Over the weekend I read the article "A Range of Use: Technology in Learning" by Cheryl Lemke which talked about the importance of incorporating technology in the classroom. She also wrote about the many different ways that technology can be used and how it will challenge students knowledge and bring them to new levels of understanding. From this article I will take a new understanding about how technology can open new doors of learning for children.
I also read the article from "library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/" that discussed what it means to evaluate important information from sites and to question the validity of sites when using them especially in the education profession. From this article I have a new found respect and understanding of what types of sites to use and how to ensure that I am using true and valid information from reliable sources.
This is actually a really cool site that we visited today in class called, cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Tools which is a large table of different pages and resources such as wiki and wordle that allow users to participate in a host of different programs. This is an extremely useful site when looking for any sites that will help integrate technology into the classroom more or to get children more familiar with technology. I would many different sites listed on this web page to help me get information out to my classroom and parents, as well as help organize information for the children as well as my lesson plan.
The site mindmeister.c is a great site that is very inventive and is the host of wordle. I really like this program and I would love to use it in my classroom to display different important concepts as well as use it as a homework assignment that kids can work on at home and have fun with exploring their writing and response skills.
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