Monday, March 1, 2010
Global Communities
There is no requirement to respond to other students this week, but feel free to do so.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Judging the Quality of Wikis
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 15, 2010
Coming Trends
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
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.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Generations Wrap-up
The New York Times recently had an article on intra-generational gaps. While we've discussed gaps between generations, the article cites research from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life project that uncovers the differences in technology use with young adults 3-4 years apart.
Read the article and discuss the ramifications of teachers having to essentially play by a "new set of rules" every 3-4 years because the students they see today could function quite diffferently than the students they see in 2014. You may want to include several of the following bullet points in your discussion:
- Do you believe that this is the case?
- If so, why do you think this pace is accelerating?
- Can you think of anything that you do differently than a slightly older/younger sibling?
- What are some advantages and disadvantages of this phenomenon?
- Since more people will have read this article instead of our readings that try to refute some of the generational studies, what would you say to a friend, colleague, administrator, public official, or a presenter at a conference who uses this article as a justification for their program or legislation?
To read the article visit http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/weekinreview/10stone.html
In addition to the entry responding to this prompt on your own blog this week, please make a comment on at least two of your fellow students' blogs.
Your own response to this prompt should be posted by midnight on Thursday, February 4th, 2010. Your comments on other students' blogs should be completed by midnight on Sunday, February 7th, 2010.
References:
Stone, B. (2010, January 9). The children of cyberspace: Old fogies by their 20's. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/weekinreview/10stone.html
Monday, January 25, 2010
Generation Me
Based upon your reading of the Reeves & Oh and Twenge pieces, what do you take away from this whole discussion about generational differences? Having read all four pieces now, which one do you think makes the most sense based on your own students? Does the review of the research conducted by Reeves and Twenge really matter if Howe and Strauss or Prensky got it right in the first place?
In addition to the entry responding to this prompt on your own blog this week, please make a comment on two of your fellow students' blogs.
Your own response to this prompt should be posted by midnight on Thursday, 28 January 2010. Your comments on other students' blogs should be completed by midnight on Sunday, 31 January 2010.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Digital Natives
For your blog entry this week, I'd like you to reflect on what these two authors have said. How have each of the author's described YOUR students? What have each of the authors said that doesn't describe your students at all? Are there any characteristics, traits or behaviors of your students that none of these authors have even mentioned? Basically, how do you students compare to what these authors have to say?
In addition to the entry responding to this prompt on your own blog this week, please make a comment on at least two of your fellow students' blogs.
Your own response to this prompt should be posted by midnight on Thursday, 21 January 2010. Your comments on other students' blogs should be completed by midnight on Sunday, 24 January 2010.