Lynn+Glidden

= Activity 1 =

'The Objective of Education Is Learning, Not Teaching'
I think as educators we have to teach them how to learn. That is the problem, I don't think today's kids know how to learn effectively. They are stuck in the middle of teachers still trying to teach them facts and figures, and the teachers that are trying to get them to explore on their own. Maybe in 10 years from now when technology has become more second nature to all teachers our students will become better learners?
 * nothing that is worth learning can be taught **

I tend to disagree with this. I remember spending hours repeating the words mama and dada to my kids until they finally said them. My husband and I spent hours on opposite sides of the room so our kids could practice walking back and forth to us, and as for getting dressed, my 9 year old still can't take a sweatshirt off by himself after I have showed him numerous times how to put the hood on his head first and then take the arms out... I get the point of kids don't need to be taught as much as we think they do but my overall thought at the end of this article was that the author thinks we should allow kids to learn what they want, not what we think is relevant to them. The problem I see with that is when are kids mature enough to even want to learn? My son is being forced to learn his math facts right now. He hates it!!! He would have said, "No thank you!" a long time ago if I let him but I have to force him to learn them so he can build on the facts and learn more. I don't think when I was in college I even wanted to be learning yet, I just did it because I knew I had to to get a job.
 * A child learns such fundamental things as how to walk, talk, eat, dress, and so on without being taught these things. **

Lynn,check out this story relating to the above.(Emmy) [|Given Tablets But No Teachers, Ethiopian Kids Teach Themselves]:for [|MIT Technology Review]. David Talbot. October 29, 2012

I question this often. Do we need to teach our kids some of the math skills when a computer or calculator can do the same operation 100 times faster? Who officially decides what is now being handed over to machines to "know" and what our kids should still know?
 * be asked to do something computers and related equipment can do much better than they can? **

this is the way my classroom is now! I feel my job is to lead in the right direction and they teach me the rest! I love it! It doesn't take as long for me anymore and the kids are remembering so much more exploring on their own!
 * Schools are upside down: Students should be teaching and faculty learning. **

==[|Moving Toward Web 2.0 in K-12 Education] ==

Web 2.0 is simply the use of the Internet as a two-way medium- – -that it is a platform upon which content is not only consumed but also created

As we saw in the opening video that individualized learning isn't effect, we need group learning. Web 2.0 tools are definitely encouraging more than single learner learning!

If we make the somewhat logical assumption that most parents are still living in a Web 1.0 world

that is part of the problem that will soon not be a problem. the parents of my 3k and 4k are aware of all the technology I use in my classroom, sending me ideas they have come across. The middle school parents are always asking me if they can sit in my classes. Using technology is becoming part of family routines, not a reward for good behavior.

One of the amazing impacts of Web 2.0 is watching long-time educators have their own personal learning transformed by these new tools of Web participation

I think that the name Web 2.0 **Tools** is a bad name. Teachers may think of them as tools to assist their teaching but I don' think kids think of these as tools anymore, they see it more as a foundation in their education

Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education
It's culture that is changing our educational system! And think in 10 years how much that culture will have changed! Being a teacher is not just teaching anymore, it producing culturally driven outcomes in our students!


 * ACTIVITY 3: **


 * What is the technology? www.easel.ly.com allows you to create and share visual ideas


 * Describe it and how it works . you can start with a template (limited choice right now) or you can start from scratch. You can add backgrounds, shapes, text, objects, and upload pictures. Click here to see a sample of one I created. My second graders will use this as a way to present their research they are doing on dinosaurs.


 * Which levels of Bloom's revised taxonomy does it address?
 * remembering: ** searching ** different internet sites ** recognizing ** which sites have useful information and which don't, ** identifying ** the difference between dinosaurs, ** naming ** different dinosaurs
 * understanding: ** classifying ** dinosaurs by what they eat, when they lived, if they fly or not, etc.** summarizing ** what they've learned into key phrases ** compare and contrast ** specific dinosaurs
 * applying: ** using ** easel.ly to organize their researched information ** uploading ** pictures that fit with the information they have found ** sharing ** information with classmates
 * analyzing: ** organizing ** their researched information into categories
 * evaluating: ** peer critiquing ** of final project ** posting ** final project on class blog
 * creating: ** design ** a presentation using easel.ly.com ** upload ** pictures ** incorporate ** text and shape.
 * Does it reinforce basic literacy skills? students have to be able to understand what they are reading. students have to find age appropriate materials to read. students have to spell words correctly, students have to use grammatically correct sentences/phrases
 * Foster creativity and divergent thinking? Address Ken Robinson's concerns? Ken Robinson's big idea is to let students learn how they want to learn, not expect them to learn in one way. This way of learning is more individualized, they can be as vague or in depth with their research, they can be creative in finding out all different kinds of information on their specific dinosaur, they can be as creative as they want in their presentation
 * What kind of interaction and collaboration does it enable? this specific project is done more individually but could easily be done in groups. Each person could research a different topic and they could collaborate to create one presentation on all their findings.
 * How can this technology contribute to student performance? the student who isn't always the best writer will find this a much better way to get their point across. the student who does not like presenting in front of class will also perform better on this type of project. students are just excited to use technology, because a computer is used I think student performance and understanding is going to be higher
 * Are there any pitfalls to using this technology? it will be a little more time consuming because they've never used this software before. you cannot imbed video, which would be a nice added feature. the student who isn't quite as proficient at technology is going to have a harder time navigating through the websites and finding the pertinent information. I wish there were more templates available, one that they could just put their information into would be easier for 2nd graders
 * I f there is a free version and a premium version with a monthly of yearly fee, is the free version adequate? this software is free
 * How can this technology contribute to student performance? the student who isn't always the best writer will find this a much better way to get their point across. the student who does not like presenting in front of class will also perform better on this type of project. students are just excited to use technology, because a computer is used I think student performance and understanding is going to be higher
 * Are there any pitfalls to using this technology? it will be a little more time consuming because they've never used this software before. you cannot imbed video, which would be a nice added feature. the student who isn't quite as proficient at technology is going to have a harder time navigating through the websites and finding the pertinent information. I wish there were more templates available, one that they could just put their information into would be easier for 2nd graders
 * I f there is a free version and a premium version with a monthly of yearly fee, is the free version adequate? this software is free
 * I f there is a free version and a premium version with a monthly of yearly fee, is the free version adequate? this software is free
 * I f there is a free version and a premium version with a monthly of yearly fee, is the free version adequate? this software is free

** ACTIVITY 4: **

 * Create a l(list of web 2.0 tools and how I) plan (to use them in my classroom) **
 * these are the sites I learned about this weekend that I definately plan to share with others and/or use in my classroom **

**mural.ly**. , I've used Wallwisher in the past but this is so much better...I am thinking when a class is learning about the seasons they could use this site to explain what they would see during that season. Click here to see sample


 * Slide.ly ** this site is so much better than Animoto and so much easier to use. It took me about 5 minutes to grab all these pictures from my Facebook account, add music, and save. The only downfall is that my students are not allowed to use Facebook so they would need to save all their pictures first, but that is what they are currently doing on Animoto and it's free!!! click here to view my awesome kids


 * croak.it ** so easy to record, and instantly a web address is given to embed


 * vsnap ** looks very interesting. it looks like an easy way to record, via webcam, short (under 30 second) video messages.


 * wordlin.gs ** the interesting part of this site is the street address to coordinates and then those coordinates to political area and map of coordinates. I can see our geography teacher finding this site very useful


 * kwiqpoll.com ** such an easy site that puts out a very quick poll and shows instant results. My 1st graders do a short until on excel, this will be a perfect edition to their unit click here to see sample


 * qikpad ** click here to see how I will use this site
 * piratepad ** these are all the same exact thing, just a different site hosting
 * titanpad **
 * meetingwords **
 * sync.in **


 * checkthis.com ** click here to see how I will use this site


 * classdojo ** I can see using this with my preschool or kindergarten. There is a part that you can randomly pick a student, that could be useful in any class. Parents can be directly connected to this site so they can see their child's behavior throughout the day. There are many reports that a teacher can print, every hour, every day, every week, or maybe at the end of the quarter.

abcya both are links to very educational online games
 * gameclassroom **


 * popplet ** GREAT graphic organizer, I may use this for my dinosaur reports rather than slide.ly, this is MUCH easier to use! click here to view sample

I have a great interest in using web 2.0 tools in my classroom and also helping other teachers learn/use them. The biggest road block is TIME! This class has been perfect for me because we had 1 1/2 days to spend time looking at what we wanted. I am leaving this class with one tool that I was able to explore and feel comfortable enough to use NOW, and also several more that I know I will use with very little time left to "figuring it out." I am excited to bring back some of the tools I learned that I know will be easy for teachers use now. The biggest insight I have at the end of this class is there is soooooooooo much! I don't think a full time person only figuring out Web 2.0 tools could keep up. I need to not be overwhelmed and just take one tool at a time. I am one of those teachers who wants to try everything right away. I know I can't do that or I'll go crazy!! My goal is to pick one a week that I am comfortable using and share that with my colleagues.
 * insights I gained in this class **

I am constantly taking technology courses to keep as much "up to date" as possible. In all of the course there are two things that I find most valuable.
 * 1. share time.** I can spend hour upon hour searching for that great tool to use. I LOVE the professional share time for my colleagues to share what they know works for them. I know there are a million websites that will tell me the "best tools to use" but having a colleague tell me how they used it in their classroom is so much more valuable to me. In this class we spent a great deal of time sharing what we found.
 * 2. TIME.** I've been in workshops where the whole time is spent giving me ideas but no time to actually explore. This class has been valuable because I've had ample time to explore the tools I wanted to. I had plenty of time to actually use the tool to see if would work for me.

From this class I am taking a huge list of tools that I know I can use in my classroom. Thank you for the time!!!!