Mr. Nelson read us a book called Stone Fox. The whole class loved it. The little boy has a big job to do. His grandpa is sick and the boy needs to figure out what to do to save his grandpa. Then it hits him – the Great Snow Sled Race! It is a great book to read.
Mr. Nelson demonstrated to the class the use of a cool Web 2.0 tool called Animoto. It's an online service that can quickly generate an video slideshow fo uploaded photos along with some pretty cool music. Enjoy.
Now that we are settled and learning the routine, its time to take on a new challenge - a classroom blog. What is a blog? Good question! The following is a brief video that helps explain blogging in very simple terms (and in a pretty neat way!)
This blog is the opportunity for students to report what is happening in our classroom. Fun stuff, lessons, field trips and other such activities will be discussed here on our classroom blog. Hopefully, parents, relatives, and other visitors can leave comments as part of the online discussion about these topics as an encouragement to all who contribute to this "global dialogue."
