Connie and I had a great time with all of you today. Seems we're all enjoying learning from one another.
Here's a topic to blog post that will help us plan the last session.
Which one of these hands-on activities would you most prefer to take part in:
1. Online bookmarking and the digital social network (del.icio.us as a tool for organizing online information)
2. Creating tables in Microsoft Word for organizing typed information
3. Making your own class wiki from start to finish
4. Better Powerpoint presentations (how to avoid Powerpointlessness)
5. Creating your own webquest
6. Using Microsoft Publisher to produce a variety of documents - newspapers, posters, fliers, etc. (Note: you may not have Publisher on your PCs. It is not always included in the Office Suite, so check before you choose this one.)
7. Using Freewebs for student webpages.
Remember that our emphasis will be on classroom implementation, not just personal productivity. So when you choose, be mindful of how you envision using the skills with students. Please choose only ONE (we will have time to do more than one, but will only plan on those that get the most attention here) and add how you think it might be helpful in your teaching.
Remember to add your name to your comment. Thanks.
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6 comments:
Brenda Eddy - I am interest in learning more about powerpoint and how it can be used in the classroom.
Hey everyone,
I am interested in doing #4 and #6. I think those two would really help with presentations in class and for student projects on the computer.
-Kyna
David Bowie -- My work as a teacher coach involves helping teachers with their technology use, so I am comfortable working with the majority's interests. My own teaching involves using statistics and math resources on the web, which I already do.
My specific interest would be in creating web pages and 'grabbing' web pages.
I don't think our teachers have ready access to Publisher, so that focus might not serve as well.
Hi ! I would be most interested in online bookmarking; our students do not have webspace to which they can save work and they find that the work they saved to the desktop is not always there, even if they get the same laptop as the day before. Unfortunately, it is of more interest to some students to delete the work of others than to do their own! Again, I had to respond to this blog at home after repeated attempts at school; darn those filters! Robin Nappi
I'm focused on redesigning my Thinking & Reading Strategies course for next year because I've been informed that I will be instructing the entire incoming freshman class(365 students)! I would gratefully appreciate focusing on numbers 4 and 6, better powerpoint & microsoft publisher because they will be tools I will use in every one of my classes. They will help me to attend to 15 students at a time, making certain that I have ample individualized tutoring time after the mini powerpoint presentations;the microsoft publishing will assists my students in creating posters and their own visual presentations to show their synthesis of thinking and reading strategies as they master these stratgies. Also, I'm engaged in a community based literacy promotion in which both 4 & 6 would be absolutely necessary tools to use. I also plan on working in a doctoral program and need these presentation skills. If the group needs other choices, maybe I can hire you for private lessons to instruct me with choices 4 &6. See you all 4/24!
Diane
I know I am way too late to really put in my two cents here but I am also interested in better power point presentations. Sorry for the delay. Jennifer Major
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