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Monday, August 16, 2010
Your Favorites (17 photos), by Tiera Pennix
I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.
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New RGE Videos
Amateur videography from my phone, but a sneak peak at the new building none the less!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
11 Tools- Reflections
1. What are your favorite tools you now have in your personal technology toolbox? Briefly describe a particular activity that you will plan for your students using at least one of these new tools.
I really like Skype because it integrates technology wihtout getting rid of the social aspect. I would use Skype to participate in the ePals program! Students could collaborate on assigments using Google docs and PhotoStory.
2. How have you transfomed your thinking about the learning that will take place in your classroom?
I have broadened my comfort level with integrating technology but I still am reluctant to throw out other, less technological mediums, that work for SOME assignments... call me old-fashioned!
3. Were there any unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
I was surprised that there were so many sites that are now accessible! A couple years ago we couldn't even access YouTube from district computers... now it's encouraged! I really liked how the program was self-paced so you could take what YOU needed based on your level of technical savvy!
I really like Skype because it integrates technology wihtout getting rid of the social aspect. I would use Skype to participate in the ePals program! Students could collaborate on assigments using Google docs and PhotoStory.
2. How have you transfomed your thinking about the learning that will take place in your classroom?
I have broadened my comfort level with integrating technology but I still am reluctant to throw out other, less technological mediums, that work for SOME assignments... call me old-fashioned!
3. Were there any unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
I was surprised that there were so many sites that are now accessible! A couple years ago we couldn't even access YouTube from district computers... now it's encouraged! I really liked how the program was self-paced so you could take what YOU needed based on your level of technical savvy!
Thoughts About Tool #11
Three things I will be teaching my students about digital citizenship:
1. Never share personal information with an unreliable source(you wouldn't share an ice cream cone with a stranger so why would you share your address?)
2. Plagiarism- even elementary students need to know that taking something from the net and portraying it as your own thought is STEALING!
3. Say what you mean, and mean what you say!- When communicating and collaborating with peers it is easy to type things you wouldn't necessarily say. Being a good digital citizen means taking the etiquette you have in reality and apply them to the virtual setting.
Seeing as the students in school now are the first generation to really "grow up" with the 2.0 world, I think it is easy to relate many aspects of digital citizenship to how we act in reality. This not only helps students make connections to reality vs. virtuality, but makes them think critically about how they SHOULD be acting in daily interactions!
1. Never share personal information with an unreliable source(you wouldn't share an ice cream cone with a stranger so why would you share your address?)
2. Plagiarism- even elementary students need to know that taking something from the net and portraying it as your own thought is STEALING!
3. Say what you mean, and mean what you say!- When communicating and collaborating with peers it is easy to type things you wouldn't necessarily say. Being a good digital citizen means taking the etiquette you have in reality and apply them to the virtual setting.
Seeing as the students in school now are the first generation to really "grow up" with the 2.0 world, I think it is easy to relate many aspects of digital citizenship to how we act in reality. This not only helps students make connections to reality vs. virtuality, but makes them think critically about how they SHOULD be acting in daily interactions!
Thoughts About Tool #10
I have an iPhone, and it's questionable whether I have downloaded more apps for me or as "research" for the iTouches we're receiving! I found an app called iSeismo that is a great simulation for how a seismograph works. I realized after teaching Earth science for 3 years that it was very difficult to describe how a machine detects such subtle changes in the earth's surface. This app, when you put it on a table and shake the table, works like a seismograph! Pretty cool! I also really like the flash cards apps (there are TONS of them) and Distant Suns lite. It gives great information on planets, constellations, and will use your current location to show which stars you can see at night. I am also a HUGE fan of the free Words with Friends (Scrabble) game.
Using these devices is great (I love mine!)... in moderation, I worry about how EXTENDED use of these devices will aid students when children are already becoming further and further removed from HUMAN interaction and if will effect their social skills not their social NETWORKING skills! I know I can speak from experience with my former students that sometimes at school is the only place they have one-on-one interaction with peers/adults because from the time they get home until they go to bed, parents aren't home and video games are babysitters! My biggest trial will be how to get students to use the devices as a way to ENHANCE their interactions, not EXTINGUISH them!
Using these devices is great (I love mine!)... in moderation, I worry about how EXTENDED use of these devices will aid students when children are already becoming further and further removed from HUMAN interaction and if will effect their social skills not their social NETWORKING skills! I know I can speak from experience with my former students that sometimes at school is the only place they have one-on-one interaction with peers/adults because from the time they get home until they go to bed, parents aren't home and video games are babysitters! My biggest trial will be how to get students to use the devices as a way to ENHANCE their interactions, not EXTINGUISH them!
Thoughts About Tool #9
I think Jing/screencast.com could be a GREAT way to leave directions for a substitute, especially for doing activities like BrainPop or streaming videos where you have several steps and "clicks".
Students could use this to capture screens on websites with virtual math manipulatives to show step by step instructions on how to, for example, regroup using base 10 blocks or model equivalent fractions using fraction strips! I could be used along with Photostory to narrate even. I also like the idea of using the program to aid in instructions of independent assignments for students who are accelerated learners and need better instructions when the teacher may not be available!
I love Skype, my husband uses it in his industry so I am mildly familiar with how it works. I love the idea of getting guest lecturers when there is no budge in the budget for field trips, getting parents involved (especially if they have webcams at work if they cannot make a parent conference), and most importantly, ePALS! I have loved the idea ever since I saw the Cicso Systems commercial when the class says they are going to Japan and they turn on the ACTIVboard and communicate with a classroom half way around the globe. I REALLY want to get involved with that if my Skype account will ever go though!
Students could use this to capture screens on websites with virtual math manipulatives to show step by step instructions on how to, for example, regroup using base 10 blocks or model equivalent fractions using fraction strips! I could be used along with Photostory to narrate even. I also like the idea of using the program to aid in instructions of independent assignments for students who are accelerated learners and need better instructions when the teacher may not be available!
I love Skype, my husband uses it in his industry so I am mildly familiar with how it works. I love the idea of getting guest lecturers when there is no budge in the budget for field trips, getting parents involved (especially if they have webcams at work if they cannot make a parent conference), and most importantly, ePALS! I have loved the idea ever since I saw the Cicso Systems commercial when the class says they are going to Japan and they turn on the ACTIVboard and communicate with a classroom half way around the globe. I REALLY want to get involved with that if my Skype account will ever go though!
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