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Using Google Slides I created these flashcards for Chapter 6 of the book we are reading for my current class in educational technology. The book is by Pearson and is called Instructional Technology and Media for Learning.

This week we read chapter 5 from Instructional Technology and Media for Learning from Pearson. In this chapter we learn the ins and outs of computer software and hardware. Here is a link to a set of flashcards I have created to review the basic vocabulary found in chapter 5.

Click this link to be directed to a brief Google Slides document I created about Mrs. Humphrey's second grade class singing and dancing in their classroom.

Here are some useful links for my students to utilize throughout the school year. As I find new informational resources this list may change or grow as we change and grow together. Dictionary Discovery Education EduPlace -How to cite resources Every Living Thing -online dissection resource Glogster

This is my idea for a implementing a Genius Hour lesson for the end of the year for my 4th grade class... I just discovered the Genius Hour this week in a course I am taking at National University. This was the first time I had heard of the Genius Hour and I have to say that I truly love this idea. The incorporation of this idea into the classroom can be an amazingly powerful tool to expand a child's learning beyond the classroom. Having something they can research and create independently can excite and encourage students to learn on their own. The big concern with activities like the Genius Hour in the classroom is the ability to lose control of the students because they are all working on completely different activities all at the same time. In the "What is Genius Hour?" article Mrs. Kirr implements a one-on-one weekly discussion on the Genius Hour project to ensure students are utilizing this time to develop and learn more about what they are passionate ab