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Original Image: "Homework"
By: Angela Marocco
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/Friday, June 24, 2011
Creative Commons Activity
I love this photograph! Dance is a passion of mine. I have properly cited and embedded it below!
I incorporate images into my curriculum when students make projects such as brochures and science fair displays. I also incorporate images in presentations and newsletters. In the future, I plan on incorporating images into my classroom website and blogs. I also plan to have my students use images in their personal blogs. I am glad I now know how to properly cite and find creative common images.
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By:dydcheung
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Reflections on Week One:
I have learned some great technological tools this week that I am very anxious to experiment with in my classroom. I am making a student blog site with kidblog.org as a part of our SIG. I am modifying literature circle assignments by putting them into the kidblog. The idea is that student literature circles will take turns, with our two classroom computers, posting their responses on the blog and commenting to one another. So, they will participate virtually on their assigned blogging day. I know my students will be excited about this, as it offers variety and will give the students something to look forward to during the week.
I have to admit that I was intitally frustrated with learning Twitter this week. I had a hard time adapting to the layout and lingo, such as "hashtag" and "retweet". But, now that I have familiar with the social network, I am excited to be able to use it as a professional social networking tool. I want to use twitter professionally and I think it set up in a way that allows that.
What I most excited about is blogging! I never imagined I would enjoy blogging. But, whenever we need to post to our blog I want to do it right away. I like that blogs are personal, both in content and design. I like that fellow students can comment on my work and I can also look at other student's work and comment. I like that I am tracking my development and resources along the way. It will be nice to later reference the old blog posts to see how my thinking has changed.
The biggest thing I am taking away from week one of MAET is being a student again, rather than the teacher. I have forgotten what it's like to be the student, but I am glad I am being reminded of some feelings that my students go through. I have felt anxiety, doubt and vulnerability this week, which I dealt with by going to classmates and instructors. I am feeling like I am part of a safe learning environment. I am happy to be reminded of how important is it to foster a safe learning environment. I feel better prepared to support my students this fall now that I have again experienced being a student for the first time since I have played the "teacher" role.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Ideal for Night Blogging
Found these on my "This I Believe" photo hunt. MAETY1 students might benefit from a set...wonder if we can order in bulk...
Personal Growth Plan (First Draft)
My undergrad teaching experiences covered a wide range of topics, but mostly focused on lesson design and implementation. Within lesson design, I had the opportunity to incorporate technology and was sometimes encouraged to. But I often struggled with time management of my coursework, so adding technology was not always my priority.
During my internship I was exposed to more of an enriched technology environment from my collaborating teacher. He was a technology “go to” person within our building and I found his practices inspiring. I worked with some updated technologies, such as a document camera and a classroom sound system. I used the document camera often during writer’s workshop to instantly share writing. Students were often very excited and motivated by this. I used the sound system in the classroom. I enjoyed this system and thought it made my voice well heard and helped students stay engaged.
The best experiences I have had with technology in the classroom have been in my first two years of teaching. I think is due to two reasons: resources and collaboration. I have been lucky enough to have a personal interactive white board, computers in my classroom, a sound system and access to other tools. I am also a part of the technology committee, so I have involved in technology initiatives as well. I have helped guide teachers with technology skills and have supported technology related efforts in the classroom, such as accelerated reader and audio books.
Reflect on this first week of classes and how it has changed any learning trajectories established in #1.
This first week of class has been a deep dive into technology education. But, I have pushed myself to embrace all the new tools and concepts and am feeling even more empowered than ever. Although I was feeling confident and aware due to my positive teaching experiences, I am realizing that I am even more empowered now. There are so many new tools I am learning to use for the classroom and to grow professionally. For example, I never realized networks such as twitter could be so resourceful when it comes to collaborating.
Create a personal growth plan for the remaining portion of the 2011 summer courses.
I want to continue developing my classroom blog and/or a classroom website. I think this could be a very useful school to home connection. I am excited to make an appealing webspace for my parents and students. Within my classroom blog I am looking to set up a good foundation of student blogging. I know I have more to learn about this and how I can expand my students to outside networks for comment sharing. I would also like to continue to be introduced to useful classroom tools.
Lay the foundation for a personal growth plan for the remaining portion of the MAET program (years 2 & 3) and the next five years of your career.
My goal for remaining portion of MAET is to develop a well rounded classroom webspace. I would also like to be exposed to additional tools such as interactive whiteboard software, ipads, etc. I am also hoping that I develop an even stronger online social network so that I can continue to benefit from collaboration.
In the next five years I hope I will be a very technology friendly teacher that incorporates technology opportunities on a daily basis. Or, I hope to be a technology coordinator at a school. What I imagine my students doing is having opportunities to incorporate blogging into everyday activities. For example, I want my students to be able to blog within literature circles. This allows them a change of pace from the worksheets and puts the worksheets questions into a blog format. This not only allows comment opportunities between the students, but also allows the teacher to later see the student discussion about the books each groups are reading. I also envision my students benefiting from tools such as online audio books. Traditional Audio books have helped my students a great deal and I am excited to explore the online audio book programs. I also want my students become more literate in their smart board skills. This would be useful so that they can design and display presentations of their own. I plan to keep myself up to date in technology by continuing to be an active member of my school’s technology committee. I also hope to take on a leadership role within the committee.
QR Code! Scan me!
I enjoyed making QR codes today in class! I would love to be able to share my contact information with parents at the beginning of each school year using a QR code. The only set back is the parents having a scanning tool available to them. You could print a QR code on a magnet for the parents to put on their fridge. I could also use a contact QR code on my classroom website. I think QR codes are neat, but the only drawback is not having all the resources available that QR codes require.
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