28 agosto 2009
Thing 23 cont.
It seems that the layout of my blog is different than it should be. What happened?? All of my widgets are in the text field and I see that my podcast does not seem to be display...just the code.
Thing 23
Well, well...I can't believe that I completed each Thing. I am not good at working with technology and I didn't think I would ever do something like post a video on YouTube. The program was fantastic in design and provided great how to videos. Thank you.
What I see this meaning for me is a way to utilize tools that are out to create a more engaging educational experience for my students. It means that I have moved into the 21st century and that I can hopefully reach more students inside the walls of my classroom and outside our school space. That I think is the best part of all of this. I finally feel like I may be able to get the majority of students doing 'work' outside of class without it being an activity handout. I'm very excited about that!
I plan to seek out video (I've found some already) and podcasts that I can use in class. I also plan to have my fourth year students participate in blogging with me. It will probably only be during second semester, but I would like to get a feel for how this can work with students and I think they will be a good test group. I am also going to make at least one slideshare for each semester. That is really all I'm going to commit to at this point and it will probably be plenty as I get started.
I've already spoken with one of the tech support teachers in our building and I plan to work with her at least once a month. I would like to share with her what I've learned and see if she can add any thing else to it or just discuss possibilities in classroom. Working more closely with our tech supports and our media specialist are two ways I plan to continue learning 2.o tools, but mostly I plan to just keep exploring. I hope to be able to participate in blogs that will share information about 2.o tools and become more involved in the educational community that I have entered this summer.
Again, THANKS!
What I see this meaning for me is a way to utilize tools that are out to create a more engaging educational experience for my students. It means that I have moved into the 21st century and that I can hopefully reach more students inside the walls of my classroom and outside our school space. That I think is the best part of all of this. I finally feel like I may be able to get the majority of students doing 'work' outside of class without it being an activity handout. I'm very excited about that!
I plan to seek out video (I've found some already) and podcasts that I can use in class. I also plan to have my fourth year students participate in blogging with me. It will probably only be during second semester, but I would like to get a feel for how this can work with students and I think they will be a good test group. I am also going to make at least one slideshare for each semester. That is really all I'm going to commit to at this point and it will probably be plenty as I get started.
I've already spoken with one of the tech support teachers in our building and I plan to work with her at least once a month. I would like to share with her what I've learned and see if she can add any thing else to it or just discuss possibilities in classroom. Working more closely with our tech supports and our media specialist are two ways I plan to continue learning 2.o tools, but mostly I plan to just keep exploring. I hope to be able to participate in blogs that will share information about 2.o tools and become more involved in the educational community that I have entered this summer.
Again, THANKS!
Thing 22
My Wiki is . Now that is http://profemad.wikispaces.com/ (I'm not sure if I did the link correctly. I didn't understand how to make a link earlier today, but I think I have it kind of figured out now that I've done it correctly on my Wiki:)
I see the main difference between blogs and wikis as being that a wiki is meant as a space for collaborative work that needs regular updating. A blog seems more to me like a space for conversation. I know that there are many uses for each that I don't understand fully or may not even be aware at this point, but that is how I am distinguishing between them for now. I would determine which is appropriate by what it is that I want to accomplish. If I simply want to hear comments from students in my classroom and maintain a dialogue with them outside of class I think the blog would be appropriate. However, if I want them to develop content for our class I would choose the wiki.
The wiki takes time to set up and I as I stated in Thing 21, I really need to have a better idea of how I would use the wiki for my classroom. I've only started the wiki and it needs structure. Of course, I'm not entirely sure about the structure because I don't have a real plan for its use. Also, when I'm looking at the saved product I see all this text that was there to get started, will that always be there? And I have ads on the right side of my wiki and I thought the video said that I indicated it was educational use, it wouldn't have ads. Well, I plan to play with my wiki more tonight.
I see the main difference between blogs and wikis as being that a wiki is meant as a space for collaborative work that needs regular updating. A blog seems more to me like a space for conversation. I know that there are many uses for each that I don't understand fully or may not even be aware at this point, but that is how I am distinguishing between them for now. I would determine which is appropriate by what it is that I want to accomplish. If I simply want to hear comments from students in my classroom and maintain a dialogue with them outside of class I think the blog would be appropriate. However, if I want them to develop content for our class I would choose the wiki.
The wiki takes time to set up and I as I stated in Thing 21, I really need to have a better idea of how I would use the wiki for my classroom. I've only started the wiki and it needs structure. Of course, I'm not entirely sure about the structure because I don't have a real plan for its use. Also, when I'm looking at the saved product I see all this text that was there to get started, will that always be there? And I have ads on the right side of my wiki and I thought the video said that I indicated it was educational use, it wouldn't have ads. Well, I plan to play with my wiki more tonight.
Thing 21
I found a wiki called Mohawkspanish at wikispaces. This is a wiki for a Spanish language high school class. There was a listing of the classes and instructions for registering at the site. It appeared that the teacher must send the students an invitation to join this site. I saw documents on a project they must have been doing on Costa Rica. I'm not sure if the teacher posted these or if there was some kind of collaboration with the students when making them or if the students developed them. I have to admit, after watching the video and reading the article I feel like I understand the wiki, but when looking at the wikis that are out there, I'm not sure how they become what they are exactly.
I would like to use a wiki in my classes for things like lesson summaries, study guides or vocabulary study. I think it would be great if the students had to prepare and edit this content for themselves to use.
The first hurdle I think of considering setting up a wiki for my classes is I need to know more about what I'm doing and I need to define my role on the wiki. Then I need to better understand how the students could benefit from this what they can actually do on it. Also, I would really need to think about what their role is too. I also think that how the wiki should be structured is an important piece because if you create something that isn't easy to navegate, then it would be pretty useless. I don't know at this point if you could change the structure as you go or if it needs to be in place initially. Obviously, I would also be concerned about the editing that could happen on a wiki.
The main hurdles here seem to be my lack of knowledge. I don't how much this would really help my students or what our real use could be for a wiki. Therefore I don't know if it is really worth it for me to take the time to put this into action for my students. Also, I don't have a real idea of how much time would be spent monitoring the wiki for the open editing it allows. For now, I will try to make a wiki and sleep on it.
I would like to use a wiki in my classes for things like lesson summaries, study guides or vocabulary study. I think it would be great if the students had to prepare and edit this content for themselves to use.
The first hurdle I think of considering setting up a wiki for my classes is I need to know more about what I'm doing and I need to define my role on the wiki. Then I need to better understand how the students could benefit from this what they can actually do on it. Also, I would really need to think about what their role is too. I also think that how the wiki should be structured is an important piece because if you create something that isn't easy to navegate, then it would be pretty useless. I don't know at this point if you could change the structure as you go or if it needs to be in place initially. Obviously, I would also be concerned about the editing that could happen on a wiki.
The main hurdles here seem to be my lack of knowledge. I don't how much this would really help my students or what our real use could be for a wiki. Therefore I don't know if it is really worth it for me to take the time to put this into action for my students. Also, I don't have a real idea of how much time would be spent monitoring the wiki for the open editing it allows. For now, I will try to make a wiki and sleep on it.
Thing 20
I liked searching in Podcast Alley a little more than in EPN. I liked the set up of the pages and felt like I had a better idea of what I was looking at. Although I wasn't able to subscribe through iTunes, I did search on iTunes for podcasts and become familiar with searching there. This was very easy because I do use iTunes for music so I understand their page layouts well. How do you go about finding podcasts that are not listed at these sites?
I subscribed to SpanishPod101.com. The couple of lessons I listened to were conversations between several people and then a translation of the dialogue in parts. I liked the speaking and clarity of the cast. I was not able to use iTunes because I am not on my computer and I don't know how to access my iTunes from another computer. I used Google Reader and I think this might be better for reviewing the feeds because I have more things in my Google account and will go there more often. I suppose if I want to work with at school, it won't be a problem either because I can access Google Reader there, but not iTunes.
Well, I think there are a lot of possibilities here for impoving my teaching and providing more quality content to my classroom. However, how in the world are you suppose to search and monitor all of these podcasts, blogs, and newsfeeds? I feel more confident in my abilities with technology that is out there, but I also feel more overwhelmed than ever thinking about how I will become proficient in these tools on top of keeping up with it all.
I subscribed to SpanishPod101.com. The couple of lessons I listened to were conversations between several people and then a translation of the dialogue in parts. I liked the speaking and clarity of the cast. I was not able to use iTunes because I am not on my computer and I don't know how to access my iTunes from another computer. I used Google Reader and I think this might be better for reviewing the feeds because I have more things in my Google account and will go there more often. I suppose if I want to work with at school, it won't be a problem either because I can access Google Reader there, but not iTunes.
Well, I think there are a lot of possibilities here for impoving my teaching and providing more quality content to my classroom. However, how in the world are you suppose to search and monitor all of these podcasts, blogs, and newsfeeds? I feel more confident in my abilities with technology that is out there, but I also feel more overwhelmed than ever thinking about how I will become proficient in these tools on top of keeping up with it all.
Thing 19
Podcasts I found interesting:
NPR: Cuba Holds Allure as US Tourist Destination
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=111784037&m=112014763
English Idioms and Slang: Cut to the chase
http://cdn1.libsyn.com/diemrob/Lesson155.mp3?nvb=20090828224133&nva=20090829225133&t=0a5822730c19ea639b70d
Mike Flanagan: Reform from the Classroom Level
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-37818_45256-216470--,00.html
The podcasts from NPR could certainly be a tool in working with current events with my students. I have worked with articles before to some degree of success, but I do think that students would be more interested in short podcasts that can lead us into discussion rather than reading an article all the time. I also would like to receive those feeds because then I can keep myself up on current events!
The other podcasts I found interesting do not necessarily work for me in the classroom, but Mike Flanagan's podcasts might allow me to go to staff meetings and Association meetings better informed and with more perspective. This I think is important if I am going to be a channel of positive change that is greatly needed in our school.
Searching for podcasts that will work for me and my students in the classroom is something I need some practice with. I also would love to come up with ways that my students can make podcasts as a way of presenting learned language. A question I have is what is the difference between a YouTube video and a podcast??? They seem like the same thing to me.
NPR: Cuba Holds Allure as US Tourist Destination
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=111784037&m=112014763
English Idioms and Slang: Cut to the chase
http://cdn1.libsyn.com/diemrob/Lesson155.mp3?nvb=20090828224133&nva=20090829225133&t=0a5822730c19ea639b70d
Mike Flanagan: Reform from the Classroom Level
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-37818_45256-216470--,00.html
The podcasts from NPR could certainly be a tool in working with current events with my students. I have worked with articles before to some degree of success, but I do think that students would be more interested in short podcasts that can lead us into discussion rather than reading an article all the time. I also would like to receive those feeds because then I can keep myself up on current events!
The other podcasts I found interesting do not necessarily work for me in the classroom, but Mike Flanagan's podcasts might allow me to go to staff meetings and Association meetings better informed and with more perspective. This I think is important if I am going to be a channel of positive change that is greatly needed in our school.
Searching for podcasts that will work for me and my students in the classroom is something I need some practice with. I also would love to come up with ways that my students can make podcasts as a way of presenting learned language. A question I have is what is the difference between a YouTube video and a podcast??? They seem like the same thing to me.
Thing 18 cont.
I am having some problems viewing my blog after embedding the Slideshare to it. I don't if it came out or not...my feeling is not. I also can't post comments on the Thing 18 page.
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