Online Conference Experience
Using web 2.0 tools to teach "The Outsiders"
I loved how he uses technology to help students struggling with English. It was cool how he used google maps and street view to help the students get a better understanding of the setting of the story "The Outsiders." The photo presentation was a very interesting idea to get the students to understand the culture of the book. Oftentimes when I am reading a book, I have a tough time getting an image of what is going on in the book. I had never thought of researching the culture and setting of the book before and during reading it.
Ways Of Working
I liked how this showed that there is so much more to research than typing something in google and looking at the first site that comes up. It is cool that you can learn so much more by reading blogs, watching videos and pictures on flicker, google maps, and signing up for information on google news. I like the idea of using the fact that children are constantly taking pictures and using technology on their phones. You can have your students upload their pictures, where they were at and what they learned. Comiclife.com looks like a fun thing for students to use to tell stories.
Around The World With Skype
I never thought of the possibilities of having your class skype with professionals and authors that you might never get to have come to your class. You can also have classes skype with classes on the other side of the world! Teachers that are traveling could also contact their class through skype and give them some cool experiences from other locations. I would love to get my class to be more culturally aware by having skype tours around the world. This was my favorite!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Entry #13
Features I Frequently Use on Word, Excel, and Power Point
Word:
Cut
Copy
Paste
Spell check
Bold
Italics
Insert: page number, picture, text box, boarder
Format: columns
Assignment for Word: Have students find a poem on line and copy and paste it on to word. Have them write a paragraph on why they like the poem and spell check it. Have them inset a clipart picture that goes with the poem and put a boarder around it. Format the poem into 2 columns and bold the heading.
Excel:
Boarders
Insert: columns
Assignment for Excel: Have students use excel to make a weekly class schedule.
Power Point:
Insert
New Slide
Transition
Clip Art
Animation
Background
Apply All
Slide Show
Assignment for Power Point: Have students use Power Point to create a slide show about something they are interested in. They must have a background, animation, clip art, and at least 5 slides with transitions.
Word:
Cut
Copy
Paste
Spell check
Bold
Italics
Insert: page number, picture, text box, boarder
Format: columns
Assignment for Word: Have students find a poem on line and copy and paste it on to word. Have them write a paragraph on why they like the poem and spell check it. Have them inset a clipart picture that goes with the poem and put a boarder around it. Format the poem into 2 columns and bold the heading.
Excel:
Boarders
Insert: columns
Assignment for Excel: Have students use excel to make a weekly class schedule.
Power Point:
Insert
New Slide
Transition
Clip Art
Animation
Background
Apply All
Slide Show
Assignment for Power Point: Have students use Power Point to create a slide show about something they are interested in. They must have a background, animation, clip art, and at least 5 slides with transitions.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Entry 11
My comment
I think this blog is very helpful because it has interesting websites and information categorized into several subjects. The blog is interesting, useful, and easy to navigate. Apart from learning how helpful a blog can be, I learned that people can use Lang-8 to get help learning languages by interacting online with a native speaker.
I think this blog is very helpful because it has interesting websites and information categorized into several subjects. The blog is interesting, useful, and easy to navigate. Apart from learning how helpful a blog can be, I learned that people can use Lang-8 to get help learning languages by interacting online with a native speaker.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Entry # 10
Three questions for the NU Education Panel.
1) Would it be possible to have education program classes avalable in the summer?
2) What do you like the best about the education program at Northwest?
3) In your opintion, what is the most valuable thing we are going to learn in the education program at Northwest?
1) Would it be possible to have education program classes avalable in the summer?
2) What do you like the best about the education program at Northwest?
3) In your opintion, what is the most valuable thing we are going to learn in the education program at Northwest?
Assignment #4 Pt 1
I have created a podcast to tell you about my technology project.
I will be using videoclips, the smartboard and my weebly account to give a presentation on koalas. This could be used for an elementary science lesson. I will have videoclips of koalas and an interactive presentation ofabout koalas. I will also post a page of sites with aditional information about koalas. I chose this project because I like science and think koalas are super cute!
I will be using videoclips, the smartboard and my weebly account to give a presentation on koalas. This could be used for an elementary science lesson. I will have videoclips of koalas and an interactive presentation ofabout koalas. I will also post a page of sites with aditional information about koalas. I chose this project because I like science and think koalas are super cute!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Assignment #3
A "toolbox" is an online place for storing websites that will be useful resources when teaching a class. My "toolbox" was created on my weebly account at http://missdooleysclass.weebly.com/
I have organized my toolbox in categories on math, science, reading/writing, and health. I found websites that I thought wound be helpful, fun and interesting to my students. I hope these websites will help my students have fun while learning as well as get extra help in areas that they may need more practice in.
I can use my "toolbox" when my students need extra help in a subject area or if students finish their work early and want to use the computer. I can also send the links home to the parents and let them know what websites would be useful for extra practice for their child. The science websites will be useful with finding material to write reports. The health websites are very fun and I think students will enjoy using them to learn about healthy food and living. The reading/writing websites have some fun worksheets, writing prompts, and reading comprehension tests that students could do at home and bring in the next day.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
This website has great information about animals. You can choose an animal, view pictures, videos and information about where its habitat is. This site would really help students with writing reports or giving presentations.
http://www.education.com/worksheets/third-grade/reading/
This website has fun, printable worksheets that help students learn similes, synonyms, analogies, homographs, homophones, past, present and future tenses. They can also help with punctuation and short stories.
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/activities-main.asp
This website has lots of fun games that teach children about healthy eating as well as interesting nutrition facts. I would let students earn computer time where they can play feed the monster and other fun games.
I have organized my toolbox in categories on math, science, reading/writing, and health. I found websites that I thought wound be helpful, fun and interesting to my students. I hope these websites will help my students have fun while learning as well as get extra help in areas that they may need more practice in.
I can use my "toolbox" when my students need extra help in a subject area or if students finish their work early and want to use the computer. I can also send the links home to the parents and let them know what websites would be useful for extra practice for their child. The science websites will be useful with finding material to write reports. The health websites are very fun and I think students will enjoy using them to learn about healthy food and living. The reading/writing websites have some fun worksheets, writing prompts, and reading comprehension tests that students could do at home and bring in the next day.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
This website has great information about animals. You can choose an animal, view pictures, videos and information about where its habitat is. This site would really help students with writing reports or giving presentations.
http://www.education.com/worksheets/third-grade/reading/
This website has fun, printable worksheets that help students learn similes, synonyms, analogies, homographs, homophones, past, present and future tenses. They can also help with punctuation and short stories.
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/activities-main.asp
This website has lots of fun games that teach children about healthy eating as well as interesting nutrition facts. I would let students earn computer time where they can play feed the monster and other fun games.
Entry 9
"Caught on Video"
I loved this article! I had honestly never sat down and thought about how beneficial a digital video camera would be in a classroom. All the different ways a teacher could use a video camera in class were so interesting. When I was in high school, a few of my teachers used video cameras to record short skits and a few time a teacher showed video clips of previous years classes, but they were using an old camera and often times the teacher could not find what they were looking for. I sometimes got nervous when the teacher brought out the camera, but it was fun getting to watch back all the performances. I think if the camera was used often in the classroom that students would get used to it and it would not be such a bit deal. Students might also work harder at a presentation knowing that they would be watching it over again. I think teachers could also asses presentations better because they could watch them back and not just have to frantically write down notes.
I loved this article! I had honestly never sat down and thought about how beneficial a digital video camera would be in a classroom. All the different ways a teacher could use a video camera in class were so interesting. When I was in high school, a few of my teachers used video cameras to record short skits and a few time a teacher showed video clips of previous years classes, but they were using an old camera and often times the teacher could not find what they were looking for. I sometimes got nervous when the teacher brought out the camera, but it was fun getting to watch back all the performances. I think if the camera was used often in the classroom that students would get used to it and it would not be such a bit deal. Students might also work harder at a presentation knowing that they would be watching it over again. I think teachers could also asses presentations better because they could watch them back and not just have to frantically write down notes.
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