Our question of the day is: “What app did you choose today?” This is the eighth episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. My third and fourth grade students discuss different questions during our end-of-day class meeting and record our answers as a class radio show.
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This is the seventh episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode my third and fourth grade students discuss the question, “What is the important thing about our class?” We read “The Important Book” by Margaret Wise Brown and used its pattern and rhythm to create this podcast.
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This is the sixth episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode my third and fourth grade students discuss the question, “What was challenging about today?”
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We had a great first couple of days at school. I had 12 students on Thursday and 15 on Friday. We spent the first two days enjoying our classroom and getting to know each others’ names. Some of the students’ favorite things to do were Maker’s Studio, DEAR time, and playing name games.
The students are doing very well at our morning meeting and closing meeting. We use our center carpet as our “home base.” The students are adjusting to our new workstations. We are still trying to determine when and where our best work can happen. So far there has been no fussing about the “cool places to work” because there are always another cool alternative. I am beginning to notice the places students return back to, which are their “comfort work areas.” Next week I hope to identify our individual learning stations and begin working on the procedures for our language and math stations.
So far my favorite new classroom activity is our end-of-the-day radio show. The students are beginning to get comfortable with each other and classroom culture is going well. I am recording this podcast on my iPhone each day using the app Opinion.
We created two different videos in the first two weeks of class which we published to our classroom YouTube channel. The first one is an iMovie Trailer, called “First Day of School 2015.” I have made iMovie trailers before and helped students make one, but this is the first time I’ve made one in class with students. It turned out well!
The second video is a paper slide video, which I learned to make this summer in iPad Media Camp. It is called, “Who I Am in Room 108”
This is the fifth episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode my third and fourth grade students share what they they like to do when they are not at school.
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This is the fourth episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode my third and fourth grade students share what they want to be when they each grow up.
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This is the third episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode my third and fourth grade students share about the reasons our class is awesome.
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This is the second episode of our classroom podcast, created using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode my third and fourth grade students share about their favorite parts of our first day together.
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This is the first episode of a new classroom podcast I’m starting this year, using the free Opinion app on my iPhone. In this episode I discuss the new learning spaces I’m planning for my 3rd and 4th grade classroom this year.
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Wes and I had a great time at Mobile Learning 2015. We connected with many friends and made several new connections. I am looking forward to having Cori Araza’s HS students partner with my students to learn how to create games! I am also planning on redesigning my classroom thanks to Erin Klein. Awesome weekend of learning.
