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Noodle Tools

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Podcast

click here to hear my first podcast.  I had the students talk about what we were learning about this past week.   They LOVED it.  All my students were listening intently to the students.

 I liked beanpod.com as well.  It looks much like a blog. I like how you can pick the templates as well.  I think I will attempt to use this in the future.  I have a seminar that I teach on Nov. 3rd, and I may record the information for the teachers.

There were some technology difficulties.  I had trouble with the volume.  Teachers and students need to make sure to speak loudly and clearly.

21st century literacies

Times are changin' fast at Learwood Middle School.  Teachers are incorporating technology into a lot of their assignments this quarter.   One of the biggest reasons is because of the STEM grant we received from the state.  However, just because we have computers and this technology, it doesn't mean our students are interacting with technology every day.  For example, each of our math teachers received 25 new computers in their classroom.  Without thinking, our technology department BOLTED them to the desks so that students would not steal them.  This created a problems, because teachers had to change the setup of their rooms. In addition, the computers were not set up with the proper software, therefore students were not able to download and upload documents like usual.  As a result, lessons were complete headaches for teachers.

In addition, I would like to say that I will be incorporating Google Docs into my Eighth grade Language Arts classroom after learning about all the features it has this summer.  I teach both reading and writing to special education and regular education students.  This has been difficult because our "thin client" computers freeze when the students are on the same website, so our students are "stuck" and can't peer edit each other's papers.

2.0 tools

I really want to try that glogster that someone suggested in the cool links forum.  I think my students would love that!  They are much more technolgically savy than I am, and it would tie into my propoganda unit very well.

Social Bookmarking

I have heard of delicious before, but I have never used it. It makes a lot of sense to use the bookmark. I will use it now because there have been several times that I have bookmarked something at home, and wanted to use it at school.

I could imagine this would be a good idea for the students if they were sharing sources or links for research information, blogs, and music links.

I know most of my students are on facebook, which is another form of social networking. I would imagine they would love delicious if they like facebook.


Here is my delicious information: http://delicious.com/prini1

Flickr

click here for the link to my photo sharing on flickr.  I was recently introduced to flickr for my 20th class reunion.  I found it very easy to use.  I think I would use it in the classroom for students to create book reviews and virtual fieldtrips using google maps.

However,  I have discovered Picassa photo sharing on Google. It seems like it is much easier to use and upload photos.  It reorganized and tagged all my photos on my computer into photo albums.  I think it would be a much easier application to use.

Here are some pictures I uploaded using flickr.  The pictues are from our white water rafting experience this summer.  They were very easy to tag as well.

RSS feeds

The above blog is what I would like to add as an RSS feed. I have never heard of an RSS feed before, so I signed up for Google Reader, to see how it worked. It makes a lot of sense to sign up for Reader. I can imagine it saves a lot of time, however, I don't see an application to my current blog. I tried to create a feed for the above link, but it did not work. However, I will keep on looking for RSS feeds to attach to my blog because it will be very helpful for me and my students.

Trying RSS feeds

The above blog is what I would like to add as an RSS feed. I have never heard of an RSS feed before, so I signed up for Google Reader, to see how it worked. It makes a lot of sense to sign up for Reader. I can imagine it saves a lot of time, however, I don't see an application to my current blog. I tried to create a feed for the above link, but it did not work. However, I will keep on looking for RSS feeds to attach to my blog because it will be very helpful for me and my students.

Try this link for A Soldier's Heart

Wikis

I was glad to have this wiki and share it with others in the building when we started a new novel in class. It was very helpful. I even collaborated with another teacher in another state.

I have to admit, that it was hard to use with a whole class. I did activities with my accelerated readers in class. They worked independently and reported back to me. I don't know if I will use this same type of activity again this year. I had a lot of good videos to upload to it, but I was unable to do so.

Blogger

Publish your first post on your blog. Summarize your exploration of blogs. Do you feel you will use blogs with your students? If so, how do you plan on using them? If not, why? What do you think is the greatest challenge to teachers and districts who want to use blogs with their students? Highlight at least one example of how you might use a blog in your classroom and how this lesson/activity will meet one or more of theNETS-S.

I started a blog over the summer and I have used it for the first time this year.

I like using it, and the students like it as well. I am having difficulty uploading some items on it at school, due to the fact that we have so much security blocking on the computers at school. However, some of the students have commented on the fact that they have looked at the videos I have uploaded and the videos were very helpful for their first research report. Because of this, I think the biggest challenge is being able to use blogs at school without the blocking of the sites.

I just recently used the blog this past week to discuss what plagiarism is with the students. The students loved the video of the college student who “pretended” he did a research paper without even going through the process. The students loved it, and they said they showed it to their parents at home.