Internet Safety and Meet the Teacher Prezi!

Here comes a tech filled post!  This week, my grade level (2nd) started departmentalizing for the first time!  We have 5 teachers, so two teachers will be teaching science, two will teach social studies, and one will teach technology (that’s me!).  With five teachers, we had to have a very creative switching schedule.  Here’s how it all worked out:

Does that look confusing?  It is!!!!  Basically, all students will have science twice a week, social studies twice a week, and technology once a week.  Every class will travel to another teacher as a whole group, except for mine.  I had to divide my class into four sections and each section will join another classroom for traveling time.  The great thing about the schedule is that it allows each of us to have one professional development (PD) day per week where we can work on our content area. 

This week in technology, I wanted a creative (and techy way!) to introduce myself to my new classes.  I created a Meet the Teacher Prezi!  Here it is:

Meet Your Teacher on Prezi

If you have never used Prezi before, I really recommend it!  Students were completely engaged throughout the presentation!  There is a bit of a learning curve to Prezi, but I watched a few of the tutorial videos first and they really helped.  If you have used Prezi in your classroom, I would love to see your presentations!  Please share a link in the comments!

Ohio requires all teachers to teach about Internet Safety before they can use classroom computers.  Internet Safety was my topic in technology class this week.  Here are my favorite K-5 resources:

Wonderful video from ABCya!  I used this one this week!

Here’s a cute Digital Citizens poster!  You can download and print the pdf for free {here}.  The Common Sense site has a ton of other great resources and lesson plans on Internet Safety!

Here is a fantastic (and free!) video about Internet Safety from Brain Pop!

Infinite Learning Lab is a wonderful resource for learning videos on a variety of topics!  I have used them in the past for a lot of great social and emotional videos, such as Self-Esteem and Self-Control.  They also have two great videos for Internet Safety: Online Safety and Cyber Bullying. 

If you are looking for print resources to give your students and their families, check out Childnet International.  There are a ton of pdf’s for you to print, including the poster above!

Anddd just in case none of the above resources meet your needs, {here} are a million more ideas sorted by grade level!

By the way… you have two days left to enter the Technology Tailgate giveaway!!!!!  There will be multiple winners and great prizes including iTunes and Starbucks gift cards!!  I donated my iStudent All About Me Books and Phone Clip Art Bundle!  Click on the button below to enter!

  Have a great week!!!