Hello Class-
I want to begin by saying the lesson on filamentality was both fascinating and exciting. I love the thought of developing a lesson plan that will encourage my students to use technology to complete the assignment. With filamentality, I the teacher, get to decide which websites my students would be visiting, thus knowing that the websites that they got their information were acceptable. The readings from last week emphasized the necessity of researching the web site you want to get your information from. I defiantly can see myself incorporating filamentality in my future lesson plans, at least on projects that will be done in school, (all my students may not have access to a computer). I also think by using a web-based research tool, the students may be more excited to the research project.
The ‘web quest’ readings were also very helpful. It broke down what needed to be done step-by-step in order to have a fun, clear, detailed site. I found the web quests to be similar to filamentailty, except that more space is provided on web quest. Web quest requires a link for an intro, a task, a process, evaluation and conclusion. While filamentality does not offer separate links for the other sections and pictures cannot be added to the page. .
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listdesertwle.html
Monday, March 19, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Teaching Students to Use the Internet ...
Blog 7
This article was particularly interesting to me because it not only explained how the different search engines work, where the search engines “look” and also gave examples of some engines that are focused in one area, for example, Argos for sites that cover the study of ancient or medieval world and MathSearch, for math related searches.
I also found the section on “web sites for teachers” to be helpful. I am in the middle of filling out an application to work in an English immersion camp in Spain and the director asked to see two conversational English lesson plans. I’ve been using google’s advanced search to find examples of English lesson plans but haven’t been happy with the results. (A lot of the lesson plans that I saw were difficult to follow) After reading about teachers.net, I signed up for the ten day free trial and found an abundance of lesson plans that are geared toward English learners and are easy to follow!
The excel spreadsheet is another assignment that will be useful if I get the job in Spain. The job requires the staff to know and use Excel on a weekly basis to record grades. This assignment couldn’t have come at a better time! I reviewed the basic concepts and only missed two, but I am confidant that I will be able to brush up on the things I missed before June.
This article was particularly interesting to me because it not only explained how the different search engines work, where the search engines “look” and also gave examples of some engines that are focused in one area, for example, Argos for sites that cover the study of ancient or medieval world and MathSearch, for math related searches.
I also found the section on “web sites for teachers” to be helpful. I am in the middle of filling out an application to work in an English immersion camp in Spain and the director asked to see two conversational English lesson plans. I’ve been using google’s advanced search to find examples of English lesson plans but haven’t been happy with the results. (A lot of the lesson plans that I saw were difficult to follow) After reading about teachers.net, I signed up for the ten day free trial and found an abundance of lesson plans that are geared toward English learners and are easy to follow!
The excel spreadsheet is another assignment that will be useful if I get the job in Spain. The job requires the staff to know and use Excel on a weekly basis to record grades. This assignment couldn’t have come at a better time! I reviewed the basic concepts and only missed two, but I am confidant that I will be able to brush up on the things I missed before June.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Evau Tech
Hi-
I have to start out by saying wow. There was so much info on that web site, i browsed around for about an hour and still didn't check out everything! What i liked the most were educational resources, such as lesson plan guides, technology for students with disabilities and the list of evaluated educational software that other educators rated. To top it off, its all free! Well, you have to register to gain access to the link with the rated software, that's a small price to pay for software you know works!
I also thought the online professional development was useful. The ides of having quality workshops and a network of educator who want to see you succeed is a priceless resource! I was excited to see workshops available at a lower cost then going to a conference. The price of the conference in palm springs was the reason i couldn't go. So i am very happy to see there are less expensive options!
I have to start out by saying wow. There was so much info on that web site, i browsed around for about an hour and still didn't check out everything! What i liked the most were educational resources, such as lesson plan guides, technology for students with disabilities and the list of evaluated educational software that other educators rated. To top it off, its all free! Well, you have to register to gain access to the link with the rated software, that's a small price to pay for software you know works!
I also thought the online professional development was useful. The ides of having quality workshops and a network of educator who want to see you succeed is a priceless resource! I was excited to see workshops available at a lower cost then going to a conference. The price of the conference in palm springs was the reason i couldn't go. So i am very happy to see there are less expensive options!
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