Summercore Day 1
Flickr! That is the first practical bit of knowledge gained from my HW readings. I checked out the site right away and realized it was a potentially far better resource for my SmartBoard images than google images. The reading excerpts on various web sites reminded me how far behind I often feel on the latest and greatest web sites I can use for teaching.
Other chapter excerpts provided a basic glossary of computer terminology, although I realized at this morning’s opening $33 prep session that it’s not enough to read about them but to put in the time to memorize them. (Not just for the $33….)
Finally, I am really looking forward to the step-by-step chapter for itunes, Smartboard, imovie, etc. That will very helpful later, as my feeble brain does not retain info as well as it used to….
P.S. The French billiards youtube video is cool.
Tuesday evening: Aha, I finally understand the difference between a Wiki and a Blog and I can see the advantages of each. I think I will begin with blogs, and I agree that starting off with a teacher-created one is easiest. This might work for adding a little something more creative to HW without it being time-consuming. For example, the youtube video on billiards could work. What you hear in the background in French is an argument between two of the announcers as to whether what the billiards guy did is a waste of time or not. Students could comment on that, giving their own opinion, and try to guess how much time the guy spent setting that whole thing up.
I had not even heard of RSS feeds, to be honest, but I understand how they work and can see the time-efficiency of using them.
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I agree about the teacher-created blog being a good place to start. When I did it before I did not think things out enough, and I would love to brainstorm with you and others about how to set up the rules and expectations at different grade levels.