I think I would like this blog to evolve into a conversation with the staff of Remington and other people interested in the future of computers/the Internet and education, especially middle school education. The areas I am thinking we might discuss include "web 2.0" aka "read-write web", wikis, blogs, podcasts, Google Maps, Google Lit, integrating some or all of this into middle school classrooms.
Here is an example, I have found that a group of teachers have started a group, the Flickr Ed/Tech 365 group that take a picture a day and post them on Flikr. The pictures can be used wtihout restriction for school. They invite us all to join and use Creative Commons licensing so that everyone can share the wealth
Please reply to this post and tell me what you think about a conversation in this format and what you think about the Ed/Tech 365 project. Thanks.
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Pat--
You've got a great start going. I thought I'd be the first to post. I'd like to know how I can help my students and myself with computers. A lot has changed since I've been in college.
Pat, what a great idea. Thanks.
Sounds good to me!
Pat, Great idea to get this started. Myself, I'm looking for constructive feedback about how I'm using my blog ( www.mrholden.edublogs.org) and my wikispace (www.sciencewithmrholden.wikispaces.com).
Also, as net savvy as one might think this generation of "cybernatives" is, at least half of my kids struggle to manage their usernames, passwords, or just knowing how to get into the digital resources that I have set up. I regularly model how to get into and use my sites, but, the struggle continues. It'd be nice to know if other teachers are witnessing the same thing or if folks have found a convenient way to organize everything.
I should mention that we also have an online textbook and I have a "virtual classroom" on Yahoo. Obviously, with four places to go, kids might have some confusion, but, I think it could be diminished.
-Russ
Pat -
This blog is a great idea. Each year I try to set myself one technology goal for use in my classroom. Two years ago it was to create a blog to replace traditional paper journals for kids to respond to reading. In almost every case, the students write more on their blogs, pay more attention to editing (since it is public), and read more of each other's writing and ideas, which promotes critical thinking. Online blogs have been one of my favorite technologies so far.
Russ mentioned the challenges with kids losing/forgetting/not knowing passwords and usernames. I have my students write the relevant websites, usernames,and passwords on the last page of their assignment notebooks (it is an address book page). This helps them have a handy resource in case they lose the worksheets with the relevant information. I also find modeling works well.
I'm looking for a new technology goal for next year, and am looking forward to reading other people's ideas and successes.
Thanks Laura! I'll try the assignment notebook. My tech goal this year was the wikispace as part of the literacy intiative. It's been fascinating finding out about the science news through posts.
Let's see if this post produces a hyperlink:
Mr. Holden's Wikispace
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