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Fran Lo replied to Brent Spencer's discussion 'Online Discussion Boards in the Classroom?'
I like your idea of using online literature circles. Here are some ways that I've used discussions (I now use Moodle):
discussion forum for vocabulary with each word having a separate thread. Students "reply" with…
Fran Lo replied to Mr. B's discussion 'Benefits of online discussions' in the group Connecting Content and Technology
I've been using online discussions with my students for about 2 years. These are middle school students in my English/Language Arts classes. Here's some of what I've found:
Everybody gets to participate, not just those 3…
Fran Lo replied to Thomas Smith's discussion 'Question about useful digital tools' in the group Connecting Content and Technology
I'm looking into Prezi, though it looks like a real time sink. But before you ditch PowerPoint, teach them how to create a GOOD powerpoint. Also, you can use PowerPOint to create a page that looks and acts a lot like Glogster, but without…
Fran Lo replied to Desmond A. Hasty's discussion 'Online Typing Freeware/Website' in the group Connecting Content and Technology
Here are some more to try. They don't keep track of students. The only ones that I know of that do that are paid websites. I just keep a listing with names and typing speeds - then I can walk around the lab and record speeds as kids finish the…
Fran Lo replied to Robert Barker's discussion 'Student Privacy'
Used this last year in a similar situation to yours, with 8th graders. By the way, some kids thought that if they didn't get it signed, that they didn't have to do the work, so make sure they know they still have to do the work, just not…
Fran Lo replied to Sally Rafson's discussion 'Moodle Questions' in the group Connecting Content and Technology
Sally - I just started working with Moodle. I got to experiment with it during an online class about teaching online (UWStout - I highly recommend their program), and am now experimenting with it myself. To get some ideas, try Moodle 101, a custom…
Kathy Strathman replied to Fran Lo's discussion 'Online discussions' in the group Connecting Content and Technology
Hi Deborah,
I am unfamiliar with how to set up wiki emails. How is that done? Is that something students can do themselves, or is it something a teacher would do ahead of time?
Merle Hall replied to Fran Lo's discussion 'Online discussions' in the group Connecting Content and Technology
When I set up my ning classroom I was able to moderate comments. I had the students sign up on their own. I can see where giving them a google login would be helpful, because I had the same problem with students losing passwords and not being able…
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- I teach Language Arts to 7th and 8th graders, Computer Skills to 7th and 8th graders, and try as much as I can to incorporate technology into learning and teaching in my classroom.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 6:39am on June 11, 2009,
Mark Cruthers said… - Hi Fran,
With your interest in Technology Integration for your Middle Schoolers, 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. Here’s a public class recording conducted by Nellie Deutsch on Technology Integration.
- At 8:35am on January 2, 2009,
Jack said… - I'm sorry to hear that, Fran. But thanks for the quick reply. If you know anyone outside of your district who might get a kick out of this, please feel free to send em my way or to the website.
- At 6:41am on January 2, 2009,
Jack said…
- Hi Fran!
Happy New Year! I was wondering if you, your educator contacts or students would be interested in participating in a nationwide Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. We'd really like to get more students involved from Connecticut!
You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
- At 8:20pm on December 27, 2008,
Alyshia Olsen said… - Hi,
I'm sending out messages to everyone I know right now, and this classroom20 network is no exception. (I've also sent this out on other Ning networks you may be a part of.) My name is Alyshia Olsen; I am a 20 year old college student from Olin College of Engineering. I am a part of a group of 6 Olin College students (we're in Needham,MA, and engineering students) who has taken a year off to work on an education related project. Since you are in the 'connecting content and technology' groun, I thought you might be interested! Our project is called AlightLearning, and this is our "short" project description:
Under the assumption that within ten years, the landscape of modern education will have fully integrated what we now define as new classroom media: video, online collaboration, open source curriculum and other web tools, we hope to pioneer a web software tool that acts as a platform for this new media, bringing the power of the web and its tools to students, teachers and parents in a secure, comfortable and innovative environment. Our goal is to have our free software at a pilot middle school by April 15th, 2009, continuing to develop and coordinate with our users to create a product that other schools want to pilot and use at their schools, while allowing individual teachers to implement this tool in their own classroom.
Our project, titled Alight Learning, is currently trying to win an idea competition on Ideablob.com You can find us at http://ideablob.com/3975 . We would love your support in the form of a vote within the next couple days, but more importantly we'd love your feedback and comments. Our description on Ideablob is short, and even the one above hardly gets at many of the issues we would like to take a stab at solving, but at least it's a start.
Feel free to email me back, check out alightlearning.com, anything you like!
Thanks,
Alyshia Olsen
anotherdayaway42@gmail.com
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