Monday, June 22, 2009
Comments for Tuesday Class
Well I have finally sat down and read the whole book and my mind is whirling!! I have to admit the chapter on RSS feeds almost pushed me over the edge. My mind was bursting with possibilities and excitement and I had to put the book down and go to the refrigerator and eat mass quantities of food just so I could settle down and finish reading the book. Then I got to the chapter on Flickr and once again my pulse started to race and my heart beat became quite rapid but this time I did manage to refrain from foraging in the refrigerator! I really did teeter back and forth between, this is really overwhelming and wow get me to the computer I am staying up all night and trying everything out. Fortunately sanity did kick in and I will slowly process everything I have read and try it all out in due time but I am really, really excited to use what I have learned in this class. I really do agree with the author that we need to help the students sift through all the information that is available to them. I also love his summary of what it all means and his phrase "shift" because with the web tools available there will be major shifts in how students learn and display their knowledge and it is an exciting time to be in the classroom!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
I am addicted to Twitter! as you can see in my links I have included a link to twitter as well as a link in this posting. My other link is to a great site, Tech and Learning. This site has a great article and examples of how you can use Twitter in education. After reading the article and several others I became very excited about the possiblities of Twitter in the classroom and on the Library web site.
You tube has a great introduction video about Twitter, it can explain it way better than I can.
So watch the video and then visit the site and like it says on the site, "get started what are you waiting for?"
You tube has a great introduction video about Twitter, it can explain it way better than I can.
So watch the video and then visit the site and like it says on the site, "get started what are you waiting for?"
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Response to chapter one and two
The most useful information from this article is first the awareness of how huge blogging is. It has exploded! It is overwhelming to think that a new blog is created every two seconds and just think how many new blogs are created right now with this class. I like how the first chapter discusses the appeal of blogging and what age group it appeals to. It was also very helpful to read about the dangers of posting and the steps that can be taken to minimize the dangers and of course the letter to parents very helpful!
I also thought in the second chapter it was very helpful toward the end the examples of blogging used in different subject areas. It is a given that blogging is great for writing and literacy but applying it to science and math is alway a challenge so I really appreciate those examples.
I love the idea on page 30, "Instead of assigning students to go write, we should assign them to go read and then link to what interests them and write about why it does and what it means, not in order to make a connection or build social capital but because it is through quality linking . . ."
This was my big ah ha moment, when I read this suddenly I realized the potential for students and in the classroom. How exciting this would be for students to take charge of their learning, to make them excited about writing and reading because they are looking for information that interests them!
This quote leads me to the second question, "What questions does this article generate for your own in-school exploration?" With the idea of, assign them to read and link you could apply this to any subject. In Social Studies what areas are you interested or to narrow that subject if you are studying World War II break that subject into several different subject areas and have students choose which area interests them the most and they could do further research and post findings for example different areas of interest could be weapons, women is the service, work at home, holocaust etc. In literature of course the possibilities are endless comparing different genres etc.
So I think allowing students to find areas of interests and blogging can become priceless in the classroom.
http://futureofmath.misterteacher.com/Class%20Blogging%20Resources.html A site that had examples and ideas for ways to use blogging in the classroom.
I also thought in the second chapter it was very helpful toward the end the examples of blogging used in different subject areas. It is a given that blogging is great for writing and literacy but applying it to science and math is alway a challenge so I really appreciate those examples.
I love the idea on page 30, "Instead of assigning students to go write, we should assign them to go read and then link to what interests them and write about why it does and what it means, not in order to make a connection or build social capital but because it is through quality linking . . ."
This was my big ah ha moment, when I read this suddenly I realized the potential for students and in the classroom. How exciting this would be for students to take charge of their learning, to make them excited about writing and reading because they are looking for information that interests them!
This quote leads me to the second question, "What questions does this article generate for your own in-school exploration?" With the idea of, assign them to read and link you could apply this to any subject. In Social Studies what areas are you interested or to narrow that subject if you are studying World War II break that subject into several different subject areas and have students choose which area interests them the most and they could do further research and post findings for example different areas of interest could be weapons, women is the service, work at home, holocaust etc. In literature of course the possibilities are endless comparing different genres etc.
So I think allowing students to find areas of interests and blogging can become priceless in the classroom.
http://futureofmath.misterteacher.com/Class%20Blogging%20Resources.html A site that had examples and ideas for ways to use blogging in the classroom.
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