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What I have already used in my classroom from the technology trailblazers meetings include:

I have created Voki's to explain concepts in math dealing with multiplying and dividing fractions. I have created a Weebly so my students and their parents can access information about what's going on in the classroom. I have downloaded Jing on my classroom computer and home computer so that I can capture information and add instruction with voice recording. I have used Khanacademy for tutorials in class, and have passed this website on to parents so that they can get a refresher course when helping their students with math concepts. I have used techniques explained in the meetings for using advanced searches and looking carefully at how accurate information is that is found on the net. I have shown students how to use photopeach to do short presentations as an assessment tool in language arts (it beats book reports).

Things I will use in my classroom next year:

Audacity.com for recording students while they read, and then again at the end of the year for a comparison to show growth in reading. Weebly website TED.com Voki's Wiki's Google docs for group writings More student interactions with technology using different internet sites.

Thanks Jim! I learned alot about technology and really enjoyed our sessions! Cecilia Benham