WebDocs: http://www.webdoc.com/documents/C4E00402-4630-0001-D6ED-2A40E46BC4F0. I created one in a few minutes. It is similar to Glogster, but I think it is easier to use.
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
05 August, 2011
21 July, 2011
16 July, 2011
More on Cell Phones in Learning Environments
Listen to this video. All classrooms should follow model 2 in the CNN Video. I agree "we need to take control" before they take control of us, and if teachers are the leaders, we can take charge of the distraction of cell phones. Notetaking, videos, reinforcing lessons, even tweeting. Think of all the money we will save, NO PAPER. This can lead to a new revolution if we teach the students to experiment and use the mobile devices in an educational manner. Assessments, 140 Word Historical Tweets, Mobile Handheld Apps for Social Studies, and so much more. I truly believe handheld apps and smartphones use in classrooms hold the key to motivating our students. We must join them and find ways to utilize the tools they already use or lose.
Policy makers need to realize teacher work 24/7 to keep up with 21st century changes. Our teaching colleges need to do the same. Our young teachers need to be in the top 10% of their classes, the Finland model. We need to pay our teachers salaries aligned with professionals, then we will begin to see change.
Meanwhile many of us continue to enrich during our free time, often forsaking our own family time for our students. Each year my main goal is to MOTIVATE students. If I wait for district money to alleviate the challenges, I fall behind. Cell phones just might be the key.
Policy makers need to realize teacher work 24/7 to keep up with 21st century changes. Our teaching colleges need to do the same. Our young teachers need to be in the top 10% of their classes, the Finland model. We need to pay our teachers salaries aligned with professionals, then we will begin to see change.
Meanwhile many of us continue to enrich during our free time, often forsaking our own family time for our students. Each year my main goal is to MOTIVATE students. If I wait for district money to alleviate the challenges, I fall behind. Cell phones just might be the key.
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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