Gail Lovely ran this session from a wiki in wetpaint.

If you click on the links on the Left Navigation Bar you can go through the entire presentation.  Students need to learn flexibility with hardware and software tools.

We need to work at moving from computer as toy - to computer as tool.

She included links to updated Bloom’s Taxonomy in the 2nd link.  This will help guide our thinking as we prepare our young students to reach their highest capability.

Spelling only REALLY counts on the internet.  Students this age should NEVER have to type out a URL, you should be using links that they can navigate.

Kids this young should always work in pairs. Even if you have 1:1 computer/student ratio. Conversation is essential for learning.  Use headphones with splitters – go to geekiest computer repair store you can find for good prices on splitters.

To keep kids from sucking/chewing on earphone/mouse cords: Require them to wipe down cords w/alcohol wipes when enter lab-tastes bad!

http://www.simplybox.com “SimplyBox is a free service to Capture, Share, and Organize ANYTHING you find on the web”

From: “Engage young learners w/ Web 2.0 tools” Gail Lovely, http://www.weebly.com “Easiest way to create and publish a website online

Kerpoof http://www.kerpoof.com/ Fun way to introduce storyboarding & time lining to young students. Good intro to movie planning

Can use http://www.voki.com to give spelling test or give students directions for a task, can even translate for second language learners and their parents.

Use http://yackpack.com like voicemail. Record and send a voice mail to all of your students and they can send one back to you. This is private, only members can access your yackpack. Great for differentiation for students, noone hears anyone elses messages.

You can use http://www.animoto.com or http://education.animoto.com/ for a fun easy way to make cool movies like the one I made of Day 1 at TCEA Easy-to-use build a music slideshow, no editing required; Educators (free) version almost no limits

Use http://vocaroo.com/ to record messages that can be embedded.

Use http://www.skype.com to text, voice, and video conference with classes in another location like jgustin and I did with Miss. Brady’s class yesterday. Scroll down a few pictures and you will see us Skyping on Miss. Brady’s Blog

For scads of teacher tools check out this page of the wiki http://lovelytcea09.wetpaint.com/page/Sites+and+Tools+for+Teachers

http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ Flickr storm allows you to download and organize pictures in a retrievable tray.

This was an AWESOME session full of too many wonderful links to do justice here.  Go to the wiki link at the top of this post for a complete listing.

“Teach and reward process AND products.”  We need to honor both.

Note: Gail Lovely is @glovely on Twitter. She is one of my Twitter buds that I always learn wonderful stuff from when I am online.