Monday, March 23, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Thing 8_Delicious
Oh I love delicious!! I teach this in my Online Experience class. My students have to set up an account and create tags based on the things we will cover in class or whatever they want to add to it.
It's such a wonderful tool for students to use. When I had a sub for maternity leave at the beginning of the year, my sub had to teach it, so he set up an account and uses it all the time now!!
This is how I get to moodle every time!!! I couldn't remember the URL--so I tagged it!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thing 5_21st Century
I may be in a little different situation, because I try to teach these tools in my classes. However, the great part about doing this online course, is that I'm still getting more and more ideas. For example. When I was one of the slideshows, it led me to ToonDoo. It's an amazing site where students can create cartoons and publish them on the web or embed them into a blog. I think I might use it tomorrow.
When I think about my high school experience, which wasn't that long ago, it's changed dramatically. We were just starting to get computers in homes and use the internet for research. We did have computer labs, but they were for word processing, and the basics. Now, when I look at what I teach, it amazes me how much more there is to teach!! We still teach the word processing and spreadsheets, but at the same time try to incorporate it into the Web 2.0 world. For example, instead of using excel, use google docs and colloborate with other students on the spreadsheet.
I think the biggest problem, and Marc Prensky puts it so plainly, is that we are the Digital Immigrants, and they (our students) are the natives. All of this technology and 2.0 tools are so overwhelming to us, but to them its all they know.
I think our job is to make sure they are using these tools appropiately and that we are incorporating our content into their language and their way of thinking.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Thing 3_Blogging
Hello All and Welcome to my Blog. As I said in my introduction on Moodle, I am a high school computer teacher and use blogs in my classes. I love blogger, it's my choice of blog sites. It's easy to use and easier to navigate. For my Online Experience classes, we use a blog to post journals of the topic we are discussing that week. I post on the blog Monday and the students have until Friday to answer the specific questions that I give them. It could be about a website they have to look at or an online article to read. Either way, I find it to be more efficient than a pencil and paper. Plus, it gives me the opportunity to teach the students about blogs and how they are used. Check it out if you'd like:
I have also used blogs for personal reasons. Last year when I went on Maternity Leave from school, I created a blog for my students to follow about when I had the baby and I used it to post pictures and all that fun stuff.
I also belong to a blog that my close friends and I created to keep up with each other and post pictures of our families and fun pictures of when we all get together. Our latest post is called "The biggest Loser" and we are all in a race to lose weight and get in shape for spring!!
My goal this year is to have each of my students create a blog of their own. Hopefully we'll have enough time (snow days can be very disrupting!).
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