Back to Chapter 8

Spent the afternoon in the lab being frustrated by technology but getting use to that. Screenr wouldn't embed, screenomatic wouldn't let me by Java and then voice thread cost way to much money. I guess I will play with audacity at home this week when I get myself a mic. The process looks easy but getting by the glitches is a ???? Anyway thanks for listening. Looking forward to recording students voices and adding to my wiki space for communication with parents.

Chapter 10

The end is in sight...but my mind is overloaded with new technological ideas and how they can be put to good use. I found this chapter interesting the way it when through the "big shift" and how one thing leads to another. I'm not sure I will ever see a classroom where everything is done on the web....reading, writing, editing, publishing, sharing, working with strangers from across the world on projects...but it certainly sounds interesting.
As an elementary teacher I don't see this working but it needs to start somewhere. Introducing upper elementary school age children to these new ideas and slowly teaching them how to use them may lead to high school students learning as described in Chapter 10.  Not all students can be self learners so teachers will still need to guide the learning process for most.
Educators will certainly be challenged to become, connectors, content creators, collaborators and finally coaches to bring Read/Write Web to the classroom. A lot of work for the future educators of the world. Good luck.

Chapter 9

Although we were told not to read chapter 9 I took a quick look at it. Having had a facebook page and not using it, I got rid of it awhile ago. Ning.com sounded interesting so I check it out and they wanted $24.99 monthly after a free thirty day membership. Of course you had to put a credit card up for the 30 days. So sorry to all the people out there I could have met that have the same interest but that is way tooooo much money. So I quickly moved on to chapter 10.
http://www.ning.com/?utm_source=goog_adw&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=brand_exact&utm_campaign=ning_brand&gclid=CK-poYW_mbMCFQOf4AodwGsARQ

If you are interested in Ning....check it out! Not for me!

Integrity - Video clip

Integrity - Video clip

Chapater 8

Another great chapter filled with great information to hopefully put to good use. Not really knowing what podcasting is about I found it very interesting and went searching for a variety of podcast. First stop was my itunes account. My there are a lot of people out there sharing their thoughts, interest and talents. In my search I found some good ghost stories! Often I walk into the classroom to talk to a teacher and find them reading a book to their class. What a way to have the class hear a story and be able to do something else...like grading papers, doing report cards or collabing with another teacher. I also checked out the WillowWeb radio station and listen to a second grader talk about what they were learning in art. I think this tool would be really easy to use in school and have students make recording of what they are learning to share with parents. Then again will our tech department let us download Audactiy to be used in the classroom....I'm sure Keri will have the answer to that!

I have set my personal smart goal this year around communicating with parents and will use my wiki space as the avenue to do so. So since reading this chapter I'm thinking why not let the students tell their parents what they are doing via podcasting. Looks like I'll be spending more time in front of the computer than I have in the past.  I also like the idea of taking video and uploading clips of students working on skills or playing games, see above clip.

Earth Quake hits!!

Alert....an earthquake has hit New England!! Here I sit at my computer table fixing up my Wiki(pretty shaky looking) and doesn't some really funny rumble go threw the floor. Both my husband and I jumped up and say what was that! Went and looked around....check the garage...nothing...oh well. Two minutes later my daughter enters saying everyone is tweeting about the earthquake. So of course I tweet to my one follower....wonder if they care. And now after feeling my first earthquake I need to blog about it. Never would I have tweeted or blogged about anything if not for this great class!!

Sorry no new chapter news!!

Chapter 7 Fun with Flickr

How to use flickr.......Enjoy

 

 

 

Well the title is a good one....I'm having fun with flickr. I have spent a little time practicing how to import pictures into Flickr and then add tags and comments. This could be a good place to store pictures to share with family and friend since I don't do facebook. Maybe I shouldn't admit to that since this is a technology class.  I have always been a picture buff, especially in my family. I'm the one to take them, share them and make video to show everyone when we get together. So will work with Flickr and see what it can do for me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsyaucoin/

You can check out my day at Southwick Wild Animal Farm and some family photos.