Our face-to-face meeting Monday was refreshing and we really liked the teamwork we witnessed when looking at the social bookmark site and glogster. The exchange of lesson ideas and favorite sites was a good collaborative experience. We hope you have spent some additional time exploring these resources and have more ideas to share in this week's discussion board. If you get a chance check out Vicki's " Library Insider" Blog. She is really doing a great job of guiding her staff into Web 2.0 resources.
For this week's discussion:
1) Part of this week assignment is to post 5 of your favorite websites on your delicious site. (Don't forget to include a brief description.) Four weeks into this class, how has your perception of Web 2.0 changed? Are you getting more comfortable out in cyberspace? What ideas came to mind after the Glogster and Delicious demonstrations? Will you continue to use them personally? Will you share them with students?
2) Berger states "when students create their own media, they are active participants in their own learning, their interest and motivation increases because they are in control of their learning." Monday, Vicki shared how excited her students are when they get to blog. As you continue developing your Big6 project how do you plan to bring the use of technology into your lessons? How can you assure that your students will take control of their learning?
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1. My perception of web 2.0 is that the possibilities are endless. I am actually feeling slightly overwhelmed at all of the cool tools and options available. As I read each chapter and look at the suggestions and resources, I feel like I will never be caught up. I feel that I am already so behind, I will never be ahead of the Web 2.0 curve. I think Glogster would be a great tool to use with my students. They would enjoy the customization part of it and the ability to individualize and be creative. I am a little discouraged right now because the laptop carts will not work in my library and the computer lab is completely booked so my kids really don't have a way to work on computers during library instruction. Hopefully this will get resolved soon.
ReplyDelete2. Recently, to embed more technology in my lessons, I have been trying to spice them up with related video clips or sites like storylineonline.net. When I first started, I would have just shared a book and moved on, but now I am trying to think about what I like when I go to presentations. More variety, music, animated videos, anything that breaks up a monotonous speaking session keeps me interested and grabs my attention. I am trying to be more aware of that in my own lesson planning. I am hoping that my Book Blog will appeal to a portion of my technology savvy kiddos and will get them excited to share and learn about books they are reading or have read in the past. I am hopeful that this format will allow the kids to direct the information sharing and will be more engaging and participatory. This type of learning will be much more meaningful to the students compared to me just talking at them and telling them about books I've read. I hope for this to be very successful. Baby steps for me.
1. Four weeks into this class, how has your perception of Web 2.0 changed? I think I have a better idea what is available as well as what students can use. Like Nicole, I have tried to consider when planning each lesson how I can isert more technology. There are so many links to books that really enhance the story (like Hero Cat with firefighter internet story) Are you getting more comfortable out in cyberspace? Yes--thanks to help from my friends and our computer tech. What ideas came to mind after the Glogster and Delicious demonstrations? I think Glogster would be a great choice for the famous Missourian project or any biography project. I need to practice more --but I also realize that the kids will probably catch on much faster and be able to produce quickly. Will you continue to use them personally? I look foward to using Delicious and get rid of the mess I call favorites!!
ReplyDelete2. As you continue developing your Big6 project how do you plan to bring the use of technology into your lessons? For my project, I am planning to have students explore authors that may be at the Literature Festival students will attend in March. I have provided the link on our Destiny screen and hopefully they will be able to research authors and determine which ones they would like to see. I hope to have a blog set up so they can share their thoughts as well as try to convince others to vote for their choices. May also introduce flip video book trailers to have them promote their favorite authors.
1. Despite the fact that I have been a techy freak for quite a while, the Web 2.0 world is endless. I frequently stumble upon something new or improved that can be implemented. I have set the goal of adding one new Web 2.0 tool to my instruction each quarter. I was sold on delicious when it was first introduced to me. However, I do want to explore Diigo in greater depth because it think it has more to offer students.
ReplyDelete2. My fourth graders are fully immersed into their famous Missourian projects. While there are parts of the process we are "short-cutting" in the interest of time (resources were provided based on what students identified as best resources, and we are doing a limited citation as I want to do a more in depth lesson on that at a later time). However, when we complete our next project they will employ all 6 steps. We will be using Glogster to share the information.
Many of my teachers have already bought in and are using PhotoStory and blogs, which really excites me. The excitement is contagious and several teachers are spreading the word, having seen how excited their students are about the projects and how easily their students grasped the technology.
As we continue to explore Web 2.0 and learn of the possibilities I now have a better understanding as to why school districts are willing to provide every student with laptops/ other technology tools. I hear Nicole's frustration regarding the dated computer carts and access to computers in our district. I wonder if writing a grant would be in order so our students might benefit from pesonal netbooks or other technology tools.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Berger in that we should be working to open up access to technology instead of locking it down so much. I really believe our charge as media specialists is to teach our students to be critical users of online sites. As we introduce them to the wonderful new tools we are learning about we also need to be speaking to internet safety and website evaluation.
Week 4 Discussion Questions: 1. I am becoming more comfortable, however, I feel that I need to "play" more myself before engaging students in some of the tools we have been discussing. After the Glogster demontration, I would like to use this during a pre-lesson activity for Veterans Day--this would be a great tool to prepare a class poster of possibly questions, --still formulating the plans.
ReplyDeleteDiscussion Question 22. However, it seems quite often now something during instruction will trigger an idea--class discussions may trigger thoughts to incorporate the Flip camera to teach a comprehension strategy, such as making connections--students discuss a concept or topic,then read or listen to material about that topic then discuss the topic again. Students are taped during both conversations, then compare and contrast answers. Students could also use the Flip cameras to record reviews of a book. I would like to start blogging with students about books as well--this would certainly be a way to do a "book club" that I have often thought about doing.
Linda W.
1) Since this class has begun, I have learned about so much more than I thought possible with technology. I have been trying to become more comfortable, but that is difficult with the time constraint. I would love to incorporate technology into more of my teaching and the students' learning. It seems I just don't have enough time to put it together. I like Vicki's idea of setting a goal of adding one new Web 2.0 tool to instruction once a quarter. I think I could manage that. I feel I am getting more comfortable out there in cyberspace. I was very surprised in how much more was out there to utilize. I never realized the Web could be so interactive! Who would have guessed back when WWW came out it would evolve into this! What will it be for our kids in 20 years? We really need to commit to helping them learn and use the tools that are available.
ReplyDeleteAs for delicious and glogster, I am definitely going to use them. Do you think it is appropriate to share your professional account with students, or should it be separate? It would be easier to share with other teachers and students if it were the same account. What is everyone else out there doing??
Also, for glogster, has anyone figured out how to print a poster? I would like to use it as a quick assessment of learning goals for students. It would be nice to be able to print them out since we now have the color copiers.
2) As I plan for my lessons, I am trying to find ways in which students will be able to "discover" the answers to the learning goals themselves. Each learning goal could be demonstrated a different way. Using Flip Cameras for book connections or reviews would be great. You could actually have a "book club" without ever meeting face to face. What a concept for elementary students! Then, I could link them to our class blog for others to view. (Great examples of connections could be posted as well!) I am hesitant to start many web-based projects, because it is difficult to get enough computer time. Most of my students have computers available at home, so maybe they could actually work on these projects at home as well.
1. I agree with Nicole, I am feeling a little bit overwhelmed by how much is really available out there. I love all the wonderful stuff that is available but I am having trouble figuring out how I can actually implement them into my classes. For instance, I love the idea of using a blog but what do I use one for??
ReplyDelete2. I am having the fifth graders use the flip cameras to make videos for the kindergarteners. Their project was to make a book come to life, they got to choose the book and decide how they would present the book to the audience. Some students created a song while others went with a more reader theatre approach. So far the kids have loved having creative freedom. It also provides the students another opportunity to solve their own problems.
1. I attended a conference last Friday at Blue Valley HIgh School where 90 high school and college librarians met to discuss college readiness and how high school librarians can help prepare students for the college library experience. Like Nicole stated, often there are limits to our technology due to our numbers or accessibility to computers. To fully incorporate some of the technology we have been working on in this course, it is becoming more and more evident that every student must have a laptop with wireless access (at least at the high school level).... Using cell phones for accessing the Gale databases provided by the state(there's an app for that now!) were interesting! Kids in high schools can't use their cell phones, but in college a phone or other personal device are imperative to student success. College libraries are mostly paperless, and students scan articles to their portable storage devices. I believe the use of the tools we have worked on such as glogster, delicious, wordle and others can only help prepare our students for future learning experiences, as well as increase their engagement in current learning. The conference group has created our own wiki to keep in touch and post various professional resources.
ReplyDelete2. I would like to incorporate some new technology by beginning a virtual book club, or have classrooms studying a specific piece of literature utilize a blog. Students could discuss and review books, and also create a review utilizing Glogster. I tried this with some success a couple of years ago in collaboration with one of the English teachers. It was something like an online literature circle. The students enjoyed the use of technology, and I would like to improve upon that experience.
1.Web 2.0 is still rather overwhelming for me. Especially at the pace that we have been exploring it in this class. I am getting better at it and understanding it more. I think it is incredible how many tools and cool things that we can use for our students and with our students.
ReplyDelete2. This fall, we have been reviewing the various text features in non-fiction with grades 5,4,and 3. We have been using Big 6 with task identification, and use of resources and now we are doing a synthesis with glogster. First students in pairs identified what information they would like to put on a virtual poster. Together, they planned the layout. Each team was assigned a glogster nickname and password under my account. We are now in the process of creating the posters; setting the background and inserting the information and graphics. They will get to review their own work and those of other students when complete.
Question 1. I too agree that Web 2.0 seems limitless and I feel overwhelmed. It is incredible and very understandable why the kids would love it. I think my favorite of course is glogster since I am so visual, although I can't remember now how to get it to where I am suppose to. I want to use it with my fifth grade to do author studies after Christmas. But on the other hand I am not sure how I'm going to manage it. Finally, now that our laptops are working in here they are tied up ALL day for RtI and successmaker. I could do it in collaboration with the teachers maybe, I could give the instruction, but won't be able to be with the students while they are working---they would have to do it on lab time--then we could present them in here though. But I also will try to follow Vicki's lead of one new 2.0 tool each quarter. I am afraid on the Delicious demonstration I am going to have to have a refresher course. It is like most of this--If I don't jump in right away and keep working with it, it evades me.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 2. Like Nicole I try to think of anytime I can find some media to embed into my lessons--the only problem is I can't seem to go fast enough. We do have our first student book trailers completed on Photostory 3, but as I mentioned before I only get to give the instructional input and they have to complete them at another time in the computer lab, which is kind of disappointing for me. I have yet to get my blog up and running, but that is my next goal. I really like Helen's idea about letting the student's research the authors that will be at the Lit Fest and blog about them. With my luck we wouldn't get in to whoever they picked.