Sanjana+Tech+Integration+Ideas


 * The Technology Integration illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for Kindergarten students. The Technology Integration incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative .The Technology Integration provides a foundation for professional development for technology integration and a common vocabulary for talking about effective uses of technology in teaching and learning. **


 * ===How do we learn about our world? ===
 * ===Why do we explore and learn about our world? ===
 * ===How do we describe and explain what we find when we explore? ===
 * ===How do we observe and describe objects? ===

//I) //**// Integration using technology //**// : Social Studies units of SCHOOL AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY and SELF AND OTHERS. ////Kindergarten students will focus on the theme of //**//Exploration //**//as they explore their “new world” of school. They will focus on identifying the properties or characteristics of their school and school community as well as themselves and others in their lives. //

//__ Engagement using Kidspiration: __//
 * Students can create a community Web using Kidspiration.
 * Students can click pictures of the staff and insert in the kidspiration
 * Students can type one sentence about their role or the person’s name they have clicked picture.

//__ Engagement using Media: __//
 * Interview the community about their job and share their voice recording or video recording
 * Teachers can upload the pictures voice interview www.voicethread.com to share with the community and parents.

//__ Activities: __//
 * Student can explore www.trudystimeandplace.com and can explore a virtual neighborhood with Trudy to learn about different places and helpers in a community, and visit houses representing four countries to learn about various customs and cultures around the world.
 * Students can explore and learn the idea of ocean and continents and virtually visit places and take pictures.

//II) //**// Integration using technology //**//: They will explore how objects have properties, such as color, shape, texture, etc. and then observe, record, and classify materials in their environment to understand the physical properties of objects. //

//__ Engagement using Wixie: __//
 * Students can create their e-book using Wixie
 * Students can draw shapes and color it
 * Students can type the alphabets book
 * Students can draw objects or things starting with the alphabet and create their own alphabet picture book.
 * Students can record their voice to explain what they illustrated.
 * Students can create their own multimedia presentation by creating slides.

//__ Activities: __//
 * Students can explore about colors, numbers, alphabets and shapes and enjoy doing activities on @http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/preschool.htm
 * ==Students can explore @http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm an interactive website which allows students to enhance their learning. The Starfall reading program is designed to be fun, exciting, and to instill confidence in young children as they learn to read. ==


 * Related topics: **
 * ** ABC ** - Helps in recognizing Alphabets, vowels and sing along their abc. Students click on the letters in any order to see, hear, and manipulate the sounds and letters of the alphabet
 * ** Learn to read ** - Has lot of activities, videos and movies on vowels and alphabets. Different stories and activities and great sing along