This week's blogging has been very interesting! As more and more of my classmates are posting their thoughts and ways to integrate technology, I am finding great ideas for my classroom. Therefore, blogging is proving to be an excellent way to share classroom experiences, classroom management ideas, bulletin boards, and ways to integrate technology into the classroom! One of my classmates suggested that after students complete an Internet Scavenger Hunt or WebQuest, they should then create a posting on a teacher-created blog to share their experience, reflect on the experience, and provide suggestions for future students. This would be an excellent way for students to communicate their ideas that they do not always have the opportunity to express during class time due to time constraints. It also allows students to practice writing and reflecting, which are higher order thinking skills.
I would like to use Internet Scavenger Hunts and WebQuests in my classroom during our "Fun Fridays". This is a time when I complete progress monitoring for my students, which allows students time for interactive group work, thus making it a perfect time to integrate technology. I think that blogs would be great ways for students to interact with one another and post ideas for their classmates to read and respond. Blogs would also be great places for students to post any questions or difficulties they had completing an assignment.
Blogs are not only great for educators to share information, but students as well! Keep on blogging!
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I like your idea of using blogs to have students share and reflect on their learning experiences. I believe this could really help students see outside of the box in terms of what they are using in the classroom. I also think that upcoming students would appreciate the feedback that educators were given in order to improve activities.
I will add my name to the list of liking the idea of using scavenger hunts on "Fun Fridays". I am also thinking about using that idea if I know I am going to be for that day and the scavenger hunt would work into what I am doing. It's totally amazing to me what we can do with these tools in our own classroom.
Lori
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