Before I get into this week's impressions, does anyone have advice for me about Flash? It crashes very often. Any ideas about why, or what to do about it? I could look in Google, but if someone can help me without me sorting through loads of possibilities, it would be nice.
There was a rather sad commentary on The Answer Sheet blog about standardized testing in Florida and the bureaucracy involved.
The Organized Classroom seemed to have an interesting video about tattling but I couldn't watch it because of the Flash problems.
Same goes for Teacher Tube.
I'll try again later in the week.
I had fun this week with the various tools. Of course, Photofunia and Lunapic were the most enjoyable and creative. I'm determined to create an activity with at least one of these sites because I know it's a great draw (pun intended) and super attractive for the students.
It's frustrating for me to have so much amazing technology at my fingertips, but to be limited because of the school's lack of resources. However, I'm not giving up!
Monday, March 10, 2014
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
week 3 part 2
I had a great time discovering and playing with the various tools. Some of them I was familiar with, but mostly I didn't know how to use them.
Flipsnack looked very exciting, but I wasn't successful in doing what I wanted with it.
I loved Quizlet, but to use it at the maximum means that every student needs a computer, which is sometimes a problem.
The text profilers will be helpful for writing clozes or unseens.
I saved almost everything in Diigo!
In the end I used Puzzlemaker to prepare a word search for my eighth graders.
Flipsnack looked very exciting, but I wasn't successful in doing what I wanted with it.
I loved Quizlet, but to use it at the maximum means that every student needs a computer, which is sometimes a problem.
The text profilers will be helpful for writing clozes or unseens.
In the end I used Puzzlemaker to prepare a word search for my eighth graders.
Week 3 part 1
I just went through some of my tech blogs.
Teachertube had some silly clips that I didn't have patience to watch till the end. I saw that there were other clips that might be useful in a native speaker class, but not for my classes.
The Answer Sheet had a sad commentary about standardized testing which, while written in the U.S., basically reflects what's happening here, too. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/03/03/why-school-isnt-for-children-anymore-teacher/
Organized Classroom had a cute idea for getting kids to partner with different children. http://www.theorganizedclassroomblog.com/index.php/blog/puzzling-partner-groups
Teachertube had some silly clips that I didn't have patience to watch till the end. I saw that there were other clips that might be useful in a native speaker class, but not for my classes.
The Answer Sheet had a sad commentary about standardized testing which, while written in the U.S., basically reflects what's happening here, too. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/03/03/why-school-isnt-for-children-anymore-teacher/
Organized Classroom had a cute idea for getting kids to partner with different children. http://www.theorganizedclassroomblog.com/index.php/blog/puzzling-partner-groups
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