On this This blog I will be posting information about integrating technology into the classroom and reflections on projects I complete during my MEDT 7464 Integrating Technology into the Classroom course. The purpose will be to have many ways to integrate technology that can all be found in one place and that can be helpful to anyone that is looking for useful ways to integrate technology into their classroom.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Final Posting
I cannot believe this class is coming to an end! I have learned so much this semester on ways to integrate technology into the classroom effectively. I really enjoyed completing each of the projects we completed. Our PBL proposal my group completed turned out to be really good. We all collaborated and put our ideas together, which was actually a little hard since we all come from different backgrounds of teaching and teach different age students. My favorite part about all of our projects was getting to see everyone's projects when we were finished. I loved seeing the ideas that others had especially because there were other 4th grade teachers in the class. This has been another great learning experience for me and I cannot wait to continue to learn more in my last three semesters at West Georgia.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
PBL insight
So, I have recently been working on a group PBL project using Google Docs. The project itself is very good I think. In fact, my school just recently did something similar on the November 2nd teacher workday. We had different staff members teach the rest of the staff different technology sessions. Teachers were able to sign up for the sessions they wanted to attend.
The PBL my group created deals with Comic Life and Voice Thread. I found collaborating on a project using Google Docs to be very effective. It is very hard to collaborate when you are not all face-to-face, and not everyone knows what is going on. Google Docs helped to make the collaboration part a little easier since we could not be face-to-face to complete the project. I wish there had been more editing by my classmates because to me that is one of the purposes of Google Docs...to be able to edit each other's work.
I have learned more about how hard it is to complete group projects. Being the type of person that likes to get my work done, I sometimes find it hard to work in groups. Fortunately for this project we all got our work done in the timeframe we set for ourselves and I wasn't the person that had to wait on everyone to complete their work either. We still have time to get everything put together to submit.
I think PBL projects are very useful in the classroom and the more I learn about PBL, the more I want to use it in my own classroom. I do some PBL lessons, but I need to incorporate more PBL lessons with technology in my classroom.
Overall, I really enjoyed working on this project and think that PBL is a very effective tool to use in the classroom. PBL needs to be shared with other teachers so that learning can be engaging for our students.
The PBL my group created deals with Comic Life and Voice Thread. I found collaborating on a project using Google Docs to be very effective. It is very hard to collaborate when you are not all face-to-face, and not everyone knows what is going on. Google Docs helped to make the collaboration part a little easier since we could not be face-to-face to complete the project. I wish there had been more editing by my classmates because to me that is one of the purposes of Google Docs...to be able to edit each other's work.
I have learned more about how hard it is to complete group projects. Being the type of person that likes to get my work done, I sometimes find it hard to work in groups. Fortunately for this project we all got our work done in the timeframe we set for ourselves and I wasn't the person that had to wait on everyone to complete their work either. We still have time to get everything put together to submit.
I think PBL projects are very useful in the classroom and the more I learn about PBL, the more I want to use it in my own classroom. I do some PBL lessons, but I need to incorporate more PBL lessons with technology in my classroom.
Overall, I really enjoyed working on this project and think that PBL is a very effective tool to use in the classroom. PBL needs to be shared with other teachers so that learning can be engaging for our students.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Movie Maker
Well, I have just completed my final individual project for this class. We created a Digital Storytelling movie using some kind of Character Trait.
I took a different approach than many of my classmates with this project. I chose to concentrate on multiple character traits. There are many times I feel that our students do not understand these traits and what it means to actually demonstrate these. My students really loved learning about the Native Americans, so I chose to do my project on how the Native Americans used these traits. I also provided a writing assignment at the end of my movie to be used more as a reflection piece. Native Americans really respected our land and used only what they needed. I think this is important for kids to learn today.
I am going to attach a link to my Wiki page that has a link to my description, assessment, storyboard, and movie.
Wikipage
Movie
I took a different approach than many of my classmates with this project. I chose to concentrate on multiple character traits. There are many times I feel that our students do not understand these traits and what it means to actually demonstrate these. My students really loved learning about the Native Americans, so I chose to do my project on how the Native Americans used these traits. I also provided a writing assignment at the end of my movie to be used more as a reflection piece. Native Americans really respected our land and used only what they needed. I think this is important for kids to learn today.
I am going to attach a link to my Wiki page that has a link to my description, assessment, storyboard, and movie.
Wikipage
Movie
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)