PS 130, The Parkside School

Hey 4th Graders,

It’s poetry time!

Today we’re going to:

1. log in to http://Voicethread.com with the email address ps130fourth@gmail.com, password: _________ (we’ll tell you in class)
2. add an image (picture) we find on the Internet (try http://images.google.com, and
3. record ourselves reading poems fluently and with expression!

Here are a few images to help you add images to Voicethread:

How to copy the address of an image.

How to Paste your image URL into Voicethread

Kindergartners at PS 130 are using technology in the classroom to build skills to operate computer-based resources according to the National Ed-Tech Standards (NETS).  In the process they are building the fundamentals of media literacy — picking up related vocabulary, and getting a handle on the basics of what it means to communicate and play on the Internet.  This video includes tutorials recorded by 4 K classes to help themselves remember, and other students and teachers out there know what they’re learning.  It’s awful cute:

Here is a link to the diigo.com bookmarks shared by AUSSIE math consultant Liz Irwin:
Diigo.com Math Links

Enjoy!

Ms. Angelo’s class and Ms. Nemer’s class were searching for images today. They added images that they found on the Internet using “Key Words”, and then reported facts from their research along with the images.

Click here to see our Voicethread!

Hello world, 

We found a nice video today about baby elephants.  Here is what we saw (group writing): 

The elephants were very wrinkly.  They might be wrinkly because the land is dry.  The baby stays close to its mother because it is afraid.  The babies are about the size of a lion.  Ms. Nemer says that a mother elephant is pregnant for 2 years!   The baby had no tusks yet, but the mother had them.  

Here is the address where you can watch the video we watched: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/African-elephant

a picture we found today

Here is what we know about the Earthquake in Haiti

There was an earthquake in Haiti.  The ground was shaking, and in a short time the buildings started falling.  Doctors are coming over to Haiti to help the people who got hurt. 

The doctors are operating on injured babies. 

People are coming over to help Haiti and there are helicopters dropping food earthquake.

Buildings are falling down, a lot of people are hurting, and fighting for the food.

To find out more, we are going to do research on the Internet using Search Engines and Key Words. 

Here is what we have found so far:

• Helicopter dropping water
• An Elephant collecting food
• http://redcross.org

We’re going to continue researching and make a video report next week!