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Monday, September 26, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Wikis Wikis Wikis!!
Hello fellow educators it seems that today we are talking about wikis and all the wonderful things they have to offer in the classroom. Well to start seeing as I will be teaching high school history the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of wikis is the idea that everybody can have the freedom to input their ideas or thoughts on whatever the central subject is. Let’s say I am teaching my lesson on the roaring 20’s and talking about prohibition and how it affected this country. I think it would be great for students to log on to their blogs and throw around there thoughts and feelings about the time period and then as a class they would create a class wiki completely explaining prohibition and other important factors of the roaring 20’s. I think that by creating a class wiki for every core lesson throughout the year is a great idea not only because the students would be able to go back and take a look at what they did throughout the whole year but also if on the slim chance there is a final consisting of all the lessons they have the ultimate study guide right on their computer. I kind of have a love hate relationship with Wiki’s, when used correctly wiki’s can be a great tool and can bring a whole class together to get involved for the lesson. On the other hand wiki’s can be a nightmare due to the fact that they can be edited and if one student decides to edit another students work this could create some conflict between the students which would lead to complete chaos. I am definitely willing to give wiki’s a shot when I start teaching but it will most likely be something small. If everything goes to plan then possibly I may go to bigger and better things. Wiki’s are pretty much a love/hate relationship with me. Thanks for reading.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Blogging Through Time!!!
Now I am still new to this blogging thing but I have already thought up a crazy amount of ideas to use blogging in my class room. First off let’s just say I’m teaching high school history, I feel that by having all of my students create their own blog it could cause then to feel more attached to their own work. Knowing that there work is on the World Wide Web and anyone can see it would make them want to keep posting for sure. Plus being able to personalize their own page would probably boost there interest a little to. I feel that all students should be kept up to speed with current events that why I think it would be a great idea to have the students create a new blog every other week on what their thoughts are on current events. I also love the idea that all the assignments the students do is kept in a data base so no matter what we always have the option to go back and look at certain postings. I also like what we are doing as a class right now and would very much use the idea of voting for the best blog every week, this gives students to fight for and more motivation. Let’s say my class is going over WWII, now we all know that there is allot going on during this time and I think that blogging is the great answer to a smooth and fun WWII lesson plan. By giving each student a different event or time period in WWII this divides everything into shorter and simpler facts. Each student would go home and write up an informative blog on whatever their event or time period was and then the next day in class they would share along with all the other students. I feel that this blogging thing will soon take off in all classrooms and i know that i will most definitely be one of those classrooms that uses it.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
All in one.
Google reader has become a tool that I enjoying using on a day to day basis now. Not only can i keep up with the class and all the blogging but i can also be kept up to speed on all the various sites i visit regularly. Enough about that lets talk about the I-generation, i have come to realize that today it is now pretty much expected to have a smart phone these things are seriously becoming a part of the human body. I myself cannot leave home without my Droid. I do find it funny though how the young people dont look at smartphones as the coolest and fastest growing technology today, they see it as just a plain everyday item like how you our me would look at a pencil or a book. Pretty soon i see the name smartphone being changed to "life phone" seeing as soon enough you going to be able to run your life on these things. Well thats all for now for me but i hope you all have a great labor day weekend.
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