I have become a fan of blogging from taking EDM 310. As a hopeful high school science teacher, i will not have my students for long each day. However, blogging is an effective way for students to share ideas and to see what science classrooms around the world are up to. How can we ever hope to learn more than by learning from the entire world? I believe it would be very useful in my classroom to have my students relay their reflections from my lesson plans through open and honest blogging. In this way, I hope I can grow as an educator and constantly grow as a person. I also like her idea of a website that parents can view to see their child’s work. While a blog may not be the best way for the parents to see their understanding of a biology curriculum; a website in which grades are posted as well as class projects, news, etc would be a great way to allow parents to be interactive in their child’s education. I would like to tie that into a class blog that would link to me and allow me to have parents read other childrens' work and hopefully become believers in this learning tool. Some students may not have access to internet at home. This could pose a problem. I feel if a student could show that this is the case for them I could arrange for them to get time in the library. Another possible solution is by doing fundraising to allow for the purchase of tablets students could use in my classroom. I really hope the day will come when all children have easy access to safe internet. It is a great resource that can be used in many ways to challenge their understanding and connect them to resources I was not able to enjoy as a student.
Hi Douglas,
ReplyDeleteI like your post, it tells us about what tools this video made you think about implementing in your own classroom. It was so very thoughtful of you to even think about your students not having access to the internet. There will always be some students that are less fortunate than others that we have to think about ways for them to be able to do the same work as all of the other students. Furthermore, you have already thought about using fundraising to purchase tools for your room so that they will be readily available for your students. You did a great job! I only saw one error, and it was in the very beginning. I was not capitalized after the comma. Thanks for sharing! Good luck with school!
Shanda Thornton
Be a blogging teacher!
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