Technology Learning Experience

Follow me as I explore the use of technology in the classroom. I believe that effective technology integration helps in creating a student-centered learning culture. This blog will include my reflections on how to use technology for effective learning. I don't want to use technology just for the sake of using technology. I want students to have a meaningful learning experience. My ultimate goal is to be considered amongst great teachers who have the following characteristics:

1. Sound classroom management skills.
2. Ability to actively engage all learners.
3. Firm understanding of best practices and effective pedagogical techniques.
4. Addresses the needs of all learners by differentiating instruction.
5. Designs lessons that foster critical thinking skills and cognitive growth through authentic-based practices.
6. Are supportive, caring, and passionate about what they do.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Week 2: Blogging, Thing #3 & 4 Create Your Own Blog and Register 2.0 Learning

Creating a blog was pretty easy.  I can see how a blog could be used in the classroom to post a variety of information for students to use such as a resource for specific topics, to develop inquiry, to keep parents informed of what is happening in the classroom, to challenge students with extra assignments to challenge them or to help students who might be struggling, to post assignments, to list reading suggestions and discuss books, to discuss issues, etc.

It was fun to create the avatar and to copy and paste the html code into the layout.  Other pages such as myspace also allow you to personalize using html code to enhance the look.  I would guess that a good number of students have experience with this already, since many of them are more tech savy than most of us older folks.
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  1. Jackie S, 2.0 project managerAugust 25, 2010 at 3:29 PM

    Welcome to CSLA's Classroom Learning 2.0. You are headed for a fun discovery learning adventure and will be a much better prepared educator for the years to come. Don't assume all students already know so much about the web -- there is a huge digital divide and it keeps growing.

    Thank goodness for school libraries, which provide access to networked computers for the "digital have nots". Best wishes.

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