Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Irish Loves and Tried it (Techie) Tuesday: Padlet

What a lovely start to the week! With one month to go, we broke out our St. Patrick’s Day gear. Yes, they are sticking out their tongues. At 2 and 4 that was the only way to get them looking at the camera!

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The Irishman and I were both off work. We have no babysitters, so we try to take a date day for the two or three days in the year when day care is open and we are off work.

We spent the first hour or two working on a project for school. After a quick trip to Costco, we’d planned to go see a movie. Instead we decided to crash on the beach with Shamrock Shakes. Bliss!

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I had my first Shamrock Shake on my first visit to Ireland. This was back in our “long distance” “You’ve Got Mail” days.

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On the topic of Ireland, my husband just booked our flights for Ireland this summer! My in-laws are SO excited that we are coming! We haven’t been in years and never in the summer.

Anyway, back to the Tech Tuesday…

I have my student create a lot in my room. Due to the nature of my class, student might draw, build with Legos, create block structures, or design something online. They always hate to clean up when it is time to go.

I had this vision of creating an online gallery of their creations. At FETC I’d been on the lookout for possible sites to use that would work. Last week I started with Padlet. So far I’m loving it!

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I’ve set up one gallery for each grade level. Right now our computers are not set up for students to save photos, but in the near future they will be able to create their own posts that I will moderate and approve.

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In looking at the ELA standards for technology, there is an emphasis on publishing and sharing starting in K-1. I love this as a quick easy way to publish electronically.

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There is a character limit on the writing, but I'm hoping to use this to get them started for some collaborative work in the STEAM Lab. 

We are also looking at possibly creating a board for the Minecraft club to post screen shots of their creations from the server. (I might be the club sponsor, but I’m still learning…a lot! I’m just hoping that my statement actually makes sense!)

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3 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing about Padlet. I'll have to check that out. My family loves Shamrock Shakes. My kids look forward to this time of year just to drink them! I think it gets us through the last part of winter!
    Michele

    Coffee Cups and Lesson Plans

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  2. Love the St. Patty's day gear! :) I have always wanted to visit Ireland, my Grandfather Robert Clatts' mother (Helen Marie Curly) and father were both immigrants, and he always wanted to go, but never made the journey!

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  3. I LOVE Shamrock shakes! Ireland this summer? Nice! That is one country I have always wanted to go to. I keep saying I need to check out Padlet. Thanks for linking up! :)
    ~Holly
    Fourth Grade Flipper

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