Day 19

This day we used the ISTE standards. This day it falls under standard 5 a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology. I was the the technophile: You love this internet thang. To you, the best WebQuest is one that makes the best use of the technology of the Web. If a WebQuest has attractive colors, animated gifs, and lots of links to interesting sites, you love it. If it makes minimal use of the Web, you'd rather use a worksheet. I chose the grow school greens slide. There were a lot of fun colors and the links stuck out so you did not have to search for it. It was fun and easy to use but more importantly it was not boring. I would design a site like this because it was filled with links and great information, it used great information and used the internet well.

Day 17

Today we joined Bruceton's Five.

Day 14

We got in groups today in class and created a wordle using words that we felt described Web 2.0. We did this assignment fairly fast because the fact the website is a very useful web page. It is easy to use and easy to write about. Using wordle is easy and could provide for a fun activity in your classroom. Having students come up with nouns and adjectives that they choose for the topic is something students do not do everyday. It strays away from book work and keeps the students from getting bored. It falls under the 21st century Creativity and Innovation topic.

Web 2.0 Wordle

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Day 11

Using blogmeister we helped a fifth grader work on a story that they are creating. According to the 21st century skill we met productivity & accountability- manage projects, set and meet goals, even in the face of obstacles. When I was in 6Th grade we had a buddy system. We teamed a 6Th grader with a 4Th grader. Using blogmeister you can help write stories together. That would be a project that I am interested in maybe trying.

Day 10

We submitted our photo story and received comments from our peers. It was interesting to see what they thought of my story and I liked the comments that I got back. Creating this photo story falls under 1A promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. It also falls under 1C promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. I am excited to use this in my classroom. I can make my teaching more creative so it is not the same boring thing day in and day out.