Ms. Snyder's 1st Grade

Parent Night Welcome (Click the Video or Title to Get Started) I have used animoto for other projects, but have not implemented it into my classroom, yet. This project allowed me to create a video using animoto that I believe I could utilize each school year for Parent Night/Meet the Teacher nights. It is easily edited and provides multiple ways to represent a school year in my classroom. I found animoto to be user friendly and I can definitely see myself using this resource to create introductions to reading and math units in the future as attention grabbers. I think this video is a good start for implementing this tool in my classroom!

Self-Paced Learning in the Early Elementary Grades By Allura Pfiester https://www.edutopia.org/article/self-paced-learning-early-elementary-grades This article is about the implementation of a more independent learning method for brief sections of time in early elementary classrooms. The method uses short, interactive lesson videos that students can use at their own pace, learning tracks to help students see their personal learning goals, modeling of independence and activity practices, and creates a more personal learning experience for each child.  I chose this article because blending tech and online learning into a traditional classroom is becoming more and more prevalent in schools across the country. The ideas and practices in this article can be applied to my 1st grade classroom quite smoothly and I believe would highly benefit my students, especially after a routine for self-paced learning time is established and teacher modeling is successfully reaching students. I agree w...

Hello everyone! My name is Emily Snyder, I am a first grade teacher from Scottsbluff, NE and I am going to be teaching first grade in North Platte, NE this coming school year. I attended Hastings College and earned my bachelor's degree in elementary education with a minor in early childhood education.  Technology is something that I am pretty up to date on utilizing in my classroom and outside of work. I have, for the most part, grown up with access to ever changing technology and tools to learn and use in a variety of ways. I have taught in schools that use Mac, as well as schools that primarily use PC. I use Mac devices for my personal technology and prefer Mac over PC, but I can switch between both easily. The past two years of teaching, I have had access to PC devices and programs. My current MS Office version is version 16.59.  I was inspired to earn my master's degree in curriculum and instruction because I wanted to give myself the opportunity to better my knowledge of ...