After today's class I felt like this was a natural standard to respond to because we talked about how we/kids can communicate and collaborate using digital media. It seems like a perfect fit! As I reread the standards I can see how important it is for our students to have these technological skills. With the tool our group discussed today, microblogging, students will be able to both communicate and collaborate as needed to complete a project.
Also, based on our discussion today I am convinced it's up to us, as teachers, to give our students the skills needed to be able to successfully communicate and collaborate with one another. I am confident we can teach them how to work with a team to create a digital project and present it to different audiences - classmates, parents, etc.
We can't count on our students having access to computers and internet at home, so we must start making them comfortable with technology at school! I'm hoping to be able to guide my fourth graders as they begin using computers for purpose this year!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Communication Tool Post - Microblog
In Chapter 13 we read about microblogs and thought they would be fairly user-friendly to use with elementary age students. Louise, Diana and I decided to create a microblog through Edmodo where we discussed frogs. Wouldn't this be fun if you were in fourth grade!? First, you'd get to use the computer to respond and second, you'd get to give your opinion and receive 'immediate' responses.
I think I'd potentially be able to use a microblog in my classroom for creating a KWL Chart to launch a new topic. For instance, if we are starting to study the Land and Water unit in Science I could prompt (assign) my students to log on to Edmodo and tell me what they already KNOW about the subject. Then the second assignment I'd give them would be to tell me WHAT they want to learn during our unit. I think they'd be motivated to do the assignments because they'd get to use their computer at home! When we gathered together again the next day we could briefly go over what the class would like to learn during the unit and I could reassure them that they would/would not be learning it!
I think I'd potentially be able to use a microblog in my classroom for creating a KWL Chart to launch a new topic. For instance, if we are starting to study the Land and Water unit in Science I could prompt (assign) my students to log on to Edmodo and tell me what they already KNOW about the subject. Then the second assignment I'd give them would be to tell me WHAT they want to learn during our unit. I think they'd be motivated to do the assignments because they'd get to use their computer at home! When we gathered together again the next day we could briefly go over what the class would like to learn during the unit and I could reassure them that they would/would not be learning it!
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