What a great set up Eric had for his 8th grade students. The Guerrilla Season blog brought a part of history alive for his students. He was able to reach his students using the latest technology that made learning fun, interesting, and interactive for all parties involved. It probably took him a lot of time to set this up but it pays dividends in the end. Our social studies teacher really integrates technology in her teaching using the starboard. It took her many hours to input and find things but the students absolutely love the class.
The Cool Cat Teacher Blog site was quite a busy site. There is stuff all over that site. I found lots of great links and good info but the site could be cleaned up a bit. Out of all the sites you reccomended to look at my favorite was the Remote Access site relating to siftables (little tiles that are interactive) Way Cool !!! It really makes you think of technology in a whole different realm besides a keyboard, drive system, and monitor. I could use the siftables in my class for spelling and math. The first grade students would really get a kick out of it and have fun learning their math facts and spelling with them. I had a great thought, Jim could you use your tech money or pay out of your own pocket for a set or two of siftables for my classroom!! Thanks in advance.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thing 1 Many uses for blogging & technology
Hi everyone,
Since my first go around with 23 things I have had a few more experiences with blogging. I've seen it can be used for many things: teachers using it as an instructional tool where students give feed back, as a way to communicate with people that have common interests, as a sounding board for whatever a person wants to rant about, and the many other endless possibilities people blog for. Most recently my wife got a facebook account and we have made connections with people we have not heard or seen since our high school and college days. It's great to see how their lives have changed since the school years. As an educator I sometimes worry that our students are to attached to all the new technologies thats out there. It seems the days of interacting with people face to face in person is becoming less & less. I feel that technology is great and I find it really engages the students in the classroom and out of it. My wife and I discuss technologies pros and cons once and a while. She sees it evolving all the time in the medical field. The other day we were discussing the new technologies that they use in the open heart unit where she works and I questioned her about heart surgies with robotics. She asked, " Would you your chest cracked open and face a longer recovery or have a robot do it without cracking it open?" I guess she's made a good point on how technology has helped in the medical field.
Since my first go around with 23 things I have had a few more experiences with blogging. I've seen it can be used for many things: teachers using it as an instructional tool where students give feed back, as a way to communicate with people that have common interests, as a sounding board for whatever a person wants to rant about, and the many other endless possibilities people blog for. Most recently my wife got a facebook account and we have made connections with people we have not heard or seen since our high school and college days. It's great to see how their lives have changed since the school years. As an educator I sometimes worry that our students are to attached to all the new technologies thats out there. It seems the days of interacting with people face to face in person is becoming less & less. I feel that technology is great and I find it really engages the students in the classroom and out of it. My wife and I discuss technologies pros and cons once and a while. She sees it evolving all the time in the medical field. The other day we were discussing the new technologies that they use in the open heart unit where she works and I questioned her about heart surgies with robotics. She asked, " Would you your chest cracked open and face a longer recovery or have a robot do it without cracking it open?" I guess she's made a good point on how technology has helped in the medical field.
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