tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21702318696139148022024-02-25T16:12:54.440-05:00Fab in FirstMrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-24990490567176456392011-07-22T08:08:00.000-04:002011-07-22T08:08:45.051-04:00First WAS Fab...Second will be Super!<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to all followers of this BLOG. I will be moving to second grade and will no longer post to this BLOG. I will, however, leave it active for viewing and for a resource to first grade teachers. I will also leave my TeacherPayTeachers store active and continue to post there, as well.Please visit me at http://www.superinsecond.blogspot.com to follow my second grade journey. </span>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com123tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-79808562793213149812011-06-20T13:22:00.002-04:002011-06-20T13:23:16.297-04:00Technology and Curriculum<embed src="http://www1.teachertube.com/embed/player.swf" width="470" height="275" bgcolor="undefined" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="file=http://www1.teachertube.com/embedFLV.php?pg=video_47293&menu=false&frontcolor=ffffff&lightcolor=FF0000&logo=http://www1.teachertube.com/www3/images/greylogo.swf&skin=http://www1.teachertube.com/embed/overlay.swf&volume=80&controlbar=over&displayclick=link&viral.link=http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=47293&stretching=exactfit&plugins=viral-2&viral.callout=none&viral.onpause=false" />Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-69222995874674901862011-06-17T17:57:00.001-04:002011-06-17T17:59:31.023-04:00Tech Humor<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-size: large;">I just returned from an amazing technology/education conference. This video was shared. It is too funny not to share with you...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="440" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kAG39jKi0lI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Enjoy the end of your year!</span></em>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-64775528303469697302011-05-24T21:34:00.000-04:002011-05-24T21:34:54.098-04:00<div style="color: #660000; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hip Hip Hooray!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I just got back my VIP results which tests the students on phoneme segmentation, nonsense word fluency and reading connected text and ALL of my students met goal in ALL three areas (<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Minus my 2 very new students for which I do not yet have scores and whom I have not taught for long.</span></span>)! In the 4 years I have been back to teaching, there has always been 1 or 2 students that did not meet benchmark in at least one area. So- I am beyond thrilled with these scores. These students have grown and grown! I think a big difference this year has been consistent parent communication, more fluency and word practice...as well as setting goals WITH the students. </span></span><b><i style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Celebrate good times!</span></i></b></div>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-91362324220482706512011-05-19T20:47:00.000-04:002011-05-19T20:47:41.465-04:00Learning Celebration<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our big learning celebration is tomorrow with all of the parents coming. Kids are SO excited. They are performing the reader's theater below and reading their original poems. We will watch a Photo Story and the students will share learning strengths and goals through "student led conferences." We will end with a class poem and then I will surprise them with end of the year memory books to keep, that highlight their work throughout the year. Should be a great day. </span>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-83014236511887551452011-05-11T20:13:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:30:55.718-04:00Reader's Theater<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;">We are busy, busy, busy getting ready for our end of the year learning celebration in which the students will each read an original poem and perform the following reader's theater that I am sharing with you! It has ten parts. I am assigning 2 students to each part. Enjoy!</span></span></span></i><br />
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Follow this BLOG.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #660000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #274e13;">2. Follow my TpT store-link at the upper right of this BLOG.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #660000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #274e13;">3. Share a teaching technique or idea that makes you and/or your students SMILE. </span> </span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></div>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-39397252691461211552011-04-26T20:16:00.001-04:002011-05-03T14:29:35.964-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Found this great looking tech resource. I can't wait to find the time to read it. I am posting it so I will read it!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Looks awesome! Hope you get a chance to read it as well.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you click on it below it should open full screen. </span></i></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA3NDItMjAxMTA0MjYtMTUyNy5qcGc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA3NDItMjAxMTA0MjYtMTUyNy5qcGc.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"></span></span>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-16948525158712944722011-04-26T16:25:00.000-04:002011-04-26T16:25:36.948-04:00<div style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="color: #660000;">Cause & Effect</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #274e13;">Sometimes simple is best... </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA3NDUtMjAxMTA0MjYtMTUyOC5qcGc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA3NDUtMjAxMTA0MjYtMTUyOC5qcGc.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA3NDQtMjAxMTA0MjYtMTUyOC5qcGc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA3NDQtMjAxMTA0MjYtMTUyOC5qcGc.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="color: #660000;">After a <span style="color: #274e13;">cause & effect</span> unit where we learned about cause & effect in fiction and nonfiction texts, partners chose an "effect sentence starter" and worked together to come up with 3 or more causes. So simple, but powerful. The students thought of some really awesome "out of the box" causes. This is higher level thinking at its best! </span></span></span></i></b></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #660000;"></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></div><span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></span>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-85398499051119520252011-04-25T17:27:00.000-04:002011-04-25T17:27:04.695-04:00<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;">Wow- I had a wonderful spring break in the mountains of North Carolina. The weather was PERFECT! We cooked s'mores over a fire, relaxed in a hot tub every night, hiked 10 miles on the Appalachian Trail, played ball, lunched by a mountain stream, skipped rocks, read, watched t.v.- just plain good relaxin' family fun! I felt so refreshed today and had a wonderful day back with my kiddos. Will share what's happening in our classroom soon. </span></span></span></i>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-26161894644748762472011-04-15T21:04:00.001-04:002011-04-15T23:34:34.106-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlU6OxgAQ7azJJ3Z1mGOLFyHWIscKIMOBUju1nUrJq_nJriI3IOi5weLCiMt45lr1tWeB_GM7LU8iG2FD845elMFG1XkEMVHVAia7DKm_IiZutKrN4woKqAkTvsK_iw32Q1fDRVwiTeqQ/s1600/spring-break-color.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlU6OxgAQ7azJJ3Z1mGOLFyHWIscKIMOBUju1nUrJq_nJriI3IOi5weLCiMt45lr1tWeB_GM7LU8iG2FD845elMFG1XkEMVHVAia7DKm_IiZutKrN4woKqAkTvsK_iw32Q1fDRVwiTeqQ/s320/spring-break-color.gif" width="320" /></b></a></div><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Yippee! Spring break is finally <b><span style="color: #134f5c;">here</span></b>! I can't believe it's almost the end of the <b><span style="color: #134f5c;">year</span></b>. Be back in a week refreshed and <b><span style="color: #134f5c;">renewed</span></b>. Meanwhile, I'm leaving you with a TpT sale April 19th April - 23rd on the old and the<b><span style="color: #134f5c;"> new</span></b>!10 % off every<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">thing-</span></b> cha-<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">ching</span></b>! See you soon friends. </span></span></i>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-71575282963946028532011-04-15T20:41:00.002-04:002011-04-15T20:44:32.944-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwwlZ9PMvyHb-yef4iSDMdU3BFRdn5WibMrE4PhJkSdQn2g86X8a7XAeYIEwwJ5jhpLGi-KrICtC1WMqf-ewHhZ-no8enOYSHxcYgvgzUtrVJqieM6xSHsFxqH9yfjT0pQdYIf8xaack/s1600/organization.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwwlZ9PMvyHb-yef4iSDMdU3BFRdn5WibMrE4PhJkSdQn2g86X8a7XAeYIEwwJ5jhpLGi-KrICtC1WMqf-ewHhZ-no8enOYSHxcYgvgzUtrVJqieM6xSHsFxqH9yfjT0pQdYIf8xaack/s400/organization.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA2MDQtMjAxMTA0MTQtMTEyMy5qcGc-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA2MDQtMjAxMTA0MTQtMTEyMy5qcGc-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA2MDctMjAxMTA0MTQtMTEyNC5qcGc-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA2MDctMjAxMTA0MTQtMTEyNC5qcGc-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA2MDktMjAxMTA0MTQtMTEyNC5qcGc-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA2MDktMjAxMTA0MTQtMTEyNC5qcGc-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"> Nothing is off limits...even the ceiling. A cloud hovers over each group of student. This helps with classroom management. I call "Monday table, Tuesday table, etc."</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">The shape on each one correlates to a basket that holds math supplies for each table. </span></span></i></div>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-13722869185697009372011-04-15T20:29:00.000-04:002011-04-15T20:29:28.040-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #660000;">I LOVE step books- some call them flip books. They were the perfect follow-up after our field trip to practice writing using the words first, then, next and last. </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA1ODktMjAxMTA0MTMtMTQ0NS5qcGc-1.jpg" width="263" /></div>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-38618819207842923922011-04-13T20:23:00.001-04:002011-04-13T20:24:28.935-04:00<div class="" style="clear: both; color: #660000; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Have you modeled today?</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span></i><a href="http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/search/label/Being%20a%20Model"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA1ODMtMjAxMTA0MTEtMTEyNS5qcGc.jpg" width="300" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/search/label/Being%20a%20Model"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Click to see my post about "Being a Model" at...</span></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #274e13; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/search/label/Being%20a%20Model"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Teaching Blog Addict </span></i></span></b></a> </div>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-31668265750585550052011-04-11T21:24:00.000-04:002011-04-11T21:24:55.268-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really excited to be a part of this new BLOG</span></span></i>...</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">The host, Tamara, has done a fantastic thing...she is bringing BLOGGERS together in one place! Her BLOG will point you back to this BLOG and many, many more. So, it's kind of like a one-stop shop. Check it out!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://teachingblogaddict.blogspot.com/2011/04/meet-mrs.html">Here is my introduction at "Teaching BLOG Addict."</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-NotViEMz8lasyjYOmlDfVEk2L4KFx7DYd4U2qnxgfxeYo9Px1g4Jg4kAQhYzUFr2fwQauNsmejQ62lHquFTnBlxvU_I3DAjFs5-jnCe_U_R1HDZlbtiYV1fJ9UZtA9xgtScpFu-zPc/s1600/handwriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-NotViEMz8lasyjYOmlDfVEk2L4KFx7DYd4U2qnxgfxeYo9Px1g4Jg4kAQhYzUFr2fwQauNsmejQ62lHquFTnBlxvU_I3DAjFs5-jnCe_U_R1HDZlbtiYV1fJ9UZtA9xgtScpFu-zPc/s1600/handwriting.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>29 page SMARTboard unit</b> to teach letter formation from A-Z. Includes a practice page after most teaching pages and <i>virtual</i> modeling at the click of a button. I used the recordable feature of the SMARTboard and when you press play, students will see the letters written "magically" on the SMARTboard. This feature could not be used with the curved letters, however. I use this every year to teach handwriting in a fun way. Also includes the words of a song to teach proper handwriting skills. Everything you need to teach handwriting in a fun and engaging way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #660000; color: #ffe599;">I would like a 'tester' for this unit so I would like to give one away so you can test it out and give any thoughts/suggestions and rate it on TeachersPayTeachers. Winner will need to email an email address in order for me to send the file via email.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: black; font-size: large;">3. Tell your best handwriting teaching tip.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Winner selected and announced on Saturday, April 9 at 10 a.m.</span> </b></span></span></span></div>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-7704151199947480032011-04-02T10:58:00.000-04:002011-04-02T10:58:20.651-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJznhxfRfB5lVwX3N8eS31zp-VACTbtHABcYrKJw1z3IdgQhSoggOA3TuG7Zqak0jrjIKVXwypxsQzTRjhMu3pnUbga2k41kWhcL6bPt_E9q3onE3bfFOss8yiCA2Sy5bb8BpZrwdgWw/s1600/technology+is+terrific.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJznhxfRfB5lVwX3N8eS31zp-VACTbtHABcYrKJw1z3IdgQhSoggOA3TuG7Zqak0jrjIKVXwypxsQzTRjhMu3pnUbga2k41kWhcL6bPt_E9q3onE3bfFOss8yiCA2Sy5bb8BpZrwdgWw/s320/technology+is+terrific.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzfbxj8UMJNH_m7RlMI5eIGZIDCg5jyjrqHFXcfYzLUxKviatE8sC_9UBhAr_sOZNdAhSuYfOWnc3D8zm8q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is another example of using "audacity" to record the students. I then combined the audacity audio file with Windows Movie Maker to create this "comedian's stage." I hope you enjoy our jokes from Joke Day, my way of celebrating April Fool's Day in a fun and meaningful way. </span>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-51733732557536109492011-03-31T19:52:00.003-04:002011-04-01T16:16:41.882-04:00<img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMDE2MTQ4NDI3ODEmcHQ9MTMwMTYxNDg2NDEyNSZwPTk3NTA3MiZkPTAwMCUyMC*lMjBWb2tpJTIwV2lkZ2V*Jmc9/MSZvPTA5NWUzYmIwYWY5MzRkYjc5NGU4OGRmMzc4ZTFjZGIzJm9mPTA=.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I LOVE technology and use it in all kinds of ways within my classroom and with my students. I want to share technology with you by posting periodic posts regarding technology tools and suggestions for classroom use. There is ALWAYS something new coming out so you can't do it all but I hope I can challenge you to try something new. <u>Please let me know your thoughts- your comments mean a lot to me!</u> So here is the first featured technology tools: <b><span style="color: #660000;">AUDACITY and VOKI</span></b></span></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">They sound like a foreign language, right? They do sound funny but they are also LOTS of fun!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRltWR-PeHDThrTey0uRgnDKEsAS2HBHIRrznP8gtNlv5JsgOv_t7QjDbS7mqoD7cqNl86PZElUQ31vynrkHyPEfduQcaFt5HjAPjSlFygwL_zitCxmGpIFbPLj1TlMj-Nqzdcgph2E4/s200/Audacity-logo-r_50pct.jpg" width="200" /><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Audacity is a FREE tool you can download and use to record your students. All you do is link it to your desktop and press record to record your students. Press play to hear what you recorded. Save the file and a .wav or .mp3 file. You can splice and delete if you mess up in parts. It's really easy- just play with it and you will learn it pretty quickly. You can then use the recording(s) to merge into a PhotoStory, Windows Movie Maker, Powerpoints, etc. But I used it to add to a VOKI. <a href="http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/63/Intro_to_Audacity.aspx">Click here for an audacity tutorial</a>. </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: blue; color: #073763; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">VOKI<span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.voki.com/">http://www.voki.com/</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">As you can hear above when you click the arrow below the snail, I recorded my students reciting a spring poem. This is great for the kids to hear themselves to practice expression and fluency. It provides lots of reading motivation and is just plain fun! You can then "embed" the "voki" into your BLOG by copying and pasting the "embed code" from the "voki" site into the html when you write a new post. A great way to share student writings, too! </span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><strong><a href="http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/voki-creates-ad-free-site-for-education-plus-20-ways-to-use-talking-avatars/"><span style="font-size: large;">20 Ways To Use Voki In Education</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> By Michael Gorman</span>-</strong><span style="font-size: 15px;">gathered from various people, resources, and personal reflection. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 15px;"></span>1. <strong>Classroom Newsletter – </strong>Provide information for students and parents using a unique style. Remember you can put a talking avatar in a classroom or school wiki, blog, or email.<br />
2. <strong>Student Book Talk – </strong>Students persuade others to read a book. Along with title and author, students could either review, summarize, or encourage others to read.<br />
3. <strong>Persuasive Speech</strong> – Assign a speech and have the Voki avatar give the introduction, three supporting details to defend or rebut a given topic, and the conclusion.<br />
4. <strong>Course Annoucements</strong> - Use Voki to create and embed online course announcements for students. It can be a fun and engaging way to present otherwise routine information.<br />
5. <strong>Testing</strong> – Give a test with the Voki avatar asking questions or integrate it with a written test to assist students with reading difficulties, second languages, or to clarify questions for all. Merge it with a current online test in order to provide another modality for students.<br />
6. <strong>Create a Dialog</strong> – As a lesson, the teacher can interact with an avatar, or have students write a script to interact with an avatar. Could be used in any subject and could involve interviews with famous people, subjects, or objects. Could also be used to present a topic or explain a concept.<br />
7. <strong>Vocabulary</strong> – Use Voki to present a vocabulary list of words. Using real speech allows students to hear correct pronunciation. Students can stop, pause, rewind at any time.<br />
8. <strong>Foreign Language</strong> – Great way to help students learn words through teacher prepared lessons. It also allow students to practice their new language by creating short stories, poems, or content informational pieces.<span style="font-size: 15px;">.</span><br />
10. <strong>Media Reports</strong> – Students can write and produce a news story. This could include current happenings or historical events. Other options include an on the scene report, a public service announcement, or an interview with a well know figure.<br />
11. P<strong>oetry and Music Composition</strong> – Students create poems or lyrics that can be spoken or sung by their favorite avatar. This can include text-to-speech and real voice. They may even want to include musical instruments.<br />
12. <strong>Voki Your PowerPoint</strong> - In PowerPoint 2010 you can insert Voki embed codes to place avatars on your slides. From “Insert”, click on the arrow under the “Video” on the right hand side of the tool bar. Here you can insert “Video from Web Site”. Click, then copy and paste the embed code. It will be inserted into your PowerPoint slide.<br />
13. <strong>Story Writing and Telling</strong> – Students can read their stories and have others listen, including other classmates, parents, or distant relatives. Teachers could create story starters and have students finish the stories either through writing or with an avatar.<br />
14. <strong>Avatar Conversation And A Flip Camera</strong> – Have students in a collaborative group write a dialog script. Use two computers and have the two avatars talk to one another. This would work for any subject or idea. With a flip camera use just one computer and edit the two conversations together. For added fun, include even more avatars.<br />
15. <strong>Put A Voki In Your Glogste</strong>r – Students love to use Glogster. Wouldn’t it be great to find a way to put a Voki inside of a glog? You can learn how to do it by <a href="http://www.markbrumley.com/2010/02/25/embed-voki-in-glogster/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1c9bdc;">watching this video</span></a>.<br />
16. <strong>Scavenger Hunts</strong> – Teachers can develop a set of directions telling students where to find different objects in the classroom, school, or on the web. Think how this could be used in an environment with portable devices. Some possible GPS opportunities?<br />
17. <strong>Exchange Voki Avatars With Others</strong> – If a class is collaborating with another class or communicating with e-pals across the state, nation, or world, why not send Voki messages? It can be fun and engaging.<br />
18. <strong>Developing Characters In Stories And Books</strong> – This could include a favorite character from a book or a story the student wrote. Make great use of avatar composition and then have the avatar talk. Use text-to-speech, or real voice. It could be a speech by the character, a quote from the book, thoughts from the character related to the story or a description or biography of the character done in first person.<br />
19. <strong>English As A Second Language</strong> – An awesome way to help students feel more comfortable with a new language. Students may use the computerized voice first. Next, they record their own voice when feeling more comfortable. The skills of writing, reading and pronunciation are all included when using Voki.<br />
20. <strong>Test review</strong> – How about creating a test review, a chapter walk through, a highlight of content?Students can playback, pause, and listen as many times as needed.<br />
Note that you can embed a Voki in numerous social platforms. Some have even used educational platforms such as Edmodo, Blackboard, and Moodle. The graphic below helps illustrate the wide number of websites that play well with Voki.<br />
<a href="http://21centuryedtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/voki2.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1843" height="114" src="http://21centuryedtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/voki2.jpg?w=340&h=114" title="voki2" width="340" /></a><br />
Realize that Voki speech can include text-to-speech, real voice recording with microphone, audio files, and telephone calls (including cell phones). Students and teachers can even download a Voki message to their phone. At the time of this publication, the maximum recording time was sixty seconds. At the present time Voki does require a log in and email address. In the near future it is hoped that Voki will set up a classroom environment for teachers. In the meantime check your school AUP and <a href="http://www.voki.com/privacy_policy.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1c9bdc;">Voki Privacy Policy</span></a>. Be aware that students should be instructed regarding proper Web 2.0 usage procedures, including never giving any private information as part of their Voki presentation. Teachers may wish to set up their own classroom account for usage under the guidance of their school AUP. Last, remember that Voki has many outstanding uses, even if the teacher is the only creator of avatars. Take a moment and soon you will have a chance to hear voices of learning in your school and classroom!<br />
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</div>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170231869613914802.post-25862035563479587812011-03-28T20:19:00.001-04:002011-04-01T13:17:31.144-04:00<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>...APRIL FOOL'S DAY... </b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! </b> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Practice oral language skills, being a respectful audience, comprehension skills and have a few laughs on April Fool's Day by having a</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Joke Sharing Time!</span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Knock Knock!</span></b></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who's there?</span></b></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Disguise? </span></b></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Disguise who?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Disguise jokes are killing me! </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;">Send home the printable below...</span></span></span> </span></b></span></div><br />
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Here are two of my favorite SIMPLE organization ideas that help my day flow with ease.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA0OTYtMjAxMTAzMjItMTEzOC5qcGc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="5" height="260" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA0OTYtMjAxMTAzMjItMTEzOC5qcGc.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This simple little laminated folder labeled with "For Office" and "Mrs. Bussey" is so handy. All those doctor's excuses, picture money, and notes that need to go to the office go into the folder and then my helper of the day delivers it to the office. I don't know about you, but I do not have an assistant so this helps me keep my papers organized and gets papers out of my way so they don't hang around too long.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA1MjQtMjAxMTAzMjgtMTEzOS5qcGc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="3" height="320" src="http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/leslieb123321/utf-8BSU1HMDA1MjQtMjAxMTAzMjgtMTEzOS5qcGc.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">LOVE this rolling organizer because...it rolls! I can move it easily to where I want it. I have 5 drawers labeled Monday-Friday with 2 extra drawers. I use the Monday-Friday drawers to organize for the week. This is a favorite Target find. Would love to know some of your organizational favorites! My fellow BLOGGER at Pattons Patch has some organizational tips being highlighted as well: I see she likes that rolling cart too! <a href="http://pattonspatch.blogspot.com/">http://pattonspatch.blogspot.com/</a> </span></span></div>Mrs. Busseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09193403656208489551noreply@blogger.com2