Next week we our having our Greatfriend's Day (this is basically Grandparent's Day). My school is very blessed to have Promethean boards in every classroom. The group that I have this year has had a Promethean board since kindergarden. They don't know what it would be like without one. Grandparent's are always fascinated with what classrooms look like now. I always share our technology with them and show them the cool things that my students can do.
This year my students put together a little presentation that we will play on the Promethean Board. My students were asked to write a paragraph on who they were thankful for, why they are thankful, when they are thankful, etc. I took pictures of them individually outside by the pretty fall trees. They then drew a picture of everything they are thankful for on Pixie. We put these pictures in Photo Story and I recorded each of them reading their writing. We have classical music in the background. It truly brings tears to your eyes.
I know that the grandparents will be so fascinated with the technology in our classroom and how different it is from when they were students. My kids have done so many cool things and have them linked to their websites. They will have an opportunity to show them these things as well.
I'm really excited about Greatfriend's Day...and Thanksgiving!
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Melinda,
ReplyDeleteThat will be so neat for the grandparents to see! How fun too for the kids to create things with technology you are exposing them too. I wish I could go back and do elementary school again with what is available. Don't you know how floored those grandparents are going to be when they see what is happening in schools nowadays!! :)
Katherine