Here is one website I found that was top recommended from Delicious
Forget grade levels: Schools try something new
Science NetLinks: Shape It Up
Infinite Power (awesome energy packet for teachers with centers)
Exploratorium (wow this one's great!!)
Okay, now 3 hours later, my delicious account is fatter than ever...I am making a conscious decision to get back on track! I never know what tags to type in, so I just looked at the popular tags, and then the popular blogs and sites. This is where I found http://thinkfinity.orgat some of the
AWESOME! I think that the tags would be good in finding websites for students and teachers. I'm not sure about sending the students out to explore tags, so maybe through reading the other blogs I will gather some ideas!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tool #4: Google Docs and Google Reader
On Google Docs, I posed a question to some of my teachers based on our college word of the week. Each week on the announcements we select a "college" word to focus on with the students. Everyday there is a question sent out in a powerpoint. On Friday, the classes create their own questions as a team, posting it at the front of the building. I was asking feedback from some teachers of how to improve the existing program.
I think that the Google Docs could be used after watching a video. Maybe the teacher poses an ending question prompted by the video, and the students, when they finish their workstations, can provide their feedback on the computer. I also think that some of the higher level questions would be great to debate here, like "If we have faults in Houston, then why don't we have earthquakes?" I think that the teacher could do a great job of providing prompts, but allowing the students more process time than we do orally!
For Google Reader, I have some cool blogs and websites that I have followed from last summer's 23 things. Here are a few of them:
iLearn Technology
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feed/name/all.rss
http://www.sciencefriday.com/
I think that the Google Docs could be used after watching a video. Maybe the teacher poses an ending question prompted by the video, and the students, when they finish their workstations, can provide their feedback on the computer. I also think that some of the higher level questions would be great to debate here, like "If we have faults in Houston, then why don't we have earthquakes?" I think that the teacher could do a great job of providing prompts, but allowing the students more process time than we do orally!
For Google Reader, I have some cool blogs and websites that I have followed from last summer's 23 things. Here are a few of them:
iLearn Technology
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feed/name/all.rss
http://www.sciencefriday.com/
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tool #3: Image Generators and Mashups
The wordle was rather easy and user friendly. We could use this with our students to classify words, or describe an object and other students have to guess which physical properties pertain to which object...or just critical thinking; what do all the words have in common? The title of my wordle is Scientists.
I also linked to my delicious account (from 23 things that I have continued using) and created this wordle based on my tags:
This is my flickriver badge:
This was rather interesting. I think that looking up pictures of erosion and deposition, or changes to earth's surface would be a great scavenger hunt for our students!
The 2nd Tool: PLN's
I think that for those teachers who are really wanting to reach out and connect to others, this is a great way to communicate! It is on our time wherever we may be, allowing more flexibility and input in how we collaborate with others. I love the idea of teachers being "expert learners." I think that in old times, people have perceived teachers and themselves as the know it all teacher. I think that we should be modeling for the students that we are still learning as adults, that learning doesn't end when school is out. PLN's are a way that we can learn and get a glimpse into other classrooms and school systems.
I think that in 10 years, when the projection states that over 50% of classes will be online, we will be creating a larger deficit in the personalities of the next generation. I think that communicating online is definitely where technology is going, but in all great efforts, blinders tend to create our tunnel vision of any amazing goal, forgetting to support and cultivate those social and behavioral skills our students need to survive in the 3D world.
I am going to comment on these 5 blogs: DaShawn Glover, Olga Abundis, Courtney Noonan, Matilde Ortiz, and April Guyken
I think that in 10 years, when the projection states that over 50% of classes will be online, we will be creating a larger deficit in the personalities of the next generation. I think that communicating online is definitely where technology is going, but in all great efforts, blinders tend to create our tunnel vision of any amazing goal, forgetting to support and cultivate those social and behavioral skills our students need to survive in the 3D world.
I am going to comment on these 5 blogs: DaShawn Glover, Olga Abundis, Courtney Noonan, Matilde Ortiz, and April Guyken
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
The 1st Tool
I did the 23 things last summer, which very enlightening, while at the same time very frustrating!! I would end up spending hours on one assignment...because I was interested and wanted to learn; however, this did not help me accomplish the tasks in a timely fashion. This go around seems to be similar, but I am looking forward to the differences between the two scavenger hunts, shall we say. I didn't use Voki last time to create my avatar, so this one was a lot more fun!
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