Our Village on a Flat World Presented by Maria B. Benzon Madison Feeder Pattern, South Region Office [email protected]http://mbenzon.wordpress.com HISD Math/Science/Technology Summit February 9, 2008 •Increase one’s value for utilizing technology inside and outside of the classroom •Explore math websites •Describe the components of a weblog •Utilize a website to create own weblog •Explore options and revise personalized weblog
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•Increase one’s value for utilizing technology inside and outside of the classroom•Explore math websites•Describe the components of a weblog•Utilize a website to create own weblog•Explore options and revise personalized weblog
Blogs make integrating technology in the classroom easy: no technical knowledge is needed and users' thoughts are instantly published to the Web.
Blogs also make it easy to give students feedback on their thoughts. At the end of each entry is a comment link for others to give opinions or thoughts about the entries.
Sample Blogs
• Maria Benzon: http://mbenzon.wordpress.com– Sample for Today
• Pin Oak MS: http://www.pinoak.us/academics-cluster_blogs.php– Sample Cluster Blog
• Math Playground: http://www.actionmath.com/blog/MathPlayground.html – Thoughts on how technology and math can be integrated
• Post class-related information such as calendars, classroom events, homework assignments and activities.
• Communicate with parents and invite their comments.• Post photos of class activities.• Invite student comments or postings on issues.• Publish examples of good student writing done in class.• Exhibit student art, poetry, and other written work.• Build a class newsletter using student-written articles
and photos they take.
Use the COMMENT Feature to Enhance Student Learning
• Assess student learning by posting prompts and having students respond.
• Post photos and have students respond to them.• Gather and organize Internet resources for a
specific subject, providing links to sites.• Post tasks to carry out project-based learning.• Create a parent/child blog with writing prompts
for parents to work on with their children.
Student-Created Blogs
• Post their own ideas, reactions and written work.• Post their reactions to writing prompts.• React to photos you post.• Keep a journal for class.• Keep a learning log for class.• Write about their ideas and opinions about topics
discussed in class.• Keep a digital portfolio of their work.• Write comments, opinions, or questions on daily news
items or issues of interest.• Showcase their best writing pieces.
Informal Professional Development
You can read or create a blog to grow professionally:
• Reflect on teaching experiences.
• Write a description of a teaching unit.
• Save links for later use.
• Describe what worked during a lesson and what didn’t.
• Get and provide teaching tips for other teachers.
• Write about what you learned from another teacher.
• Explore important teaching and learning issues.
• Find out about professional development opportunities.
• Include a web address or email address in the body
• Tags• Save (draft) vs. Publish
(upload)
Write Page• Write your classroom
rules and procedures• Write your “About Me”
page
Upload doc, jpg, ppt, etc.
Other things TO DO
• MANAGE (lets you fix things)
• BLOGROLL (load web links)
• OPTIONS General– Blog Title– Tag line
• OPTIONS Discussion Options
ACTIVITY: Add these Web Links
Houston ISD
http://www.houstonisd.org
Dallas County Schools
http://www.dcschools.com/TAKS/default.asp
• Detailed analysis of every TAKS items • Why are correct answers correct? • What kinds of distracters/incorrect
answers were used? How did students think/compute that caused them to answer incorrectly?
• What information will help teachers focus their instruction more specifically?
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html• Available in Spanish and English• Base Blocks Addition (Whole Numbers
or Decimals)• Color Chips Addition (Integers)• Color Patterns• Factor Tree (Prime Factorization and
GCF/LCM)• Fraction Rectangle Multiplication
(Multiplying Fractions: does not show lowest terms)
• Rectangle Multiplication (Grouping, Lattice, Common Algorithms)
• Money • Time – Analog and Digital Clocks
Classroom Blog: Post Images
• Posting Images - Digital images, in the form of photos or computer produced drawings, have the power to make mathematical concepts come alive. Teachers can post images to: – Connect concepts to the real world. (see a great
example at the GCHS Blog). – Create problems to solve. (see example at think
again! & 7th grade math)– Give visual learners a reference.
Classroom Blog: Writing Prompts
• Writing Prompts - Teachers can write blog entries for their students in the form of writing prompts. By clicking on the comment link under each entry (all blogs have one of these), students can respond to the prompt. After each student has responded, all of the comments will appear on the same page. Of course, this creates new learning opportunities for students and teachers:
• Teachers can quickly assess student knowledge of a current classroom topic by simply scrolling down a page full of comments.
• Students can read the responses of other students. • Students who may not normally participate in classroom
discussions can now respond to questions without being embarrassed.