I am reposting this helpful YouTube video about how to use Kidblog in your classroom. It explains how easy it is to start Kidblog.
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Kidblog
I am reposting this helpful YouTube video about how to use Kidblog in your classroom. It explains how easy it is to start Kidblog.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Online Collaborative Inquiries Classroom Blogging Ventures and Multiple Literacies
The article "Online Collaborative Inquiries: Classroom Blogging Ventures and Multiple Literacies" states how teachers need to know how to implement and integrate technology into the classroom to ensure students' success. Technology has had "a positive effect on student motivation and learning." However, teachers need to use technology purposefully.
The article provided many useful hyperlinks, but I really enjoyed the link to Karen Lirenman's blog.
It showed many useful ways to implement technology into the classroom. She uses IPads and Apple TV in her classroom. I would love to use IPads in my classroom. I have created folders for my four year old son that includes apps on writing, math, spelling, sight words, matching, songs, and so many more! My son loves it and can easily identify and open his own folders. I would love to differentiate for my students using apps.
Here is a YouTube video about the many different ways to use iPads in the classroom.
Here is a YouTube video about the many different ways to use iPads in the classroom.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms Part 2
Technology can be scary! I was completely overwhelmed with the notion about integrating technology in the classroom. Here I am, thinking, "Wow! Not bad! I know a little about using Smart Boards in my class..." Little did I know, that is just the tip of the iceberg of implementing technology in the classroom!
Thank goodness for this book: Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools.
I am truly enjoying this book! It is such a relief to understand what I am reading about something I understand a little about!
I want to start a blog with my class and in the future, have my students create their own blogs. I was feeling comfortable about this after reading Chapter 3: Weblogs: Get Started! It is a great explanation of how to implement blogging in the classroom (and how to refine mine!). Edublogs and 21 Classes are two blog spaces for teachers to use with their classes. Both websites offer suggestions as to how to implement and sensor student blogging.
Chapter 4 amazes me as to how we are living in a world of technology that permits us to communicate and share across the world! What a great example of this is the story of the Wikipedia post about the tsunami of Christmas 2004 .
I'm not sure if I would count Wikipedia as an accurate source for classroom research projects (even though Steve Jobs said it is "one of the most accurate encyclopedias in the world"). I find it difficult to rely on a source that anyone can edit and submit it. However, I do find it useful for a general understanding of a subject or event. I do like the idea of using wikis in the classroom for students to create a class Wikipedia. One example of this was how Mrs. Maine used wikis with her students. I like how Mrs. Maine used wikis in her biology classroom. She used it with her students to share the experiments and data with all her classes. It was a great way to share the experiences and work!
Check out this YouTube video of how to use Kidblog! It provides useful step by step instructions about using Kidblog! Cannot wait to get started!
Thank goodness for this book: Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools.
I am truly enjoying this book! It is such a relief to understand what I am reading about something I understand a little about!
I want to start a blog with my class and in the future, have my students create their own blogs. I was feeling comfortable about this after reading Chapter 3: Weblogs: Get Started! It is a great explanation of how to implement blogging in the classroom (and how to refine mine!). Edublogs and 21 Classes are two blog spaces for teachers to use with their classes. Both websites offer suggestions as to how to implement and sensor student blogging.
Chapter 4 amazes me as to how we are living in a world of technology that permits us to communicate and share across the world! What a great example of this is the story of the Wikipedia post about the tsunami of Christmas 2004 .
I'm not sure if I would count Wikipedia as an accurate source for classroom research projects (even though Steve Jobs said it is "one of the most accurate encyclopedias in the world"). I find it difficult to rely on a source that anyone can edit and submit it. However, I do find it useful for a general understanding of a subject or event. I do like the idea of using wikis in the classroom for students to create a class Wikipedia. One example of this was how Mrs. Maine used wikis with her students. I like how Mrs. Maine used wikis in her biology classroom. She used it with her students to share the experiments and data with all her classes. It was a great way to share the experiences and work!
Check out this YouTube video of how to use Kidblog! It provides useful step by step instructions about using Kidblog! Cannot wait to get started!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
New Literacies
"As technology integration continues to increase in our society, it is paramount that teachers possess the skills and behaviors of digital age professionals. Moving forward, teachers must become comfortable being co-learners with their students and colleagues around the world."
http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers
The new literacies are new forms of literacy based on the development of technology. It is extremely important for teachers to learn and be up-to-date with the new literacies and new developments in technology. Teachers will be able to use technology to excite and motivate students to learn.
The International Society for Technology in Education provides resources on their website. http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers They have a page with links just for teachers. They provide resources, such as books, PDs, webinars, and so much more. http://www.iste.org/learn
One example of a new literacy I want to utilize in my classroom is the blog. I want my students to start blogging about what they are learning about. We can share this information with our families and community.
http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachersThe new literacies are new forms of literacy based on the development of technology. It is extremely important for teachers to learn and be up-to-date with the new literacies and new developments in technology. Teachers will be able to use technology to excite and motivate students to learn.
The International Society for Technology in Education provides resources on their website. http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers They have a page with links just for teachers. They provide resources, such as books, PDs, webinars, and so much more. http://www.iste.org/learn
One example of a new literacy I want to utilize in my classroom is the blog. I want my students to start blogging about what they are learning about. We can share this information with our families and community.
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