WIKI

Wiki is very good !It is very interesting and my kids loved it.They appreciated Wiki a lot and looking forward to have another one.
Making a wiki is very confusing especially fo beginners like me.It takes a lot of patience and perseverance.But the effort I made to create one it is worth it because my kids enjoyed every bit of it.

March 31, 2009

This is the third STEP training and my first official blog. I feel like I am learning a lot. The students are really enjoying the WIKI. Sometimes, I feel like they understand the whole process better than me! I need to fix up the WIKI. I really need to get with my STEP teammates who understand how to do this (hint: Lisa)!!

Step and Me

So far I enjoy the fact that I can now create my own wikii with out help. I am more willing to try new things and I also find myself looking at other peoples wikiis when searching the web. I do wish we had digital and video cameras so my students can have more experience with everyday technology.
Wikii Feedback- My students were very excited when I introduced them to the wikii. They all went on, completed the activity and now they are ready to do another.

Ms. M- 3/31/09

Today is the third day for training for STEP. So far I have enjoyed the program. Let me take you back a minute.

When I selected to be a member of the STEP team I was elated. Last year I saw how my coworkers where trained how to incorporate technology into the classroom. Most of which we already use and was at our fingertips. I feel that most people need to realize that education is getting away from being "traditional". Teachers are now taking more of a facilitating role. We use technology almost everyday, so why not use it in the classroom.

Me and along with my students like the fact that more technology is included in their education program. When I created the wiki - I got positive feedback from them. Have the students learn via wiki taught me as well. I did learn to have RULES and EXPLAIN what you want your students to do. I did realize that some of my students missed the point to the discussion part of the wiki. Some thought that they could post whatever they wanted while others thought that is was a "chat"area. So I did have to delete some of the students' responses.

To be honest, I dont think that they realized that they were learning at the same time. - With this generation, anything done on the computer is "fun".

So today, we will be receive training about podcasting !!!

Technology blog - 3/23 through 2/27

I was not able to use technology in my classroom as much as I usually do this week due to MSA :-(. I was very happy to see the extra instruction from Studyisland.com help my students on MSA. I was also very happy to see how the Math Magician game on multiplicaiton.com helped students to learn their math facts. Circulating during the test, I saw many students applying what they practiced in both of these games and getting many aswers correct on the Math MSA.

With MSA being over, we have more time to experiement with a variety of technologies. I am looking forward to getting my students onto a larger variety of eduational websites and using Clickers for more assessments. I am also looking forward to incorporating more medai from teachertube.com as we start our next Science unit on Natural Resources. I was able to use teachertube.com when we were studing the Revolutionary War and found a slideshow of pictures from a mock Revolutionary War held in Yorktown, Va.

Until next time!

Rob