- I found the blog to be fun to use. This is my first experience using a blog, however I do have a webpage on my school's website and they are setup in much he same way. I had never used Blogger or done an RSS feed before. I am still trying to wrap my head around how the RSS feed would be beneficial for my classroom teaching. I was wondering if the having a feed on my school web page would allow parents to subscribe. This would be beneficial for me because I am now sending out a group email letting them know when I have made a change. Would and RSS feed help me in this way? I am still trying to figure this out.
- Dale's Cone helps us think and work collaboratively. Technology falls in the demonstrations area of the cone. A blog and and RSS feed is a key component in receiving and sharing information quickly. It helps us to communicate as we design and the communications happens rather quickly. I found another chart in my Google search that helped me process the Cone and how it might relate to teaching. I have provided the link below.
http://teacherworld.com/potdale.html
- In regard to Siegel's article on using a blog or RSS feed for "imaginative" education, we can access information quickly and share information quickly. In thinking about Postman's question as to what does a Blog or RSS feed fix i encourage you to think about how information was gathered before. The Internet allows the information to be found and the RSS feed or blog allows groups of people to share the information. It allows groups of people to research different aspects of a subject and then come together collaboratively for one end result. It allows students to work with other students they may not be exposed to in a regular classroom, providing them with a broader experience.
- Wiki Reflection
It enjoyed learning how to do the Wiki. I would have liked to have figured out that the to it was on my WMU email (better yet, I didn't even realize the WMU email was different from the Blackboard). I still am working out in my mind how this would benefit a teacher of young children. I might be able to expose some of my students to the Wiki when working on a non-fiction writing assignment. There are some students who avoid writing because of the actual paper pencil aspect of writing. Using a Wiki might helps those studnets that hate writing, but love technology!
4 comments:
I think that RSS feeds are too new, not adopted on a wide enough scale and too inaccessible to parents without an internet connection to be used as a means to communicate on important news or permissions, but a classroom update or something along those lines would be a great way to keep parents updated.
Katherine M.
I think it would be great if parents could subscribe to a RSS feed for a school. I think some parents would take advantage of such as great piece of technology. However, I must that say I have experienced enough trouble with getting parents to just check their email. Some are extremely busy with their job, while others may not have the internet at all. Both are understandable. With that I would proceed with caution if we are thinking about making things like RSS feed and blogs required or the primary source for information. On the other and, this can be overcome if there is adequate internet access available at the school before, during, and after school.
I think the chart you found really helped me understand even more about each of Dale's learning experiences. I also think that the percentages help to make things clear and I think that this link would be a great thing to show parents at the beginning of a school year about different learning styles. It is important to be able to touch on all of these throughout the year and it would be great to use this image to talk about them at an open house or curriculum night.
Jennifer
Hi, Laura.
I needed to respond to someone outside my group because not enough of them have their wiki experiences up yet. So....
It took me seveal days to figure out that I needed to use my WMU email to sign into the wiki, too. Much thanks to Pat for helping me figure that out.
I see how it would be hard for younger students using a wiki. Lack of access to computer labs in elementary schools is just one obstacle. But you are absolutely right about some students haveing such a hard time with the pencil/paper writing assignments. Wikis or even blogs could be great alternatives.
Thanks you, Laura.
Chrissy
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