Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Friday, April 24, 2009
Farewell, but not Forgotten
I discovered:
The favorite thing I discovered was the last thing I discovered. Schools facebook application. SIS integration, secure(not on facebook servers) and Students will be amazed by it! The video showed it was for college, but can it work for High school and does the district have to set it up? Must research more.
Lifelong Learning
Program has been a paradigm shift for how I expect to have a classroom. This program was a very powerful seed for my future development.
Didnt Expect...
The program was more than I expected. I am tech savvy, so I thought I would fly through it, I mostly did ;), but but understanding its potential was very useful.
Tips:
The word I heard was that the wiki directions lacked continuity, meaning the directions seemed scattered. REstructuring that might help future lifelong learners.
I would try another course if
It was during the summer and the program was geared for actual setup of online class setup. With prerequisites like this course, adn the promise that the teacher has a solid curriculum, they could get there classes online with support. They get their work done early, get paid for it, and are setup for online classrooms. The strucure of the class should have some flexibility, so the classes are not cookie cutter like. I would love to be a part of that!!!
Influence
After real practice with all of this, I think teaching will be more organic despite all the tech talk. I will see my practice as more organic, meaning better feedback, relationships with the class with an easier and natural flow, and more mutualistic for the educator and educatee.
Stay connected
RSS widgets, facebook, and classroom 2.0 and maybe delicious. That should cover it!
The favorite thing I discovered was the last thing I discovered. Schools facebook application. SIS integration, secure(not on facebook servers) and Students will be amazed by it! The video showed it was for college, but can it work for High school and does the district have to set it up? Must research more.
Lifelong Learning
Program has been a paradigm shift for how I expect to have a classroom. This program was a very powerful seed for my future development.
Didnt Expect...
The program was more than I expected. I am tech savvy, so I thought I would fly through it, I mostly did ;), but but understanding its potential was very useful.
Tips:
The word I heard was that the wiki directions lacked continuity, meaning the directions seemed scattered. REstructuring that might help future lifelong learners.
I would try another course if
It was during the summer and the program was geared for actual setup of online class setup. With prerequisites like this course, adn the promise that the teacher has a solid curriculum, they could get there classes online with support. They get their work done early, get paid for it, and are setup for online classrooms. The strucure of the class should have some flexibility, so the classes are not cookie cutter like. I would love to be a part of that!!!
Influence
After real practice with all of this, I think teaching will be more organic despite all the tech talk. I will see my practice as more organic, meaning better feedback, relationships with the class with an easier and natural flow, and more mutualistic for the educator and educatee.
Stay connected
RSS widgets, facebook, and classroom 2.0 and maybe delicious. That should cover it!
Thing 23 - Professional Networking
Classroom 2.0 = digital gold my friend. In my opinion its top resource for teachers. Easily searchable, large enough to have quality content. Definately a professional discussion about the teacher side of life. Yes, I am not alone!!! Easy to stay connected with groups and quickly referenced with tags.
Nancy Willard gives a good explaination of social networking with education. Pro's, Con's Misconceptions and tips. This seems like a good starting point for any staff development dealing with social networking. Thanks to Nancy!
Jaw dropping goodness here. Check it out and watch the video.
Visit 23 Thingsters
I like the timer widget, great for student project deadlines for online work!!!
Must make it look more evil and ominous.
Nancy Willard gives a good explaination of social networking with education. Pro's, Con's Misconceptions and tips. This seems like a good starting point for any staff development dealing with social networking. Thanks to Nancy!
Jaw dropping goodness here. Check it out and watch the video.
Visit 23 Thingsters
I like the timer widget, great for student project deadlines for online work!!!
Must make it look more evil and ominous.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Thing 22 - In your Facebook!
Yeay, facebook! I have a facebook and in personal experience it keep me in touch with pretty much anyone I have had contact with in my life. I dont think I would use my facebook to give to the students, only because that would be alot of friends. If I can make an alternate, that would be neat. I need to go over the terms of service though to be sure.
I noticed that there are facebook apps. With a little more effort, I am sure the apps can be used to start excitement about projects or informal quizzes.
It seems that myspace is loosing steam and is geared more to music which is still cool.
The educational aspect for facebook is weak. Its a social networking site. Mybe if there was a Educational networking site...
I noticed that there are facebook apps. With a little more effort, I am sure the apps can be used to start excitement about projects or informal quizzes.
It seems that myspace is loosing steam and is geared more to music which is still cool.
The educational aspect for facebook is weak. Its a social networking site. Mybe if there was a Educational networking site...
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Thing 7b - Cool study aids found.
The Free technology for teachers blog reviewed a site called cramberry, an online flashcard website. After signing up for an account, I could see the usefulness of this. Vocab builder easy, review easy. I beleive I saw an option for printing the cards or you can study the cards online. Those with an iPhone can download an app for cramberry, pretty cool huh?
I can make my own sets or explore others. I fould a nice college level physics set and was playing with that a while. Hope you enjoy it!
I can make my own sets or explore others. I fould a nice college level physics set and was playing with that a while. Hope you enjoy it!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Thing 21 - My Google Toolbelt
Sketchup I am already familiar with. A decent autocad program, I say decent because its free. Students can make 3D models of projects. I might as them to design a machine when going over simple machines and have them come up with their own and make a design of it in Sketchup.
Heres a picture of a cup I was wanting to make in pottery.
Heres a picture of a cup I was wanting to make in pottery.
Google Earth is also cool for any Geography class. They can see and manipulate the workd like a globe. They can zoom in on places of interest. They can make their own mock vacation by finding pictures in some of the mashup sites like flickrmaps.
Thing 20: Whats up Docs?
After playing around with google docs, I saw many things that could make life easier.
Forms! Homework made easy. Given that you can get the majority of your class to do work online at home, you have homework made easy. Forms allows you to make questions. Use that ability to make quizzes, reviews, homework, tests or anything else like it that could work for you.
The results are available in a spreadsheet format, where you could make if then statements to tally results for each individual. If that seems over the top, you can look at the results and easily spot wrong answers.
A coowrker had or found the idea of a student made test. The online word program lets students write what ever they want in this document. You can look at each revision to see who submitted what and when. This document could work as a review for the student made test as the teacher culls down all the questions for the actual test.
For student made presentations, students can collaborate and edit a presentation at the same time. As they review the presentation, they can chat while editing. This allows students to work at home without having to all meet together.
Forms! Homework made easy. Given that you can get the majority of your class to do work online at home, you have homework made easy. Forms allows you to make questions. Use that ability to make quizzes, reviews, homework, tests or anything else like it that could work for you.
The results are available in a spreadsheet format, where you could make if then statements to tally results for each individual. If that seems over the top, you can look at the results and easily spot wrong answers.
A coowrker had or found the idea of a student made test. The online word program lets students write what ever they want in this document. You can look at each revision to see who submitted what and when. This document could work as a review for the student made test as the teacher culls down all the questions for the actual test.
For student made presentations, students can collaborate and edit a presentation at the same time. As they review the presentation, they can chat while editing. This allows students to work at home without having to all meet together.
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