Saturday, March 28, 2009
My Wordle: Farewell, Dawn: Ann M. Martin
Student Created Wordle
Lesson Plans
Wordle
I think a design brief where students solve a problem, such as one in The Sign of the Beaver, can easily be implemented. The students reflect on their success with solving the problem, and this can easily be uploaded into Wordle for them to see the language they are using and the effect it has on the teacher. I think that reflections done on stories or things they have read or heard can be incorporated into the classroom via Wordle, and the teacher can print them out and post them around the classroom.
Blogging
I think that blogging could easily be implemented within the classroom. To assign each student a blog site, and allow them to write essays and reflections on the blog would be great. I would implement a lesson where students either respond to a book the teacher read aloud to the class or a book that we all, individually read and discussed as a class would be amazing. To allow them to post on one another’s blogs and comment with discussion topics would be beneficial because the teacher could keep tabs on discussions and see who was participating and who wasn’t doing their job.
Voicethread:
I think a great lesson plan with Voicethread is one that incorporates both the students speaking and pictures they took. I think that using a flipcam, the students could take pictures of things that reminded them of a book, like a sunset or a certain type of food, and post those pictures on voicethread. Once they had posted them, the students could then go back and comment on how those particular pictures meant something to them when discussing the book. I also think that commenting on peer’s work is a great way to build student community and help them see that encouragement is encouraged.
I think a design brief where students solve a problem, such as one in The Sign of the Beaver, can easily be implemented. The students reflect on their success with solving the problem, and this can easily be uploaded into Wordle for them to see the language they are using and the effect it has on the teacher. I think that reflections done on stories or things they have read or heard can be incorporated into the classroom via Wordle, and the teacher can print them out and post them around the classroom.
Blogging
I think that blogging could easily be implemented within the classroom. To assign each student a blog site, and allow them to write essays and reflections on the blog would be great. I would implement a lesson where students either respond to a book the teacher read aloud to the class or a book that we all, individually read and discussed as a class would be amazing. To allow them to post on one another’s blogs and comment with discussion topics would be beneficial because the teacher could keep tabs on discussions and see who was participating and who wasn’t doing their job.
Voicethread:
I think a great lesson plan with Voicethread is one that incorporates both the students speaking and pictures they took. I think that using a flipcam, the students could take pictures of things that reminded them of a book, like a sunset or a certain type of food, and post those pictures on voicethread. Once they had posted them, the students could then go back and comment on how those particular pictures meant something to them when discussing the book. I also think that commenting on peer’s work is a great way to build student community and help them see that encouragement is encouraged.
Reflection on Integrated Technology
Blogging:
I feel like blogging was a great idea. I wrote all of the reviews in Word first, simply so I could organize them in the manner I felt was most appropriate. I then posted them on Blogger, and I think that this is a great technology to use. Children can type, therefore they can blog. By being able to set up privacy features, the children could respond to one another’s and participate in discussions on the web. I think this is a great idea, and I hope to one day have the opportunity to incorporate a similar task within my own classroom.
Wordle:
I think wordles are the coolest things! When we did them in class, I immediately knew that I wanted to do one for a book. I think that they are really fun and they help show kids the importance of the words you use. Without having full sentences, students see how one word choice can affect the entire meaning of the wordle. I really enjoyed using this, and it’s the technology I implemented with my student. I think the options that are open to you with this technology are limitless, and my student really enjoyed writing her reflection and posting it in Wordle.
Voicethread:
I enjoyed using this for the project we did for Dr. Jeffries. I think that some of the technology was difficult to use, because we struggled with the microphones sometimes and had to use the telephone connection and type responses. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed using the headphone microphones because I had never used one before. I think that with the proper set up, this technology can easily be implemented in a classroom and therefore can expand the technological advances our students make. I think with all the technology there is, Voicethread is one that’s really neat because students can see the efforts of their work and hear themselves speaking, which also improves verbal communication.
I feel like blogging was a great idea. I wrote all of the reviews in Word first, simply so I could organize them in the manner I felt was most appropriate. I then posted them on Blogger, and I think that this is a great technology to use. Children can type, therefore they can blog. By being able to set up privacy features, the children could respond to one another’s and participate in discussions on the web. I think this is a great idea, and I hope to one day have the opportunity to incorporate a similar task within my own classroom.
Wordle:
I think wordles are the coolest things! When we did them in class, I immediately knew that I wanted to do one for a book. I think that they are really fun and they help show kids the importance of the words you use. Without having full sentences, students see how one word choice can affect the entire meaning of the wordle. I really enjoyed using this, and it’s the technology I implemented with my student. I think the options that are open to you with this technology are limitless, and my student really enjoyed writing her reflection and posting it in Wordle.
Voicethread:
I enjoyed using this for the project we did for Dr. Jeffries. I think that some of the technology was difficult to use, because we struggled with the microphones sometimes and had to use the telephone connection and type responses. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed using the headphone microphones because I had never used one before. I think that with the proper set up, this technology can easily be implemented in a classroom and therefore can expand the technological advances our students make. I think with all the technology there is, Voicethread is one that’s really neat because students can see the efforts of their work and hear themselves speaking, which also improves verbal communication.
Kathy’s Hats: Trudy Krisher
Nonfiction
Kathy’s Hats is a biographical story about a little girl with cancer. She grew up wearing bonnets to protect her from the sun and match her outfits. She loved wearing hats and expressing herself through her clothing. Once she was diagnosed with cancer, everything changed for her. She starts pinning things on her hat to make them different and “happier.” When she found out that the cancer had gone into remission, everyone in her class wore hats to celebrate the good news. I feel like this book would be a great addition to my classroom. Cancer is word that children fear the meaning without understanding and properly knowing what all it is. I think that if children knew more about cancer and how children who have it behave, it would become less of an issue and more of a rallying point in the classroom. I know of many students and teachers alike who are affected by this illness, and younger children especially could benefit from this book as a read-aloud.
Kathy’s Hats is a biographical story about a little girl with cancer. She grew up wearing bonnets to protect her from the sun and match her outfits. She loved wearing hats and expressing herself through her clothing. Once she was diagnosed with cancer, everything changed for her. She starts pinning things on her hat to make them different and “happier.” When she found out that the cancer had gone into remission, everyone in her class wore hats to celebrate the good news. I feel like this book would be a great addition to my classroom. Cancer is word that children fear the meaning without understanding and properly knowing what all it is. I think that if children knew more about cancer and how children who have it behave, it would become less of an issue and more of a rallying point in the classroom. I know of many students and teachers alike who are affected by this illness, and younger children especially could benefit from this book as a read-aloud.
The Great Ships: Patrick O’Brien
The Great Ships is a nonfiction story about some of the great ships of the world throughout history. It spans history from the Gokstad Ship over a thousand years ago to Blackbeard’s infamous Queen Anne’s Revenge to the Enterprise naval craft. The book describes the time period in which seventeen well known vessels were used and their uses. It goes into detail about the major battles ships were in, their purposes within the navy or world culture at the time, and even has an index at the back where it tells where they are now. I think this book would be great within a classroom because it’s perfect for mechanics, the expansion in technology and invention over time, and even has a reference to North Carolina with Blackbeard and the Queen Anne’s Revenge. I think this book would be great to implement in a social studies curriculum and would be a perfect reading book for a student who is interest in nautical life.
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