Day 19 3.30.10

Today we worked on webquest. We were split up into groups of four and each of us had to choose the type of person we examined web quest. In the groups of four we picked a job. I was the Technophile... which I love practically love the internet. "If a WebQuest has attractive colors, animated gifs, and lots of links to interesting sites, you love it. If it makes minimal use of the Web, you'd rather use a worksheet." The underground railraod was group decision as well and my own decision, It was colerful and it had plenty of links to where you could make you project easier for you.

Iste-2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.

Day 18 3.25.10

Today we watch our little indians stories. They took the stories we helped write with them and made them into a photo story, after we watched the stories we gave all the little indians.This is good to use because you can view other students short stories and learn how to use there imagination and be creative.

ISTE- 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.

Day 17 3.23.10

Today we joined Briceton Five Ning and created a mini blog. We researched things about ourselves such as who was born on our birthday, what happened on the day we were born etc. This site is great for kids because it's a safe place for them to talk to other kids and or teachers and future teachers because you can't just google this site you can only join if someone invites you.

21st-Information Literacy
Access and Evaluate Information
a. Access information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources)

Day 16 3.11.10

Creating a magazine cover in powerpoint helps a student learn how to use powerepoint tools in the program. This program can be use for many different things other than powerpoints, it's kind of like a photoshop program as well by easy for kids to learn. Making a magazine can be a fun project for the kids to see where they want to be in the future. Not only for a teacher magazine but other professions as well.



21st-ICT
Apply Technology Effectively
b. Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information
Use digital technologies (computers, PDAs, media players, GPS, etc.), communication/networking tools and social networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information to successfully function in a knowledge economy

Day 15 3.9.10

Today in class we look at two different magazine covers of Arnold S. The fisrt cover showed different emotions from the second mag. Both illustrated a very different personality. First one was a body buiilder guy that showed he was strong couldn't be messed with the other showed a serious business/family man. The colors used on the illustration went well with the different ideas. The first one was red represting flames and the second one was blue representing a cooler feeling. We started working on our own magazines today as well

21st-1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:

b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.

Day 14 3.4.10

Today we worked in groups to create Wordle

How does the Wordle activity help you meet Learning and Innovation



21st- Creativity and Innovation
1. Think Creatively
a.Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming)

Day 13 3.2.10

Today we finish our stories with the Lil Indians How does using Personal Bookmarks in Blackboard or on your Blogger promot

21st-Information Literacy
2.Use and Manage Information
b.Manage the flow of information from a wide variety of sources

Day 12 2.25.10

Day 11

View more presentations from Jess.

Today I was Absent but we went over Powerpoint Presentations and how to make a little quiz in which the students can go back an try their answers again. Then we had to go to Slideshare and post our quiz on there. Although the slide share kept messing up our answers this can be used as a good tool for your classrooms to help children study and learn their material in a different way.

21st- Learning and Innovation Skills
2.) Work Creatively with Others
D.) View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent mistakes