I thought that this class would be interesting when I registered for it, and I was right. I really did enjoy this class. I learned so many things about technology. I learned that there are lots of websites out there to help educators make lesson plans more easily, and not have to spend a dime on most of it. It is not expensive to produce a presentation, or short video for your class. A few sites that one can use, are websites like Prezi, or Screen-cast-o-matic, and TeacherTube. Other sites on the web, help educators organize lesson plan ideas. Some of the sites to help with social bookmarking are, Pinterest, Digg, and Delicious.
Now that I know about all of these sites, I plan on exploring these sites more, and get started on making lesson plans, as I learn and go through college; and in conclusion, I recommend any student that is interested in becoming a teacher to take EDTC-245 sooner rather than later. You will learn so much in this class.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Collaboration Tools
To collaborate means to work, one with another, and cooperate as on a literary work. Collaboration is a big deal when working with other teachers and students. When students collaborate with each other, they are not only learning from each other, but they are learning how to work with each other.
There are many different collaboration sites on the web these days. Having a Blog is a type of collaboration tool. Teachers can use Blogger to communicate with each other and their students. A teacher could post a discussion topic from the day, and have each student write about what they learned from that subject. If a student misses a test, then the teacher can post on quizlet, or poll everywhere to help that student to catch up on schoolwork. Another collaboration tool is TeacherTube. On Teacher Tube, teacher's post different video's or ideas to use in the classroom. Using all of these tools will not only help keep my lesson plans organized, but it will also help other teachers when making lesson plans. The only challenge is with early grade level students, I believe that they would be too young to maneuver these sites, but as a teacher, I could use these sites to collaborate with their parents.
There are many different collaboration sites on the web these days. Having a Blog is a type of collaboration tool. Teachers can use Blogger to communicate with each other and their students. A teacher could post a discussion topic from the day, and have each student write about what they learned from that subject. If a student misses a test, then the teacher can post on quizlet, or poll everywhere to help that student to catch up on schoolwork. Another collaboration tool is TeacherTube. On Teacher Tube, teacher's post different video's or ideas to use in the classroom. Using all of these tools will not only help keep my lesson plans organized, but it will also help other teachers when making lesson plans. The only challenge is with early grade level students, I believe that they would be too young to maneuver these sites, but as a teacher, I could use these sites to collaborate with their parents.
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