Sunday, September 14, 2008
The Innovative Classroom
This video gives everyone an awareness of the various means of technology out there and available. My goal is to start incorporating some of these technologies into my classroom and personal life. It's brief but gets the point across. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RADBrLM8JZk
Chat Rooms in Elementary School
Although I've never used a chat room, this sounds like a good idea if done with the safety of the students in mind. Creating private chat rooms with password protection sounds like the best way to go. Especially with 1st grade students. As stated by Amy Grigsby in Alpine, Texas: www.epals.com, would be a great way to have students chat with other students. I would start with partner schools in the district, expand to the US, and then, possibly, other countries. It has to be done in a step by step process. Learning should be fun and geared to personal interests.
I like this concept and am going to try it with my 1st and 2nd graders next month. It has my interest, so I'm sure it will have theirs. Assigned projects using chat rooms sounds like a fun way to learn about others and to share their knowledge with each other. Partner classrooms sound like a great way to motivate and involve my students in a style of learning that conforms to their interests and is innovative to the district. Affording my students with the opportunities that the world of technology has to offer is inviting, exciting and something they are entitled to.
I agree that there is good and bad in using the internet with young children, but the good does out weigh the bad. One of the best ways that students learn is through peer teaching. Student to student, at the same grade level, puts the learning into their world. Many great things can be accomplished through peer teaching, with guidance from an adult (teacher). Give children a chance to do what they were born to do. Experiment and absorb as much knowledge as they can, because they want to. Let's keep them engaged! Bring their world into your classroom!
Response to Professor Luongo's Blog Sit - Article entitled "Let's Chat: Chat Rooms in the Elementary School" by Amy Grigsby (agrigsby@alpine.esc18.net)
I like this concept and am going to try it with my 1st and 2nd graders next month. It has my interest, so I'm sure it will have theirs. Assigned projects using chat rooms sounds like a fun way to learn about others and to share their knowledge with each other. Partner classrooms sound like a great way to motivate and involve my students in a style of learning that conforms to their interests and is innovative to the district. Affording my students with the opportunities that the world of technology has to offer is inviting, exciting and something they are entitled to.
I agree that there is good and bad in using the internet with young children, but the good does out weigh the bad. One of the best ways that students learn is through peer teaching. Student to student, at the same grade level, puts the learning into their world. Many great things can be accomplished through peer teaching, with guidance from an adult (teacher). Give children a chance to do what they were born to do. Experiment and absorb as much knowledge as they can, because they want to. Let's keep them engaged! Bring their world into your classroom!
Response to Professor Luongo's Blog Sit - Article entitled "Let's Chat: Chat Rooms in the Elementary School" by Amy Grigsby (agrigsby@alpine.esc18.net)
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