Technological Literatacy Why Not?

Reading Septembers blog really made me think about technology and teaching in a way that I had never done before. I guess that it never really occured to me that as a teacher it is my job to be technologically literate. Not only for my sake but for the sake of my students. My knowledge will directly effect them. I really agreed with the seven guidelines that Mr. Fisch posted on his blog. I guess I always just knew that those things were an understood, to think that their are accutally teachers out there that would question those statements is scarry.
I think that one of the main things about being a teacher is always be willing to try new things, to broaden your horizens every chance you get, why would you not. So for teachers that don't want to try new things, like become more tecnologically literate is really setting bad examples for our students. We as educators or future educators are role models for students and if we are not willing to try new things they will not be either.

international classromm blogs

i found Mrs. Cassidys class located i n Moose Jaw Canada, Her class of first graders use blogs nearly everyday. They have blogging buddies at the University of Saskatchewen that are helping them learn to read and write. they also have friends, that consist of other elementary classrooms all over the world. Mrs. Cassidys students are getting a great lesson on different cultures. Mrs Cassidy post lots of pictures and videos of her class on their blog homepage so whoever visits gets a great view of their daily class. Another thing about Mrs. Cassidys blog is that it allows her to reach her students everyday because it is very cold and they have lots of snow in Canada so the kids don't always make it to class everyday, but this blog allows students to participate even if they are at home.here
Mrs. M in Austrilla uses her classroom blog to show her parents the daily actiities that are taking place in her class. She also gathers and shares different ideas with other teachers. It is a very interesting site you can visit it by clicking


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Blogs in the classroom

As I was searching the internet for teachers that use blogs in thier classrooms, I came across Ms. Schwichtenberg's first grade class. This teacher is using blogs in her classroom to help her first graders to learn how to read and write. Her students have blogger buddies, which are students from a local university there in colorodo, that are helping the students learn about capitol letters, puntuatation, and propper spacing. And in return the first grade students are very entusiastic about showing their buddies what they have learned, and their blogs are proof that this is working because every time they make a post they improve. If you would like to view this site you can visit by clicking here.
Mr. Zani's class was the second class that i came across as i was searhing for blogs in the classroom, his class is also a first grade class. His classroom's blog is used more for keeping parents, teachers, and students connected with each other, but that is not all, they also spend alot of time connecting with other students through blogging, they are able to learn what it is like in other parts of the world. The real kicker is that they are practicing their reading and writting skills the whole time. If you would like to visit this class blog clickhere

MY PRESENTATION

ACCESS

Access is a distance learning tool that provides high quality course work to students. Access uses the latest interactive instructional models to provide a technical infrastructure that delivers pedagogically sound courses via the Internet. It also blends online Internet based work with Alabama certified teachers.
Accesses' main goals are first, provide access to advanced diploma or duel enrollment courses. Second, it wants to provide access to remediation and supplemental resources. And lastly, it wants to provide teachers with additional multimedia and technology tools to enhance instruction.

alex

Alex stands for Alabama Learning Exchange. this website is dedicated to connecting teachers, students, and parents to resources and learning tools like lesson plans, web links, and activities.
Teachers can visit lesson plans to find new ideas and inspiration. Also they could use they the search link to find course of study standards that are frequenlty tested or hard to teach. Lastly they could use the personal workshop web pages, to save and share lesson plans. I think that this is a wonderfull tool that teachers, students, and anyone interested in learning should take advantage of.

Microcomputing Systems Day Two

Today is the second day of class, and we just had our pictures taken, i hope it turns out alright because it is going to be posted on my blog for the whole world to see.

Shift Happens ready or not!

After watching the movie "Did you know? shift happens", I was very surprised to find out that the United States is slowly but surly dropping the ball. We have all this education and technology at our fingertips,but it seems that we are just taking it for granted. The world is changing so fast, and we have no time to waste. We must take advantage of the tools we have been given and pass on our knowledge so that new generations will prosper just as we have.

blog number one

the first day of class has been very eventful!!!