Week 5 Assignment

I was able to find an enormous amount of websites that were designed for teachers to maintain blogs that were designated for keeping their students and parents aware of events taking place within the classroom.

The first site I came upon was http://scarel.edublogs.org/. This was a website for Mrs. Carel's 4th grade TEC class in Willars, Missouri. Mrs. Carel had a slideshow of her students, a morning message link, a calendar, and an agenda for everyone to view. Mrs. Carel explains that the site is bulit to inform students and teachers and to have a place to showcase her students work.

The next site I discovered was http://blogs.oaisd.org/337. This was a site set up for Mrs. Smits' 4th grade class in Michigan. Mrs. Smit shares lots of information about her class experiments, photos, and even produces a weekly newsletter. She has a place where the students can also add their own submissions. She updates this blog daily making it a very effective communication tool.

Adding Links and Pictures

First we will review the methods for creating a link. Our link will be to The Fischbowl , a blog for technology training used at Arapahoe High School in Littleton , CO.

Here is a picture from Littleton High School

Week 4 Blog assignent

I visited http://accessdl.state.al.us and viewed the powerpoint presentation on ACCESS. ACCESS is an acronym for Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide. This is a technological program designed for teachers and students to communicate and learn via the internet. This allows students who may not be located in an area that has the same equal opportunities to recieve the education they deserve.

Teachers will have the opportunity to do video-conferencing, web based assignments and other things that prove the way of learning is on its way to a major change!

Week 3 Blog assignment

I got on http://alex.state.al.us for our assignment for week 3. I found it to be an incredible resource for teachers of all subjects and grade levels. I found the area titled "Lesson Plans" to be very helpful. It provided lesson plans, projects, and experiments for teachers to perform with their class. The few I looked over seemed to help the students have a hands-on experience.

There was also a search option so if you were looking for information on a particular topic. There was alos a part available for teachers to find professional development opprtunities as well. I think I will definitely use this wonderful tool when it comes my time to teach!

Week 2 Blog Assignment

I went to http://edm310summer07.blogspot.com and watched the Youtube video about the future. It was really amazing reading the facts about the population. It made you realize just how small you really are in the world today. It was actually kind of scary reading the facts about computers and internet speed. It was actually almost hard to comprehend...which I guess was sort of the point. I still look forward to teaching in the future but I can say it gives you an overwhelming feeling!