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Showing posts with label 21st century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 21st century. Show all posts
21 July, 2011
08 July, 2011
Social Bookmarking
My Diigo account is ceslobodnik1.
First, I am going to miss our blog conversations. Even though I will try to keep it updated, I know that August and school will interfere. However, I will require that my students contribute to a course blog this year. I am also in a course with Iearn, http://media.iearn.org/projects a global collaborative where we are creating a unit with teachers from around the world.
I have learned so much from this course, and all of the new knowledge is extremely useful and practical.
I also know that we need to advocate for technology for our students. Many of the applications, especially Diigo, promote literacy. If students have access to technology in schools, we will be able to use the Web2.0 tools in the classroom. Many of our students have smartphones, but no computers at home. In order for us to teach students about 21st century literacy, our legislators must support our goals for funding technology.
Social bookmarking has so many possibilities. The collaborative piece is beautiful. I had used Diigo in the past to keep track of my own research, but had never joined a group or shared. My newest group, very interactive, and very informative, is http://groups.diigo.com/group/history-teachers. If you know history teachers who love technology, I recommend it. One of the members introduced me to http://www.animaps.com/#!home, where google maps can come alive. It is in the beta stage, but I surely will require my students to complete an assignment on this site. One can add markers, create videos by adding shapes and lines and images. It is so cool!
Teachers could use Diigo to more readily share and learn professionally. If anyone is in FIRST and needs a PD or Leadership activity, this would be a great idea. There are so many possibilities. Maybe we can start our own PLN as well. I am sure I will see many of you in other technology courses.
First, I am going to miss our blog conversations. Even though I will try to keep it updated, I know that August and school will interfere. However, I will require that my students contribute to a course blog this year. I am also in a course with Iearn, http://media.iearn.org/projects a global collaborative where we are creating a unit with teachers from around the world.
I have learned so much from this course, and all of the new knowledge is extremely useful and practical.
I also know that we need to advocate for technology for our students. Many of the applications, especially Diigo, promote literacy. If students have access to technology in schools, we will be able to use the Web2.0 tools in the classroom. Many of our students have smartphones, but no computers at home. In order for us to teach students about 21st century literacy, our legislators must support our goals for funding technology.
Social bookmarking has so many possibilities. The collaborative piece is beautiful. I had used Diigo in the past to keep track of my own research, but had never joined a group or shared. My newest group, very interactive, and very informative, is http://groups.diigo.com/group/history-teachers. If you know history teachers who love technology, I recommend it. One of the members introduced me to http://www.animaps.com/#!home, where google maps can come alive. It is in the beta stage, but I surely will require my students to complete an assignment on this site. One can add markers, create videos by adding shapes and lines and images. It is so cool!
Teachers could use Diigo to more readily share and learn professionally. If anyone is in FIRST and needs a PD or Leadership activity, this would be a great idea. There are so many possibilities. Maybe we can start our own PLN as well. I am sure I will see many of you in other technology courses.
03 July, 2011
RSS Feeds and Time Saved
First, I love to read. Since the age of three I read anything and everything, especially nonfiction. When I do read fiction, I usually choose one author and read everything written by that person. During summers as a child, I used to walk to the public library; now I use the internet. The problem is that I simply cannot read everything. So, a few years ago I began to use RSS feeds. There are so many new gadgets to make RSS feeds even easier to access. I love my iGoogle page, and especially NPR.org. Sometimes I need real world connections, not just education articles. NPR provides just that.
The next step in the world of blogging about my profession is to improve the RSS news feeds on my blog, which I just did! Blogging requires time and constant change, however, the more I blog, the more I want to required blogging for students.
As an educator, it is difficult to keep up with news and trends, so linking iGoogle and Blogger are good ways to continue to be proactive about literacy, technology, and other trends. Sometimes, however, the personal and professional lives become interconnected to the point it is hard to tune out. Is that possible in the 21st century. As educators, we have to keep up with the way teens live and think. If we don't develop new ways of motivating our youth to read and think, we cannot begin to reform our education system.
The politicians need to find ways to incorporate more money for technology into school budgets, and to be sure there is equity in all of the schools. Teachers and administrators need to use technology, and to keep up with professional development, and to integrate technology into the lessons. There are so many free resources, including district level training. I am amazed that some of the young teachers may have not had access to technology in schools, including universities. If social media can cause political upheaval, THINK what teachers can do.
The next step in the world of blogging about my profession is to improve the RSS news feeds on my blog, which I just did! Blogging requires time and constant change, however, the more I blog, the more I want to required blogging for students.
As an educator, it is difficult to keep up with news and trends, so linking iGoogle and Blogger are good ways to continue to be proactive about literacy, technology, and other trends. Sometimes, however, the personal and professional lives become interconnected to the point it is hard to tune out. Is that possible in the 21st century. As educators, we have to keep up with the way teens live and think. If we don't develop new ways of motivating our youth to read and think, we cannot begin to reform our education system.
The politicians need to find ways to incorporate more money for technology into school budgets, and to be sure there is equity in all of the schools. Teachers and administrators need to use technology, and to keep up with professional development, and to integrate technology into the lessons. There are so many free resources, including district level training. I am amazed that some of the young teachers may have not had access to technology in schools, including universities. If social media can cause political upheaval, THINK what teachers can do.
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