I think the Weebley option is very interesting. I am planning on creating a website for parents and children to visit for better communication, and this site looks like they make it prity simple to create.
Rico, I agree with you that the Voice Trend could be very helpful for understanding your students knowledge. I would probably use this feature for other individual projects in the class room. The Feature that I would find very helpful would be School Tube, which is much like Teacher Tube. In a time where there are issues about which videos teachers are showing their students, teachers need to be extra cautious. The website videos are filtered to HELP avoid questionable videos from popping up. I would feel comfortable using this site to find videos to use in my classroom.
I thought this article was very good, simple and to the point. The information was not so much that it was overkill but very basic yet usefull. Voice thread and Snag Films were two sites I have never heard about but will be looking into a lot more!
Manda, I definately agree with you about the information not being overkill but very basic and useful. I think the article did a great job describing and "selling" the sites to the viewer/reader. I think any teacher could find use for any of these sites in some way or another, they are all very versatile and could be used in a number of ways. Searose, I think your idea of a website for students and teachers is great! Communication between students and teachers is so important, and Weebly seems like an easy way to manage it. I also think the School Tube is a great idea, and would help to eliminate the risk of students coming across websites or photos that are inappropriate. Voice Thread also seems very efficient in saving time, and I agree that some class time is better served doing other activities rather than others, so making presentations available for students to listen to and view on their own time could be very beneficial to the students and teachers.
OOPS! I posted this in my own blog. I am not sure how that happed. LOL The article was interesting. Richard Byrne has done the leg work for all of us and has discovered twelve web sitel or technology spots that can be used by teachers and students alike. I Liked the Wikispaces, Voicethread, and Ediscio. I can see fifth ans sixth grade students getting excited about making their own study guide. The Wikispaces would allow them to build their own resource pages. I think that the Ediscio would come in handy with 1st through 4th grade. They could make their own flash cards. They could use them to study but in fact that act of making the flash cards would be a meaningful experience.
I like how the information is presented. It is like an appetizer, just a taste to get you interested. I liked School Tube. It would be great for a music classroom blog. I would like to be able to post videos of professional ensembles performing the pieces we are working on. I would also use Voicethread to show absent band or choir students what we worked on in class and and where in the music score so they can see where they need to practice. I might use Ediscio for young general students to create their own music flash cards. I might use Edublogs or Dropio just so students can view the class blog in a safe place, as well as keep parents informed of what is going on.
I agree with JZ that the information was nicely presented. It was short, but offered enough information for the reader to know whether or not they could make use of the program or application. I thought wikispaces was a great idea for a history class, because the students could share and edit their information and use it as a study guide. Of course the teacher should participate in this activity. They could read what their students have posted and offer comments and suggestions if some content was wrong. Rather than just giving students the answer the teacher could point them in the right direction. If done right the class wiki could be a kind of assessment before the real test and would help the teacher know in which area of the lesson the student still need a bit more help. I also thought dotsub was a cool program. A teacher could show videos with subtitles in numerous foreign languages. This could be used in a grammar exercise to highlight the importance of verb placement or uses of prepositions in different languages and the students may enjoy it more than staring at a whiteboard. Dotsub also lets students transcribe videos of their choice into the language they are studying and then post them on the site.
After reading this article, I think the application that might best serve the needs of a history or social studies class might be the edublog. If it is as easy to create as blogspot and geared more towards education, I believe it would be a great way to interact with students beyond the classroom. If it was monitored and set up correctly it could serve as a great way to communicate assignments and ideas and provide a medium for discussion of topics. I agree with Rico that the voice trend is pretty cool, but I believe that the edublog would best suit my needs as a history teacher.
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ReplyDeleteI think the Weebley option is very interesting. I am planning on creating a website for parents and children to visit for better communication, and this site looks like they make it prity simple to create.
ReplyDeleteRico, I agree with you that the Voice Trend could be very helpful for understanding your students knowledge. I would probably use this feature for other individual projects in the class room.
ReplyDeleteThe Feature that I would find very helpful would be School Tube, which is much like Teacher Tube. In a time where there are issues about which videos teachers are showing their students, teachers need to be extra cautious. The website videos are filtered to HELP avoid questionable videos from popping up. I would feel comfortable using this site to find videos to use in my classroom.
I thought this article was very good, simple and to the point. The information was not so much that it was overkill but very basic yet usefull. Voice thread and Snag Films were two sites I have never heard about but will be looking into a lot more!
ReplyDeleteSearose, I think your idea is great and Weebly seems like a great way to do it. Good luck I know many parents that would be interested!
ReplyDeleteManda, I definately agree with you about the information not being overkill but very basic and useful. I think the article did a great job describing and "selling" the sites to the viewer/reader. I think any teacher could find use for any of these sites in some way or another, they are all very versatile and could be used in a number of ways. Searose, I think your idea of a website for students and teachers is great! Communication between students and teachers is so important, and Weebly seems like an easy way to manage it. I also think the School Tube is a great idea, and would help to eliminate the risk of students coming across websites or photos that are inappropriate. Voice Thread also seems very efficient in saving time, and I agree that some class time is better served doing other activities rather than others, so making presentations available for students to listen to and view on their own time could be very beneficial to the students and teachers.
ReplyDeleteOOPS! I posted this in my own blog. I am not sure how that happed. LOL The article was interesting. Richard Byrne has done the leg work for all of us and has discovered twelve web sitel or technology spots that can be used by teachers and students alike. I Liked the Wikispaces, Voicethread, and Ediscio. I can see fifth ans sixth grade students getting excited about making their own study guide. The Wikispaces would allow them to build their own resource pages. I think that the Ediscio would come in handy with 1st through 4th grade. They could make their own flash cards. They could use them to study but in fact that act of making the flash cards would be a meaningful experience.
ReplyDeleteI like how the information is presented. It is like an appetizer, just a taste to get you interested. I liked School Tube. It would be great for a music classroom blog. I would like to be able to post videos of professional ensembles performing the pieces we are working on. I would also use Voicethread to show absent band or choir students what we worked on in class and and where in the music score so they can see where they need to practice. I might use Ediscio for young general students to create their own music flash cards. I might use Edublogs or Dropio just so students can view the class blog in a safe place, as well as keep parents informed of what is going on.
ReplyDeleteI agree with JZ that the information was nicely presented. It was short, but offered enough information for the reader to know whether or not they could make use of the program or application. I thought wikispaces was a great idea for a history class, because the students could share and edit their information and use it as a study guide. Of course the teacher should participate in this activity. They could read what their students have posted and offer comments and suggestions if some content was wrong. Rather than just giving students the answer the teacher could point them in the right direction. If done right the class wiki could be a kind of assessment before the real test and would help the teacher know in which area of the lesson the student still need a bit more help. I also thought dotsub was a cool program. A teacher could show videos with subtitles in numerous foreign languages. This could be used in a grammar exercise to highlight the importance of verb placement or uses of prepositions in different languages and the students may enjoy it more than staring at a whiteboard. Dotsub also lets students transcribe videos of their choice into the language they are studying and then post them on the site.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article, I think the application that might best serve the needs of a history or social studies class might be the edublog. If it is as easy to create as blogspot and geared more towards education, I believe it would be a great way to interact with students beyond the classroom. If it was monitored and set up correctly it could serve as a great way to communicate assignments and ideas and provide a medium for discussion of topics. I agree with Rico that the voice trend is pretty cool, but I believe that the edublog would best suit my needs as a history teacher.
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