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The Prep Room: Final Project
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Monday, July 26, 2010. For my final project I decided to create a blog for my 8th grade physical science class as well as my 9th biology class. I teach 2 sections of 8th grade, so I have a total of 28 students. In 9th grade I teach a selective honors section of only 14. Because of this difference in numbers, my approach to the class blog varied from grade to grade. Here is a link to the class blog: State What Matters. Here is a link to the class blog: The Bio Hub. July 28, 2010 at 7:46 AM. Biology, Scien...
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The Prep Room: September 2010
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Monday, September 6, 2010. Okay I'm on the two day countdown and I'm trying to figure out the best way to smoothly incorporate all of my knew knowledge into my curriculum. I've decided that all my ninth grade students will all create their own personal blogs this year. These sites will serve as personal portfolios, but will also be a place for peer review and discussion. Here in lies my dilemma.do i have them create blogs prior to teaching any content? This makes me nervous.Any thoughts?
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The Prep Room: June 2010
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010. A Shift in Mindset; Storytelling as a Learning Tool in Science. As a read through this week's assignments and started to mess around with a few of the recommended tools, so many applications started streaming through my brain. The possibilities are truly endless! Another thought is using this application as a replacement for a lab write-up. What if students had to video record a lab taking place and then go back and add a voice thread. Saturday, June 26, 2010. I want to play aro...
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The Prep Room: So Much More than a "Shiny Object": A stream of consciousness reflection on the benefits of blogging in the classroom
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010. So Much More than a "Shiny Object": A stream of consciousness reflection on the benefits of blogging in the classroom. I also really appreciated the persuasive argument that Eric presented in favor of these types of tools in both the powerpoint presentation. That he shared with us via slideshare. As well as in the journal article he co-authored entitled "Investigating the Impact of Weekly Weblog Assignments on the Learning Environment of a Secondary Biology Course". Everything y...
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The Prep Room: Google Forms Rocks!
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Monday, July 26, 2010. Okay, so this is a bit belated. My school work took a bit of a back seat last week as I was helping my sister get ready for her wedding this past weekend. As she heads off to "relax" on her honeymoon, I'm trying to play catch-up. I will start by saying simply: Google forms Rocks! It is very user friendly and I can see it being incorporated into so many different aspects of my class. Here are just a few ways I see myself using this tool next year:. Self evaluation. You could cre...
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The Prep Room: A New View: D2L Discussion Summary
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010. A New View: D2L Discussion Summary. The D2L discussion that took place last week summarized up this class experience quite well. There was much talk of the abundance of knowledge that they feel they've gained in the past 7 weeks. For many, with this new knowledge has come a new perspective/approach to teaching. Many doors have opened. And (pardon the cheesy cliche), as a result, the view outside looks a little bit different. Here's what people are now "seeing":. That is a great po...
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The Prep Room: First Day Plan.....
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Monday, September 6, 2010. Okay I'm on the two day countdown and I'm trying to figure out the best way to smoothly incorporate all of my knew knowledge into my curriculum. I've decided that all my ninth grade students will all create their own personal blogs this year. These sites will serve as personal portfolios, but will also be a place for peer review and discussion. Here in lies my dilemma.do i have them create blogs prior to teaching any content? This makes me nervous.Any thoughts?
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The Prep Room: I Need Your Help.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010. I Need Your Help. Please help me test out a new tool. I want to test out google forms and see what kind of capabilities this tool may hold in regards to online assessment (I'm envisioning it as a great tool for quick homework "check-up" quizzes and such).so please, if you'd be so kind, take 3 minutes to complete the following assignment for me (and don't worry, I won't really grade you! I will post feedback for this tool later in the week. Thanks in advance for your help! There w...
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The Prep Room: Guidelines Revisited and a Few Final Thoughts.
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Friday, July 30, 2010. Guidelines Revisited and a Few Final Thoughts. 1 Make sure technology is fully understood before incorporating it into the classroom. 2 Make sure this technology is standardized (i.e. compatible on all types of machines). Still agree with this one. 3 Students must be given clear directions, goals, and expectations for all projects. 4 Technology use should enrich material being covered, and not just be incorporated because. Yes, yes, yes! Component to material being covered. To intr...
