Libby Cody's Posts - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T00:14:51ZLibby Codyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LibbyCodyhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1950440237?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=1hnq3rc5zd7nt&xn_auth=noDog Ate My Homework?tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-12-07:649749:BlogPost:5755252010-12-07T07:30:00.000ZLibby Codyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LibbyCody
Lately, a common frustration among my coworkers is that students are not doing their homework. Although I rarely have homework in art class, I can understand your frustrations. I just came across this blog on Classroom2.0, which simply posed the question, "What are the positives and negatives of using a blog in the classroom?"<br></br>Here is a screen snip of two of the replies: <br></br><br></br><p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974059628?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></p>
<br></br>I have been tossing around the idea of a class blog for…
Lately, a common frustration among my coworkers is that students are not doing their homework. Although I rarely have homework in art class, I can understand your frustrations. I just came across this blog on Classroom2.0, which simply posed the question, "What are the positives and negatives of using a blog in the classroom?"<br/>Here is a screen snip of two of the replies: <br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974059628?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
<br/>I have been tossing around the idea of a class blog for several months now, but haven't taken the leap yet. I wonder if some of the core subject area teachers changed up the homework assignments a little bit to incorporate a class blog, maybe they might get better responses? I look forward to hearing your ideas! <br/>PLCs- mentioned by our Union Presidenttag:www.classroom20.com,2010-12-06:649749:BlogPost:5753942010-12-06T03:00:00.000ZLibby Codyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LibbyCody
Hello- I previously had read this article and it came to mind when I read our union newsletter and our union president stated, <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I beleive our best opportunity will emerge from<br />
using Professional Learning Communities within our departments and buildings to<br />
formulate standards based exit testing that can be…</span>
Hello- I previously had read this article and it came to mind when I read our union newsletter and our union president stated, <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I beleive our best opportunity will emerge from<br />
using Professional Learning Communities within our departments and buildings to<br />
formulate standards based exit testing that can be used to compare to an<br />
entrance exam on the identical standards for every class and grade level in the<br />
district.<span style="">"</span></span><br/><br/>Here is an excerpt from Middle School Journal, titled <span style="font-style: italic;">Professional Learning Communities: A Bandwagon, an Idea Worth Considering, or Our Best Hope for High Levels of Learning?</span> <br/> "The professional learning community concept does not offer a short cut to school improvement. It presents neither a program nor a recipe. It does provide a powerful, proven conceptual framework for transforming schools at all levels, but alas, even the grandest design eventually degenerates into hard work. A school staff must focus on learning rather than teaching, work collaboratively on matters related to learning, and hold itself accountable for the kind of results that fuel continual improvement. When educators do the hard work necessary to implement these principles, their collective ability to help all students learn inevitably will rise. If they fail to demonstrate the discipline to initiate and sustain this work, their school is unlikely to become more effective, even if those within the school claim to be a professional learning community. The rise or fall of the professional learning community concept in any school will depend not on the merits of the concept itself, but on the most important element in the improvement of any school—the collective capacity, commitment, and persistence of the educators within it." <br/><br/><a href="http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/MiddleSchoolJournal/Articles/September2007/Article1/tabid/1496/Default.aspx">If you would like to read the full article, it is available here.</a><br/><br/>The article sounds cautionary, but is not doubtful of PLCs. It is just making people aware that the term is frequently used while the concepts are not. <br/><br/>The article also states, "Researchers who have studied schools where educators actually engage in PLC practices have consistently cited those practices as our best hope for sustained, substantive school improvement (Darling-Hammond, 2001; Fullan, 2005; Louis & Marks, 1998; McLaughlin & Talbert, 2001; Newmann, 1996; Reeves, 2006; Saphier, 2005; Schmoker, 2005; Sparks, 2005)."<br/>Quote of the daytag:www.classroom20.com,2010-11-30:649749:BlogPost:5754312010-11-30T05:30:00.000ZLibby Codyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LibbyCody
<font size="4">"Web2.0 has moved the Internet from our traditional one-way information flow to a two-way "conversation" in which the Three R's have been supplanted but the Three C's: Contributing, Collaborating, Creating- through mediums like blogs, wikis and twittering." <br></br> -Steve Hargadon, Social Networking in Education- A Whitepaper.<br></br> <a href="http://www.stevehargadon.com/2009/12/social-networking-in-education.html">Educational Networking: The Important Role Web 2.0 Will Play in…</a></font>
<font size="4">"Web2.0 has moved the Internet from our traditional one-way information flow to a two-way "conversation" in which the Three R's have been supplanted but the Three C's: Contributing, Collaborating, Creating- through mediums like blogs, wikis and twittering." <br/> -Steve Hargadon, Social Networking in Education- A Whitepaper.<br/> <a href="http://www.stevehargadon.com/2009/12/social-networking-in-education.html">Educational Networking: The Important Role Web 2.0 Will Play in Education</a><br/><br/><br/>Steve Hargadon is the creator of Classroom2.0</font> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Diigotag:www.classroom20.com,2010-11-25:649749:BlogPost:5753842010-11-25T06:00:00.000ZLibby Codyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LibbyCody
Hello- As a wealth of information comes flying into my computer these days, I try to keep up. I am learning how to use Diigo, a network of people sharing their bookmarks, and seeing all of the wonderful things that other people are finding and taking the time to share. One site that a diigo friend of mine shared is called Free Rice 2.0. It is <a href="http://www.freerice.com">www.freerice.com</a> and is an interactive vocabulary building site that teachers can use with their students. The…
Hello- As a wealth of information comes flying into my computer these days, I try to keep up. I am learning how to use Diigo, a network of people sharing their bookmarks, and seeing all of the wonderful things that other people are finding and taking the time to share. One site that a diigo friend of mine shared is called Free Rice 2.0. It is <a href="http://www.freerice.com">www.freerice.com</a> and is an interactive vocabulary building site that teachers can use with their students. The vocabulary is separated by subject. When a question pops up with four choices, the student can click on their answer. Then it either tells them they are correct, or incorrect and provides the correct answer. The questions answered incorrectly will be cycled back through so it is to your advantage to read the answer they show you. <br/><br/>The COOLEST thing about this site, is that for each correct answer, 10 grains of rice are donated through the World Food Programme to help end hunger!!! The students are getting smarter and feeding someone at the same time! The subjects are Art, Chemistry, Language Learning, English, Geography and Math. Those subjects also have sub categories to focus in more on the vocabulary your students need to review. You can also sign in and set up groups so your students can track how many grains of rice they donate. Maybe a little contest would really motivate the students!! <br/><br/>As I learn more from Diigo I will continue to share! What a great world of Social Networking! <br/>