Thursday, October 17, 2013

Blog 4

Social Studies Wiki

http://myglobal2009.wikispaces.com/home

I am in awe right now. This is awesome! I found this wikispace to use that is exactly like something that I would use in my classroom setting. The teacher has made the site to where students can access any unit that is being taught. There are primary sources that are directly linked to the websites. I can't wait to use something like this in my classroom. It's a great opportunity to "integrate the curriculum based on either grade level or inquiry-level" (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.257).

Widget #1

 This widget is a cool little day by day history lesson. I think it would be a fun way to just be able to show a little piece of history that happened on the exact same day, years ago. It would provide a fun atmosphere in my wikispace that I would love to be able to create for students. The simple visual images of certain things can offer educational value that students can access at any time (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.239).


 Widget #2

I think this widget would be a great way for students to easily view what it due every time they access the wikispace or blog. It would be a small reminder of their assignment and tests that are coming up. It is a great way for students to stay prepared and it is easy to manage and use (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.239).

Web Based Lesson:


http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/warofworlds/

This is a great website that has lessons on a variety of subjects. This one in particular is on the war of worlds which I could use for my History classes. Although there are many lessons online, finding the absolute perfect plan that fits the exact criteria a teach might be look for may be tough (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.257). There is also a website that allows teachers to create their own web-based lessons, but this is for the experienced. The book explains how it is not a research experience for those who do not know how to work it (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.258).

This is a cute video clip on why blogging and wikis are such a good idea in the classroom

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Module 3 :)

URLs - What do URLs tell you/students about websites? 

  The URL is usually split into three parts. You will always find the ‘http://’ which shows it is an internet address. Next you will find the domain which might tell you to what specific agency or business that the website belongs to or explains. The last part is the domain designator which “indicates the type of content one would find on the website” (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.217). This would be beneficial to students and teachers alike because the domain name and designator can tell them roughly what to expect from the website, thus decreasing search time.

 Search Engine - How can learning to use search engines help you/students find better information?
 Search engines provide people with a list of topics by the keywords they search for. This is very useful because it allows a person to find multiple websites with the given keyword. Having multiple websites can help a teacher or student find knowledge on a certain subject. The textbook gives examples of major search engines and metacrawlers, which use more than one search engine at a time to find what a person types in (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.219).

Internet Tools - Choose an internet tool that you could utilize in the classroom
 E-Portfolios would be a great example of an internet tool that I could use in the classroom. This will allow students to “organize, revise, and store digital assets they have created inside and outside the classroom” (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.224). This could be a great way to have students submit their work at the end of a semester. They could keep up with their work through their portfolios without having to worry about lost papers. This would be a great way to keep the students and myself organized.

 Favorite Websites
 I feel as though the website www.secondlife.com would be a fun way to allow kids to interact while learning. It is a free website which allows all kids to join at no cost. This is a great way for “fostering visual literacy, motivating students to develop writing and other communication skills (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.223). It gives kids an opportunity to become someone else and forget their problems in their own world. It could encourage them to enter a new world of learning while giving them “literally, a second life” (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.223).
 I also think wikispaces are a great way for students to develop and explore their own ideas. Teachers can assign students certain criteria for the students to meet, but allows them to show their own ideas to communicate with one another (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.224). www.qwiki.com could become am awesome sight because it creates a “human-like stroytelling approach to searching content” (Robyler & Doering, 2013, p.224). I would love to use this in the classroom so I can engage students to want to learn and express their own ideas.
This teacher gives a great example of how she implements her wikispaces:
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