Saturday, July 5, 2008
Welcome!!
Welcome to all of the new students to the weblog for Information Technology for Teaching and Learning 2008! Guess what? I'm going to ask you to participate in a blog! The objectives here are to fully understand the usefulness and application of a blog in a K-12 setting, as well as provide a discussion forum for the class. Congratulations for signing up successfully! I hope there will be many interesting discussions displayed in this platform. We're going to have a fantastic class!! Please post a quick example of how have you seen technology used successfully in your school setting in the last year so I know you have successfully registered for this blog and know how to post.
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ASB did a great job of using the public server for election speeches and student-created instructional videos. "How to Work in Groups" hosted by Captain Bubblepants and "Ins and Outs of Middle School Dances" created in a 1950's mock-umentary style were particularly popular and memorable for kids.
So apparently, since I am the manager of my book club website, entitled sexy women read, that's the username I get to use for class, too. Fun times :)
Excellent! Thanks for your early posting! I'd be interested in what you do with your book club. Mine has always been a bit lame...
Since your name here is "SWR" maybe you'll need to add your name at the bottom of each post so we know who sent them. Thanks, Teresa
Ah, good idea--with a title like that, though, I'm sure it will be obvious to my cohorts! :) We'll have to chat about book club stuff sometime this week.
Heather
This past year, all classrooms received document cameras w/ projectors and we had little mini workshops periodically in the library on thoughtful ways to use them in the classroom
Patricia
One thing I discovered this past year was "Photostory" where the kids upload pictures (which they can take themselves or from the web) then record a narration that goes along with their photos. I found this was great for fluency practice with younger kids and it was such a motivator.
Technology has been something that all of my (higher income family) 4th grade students seem to come to school with experience. It has been seemless in our clurriculum involvement. Last year, we had webquests, research and some fun video and pcture editing.
A technologically savvy 6th grade teacher (not me!) created a Wiki for a common unit we all taught. On the Wiki, he posted the daily lessons we collaborated on for our learning stations, handouts we could print and copy, and additional resources we might find helpful. What was additionally cool is that teachers could add reflections or comments to help cue others. It rocked!
Our school used the computer labs for research and typing their Culminating Projects. Students had to evaluate websites to analyze whether they were quality websites. They also used various paid databases such as SIRS and Proquest to aid their research papers.
One of our favorite uses for the computer in the classroom is when students are asked to design their coat of arms. They explore different sites, locate their coat of arms (or one they like)and create one of their own in response to the requirements on the rubric. Bette
We have a great computer teacher (he should be a librarian!)and he's helped me integrate technology into my lessons in so many ways. My favorite this year was making a video of something I have my students do as a literature circle "book report." One student is the interviewer and the others are characters from the book. I did all the video editing this time, but next year I'm going to have the students do it. The video was of "The Golden Compass" which was a read aloud. Here's the link (maybe)
http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/laurelhurst/staff/reams/index.html
Our teacher librarian introduced my class to an Australian author, Narelle Oliver by sharing a bunch of books by her during our unit on authors and illustrators. We then skyped the author and she told us about her experiences as an author and illustrator. Students came up with questions beforehand and we had a 45 minute conversation with her. Kids were really excited to see her on the big screen and being able to interact with technology in such a cool way.
I want to share my little experience with a technology use in my classroom. For our 4th graders we bought 4 digital tape recorders. Students were existed, and used them to recital the dialogs or for answering the teachers questions.
This year I became the administrator for AR at my school as our librarian moved on and we were left with a sub all year. With the help of our tech support I learned how to navigate AR. I spent the year updating student information, buying tests, setting up reports, etc. I also worked with classroom teachers to get them using AR in their classrooms.
I think the major technological advance at my school in the past year is the growing use of document cameras and digital whiteboards. Most have this equipment connected to their computers so they can project Web pages and images. Those who've used these pieces of equipment for a while really like them and depend on them.
My exploratory class is a journalism class. We were in the library or using the document camera for researching, drafting, editing, and publishing. It was a lot of fun for everyone.
So many excellent examples! Our school installed document cameras and ceiling mounted projectors this last year so it was a big deal. White boards are in about 20% of our classrooms. Most use them as a "screen." I love that so many of the examples have your students connecting with each other and with the outside world.
Barb will talk about PhotoStory tomorrow. Another one is Voice Thread.
It seems that some of the activities suggested would have to be screened through a checks and balance system. Whether it's the principal, a department head or a group of peers, you would need to get feedback to make sure safety and guidelines are met in your district.
It seems that some of the activities suggested would have to be screened through a checks and balance system. Whether it's the principal, a department head or a group of peers, you would need to get feedback to make sure safety and guidelines are met in your district.
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