Now that you have explored blogs, wikis, and collaborative online resources, post your comments and ideas for the following and respond to at least one of your colleagues’ posts:
a. Considering each tool's strengths and challenges, how might they help you meet the learning goals of your unit?
b. How might you structure the tools' use in the classroom to ensure that students are learning?
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I think the Blog would be a useful tool for periodic journal entries, because people could read them and add on or give their own reflection, but not be able to change another's reflection. I think the wiki or collaborative online resources would be good for the product itself allowing groups to add to their project and refine it collaboratively.
I like the idea of the students being able to collaborate online. The blogs would be useful when you wanted to get a lot of feedback, different points of view, things of that nature. The wiki, as long as the teacher has control would also be a great way to do projects online, getting alot of input and ideas. Online collaboration is a great way for students to work together on projects when not in school.
I like all of the online collaborations. The blogs, wikis and online collaboration, are great ways for the students to get projects done outside of school.
With the wiki and the blog...does the teacher have control of these places? I can just see the students cheating....
I love blogs and wikis are new to me. I actually helped my husband set up a wiki for his college course so that working on papers for classes became easier for them! They loved it! These tools would also be useful in my classroom for the students to collaborate and get the students working on their projects at home. They are better at tech stuff then I am.
I like the wikis because they are a collaboritve forum where students can meet together online and all students can edit the work being added. Blogs are great for feed back when you don't want others to be able to make any changes to your postings.
A wiki can be a great tool for learning and sharing. They can also be fun and entertaining. I'm not sure if i like the idea that my wiki page can be changed by others.
Stefanie Rolinger
I think blogs would be ideal place for students to keep a journal of their experiences while learning the topic at hand. Then they can read back and see where they have been and where they would like to go. Blogs enable the students to use a relaxed language and they can discuss their thoughts. Just like in a journal. They can express themselves and their opinions on various topics and questions. I once heard someone say a blog is like "a window into you as a person." Blogs give students a chance to share their knowledge and reflect upon other ideas and thoughts they have recorded. Blogs give students a chance to state their point of view on a topic without having to come up with a right or wrong answer.
Wikis are all about getting the results out there. We have a project to do...put it on there and let's watch it come together. It's a work in progress with a lot of editing and rewriting to create the final project. But, it's also great to be able to provide feedback to one another and is ideal for class projects. However, it could be frustrating as only one person could work on it at a time.
Online collaborative resources are great tools for students because students can work together on projects at home, in the library, or wherever they have computer access. They provide a learning environment away from the classroom - which is ideal for those students who are always on the go.
(Submitted by Kristin Harris)
In response to Stefanie's comment about not liking the idea of someone being able to edit your wiki.....I too am not sure I like that idea. However, for group collaboration, I think it is very beneficial - as everyone can log in at various times in order to add or edit information to the group project. I think it would save a lot of time in the long run.
I am new to using both the blogs and wikis. I really like what we have been able to do with the wiki so far. I like the idea of being able to use it in a class with the links for the students already in the page, so students will go where you want to direct them. I think a blog would be good to use if you want students to chat back and forth with each other like in a discussion format without everyone having to be online at the same time.
To Stefanie -
I tend to agree with you that I don't like the idea that anyone can change my wiki page either. But I think that if we had our own personal wiki page people wouldn't be able to change the information.
(ok not sure how to respond under her message, there was nowhere to click)
I think that with this class, if given again during the school year, should be either longer, or more interaction (face to face instruction). It was a LOT of information that was not really needed throughout the course. If given in the summer, maybe condense the information, and have it face to face instruction.
I have taken A LOT of asset courses, online course, and I have to say that this one was by far the hardest, and most challenging.
Once I realized how to navigate through the course, I started to understand it a little more, but by then, it was almost to the end of the course.
It's needs more time & is confusing at first. I wouldn't of made it through this course if I didn't have a partner. Maybe this is a summer course ! Also, it needs to have more candy & drinks !
LaRae Watson says:
3 possible topics are
1. Students will look at different artists and/or art forms. They will find different geometric designs. For a fun project, the students will create their own piece of artwork that incorporates different geometric designs.
2. Students take a trip to the moon. They calculate the distance, supplies they would need, how much fuel, etc. They would research facts about the moon to share with the peers.
3. Look at the controversy surrounding global warming. Have students look at articles that support and do not support this argument. Also have students look at carbon emissions as the cause of global warming. With this, have them explore other possible causes of global warming. Have them take a position, and then give reasons why they support their position.
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