Ok, so first I must apologize that this blog is a little tardy. It has been a hectic week and I'm just now getting around to catching up on everything. The sad part is that next week is going to be just as hectic. I have meetings to get taken care of before Wed. and a football game to work on Tues. not to mention tying up grades for the end of the term all before Wed. as I leave for the northwoods for a week of dog training. Ok so it isn't necessarily Teacher's Convention, but hey, it is my way of re-energizing myself for another term of new classes.
As for the work this week, I found it to be extraordinarily interesting. I love the idea of wikis and intend to develop my own wiki to organize all my classes and the information in each of those classes. In fact, I'm currently in the process of doing this so I can appreciate the amount of work that goes into a quality wiki. In addition to the wiki, I've also been kicking around the implementation of blogs into my classroom. I've tried a couple of blog sites that I'm not completely sold on and haven't found that one site yet that really gets me excited to dive into implementing it in my classroom. The Elgg site really got me excited and I really am looking forward to diving even further into this site and seeing if it is something that I really want my students to use.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
CEDO 535 Week 1
This week we reviewed various blog sites and our readings focused on how to utilize and implement them into our classroom. This issue reaches home with me because this is something I've been contemplating doing for awhile but just couldn't fully wrap my head around what I would use it for or how I would keep it safe for my students. I haven't blogged a whole lot myself and therefore haven't seen all of the features and options so wasn't sure exactly what I would want as an end result.
After reviewing the sites provided to us this week, I can honestly say that I would not choose any of these. What I can say is that by reviewing these and seeing what I don't like, I have a much better idea of what I do like and therefore will continue my search for a blog site that encompasses all of the features that I want. In addition to finding out what I do want, I also came to a conclussion on how I would implement this into my classroom.
I figured out that I would like to have a site which provided me with an aesthetically pleasing background that I could adjust to my own personal style, a site which would include all of the links to my students blogs so I could easily pull them up, the ability to secure the site to allow only my students and myself to read these with me in control of this and not my students, and in addition, I would like the site to notify me via email that one of my students has posted a new blog entry or responded to someone else's.
I would implement this blog by asking that each of my students blog weekly to recap what they learned from the week, what they liked and disliked, and what they think they may use the information for in the future as it would pertain to class. In addition, I would also ask the students to complete a final summation recaping everything they learned throughout the year which would allow the students to tie together all the information covered in the class.
After reviewing the sites provided to us this week, I can honestly say that I would not choose any of these. What I can say is that by reviewing these and seeing what I don't like, I have a much better idea of what I do like and therefore will continue my search for a blog site that encompasses all of the features that I want. In addition to finding out what I do want, I also came to a conclussion on how I would implement this into my classroom.
I figured out that I would like to have a site which provided me with an aesthetically pleasing background that I could adjust to my own personal style, a site which would include all of the links to my students blogs so I could easily pull them up, the ability to secure the site to allow only my students and myself to read these with me in control of this and not my students, and in addition, I would like the site to notify me via email that one of my students has posted a new blog entry or responded to someone else's.
I would implement this blog by asking that each of my students blog weekly to recap what they learned from the week, what they liked and disliked, and what they think they may use the information for in the future as it would pertain to class. In addition, I would also ask the students to complete a final summation recaping everything they learned throughout the year which would allow the students to tie together all the information covered in the class.
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