We are collecting the Little Mates books from Scholastic. These cute little books are a lovely way to introduce alliteration or focus on a letter (i.e. A). We are up to the letter C.
Another wonderful thing about these books is they are based around Australian animals and settings. Perfect. Highly recommended for little bodies.
Image source
http://content.boomerangbooks.com.au/kids-book-capers-blog/page/4
Sitehoover is the top 2010 tool (Web 2.0) from Larry Ferlazzo’s The Best Lists on Technology in 2010.
It is great tool for sharing websites. A possible use for students would be compiling their recommended researched sites with annotations highlighting the reasons for the selection of each specific site (being critical evaluators).
This is a link to my library and ICT resources SITE HOOVER page (blog, wikis, twitter) that I created to evaluate just how simple it is to use.
Easy! Highly recommend it.
(Student email address required)
The prezi below is a fantastic resource for teachers of art. It is one of the presentations at the upcoming Global Education Conference (see Bright Ideas blog post). If you are looking at connecting globally with your students or wanting to explore and expand your PLN this is the conference for you.
I have been updating the JSSALCLibrary wiki page! It now contains pages for the PYP and the Teacher Librarian, The Learner Profile and Attitudes and Taking Action.
This will be a resource that will hopefully be of value to teachers and will be contantly added to. Please let me know if you have resources that you would like to add.
Over the last few years I have collected many weblinks that relate to the Units of Inquiry, online learning, PYP, languages, ICT and Web2.o just to name a few areas.
Recently I have started to use Diijo. I find that it is wonderful for the community aspect make it a valauable PLN tool. This is my profile of Diijo.
Source
http://dclibrary.edu.glogster.com/inquiry/
Have you used BUBBL.US?
It is a simple Web 2.0 tool tobrainstorming and mind map.
Year 4 students are using this to gather their thoughts about their current unit of inquiry about water pollution.
These are a few examples that the students have created.
Another great aspect of using bubbl.us is you don’t need to register. This wiki gives you instructions about how-to use bubbl.us.
Try it today.
The PYP ICT in the PYP Conference was held at Renaissance College, in Hong Kong.
It was focused on futher developing an understanding of the place of ICT in PYP.
The inital day was focussed on the purpose and philosophy of ICT in the PYP, international mindedness and the development of the essential elements of PYP through the use of ICT.
The subsequent days built on this knowledge and understandings developed allowing for application to specific participants environments.
To see some of the comments via the twitter comments go to ICTinPYP (#ICTinPYP), my book marks (delicious) @JSSALC and my prezi @
And completely off the track – have you tried vegetable stuffed pig intestines? I have… at a vegetarian restaurant in Hong Kong.
This is what they looked like!
To view some photos go to ICTinPYP flickr, kkfung’s photostream and my wiki page JSSALCLibrary.
BOOK WEEK, SHORTLISTED BOOKS, READING, BOOK DISPLAYS…. BOOK FAIR, “THE GREAT BOOK SWAP’ …. STUDENT INQUIRY, STUDENT LED CONFERENCES… PYP EXHIBITION and lots more. What a term!
See what we have been up to in the JS Library this term @ Term 3 .
N.B. If you click on a photo you can see it will ‘pop out’ and you can view it in a larger size.
