Www.cteduonline.com. Step 1 – Create A Class Blog. The next Student Blogging Challenge starts in March September, 2010 and this time we’ve decided there are tasks that need to be done BEFORE your class actually takes part in the challenge.
So we’ve designed a series of nine steps, with how-to info, to help you with your class blogging. Our first step is to create a class blog. Why Have A Class Blog A class blog is always a good starting point if you want to blog with your students. It gives you to time to increase your skills while gradually introducing your students to blogging and educating them on appropriate online behaviour. Start initially with you being responsible for writing posts, and the students responding in comments. Ultimately even if each student has their own blog it is always a good idea to have a class blog.
Blogging isn’t just about writing posts; it’s about sharing your learning and reflecting on what you have learnt. Important parts of the blogging process include encouraging students to: Username and Display Name Blog URL. Twelve Ideas for Teaching with QR Codes. Updated 01/2014 As mobile learning becomes more and more prevalent, we must find effective ways to leverage mobile tools in the classroom.
As always, the tool must fit the need. Mobile learning can create both the tool and the need. With safe and specific structures, mobile learning tools can harness the excitement of technology with the purpose of effective instruction. Using QR codes for instruction is one example of this. A Quick Tutorial QR stands for Quick Response. 1. Have students use QR to create resumes that link to other content such as their professional website or portfolio. 2. You can create QR for linking students to examples of quality work, whether it's PowerPoint or slideshare for a class presentation, or people speaking a foreign language specific to your current lesson. 3.
Integrate QR with a PBL or Service Learning project where students can create the codes that will link to the content they create. Internet Catalogue. Google for Educators: The Best Features for Busy Teachers. Among all the links and downloads out there, it can be hard for teachers to know which ones work best.
Google has made it easier by creating Google for Educators, which compiles some of the search engine's most useful features in one place. Whether you're teaching Spanish or social studies, mathematics or music, there's a free Google feature that will make your lessons more dynamic and your projects more organized. The lively, informative website offers step-by-step visual tours and even videos to help you get set up. Below are some of the most useful features that the site has to offer. Google Search Google Search is at the heart of it all. Google CS First This is a big favorite of mine among Google's offerings for teachers and students! Google Keep Keep is definitely one of my "use it every day" apps.
Google Drive Google Drive is particularly handy for teachers when revising students' work and providing feedback. Google Sites Google Maps Google Classroom YouTube. The State of Tech PD in your PJ's Online Conference. Main Page. Note: These links are grade specific to help students practice on explicit concept areas.
As a teacher, you know that if a student doesn't understand a skill, they still will not know that skill, if students are placed on the computer to practice it. These skill practices are suggested to be used with adult or peer assistance until the student has a basic skill knowledge that can be improved with some extra practice. Teachers please review the website prior to working on it in class. All web sites used should be integrated into your lesson for the day or week.
Some links may take you out of the school website. This website was designed with the current paradigm shift in education in mind. Please take the time to review each website prior to your students viewing the site. This site is presently being updated every day to match the common core standards with corresponding indicators. If you discover a link not working you may contact the person below.
Email Dan Hoffman. ITSCO. Technology Helpline.