Week 4 adventures

I have used something similar to this before with google home but they got rid of it and I was upset because I loved that I could make the home page exactly what I wanted to see. I did quotes, post it notes, and news feeds. This one is a bit different because it isn't a homepage I don't think. I didn't get a chance to spend a lot of time on it this week but I do want to get into it and see what aspects it has to offer. I did my project proposal as well. I am having students make a glogster, it is an interactive poster. I think they will enjoy it very much.

Youtube and Twitter Adventure

This week we were asked to explore youtube as a teaching tool, which I have done for the past years that I have taught so it was nothing new to me. I am teaching English 1301 this semester for the first time and I find youtube to be my go to whenever I have a question about how to explain an assignment to my classes. It seems to always have the best explanations and in a way students can relate. I haven't used it as a how to tool in everyday life though, as my husband and Dr. B has. I do love the idea of having my son use it as a scouting technique for future potential colleges, whomever shared that thanks :)  I am learning so much in this class about web 2.0 tools.... some I had been exposed to and some I have not. I brought up webinars in the discussion post because those are honestly one of my favorite web 2.0 tools. Now on to the twitter adventure.... I am still learning YES 3 weeks into it. I have found some interesting links and people to follow but I tend to be somewhat wordy, must be the English teacher in me and I just don't see the point of only writing something that is only 140 characters! lol  I have more to say than that, no matter if some want to hear it or not. Overall I am learning and reflecting on what I can use in my college English classes.

Technology tools evaluated my 5.. group adding theirs

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sqazQs8YBwDrIn35qn9FXlaumhoN9_WAen7iqSSnG-s/edit

Twitter as an educational tool

I will say, the twitter thing is still taking some getting use to for me. I don't hate it but I don't like it YET either. With that said I do see how it could be used as an educational tool. I follow a wonderful woman who has a plethora of information and here is a link to her talking about teachers and twitter and giving links to resources related to twitter for teacher, take a look. You will enjoy it I hope as much as I did.
http://www.schrockguide.net/twitter-for-teachers.html

Now what are some ways teachers can use twitter as an educational tool;
1. I had my students write out a twitter update, it could only be the 140 characters allowed by twitter. The lesson was meant to show them the difference in social writing and academic writing. They enjoyed it
2. Twitter could be used as a collaborative tool for a class, meaning if students needed to do a group project they could hash tag one another ideas and so forth.
3. Also it could be used to share ideas among the class as educators.

Digital Footprints

Digital footprints are obviously what we leave behind in terms of the web, correct? When I did my vanity search I came up with mostly facebook post that I had done in the past but not only that I came up with a lot of the facebook post I had even just liked. So it got me to thinking.... it really is true that what we do on the web never really goes away. It follows us so to speak no matter what. I saw post I had liked 3 years ago, but they were associated with my name, pretty scary. That leads me to the belief I always tell my kids and even my students, watch what you post online. Pictures, post any of those things can be followed and now even sometimes by possible job applicants. Very interesting assignment and extremely eye opening. I think it is important for us as educators to teach students how to navigate the web and how to do proper research on it. I spent almost 2 weeks now going over how to search a credible website with my English 1301 students, they are about to turn in their research projects. Let's see if the listened to anything I said :) 

ETEC 597

Hi there, 
I am coming back to this blog for yet another ETEC class. I love learning and I'm looking forward to what is in store for us this semester. Please follow me...we have so much to learn from one another. Thanks, Angel