Why Should I Blog With My Students?
Posted by Janice on October 22, 2008 in Blogging, Podcasting, Web 2.0
Many teachers want to have a place where they can easily post materials for student use, showcase student projects and provide a forum for online discussion. Blogs provide this venue for teachers and students by offering a community forum for their use. Posts to the blog can be photographs, video, audio or word processed, making blogs a good place to post student and teacher multimedia projects which can be viewed from any computer, anywhere, anytime. This allows student, parent and teacher interaction from home, school, the library, and web enabled cell phones.
Here are some reasons to use a classroom blog:
1. Post materials and resources for students and parents
2. Host online discussions based on books your students are reading, discussion topics from your classroom, etc.
3. Create a class publication such as a monthly newsletter that can be read online.
4. Post student projects and writing for peer and teacher review.
5. Share your lesson plans and web links
6. Integrate multimedia of all kinds
7. Organize projects, events, information
8. Get feedback from fellow teachers, parents, students which builds a community around your classroom.
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What Does the Future Hold?
Posted by LeAnn on October 13, 2008 in Content Areas
For the past year, I have been part of the team developing the Educational Techology EALRS/GLEs for Washington State. Our team is made up of teachers/librarians from across the state, representing various grade levels and content areas. As of yet, I am not able to share the draft of our work as it hasn’t been officially approved by OSPI. However, I can provide some idea of what is coming.
Fun With Photo Story 3
Posted by Darla on October 3, 2008 in Language Arts, Photo Story 3
Teachers like to do “get to know you” activities with their students at the beginning of the year. This usually entails pairing up the students, having them ask each other questions and standing in front of the class introducing each other to their peers. This year Mrs. Watling at Wing Luke Elementary decided to integrate technology in her “get to know you” activity by having her students take pictures and record their interviews using Photo Story 3. The students were in charge of creating a movie about each other for their peers, teachers, principal and parents to view. This was no longer the same activity the students were use to doing. They had to rehearse and be prepared, speak clearly and loud enough so their voices could be heard and hopefully they could include some excitement and expression. Plus, the students had to learn how to collaborate by listening and verbally supporting each others efforts. The level of concern and investment towards the project increased, this activity was going to be published and saved for years to come. (more…)
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