Grade 2-3 ICT Grade Group Meeting

 

May 29, 2008

 

Bev McGregor, Marg Hanssen, Lynn Richard, Corinne Hale, Barb Falloon, Lisa Thomson, Grace Judd

 

Discussed the Emerging and Developing and Student Friendly Snapshots of the ICT continuum.

Constructed the continuum and identified which sections apply to which competencies found on the K-8 ICT report.

 

 

Discussion on communicating with parents.

Most staff will try to use a webpage created with First Class.

Ken Joyal's class webpage

 

ePearl

Setting general goals at the beginning of the year

Set goals for writing and reading

ePearl helps the teacher and student follow the planning process

"Two stars and a wish" helps for positive student feedback

 

Students samples created in KidPix, Kidspiration, Microsoft Word, Photo Story 3, PowerPoint were displayed and discussed.

 

Pictures books used to create a lesson infused with ICT concepts.

Stranger in the Woods - Carl Sams II and Jean Stoick

Winston of Churchill - Jean Davies Okimoto and Jeremiah Trammell

Knuffle Bunny - Mo Willems

 

Canadian Wildlife Federation

 

Environment Canada

 

Canadian Forests Teaching Kit

 

Quiz for Stranger in the Woods

 

Quia - Animal Word Jumble

 

Stranger in the Woods activity

 

 

Other Interesting Sites

 

Make Beliefs Comix

 

PowerPoint Games

 

Animoto

 

Slideshare

 

Game Goo

 

BookHive

 

Story Online

 

FakeOut

 

Kids Mystery Net

 

Book Buddy Quiz

 

Fun Brain

 

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

 

Internet4Classrooms - Grade 2

 

Internet4Classrooms - Grade 3

 

Enchanted Learning

 

 

 

Class Webpages

 

Mrs. Cassidy's Class Webpage

 

Pinewood Intermediate School

 

Third Grade Stars

 

Window to our World

 

Sherry Hannah's Grade 4 class

 

Cindy Mahy's Webpage

 

 

 

Animoto