The inquiry-based approach is my preferred method of instruction in the classroom. Kids seem to get more from a lesson if they "do the work" and gather the information while I facilitate and engage them in how and why questions, as opposed to me "talking at them" and handing out worksheets. I set up task rotations that allow the students to use problem solving skills and perform hands on tasks. The inquiry-based method is the best approach for my classroom, and this article supports the method as well, over the traditional classroom. Of course, every so many years a new method will be introduced and administrators will require that method in the classroom.
A Blog for students to comment on their learning process as they expand their knowledge of using technology in the classroom
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Poverty in schools article
I would like to comment on this article. I find it really sad that teachers feel they have to change score sheets to survive. I have a problem with standardized tests. My daughter for example was a 4.o student in high school and she could not get money for college because the best score she could get on ACT was a 23. She felt as if she had failed and that she could not be successful in college. Now she is going into her junior year as a nursing major with a 4.0 GPA. I say all of this because we as educators and students are so consumed with test scores that we can't teach our students life skills. I have seniors in high school that can't even address an envelope. When teachers are under so much pressure that they must change answers on tests we are in trouble.
Twitter for Teachers: Discovering Hashtags
I am not a big Twitter person and frankly don't see what all the hype is about. Therefore I clicked on this page hoping that someone would enlighten me to the wonderful world of Twitter. I have to say, the author Patti Grayson made some excellent points. She talked about how we can use the site to meet up with people who are teaching our same subjects, and the same grade for chats on Twitter to share ideas. Now there is a useful tool! It also touched on what the hashtags are. #confused....that was me! I see these all the time on facebook and other places but have never experienced anything with them. Man you can even do a hashtag search! Now I don't know that I would go that far, but the chat rooms with people around the country that teach my grade and my subject...I'm in for! #I'monthat! HA HA
Lori Rollins
Lori Rollins
Confused
I am trying to post to someone else post but it says I do not have access to do this. I understand how to post new post but not to comment on others post. Could someone help. Thanks
Collaboration
Collaboration is a great resource I really can't see myself doing anything but collaboration. After watching a video I can see many new ideas and found they have the same attitude toward collaboration. Many teachers today see the collaboartion group and say I hate that group of kids. At my school they enjoy having htem in class and I can't say enough about my job. My principal completed a walk through with a different school and the group asked which teacher was the math teacher and which was special education teacher. They had us backwards with my math teacher being a female they thought we collaborated well together. The common goal is to teach kids and there is no such thing as your kids and my kids.
Instructions for Using our Class Web Blog
* sign in to get a free google account - www.google.com
* click on link in your email invitation to get to the class web blog
* Click on View Blog
* Scroll down the page to Delicious/Jimrubin
*Click on - Powerful learning practice/virtual professional development
*read some of the blogs
* go back to the main page
*click on - new post - in the upper right hand corner
* give a title to your blog
*fill in the text box with comments form reading the articles you read
* click on publish post
* You will be able to click on another post that someone in the class has made and make comments to what they wrote.
I would like each member of the class to make a new post and comment on another class member's post.
* click on link in your email invitation to get to the class web blog
* Click on View Blog
* Scroll down the page to Delicious/Jimrubin
*Click on - Powerful learning practice/virtual professional development
*read some of the blogs
* go back to the main page
*click on - new post - in the upper right hand corner
* give a title to your blog
*fill in the text box with comments form reading the articles you read
* click on publish post
* You will be able to click on another post that someone in the class has made and make comments to what they wrote.
I would like each member of the class to make a new post and comment on another class member's post.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Technology for Educators: Notes on making posts
Technology for Educators: Notes on making posts: For students in EDUC 573 fall 1 semester - please start posts by writing your name so I can be sure of who is making the submission.
Trying to post a comment, but keep being unauthorized.
Trying to post a comment, but keep being unauthorized.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Confused too
I;m really not sure if I am doing this correctly. This is my first time joining a blog. Would anyone have information to share?
confused
Has anyone done anything on Delicious.com other than sign in and create an account. I don't understand how to get the feeds or find the articles that he posts. I emailed Dr. Rubin but thought someone else might be able to help.
Thanks
Regina
Thanks
Regina
Technology for Educators: "Poverty Is the Problem" With our Public Schools, ...
Technology for Educators: "Poverty Is the Problem" With our Public Schools, ...: "Poverty Is the Problem" With our Public Schools, Not Teachers' Unions News & Politics AlterNet
Poverty level of our school has increased steadily over the past three years. If our economy doesn't change soon we will reach 40% within the next two years.
Poverty level of our school has increased steadily over the past three years. If our economy doesn't change soon we will reach 40% within the next two years.
Technology
Would love to be able to join this blog, just not getting into the "comment" part. Keeps telling me I'm unauthorized.
technology
This is my first blog. it is mind boggling for me just joining in. I am still waiting on my textbook but your comments have me very curious about all the new ways to bring information back to my students. I am learning myself and now maybe my students won't have to show me how to use my equipment now.
Regina Davenport
Regina Davenport
Kyle Mink
Whiel teaching I find so many different ways to implement technology into my lessons. I would not know what to do without my smartboard, airliner, and elmo. These tools help me to be so much more effective and time management conscious. These tools and many other help the students interact in the lesson and connect more to content being introduced.
Whiel teaching I find so many different ways to implement technology into my lessons. I would not know what to do without my smartboard, airliner, and elmo. These tools help me to be so much more effective and time management conscious. These tools and many other help the students interact in the lesson and connect more to content being introduced.
Chasity
I just finished reading Ch. 2, Connectivism article, and watching the Networked Student. This year in meetings I've heard repeatedly "21st Century Learner/Student", without much definition of what that is. Now I know what a "21st Century Learner/Student" is and some of the technologies to use, as well as the purpose behind developing instruction around technology. Wow! My only question is, who is going to spring for the technology needed for students to learn this way in the classroom? I've heard they have it at home, few of my students actually have access to the web at home. So how do we put this into practice?
I found the Connectivism article to be very interesting. I did not know what a node was, so I looked it up. Finding meaning out of chaos through central/connecting points to organize information for the purpose of attaining new knowledge makes sense. I agree that the old theories support learning through technology, but do not completely address the new methods of learning through technology.
I just finished reading Ch. 2, Connectivism article, and watching the Networked Student. This year in meetings I've heard repeatedly "21st Century Learner/Student", without much definition of what that is. Now I know what a "21st Century Learner/Student" is and some of the technologies to use, as well as the purpose behind developing instruction around technology. Wow! My only question is, who is going to spring for the technology needed for students to learn this way in the classroom? I've heard they have it at home, few of my students actually have access to the web at home. So how do we put this into practice?
I found the Connectivism article to be very interesting. I did not know what a node was, so I looked it up. Finding meaning out of chaos through central/connecting points to organize information for the purpose of attaining new knowledge makes sense. I agree that the old theories support learning through technology, but do not completely address the new methods of learning through technology.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Notes on making posts
For students in EDUC 573 fall 1 semester - please start posts by writing your name so I can be sure of who is making the submission.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Intro Video for creating your own Blog
You will be creating your own class Blog in this class - this video is a good resource for getting started.
http://www.youtube.com/BloggerHelp
http://www.youtube.com/BloggerHelp
Award Winning Educational Blogging Site
Please visit : tinyurl.com/62crba to look through a well known educational blogging site and get a feel for what they are about. Use our class site to post your comments about this site.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Welcome
This is the first blog on the WebBlog - Technology for Educators
We will be exploring different forms of technology and how they can be effectively applied to the classroom. The focus will be on how technology can add to student interest and ultimately to what they learn.
This will be a collaboration between all of us to weed through the many possiblities and find a few resources that we can actually apply to our lives and classrooms with little expense and just a little effort.
We will be exploring different forms of technology and how they can be effectively applied to the classroom. The focus will be on how technology can add to student interest and ultimately to what they learn.
This will be a collaboration between all of us to weed through the many possiblities and find a few resources that we can actually apply to our lives and classrooms with little expense and just a little effort.
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