An Online Blogging Experience for Educators
The other day I received an inspiring Tweet, “Why we should train kids to be entrepreneurs,” from @GuyKawasaki, that got me thinking. Recently, our school had training on how to implement Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits, using The Leader In Me program. The Leader In Me program makes a lot of sense to me, and most importantly it makes me envision the positive impacts that producing a leader in every student can have on a school environment, community environment, and ultimately a business environment. Giving kids the knowledge of the 7 Habits and encouraging them to use the Habits to continually analyze and reflect on decisions and actions will prove to be very…
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Following what is new in education. Collecting knowledge from around the world to help unify and inform the professional education community.
Helping teachers find new ways to use technology. Seeking out online tools, apps, and teacher created applications to use in and out of the classroom.
A “fly on the wall” approach to documenting the successes and struggles as we apply what we learn to impact today’s tech savvy students.
I have tried to perfect the student eFolio for elementary students. Students are so proud to display their work online! It is a great motivator. Finding time, however, to teach html skills, digital photography, design, is the difficulty I always face. Trying to maintain a class’ focus while teaching about the best practices for using tables and hyperlinks is about impossible. This year I plan on going back to the basics and minimalize student web work.
Teaching fifth grade, I find my students are proficient in certain software. Microsoft PowerPoint and Word are the two …
Brain Vibe’s article titled, “Hey teacher, can you give me a tweet?” gives great suggestions on how to use today’s technology in the classroom.
Using Twitter to communicate with parents can cut down on paper. Using online forums can give parents, students, and teachers an outlet to discuss topics and get help. Students can blog about the everyday happenings in the classroom. Educational game iPhone apps can help students learn. Skype can be a useful communication tool.
This article is inspiring. I will be rereading in preparation for the upcoming school year. I encourage you to read …
I enjoy trying new technology in the classroom. I try to find uses for current technologies that will appeal to my students, and add a new presentation possibility to their bag of tricks. There are many free open source programs out there. Some technologies are more quickly grasped by teachers, but some are interestingly avoided. Social Networking is the topic, specifically Twitter. How can you use Twitter in your classroom or school? For students? Parents? Collegues? Staff?
Social Networking is huge! Everybody is doing it. Recently Facebook allowed users to create …
