Comments on: Integrating technology in the classroom Wish List http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/247/integrating-technology-in-the-classroom-wish-list/ Educational Technology in the Classroom (K-12 Education) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:23:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Meghan S http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/247/integrating-technology-in-the-classroom-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-8159 Meghan S Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:12:09 +0000 http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/?p=247#comment-8159 Thanks for the advice! My students have never used weblogs before and I am excited to expose them to the blogging world! I think that I will definitely use Edublogs or Wordpress. I was discussing this with colleagues and someone gave me another good website. It almost looks like students are using sticky notes to communicate with one another. I have the website posted on my desk at school. I will let you know what it is when I return to school on Monday. Thanks for your help! Thanks for the advice!

My students have never used weblogs before and I am excited to expose them to the blogging world! I think that I will definitely use Edublogs or Wordpress. I was discussing this with colleagues and someone gave me another good website. It almost looks like students are using sticky notes to communicate with one another. I have the website posted on my desk at school. I will let you know what it is when I return to school on Monday.

Thanks for your help!

]]> By: MWinderl http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/247/integrating-technology-in-the-classroom-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-8153 MWinderl Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:01:20 +0000 http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/?p=247#comment-8153 The school I'm at has a site called school fusion for the parents and students to become members of a teacher's web page. School fusion allows the students and parents to check grades on a daily basis. Also, I can post links, power points, and homework for the students to see. This takes the old days of writing your homework down in an agenda to having all the information you need with a couple clicks of a mouse. The school I’m at has a site called school fusion for the parents and students to become members of a teacher’s web page. School fusion allows the students and parents to check grades on a daily basis. Also, I can post links, power points, and homework for the students to see. This takes the old days of writing your homework down in an agenda to having all the information you need with a couple clicks of a mouse.

]]> By: Mr Kuroneko http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/247/integrating-technology-in-the-classroom-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-8141 Mr Kuroneko Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:37:42 +0000 http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/?p=247#comment-8141 Hey Meghan, I think the idea of splitting the class into the north and the south is an awesome idea. Edublogs and WordPress are the easiest way to get student or class blogs up and running. You might consider running only two blogs (i.e. north and south) instead of each student having one - that way it's easier to moderate the content. This past week, we had our students collaborate and respond to each other using Google Docs. (We have a Google Apps Education Edition set up for our school.) - The neat thing is that you can track the revision history (like in wikispaces), but we've found it to be better at merging simultaneous edits than wikispaces. Actually, on second thought, you're probably better off going with something where you start a post and then students respond with their comments instead of a wiki or google doc format which is more open-ended. WordPress / Edublogs is probably the way to go. (We're playing with phpBB with our online literature circles, but that's harder to setup on your own.) Good luck. Let us know how things go. (We're jealous of your laptop cart!) Hey Meghan,

I think the idea of splitting the class into the north and the south is an awesome idea. Edublogs and WordPress are the easiest way to get student or class blogs up and running. You might consider running only two blogs (i.e. north and south) instead of each student having one – that way it’s easier to moderate the content. This past week, we had our students collaborate and respond to each other using Google Docs. (We have a Google Apps Education Edition set up for our school.) – The neat thing is that you can track the revision history (like in wikispaces), but we’ve found it to be better at merging simultaneous edits than wikispaces.

Actually, on second thought, you’re probably better off going with something where you start a post and then students respond with their comments instead of a wiki or google doc format which is more open-ended. WordPress / Edublogs is probably the way to go. (We’re playing with phpBB with our online literature circles, but that’s harder to setup on your own.)

Good luck. Let us know how things go. (We’re jealous of your laptop cart!)

]]> By: Meghan S http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/247/integrating-technology-in-the-classroom-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-8135 Meghan S Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:48:07 +0000 http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/?p=247#comment-8135 I am a special education teacher currently in graduate school for integrating technology into the classroom. You mention the importance of having students create blogs where their peers can edit and revise their work. Instead of having peer editing sessions in the classroom, how great would it be to do it all online. Next month I am starting a unit on the Civil War. I am going to start thinking of ideas in which my students can blog and respond to one another. I am thinking of dividing the class into two section, the north and the south. I will have them discuss certain events and they will have to respond to each other based on the viewpoint of their assigned side. Do you have any blogging suggestions? I also agree that the ELMO should replace over head projectors in all schools. This year my school ordered three ELMO's. It is hard to share the ELMO between teachers. It would be wonderful for each to have their own. What a great technological tool! We also have a laptop cart in my school that has 30 laptops. As a special education teacher it is a valuable tool to use with my students. I like the option where the students can have the computer read to them. I am a special education teacher currently in graduate school for integrating technology into the classroom. You mention the importance of having students create blogs where their peers can edit and revise their work. Instead of having peer editing sessions in the classroom, how great would it be to do it all online. Next month I am starting a unit on the Civil War. I am going to start thinking of ideas in which my students can blog and respond to one another. I am thinking of dividing the class into two section, the north and the south. I will have them discuss certain events and they will have to respond to each other based on the viewpoint of their assigned side. Do you have any blogging suggestions?

I also agree that the ELMO should replace over head projectors in all schools. This year my school ordered three ELMO’s. It is hard to share the ELMO between teachers. It would be wonderful for each to have their own. What a great technological tool!

We also have a laptop cart in my school that has 30 laptops. As a special education teacher it is a valuable tool to use with my students. I like the option where the students can have the computer read to them.

]]> By: Mr Kuroneko http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/247/integrating-technology-in-the-classroom-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-7242 Mr Kuroneko Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:24:28 +0000 http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/?p=247#comment-7242 Hi <a href="http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/247/integrating-technology-in-the-classroom-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-7192" rel="nofollow">Melissa</a>, I think the real question is how to effectively use technology in the classroom for pedagogy's sake, as opposed to technology's sake. We're currently playing with online literature circles (Gr 7/8) involving 8 classrooms in our school. After term 1 report cards go home, I'd be interested in looking at the marks based by gender to see if students did better with the online lit circles than their term 1 report cards. There's a lot of literature about the gender gap and boys + technology, but we're experimenting with action-based research to see if collaborating online helps our boys engage. Do you think the barrier to teaching with technology the access to technology, or learning how to use technology effectively? Hi Melissa,

I think the real question is how to effectively use technology in the classroom for pedagogy’s sake, as opposed to technology’s sake. We’re currently playing with online literature circles (Gr 7/8) involving 8 classrooms in our school. After term 1 report cards go home, I’d be interested in looking at the marks based by gender to see if students did better with the online lit circles than their term 1 report cards. There’s a lot of literature about the gender gap and boys + technology, but we’re experimenting with action-based research to see if collaborating online helps our boys engage.

Do you think the barrier to teaching with technology the access to technology, or learning how to use technology effectively?

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