I didn’t realize this needed to be posted Wednesday…sorry fellow students!
To quickly restate my goals, I’m working on modeling digital age work and learning and also engaging in professional growth and leadership. I’ve discussed that finding examples of work to show students is a must. Finding quality examples of appropriate age is difficult to find and have it suit my needs. The best that I can come up with is simply showing examples that are closely related. I’m hoping that when my students begin their work, I will be able to use some of their own work as models.
As far as joining professional communities at my school, well, it’s difficult to describe. These communities seem to be an invitation only-type of thing. I’m not even sure where to start. Does anyone know of online communities that you are a part of and would recommend to fellow teachers? I’m looking for something to which I can contribute, but also receive excellent advice and information. I’m not looking for a community that is focused on complaining about mandated tests, students, parents, etc. Any help?
After reading through our material, I’m very interested in learning more about Hot Potatoes (Cennamo, Ross, Ertmer, 2009, p. 144). This software allows teachers to create quiz questions online with results being mailed to the teacher and recorded. I haven’t used this program much, but I can see this being a fun review tool for students with instant feedback. If you haven’t looked at this tool, try this website. http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.php I’m curious, has anyone used this in their classroom before? Are there other recommendations you would make? This one is free and looks relatively easy to use, which is why I’ve posted it, but would gladly take suggestions. I will be in touch with the technology department at my school, as well as the librarian, as soon as the start of school nears. I will post any suggestions given by them.
Any help you can offer is only a bonus so don’t hold back!
Valerie Gerdes
MS-English
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: a standards-based approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Hot Potatoes. (2010). Half-Baked Software, Inc. Retrieved on July 22, 2010 from http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.php
It is very difficult to find ones that do not complain and have venting issues every step of the way.
ReplyDeleteTry looking at edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/
There are many communities that might meet your needs that can support you with what you are looking for.
I have never used that Hot Potatoes site and am interested in taking a look. Did you ever notice how little time we have to access all of the resources we want to? Drives me crazy. I have a long list of many that I am not yet able to look at and explore.
I think that with the resources I will always be in the Action and Evaluation phases of the GAME Plan (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2009). I will always be looking and searching for the best ones.
Marilyn Goodrich
K-12 Ed. Con.
Reference
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Valerie, yes there is not enough time to research the many resources that are available. I ususally save it as a favorite if I find something interesting that I would like to use.
ReplyDeleteI looked over the Hot Potatoes website, it is similar to what we use in our district. The students enjoy using it because it's online and they enjoy any activity that involves a computer. Does your district offer any online communities that is open to all teachers?
Julie Luton
Marilyn, I will have to check out that website. I completely agree! There are so many resources out there and more are being added daily that it's so difficult to keep up. It drives me nuts as well! It's almost frustrating!
ReplyDeleteJulie, I don't think my district offers an official online community. However, now that you've mentioned it, I will have to ask around. It would be nice if they did.
Thank you both for commenting! I need to do a better job and responding so thank you for being patient!