I can use a Wiki in my classroom by posting the class syllabus and weekly assignments to let students know what is expected of them. Also with the high school kids we can create Wikis or add to information on different aspects of the AVID program. In our age of technology it would be a lot easier for my class to use a Wiki instead of pencil and paper because the information is available faster and it would keep the students attention a lot better than pencil/paper work.
In comparing Wikis and Blogs - Wikis would work better for a classroom environment because of the interactions and editting and working together on the site vs. a blog where one person puts there ideas out there and others commit on them.
I set up a Wiki but haven't gotten real far on it, but can easily see this would be benefical in my classroom for my students and myself..
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Week 4:
Okay, came to my 1 hour inservice in the library, and created a short little video on ANIMOTO. Having a hard time inbedding a video from teachertube, there is actually a pretty cool one with testimonials from the kids that I showed last year to my students. We are always getting questions from everyone, parents, staff, even students, about what AVID is so it would be really useful to show along with a clip from 60 Minutes that was done on AVID. So I will keep trying to get in on the blog.
Okay, came to my 1 hour inservice in the library, and created a short little video on ANIMOTO. Having a hard time inbedding a video from teachertube, there is actually a pretty cool one with testimonials from the kids that I showed last year to my students. We are always getting questions from everyone, parents, staff, even students, about what AVID is so it would be really useful to show along with a clip from 60 Minutes that was done on AVID. So I will keep trying to get in on the blog.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Week 3:
Are you kidding me! For a guy that went all through school and computers weren't even around this is alittle overwhelming. Talk about to much information, I was proud of the fact I could Google something. I obviously had no idea about all the available gadgets on Google. Some of the gadgets I found in iGoogle that might be helpful for me were, directions (because I am a coach and drive a bus), daily quotes (to motivate my AVID kids), facts (for the same reason), daily fat loss tip (for me), and weather (because I coach outside). The Google Earth was really cool, I especially liked the under surface of the water angle. I could use the maps to locate student houses to show them I know where they live. The part about the Mars Rovers was interesting to. The part about the Google Reader was confusing for me, guess I will ask my wife to walk me through it and try again.
Are you kidding me! For a guy that went all through school and computers weren't even around this is alittle overwhelming. Talk about to much information, I was proud of the fact I could Google something. I obviously had no idea about all the available gadgets on Google. Some of the gadgets I found in iGoogle that might be helpful for me were, directions (because I am a coach and drive a bus), daily quotes (to motivate my AVID kids), facts (for the same reason), daily fat loss tip (for me), and weather (because I coach outside). The Google Earth was really cool, I especially liked the under surface of the water angle. I could use the maps to locate student houses to show them I know where they live. The part about the Mars Rovers was interesting to. The part about the Google Reader was confusing for me, guess I will ask my wife to walk me through it and try again.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Week 2
As a HS teacher I feel like I am miles behind my students as far as technology is concerned.
I could interact with my students at a different level if my technology skills improved.
As of now words like wikis, blogging, tagging, podcasts and RSS have little meaning to me, my hope is when I finish this class I will at least know a little about all of these things and be able to communicate with my students on a higher technology level.
I could interact with my students at a different level if my technology skills improved.
As of now words like wikis, blogging, tagging, podcasts and RSS have little meaning to me, my hope is when I finish this class I will at least know a little about all of these things and be able to communicate with my students on a higher technology level.
Week 1
My definition of Web 2.0 is a two way street that allows student educational networking vs. Web 1.0 which was a one way street or read only sites...
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