Sunday, December 4, 2011

Final Project #16

For our final project, we did a series of tutorial videos. Our group's name is the Septemberists'.







PLN Final Report

For my PLN, I used symbaloo. Throughout this class, we have been introduced to many great website resources, many great educators, and many phenomenal class blogs that put our student blogs to shame! Throughout this semester, I have learned so much about the internet and technology. I have thought of many ways to use it in my classroom, and I have been introduced to many great examples to use as a guide. I added the websites, class blogs, and the teachers' blogs to my symbaloo, so that I can resort back to them whenever I need them. For example: I have a link to Mrs. Yollis' class blog on my symbaloo, because I feel that it is a great example of how to manage a class blog. When writing Blog 14, I added Jose Picardo's page of internet resources to it. I thoroughly enjoyed making my PLN, and I know without a doubt that someday I will refer back to it.
symbaloo

Blog Post # 14

I found the resources on Jose Picardo's website"Technology and Education's Box of Tricks" to be extremely helpful. I really enjoyed going through the different tools he has listed on his website, and playing around with them. I think that every school should provide the link to this website to their teachers, because it is a huge help! I really enjoyed the video, Top 10 Tips for Using Technology in the Classroom. There are a few things that he mentioned that I was already planning on incorporating into my own classroom. I want to, first of all, create a class blog. The students will have their own links, and they will have to post blog posts as assignments. I think that this is a great way to incorporate technology, and to also teach English and creative writing. Of course you can use any subject, but these are the ones that I plan on using. Also, I have seen Elementary teachers use internet videos and Interactive whiteboards in their classrooms, and I think that both are great tools. The students really seem to enjoy smartboards, and especially videos (educational of course).
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I will be honest, before watching this video I never really thought about using any of the other things that he suggested. Who would have thought about using music, interactive exercises, teleconferences, or their "gadgets", as he called them? He definitely has a great outlook on using technology efficiently in the classrooms. I have thought about using social networks, and I'm just a little Iffy on those. The reason being is that I'm just afraid that they would try to talk to their friends instead of doing what they're supposed to be doing. Many teachers would like to use technology more in their classrooms, and Jose definitely has great suggestions on how to do so.