I am excited to begin another course. I was a little unsure as to what this class was going to be about, but after taking a look at the rubric I am excited to get going on the work!! I am familiar with Wikis, Blog and Google Docs, but I don't use them enough!!! Our school has a staff wiki page where we post interesting websites or other resources we have made. We just started it last year so it needs some work. I was excited that we started this Wiki because I had heard so much about Wikis, but until looking at our class wiki (for CEDO 520) I didn't realize Wikis could be so advanced. I hope to become more familiar with them during this class so I can share it with my staff in the fall.
During the past three classes I feel that I have gained a pretty good understanding of Google Docs and Blogs. Again I have yet to use them in the classroom and still struggle with how to use something like Google Docs with students that don't have e-mail addresses. I would like to start a classroom blog for my 3rd-6th graders in the fall!!
I did notice in the syllabus that we are going to talk about teaching kids how to be safe online and how to find credible sources. This is probably the part of the class I am the most excited about !! I feel like those are two of the most important things we need to teach our kids while using technology. Kids are using technology daily and they need to know how to be save online as well as the fact that everything on the Internet isn't true. I hope to gain knowledge on how to teach these concepts to my students.
I am ready to begin this class and hoping to take away a lot of good information from it!!!
I think the finding credible sources is huge. Too many students think just because it's on the internet, it must be true.
ReplyDeleteDid you copy down or look up any of the spoof sites that were mentioned in class? The Great Lakes Whale Watching site is really good. There's even some lesson plans online if I remember correctly. That definitely would be a great site to us to show them how to be careful.
Kristy I agree, this class seems like it's going to be fun and I'm excited about it as well. I like the work we are doing and I am learning something new already, even though it's going on the third week of class. I also hope to gain knowledge on everything. I never used WIKIS before!! I'm excited!! Good luck!
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