I have decided to continue blogging as a means of self-reflection and best practice (and the like). I will be doing so at my blog "Take Chances, Make Mistakes, Get Messy." (What can I say? Miss Frizzle rocks.)
I may migrate these posts over there, but I have a feeling that will end up seeming to be more effort than it's worth, and thus won't get done.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Thursday, July 5, 2007
A Girl and Her Technology: Take 2
Back at the beginning of this course, I wrote a technology autobiography in which I described the ways in which technology is part of my everyday life via google, livejournal, youtube, and amazon.com (among other things). Not too long after that I determined that I was a "digital native" of sorts. I postulated that we need to be using far more technology in the classroom than we currently are.
And yet, for all my previous knowledge, I learned so much over the course of this class, and I know now that I have so much more to learn. I am incredibly excited to use these new resources, and I anticipate that using them will be of great benefit to my classroom. I already have one digital story that I will be using and a Flickr project that I will be adapting if I can't find a way to get around the school blockade. Beyond the examplars that I've made, I have so many new ideas. More digital stories, of course, made by me and my students, podcasts, a class wiki (for the Earth in Space module), a class blog for keeping track of bellwork and assignments, social networking tools to store links for research projects (editorials, planet brochures, etc.) - and if I go far beyond this I'll likely just overwhelm myself (though I do anticipate using Mindomo during class discussions).
But beyond this list of ideas, I am with Alison in saying that this class has opened my eyes to the ways in which the tools I was already using can be used within the classroom. Of course, I learned about new things as well (firetrail and webquests, for example). I think that my teaching will be far better due to what I've learned here and the revelations that I've had, and I'm hoping that my students will be far more engaged due to my ability to use these new aspects of technology.
I'm also with Alison in saying that this class (along with EDTP 620 and the differentiated instruction conference I attended this past weekend) has me looking forward to teaching again. I was happy for the break - and I still am - but I feel revitalized as a teacher and more confident in my abilities to help my students learn.
And yet, for all my previous knowledge, I learned so much over the course of this class, and I know now that I have so much more to learn. I am incredibly excited to use these new resources, and I anticipate that using them will be of great benefit to my classroom. I already have one digital story that I will be using and a Flickr project that I will be adapting if I can't find a way to get around the school blockade. Beyond the examplars that I've made, I have so many new ideas. More digital stories, of course, made by me and my students, podcasts, a class wiki (for the Earth in Space module), a class blog for keeping track of bellwork and assignments, social networking tools to store links for research projects (editorials, planet brochures, etc.) - and if I go far beyond this I'll likely just overwhelm myself (though I do anticipate using Mindomo during class discussions).
But beyond this list of ideas, I am with Alison in saying that this class has opened my eyes to the ways in which the tools I was already using can be used within the classroom. Of course, I learned about new things as well (firetrail and webquests, for example). I think that my teaching will be far better due to what I've learned here and the revelations that I've had, and I'm hoping that my students will be far more engaged due to my ability to use these new aspects of technology.
I'm also with Alison in saying that this class (along with EDTP 620 and the differentiated instruction conference I attended this past weekend) has me looking forward to teaching again. I was happy for the break - and I still am - but I feel revitalized as a teacher and more confident in my abilities to help my students learn.
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