Wes’ Blog
Wes Fryer is possibly the most prolific bloggers I know. I don’t know how he does it. I have learned so much from his writing and his podcast and am deeply indebted to him for the work he’s done here and at the K12 Online Conference.
Wes Fryer is possibly the most prolific bloggers I know. I don’t know how he does it. I have learned so much from his writing and his podcast and am deeply indebted to him for the work he’s done here and at the K12 Online Conference.
One of my favorite blogs is from my good friend, Maria Knee. Maria teaches Kindergarten and her blog is an open window for parents to see what their students are doing. Maria has her kids reflecting on their learning constantly with their blog (I especially love what her students are doing with Voki… here’s an example). Students are given their space on the blog for their entries and it is clearly their blog.
The way I currently use del.icio.us is to organize and share links with other professionals, as well as start there when searching for links to units and curriculum from other teachers. Actually, currently, I use Diigo to collect my bookmarks — it’s much more advanced and I can comment on the links easier, join groups, create lists, etc. All of my Diigo links are then ‘pumped’ directly into del.icio.us.
The best use of del.icio.us would be to have students collect links to benefit the instruction. Many things can be accomplished by having them do the work, but most importantly, they need to validate, review and assess sites in order to defend/explain their usefulness.
Image: ‘Laptop, the well-travelled suitcase years‘
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Assignment:
Choose 1 of the 5 goals from the NETS for Teachers. Write a post about how you might use the goal in your teaching and how if fits in to what you want to learn in this class.
“model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.”
I’m going to be focusing on Wikis this week. I definitely want to start having students create “textbooks” with wikis at all grade levels. This can be done even with audio and pictures, but I want to start creating these books that will live on and be added to year after year. Using a wiki really brings in the discussion of how to collaborate with others online AND how to work ethically with others: discussions about copyright, ownership, and treating others’ work with respect.
I’ve decided to use Edublogs for Alice’s class rather than my regular blog so that I can relearn Edublogs in order to support teachers and prepare for my upcoming workshop that I’ll be teaching on blogging.
Alice’s class is off to an amazing start. She rocks!
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