logging in or signing up Websites, Blogs and more Classroom Technology mrkennedysclass Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 56 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: January 30, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Websites, Blogs and MoreTechnology in the Classroom : Websites, Blogs and MoreTechnology in the Classroom Robert Kennedy April 24, 2010 Quotations… : Quotations… “Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.” - Chinese Proverb About me… : About me… B.S. Marketing - CU Boulder M.A. Elementary Education - Regis Taught 2nd and 3rd grades Website design since 1998 The Reason We Do It : The Reason We Do It Interesting Stats : Interesting Stats 71.1% of American kids age 6-11 accessed the Internet in the past 30 days (88% of American kids have Internet access). 81.2% of those students accessed the web to play online games. The top websites for kids aged 6-11 are TV releated websites (nick.com, disney.com) Eight to 18 year olds spend an average of 1 1/2 hours on computers daily. Teens with cell phones average 2,900 texts per month. Source: Media Literacy Clearinghouse, April 2010, www.frankwbaker.com Technology Usage : Technology Usage Types of Hardware : Types of Hardware What do you do online? : What do you do online? How do you benefit from the use of technology in your life? How does technology benefit society? How do we prepare students with the understanding to make technology work for them? : How do we prepare students with the understanding to make technology work for them? Quotations… : Quotations… “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” - Ignacio Estrada A Few Ideas for Teachers : A Few Ideas for Teachers Classroom website Teacher Blog Student Blog Student audio podcasts Student video podcasts iPod reading fluency Twitter updates Google calendars Parent e-mails Youtube lessons iTunes music listening center/reading iPod Touch/iPhone Enrichment websites Webquests Interactive whiteboards Online Classroom Tour : Online Classroom Tour www.mrkennedysclass.com Quotations… : Quotations… “The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.” - Alice Wellington Rollins Website Basics : Website Basics Webpage - document that others can view from their own Internet device Website - a collection of webpages Server/Host - where you store your webpages Applications - additional enhancements you add to your website (Google calendar, Twitter) Domain name - www.yourwebsite.com How can you excite YOUR students to pursue their own education using your classroom website? : How can you excite YOUR students to pursue their own education using your classroom website? How many of you have ever visited, read or posted something on a blog? : How many of you have ever visited, read or posted something on a blog? Functions of Blogs : Functions of Blogs Students respond to a prompt Student-led conversations Teacher feedback Peer-to-peer feedback Student directed topics Exposure to a diverse audience Other students Family and friends Real World Writers : Real World Writers “It’s important to remember that we see only a fraction of our boys’ lives as readers and writers. IM, emailing, writing on blogs, creating websites…all of these represent an important part of boys’ lives as writers. Even knowing a little bit about boys’ out-of-school writing lives will give us a richer understanding of what engages them as writers.” - from Boy Writers by Ralph Fletcher Classroom Blog Tour : Classroom Blog Tour http://blog.ccsd.k12.co.us/rkennedy4/ Quotations… : Quotations… “Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.” - Albert Einstein Safety for Students : Safety for Students Use anonymous user names Watch out for “TMI” details about students online Show students how to use SAFE internet searches Keep pictures of students in the hands of families Questions???Ideas??? : Questions???Ideas??? Quotations… : Quotations… “A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.” - Unknown You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Websites, Blogs and more Classroom Technology mrkennedysclass Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 56 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: January 30, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Websites, Blogs and MoreTechnology in the Classroom : Websites, Blogs and MoreTechnology in the Classroom Robert Kennedy April 24, 2010 Quotations… : Quotations… “Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.” - Chinese Proverb About me… : About me… B.S. Marketing - CU Boulder M.A. Elementary Education - Regis Taught 2nd and 3rd grades Website design since 1998 The Reason We Do It : The Reason We Do It Interesting Stats : Interesting Stats 71.1% of American kids age 6-11 accessed the Internet in the past 30 days (88% of American kids have Internet access). 81.2% of those students accessed the web to play online games. The top websites for kids aged 6-11 are TV releated websites (nick.com, disney.com) Eight to 18 year olds spend an average of 1 1/2 hours on computers daily. Teens with cell phones average 2,900 texts per month. Source: Media Literacy Clearinghouse, April 2010, www.frankwbaker.com Technology Usage : Technology Usage Types of Hardware : Types of Hardware What do you do online? : What do you do online? How do you benefit from the use of technology in your life? How does technology benefit society? How do we prepare students with the understanding to make technology work for them? : How do we prepare students with the understanding to make technology work for them? Quotations… : Quotations… “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” - Ignacio Estrada A Few Ideas for Teachers : A Few Ideas for Teachers Classroom website Teacher Blog Student Blog Student audio podcasts Student video podcasts iPod reading fluency Twitter updates Google calendars Parent e-mails Youtube lessons iTunes music listening center/reading iPod Touch/iPhone Enrichment websites Webquests Interactive whiteboards Online Classroom Tour : Online Classroom Tour www.mrkennedysclass.com Quotations… : Quotations… “The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.” - Alice Wellington Rollins Website Basics : Website Basics Webpage - document that others can view from their own Internet device Website - a collection of webpages Server/Host - where you store your webpages Applications - additional enhancements you add to your website (Google calendar, Twitter) Domain name - www.yourwebsite.com How can you excite YOUR students to pursue their own education using your classroom website? : How can you excite YOUR students to pursue their own education using your classroom website? How many of you have ever visited, read or posted something on a blog? : How many of you have ever visited, read or posted something on a blog? Functions of Blogs : Functions of Blogs Students respond to a prompt Student-led conversations Teacher feedback Peer-to-peer feedback Student directed topics Exposure to a diverse audience Other students Family and friends Real World Writers : Real World Writers “It’s important to remember that we see only a fraction of our boys’ lives as readers and writers. IM, emailing, writing on blogs, creating websites…all of these represent an important part of boys’ lives as writers. Even knowing a little bit about boys’ out-of-school writing lives will give us a richer understanding of what engages them as writers.” - from Boy Writers by Ralph Fletcher Classroom Blog Tour : Classroom Blog Tour http://blog.ccsd.k12.co.us/rkennedy4/ Quotations… : Quotations… “Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.” - Albert Einstein Safety for Students : Safety for Students Use anonymous user names Watch out for “TMI” details about students online Show students how to use SAFE internet searches Keep pictures of students in the hands of families Questions???Ideas??? : Questions???Ideas??? Quotations… : Quotations… “A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.” - Unknown