Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Ways to Connect
Connecting in the Classroom with Online Surveys:
Survey Monkey - www.surveymonkey.com
-survey tool
-ask up to 10 questions for free
-can collate all questions
-can see surveys received from multiple schools
Zoomerang Basic
-ask up to 30 questions and receive up to 100 responses
Google Docs - Spreadsheets
- questions asked and exported to excel
-google survey
- text survey??
Example in classroom:
- collect surveys at beginning survey
- collate
- play family feud!
Survey Monkey - www.surveymonkey.com
-survey tool
-ask up to 10 questions for free
-can collate all questions
-can see surveys received from multiple schools
Zoomerang Basic
-ask up to 30 questions and receive up to 100 responses
Google Docs - Spreadsheets
- questions asked and exported to excel
-google survey
- text survey??
Example in classroom:
- collect surveys at beginning survey
- collate
- play family feud!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
My Thoughts on Web 2.0
My knowledge of Web 2.0 Tools has increased at an exponential pace these past few months. Before learning about Web 2.0, the students in my classroom were communicating and creating, but only with each other. Within the past few months, I have been able to view 1st hand, the effects of Web 2.0, and I am only in the beginning stages of introducing these tools into my classroom. I can only imagine the effects that Web 2.0 will have on students and classrooms in the near future.
As a teacher, I feel that it is important to implement these tools gradually in your classroom. If implemented all at once, I think the teacher, students, and parents will all be a bit overwhelmed and confused about what tool does what job and where it is found. If I had to do it all again, I would start with a class wiki. A class wiki is a common space that can be shared by both you and your students. You could use your class wiki to create an online textbook or a list of helpful websites or links that relate to what you are learning.
Next, I would create a class blog to post assignments and articles. Students can then respond to your posts and articles and to each others comments as well. Now, not only are students finding and posting links, but they are also beginning a conversation that has an infinite amount of viewers. Students will now be writing for an audience outside of class. The students in my classes did not initially think about writing for a larger audience until I added a "Cluster Map" to our blog (which I would recommend). Every time a new dot was added from a new location, students would be sure to tell me that "someone new was looking at our blog." As you get more comfortable with these tools, implementing podcasts, vodcasts, and screencasts only seems natural.
While I was an undergraduate student at Washington & Jefferson College, the education department had a motto, "Docendo Discimus" which means "we learn by teaching." In my classroom, Web 2.0 is allowing my students to do just this, learn by teaching. Students are now creating wikis, podcasts, and vodcasts on the topics that we have learned in class in order to teach or reteach the concept to students who do not understand. I can only imagine their responses when people from "the outside world" begin leaving comments on their creations!
Again this is only the beginning and Web 2.0 has already had a lasting impact on how my students are learning and how they now expect to be taught. Web 2.0 is changing the methods that we use to learn, teach, share, and communicate. From wikis to screencasts, classrooms and schools are beginning to take on a new look. Time can only tell the full effect that Web 2.0 will have on teaching and learning.
As a teacher, I feel that it is important to implement these tools gradually in your classroom. If implemented all at once, I think the teacher, students, and parents will all be a bit overwhelmed and confused about what tool does what job and where it is found. If I had to do it all again, I would start with a class wiki. A class wiki is a common space that can be shared by both you and your students. You could use your class wiki to create an online textbook or a list of helpful websites or links that relate to what you are learning.
Next, I would create a class blog to post assignments and articles. Students can then respond to your posts and articles and to each others comments as well. Now, not only are students finding and posting links, but they are also beginning a conversation that has an infinite amount of viewers. Students will now be writing for an audience outside of class. The students in my classes did not initially think about writing for a larger audience until I added a "Cluster Map" to our blog (which I would recommend). Every time a new dot was added from a new location, students would be sure to tell me that "someone new was looking at our blog." As you get more comfortable with these tools, implementing podcasts, vodcasts, and screencasts only seems natural.
While I was an undergraduate student at Washington & Jefferson College, the education department had a motto, "Docendo Discimus" which means "we learn by teaching." In my classroom, Web 2.0 is allowing my students to do just this, learn by teaching. Students are now creating wikis, podcasts, and vodcasts on the topics that we have learned in class in order to teach or reteach the concept to students who do not understand. I can only imagine their responses when people from "the outside world" begin leaving comments on their creations!
Again this is only the beginning and Web 2.0 has already had a lasting impact on how my students are learning and how they now expect to be taught. Web 2.0 is changing the methods that we use to learn, teach, share, and communicate. From wikis to screencasts, classrooms and schools are beginning to take on a new look. Time can only tell the full effect that Web 2.0 will have on teaching and learning.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Wiki How-To!
Did you start a Wiki in your classroom, but the students are having trouble adding links to it? This screencast is your solution! I created a screencast using Jing on how to edit and add sites to a wikispaces page. Jing was incredibly easy to use and I will be using it more in the future with my interactive whiteboard! Also, if you are having trouble using Jing there is a blog page with frequent question and answers that I found very helpful.
Check out Jing!
Check out my Wiki to see how the students are using it so far!
Check out Jing!
Check out my Wiki to see how the students are using it so far!
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