Friday, June 3, 2011
Oh... another idea!!!
I was thinking my students could use wallwisher to pick a chemical that is in cigarettes, and then find at least 3 other places where that chemical is used. For example: Acetone is a chemical in cigarettes, it is also used in nail polish remover, nail polish, paint thinners and its used to clean fiberglass. My point to my students would be... why would you ingest a chemical in your body that is used in all these different ways?
Final Project Ideas...
I have decided to design a project for my students using web 2.0 tools... I found some interesting tools that I think students can use to be creative when completing a project!
My thoughts are for my students to do a project on substance abuse where they pick a drug they would like to research, they will brainstorm information they already know about the drug, create a warning sign on what the effects may have on the body, relationships, everyday life, or create a comic strip. Students will then create a bibliography using easybib... below are the sights I was thinking of using :)
My thoughts are for my students to do a project on substance abuse where they pick a drug they would like to research, they will brainstorm information they already know about the drug, create a warning sign on what the effects may have on the body, relationships, everyday life, or create a comic strip. Students will then create a bibliography using easybib... below are the sights I was thinking of using :)
Brain Storming
- https://bubbl.us/
Warning Sign
- http://www.warningsigngenerator.com/
Comic Strips
- http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
Bibliography
- http://www.easybib.com/
Monday, May 23, 2011
ISTE Article: A Small Kid Who Is Realizing Big Dreams
This article was refreshing to read! It amazed me that there are young kids out there who are so advanced when it comes to technology and integrating into their everyday lives and education. Adora Svitak, the youngest person to ever receive National Education Association (NEA) Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education, is an advocate of technology education for her peers, teachers and adults.
According to the article, " Adora was reading at age 2½ and wrote short stories at age 4. She published her first book at age 7. That book, Flying Fingers: Master the Tools of Learning through the Joy of Writing, is a collection of adventure stories that includes tips on teaching kids to write. Her second book, Dancing Fingers, is a book of poetry and writing inspiration that she cowrote with her older sister Adrianna." This is amazing to me!!! Impressive, I am speechless!! This just shows me how advanced our students are when it comes to technology and web 2.0 tools. This article shows me where the future of education is heading. This kid is more advanced then most adults I know!
I again was taken away by Adora's comment, " “Kids who have access to the Internet have access to learning and 24/7 education. They are not restricted to an hour of class time per subject,” she said. “Like education, technology has the potential to become a great democratizer, not a divider.”
Adora uses videoconferencing to teach to over 400 classrooms on literacy, writing, and making a difference. She is very well known for her talk on TED 2010 What You Can Learn From Kids. I watched her video and was again impressed! Here is the link I watched. http://reachsudbury.edublogs.org/2010/05/04/ted-talk-what-adults-can-learn-from-kids/
At the end of the video she states, “The way progress happens is that new generations and new eras grow and develop and become better than the previous ones,” she said. “It’s the reason we’re not in the Dark Ages anymore. No matter your position in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so we can grow up and blow you away!”
Again, very impressive, interesting and informative!!!
According to the article, " Adora was reading at age 2½ and wrote short stories at age 4. She published her first book at age 7. That book, Flying Fingers: Master the Tools of Learning through the Joy of Writing, is a collection of adventure stories that includes tips on teaching kids to write. Her second book, Dancing Fingers, is a book of poetry and writing inspiration that she cowrote with her older sister Adrianna." This is amazing to me!!! Impressive, I am speechless!! This just shows me how advanced our students are when it comes to technology and web 2.0 tools. This article shows me where the future of education is heading. This kid is more advanced then most adults I know!
I again was taken away by Adora's comment, " “Kids who have access to the Internet have access to learning and 24/7 education. They are not restricted to an hour of class time per subject,” she said. “Like education, technology has the potential to become a great democratizer, not a divider.”
Adora uses videoconferencing to teach to over 400 classrooms on literacy, writing, and making a difference. She is very well known for her talk on TED 2010 What You Can Learn From Kids. I watched her video and was again impressed! Here is the link I watched. http://reachsudbury.edublogs.org/2010/05/04/ted-talk-what-adults-can-learn-from-kids/
At the end of the video she states, “The way progress happens is that new generations and new eras grow and develop and become better than the previous ones,” she said. “It’s the reason we’re not in the Dark Ages anymore. No matter your position in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so we can grow up and blow you away!”
Again, very impressive, interesting and informative!!!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
ISTE Article: Learning Connections: WallWisher, A Geeky Teacher's Dream Tool
LEARNING CONNECTIONS: WALLWISHER, A GEEKY TEACHER'S DREAM TOOL
http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Learning_Connections_Wallwisher_A_Geeky_Teacher_s_Dream_Tool.aspx
I have never heard of Wallwisher until I read this article. Wallwisher is an internet application where you can post or express thoughts on a common topic on a webpage. It allows the teacher to ask a question and then allow students to respond. You can use this for any topic, add pictures or sites if you would like!!! Pretty cool.
The teacher that wrote the journal shared a variety of ways that she used wellwisher in her classroom and she added links to the pages for you to view. One example:
Virtual Vocab Wall and Writing Tips
Students in one of my fifth grade classes are very much into building their vocabularies. I found that a lot of students were looking up the same words as their classmates and saving them in their own personal lists. There was no collaboration or working together to learn more. We now have a vocab word wall that allows students to post new words and definitions as they come across them from wherever they are.
Another class decided to create a wall with a collection of their tips for becoming a good writer. The wall has several great tips from students, for students, and they have excitedly shared this with other classes in the spirit of collaboration and learning from one another.
I think this is the coolest idea!! You can use this for homework, vocabulary definitions, generate discussions, research questions... etc I am so excited about this tool! I can use this for coaching and teaching :0)
I created my own WallWisher, check it out!! http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/grizzellcrosscountry
Check out a link that was attached... 31 ways to use Wallwisher
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_436f8kscmdc
My First Prezi
http://prezi.com/t-bmlbgpged6/web-20-tools-in-your-classroom/
I had fun putting this together... however I need to figure out how to make my transitions look a little smoother... maybe change the fonts? I was afraid I was going to delete it after I got it to work, I accidentally deleted one prezi already...
I would like to create one for my CC team meeting so I will try for smoother transitions... I am at least going to make a wordle for the meeting and attach it on the front of their information packet :) Maybe I will make a Tagul??
I had fun putting this together... however I need to figure out how to make my transitions look a little smoother... maybe change the fonts? I was afraid I was going to delete it after I got it to work, I accidentally deleted one prezi already...
I would like to create one for my CC team meeting so I will try for smoother transitions... I am at least going to make a wordle for the meeting and attach it on the front of their information packet :) Maybe I will make a Tagul??
Friday, May 13, 2011
Web 2.0 Tools
I was excited to see quizlet posted and brain pop... this sounds silly however I did not know these were web 2.0 tools, I did not know how to access these tools. There are teachers in my school that use quizlet on and brain pop on a regular basis. I am fortunate to help out in the mornings as a parapro in my school and I get to learn from other teachers on some of their instructional strategies.
I have watched Brain Pop video's before, I did not realize there were health video's on there!! I have seen the math and science brain pop video's before. I am so excited, my school subscribes to this so I can now show Health Brain Pop's!! I wish I knew this earlier in the year. I teach Body Systems to my 7th grade and Nutrition to both 7th and 8th graders, there are tons of Brain Pops for Nutrition and Body Systems.
One of my students asked me the other day if there was a quizlet for our Body Systems test coming up and I did not know how to do it... I am so excited that I can make a quizlet!! I did not know this was a free service, I thought it was something you had to subscribe to. I like that you can make flash cards and have a variety of test review options! I signed up for a subscription and I am going to make a quizlet for my classes!!
I have watched Brain Pop video's before, I did not realize there were health video's on there!! I have seen the math and science brain pop video's before. I am so excited, my school subscribes to this so I can now show Health Brain Pop's!! I wish I knew this earlier in the year. I teach Body Systems to my 7th grade and Nutrition to both 7th and 8th graders, there are tons of Brain Pops for Nutrition and Body Systems.
One of my students asked me the other day if there was a quizlet for our Body Systems test coming up and I did not know how to do it... I am so excited that I can make a quizlet!! I did not know this was a free service, I thought it was something you had to subscribe to. I like that you can make flash cards and have a variety of test review options! I signed up for a subscription and I am going to make a quizlet for my classes!!
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