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The following is written from guest blogger

 I am a technology nut!  I love to learn, use, and discover new things in the area of technology.  So, I recently attending the Discovery Educators Virtual Conference…in my pajamas.  I woke up  ten minutes before it started and logged on to check it out.  As soon as I got onto WebEx I saw the schedule and listened to the opening presentation, and I knew this conference was going to be super-cool.  Many topics were discussed during this 9 am to 3 pm conference, such as: Google Earth, RTI, the Discovery Educators Network, and powerpoint.  Countless online resources were mentioned and demonstrated.  I was jotting down websites on index cards, checking email, watching shared desktop presentations, and doing laundry all at the same time.  It was ADHD heaven.  If I wasn’t taking notes, then I was surfing to the newly discovered online resources.  To say the least I was inspired!  I couldn’t wait to play and create with these new tools.  So over the remainder of the weekend I played. The first site I joined was www.glogster.com/edu.  A glog is an online poster.  You can upload videos, pictures, and link to other web addresses.  I’ve created two glogs on an upcoming unit on landforms.   

Next I joined www.voki.com.  This site allows you to create custom avatars that seem to come to life with a text-to-speech option.  You can also record yourself to speak for your avatar.   

I’ve been creating and glogging all week.  I haven’t used any of my creations yet, I’ll get to them next week when we start landforms.

Erin is a first grade teacher in a muti-age classroom inBurke County.  Erin and her  team use technology on a daily basis and exhibit outstanding 21^st century instruction.

Thanks Erin for shareing!!