Under the 2008 Kicking it up a Notch workshop, there is a session called Monsters Bloom in Our Wiki. I listened to this session because I have just learned what a wiki is and all of the ways that they can be integrated into teaching and learning in a classroom.
Monsters Bloom in Our Wiki is a project that is completed with two separate classes that integrate technology with the reading and writing standards. Also, this project included all the steps of Bloom's Taxonomy.
The students in the classes are introduced to adjectives and the importance of descriptive words. Then, by using a wiki, the students create a monster and then have to write out descriptive words so another student in another class can try to create the same monster. After both classes have recreated a monster, the original and the new ones are compared. The students then review how well they described their monster and what they could have done better. Both of the monsters and the descriptions of the monsters are then posted on a wiki so both of the students can compare their drawings.
The wiki is a great tool to use when collaborating with another class that may be across the state, country, or world. Three wikis that the workshop suggested using for this project are Wikispaces, PBWiki, and WetPaint. In my class, I have used the PBWiki and feel that it offers endless posibilities of how it can be used in a classroom. For example, I have used it to organize lessons, create a teacher web page, an online portfolio, and a webquest.
If you want to listen to the podcast you can click here
If you want to see the wiki site that the class created for their monster project, you can click here
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
K12 Online Conference
"Getting Started:
Video Conferencing It's Easy, Free, and Powerful"
The K12 Online Conference is a great tool for teachers to use and become educated about new technology. The reason it is so great is because all of the sessions are podcast online. Therefore, anyone can listen to them at anytime.
The session I listened to was "Getting Started:Video Conferencing It's Easy, Free, and Powerful." I was able to learn a lot about video conferencing and the many different ways it can be used in a classroom.
One of the ways it can be used is by Inclusion. A student who is sick or cannot attend school can be included in the class by video conferencing. One program that can be used for inclusion is Skype. This is a program that is easy to use and does not require a lot of equipment.
Another way to use video conferences is by sharing an expert. A classroom who is able to book an expert can share their expert with another class. When it comes to video conferencing, students from both classes are able to ask the expert questions and have their questions answered right away.
One class uses video conferencing to share an experience. The class was working on oral language skills. So, the teacher was able to record his/her students and play it back to them. This allowed the students to be able to hear themselves. Then were able to hear how fluent they were and how many times they said "um."
Lastly, I learned that video conferences can be used for collaboration. A classroom of students are able to be matched up with another classroom of students, anywhere in the world, and create a story together. Both students are given the same picture, and then they are to write a story together. The students are able to use web cams so they can see the student they are working with. Also, with video conferencing they are able to talk to each other. This is a great way to get students to collaborate.
All in all, the K12 Online Conference is very helpful for teachers and the session on video conferencing shows how much can be learned from just one short 13 minuet session.
Video Conferencing It's Easy, Free, and Powerful"
The K12 Online Conference is a great tool for teachers to use and become educated about new technology. The reason it is so great is because all of the sessions are podcast online. Therefore, anyone can listen to them at anytime.
The session I listened to was "Getting Started:Video Conferencing It's Easy, Free, and Powerful." I was able to learn a lot about video conferencing and the many different ways it can be used in a classroom.
One of the ways it can be used is by Inclusion. A student who is sick or cannot attend school can be included in the class by video conferencing. One program that can be used for inclusion is Skype. This is a program that is easy to use and does not require a lot of equipment.
Another way to use video conferences is by sharing an expert. A classroom who is able to book an expert can share their expert with another class. When it comes to video conferencing, students from both classes are able to ask the expert questions and have their questions answered right away.
One class uses video conferencing to share an experience. The class was working on oral language skills. So, the teacher was able to record his/her students and play it back to them. This allowed the students to be able to hear themselves. Then were able to hear how fluent they were and how many times they said "um."
Lastly, I learned that video conferences can be used for collaboration. A classroom of students are able to be matched up with another classroom of students, anywhere in the world, and create a story together. Both students are given the same picture, and then they are to write a story together. The students are able to use web cams so they can see the student they are working with. Also, with video conferencing they are able to talk to each other. This is a great way to get students to collaborate.
All in all, the K12 Online Conference is very helpful for teachers and the session on video conferencing shows how much can be learned from just one short 13 minuet session.
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