Research Questions

Post responses to the following questions on your blog. Make sure to include links to the resources you used to answer the questions. - Posts should be in your own words. You will have 9 separate posts answering each of the following questions. - We will be discussing and comparing blogs next week in class.

1) What are the learning outcomes established by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning? (Include information about who/what the Partnership itself is.)

2) What is Core Knowledge and how does it apply to education theory?

3) How does current education practice apply both 21st Century Learning Skills and Core Knowledge?

4) OPINION: Do we need more or less emphasis of either Core Knowledge or 21st Century Learning Skills? How would we go about it?

5) How does the US compare to other like-minded countries in our education system? What are our strengths and/or weakness?

6) How does motivation tie in to student success in the classroom? Give 3 examples of strategies to motivate today's students.

7) What are the NETS for students?

8) How does your current skill set compare to the NETS for teachers?

9) What does research say about using Interactive Whiteboards? What are the pros and cons? Would you want to have one in your classroom?

April 13, 2011

Share Independent Learning Videos
Share Lesson Plans

Free Resources:
World Maths Day
IXL Math
Geosense | Traveler IQ
ePals
Edheads

Pay For Programs
Education City
Successmaker
MyAccess

Assignment - Modify a lesson for remediation focusing on student-centered learning.

Catch up on any missing assignments
Next week is iTouch/iPad Apps with Ms. Lagola!

Assignments:


Did you know? - Discussion Board Post
Mentor Questions - Discussion Board Post
Create a Blog
Prezi
Copyright Quiz
Multiple Intelligence - Discussion Board Post
WebQuest
Jing lesson plan
Create a Jing and Xtranormal - Posted to Blog
Educational Video - Independent Learning Project
Lesson Plan w/ Enrichment activity

April 6, 2011

Presentations of Educational Videos - Discussion of the process

Delicious - Getting organized

More Tools -

Puzzlemaker
Cramberry
Brain Pop
Wordle
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Find two game websites for your specific content

Examples - Cool Math Games | Grammar Gorillas | Coffee Break Arcade

Assignment: A) Share your favorite two game sites on your blog.
B) Create a lesson plan modifying a current lesson (Example: Use the Mission Project for 4th grade) and how you could use technology for enrichment purposes for students needing extension activities. - E-mail lesson plan and prepare to present to class next week.

Class Websites -

Quia - Games and Quizzes
Did you know III - Video
Meebo - Chat rooms
Webspiration - Online brainstorming tool
Blogger or Wordpress
EduBlog - Award Winners
BigHugeLabs - PhotoEditing
Prezi - Presentation program
PbWorks - Free wiki
Copyright Quiz - Copyright vs Copywrong
A Fair (y) Use Tale - Disney video
Learning Style Quiz
Zunal - Webquests
Voki - Widget for blog
Xtranormal - Script writing animations
Blabberize - funny talking head program
Jing - Screen capture software