Monday, March 7, 2011
Comic Strip
I was a little intimidated when I was told to make a Comic Strip but I found an easy tool to help me make one called ReadWriteThink. It was set up in easy steps to make a 2 scene, 3 scene, or 6 scene comic strip. The start screen has you create your characters name, a subtitle, and the creator. There are characters already there for you to choose from, different type of dialogue bubbles, and different props. This could be used in a classroom as a fun activity but can be connected to any type of content area. For example, we used it for technology. Students could choose one piece of technology that they use or want to know more about and make a easy, fun comic strip on what they have learned. This also incorporates language arts because of the dialogue they can create. Every child loves having fun and humor. Any child would like to create their own comic strip that they can use in your classroom and at home.
Podcast, Website & Blog Mid-Term Critiqures
Part 1: Podcast
I liked looking at other classmate's Podcasts. A lot of the resources that they had chosen to talk about were resources that I had not heard of. This really emphasizes how beneficial a Podcast can be to a future student or teacher. One resource that I had not known about it KERC, Kansas Education Resource Center. This tool would be great for new teachers, it helps teachers align their lessons with standards. It gives advice on how to manage students and help students with learning disabilities. Another resource is SearchyPants, this is a SAFE search engine and the teachers can make a personalized search engine. These are only few resources that I have found through Podcasts. Podcasts are interesting because they are not only informative but they are interesting and engaging.
Part 2: Website/Blog
The main thing that I want to improve on my website is for it to be more interesting and engaging. I want it to be more creative and catch the explorers eye. I plan on adding more pictures, videos, and quotes. The only thing that is hard is placing things in places where I want them because I have found this to be difficult on Google Sites. On the blog; I want to go through and add links to the websites that I talk about and also add more pictures and videos to make it more interesting.
I liked looking at other classmate's Podcasts. A lot of the resources that they had chosen to talk about were resources that I had not heard of. This really emphasizes how beneficial a Podcast can be to a future student or teacher. One resource that I had not known about it KERC, Kansas Education Resource Center. This tool would be great for new teachers, it helps teachers align their lessons with standards. It gives advice on how to manage students and help students with learning disabilities. Another resource is SearchyPants, this is a SAFE search engine and the teachers can make a personalized search engine. These are only few resources that I have found through Podcasts. Podcasts are interesting because they are not only informative but they are interesting and engaging.
Part 2: Website/Blog
The main thing that I want to improve on my website is for it to be more interesting and engaging. I want it to be more creative and catch the explorers eye. I plan on adding more pictures, videos, and quotes. The only thing that is hard is placing things in places where I want them because I have found this to be difficult on Google Sites. On the blog; I want to go through and add links to the websites that I talk about and also add more pictures and videos to make it more interesting.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Reflection #8 - Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Podcast 364
The ELL Bill of Rights
In this particular Podcast, Wesley Fryer touches on English Language Learners Bill of Rights. It contains an interview with Rusiana Westerlund. It touches on that a community should be aware of English Language Learners. The summary of the Bill of Rights is "English Learners have many rights that even teachers to who teach them don't know about." This is important for us teachers to understand and have knowledge about. They need more than only being in our general classroom, they need to equally be able to learn the material. I have never thought about how hard it would be for a student that is an English Language Learners who is fluent, it would still be difficult for them to learn the material. Teachers need to draw attention to academic language and become aware of language arts. This is important to remember and understand because classrooms are becoming more and more diverse every day.
Rusiana Westerlund
In this particular Podcast, Wesley Fryer touches on English Language Learners Bill of Rights. It contains an interview with Rusiana Westerlund. It touches on that a community should be aware of English Language Learners. The summary of the Bill of Rights is "English Learners have many rights that even teachers to who teach them don't know about." This is important for us teachers to understand and have knowledge about. They need more than only being in our general classroom, they need to equally be able to learn the material. I have never thought about how hard it would be for a student that is an English Language Learners who is fluent, it would still be difficult for them to learn the material. Teachers need to draw attention to academic language and become aware of language arts. This is important to remember and understand because classrooms are becoming more and more diverse every day.
Rusiana Westerlund
Reflection #7 - Learning In Hand # 22
Applications for Education
There are over 5 billion application downloads and keeps growing 700 applications a day. There are tons of applications that are great for educators that will go along with a lesson or activity. It's amazing because there are many that are free applications. It's hard to stay up to date with technology but it will be fun to explore for teachers to help engage their students.There are many websites that Tony has that are organized nicely that have good reviews on what teacher's would recommend. An example is an application for how to learn long division, long multiplication, or fraction math. This is so much more interesting and helpful to many different types of learners to use their Ipod, Ipad, or Itouch instead of writing with pencil and paper. One fascinating thing is how educators are using twitter to share these different applications, all you have to do is search #edapp. I found this Podcast very interesting and helpful. A lot of the information that he had talked about I had not heard about before. It's amazing how much technology has expanded and how often a teacher can use it in their classroom.
There are over 5 billion application downloads and keeps growing 700 applications a day. There are tons of applications that are great for educators that will go along with a lesson or activity. It's amazing because there are many that are free applications. It's hard to stay up to date with technology but it will be fun to explore for teachers to help engage their students.There are many websites that Tony has that are organized nicely that have good reviews on what teacher's would recommend. An example is an application for how to learn long division, long multiplication, or fraction math. This is so much more interesting and helpful to many different types of learners to use their Ipod, Ipad, or Itouch instead of writing with pencil and paper. One fascinating thing is how educators are using twitter to share these different applications, all you have to do is search #edapp. I found this Podcast very interesting and helpful. A lot of the information that he had talked about I had not heard about before. It's amazing how much technology has expanded and how often a teacher can use it in their classroom.
Fun With Text Reflection
Wordle
This application would be great for a "get to know your students" activity for the beginning of the semester. The students could have the exact assignment that we had to think of about thirty words that describe them and make a Wordle. Wordle gives the students the chance to be creative with their words, colors, size, font, and design they create. Worlde could also be used in any type of lesson to show the key points or highlight ideas in a fun, imaginative way. This is great to put on a website or blog to show what you're interested in like my concentration or who I am.
This application would be great for a "get to know your students" activity for the beginning of the semester. The students could have the exact assignment that we had to think of about thirty words that describe them and make a Wordle. Wordle gives the students the chance to be creative with their words, colors, size, font, and design they create. Worlde could also be used in any type of lesson to show the key points or highlight ideas in a fun, imaginative way. This is great to put on a website or blog to show what you're interested in like my concentration or who I am.
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