I keep thinking about Josh's post. I can see so many uses for Wiki's. I was listening to Jess's idea in class on Wednesday for a Wiki for the Revolutionary War...and it will actually help with writing skills. I think that Wiki's allow for interdisciplanry teaching. I know that years ago students hated to do the writing, but I know very few students who complain about typing. Writing should become easier for this generation...it takes so much less time once you have the keyboarding skills down.
I look forward seeing the resource site that Josh is designing and seeing how excited the teachers will become when they find things they can use. Technology should be the driving force behind change and collaboration in schools today.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
June 6, 2007
As I sat in class this evening, I was thinking about how far we have come in just a year and a half. As we worked on our advocacy Wiki, I wondered what our product might have looked like two years ago....oh wait a Wiki two years ago...probably not!
It is so exciting to think about these tools and how we can introduce them to our colleagues and how they might use them in their classrooms. It would be wonderful to use the COWS to collaborate in the same room. Students can work together and watch the progress without uttering a spoken word...and as per my daughter no one talks on the phone anymore...this is their world.
Instead of emailing some of our ideas to Bill we just posted them on our Wiki...paperless....and we didn't even fill up us inbox.
It is so exciting to think about these tools and how we can introduce them to our colleagues and how they might use them in their classrooms. It would be wonderful to use the COWS to collaborate in the same room. Students can work together and watch the progress without uttering a spoken word...and as per my daughter no one talks on the phone anymore...this is their world.
Instead of emailing some of our ideas to Bill we just posted them on our Wiki...paperless....and we didn't even fill up us inbox.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
May 31, 2007
Week 3
I enjoyed watching Bill play with the toys! I am definitely a digital immigrant because I can't watch and get it...I need to do it.
I found that working on the position paper was loads of fun! :-) I do believe that having an Instructional Coordinator at the elementary school is a needed position.
Wiki's have loads of potential in the classroom! I look forward to using them next year with students. I think that even lower elementary students could use these to collaborate on writing projects. It would be wonderful for them to be able to work back and forth to perfect a sample.
I am finding that it is difficult to finish everything that I want to get done as the year closes. My mind is going in a million directions....I am hopeful that as Bill said that in about six months it will be much clearer as I think back through the past 16 months.
I am still confused how to anchor the professional portfolio page...how do you do two index pages and post in the same folder? Can you link pages off a page that is not an index page?
I enjoyed watching Bill play with the toys! I am definitely a digital immigrant because I can't watch and get it...I need to do it.
I found that working on the position paper was loads of fun! :-) I do believe that having an Instructional Coordinator at the elementary school is a needed position.
Wiki's have loads of potential in the classroom! I look forward to using them next year with students. I think that even lower elementary students could use these to collaborate on writing projects. It would be wonderful for them to be able to work back and forth to perfect a sample.
I am finding that it is difficult to finish everything that I want to get done as the year closes. My mind is going in a million directions....I am hopeful that as Bill said that in about six months it will be much clearer as I think back through the past 16 months.
I am still confused how to anchor the professional portfolio page...how do you do two index pages and post in the same folder? Can you link pages off a page that is not an index page?
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Week 2
I enjoyed learning about the tools from Dr. Warrick! Now to find the time to use them and organize the RSS feeds. This is amazing technology and I can see how this should help everyone with organization. I am often forgetful about were I put things...so definitely this would help me.
I liked working on the Advocacy topic! I think this is a wonderful venue to help us develop leadership skills. I do feel passionately that IC's should be present in the elementary schools.
It is neat to see how we have developed as a group and depend on one another.
I liked working on the Advocacy topic! I think this is a wonderful venue to help us develop leadership skills. I do feel passionately that IC's should be present in the elementary schools.
It is neat to see how we have developed as a group and depend on one another.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Leadership course
I have really enjoyed the Leadership course so far! The articles describe what makes a great leader! I am interested in finding out if you believe that leaders require certain characteristics!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Week 1
Tonight I watched an amazing video on digital text...multimedia....hypertext..... I found that the possiblity of connectedness is exciting as we continue forward in the 21st century.
I enjoyed learning about Wiki's and Blogs.
I found the amount of work required for this semester overwhelming! There is so much out of class work to complete while we are attempting to finish the year, plan Pd's and have a life too!
I do not look forward to redoing my portfolio....I know that it is good to be able to do this and review for the exit interview...but the task seems daunting! I spent so much time redoing it after the design course..I am not excited to do it again.
Maybe I am just tired. :-)......we have learned so much and I know that it will be fun to see what we create this semester.
I enjoyed learning about Wiki's and Blogs.
I found the amount of work required for this semester overwhelming! There is so much out of class work to complete while we are attempting to finish the year, plan Pd's and have a life too!
I do not look forward to redoing my portfolio....I know that it is good to be able to do this and review for the exit interview...but the task seems daunting! I spent so much time redoing it after the design course..I am not excited to do it again.
Maybe I am just tired. :-)......we have learned so much and I know that it will be fun to see what we create this semester.
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