Our school had a scootle account and although it is quite expensive, it is definately worth the money. I'm not really interested in reading other teachers comments and suggestions because we as teachers quite simply - don't have time! Scootle has many resources for people to share with one another but to be honest, I really am a fan of FREE SITES that teachers upload to. Yes we need to go through the resources, however we would have to do that anyway to see if it is valuable or worth using.
I'm not sure of what the benefit of posting links to facebook and twitter is for this module if we are not going to be using those sites as a way of communicating with students. I understand the purpose of it when social networking, but that's just it, it is social networking, not a classroom resource.
With social life, I was unable to access it through SAO so unable to see how it relates to primary students.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Module 8
RSS Feeds - what exactly does RSS mean? Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. I still don't know what it means, but I'm really liking the idea. As a religious viewer of the FIFA World Cup games, I've added the FIFA.com website and now I am able to view all news updates from the site. I can see the benefit of this branching out to the classroom. I'm a regular viewer of teacherstv and if I add a subscription to that on my RSS feed, then I'd get updated podcasts/videos from that site. I think it would be a good teacher resource but, I'm not certain that it is a resource children should be using at school. It would be very hard to monitor the content that is being filtered through to students.
Module 7
Delicious is a FANTASTIC way to bookmark. Not only does it save loading favourites to your computer but it is portable. You can log in to your favourites on delicious from any computer that has internet access without having to write sites down or save them to your usb. I love the fact that it has a 'network' associated with it. How easy is it to share links with friends or colleagues without having to do a thing. Of course, we need to remember to make the link public! Being able to save personal links and keep those links private is also another benefit of using Delicious.
Uses in the classroom for older students: when researching, students who have a delicious account could bookmark the sites for sharing and viewing with others in the class..WOW!!!
Uses in the classroom for older students: when researching, students who have a delicious account could bookmark the sites for sharing and viewing with others in the class..WOW!!!
Module 6
I am relatively new to teaching. This is my 4th year of teaching on Kindergarten so I don't really have any experience using technology with older grades. I can see the benefits of using the bubbl.us website and glogster in a classroom that has ample technology for students to use.
I had a look at a glog titled Decisions, Decisions. Seeing someone elses glog helps to stimulate ideas. The glog itself was pretty ordinary and set out very simply but so effective for delivering the content in a visually appealing way. I would love to try this with an older grade when I change classes. It is very straight forward and easy to use and the children can pretty much navigate through the glog site on their own.
I had a look at a glog titled Decisions, Decisions. Seeing someone elses glog helps to stimulate ideas. The glog itself was pretty ordinary and set out very simply but so effective for delivering the content in a visually appealing way. I would love to try this with an older grade when I change classes. It is very straight forward and easy to use and the children can pretty much navigate through the glog site on their own.
Module 5
WOW - i love this!!
This is the stuff that I would use in the classroom. Being a kindergarten teacher this year, I have used a few of these things. Podcasts and vodcasts are new to me and I look forward to looking into them furthur (when I get some time!). I use itunes for lesson breakers and morning prayer songs and I also use youtube for many lessons. You tube is an excellent way of finding many short videos to use in class with students. Counting, number work and phonics are things that I look for for my class on youtube. Every week I choose a new daily clip for the class, so that it does not get too repetitive or boring for them. They also have their favourites!
I also view many teacher tv clips not through youtube, but through the teacherstv website. You must join to view the clips.
This is the stuff that I would use in the classroom. Being a kindergarten teacher this year, I have used a few of these things. Podcasts and vodcasts are new to me and I look forward to looking into them furthur (when I get some time!). I use itunes for lesson breakers and morning prayer songs and I also use youtube for many lessons. You tube is an excellent way of finding many short videos to use in class with students. Counting, number work and phonics are things that I look for for my class on youtube. Every week I choose a new daily clip for the class, so that it does not get too repetitive or boring for them. They also have their favourites!
I also view many teacher tv clips not through youtube, but through the teacherstv website. You must join to view the clips.
Module 4
Flickr...yuck!!! I find flickr to be a waste of time (for me personally). With so many programs on your own computer to edit photos and other social networking sites to post photos and communicate electronically, why on earth would someone want to create a whole new account to post and edit photos? Seems like more work to me.
I'm not exactly sure yet where or how I would use Flickr with my students but with furthur personal use (to change my mindset of this tools and to familarise myself a little more with its editing features) I may find a purpose for it in my classroom.
I was not aware of the "Creative commons organisation" until this module. It can be a great way to organising and sharing of "cultural, educational and scientific content." It allows indiciduals and creators to give permission for use of part or all of their material.
I'm not exactly sure yet where or how I would use Flickr with my students but with furthur personal use (to change my mindset of this tools and to familarise myself a little more with its editing features) I may find a purpose for it in my classroom.
I was not aware of the "Creative commons organisation" until this module. It can be a great way to organising and sharing of "cultural, educational and scientific content." It allows indiciduals and creators to give permission for use of part or all of their material.
Module 3
I found google docs to be a highly valueable tool and very easy to use. My practise google doc that I created was for my taskboard session. Parents entered their name and selected morning or afternoons that they were available and selected activities that they were available for. At the end I was able to receive all information in an excel format and it was very easy to read.
There are many uses for docs. One that I am thinking about using in the near future is for student assessment and feedback. Particularly with the younger students, I think that it's a very easy format for them, all they need to do is read a question and tick a box. How easy!
There are many uses for docs. One that I am thinking about using in the near future is for student assessment and feedback. Particularly with the younger students, I think that it's a very easy format for them, all they need to do is read a question and tick a box. How easy!
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