Final Reflection

Throughout this semester I have acquired many new tools that I cannot wait to use in my classroom in the future. I have learned more than I could have ever imagined and this course truly made it easy to apply these skills into real everyday lessons. 

Facebook was a great way to keep in touch with not only my classmates but the professor as well. Its nice to see what people do outside of the classroom and chose to share within their page. I also enjoyed looking at our group page and reading or watching links that were posted related to educational technology. Some of these new findings were really interesting and things I would not have accessed without this aspect of the class. Facebook was also a great tool to contact my classmates to ask questions related to class and receive and immediate response rather than waiting for an email.

Overall this course was one that I will not forget. Learning the foundations of technology has set me up for a future of success with furthering my education and continuing down the road to getting my Masters in Educational Technology. I cannot wait to see what I learn next it truly is an exciting field to be apart of!

Shapes and Candy...What else is the world made up of?

For my presentation I decided to focus on a topic that my Pre-Kindergarten class seems to struggle with, Math. Many of my students are still struggling with identifying shapes, so I decided I would do this lesson on shape recognition and counting the number of sides on each shape to help us identify the shape. As a class we are going to count the sides of a triangle, square, and circle together. I plan to have volunteers come up and help trace the sides of the shapes for me.

There is a quick song to help us remember how many sides these shapes has. It also explains that shapes are all around us; at home, in school, and in our environment. I am going to test your knowledge of shapes by playing a game of "I spy this shape" with the class. After our shapes are identified in the objects on the smart board we will continue to our final activity.

I wanted to make learning about shapes fun and exciting, so our students will sort out a bag of Hershey's, M&M's and Starburst onto a document with a circle, triangle and square on it. Recognizing which shape each candy is, and which shape it belongs in on their worksheet.
I hope you enjoy this presentation!