Time to take off the gloves! Let's start some real reflection. Please comment on the two following items:
1. What are 2 technologies you have seen that you can adapt and impliment in your classroom?
2. Share why each one would work for you
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I see that podcasting could be used after we finish a lit circle. Have students "sell" the book to the next lit circle groups for them to read next time. Which group could "sell" the most books/interests? It would take the task off me when I am trying to convince kids that they should read a certain book. The next technology that might work is maybe using Garageband with the keynote slideshow imbedded in it. This would definitely take more work since I am not familiar with it.
I would definitely use blogging and podcasting for my students to interact with the teacher, each other, and others in the Reading and Language Arts area. I would use blogs to ask questions and have students respond to them; and I would use podcasting, at first, for my students to listen to and interact with what they have seen by writing a response.
I am going to Blog Blog Blog. We will be online the first week of school. I want my students to blog their reading logs and their writings. I think this will help with my motivational concerns with my second language learners.
The only concern that I have is how much more time I will be online.
The second technology I plan to use is the iphoto/imovie. I can already see how to make more of an impact with the stories that we read and write.
I want to implement podcasting and video conferencing with my computer students. I think it would correlate well with the classroom teachers to have students podcast on a topic they are studying. Also the video conferencing would be great for the kids to interact with students in other schools or states.
I am so excited about the info I learned this morning, I know I can use the iChat and YackPack items. I will seriously discuss a school email service with Mr. Bagwell so our students can have a pen pal to email with and then maybe have an iChat session at the end of school so they can see each other live and interact in a video conference. Exciting Stuff!!!
Student email, IChat, and Yackpack will all be very motivating formats for students. We can truly work as a learning community by using these tools which are already accessible to us!
Blogging to start with would be cool, the students could blog back and forth on how they would solve a math problem differently than another student. This would help the students in my room see new outcomes for understanding.
Then possibly show these different ways on a podcast?
I attended the "Communication" session with Wes Freyer. There were many new projects to incorporate into your classroom, but my favorites were:
Yackpack--I'd love to connect students with experts on classroom topics and themes. It's great that with Yackpack, time zones don't matter.
iChat--This will be a great tool to increase communication throughout the building. It will also be very helpful in connecting students and experts as well.
Susan
Another great session! I'm hoping my brain will sort all of this out so I can begin to put it to good use. The possibilities are endless. I'm concerned about time and resources for implementing some of the things that are doable in P.E.
Again, thanks to all of you who put this together. I get more impressed with what you've done with each passing hour!
I would use ichat to communicate with with Kristin and the GT children @ Carson. This would be a wonderful learning experience for our children and the opportunity to get to know one another before they get to DIS. I would also like to use videoconferencing. Wow, the virtual tours and learning that would happen in my classroom from communication with experts in the field.
What an inspiring man! I enjoyed listening to Wesley so much. His dedication to education was unbelievable. I think he gave us a starting point to make us feel more comfortable about adding these tools to our classroom settings.
Blogging would be great for journaling in which the students would be exposed to some exemplary samples of writing as well as upper level thinking processes. Students learn from their peers and grading would not be in the writing/reading skills shown but in completion of assignments and used as a learning process. Journaling could be for reading logs, shared class reading of novels, as well as lit circles. It can also be used as a teacher blog containing assignments, etc.
I want to do a wiki page also in which spelling words might be listed or vocabulary words. Parent and/or student comments could be made and the actual blogging site for journaling could be there. Novel units can be listed and commented on. The possibilities are endless. Podcasts could be student made and "posted" at the end of a literary unit.
I plan to use blogging in addition to lit circles. I think the students will be enthusiastic about this possibility.
Also, podcasting and iMovie will be a great addition!
The information is fantastic. I go home and sort it out on the computer. The speakers again are wonderful. What a great group of people. I have been singing your praises to other teachers at other campuses. We are really lucky here.
Blogs and wikis. I love the way blogs get everyone involved. It's a great way to check understanding and for my math kids, they can explain how they solve problems. That reinforces what they are learning and hopefully other students will learn from that.
Randy rocks!! He was so patient with us as we set up our blogs. He never once laughed at us!!! lol
Wow! The Blog is so interesting and exciting. I think we will all love this and it will be so good for getting feedback and ideas. Video conferencing and I Chat also seemed useful. Okay, I'm overwhelmed with it all, but I will take time to reflect and study and enjoy!! I'm not ready to give up Teela!!!!
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