Tech Tuesday!

Linking up again!

Being in a Digital 1:1 school, we were into it so quickly that it seemed like we would try this and that---and not everything would stick into our routine.  Except for one glorious thing......Symbaloo.

I will admit that I read about it the summer before, but I just didn't get the point.  Big deal-another place to place your bookmarks, right?  True!  I have found it to be very useful for the students in keeping them focused to the important place-the accepted places.
Here is an example of the page that my children will use-only it has tabs at the top for me to manage.  the kids only see the actual page.

This is the only bookmark my kids need!  They can get to every place I want them to with a click of the mouse.  I can easily add a link to this week's Scholastic News Interactive or a particular website.  Once we are done with that link, I will move it to the "Saved Tiles" tab for next year.

You might notice that two of my tabs are last names....they are my teammates!  It is so much easier for ONE of us to manage the Symbaloo for the grade.  Once a link is made, it can be easily copied to another teacher's page.  So you can COPY or MOVE.  How cool is that??

Last year, I created a "how-to" for a gathering of third grade teachers on how to set up your class Symbaloo.  I created the "how to" to be easy enough for the novice to follow so that newbies wouldn't shy away from this neat tool.  The website might be slightly different from when I developed this last winter, but it should be pretty close.  Pick the instructions HERE!

Hope you like it!

Monday Made it and more!

Has it been crunch time or what???

I know you're busy so let's get to it!
It's time for my Monday Made Its!

A Freebie!  I love my wall for I Can statements.

 

I turned out great!  You can grab this as a freebie at my TpT store here.

I have read all summer and ADORED the idea of using a Daily Number to practice skills frequently.  However, our district is a Digital 1:1 and are encouraged to reduce copies.  My solution is this!

It is all set to be laminated!  I noticed I was using waaaay too much colored ink, so I only put the green only in the header.  I think this really pops!  I have also made a few other header color options when putting it together for my TpT store.  I also made them so that I can use less and left the numbers off.

If you'd like this one, you can buy this one at my store later tonight!  Technical difficulties!  Ugh!

I am loving how my calendar looks displayed.  It's just perfect!  This is my first item that I've sold on TpT.  It's so cool to know folks like my stuff and are using it!  In case you missed it, it's here.

Well, I have in PD all week.  Hope I'm ready for next Monday.  First day with my 22 third graders!  Yee!

I have a Tech Tuesday Item ready for tomorrow!  Hope you like it!