This first link is to the conference slides. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Pj-gOGycPu1VYF4NV7R04OyYjRC1uxt-TnRnas2Wb5s/edit#slide=id.g14072a02ae3_0_46 This link is to the conference script. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LZyS8WOOESbckZ8VWAcgIwXswczb27gp1Ti6FNPMttE/edit

Staying Current I have to admit that when given the choice to do something, the majority of the time I would choose the analog way over digital. I didn’t feel confident in my ability to be successful due to my lack of experience with many of the tools. Now I know that I suffered from…

3D Printing – Tinkercad Because I have some experience with coding, I decided to try the 3D printing. My school has two 3D printers that are in the office of our technology assistant. My kindergarten students love watching the printer work and trying to guess what it is printing. In fact, I like watching it…

Plains Elementary School Space and Physical Access Plains Elementary School is located in Timberville, Virginia. This Title 1 school serves a rural, low income population. I have been a teacher at this school for 21 years. Plains has a very unique design. The school was built in 1971 with an open pod design. In the…

Massanutten Regional Library The Space and Physical Access Massanutten Regional Library is located on the corner of Main Street in the middle of downtown Harrisonburg, Virginia. The library was founded in 1928 and has seven branches. The central library is the one in Harrisonburg. The front part of the library has a three-sided dome shape…

Music Library – James Madison University Space and Physical Access The JMU Music Library is located in the basement of the Music Building on the main campus of James Madison University. There are no parking lots close to the building and I didn’t see any bike racks. The city bus does stop close to the…

Rose Library – James Madison University Space and Physical Access Rose Library is one of three academic libraries located on the James Madison University campus in Harrisonburg, Virginia. This library is located on the east campus which is comprised of math, science, business, technology and engineering buildings. The library was built in 2008 and has…

Virtual Field Trip The virtual field trip I explored was Introducing South Africa. The field trip explored the Cape Peninsula which is the southern most tip of Africa and extends 30 miles from Cape Town to Cape of Good Hope. The landscape is beautiful with the western coast facing the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern…

Tools I enjoyed using the tools this week. I especially enjoyed playing with Voki. Voki allows you to create and edit an avatar, change the background and record a message. You can either type or speak the message. The voice can also be changed. I tried to embed my finished project into my blog without…

I created this infographic in Canva. After exploring all three tools, I liked Canva and Piktochart best. I didn’t like that the templates in Easel.ly were all lumped together, and I had to search through all of them to get the one I wanted. Also, the choice of photos I liked were smaller in Easel.ly…