Somedays it's just bedlam in the school. Today, for instance, I barely had time to teach my scheduled lessons between assisting people with one thing or the next, not that I mind, though, but it's a nuisance when you really want to get on with the business of teaching the students.
I subscribe to a number of very useful websites and through these I can draw on the collective wisdom of people doing better than me, across the whole world. One particular site I like is the TES (Times Educational Supplement) site. http://www.tes.co.uk/home.aspx This site has plenty of information about ICT in schools, along with good job vacancies if you're interested in heading to the UK for work.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
What's going on in the Classroom
What are the implications for class blogging?
Well, it would seem that blogging is beginning to permeate most parts of our life. That includes personal and professional. So, in my Carrie Bradshaw voice in my head, it's got me thinking about how we can really tap into these technologies in the classroom.
Blogging
What better way to build up a narrative than by online web journalling where you can see the development of thoughts and ideas. Naturally this does not have to be published in wide forum, surfice it's enough to see your words in print on the WWW and interested people might look you up. What's particiularly handy about a blog is that pictures and other media can be added to really improve your blog.
I saw on facebook this afternoon a video blog charting the journey of a woman having a baby, I think these interactions are become far more regular.
Encouraging students to blog also encourages them to take pride in their writing, it's got a far more wide reaching audience than just the teenage FaceBook rant and rage.
As with any online publishing, it is important to remember that what goes online, stays online For Ever.
Even the most timid student can be encouraged to blog.
Wikis are a much preferable alternative to the butchers paper (UGH) of the 80's. Wikis and blogs enable students to be able to stop and reflect before they comment. They are great in terms of asynchronous communication. The conversation goes back and forth via a set of threads of thought.
Wiki entrants are able to build up a huge picture of a content area or concent by editing and adding to content already created. This is fabulous interms of students creating their own authentic and meaningful content.
Students who engage with this, and also extend this by going out onto forums often find the most amazing learning experiences unfolding right beneath their fingertips.
Well, it would seem that blogging is beginning to permeate most parts of our life. That includes personal and professional. So, in my Carrie Bradshaw voice in my head, it's got me thinking about how we can really tap into these technologies in the classroom.
Blogging
What better way to build up a narrative than by online web journalling where you can see the development of thoughts and ideas. Naturally this does not have to be published in wide forum, surfice it's enough to see your words in print on the WWW and interested people might look you up. What's particiularly handy about a blog is that pictures and other media can be added to really improve your blog.
I saw on facebook this afternoon a video blog charting the journey of a woman having a baby, I think these interactions are become far more regular.
Encouraging students to blog also encourages them to take pride in their writing, it's got a far more wide reaching audience than just the teenage FaceBook rant and rage.
As with any online publishing, it is important to remember that what goes online, stays online For Ever.
Even the most timid student can be encouraged to blog.
Wikis are a much preferable alternative to the butchers paper (UGH) of the 80's. Wikis and blogs enable students to be able to stop and reflect before they comment. They are great in terms of asynchronous communication. The conversation goes back and forth via a set of threads of thought.
Wiki entrants are able to build up a huge picture of a content area or concent by editing and adding to content already created. This is fabulous interms of students creating their own authentic and meaningful content.
Students who engage with this, and also extend this by going out onto forums often find the most amazing learning experiences unfolding right beneath their fingertips.
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