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When I came here Monday, I didn’t have a clue what a blog page, wiki, rss, or aggugator was. Now I feel I have made a great accomplishment by making my title 1 blog page and I’m very excited to get back to school to show and collaborate with the other teachers on everything I’ve learned!! I have come a long way!!
Thank you Alice for being an excellent presenter and for allowing us to be an interactive learner. I would never have been able to do half the work I accomplished, if I wasn’t allowed to practice and implement it right away.
Jul
24
Final Project
July 24, 2007 | project | 20 Comments
Process of how I started: At first, I came to class all gung ho about doing something on iphoto gallery. Then I wanted to work on a delicious account for my students. After reading and reflecting on the social bookmarking section of Will Richardson’s book, I decided that isn’t what would work for me because I didn’t want my K-1 students getting into other links that may connect to mine. By Tuesday, I realized making a blog page for my Title 1 families and to use it like a web page, would be the perfect fit for me.
What I do In Title 1: I teach reading recovery type lesson plans to Kindergarten and First graders on a one to one level. The lessons are very consistent by using Rigby Leveled books. Each session the student chooses a leveled book they have already read. We read for fluency and to practice good reading strategies. We then do mini lessons to teach reading strategies by using magnetic letters. For writing, we work on comprehension skills by having the student reflect on the reading. The student then picks a new Rigby leveled book to read. The writing responses are called Think abouts. Think abouts are a tool that we use for students to make sense of their reading by reflecting and connecting with what they are reading.
What? I will create a blog page for my Title 1 parents and students to access at home.
Why? To establish a collaborative and interactive blog page to help parents see what projects and books their child will be reading and working on. I would like to have web links for my students to access at home.
How? I will create a blog by opening a new blog page and first I would like to establish a few web links for my students to access. I will also have my students write and posts their “Think abouts” of their stories they are reading that week. I am hoping the parents will read their child’s “Think about” and make comments back to them. Here is the connection to my Title 1 blog. title1mrspage.edublogs.org
Change: Along with sending home an individual notebook to each parent on how their child is doing, I will have the blog page available for parents to view. It will show what story the children are reading and what writing strategy the children are working on. It will also have web links that are great resources for parents and students to access.
Collaboration: While I have been here at class this week, I have collaborated with several wonderful educators that have helped me achieve a good start on my blog page. It was nice to be able to talk with other teachers at my grade level to bounce ideas off and process all the information we have learned this week.
I am hoping to involve the parents by having them check to see what their child is working on as well was reflecting back to their child’s work.
Jul
24
Must Read Response
July 24, 2007 | class work | 2 Comments
I found both 2cents worth and cool cat teacher to be very informative. They both seem to have quite a bit of information as well as interesting opinions. I liked the comparison that 2cents worth gave of a farmer’s market with all the variety and volume of vegetables to choose from compared to what children will need to do in the future on the computer. But that it’s only part of their world! I also feel the overwhelming reality of the sheer volume of all the different teaching tools we will be using with the web 2.0! And it is the future of teaching.
Jul
24
delicious response
July 24, 2007 | class work | 1 Comment
I believe delicious bookmarking will be an excellent tool to use to share new web site links with other teachers at my school. It will also be an excellent tool to use with the students since I have to move around the school with different groups of children and we never know which computer we may be using. It will be an excellent tool to use when you go between your home computer and school computer. I believe Andy Carvin’s article is an excellent resource to help guide you through delicious and to help remind you of the different uses of delicious.
Jul
24
My Picture
July 24, 2007 | class work | Leave a Comment
Jul
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Goals for Class
July 23, 2007 | class work | Leave a Comment
1. To become familiar with using blogs ,wikis and web 2.0 to enhance student learning.
2. To create a Title 1 blog for parents and students to access.
