Sunday, November 15, 2009
BP15_20091115_Response to Lindsay Wood
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009
bp7_2009112_webtool2
An educationally useful tool I came across while browsing the Visual Thesaurus is VocabGrabber. VocabGrabber is a Web 2.0 tool that extracts useful vocabulary from any text, sorts it into meaningful categories, and provides users with definitions and links for each word.
A user can copy and paste any text into the VocabGrabber's text box and simply click "Grab Vocabulary". Almost instantly, a text cloud will appear listing all of the vocabulary words that VocabGrabber extracted from the text. In addition, users will see a graph of relevance, and the number of words in each "category". On the right hand side, users can see definitions and related words for a chosen word, as well as in-text examples of the word.
The educational uses for this tool are limitless. Teachers can enter the text from an article or chapter and know exactly which words they should teach students explicitly. Students can also use this tool to help clarify difficult vocabulary in texts they read independently. A good summative activity for a unit would be to take the word list and convert it into a Wordle to use for studying purposes.
I also think that teachers could use this tool to increase student confidence. Many of the words that VocabGrabber suggests would be words that students are already familiar with and use regularly. Having a legitimate source to validate their knowledge would be incredibly powerful for students, especially those who are struggling readers. I look forward to using VocabGrabber in the classroom and helping students isolate vocabulary and understand its relevance.
Posted by Lindsay at 9:52 PM
2 comments:
Erin said...
Lindsay, this site seems to be a real gem, and one I hadn't heard of before. I will definitely be using it in my music classes as we work on content area literacy. When you get into the real vocabulary of music, we have lots of big, confusing, words, and I'm hoping that use of this site will help my student decode some of the difficult vocabulary that they stumble upon. I also am excited to recommend this site to other teachers in my building. Thanks for sharing!
November 13, 2009 7:23 PM
jsibley said...
Lindsay-
I haven't heard of this site, but it looks much better than the visual thesaurus and dictionary, I've used in the past. I can't wait to have my students try it. We work on vocabulary all the time. Anything to break up the monotony and make it more fun and exciting. Gotta reach those kids that just aren't getting it. Thanks Lindsay!
bp7_2009112_webtool2
An educationally useful tool I came across while browsing the Visual Thesaurus is VocabGrabber. VocabGrabber is a Web 2.0 tool that extracts useful vocabulary from any text, sorts it into meaningful categories, and provides users with definitions and links for each word.
A user can copy and paste any text into the VocabGrabber's text box and simply click "Grab Vocabulary". Almost instantly, a text cloud will appear listing all of the vocabulary words that VocabGrabber extracted from the text. In addition, users will see a graph of relevance, and the number of words in each "category". On the right hand side, users can see definitions and related words for a chosen word, as well as in-text examples of the word.
The educational uses for this tool are limitless. Teachers can enter the text from an article or chapter and know exactly which words they should teach students explicitly. Students can also use this tool to help clarify difficult vocabulary in texts they read independently. A good summative activity for a unit would be to take the word list and convert it into a Wordle to use for studying purposes.
I also think that teachers could use this tool to increase student confidence. Many of the words that VocabGrabber suggests would be words that students are already familiar with and use regularly. Having a legitimate source to validate their knowledge would be incredibly powerful for students, especially those who are struggling readers. I look forward to using VocabGrabber in the classroom and helping students isolate vocabulary and understand its relevance.
Posted by Lindsay at 9:52 PM
2 comments:
Erin said...
Lindsay, this site seems to be a real gem, and one I hadn't heard of before. I will definitely be using it in my music classes as we work on content area literacy. When you get into the real vocabulary of music, we have lots of big, confusing, words, and I'm hoping that use of this site will help my student decode some of the difficult vocabulary that they stumble upon. I also am excited to recommend this site to other teachers in my building. Thanks for sharing!
November 13, 2009 7:23 PM
jsibley said...
Lindsay-
I haven't heard of this site, but it looks much better than the visual thesaurus and dictionary, I've used in the past. I can't wait to have my students try it. We work on vocabulary all the time. Anything to break up the monotony and make it more fun and exciting. Gotta reach those kids that just aren't getting it. Thanks Lindsay!
BP14_20091115_Response to Erin Lodes
BP#8_2009112_Web 2.0: ClassTools.net
Screenshot of the Classtools.net logo taken by Erin Lodes
Check out this website! http://classtools.net/
This great tool allows you to customize flash games or quizzes for use in your own class. Here's a sample for music:
Click here for full screen version
There are tons of websites my students visit and use for music learning, and now I can make my own based specifically on our class content.
The example that I share above allows students to choose their own Arcade Game to play, and all of those games interact with the same content that I entered. I like this added choice on this particular template. I also appreciate how easy it is to enter information. On the screen shot of my data entry screen to the right, you can see that all I had to do was enter my questions, an asterisk, and then the answer. the program does the rest! This is a tool that I can truly share with my peers as an example of something that is genuinely easy to use.
And, as always, I appreciate how easy it is to embed the game directly into my website. Since I already maintain websites for all of my classes, I prefer to keep all of my content focused on the one page when possible. It makes it easier to keep my students focused on the content they should be interacting with rather than wandering off and losing their original class page.
This site will prove useful to teachers in all subject areas!
Erin- This tool looks super easy to use and fun for my kids to use. They always want to play games, but I want them to work on content. This is a good way to compromise. I look forward to getting into this site and exploring more. Thanks Erin!
Screenshot of the Classtools.net logo taken by Erin Lodes
Check out this website! http://classtools.net/
This great tool allows you to customize flash games or quizzes for use in your own class. Here's a sample for music:
Click here for full screen version
There are tons of websites my students visit and use for music learning, and now I can make my own based specifically on our class content.
The example that I share above allows students to choose their own Arcade Game to play, and all of those games interact with the same content that I entered. I like this added choice on this particular template. I also appreciate how easy it is to enter information. On the screen shot of my data entry screen to the right, you can see that all I had to do was enter my questions, an asterisk, and then the answer. the program does the rest! This is a tool that I can truly share with my peers as an example of something that is genuinely easy to use.
And, as always, I appreciate how easy it is to embed the game directly into my website. Since I already maintain websites for all of my classes, I prefer to keep all of my content focused on the one page when possible. It makes it easier to keep my students focused on the content they should be interacting with rather than wandering off and losing their original class page.
This site will prove useful to teachers in all subject areas!
Erin- This tool looks super easy to use and fun for my kids to use. They always want to play games, but I want them to work on content. This is a good way to compromise. I look forward to getting into this site and exploring more. Thanks Erin!
BP13_20091115_Reponse to Roxanne Santiago
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
BP15_20091115_Web 2.0 tool Mandala
Mandala Maker
Video created by © Roxanne Santiago
I love working with radial designs in my art room. I usually work with kaleidoscope designs with my second graders and radial/mandala designs with fourth graders. Most mandala designs are symmetrical. The meaning of “mandala” comes from Sanskrit, meaning center or circle. The design usually begins in the center and branches outward.
"Mandala Maker" is a web 2.0 tool that allows anyone to create a mandala design online. This can be a great addition to my introduction to my lessons on mandalas/radial designs. On this site, students can use geometric shapes to design 1/8 of their mandala. This is a great pictorial illustration of fractions. Students have options to change colors, rotate the scale and skew the shapes. Once the students feel that they have completed their design or just want to take a peek at their design as a whole, they can press view design. This is when the magic of symmetry begins! Students will begin to “Oooohhhhh!” and “Aaaahhhh!” at what they have created but they will not be satisfied just yet! Now the curiosity kicks in and students will continue to play around by clicking “Continue working”. Who would have thought!? Eventually students will finally become satisfied with a design and it can be e-mailed to themselves or to someone else. I can definitely use this as warm-up project prior to their detailed hands-on art project.
Not only is this a great art lesson, it reinforces many concepts that are taught in our Everyday Math series and allows for cross-curricular teaching, which is a huge push in my district. Grade level teachers really appreciate the additional practice with terminology being taught in math. A few mathematical topics that will be revisited as a result of this activity include geometric shapes, symmetry, fractions, patterns, and measurement (height/width). This web 2.0 tool is not only an engaging introduction for an art project, but it is educational and enjoyable.
Posted by Roxy at 7:40 PM
Labels: art, mandala, math, symmetry
2 comments:
Lori Pickering said...
This is a nice simplified tool for creating mandalas. I, too, do many art lessons around radial design. Its connection to math and symmetry are excellent for students to see the relationship between art and math. In middle school, differentiation is critical and this site may be perfect for students who are not advanced enough for My Oats. Thank you Roxanne.
November 10, 2009 8:44 PM
jsibley said...
I am always looking for new and interesting art projects since I teach my own art. We aren't as fortunate to have an art teacher. I wish we were. The mandalas look fun for the students. I want to try this lesson. I also like the fact that it incorporates math into art. I also like that students can share their art work with others with out having to print it out. Go Green! Go job Roxanne!
November 15, 2009 1:34 PM
BP15_20091115_Web 2.0 tool Mandala
Mandala Maker
Video created by © Roxanne Santiago
I love working with radial designs in my art room. I usually work with kaleidoscope designs with my second graders and radial/mandala designs with fourth graders. Most mandala designs are symmetrical. The meaning of “mandala” comes from Sanskrit, meaning center or circle. The design usually begins in the center and branches outward.
"Mandala Maker" is a web 2.0 tool that allows anyone to create a mandala design online. This can be a great addition to my introduction to my lessons on mandalas/radial designs. On this site, students can use geometric shapes to design 1/8 of their mandala. This is a great pictorial illustration of fractions. Students have options to change colors, rotate the scale and skew the shapes. Once the students feel that they have completed their design or just want to take a peek at their design as a whole, they can press view design. This is when the magic of symmetry begins! Students will begin to “Oooohhhhh!” and “Aaaahhhh!” at what they have created but they will not be satisfied just yet! Now the curiosity kicks in and students will continue to play around by clicking “Continue working”. Who would have thought!? Eventually students will finally become satisfied with a design and it can be e-mailed to themselves or to someone else. I can definitely use this as warm-up project prior to their detailed hands-on art project.
Not only is this a great art lesson, it reinforces many concepts that are taught in our Everyday Math series and allows for cross-curricular teaching, which is a huge push in my district. Grade level teachers really appreciate the additional practice with terminology being taught in math. A few mathematical topics that will be revisited as a result of this activity include geometric shapes, symmetry, fractions, patterns, and measurement (height/width). This web 2.0 tool is not only an engaging introduction for an art project, but it is educational and enjoyable.
Posted by Roxy at 7:40 PM
Labels: art, mandala, math, symmetry
2 comments:
Lori Pickering said...
This is a nice simplified tool for creating mandalas. I, too, do many art lessons around radial design. Its connection to math and symmetry are excellent for students to see the relationship between art and math. In middle school, differentiation is critical and this site may be perfect for students who are not advanced enough for My Oats. Thank you Roxanne.
November 10, 2009 8:44 PM
jsibley said...
I am always looking for new and interesting art projects since I teach my own art. We aren't as fortunate to have an art teacher. I wish we were. The mandalas look fun for the students. I want to try this lesson. I also like the fact that it incorporates math into art. I also like that students can share their art work with others with out having to print it out. Go Green! Go job Roxanne!
November 15, 2009 1:34 PM
BP12_20091115_Week 3 Researching and Blogging Web 2.0 Tools
This image was created by Jamie Sibley. Copyrighted by dipity.com.
The website that I found this week, is dipity.com. There are many great things that this site provides for the user. First, is the fact that a user can create a timeline about a variety of topics. I like the format of this site much better than other timeline sites I’ve tried in the past. On this site the timeline events can be used for a specific date, month, day and year. A user can also put a specific time to the event. Such as, when putting the day a person was born, an exact time can be used. When users sign up to use this tool, they automatically get their own url. For example, mine is www.dipity.com/jamiesibley. Another aspect I like about this application is that a user can share his timeline and upload it onto other applications, for your friends and/or family to see. Some of the applications a user can upload to are twitter, facebook, myspace, and stumbleupon. A user can also create and see others who are following them or who he is following. Others who are following can also comment on a timeline. I really like the fact that on this website a timeline can be viewed in 3 different ways. One is the traditional timeline, a flipbook, which the events are stacked on top of one another, and list, where the events are listed down the page. Since, people learn in different ways, why not have an application that allows them to create and view their timeline, that works best for them. A final aspect that I noticed and liked is that a person can add widgets to their timeline. This timeline application is very interactive and goes along with what we are learning about, the social aspects of the web.
I would incorporate the timeline website into my class by first having the students create timelines about themselves. This is a topic they have more understanding of so it should be a good way to begin. Other ways I would use dipity.com is with the Social Studies curriculum. History I think is many times understood better if one can see it through events that have happened at important times. Right now my class is learning about explorers that came to California and this would be a great tool to use to help them see that it was over a span of time that these explorers came to California and what things each one found while exploring the land. I would also use it as a cumulative project , to view the important events in California’s history over many chapters.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
BP10_20091108_Week2Activity-Social Bookmarking
This image was created by Jamie Sibley. Copyrighted to delicious.com
In researching information about social bookmarking it appears that this is quite a fast growing part of the internet. There are different sites that a person can use to bookmark his or her favorite sites. Muir (2005) suggests that social bookmarking is a personal web site where you can store and categorize your bookmarks. The site http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/socialbookmarking/index.htm, further explains that social bookmarking uses a user generated labeling system that has become known as a folksonomy. According to this site, a folksonomy is where users create the labels. These labels are also called tags on the social bookmarking sites. Jackson (2006) states:
Instead of individually saving the site in a variety of folders, you just type a few keywords called tags (Langston Hughes, alliteration, Black History, metaphor, rubric, and so on.), and your sites are organized automatically with sites saved by other users, using those same keywords.
You even can see a list of your saved bookmarks, not just by alphabetical order, but also by how often you use a given tag. So, you know at a glance that you already have a lot of information on World War II, but not nearly as much on the Spanish-American War. Thus you benefit from the research of others, while having a far more dynamic and helpful system of organization.
Education is an area that can benefit greatly from the use of social bookmarking. Not only can teachers benefit, so can students. In regards to teachers, the Department of Education suggests that teachers could set up an account for each class and make the URL available to the class, create a collaborative account, sharing the username and password with the class or use specific tags to direct individual students to specific readings or resources. Muir (2005) also weighs in on teachers using social bookmarking, by suggesting that teachers use it for professional research, book recommendations, or placing web links on their school web page. As far as students are concerned, Muir also gives suggestions in how they may use social bookmarking. These possibilities are: web sites are used for student research or projects, students can find resources at home and access them at school, share what they are reading or view what their peers are reading on the web.
The sites researched and reviewed provided a better understanding of social bookmarking for a novice user. These three sites also enabled the reader to get a grasp on how this new phenomenon could be used in education, by teachers and students alike.
References
Department of Education. (n.d.). Social Bookmarking. Retrieved November 6, 2009, from http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/socialbookmarking/index.htm
Jackson, L. (April 2006). Sites to See: Social Bookmarking. Retrieved November 6, 2009 from http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites080.shtml
Muir, D. (October, 2005). Simply Del.icio.us Online Social Bookmarking, or: Tagging for Teaching. Retrieved November 2, 2009, from http://personal.strath.ac.uk/d.d.muir/Delicious1_2.pdf
Friday, November 6, 2009
BP9_20091108_Week2FlickrLesson
This image was created by Jamie Sibley using wordle.net. Copyrighted to www.wordle.net under Creative Commons.
Website: http://www.scribd.com/doc/19387797/Lesson-Plan-With-Flickr
When doing my search of the web for lesson plans associated with using Flickr, I quickly found a lesson on verbs. This is great as I am doing a lesson next week on verbs with my class for my yearly evaluation. This lesson uses one of the content standards, I am responsible for teaching. The standard is Written and Oral Language Conventions 1.3, identifying and using regular and irregular verbs in speaking and writing. I am going to incorporate as much as possible from this lesson. I can’t wait to use it.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
BP8_20091109_Week 2 Research & Blogging Comment
As I began to research Web 2.0 tools that would be of interest to my students and I, I had to think about what would work in our environment. I searched on http://www.go2web20.net/ and used some key terms such as art, painting, drawing, and sketching. Sketchfu, http://sketchfu.com/home, was one of the selections that looked interesting so I explored it further.
Before I joined, I browsed through some of the examples. This Web 2.0 tool allows its users to draw in real time, add color and detail to their drawings at their own pace. Some of these examples are amazing! Once you have completed a drawing, you can save the image with a name. Then students can view their drawing, but it will be drawn at a faster pace. The site usually sets the pace at sixteen times the speed, but you can speed it up or slow it down. It is a great way for the students to show their friends and family how they created their artwork and what they have drawn. What is really interesting about this site is that the image can be shared via Facebook, Myspace, download it, e-mail it or add it to a Blogger account.
As an art teacher, I would use this Web 2.0 tool for my drawing lessons. It could be used as a preview to show students how to draw our current project and how to add color to it. Students would know what is expected of them before we begin the lesson. It can also be used for students who are absent and need to catch up. They can simply sit at a computer, follow the steps, and be caught up in no time. I could see myself using this tool with grades K-3.
Another use for this Web 2.0 tool would be for extra credit. I can post “How to draw…” and students can access the site from home, if they have Internet access, or during their recess time in school, they can ask to work on the computers. I often have students ask what they can do for extra credit and this would be a great way for students to learn and earn extra credit. My ultimate goal would be to inspire students to make up their own drawings to show me what they can do outside of art class.
Rubens, M., & Chen, A. (n.d.). Sketchfu.Retrieved November 01, 2009, from http://sketchfu.com/
Posted by Roxy at 5:11 PM
Labels: sketchfu
1 comments:
jsibley said...
Roxanne-
This site sounds really fun. I can't wait to try it out myself. I'm sure my students will enjoy it. I think the boys in my class would like the feature in making the drawing faster. I really like the sharing part of the site. Being able to put things up on facebook, etc. is fun and a good way to share. Nice job.
Jamie
November 4, 2009 9:28 PM
Before I joined, I browsed through some of the examples. This Web 2.0 tool allows its users to draw in real time, add color and detail to their drawings at their own pace. Some of these examples are amazing! Once you have completed a drawing, you can save the image with a name. Then students can view their drawing, but it will be drawn at a faster pace. The site usually sets the pace at sixteen times the speed, but you can speed it up or slow it down. It is a great way for the students to show their friends and family how they created their artwork and what they have drawn. What is really interesting about this site is that the image can be shared via Facebook, Myspace, download it, e-mail it or add it to a Blogger account.
As an art teacher, I would use this Web 2.0 tool for my drawing lessons. It could be used as a preview to show students how to draw our current project and how to add color to it. Students would know what is expected of them before we begin the lesson. It can also be used for students who are absent and need to catch up. They can simply sit at a computer, follow the steps, and be caught up in no time. I could see myself using this tool with grades K-3.
Another use for this Web 2.0 tool would be for extra credit. I can post “How to draw…” and students can access the site from home, if they have Internet access, or during their recess time in school, they can ask to work on the computers. I often have students ask what they can do for extra credit and this would be a great way for students to learn and earn extra credit. My ultimate goal would be to inspire students to make up their own drawings to show me what they can do outside of art class.
Rubens, M., & Chen, A. (n.d.). Sketchfu.Retrieved November 01, 2009, from http://sketchfu.com/
Posted by Roxy at 5:11 PM
Labels: sketchfu
1 comments:
jsibley said...
Roxanne-
This site sounds really fun. I can't wait to try it out myself. I'm sure my students will enjoy it. I think the boys in my class would like the feature in making the drawing faster. I really like the sharing part of the site. Being able to put things up on facebook, etc. is fun and a good way to share. Nice job.
Jamie
November 4, 2009 9:28 PM
BP7_20091109_ Week 2 Research & Blogging
Image created by Jamie Sibley. Copyrighted to ekoloko.com.
3. The third site was ekoloko.com. This is a fun game based site based on recycling. The user makes an avatar to be the player for their games. The goal of the game is to recycle items, which give you points. The more points a player gets, the more a player can do in the game.
I would use this site to focus on the importance of recycling. I would have my students play this game throughout the year. My school has each class take part in cleaning up the campus a few times a year, which this site would be a good activity to go with our “campus cleanup.”
BP6_20091108_Week 2 Research & Blogging
Image created by JamieSibley. Copyrighted to www.storybird.com.
2. The second site I found was storybird.com. This is a site for storytelling. A user can create and write a story. When starting a story users can pick art that is already on the site or search themes. Once a theme is picked, pictures are laid out on a template to choose from. It prompts the user where to write and how to add or remove a page. This site also allows users to share their story with others. You can also read others’ stories.
I think this is a great site to use to with all my kids to encourage writing and reading. I could use it in all curricular areas for kids to write stories. In math my kids are starting to learn about algebra. Students could write stories about algebraic expressions and how the numbers and variables came together to be an equation. This would also be a good activity to use with English Language Learners (ELL) as well. They can create a story with few words, but can use pictures to help convey the meaning of the story.
BP5_20091108_Week 2 Research & Blogging
Image created by Jamie Sibley. Copyrighted by www.bitstrips.com
1.The first site I researched was www.bitstrips.com. On this site a user can create his/her own comic strips. Users can choose from a variety of genres to create a comic strip, such as humor. A user can create them selves, just like an avatar in Second Life. On Bit strips a user can set up a profile, view their comic strips and characters, build a scene for a comic, find favorite comics and find or create friends.
I would use this site for when my students go to computer lab. This is a time when I can get them all onto a site together. My class just finished a chapter in Social Studies on California’s Indians. I would have them create a comic strip that includes one Indian tribe that they learned about. They would have to include the foods, houses, transportation, and natural resources the Indians used in their comic strip.
I could also use this site as a lesson for my Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) students. I would give them a topic and they could create their own comic. I am always looking for activities that would keep my GATE students interested in learning and I feel this would be interesting and fun.
Monday, November 2, 2009
BP4_2009112_ Researching and Blogging About Web 2.0 Tools
Image created by Jamie Sibley. Copyrighted to http://staff.prairiesouth.ca/~cassidy.kathy/browserbooks/counting.htm
Image taken and created by Jamie Sibley.
Reading Fluency and Comprehension Lesson
Website:
http://staff.prairiesouth.ca/~cassidy.kathy/browserbooks/counting.htm
Grade levels: K-5. This lesson can be used across grade levels, either for beginning readers or struggling readers.
Goal: This lesson will work on reading fluency and comprehension, for lower level readers, such as struggling readers or English Language Learners levels 1 or 2. This is an ongoing lesson to increase fluency and comprehension over time.
Objectives: Students will read books online through the website. Students will pick books by a level or subject. On the website books are leveled from 1 to 10. Students will start at the reading level the teacher evaluates them at.
Activity: The student will read a book on the website by clicking the arrows to go to the next or previous page. If a student doesn’t know a word, he/she can click on the word and it will be read to the student. Students will use pictures and the picture clues to help them understand the words they are reading.
Assessment: The teacher will pre-assess and post-assess students by conducting running record levels. Post assessment will be conducted to determine improvement in reading fluency and comprehension.
Evaluation of website educational uses:
This website is really set up for beginning or low level readers. It provides great picture clues for the students to use while reading. It also allows the student to get meaning from their reading, thus leading to increased comprehension.
This site could be used in an intervention class, in the regular class, or even at home. Students that are not struggling with reading, could use the site to work on and/or improve their reading skills.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
BP3_2009111_Educational Uses for Blogging
In my research I found that blogging can be used for a variety of great reasons. On htttp://www.slideshare.net, there was a list of 20 things that could be used. I picked 7 that I could use in my class. They are:
1. Portfolio writing
2. It allows students to express their opinions on topics being studied in class.
3. Students can discuss activities done in class.
4. Write about class topics, using subject vocabulary words.
5. Create an online book club.
6. Students can communicate with another class somewhere else in the world.
7. Use it as a reading response journal.
http:/www.slideshare.net, retrieved November 1, 2009
1. Portfolio writing
2. It allows students to express their opinions on topics being studied in class.
3. Students can discuss activities done in class.
4. Write about class topics, using subject vocabulary words.
5. Create an online book club.
6. Students can communicate with another class somewhere else in the world.
7. Use it as a reading response journal.
http:/www.slideshare.net, retrieved November 1, 2009
BP2_2009111_RSS Feeds
1. Free Technology for Teachers- I chose this feed because of the ideas I could get to use in my classroom, for free. I already found 3 sources I can use with my class.
2. Educational Technology- This site was chosen in order to learn more about technology in regards to education.
3. Education Week American Education News Site of Record- On this feed I found an interesting article on "Common Standards." This is interesting to me because my school just started doing Standards Based Report Cards last year.
4. NPR Topics:Education- On this feed was a very interesting article on "4th Grade Math Scores Show No Improvement." I teach 4th grade and found it odd that across the country 4th grade has not improved in math scores. Especially since I feel like I focus on math quite a bit.
5. Yahoo Education-I liked this feed because it has "word of the day." I think vocabulary and dictionary skills are important for students. I have many ELL students and any way to make English easier and more accessible.
2. Educational Technology- This site was chosen in order to learn more about technology in regards to education.
3. Education Week American Education News Site of Record- On this feed I found an interesting article on "Common Standards." This is interesting to me because my school just started doing Standards Based Report Cards last year.
4. NPR Topics:Education- On this feed was a very interesting article on "4th Grade Math Scores Show No Improvement." I teach 4th grade and found it odd that across the country 4th grade has not improved in math scores. Especially since I feel like I focus on math quite a bit.
5. Yahoo Education-I liked this feed because it has "word of the day." I think vocabulary and dictionary skills are important for students. I have many ELL students and any way to make English easier and more accessible.
Friday, October 30, 2009
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