Web Quest

My web quest was a success and the students had so much fun with it.  My web quest covered poetry and at the end the students were able to read their poems in a made up coffee shop.  It was so much fun!  All the links worked correctly and I feel that my students were able to learn or atleast begin to understand all the information that I needed to cover with the unit of poetry.  Their original poems were very good and were correctly formatted.

Pod Casts

My students have loved creating pod casts.  We now make a weekly pod cast so that the students are able to tell what is going on in the school and any upcoming events.  They have also used the pod casts as a way to review for quizzes and review information for any lessons.  They are loving using this technology!

Creating RSS Feeds

I have begun using the RSS feeds that I learned about in this class.  The students in my law and justice class will start casting their audio news clips following the United State Supreme Court.  This is a great way to have them independently researching and contributing to the class without "assigning" work. They seemed to be intrinsically motivated and have a excitement like I have only seen on a couple of occasions in the 11 years I have been teaching.

Awesome Information

What a very informative, dynamic, and just fun way to teach.  Many of these ideas, I was already using, however, some like the Wiki, for example I have implemented this semester.  My students love the concept of being author on our class blog (gambilllawandjustice.blosgpot.com).  This class is a necessity for even undergraduate students pursuing education.

Web blogs

I just noticed the coolest thing about my blog. On the stat page it showed how many people had viewed my page today and where they were located. I think I may become addicted to blogging once I completely understand it.

Rss Feeds

Really confused with setting up RSS feeds and creating folders. I have learned so much in this class but still feel that much of this is way over my head.

Technology in the Classroom

This class and the book, BLOGS, WIKIS, PODCASTS AND OTHER POWERFUL WEB TOOLS FOR CLASSROOMS, has definitely changed my outlook on using technology in the classroom.  I now know there are so many ways to reach out to students who are already involved in technology in some form.  I will be keeping the book as a reference!