A Teacher's Life
A few days ago I hosted my first Skype field trip with an educator at the Oakland Zoo. Well, I’ve been hooked ever since! My kids loved seeing different animals and having a Q&A session with a real person. I’ve had so many people ask […]
Parent gifts are done!! We created ornaments with student pictures and snow. Afterwards, we wrapped them up to look like reindeers. The 4×4 picture was taken against a white wall. I used two photo apps to create the background. The first app added a Santa […]
I posted this picture up a while ago and had a lot of questions on how to recreate it. Here are the steps: Take a picture of the person against a plain wall Insert picture in powerpoint Format –> remove background Format –> mark areas […]
Welcome to KokoTeach! I started this website to share my ideas and resources, as teachers need to help each other learn and grow. Who am I? I’m currently a third grader teacher but I have had experience in kinder, 4th, and 5th grade. I have my masters in Educational Foundations and Educational Technology and Leadership. I LOVE technology and currently teach at an elementary school with a computer science immersion program. I am involved in my school’s leadership committee, yearbook, and work extra assignment as one of three light tech (computer people) at our school site. I also work part time as a SBAC reader during the evening. =D My greatest passion is in research and writing, and figuring out the best methods to help young minds understand the writing process.
Prior to teaching in the classroom, I worked as a martial arts instructor and camp counselor. I strongly believe every child should experience an overnight camp at least once in their life. My absolute FAVORITE job was as an education specialist/camp counselor at the Los Angeles Zoo. I know that there are many people who cringe at the idea of zoos, but I think this is due to a lot of negative coverage in the media. Although I agree that zoos did not always think about the welfare of animals, they have come a long way in making animal care and research the center of their mission. Hands down, the zoo was the best job I ever held and experienced. I worked with the most passionate animal advocates and spread learning and joy on a daily basis. Unlike the rigid classroom structure, I loved teaching in the informal setting that truly fosters curiosity and creativity.
Pictures of the Old Los Angeles Zoo Site. I took my students on a field trip to the LA Zoo one year and we ate our lunch at the Old Zoo Site. This was easy to do since the Old Zoo Site is only 1-2 miles away. We followed up with a compare and contrast lesson.
Thank you @gummipop.co for creating the Gummi Bear artwork on the banner!
| OurStickys | You can create notes for different websites like post-its, and they will open up every time you launch that website.
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| Explain and Send Screenshots | This is just a simple took you can use to take screenshots from websites and make some quick edits. I use this all the time to draw pictures, lines, and words on an image for my students.
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| Split at selected tab | This allows you to split tabs so they are side by side. I use this for comparing and contrasting two different images, grading, and multitasking.
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| 1-click timer |
Set a quick timer
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| Glue Tabs | This works with the Split at selected tab extension. Once you are done splitting the tabs, just glue them back together.
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| Easily save images and websites to your pinterest without having to open it each time.
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| Crafty Cursor | This keeps my students focused on the screen because of the big yellow cursor.
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| Crafty Text | When I want students to open up a website, I type it into crafty text and a huge box appears with the text so my students can easily see the words/letters
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| Transover | I love this extension for my students who do not speak/read English. When you hover over a word, the translation for that word will appear in a specified language.
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| Full Page Screen Capture | This is a very specific tool that captures the image on the ENTIRE website. So, instead of scrolling down and taking multiple pictures, you only need to take one photo. When my students created their own websites using google sites, I used this extension to capture a photo of their entire website.
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| Sortd | I use this extension for my GMAIL to create lists and write notes to myself. |
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