My favorite tool has to be tool 3. I learned about so many cool image generators that I can't wait to put to use in my classroom. In fact, just next week my students will be creating wordles as a culimating activity for our in class author study of Eve Bunting. Each student has chosen their favorite book and plans to represent the theme and major issues within the book through a wordle.
This whole process has broadened my thinking about technology in the classroom. I always knew that the use of technology was extremely important. What I was surprised to know was the vast number of resources available to me and my students. I look forward to using them throughout the year.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Tool 11
As teachers, we often have to adjust our teaching to the times we live in. Digital citizenship is a perfect example of this. As a teacher the three most important things I teach my students are:
1) Anything you say/type on the internet can be just as hurtful as the things you say in person. Cyberbullying is very real and should be talked about at a young age.
2) Is is extremely important to give credit to those you borrow information from. Just like citing sources in a book, we must cite our sources on the internet.
3) Not everything we read on the internet should be taken as fact. We must be careful to evaluate the validitly of the sources we use.
In the classroom, I present these ideas to my students in context. When we blog or post things on googledocs we talk about cyberbullying and making appropriate comments. When we conduct research we talk about how to evaluate the strength of a website and how to give credit to our sources.
1) Anything you say/type on the internet can be just as hurtful as the things you say in person. Cyberbullying is very real and should be talked about at a young age.
2) Is is extremely important to give credit to those you borrow information from. Just like citing sources in a book, we must cite our sources on the internet.
3) Not everything we read on the internet should be taken as fact. We must be careful to evaluate the validitly of the sources we use.
In the classroom, I present these ideas to my students in context. When we blog or post things on googledocs we talk about cyberbullying and making appropriate comments. When we conduct research we talk about how to evaluate the strength of a website and how to give credit to our sources.
Tool 10
As a mobile phone and ipod user, I've often played with various apps. However, before this school year I didn't have very much experience with educational apps. After receiving my loner itouch I quickly began playing around with it. I tried baby flashcards for my own children. They loved it! My four year old also likes using abclite to practice writing letters. Here at school I've tried Flashcard study helpers, ABC magnets and mylanguage. All have been so helpful with my ESL learners especially. I look forward to the chance to add more apps throughout the year!
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