Review the widget you selected. Are you getting comfortable with embedding code? Do you belong to other online communities? Are relationships formed online as meaningful as face-to-face relationships? Why do you think Facebook and other social networking sites are so popular with kids today?
I just did a simple widget that countdowns the days left of my 8th graders middle school career. At this point embedding codes is very easy. Knowing the websites that provide the widgets to search is going to be the part that I will forget. I may have to put a link on my blog to link myself to them.
I do belong to Facebook and prior to that I belonged to MySpace. Obviously online relationships are not as meaningful as face-to-face relationships. I think that they are popular because they are easier and you can be involved in many at one time with the status feeds and what not. It is like talking to all of your friends at once. I also feel that for kids it has become a status thing...how many friends can I get...which I find a bit unhealthy. These social networks expand their students range of communication. People miles away can be involved with each other on a daily basis.
Monday, January 30, 2012
THING 11
What do you like / dislike about leaving comments? How did you feel when you received your first comment? Why do you think commenting is so important in online communities? What might this mean for students who share their writing online?
I love reading what other people are experiencing when completing this program. Leaving comments just adds to that opportunity. The dialogue that can come from commenting back and forth is endless and streamlined...without interruptions that occur with verbal communicating.
I haven't received a comment yet...so I don't know how I will feel.
Student's already use this format quite regularly so I feel it will be very familiar to them and an easy venue for them to feel comfortable. However, I do worry about the sensitivity the students have for each other and their ownership for their comments. I feel kids say meaner things when there is a computer in front of them rather than a real person. As I have stated in earlier blogs this will need to be dealt with and behavior taught before using it as a part of the classroom learning.
I love reading what other people are experiencing when completing this program. Leaving comments just adds to that opportunity. The dialogue that can come from commenting back and forth is endless and streamlined...without interruptions that occur with verbal communicating.
I haven't received a comment yet...so I don't know how I will feel.
Student's already use this format quite regularly so I feel it will be very familiar to them and an easy venue for them to feel comfortable. However, I do worry about the sensitivity the students have for each other and their ownership for their comments. I feel kids say meaner things when there is a computer in front of them rather than a real person. As I have stated in earlier blogs this will need to be dealt with and behavior taught before using it as a part of the classroom learning.
THING 10
Add comments to the video you embedded. Why did you select it? Were you also able to download a video?
I selected the video on graphing using slope and y-intercept because I am using it in my classroom this week so it was useful to me immediately. I was really surprised how quick it was to embed the video onto my blog. I can see using this option. Downloading a video is a bit more difficult but I can see the advantage of having the video permanently in case it was not longer available. However, I will be more likely just to use the embedding option.
I selected the video on graphing using slope and y-intercept because I am using it in my classroom this week so it was useful to me immediately. I was really surprised how quick it was to embed the video onto my blog. I can see using this option. Downloading a video is a bit more difficult but I can see the advantage of having the video permanently in case it was not longer available. However, I will be more likely just to use the embedding option.
THING 9
What do you like or dislike about YouTube? Did you find videos that would be useful for teaching and learning? Is YouTube restricted in your building?
YouTube is a great resource for teachers, students and parents. I use them regularly in a tutorial fashion. It is sometimes difficult to screen and I am at times nervous when using it with students, mostly due to the advertisements of videos you are not even watching. However, students handle it well and it is easy to work around. YouTube has recently been unrestricted in the building which makes it much better to implement and use in lesson planning.
YouTube is a great resource for teachers, students and parents. I use them regularly in a tutorial fashion. It is sometimes difficult to screen and I am at times nervous when using it with students, mostly due to the advertisements of videos you are not even watching. However, students handle it well and it is easy to work around. YouTube has recently been unrestricted in the building which makes it much better to implement and use in lesson planning.
THING 8
In the same post in which you placed your creation, briefly describe your experience completing Thing 8. Which of these tools intrigues you and why? Was it easy, frustrating, time-consuming, fun? Share some of your ideas for using the images you can create.
I use the spell with Flickr function to make the word 'mathematics' as a part of my heading on my blog. It was very easy to use and a lot of fun. The hardest part was formatting my blog to fit the mashed word onto one line of my blog. Once that was done all was pretty quick and painless. I think I could have tons of fun with this. I can definitely see myself using this feature to liven up my blog page!
I use the spell with Flickr function to make the word 'mathematics' as a part of my heading on my blog. It was very easy to use and a lot of fun. The hardest part was formatting my blog to fit the mashed word onto one line of my blog. Once that was done all was pretty quick and painless. I think I could have tons of fun with this. I can definitely see myself using this feature to liven up my blog page!
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