There have been many opinions about the use of resources like Wikipedia in the classroom. Some teachers refuse to accept information from students when their source is Wikipedia, while others are more than happy to allow their students to use it as an authoritative source. A group of scholars even examined the issue of the accuracy of Wikipedia.
At the heart of it, Wikipedia is a wiki that anyone can contribute to and anyone can change. How do you view Wikipedia as a resource for your students? Why?
In addition to the entry responding to this prompt on your own blog this week, please respond to at least two of your fellow students' blogs.
Your own response to this prompt should be posted by midnight on Thursday, February 25th, 2010. Your comments on other students' blogs should be completed by midnight on Sunday, February 28th, 2010.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Coming Trends
After reading the summaries and overviews for each of the six trends outlined in the 2010 Horizon Report, which one do you think will have the biggest impact on teaching? Why?
Also, which one are you most excited about coming to fruition (i.e., actually happening)? Why?
In addition to the entry responding to this prompt on your own blog this week, please respond to at least two of your fellow students' blogs.
Your own response to this prompt should be posted by midnight on Thursday, February 18th, 2010. Your comments on other students' blogs should be completed by midnight on Sunday, February 21st, 2010.
Also, which one are you most excited about coming to fruition (i.e., actually happening)? Why?
In addition to the entry responding to this prompt on your own blog this week, please respond to at least two of your fellow students' blogs.
Your own response to this prompt should be posted by midnight on Thursday, February 18th, 2010. Your comments on other students' blogs should be completed by midnight on Sunday, February 21st, 2010.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Building Your RSS Reader
Using a site like http://blogsearch.google.com/ or http://technorati.com/ search for blogs that might be of interest to you based upon your own teaching background (e.g., grade levels, students, geographic location, subject area, etc.).
Select three (3) of these blogs to add to your RSS reader (and feel free to select more than three if you find others that are of interest to you).
Write an entry to your blog by Sunday, February 14th, 2010 that lists the three blogs you have selected, the address for each of these three blogs, and a sentence or two about why you selected to follow them. Please include more than something to the effect of, "It was a blog about using technology in elementary school." or "It was about teaching high school mathematics in an urban area." There are dozens, if not hundreds or thousands of blogs that meet those criteria. Why did you pick that specific one? What about it caught our attention and/or interest?
There is no requirement to comment on others' blog entries this week.
Select three (3) of these blogs to add to your RSS reader (and feel free to select more than three if you find others that are of interest to you).
Write an entry to your blog by Sunday, February 14th, 2010 that lists the three blogs you have selected, the address for each of these three blogs, and a sentence or two about why you selected to follow them. Please include more than something to the effect of, "It was a blog about using technology in elementary school." or "It was about teaching high school mathematics in an urban area." There are dozens, if not hundreds or thousands of blogs that meet those criteria. Why did you pick that specific one? What about it caught our attention and/or interest?
There is no requirement to comment on others' blog entries this week.
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