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April 7, 2012
March 17, 2012
It may not include Johnny Depp...
...but it's still Alice in Wonderland!
Mr. Long did not lecture. Mr. Long did not read aloud. Mr. Long allowed students to conduct research in teams and write reflections in a Word Press blog on this classic children's story. Mr. Long adopted a publisher role as student posts awaited moderation.
His Vision:
The goal was for the students’ learning/discovery experience to conceptually mirror Alice ‘finding her way’ through Wonderland. Instead of directing the curriculum in a traditional manner, Mr. Long shifted to the role of ‘publisher.’ All entries and comments were moderated by Mr. Long, but students were expected to take responsibility for co-editing each each others work to ensure quality submissions. ‘Audience’ & ‘voice’ was always a central focus.Six weeks immersed in a blog project with students organized into teams. Each team posts their written reactions, conducts research, and builds an overall analysis worthy of Lewis Carrol's classic.
The insight and depth evident in these student posts is amazing. The writing is organized, yet creative. It includes references to outside resources, some hyper-linked.
I'm not an English teacher but would borrow this "Big Idea" for a unit on ethics in Accounting. Organize students in teams, set the guidelines, provide business ethics topics to choose, and create and manage a Blogger blog students can post content. I would hope to get similar insightful and meaningful reflections from learners!
Some amazing student reflections:
March 13, 2012
Read/Write/What?
21st Century! Web 2.0 tools have absolutely changed me, my practices, my classroom, my expectations, my assessments - everything about who I am and what I do for students. When the "explosion" of these tools occurred, the task of combining tools to create lessons became easy. I look for free tools that provide embed codes to pull elements into posts and pages!
Sharing! Web 2.0 is all about sharing - collaborating, writing, authoring, commenting, liking, rating, friending, etc. Web 2.0 is all about embedding - presentations, videos, music, pictures, mind maps, word clouds, time lines, mixbooks, crosswords, etc.
Who's in Charge? My teaching has changed to more of a student-centric method, allowing students to pick topics, applications, formats, images, and sound. If my goal is for students to master and apply several applications, I'll provide the app list to select from, a broad purpose, and criteria, and the students have the freedom to pull the tools together in whatever manner makes sense.
Sharing! Web 2.0 is all about sharing - collaborating, writing, authoring, commenting, liking, rating, friending, etc. Web 2.0 is all about embedding - presentations, videos, music, pictures, mind maps, word clouds, time lines, mixbooks, crosswords, etc.
Web 2.0 is all about making connections!
Who's in Charge? My teaching has changed to more of a student-centric method, allowing students to pick topics, applications, formats, images, and sound. If my goal is for students to master and apply several applications, I'll provide the app list to select from, a broad purpose, and criteria, and the students have the freedom to pull the tools together in whatever manner makes sense.
Bonus! I've become considerably more patient and tolerant
of "work days" as I understand student differences in learning styles
and speed in using online tools. Some students understand embed codes
and HTML buttons by November, recognizing an online tool’s share
functions immediately, and some students are just now seeing the light.
Some students have a knack for mashing tools to create a dynamic blog
post and others are still just entering plain text only.
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