MAKE sure to visit Blackboard and check email on a regular basis.
At the beginning of class, we began covering the PowerPoint posted in Blackboard called Differentiated Instruction. It discusses how students have different needs, and how to differentiate instruction to fit those students different needs.
What is technology's role in differentiating instruction? There are many different things one being programs which creates stories, poems, there are multimedia authoring, and processors with voice annotations, just to name a few. There are technology programs that help with logic and critical thinking skills, creativity and visual skills, communication and cooperation skills, and individual skills.
We also discussed how Skype, Blogger, PBwiki, Diigo, Media Sharing, Learning Communities, and Wikis, can be used in the classroom or with your students, and with parents. Using these tools gets them involved, they know how to use it now you can show them how to use it correctly and in a way that is educational.
Check out the link for Blog Ideas for the classroom, at teachersfirst.com.
Check out the Sister Salad YouTube videos, SchoolTube, and TeacherTube related to Media Sharing.
The link for edu2.0 is similar to a free Blackboard for K-12 teachers to use for their classroom:)
We discussed a new assignment called Technology Mini-Lesson which you can find on Blackboard. Watch for an email from her about this. Presentations will be done after we are out in the field.
Dont forget about your Organizational Database due two weeks from today.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
1/29 Class Time
Pass the word... We will start class at 10am tomorrow (Jan 29). I will work with those needing help on their PBwiki or whatever from 9-10.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
EED 467.4 Jan. 22, 2009
The class was started off by talking about what we were to have done before class and if anyone had a problem finding or doing what needed to be done.
Make sure you get your surveys done!!!
We checked to make sure everyone can access the class PBwiki and answering questions about setting it up. If you have any more questions, make sure to contact her or post a question on Blackboard under assignment discussion.
We talked about Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 and what they are about. You can watch a YouTube video on PowerPoint found on BlackBoard. We also covered how far the internet has come and what kinds of things you can do. We have come from writing HTML code and now we can create are own and interact with others. Web 2.0 is personal, flexible, and sociable. Then we compared Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 and discussed which ones are better and why. We also covered how to make all this mean something to me and you such as PB wiki, Flickr, and Blogger. How do you make it all managable? This is called RSS feed so insdead of you going out there and getting things it brings it to you. This can be done with just about anything.
We discussed Social Writings/Digital writings-- What is a blog? Just to name a few, its personal, reverse chronological structure, along with other great things. We talked about what some educational uses could be like storytelling, live records of learning, questions, links and resources. We talked about wikis and thier educational uses as well.
We discussed the organizational database assingment due on Feb. 12. What is social bookmarking and what's important? If you find something on the internet that you find interesting, you can bookmark it into a collection which you can share with others. You can store, describe, and share. Some educational uses would be team projects and you track students progress. All of this is in more detail in the articles she has posted. The one Dr. LaPrairie found most helpful for social bookmarking is Diigo.
Go to Go2Web20.net and find four weblink tools that you think are interesting that you can use in your classroom. Once you do that, you will then put these onto your Diigo, and describe why and how you find this helpful for your classroom.
Most of this information can be found on BlackBoard.
Make sure to READ the articles assigned for each class.
Don't forget that Assignment #1 (Class Webpage) is due Next Thursday Jan 29th.
Make sure you get your surveys done!!!
We checked to make sure everyone can access the class PBwiki and answering questions about setting it up. If you have any more questions, make sure to contact her or post a question on Blackboard under assignment discussion.
We talked about Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 and what they are about. You can watch a YouTube video on PowerPoint found on BlackBoard. We also covered how far the internet has come and what kinds of things you can do. We have come from writing HTML code and now we can create are own and interact with others. Web 2.0 is personal, flexible, and sociable. Then we compared Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 and discussed which ones are better and why. We also covered how to make all this mean something to me and you such as PB wiki, Flickr, and Blogger. How do you make it all managable? This is called RSS feed so insdead of you going out there and getting things it brings it to you. This can be done with just about anything.
We discussed Social Writings/Digital writings-- What is a blog? Just to name a few, its personal, reverse chronological structure, along with other great things. We talked about what some educational uses could be like storytelling, live records of learning, questions, links and resources. We talked about wikis and thier educational uses as well.
We discussed the organizational database assingment due on Feb. 12. What is social bookmarking and what's important? If you find something on the internet that you find interesting, you can bookmark it into a collection which you can share with others. You can store, describe, and share. Some educational uses would be team projects and you track students progress. All of this is in more detail in the articles she has posted. The one Dr. LaPrairie found most helpful for social bookmarking is Diigo.
Go to Go2Web20.net and find four weblink tools that you think are interesting that you can use in your classroom. Once you do that, you will then put these onto your Diigo, and describe why and how you find this helpful for your classroom.
Most of this information can be found on BlackBoard.
Make sure to READ the articles assigned for each class.
Don't forget that Assignment #1 (Class Webpage) is due Next Thursday Jan 29th.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
EED 467 First Class
Today we got to know our teacher a little better she really likes to make us laugh :)
We also discussed the article "Social Networking-Why Are We Afraid?"
We covered a PowerPoint covering what social networking is, such as, Facebook, Myspace, IM, ect... and how to use it properly and professionally because you never know what people can access.
Make sure to check Blackboard DAILY to find assignments,course outline, coffee lounge, information about naming your assignments (she has a certain way so that you won't have problems with same naming of different students). The coffee lounge will be used to post questions that you might have or questions that you think the whole class might have for the teacher to answer. This is also where she will post answers to questions that students that have had similar if not exact questions other students have had to the past.
On Blackboard there will be a post what we need to do by Sunday, such as, getting a Gmail, set up Skype, and creating a PBwiki, along with many other wonderful things. She will also post links on Blackboard that will help you set up your accounts.
Make sure before you set up your PBwiki, read about it, read the PowerPoint that she has posted on Blackboard about PBwiki. Next you will need to set up your account, and she will have guidelines that we will need to follow about what needs to be posted on your PBwiki. Once you get it together, check out the links on the page, such as, the Google Docs.
After completing assignments, you need to make sure to write how the assignments relate to the competencies.
Make sure to change Settings on your PBwiki the information about doing this will be on Blackboard.
You need to do the Contact Information Survey on Blackboard.
NEXT CLASS - If you have a laptop, bring it to class.
We also discussed the article "Social Networking-Why Are We Afraid?"
We covered a PowerPoint covering what social networking is, such as, Facebook, Myspace, IM, ect... and how to use it properly and professionally because you never know what people can access.
Make sure to check Blackboard DAILY to find assignments,course outline, coffee lounge, information about naming your assignments (she has a certain way so that you won't have problems with same naming of different students). The coffee lounge will be used to post questions that you might have or questions that you think the whole class might have for the teacher to answer. This is also where she will post answers to questions that students that have had similar if not exact questions other students have had to the past.
On Blackboard there will be a post what we need to do by Sunday, such as, getting a Gmail, set up Skype, and creating a PBwiki, along with many other wonderful things. She will also post links on Blackboard that will help you set up your accounts.
Make sure before you set up your PBwiki, read about it, read the PowerPoint that she has posted on Blackboard about PBwiki. Next you will need to set up your account, and she will have guidelines that we will need to follow about what needs to be posted on your PBwiki. Once you get it together, check out the links on the page, such as, the Google Docs.
After completing assignments, you need to make sure to write how the assignments relate to the competencies.
Make sure to change Settings on your PBwiki the information about doing this will be on Blackboard.
You need to do the Contact Information Survey on Blackboard.
NEXT CLASS - If you have a laptop, bring it to class.
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