My Symbaloo
Below you will find a link to my Symbaloo. It includes tiles for my personal and professional resources, general educational resources, and sites for students to use for reading, math practice, research, and games. I also included some useful educational technology resources that I have recently discovered. Enjoy! http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eOcM24hI Also, here’s a link to a […]
Social Networking for Educational Purposes
Social networking is very common in the lives of most students these days. Even my 2nd graders know what FaceBook and Twitter are. My school district gave professional development on Edmodo. An assessment strategy that was suggested in my district was Tweet Your Answer. While using Edmodo and Twitter are not likely formative assessment strategies […]
myPhone, iResources
When I began think about the technological resources that I rely on, I realized that I rely on technology way too much. I use tons of websites everyday, and I am on my iPhone, iPad, or laptop a good chunk of most week day afternoons. My biggest technological resource is not web-based, though, it’s my […]
Multimedia Presentations: The Good, the Bad, and the . . . AWESOME!
I have rarely used PowerPoint in my second grade classroom. We use SmartNotebook more often because it is interactive. I have used PowerPoint to present to my colleagues, though, and I have sat through a number of PowerPoint presentations. The best of these used minimal text, interesting or sometimes amusing pictures, and/or a brief video. […]
The Current Nature of Technology Use in Schools
There has been a huge push for the use of technology in the classrooms in my school district. Teachers are evaluated on whether they employ technology. Last year, one of our district-wide goals was for each teacher to take 3 technology classes offered by the district. Further, other training is offered for credit over the […]
A Southern Welcome
Welcome to Sweet Seconds. My name is Ashley Fort, and I live in a rural town in the Midlands of South Carolina. I am a true Southerner! I love being a South Carolina native, living in the country, and all that entails. My favorite beverage is sweet tea, my mustard-based barbeque is to die for, and I’m […]