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(My ideas hinge on a phone's ability to take pictures.)
I allow students to take pictures of notes on the board to send to students who were absent. If no student has the cell number of the absent student, I take a picture with my phone and save it…
Marty,
I think if the decision is made to use cell phones then the AUP has to be adapted. Most AUP simply deny the use of Cell phones. Over the next 6 months I hope to develop a AUP that deals with phones. I will share and be looking for input.
You might try Text4Free.com
Think there s a google SMS application where students can text in a factual question and get an immediate answer txted back.
In an attempt to help students prepare for college I did not provide them with a study guide. Instead I created points in the lesson where we stopped and discuss what would be good questions over the material covered. About the third day I used poll…
Thanks...I'm doing a small workshop on using YouTube video in our classroom. This will be one of the first sites I introduce them to.
Well after days of searching the web, my tech guy told me about School Central (http://yourschoolcentral.com), a site we use to post messages as a district through texting. So after a few more days working through the instructions I finally took it…
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- I'm currently the high school principal at Holton High School. To revisit the classroom I have returned for one block teaching College American History I and II. You can learn more about me and what I do on the web by visiting my website. My student blog site is http://wildcat.wordpress.holton.k12.ks.us/ If you want to heard my reflections related to my days as a building administrator check out the blog listed below. A different twist then what I write here.
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Teaching College History during the normal school day!
I've returned to the classroom this year to try out many of the ideas I've been talking with my staff about. Examples:
ical - to delivery daily instruction and weblinks,
DreamWeaver - to design my website which contains links to ppt, study guides, reading assignments, field trips, documents, additional weblinks, tons of other resources http://www.holton.k12.ks.us/prin/collegeamhist (this actual also has the beginnings of my online General Sociology class,
Cell phones - I collected the cell numbers of my students and figured out which students had unlimited texting. Then used this site http://www.cheapcellphones.com/onlinemessaging.htm to figure out how to add the cell numbers into my address book. From there I sent text messages to my students from class tips, study tips, test reviews or trival.
GarageBand - students created audio clips as reports from the past to creating their own campaign songs with a modern touch.
Blogging - I ask my students to blog at least once a month. I start off by posting a question of the month which they are to respond to before the end of the month. Visit http://wildcat.wordpress.holton.k12.ks.us/ click on College American History to the right to limit what you see. (You will also find our "Town Meeting Activity" http://www.holton.k12.ks.us/staff/abeam/ah/9900/out/civilwarproject/civilwarproject.html
Ok more to come ...
ical - to delivery daily instruction and weblinks,
DreamWeaver - to design my website which contains links to ppt, study guides, reading assignments, field trips, documents, additional weblinks, tons of other resources http://www.holton.k12.ks.us/prin/collegeamhist (this actual also has the beginnings of my online General Sociology class,
Cell phones - I collected the cell numbers of my students and figured out which students had unlimited texting. Then used this site http://www.cheapcellphones.com/onlinemessaging.htm to figure out how to add the cell numbers into my address book. From there I sent text messages to my students from class tips, study tips, test reviews or trival.
GarageBand - students created audio clips as reports from the past to creating their own campaign songs with a modern touch.
Blogging - I ask my students to blog at least once a month. I start off by posting a question of the month which they are to respond to before the end of the month. Visit http://wildcat.wordpress.holton.k12.ks.us/ click on College American History to the right to limit what you see. (You will also find our "Town Meeting Activity" http://www.holton.k12.ks.us/staff/abeam/ah/9900/out/civilwarproject/civilwarproject.html
Ok more to come ...
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Another update on Cell Phone Use
In an attempt to help students prepare for college I did not provide them with a study guide. Instead I created points in the lesson where we stopped and discuss what would be good questions over the material covered. About the third day I used polleverywhere.com and simply ask students to text me questions. Then I open the screen on the projector so as the questions came in the class as a whole would answer them.
I saw several benefits here. 1) Students got to share what they thought were impo… Continue
I saw several benefits here. 1) Students got to share what they thought were impo… Continue
Posted on February 11, 2009 at 12:12pm —
Hmmmmm.. Will It work? (Cell Phone Update)
Well after days of searching the web, my tech guy told me about School Central (http://yourschoolcentral.com), a site we use to post messages as a district through texting. So after a few more days working through the instructions I finally took it to my class. I asked the students to create their free accounts and follow the directions to join my group. Then after sharing the number and directions on they could send or respond to texts the texting began. In reality only a handful of students ac… Continue
Posted on February 1, 2009 at 12:26pm —
Post on Cell Phone Blog site
The following I posted at http://www.classroom20.com/group/CellPhonesinEducation/forum/topics/using-the-cell-phone
I've used the PollEverywhere on our student laptops. I'm going to try and setup a few of these this semester on cell phones. I should note those students who do not have unlimited texting I simply e-mail them the same material. I give them more time to reply back as well.
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Using the cell phone part two. Today .. I used the polleverywhere (http://polleverywhere.com) in class… Continue
I've used the PollEverywhere on our student laptops. I'm going to try and setup a few of these this semester on cell phones. I should note those students who do not have unlimited texting I simply e-mail them the same material. I give them more time to reply back as well.
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Using the cell phone part two. Today .. I used the polleverywhere (http://polleverywhere.com) in class… Continue
Posted on January 15, 2009 at 12:51pm —
Study Guides & Homework ... I Wonder
By returning to the classroom there were a number of ideas I wanted to try. One of my ideas dealt with teaching students the importance of study guides while addressing late work.
How often do teachers find giving students assignments and on due date discovering a handful not turning them in. Why do students not turn in their work? I think there are a number of reasons: 1) They don't care, 2) They don't see the importance of the assignment in the process of their learning, 3) They see it as a w… Continue
How often do teachers find giving students assignments and on due date discovering a handful not turning them in. Why do students not turn in their work? I think there are a number of reasons: 1) They don't care, 2) They don't see the importance of the assignment in the process of their learning, 3) They see it as a w… Continue
Posted on January 5, 2009 at 1:24pm — 5 Comments
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- At 12:55pm on February 12, 2009,
Jiasheng said…
- Thanks for the detailed response Alan! It sounds like you're quite knowledgeable about Classroom 2.0.
I'm actually writing a class paper on Classroom 2.0 and am looking for interesting people to talk to about it (more info about my project here). You seem like an ideal person, and I would be extremely grateful if I could get some of your time, either over the phone or via some other method where we could talk.
My email is jiazhe [at] cc.gatech.edu, or you can leave another message on my comment wall.
Thanks again!
-Jiasheng He
- At 11:44am on February 12, 2009,
Jiasheng said…
- Hi Alan,
I noticed you're a fairly new member of Classroom 2.0 but already have blogged several times here. I'm a student at Georgia Tech and am interested in how you got involved with the site. I'd love to chat with you about it. Let me know if you're interested via my comment wall, thanks!
-Jiasheng He
- At 6:38pm on February 1, 2009,
Jack said… - Hi Alan. I was wondering if your students and teachers would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
- At 1:38pm on January 6, 2009,
Kate Fanelli said… - Yes, foldable notes like in your example. But Dinah Zike has a bunch of them that has compiled into a book. At the bottom of this web page you can see some other examples of foldables. I usually recommend the format that I think best fits the notes for that unit.
www.dinah.com/manipulatives.php
- At 9:28pm on January 2, 2009,
Mark Cruthers said… - Hi Alan,
With your initiatives in Education Technology for your high school, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service.
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