Thursday, March 17, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Thing 20
As I mentioned in Thing 19, I showed a few podcasts to the students from your wiki. At that time, the students were not interested in them. However, now that I have downloaded iTunes and viewed many different podcasts, I think this will change. I viewed many educational podcasts with music and videos which I think would capture their attention and entertained them at the same time.
Podcasts my students would enjoy:
Crazy Dave's Kids Show
Storynory
MathtrainTV
World News For Children
I think my students would enjoy creating podcasts now that they have had more exposure to them. Students like working with each other on projects. Being able to add music or sound effects would create additional fun and motivation for the students. Podcasts give every student a voice in the classroom. Some students enjoy listening to their own voice while others do not. After some practice and hearing their own voice multiple times, I think all students would become comfortable with it after a while. Of course, podcast would also give the students practice with writing, creating, recording and sharing. Students haven't created podcast for me yet, but I think podcasts would be good for most any subject. At our school, we are trying to get the students to read more. The first thing that comes to mind is book reviews. If the students listen to summaries of different books, they may be more interested in reading them. Another thing I thought of might be to podcast with our partner classes about an activity we did together.
I usually take educational science field trips with my class each year. Each student could do a podcast of something new they learned while on the field trip.
Podcasts I could use professionally:
Teaching With SMARTBoard
Middle School Matters
Science On The Wildside Show
Terra The Nature Of Our World
Discovery
The Saint Cast - Catholic Saints On Call
Podcasts I could use personally:
20 min. Yoga Session
Start Cooking
Photoshop for Digital Photographers
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Thing 22
I have explored many links on your wiki. Thanks for the wealth of information!
I registered on Michigan LearnPort many years ago. I have used this site for a number of years. Every year, we need to take the Bloodborne Pathogens online class so I have some experience with Michigan LearnPort. I have also listened to a webinar using this site. We also need to take an additional online class as part of the state requirements. I chose to take this class because I learned so much more about technology in the last class than I knew before. In the future, there is a possibility that I may use Michigan LearnPort to fulfill this requirement.
I checked for courses listed in Michigan LearnPort and found a few on technology which I may be interested in. The CPR class may be another possibility.
There are definitely advantages to online classes. I don't have to drive somewhere at a specific time to attend class, and I can save money on gas. Also, I can do the class at my own pace. However, you must be motivated to get the class done in time. I have to admit that most of this class was done in my PJS comfortably sitting in my lazy boy chair.
There is one major disadvantage: not being able to communicate face to face with the instructor teaching the class. I think I learn better this way. It does help though when your co-workers are also taking the class. If needed, you can ask them for help.
What kind of professional development classes would I like to see? I would be interested in technolgy classes. I would also like to take some classes that have to do with science. Maybe a class on discovering ways to motivate students as this is always a problem. I would like to find even more methods to teach science. Technology will help some.
I have to admit that this class was much easier for me that the "11 Things" class. Having gained experience from the last class definitely helped me with this class. It feels good to have more self-confidence with technology. Thanks for sharing your expertise! I have definitely learned a lot from you. I especially liked the
photo-editing sites, YouTube and other related video sites, and learning how to add video to my wiki. What a great class!
I registered on Michigan LearnPort many years ago. I have used this site for a number of years. Every year, we need to take the Bloodborne Pathogens online class so I have some experience with Michigan LearnPort. I have also listened to a webinar using this site. We also need to take an additional online class as part of the state requirements. I chose to take this class because I learned so much more about technology in the last class than I knew before. In the future, there is a possibility that I may use Michigan LearnPort to fulfill this requirement.
I checked for courses listed in Michigan LearnPort and found a few on technology which I may be interested in. The CPR class may be another possibility.
There are definitely advantages to online classes. I don't have to drive somewhere at a specific time to attend class, and I can save money on gas. Also, I can do the class at my own pace. However, you must be motivated to get the class done in time. I have to admit that most of this class was done in my PJS comfortably sitting in my lazy boy chair.
There is one major disadvantage: not being able to communicate face to face with the instructor teaching the class. I think I learn better this way. It does help though when your co-workers are also taking the class. If needed, you can ask them for help.
What kind of professional development classes would I like to see? I would be interested in technolgy classes. I would also like to take some classes that have to do with science. Maybe a class on discovering ways to motivate students as this is always a problem. I would like to find even more methods to teach science. Technology will help some.
I have to admit that this class was much easier for me that the "11 Things" class. Having gained experience from the last class definitely helped me with this class. It feels good to have more self-confidence with technology. Thanks for sharing your expertise! I have definitely learned a lot from you. I especially liked the
photo-editing sites, YouTube and other related video sites, and learning how to add video to my wiki. What a great class!
Thing 21
Wow, what a wealth of information on the web! After exploring the various sites I will definitely be using numerous videos in my classroom teaching. The videos could be used to reinforce what is being taught to the students.
I know that my students go to YouTube to watch videos and even post them. They see it as entertainment. There were some good videos on YouTube and TeacherTube as well as the other sites. I liked the fact that you can search for different topics to find the videos you want more quickly.
However, Science Hack at http://sciencehack.com/ was definitely my favorite site. Besides being informative, and in some cases humorous, I liked the fact that every video is screened by scientist to verify the accuracy and quality. Since I teach four science classes, this site would be very valuable to me. This site includes all areas of science I can use a lot of the nature and Earth Science videos, but when I looked under Chemistry and Biology, most were too advanced for my middle school students. The rewards for using videos are that the students have a visual aid which many students need, and they provide great reinforcement for the topic being studied. Of course all videos would need to be screened by the teachers before using them, otherwise, they may be inappropriate for the students to view.
Students enjoy making videos because it allows for creativity and everyone has a voice. Another problem is that students could post their videos on YouTube without the teachers knowledge if they saved the video on a flash drive, This could create problems because of privavy issues and trust.
Although YouTube is blocked at our school for student use, my computer can access it so this will not be a problem. Therefore, I shouldn't ever need to download a video using the free websites you provided. I did try the download anyway but as you said may happen, they were busy. Since I'm doing this on a snow day, I wanted to get as much done in this class as possible. I will try again later as I would like to see if I can get a video to download.
Embedded below are some videos which I liked:
What Will Happen to the Earth When the Sun Dies?
What Causes Earth`s Seasons?
Space Toilet
Volcanoes
I know that my students go to YouTube to watch videos and even post them. They see it as entertainment. There were some good videos on YouTube and TeacherTube as well as the other sites. I liked the fact that you can search for different topics to find the videos you want more quickly.
However, Science Hack at http://sciencehack.com/ was definitely my favorite site. Besides being informative, and in some cases humorous, I liked the fact that every video is screened by scientist to verify the accuracy and quality. Since I teach four science classes, this site would be very valuable to me. This site includes all areas of science I can use a lot of the nature and Earth Science videos, but when I looked under Chemistry and Biology, most were too advanced for my middle school students. The rewards for using videos are that the students have a visual aid which many students need, and they provide great reinforcement for the topic being studied. Of course all videos would need to be screened by the teachers before using them, otherwise, they may be inappropriate for the students to view.
Students enjoy making videos because it allows for creativity and everyone has a voice. Another problem is that students could post their videos on YouTube without the teachers knowledge if they saved the video on a flash drive, This could create problems because of privavy issues and trust.
Although YouTube is blocked at our school for student use, my computer can access it so this will not be a problem. Therefore, I shouldn't ever need to download a video using the free websites you provided. I did try the download anyway but as you said may happen, they were busy. Since I'm doing this on a snow day, I wanted to get as much done in this class as possible. I will try again later as I would like to see if I can get a video to download.
Embedded below are some videos which I liked:
What Will Happen to the Earth When the Sun Dies?
What Causes Earth`s Seasons?
Space Toilet
Volcanoes
Thing 15
I did Thing 15 a while ago, but I thought I would share this with everyone. I added information about great areas for recreation to the M!ch!gan page on the states wiki. Feel free to check it out at:
http://mcisd21.wikispaces.com/M%21ch%21gan
http://mcisd21.wikispaces.com/M%21ch%21gan
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