Twitter Update
1. Nicholas Provenzano
2. Ronnie Gonzalez
3. Emily Workman
4. Steve Anderson
5. Greg Nussbaum
I am a 4th grade teacher with the Detroit Public School District. We are a district that is data driven. We give many tests throughout the school year such as: MEAP, MAP, Dibels, Star Reading and District Benchmark tests. We are expected to look at the data in our PLC meetings and come up with strategies that will improve our tests scores.
1. I added Nicholas Provenzano to my twitter account because he was the 2013 MACUL teacher of the year. He has a lot of creative ideas to be used in the classroom, like tweeting. In order for our lessons to be creative and engaging we need to be willing to do the work and add technology and social media to our classroom routine.
2. I added Ronnie Gonzalez to my twitter account because he has some interesting ideas for meaningful lessons in the classroom. My school district is data driven. When analyzing the data, many students are reading below grade level, so we need to create meaningful lessons, even if it means stepping outside of the teacher's manual.
3. I added Emily Workman to my twitter account because she conducted a lot of research related to Common Core. Many districts have adopted the common core standards. The common core standards are centered around creating, analyzing and collaborating. I can follow this person to help understand the common core initiative.
4. I added Steve Anderson to my twitter account because of his experience with education and the Web 20 classroom. Steve Anderson has a lot of experience in education and using new and innovative ideas.
5. I added Greg Nussbaum to my twitter account because he has authored many products on Teachers Pay Teachers. This is a huge website where teachers can purchase items from others teachers. Mr. Nussbaum is great at creating meaningful and creative resources for his students. I have used many of his resources in my classroom.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Week 7-Part 2
Judging the quality of Wikis and Non-vetted sites
You Tube (Teacher)
I absolutely love You tube. I know that many things are posted to you tube that are inappropriate, but there are many videos on you tube that are very appropriate. When I was at my old school I used you tube because we did not have a curriculum. If I needed a video on main idea, compound words or even rounding I was able to find it on You tube. You tube gives you a variety of videos to choose from and we as educators need to view the video before showing it to our students to make sure it is appropriate.
You Tube (Student)
We need to be careful when letting students view You tube videos on their own. I am not really sure at what age is appropriate to let students view videos on their own, it really depends on the maturity level of your students. Some of my 4th graders would be able to find a video on you tube and view it for a lesson and others would need to be monitored closely.
Do I think school districts should block you tube? No
Wikis and Non-Vetted Sites
I am not really familiar with Wikis. I did create my own classroom wiki and it was a lot of fun. I look at Wikis as a clean canvas ready for you to paint it with your own content, and for me that works. You can have students create their own wikis and they would definitely enjoy doing it while learning. As teachers we always need to monitor our students. If we set firm guidelines and rules most students will follow and begin to view education differently.
You Tube (Teacher)
I absolutely love You tube. I know that many things are posted to you tube that are inappropriate, but there are many videos on you tube that are very appropriate. When I was at my old school I used you tube because we did not have a curriculum. If I needed a video on main idea, compound words or even rounding I was able to find it on You tube. You tube gives you a variety of videos to choose from and we as educators need to view the video before showing it to our students to make sure it is appropriate.
You Tube (Student)
We need to be careful when letting students view You tube videos on their own. I am not really sure at what age is appropriate to let students view videos on their own, it really depends on the maturity level of your students. Some of my 4th graders would be able to find a video on you tube and view it for a lesson and others would need to be monitored closely.
Do I think school districts should block you tube? No
Wikis and Non-Vetted Sites
I am not really familiar with Wikis. I did create my own classroom wiki and it was a lot of fun. I look at Wikis as a clean canvas ready for you to paint it with your own content, and for me that works. You can have students create their own wikis and they would definitely enjoy doing it while learning. As teachers we always need to monitor our students. If we set firm guidelines and rules most students will follow and begin to view education differently.
Week 7-Part 1
Building and Refining
I added 5 additional blogs to my RSS reader/Twitter:
1. 4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com
2. www.freep.com
3. lessonplandiva.com
4. @K12learn
5. dictionay.com
1. 4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com-This was site was added because I am currently teaching 4th grade and this is a great site for resources. We all always encouraged to teach with rigor, so you often need to step outside of the textbook and create meaningful lessons.
2. www.freep.com-I added this site because it is a quick reference for current events going on in our city. Many students are unaware of the events that take place in the city of Detroit (Good and Bad).
3. lessonplandiva.com-This site gives suggestions on how to make your lesson plans more creative. If I am
teaching a lesson about the 5 regions of the United States I could go to this site for a quick reference.
4. @k12learn-Is a huge site for teachers and parents. I would definitely use this site to when helping to create lessons and also as a guide for parents of struggling students.
5. dictionary.com-I love this site because it teaches students how to find definitions on the internet. It also gives out words of the day along with an archive of all past words of the day.
I added 5 additional blogs to my RSS reader/Twitter:
1. 4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com
2. www.freep.com
3. lessonplandiva.com
4. @K12learn
5. dictionay.com
1. 4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com-This was site was added because I am currently teaching 4th grade and this is a great site for resources. We all always encouraged to teach with rigor, so you often need to step outside of the textbook and create meaningful lessons.
2. www.freep.com-I added this site because it is a quick reference for current events going on in our city. Many students are unaware of the events that take place in the city of Detroit (Good and Bad).
3. lessonplandiva.com-This site gives suggestions on how to make your lesson plans more creative. If I am
teaching a lesson about the 5 regions of the United States I could go to this site for a quick reference.
4. @k12learn-Is a huge site for teachers and parents. I would definitely use this site to when helping to create lessons and also as a guide for parents of struggling students.
5. dictionary.com-I love this site because it teaches students how to find definitions on the internet. It also gives out words of the day along with an archive of all past words of the day.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Week 4-SAMR Model
What can I do in my classroom with Web 2.0 tools that would equate to each of the four levels of the SAMR model?
Substitution
My students really struggle with Social Studies. The textbook offers some wonderful resources on-line. I found multiple-choice quizzes that I can easily print for each lesson. They are quick, easy and it serves as a great reinforcement tool for the lesson.
Augmentation
In Detroit Public Schools we use the reading series, Imagine It. This is a wonderful series that is similar to Open Court. In addition to Imagine It, we use Accelerated Reading. My students know their reading level and are able to independently read books from the classroom library and take an Accelerated Reading quiz. They get immediate feedback and they are able to rate the book. They are so motivated when it comes to reading and one of the reasons is Accelerated Reading.
Modification
For this level I am currently using Kidblog. I post questions and students must log in and answer the questions. Kidblog has a feature that allows students to create their own blog. I think that in the future I will have students create their own blog, with their own questions. I also have a wiki page: mrsguilford115.wikispaces.com This page has academic games directly related to our lessons.
Redefinition
Each unit in our reading series has a theme. I think that maybe as a class we could create a Prezi. This would allow us to take that theme and add different items that represent the theme from all of the different stories.
It is very interesting to read about new strategies and realize that you are already implementing some of them in your classroom. It makes me feel really good to know that I am exposing my students to all of the new and innovating ideas.
What can I do in my classroom with Web 2.0 tools that would equate to each of the four levels of the SAMR model?
Substitution
My students really struggle with Social Studies. The textbook offers some wonderful resources on-line. I found multiple-choice quizzes that I can easily print for each lesson. They are quick, easy and it serves as a great reinforcement tool for the lesson.
Augmentation
In Detroit Public Schools we use the reading series, Imagine It. This is a wonderful series that is similar to Open Court. In addition to Imagine It, we use Accelerated Reading. My students know their reading level and are able to independently read books from the classroom library and take an Accelerated Reading quiz. They get immediate feedback and they are able to rate the book. They are so motivated when it comes to reading and one of the reasons is Accelerated Reading.
Modification
For this level I am currently using Kidblog. I post questions and students must log in and answer the questions. Kidblog has a feature that allows students to create their own blog. I think that in the future I will have students create their own blog, with their own questions. I also have a wiki page: mrsguilford115.wikispaces.com This page has academic games directly related to our lessons.
Redefinition
Each unit in our reading series has a theme. I think that maybe as a class we could create a Prezi. This would allow us to take that theme and add different items that represent the theme from all of the different stories.
It is very interesting to read about new strategies and realize that you are already implementing some of them in your classroom. It makes me feel really good to know that I am exposing my students to all of the new and innovating ideas.
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