have playing on the big screen during free time as well. Overall, great resource.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
We love to read!
Tate loves reading his books lately! He also loves to look at pictures of himself, he finds it quite hillarious. (o: Aparently it's true what they say, reading promotes language development. Tate is quickly picking up on new words. So far his vocab consists of: Dog, ball, Mom, Daddy, all done (not clearly), up, uh oh, more, and pretty. Most of these are pretty clear but some only Mom and Dad can decode.
Ed Tech. Entry #1
What tools of technology do you use in your role as a Central student?
My computer and the computers provided to me on campus. I utilize the internet frequently to research topics for class. I also access Blackboard daily to check the online syllabus, assignments for individual courses and to keep up to date with grades. I check both email accounts at lease e.o.d. and keep in touch with friends, family, professors, and classmates this way. Facebook is a guilty addiction of mine, however I don't use it to stalk people, I just like to keep up with current pics (especially of babies). I do not own a fancy phone with internet (or unlimited texts) or an ipad, knoodle or whatever the new techno book machine is called. It's amazing I am still able to communicate with the human race. (o:
What would you like to have to add to these tools, and how would this help you do your work???
Hmmmmmm................. If I had an unlimited amount of money I might purchase every new piece of technology, but I don't like to read directions so I would probably end up throwing it all in the back of my closet. Honestly the only addition I could see as helpful RIGHT NOW as a student would be a smaller, portable laptop to take notes on in class and to store assignments on. Oh, I just thought of one more thing, a new printer for my home office so I could print at my leisure.
My computer and the computers provided to me on campus. I utilize the internet frequently to research topics for class. I also access Blackboard daily to check the online syllabus, assignments for individual courses and to keep up to date with grades. I check both email accounts at lease e.o.d. and keep in touch with friends, family, professors, and classmates this way. Facebook is a guilty addiction of mine, however I don't use it to stalk people, I just like to keep up with current pics (especially of babies). I do not own a fancy phone with internet (or unlimited texts) or an ipad, knoodle or whatever the new techno book machine is called. It's amazing I am still able to communicate with the human race. (o:
What would you like to have to add to these tools, and how would this help you do your work???
Hmmmmmm................. If I had an unlimited amount of money I might purchase every new piece of technology, but I don't like to read directions so I would probably end up throwing it all in the back of my closet. Honestly the only addition I could see as helpful RIGHT NOW as a student would be a smaller, portable laptop to take notes on in class and to store assignments on. Oh, I just thought of one more thing, a new printer for my home office so I could print at my leisure.
Playing catch up - Halloween pics
I have not updated my blog in a while so here are some more pics of the Tater man from the past 3 months.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Intro to Instructional Technology
This semester I will be sharing a spot on my blog for posts made for my Intro to Instructional Technology course. For those that do keep up with my blog (sorry it's been a while since I have updated) feel free to read my posts!!!
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