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__**Description**____:__ Rachel Boyd’s keynote presentation for the “Week in the Classroom” strand of the K12 Online conference. A peek for a week inside a kiwi junior classroom of 6 year olds. Come and see what we get up to in our classroom learning during a week using a variety of online and web2 tools. Please note that due to this presentation also being visual it is best viewed with audio AND visuals in movie format. **__Presenter:__** Rachel Boyd, Nelson, New Zealand **__Length of Presentation:__** 20:58 **2** CATNIP HOURS __**URL:**__ []

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 * 2) **Write down the Essential Questions located below. You will want to refer to these as you are watching the video.**
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 * Essential Questions**

Your Name: 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

Summary:

Your Name: Michelle Hebert 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas..... There are many great ideas in this presentation that can apply and work in a primary setting using technology.

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students? This is a great way to keep the students actively engaged and learning. It helps them to become more familiar with the keyboard and can help boost confidence for using technology. This is something I could definitely use in my classroom as a primer activity or whole group engagement.

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom? I love the idea of using a classroom blog to keep track and write about what they are learning. A blog can be used as a tool for many valuable lessons in the classroom. It also allows the students to interact with technology and see the results of their work immediately in a post.

Summary: This classroom does and amazing job of integrating technology into everyday learning, Instead of making working with technology a separate learning time, these students use it all day in various mediums across the curriculum. There are many activities where the students engage in working on blogs and websites independently. 

Your Name: Danielle Robb

1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

1. class blog 2. class wiki- all sources needed posted on this site 3. use of intereactive whiteboard 4. wall wisher 5. google documents 6. paper keyboards 7. writing spot blog 8. reading online 9. spellingcity.com

I think it is incredible how this teacher incoorporated technology into EVERY subject!

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

I think that this was a great way to get students engaged! While she was writing on the board, the students were following along "spelling" each of the words with her on their keyboards. I think it is great exposure for the students. This year I took my second graders down to the computer lab and it was amazing to see how little they knew about a keyboard. I don't think it is ever too early to start exposing kids to technology that they will be using for their whole lives.

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

There are a lot of "walkaways" from this presentation. The main one being that you CAN find fun and creative ways to incoorporate technology into every subject. I think I would like to try the paper keyboards. I often times find that when I am modeling a story for the students, they are somewhat unengaged. I think this would be a great way to get them actively engaged in the lesson. I also want to try spellingcity.com and maybe even having a class writing spot blog.

Summary: This was a fantastic presentation filled with tons of ideas that can be used in the classroom. I think it is amazing how she incooporated all of this technology and how she taught the students to be so independent in using it. I still can't believe that these were six year olds! This teacher is a great model for other teachers that are just starting to learn about the possibilities that are out there!

Your Name: Jessica Boland 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas..... DigArt, Puptup, wiki (learning hub), paper keyboards, wall wisher, interactive sits...the list goes on.

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students? I LOVE the paper keyboard activity. Can I get a class set? This is great because so many times when I take kids in to the computer lab or have them work on the computers in my classroom, they are unfamiliar with where the keys are located, how to get capitals, indent or input punctuation. This would be a great way to get the students better prepared for typing. I can definitely see myself incorporting this at the beginning of the year, before we begin cursive.

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom? My new "ah ha" was having students watch the news using the SmartBoard or a projector to practice comprehension through listening skills. I currently use current everts in my classroom but this would add another dimension to them.

Summary: I am thoroughly impressed with the variety of ways that she incorporates technology in everythign that is being taught. Her students will definitely be prepared for the future. I also enjoy that she has them interacting with other students from around the world. Some things that I would learn more about after hearing her presentation is the use of Google docs and Delicious.

Your Name: Jamie Kozimor 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas..... Incredible is the key word. I kept pausing and rewinding to capture more notes. 2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students? I love the idea of a paper keyboard for practice. I have seen paper keyboard incorporated into file folders for "personal"laptops! 3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom? I took so much away...even her classroom routines in general were awesome... an oral language time devoted exclusively to oral language development! I want to be in that classroom. My "walkaway" would have to be some sort of class blog.

Summary: Wow, wow, wow, and did I mention, WOW?!! I want to be in that class. I loved the way first graders can step up to the plate if given the framework and tools. The class blog was very impressive, with students daily monitoring and posting the number of hits they have gotten. This is what integrated technology looks like.

Your Name: Mike Brauer 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

I've always wanted to visit New Zealand, but now I think I will move there so my sons can have Ms. Boyd as their teacher... incredible!

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

This is the one activity that I didn't think was explained well in the presentation. From what I can gather, the kids sit on mats with a paper keyboard in order to familiarize themselves with it. I think I would need to see more of this in order to comment further. Our tech teacher does an activity in which she cuts each key out of a paper keyboard and has the kids put them in the correct order...

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

I love the activity in which the students read and comment on blogs from other schools. I think this could be very useful for literature studies such as To Kill a Mockingbird. My students could gain a lot from other students' interpretations of plot development, characterization, theme, etc. Summary:

Rachel Boyd is a first grade teacher in New Zealand who has embedded technology in virtually every standard she teaches. Her presentation gives the viewer a taste of what her students do over the course of a week, including routines, oral language, writing, fitness, reading, math, and art. It is obvious that her use of technology greatly enhances the engagement-- and therefore learning-- of her students.

Your Name: 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

Summary:

Your Name: 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

Summary:

Your Name: 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

Summary:

Your Name: 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

Summary:

Your Name: 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

Summary:

Your Name: 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

Summary:

Your Name: 1. Get your pencil ready to take notes...this presentation has an incredible list of resources and ideas.....

2. What are your thoughts on the paper keyboard activity? Is this something you could do with your students?

3. Do you have a "walkaway" (one item you can take back to your classroom to use) from this presentation? Anything that you may want to incorporate into your own classroom?

Summary: