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=Welcome to Mrs. Bowser's 5th Grade Web Page =

 Updated June 29, 2009


=**My Name is Cynthia Bowser ** =

//A little about me: //
 * **I have a masters degree in Elementary Education**
 * **I teach 5th grade at Southland Elementary**
 * **I am married and have 2 adult children**
 * **I love teaching and can't imagine doing anything else**
 * **I have a fun-loving Yorkie Terrier named Chewie **



This web page has been created as part of a program I am participating at Jordan School District called **"The Engaged Classroom."** Things are still under construction, but I want to use this site to communicate with parents and students next school year. I intend to make technology a major part of my classroom instruction in the 2009 - 2010 school year.

This school year, I was able to get some exciting new equipment in my classroom. Some of the exciting new technology I used this year was a digital camera, so I was able to take pictures of the kids throughout the year and let them view the pictures. My favorite picece of equipment I received was my Document Camera this camera allowed me to project images, including the internet, onto a screen located in my classroom. This not only allowed me to project images, it also allowed me to save paper, therefore being green and learning at the same time. I used my document camera to project tests, review lessons and various other uses during the year. I hope to use it even more next school year.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Another way we have used technology this year was through use of the internet and projecting a podcast for student to see and learn about Jane Goodall in preperation for readers theater that included Jane Goodall as a character. This lesson included both, Social Studies, and Reading Fluency from our core standards [|www.uen.org]. Click on this link [|EC Jane Goodall.doc] to view lesson plan.

<span style="color: rgb(102,5,102); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">**Here are some examples of things I have planned:**

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**PowerPoint Presentations to make history fun**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Podcasts to show science concepts**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Interactive computer games to enhance learning**
 * <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Online assessments for student to do at home **

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