To be honest there have been several interesting reflections, and I sure hope you are all realizing how effective a little websearch and reflection is as personal development. Melissa seems to have taken this to the next level and is consistently posting intersting ideas, here are two examples:
RSS feeds and websites -- Melissa Graham
This is a weblog created by an elementary school teacher. It has a few assignments on it that she has her kids do. I think it's a good example of how we can use weblogs in our own classrooms, as well as give us a few teaching ideas as well.
http://mrsd.tblog.com/ (website)
http://www.tblog.com/rss.php?bid=mrsd (RSS feed)
This is a website called Distance-Educator. This particular RSS feed has the daily news on it about education and what is happening with it. The news is up-to-date and very informative. I thought this would be a good one to have
http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=12783 (website
http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews/backend.php (RSS feed)
These are a few really cool websites with teaching ideas and related subjects. I discovered these in my search for good weblogs and rss feeds to put into my aggregator.
http://www.teachervisionsolutions.com/tvsol/teach/index.html
http://www.funbrain.com/
This is Intel's website. It has a section entirely on weblogs and how they are being used around the country in school. Although I didn't find an RSS feed directly to this site, it provides links to the weblogs that it talks about in its news section.
http://www97.intel.com/odyssey/teacher.aspx
In light of all that we have learned so far (which is a lot more than I had expected to learn in two weeks), I am amazed at how little I knew about technology. I have always thought of myself as being fairly up-to-date with the technological world and fairly knowledgeable about how to use current technology. After these last couple of classes I have realized that I've only been skimming the surface of what I could do.
I've always just used the basic programs: Excel, Access, Word, Powerpoint, and the Internet.
Even with these programs though, I don't think I really understand the extent of their power. I'm excited for this class because I want to learn how to better use these and other tools to serve the students that will be in my classroom. I know that I will have many kids, each with different abilities and levels of understanding. Through technology, I can learn to use programs that will help them learn better.
I am also very excited about Blogs and Bloglines. I think this is the coolest way to keep in touch with teachers and students in the class. I like being able to know right away when someone posts a message, rather than waiting for days for me to check my email. It helps me know what's going on. I also like being able to get news right away.
On that line, has anyone found some good Early Childhood RSS feeds?
Have an awesome weekend!
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