I selected FontPro off of the Go2Web2.0 site. I really like using different fonts except for Comic Sans because that says not so good thing about the person who uses it.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Thing #6
I selected FontPro off of the Go2Web2.0 site. I really like using different fonts except for Comic Sans because that says not so good thing about the person who uses it.
Thing #5
My concept of School 2.0 is merger of traditional teaching methods with new applications, technologies and tools with a goal of enhancing the learning environment. The idea is not to distract the students with shiny objects but rather engage, support, pique interest and expand their horizons. The new applications will not replace the lessons but enhance and elevate them. Going forward, new applications will only increase in scope and ability. Teachers and schools must be prepared to embrace emerging technologies, keep abreast of them and utilize them.
As for the websites, I liked Discovery Education the best. The applications were logically organized and easy to navigate. Teacher 2.0 had a handy tip for generating APA cites directly through Google Scholar (which I need to figure out how to use properly).
As for the websites, I liked Discovery Education the best. The applications were logically organized and easy to navigate. Teacher 2.0 had a handy tip for generating APA cites directly through Google Scholar (which I need to figure out how to use properly).
Thing #4
How does commenting foster a sense of community? As a writer, there must be something amazingly affirming to know that something you've said or did sparked a reaction in the reader. A community, online or in real life, can survive but not thrive one only voice. Different perspectives bring vitality, energy and a new set of eyes.
When people share an experience, a hobby, an interest or whatever it can bring them together in ways that are surprising. I am a member of a grief group where we all lost a baby at approximately the same time. This shared tragedy was the reason we all met but we have found genuine friendships with each other even though (except for one woman) I've never met them in person. We are a community and I would miss them terribly if our community faded.
Cool Cat's post discusses how to criticize kindly She suggests pointing out areas agreement and then discuss the criticism politely and reasonably. That's good life advice not just blog commenting.
Drake's Takes post discussing interacting with your readers. His point, I think, is well taken. Every blogger will have to decide whether to respond and then if that response will be public or private. I think there's a lot to be said for responding publicly. As a reader of blog I like knowing the blogger saw and responded to the points made in the comments section.
I posted on BohoWillow because she's a friend and trying to get her blog off the ground. I posted on Adoption.com to congratulate someone on their first successful bedtime with their foster child. It's a little thing but when she'd been working on it for weeks it actually a huge thing. I posted on Lorriane's Thing 20 and complimented her on a great video find. I posted on Lindsey image generator posts because I had been looking for one similar to one her post. I posted on Susan's Thing 5 regarding a texting program from the school to parents that I was completely unfamiliar with. I posted on Teddy's Thing 8 and commented on her Panama picture and mentioned I lived there when I was younger. I posted on Laura's Thing 21 and complimented her great song and wedding video.
When people share an experience, a hobby, an interest or whatever it can bring them together in ways that are surprising. I am a member of a grief group where we all lost a baby at approximately the same time. This shared tragedy was the reason we all met but we have found genuine friendships with each other even though (except for one woman) I've never met them in person. We are a community and I would miss them terribly if our community faded.
Cool Cat's post discusses how to criticize kindly She suggests pointing out areas agreement and then discuss the criticism politely and reasonably. That's good life advice not just blog commenting.
Drake's Takes post discussing interacting with your readers. His point, I think, is well taken. Every blogger will have to decide whether to respond and then if that response will be public or private. I think there's a lot to be said for responding publicly. As a reader of blog I like knowing the blogger saw and responded to the points made in the comments section.
I posted on BohoWillow because she's a friend and trying to get her blog off the ground. I posted on Adoption.com to congratulate someone on their first successful bedtime with their foster child. It's a little thing but when she'd been working on it for weeks it actually a huge thing. I posted on Lorriane's Thing 20 and complimented her on a great video find. I posted on Lindsey image generator posts because I had been looking for one similar to one her post. I posted on Susan's Thing 5 regarding a texting program from the school to parents that I was completely unfamiliar with. I posted on Teddy's Thing 8 and commented on her Panama picture and mentioned I lived there when I was younger. I posted on Laura's Thing 21 and complimented her great song and wedding video.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Thing #3
The possibilities are endless!
How can an online presence contribute to your classroom? Parents can get to know the person teaching their child. Students can see a hint of the actual human at the front of class. Extra credit can be put in there to encourage going the extra mile (a bit like 23 Things). More information can be posted that wasn't covered in class or for further reading to encourage those students whose interest was sparked.
What can be found online? There's a whole host of information out there that's yours for the finding. If you are need class room organization or décor ideas or lesson plans or curriculum guides or worksheets or games or idea or whatever else you need.
I waste an amazing amount of time on Pinterest. There's so many good ideas with photos to follow to bring a classroom to life. Here are some pictures I found just looking up "high school classroom décor"
Prep School
Cozy Classroom
How can an online presence contribute to your classroom? Parents can get to know the person teaching their child. Students can see a hint of the actual human at the front of class. Extra credit can be put in there to encourage going the extra mile (a bit like 23 Things). More information can be posted that wasn't covered in class or for further reading to encourage those students whose interest was sparked.
What can be found online? There's a whole host of information out there that's yours for the finding. If you are need class room organization or décor ideas or lesson plans or curriculum guides or worksheets or games or idea or whatever else you need.
I waste an amazing amount of time on Pinterest. There's so many good ideas with photos to follow to bring a classroom to life. Here are some pictures I found just looking up "high school classroom décor"
Prep School
Cozy Classroom
Thing #2
Hello again!
So I've set up this blog for government things and the like. I wish I could have an interesting story for why I chose the name (assuming it had a better one) but I was drawing a blank and it was available.
I'm a fairly regularly reader of blogs. Naturally, I have a strong interest in politics so I read several who are geared towards that. I do my best to read a wide spectrum of political opinions so as not to trap myself into an echo chamber of thought. That, I believe, is the worst part of political blogs. If a person only reads the ones that falls in line with him/her the experience of critical thinking is lost. I certainly have some conservative leanings but I've got a pretty wide liberal streak to go with it.
Creating the blog was surprisingly easy. I have several friends with blogs who have told me previously that BlogSpot was super easy and they were right. The hardest part was trying to decide the background choice and that's only because I'm indecisive.
I wanted my cartoon to look, at least a bit, like me. If it's a space for my thoughts it doesn't make sense to me that my doodle isn't me. It does reflect me--not fancy, almost a cardigan. The doodle looks like she's ready to lead a class and I hope that's me in the very near future.
So I've set up this blog for government things and the like. I wish I could have an interesting story for why I chose the name (assuming it had a better one) but I was drawing a blank and it was available.
I'm a fairly regularly reader of blogs. Naturally, I have a strong interest in politics so I read several who are geared towards that. I do my best to read a wide spectrum of political opinions so as not to trap myself into an echo chamber of thought. That, I believe, is the worst part of political blogs. If a person only reads the ones that falls in line with him/her the experience of critical thinking is lost. I certainly have some conservative leanings but I've got a pretty wide liberal streak to go with it.
Creating the blog was surprisingly easy. I have several friends with blogs who have told me previously that BlogSpot was super easy and they were right. The hardest part was trying to decide the background choice and that's only because I'm indecisive.
I wanted my cartoon to look, at least a bit, like me. If it's a space for my thoughts it doesn't make sense to me that my doodle isn't me. It does reflect me--not fancy, almost a cardigan. The doodle looks like she's ready to lead a class and I hope that's me in the very near future.
Thing #1
Today is my first post. The assignment is to read/watch/listen to a tutorial on 7 1/2 Habits of Life Long Learners. Here's a link if you can't find it; http://www.slideshare.net/LoriReed/7-12-habits-of-lifelong-learners.
The easiest habit for me is accepting responsibility for my own learning. I was a fairly good law student, top 15% isn't too bad if I do say so myself, but I always declined joining study groups. Study groups, the holy grail of law school studying, were best practiced while doing nothing related to law school in my opinion. I concentrate most when I can study, read, comprehend at my own pace. I hand wrote all my notes back then and we are talking about 100 page outlines because that's how I learn things best. Now, as a public defender, I still hand write my notes and research.
The most difficult for me is embracing technology to enhance my own learning. I marvel at the cool stuff but I'm literally scared, no exaggeration, of that same new stuff. I don't know the tools and I don't know how to make the tools work for me. I think this is the class for me! Seriously, I'm super excited to take this class.
My future students will have been born into a world were technology is as natural as breathing and I must find a way to embrace that.
The easiest habit for me is accepting responsibility for my own learning. I was a fairly good law student, top 15% isn't too bad if I do say so myself, but I always declined joining study groups. Study groups, the holy grail of law school studying, were best practiced while doing nothing related to law school in my opinion. I concentrate most when I can study, read, comprehend at my own pace. I hand wrote all my notes back then and we are talking about 100 page outlines because that's how I learn things best. Now, as a public defender, I still hand write my notes and research.
The most difficult for me is embracing technology to enhance my own learning. I marvel at the cool stuff but I'm literally scared, no exaggeration, of that same new stuff. I don't know the tools and I don't know how to make the tools work for me. I think this is the class for me! Seriously, I'm super excited to take this class.
My future students will have been born into a world were technology is as natural as breathing and I must find a way to embrace that.
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