Thursday, November 18, 2010
Elluminate
Elluminate would be a good program to use both in the local classroom and for uses abroad. The book my group is reviewing is about global education and how to bring the world into your classroom. The book encourages teachers to link up with other classrooms around the world so that students have a chance to learn about different cultures. Elluminate would be a great way to connect two (or more) classrooms on opposite sides of the world! It would be a good way to collaborate and have internationl, interactive classrooms!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Poll Everywhere -- Free text polling!
Replace your audience response systems with Poll Everywhere
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
I know I didn't need to post it here, but I did anyway
I thought I'd share my Photostory here too. I had fun, even if it's a little boring!
Seond Life again
I wanted to share this video with everyone because I thought it was very interesting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieO-LjaLWy8&feature=related
I believe it's another part to the video we were assigned to watch. The psychological aspect of Second Life is very intriguing. It is true that we find comfort "hiding behind" a virtual identity. Look at how much more people are willing to say via email, text message, even over the phone as compared to face-to-face interaction. But bringing these walls down can be used as positive advantage - students are able to talk about things they wouldn't normally be willing to talk about in a typical classroom setting such as body image.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieO-LjaLWy8&feature=related
I believe it's another part to the video we were assigned to watch. The psychological aspect of Second Life is very intriguing. It is true that we find comfort "hiding behind" a virtual identity. Look at how much more people are willing to say via email, text message, even over the phone as compared to face-to-face interaction. But bringing these walls down can be used as positive advantage - students are able to talk about things they wouldn't normally be willing to talk about in a typical classroom setting such as body image.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Memo: Second Life
Dear Parents and Gaurdians,
As many of you may be aware, the district has supported the implementation of Second Life into your childrens' classrooms. You may have received memos from other teachers thus far informing you of the implementation into their classrooms. While we fully support the use of Second Life in the classroom, unfortunately we will not be bringing it into our Integrated Algebra classroom this quarter. The math department feels that Second Life has not be developed quite enough for our uses. While there is a dedicated math and science area called Exploratorium, it is a bit basic for our needs. We would like to see a richer environment before we bring your children into it. However, over the course of winter break, a team of teachers will be researching more ways to integrate Second Life into our algebra classrooms and possibly developing our own area to illustrate the application of mathematics in the real world. We feel that Second Life has its merits and could be very useful to us in the future. We will work our hardest to find a suitable virtual math environment to aid the education of your children.
Thank you for your support and understand,
Ms. Kiernan,
on behalf of the High School Math Department
As many of you may be aware, the district has supported the implementation of Second Life into your childrens' classrooms. You may have received memos from other teachers thus far informing you of the implementation into their classrooms. While we fully support the use of Second Life in the classroom, unfortunately we will not be bringing it into our Integrated Algebra classroom this quarter. The math department feels that Second Life has not be developed quite enough for our uses. While there is a dedicated math and science area called Exploratorium, it is a bit basic for our needs. We would like to see a richer environment before we bring your children into it. However, over the course of winter break, a team of teachers will be researching more ways to integrate Second Life into our algebra classrooms and possibly developing our own area to illustrate the application of mathematics in the real world. We feel that Second Life has its merits and could be very useful to us in the future. We will work our hardest to find a suitable virtual math environment to aid the education of your children.
Thank you for your support and understand,
Ms. Kiernan,
on behalf of the High School Math Department
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Secondary Math LiveBinder
Secondary Math Activities
I liked this binder because it has a lot of relevant Math websites all linked up in one area. All too often when I'm searching for Math websites I come across these really great site...FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION. I like this one because it focuses on secondary ed. It has some really cool sites and the thing I like about LiveBinders is that you are able to utilize the site within the binder, so you still have access to all the other sites without having to hit the back button a million times or re-entering the web address. There are some really great tools for the students to use that will reinforce what they are learning in the classroom!
I liked this binder because it has a lot of relevant Math websites all linked up in one area. All too often when I'm searching for Math websites I come across these really great site...FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION. I like this one because it focuses on secondary ed. It has some really cool sites and the thing I like about LiveBinders is that you are able to utilize the site within the binder, so you still have access to all the other sites without having to hit the back button a million times or re-entering the web address. There are some really great tools for the students to use that will reinforce what they are learning in the classroom!
Class Thus Far
Even with the amount of homework given by all my classmates, I have really enjoyed this class so far. Being as technologically inclined as I am, you would think that I am constantly researching the latest trend, but that couldn't be farther from the truth! (Sad to admit though!) I find it overwhelming to research new technologies because there are just so many out there! But enjoy that this class brings some of the better ones to me. So far my favorites have been the SmartResponse system, Prezi, and of course Diigo (I really do love it, I'm not just plugging the software that I presented)! SmartResponse allows for a more interactive way for students to answer questions in class rather than pencil and paper. Prezi is cool because it stirs things up rather than the linear and often boring PowerPoint. Diigo is cool because you can not only bookmark websites, but save things that you've highlighted for future reference. I also really liked the SAS Pathways Curriculum site because I finally saw good lesson ideas for Math classrooms.
As a couple of my classmates have mentioned, I would like to see MS Office a little more, especially Excel since it is probably the most useful program for the Math classroom. I know some of the basics like adding and multiplying cells/rows/columns, but it's been years since I've touched the graph feature and I'm sure the technology has been updated a bit since!
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