Techie Kids
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Can You Write a Caption?
Apr 6th
Have you ever seen a picture and wondered just what was going on? Here’s your chance to give the picture a voice. Take a good look and then decide what should be said.
What are they thinking?
What happened just before or after the photo was taken?
What did they say just before or after the picture was taken?
How are they feeling at that moment?
So, Be Creative…
Have Fun…
And Caption This!
Picture #1
Image by Pink Sherbet Photography Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
Picture #2
Image by Picture Taker 2 Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Picture #3
Image by TrombaMarina Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Thanks to my friend, Mr. Alvaro, for the Caption This idea!
Welcome Quad Bloggers!
Apr 3rd
☆ This week, it’s our time to shine! ☆
The Techie Kids are Quad Blogging with three fabulous classes!
Mrs. Webb-Scheers: The Classroom Connection in Canada
Ms. Vivian: Year 3 Superstars in Australia
Mrs. Kistler: 49 ‘ers in the USA
Mrs. Moore: Techie Kids
This is the third week of our collaborative project.
In an effort to let you know a little about us…
This blog is for our whole school to use. Mrs. Moore (that’s me) is a Technology teacher for Kindergarten through 5th grade. There are 400 students in our school. 200 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders are the ones who practice their commenting skills. The unique part is that everything seen here is done in a much smaller time frame than a self-contained classroom. Each class, out of 15, works with me in the computer lab for 1 hour each week. That means that we are limited by huge time restrictions. I may be crazy for trying to be buddies with such fabulous self-contained classrooms, but the possibilities are too incredible to pass up. Blogging is, for now, a foreign concept in our district. I am hoping to show other teachers how much potential is here. There are so many who can do this bigger and better, but for now, we’re just going to keep trying to do the best we can with what we’ve got.
This week will be an extra challenge for the Techie Kids. We will be trying to comment and respond from home because we are on spring break this week! It’s always good to challenge yourself, right? ☺
☆☆The Techie Kids have some goals for their blog. They’d like to receive comments from at least 10 different countries by April 9th. They would also like to have 50 new, unique visitors. Please help us reach our goals! ☆☆
Please take a look around. We hope you find some interesting things.
Click here to find out about 3rd graders who were “teaching the teachers.”
If you’d like to have some reading fun, click here to find 16 websites with stories to read, watch, and listen to online.
Here is a peek at what it looks like near the Techie Kids.
The Blue Water Bridge, Port Huron Michigan to Sarnia Ontario in Canada
Comerica Park left field in USA
The Techie Kids have enjoyed looking around areas near our Quad Blogging Buddies with 360 Cities. They were so excited to explore areas they hadn’t seen before, that they started to brainstorm interesting locations around the world. Here are the locations that they thought would be fun to investigate.
The Pyramids at Giza
The Statue of Liberty
The Great Wall of China
The Colosseum in Rome
Mt. Everest
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Eiffel Tower
The Grand Canyon
The Temple of Petra
(I added this one for all the Indiana Jones fans ☺ )
Explore a couple of these locations and leave a comment to tell us what you think. If you find other interesting places to explore, share your thoughts so we can take a peek too!
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
Let’s Meet the Year 3 Superstars!
Mar 28th
The Techie Kids are Quad Blogging with three fabulous classes!
Mrs. Webb-Scheers: The Classroom Connection in Canada
Ms. Vivian: Year 3 Superstars in Australia
Mrs. Kistler: 49 ‘ers in the USA
Mrs. Moore: Techie Kids
This is the second week of our collaborative project.
This week, we will visit the Year 3 Superstars!
Ms.Vivian has prepared a welcome post for us.
Click here to read it!
You will find a class of super-duper 8 and 9 year olds in Western Australia. Let’s go visit the
The Year 3 Superstars and see what they are up to.
Click here to see what our buddies wore to school on Free Dress Day.
Click here to watch the Superstars super-awesome dance moves!
Here is a peek at what it looks like near the Year 3 Superstars.
Panorama Cottesloe Beach South in Australia
Panorama Roundhouse Fremantle 2010 Mar 20 in Australia
So, instead of leaving a quality comment here, let’s head on over to The Year 3 Superstars and visit our Quad Blogging friends! Don’t forget to let them know you’re a Techie Kid!
Let’s Meet Mrs. Webb-Scheers and 4WS!
Mar 21st
The Techie Kids are Quad Blogging with three fabulous classes!
Mrs. Webb-Scheers: The Classroom Connection in Canada
Ms. Vivian: Year 3 Superstars in Australia
Mrs. Kistler: 49 ‘ers in the USA
Mrs. Moore: Techie Kids
The Quad Blog concept was created by Mr. Mitchell in England. He thought this would be a good way for classes to connect and learn more about each other. At the same time, we can make our ClustrMaps or Flag Counters colorful! The students will be able to learn more about 3 different countries in a very fun way. Our hope is that we will have many meaningful conversations that will help flatten our classroom walls. We think this is a wonderful idea and are excited to be a part of it.
This is the first week of our collaborative project.
Mrs. Webb-Scheers has a special post prepared to welcome us.
Click here to read it!
You will find 26 extraordinary 4th graders ready to welcome you. Let’s go visit the Meet 4WS! page. Click here to listen to a VoiceThread they’ve prepared to introduce themselves.
The Classroom Connection has a very sweet little friend named Carleton.
Click here to pay him a visit.
Here is a peek at what it looks like near The Classroom Connection.
Bridge At Fundy National Park in Canada
Mrs. Webb-Scheers and 4WS have some goals for their blog. They’d like to reach 964 comments by March 31st. They would also like to have 2,777 visitors. Let’s help them reach their goals!
So, instead of leaving a quality comment here, let’s head on over to The Classroom Connection and visit our Quad Blogging friends! Don’t forget to let them know you’re a Techie Kid!
MACUL 2011
Mar 18th
The Techie Kids presented our Fall Skype Party at the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) 2011 Technology Conference.
Derek, Jessica, Madison, and Noah shared all about the many things they learned with their blogging buddies in Australia. They were “Teaching the Teachers!!”
4,000 educators from the Michigan area attended the conference to gather ideas and learn about new ways to make learning experiences meaningful for our students. Our student presenters did an incredible job speaking with adults and sharing their excitement about learning. They also demonstrated their photography skills to share some pictures with all of you.
Well done!
I’d also like to welcome all of the teachers and students that we met at the showcase who are visiting our blog from other schools! Please feel free to leave us a comment and see how much fun blogging can be. :) You can also email me if you’d like.
Additionally, I’d like to thank the wonderful families that brought their children to the conference and have supported us in our adventures! You are awesome!
Here is the BookQuest that we shared at the Student Technology Showcase.
View more presentations from Mrs. Moore
Do you have any questions to ask our four, fabulous, student presenters?
What was your favorite part of working with our blog buddies in Australia?
What kinds of exciting activities do you think we should try in the future?
March is Reading Month 2011
Mar 8th
The Techie Kids have begun talking about Book Recommendations.
Each year, we look for quality texts at home, at school, and online. When we find something fabulous, we want to tell others about it! We found some wonderful resources a few years ago from Mrs. Newingham. We use her Genre Study Posters and Peer Book Recommendation Forms.
Please leave a comment to share your book recommendations with us.
If you are looking for a book to review, here are some websites to visit that have online stories to read or listen to:
CBeebies
You might be interested in reading some of the fairytales.
Learn English Kids- Short Stories
Mighty Book- Story Books
Also found on Mighty Book…
Beatrix Potter Stories
Fables and Nursery Rhymes
Thanks to Mrs. Morris & Miss Jordan for posting the links to these websites!
Smories
Thank you to Ms. Vivian for sharing this link!
Children’s Library
And now for a few Techie Kids Favorites!
Storyline Online
(This is always a top click.)
Signed Stories
Magic Keys
Robert Munsch
(I think this wonderful author website was shared with us last year by Mrs. Watson, thanks!)
Story Cove
MeeGenius!
Speakaboos
One More Story- Pete’s a Pizza
Silly Books
Raz-Kids
Reading Is Fundamental
What book are you reading right now and how do you feel about it?
Can you share with us a fabulous book that you’ve read recently and just what makes it so great?
If you had to pick your favorite genre, please tell us which you would choose and share an example.
Try out this Scholastic widget to find books, authors, and genres.
Happy Birthday!
Mar 2nd
Sure it’s Dr. Seuss’ birthday today, (and you will find some fun links below) but did you know that we have another birthday to celebrate today?
The Techie Kids are 1 year old!
I just realized that our blog has been up and running for the past 12 months. I can’t believe how much we’ve learned! We have met some amazing students and some fantabulous educators!
Thank you to all who have been a part of this journey.
For a bit of fun, here are some of the past year’s highlights…
During this time, we have had
1,158 comments
and
19,ooo hits
on our site!
We’ve had visits from
all 50 states in the U.S.
and
72 countries
from around the world!
I remember noticing how other blogs had such spotty ClustrMaps. I didn’t know if anyone outside of our school would ever visit!
Click on the highlighted links below to view a few of our past posts…
Our first post ever- Welcome!
Book Recommendations
Fabulous Author Websites
Making Connections with Skype!
Paperless Book
Kindergarten First Weather Forecast
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Skyping with 2KJ
Sunshine Makes the Seasons
Mammals and Echolocation
Since it is Dr. Seuss’ birthday too, we can have some Cat in the Hat fun by revisiting these links.
Seussville
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
Green Eggs and Ham Retellings Photo Story
Green Eggs and Ham Retellings Slideshow
Thank you for helping the Techie Kids grow into global learners!
What are some of your favorite posts from this past year?
Do you have any favorite memories to share?
What advice could you share with the Techie Kids to strengthen them as global learners?
World Maths Day!
Mar 1st
We participated in World Maths Day!
Students from all over the world came together to compete and sharpen their math skills. The 3rd and 4th graders had so much fun! We played as part of the 5.3 million students from 218 countries that were registered from around the world. Some of us were even matched against a classmate. 
Last year, “2,403,526 students participated from 236 countries, correctly answering 479,732,613 questions. Due to the amazing work of students around the world, a new Guinness World Record was also set, what an achievement!”
Before we signed out for the day, there were almost 343,000,000 total correct answers!
How many questions do you think will be answered correctly this year?
Do you think that we can help set a new Guinness World Record?
What countries did you play against?
Why is Math important?
How do you use Math when you are not in school?
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