Web Quests

Web Quests are pretty fun. I think I would love to incorporate these in the classroom. I love using the internet when it is for important things like learning. I really hope that I am at a school that has access to computers so that I can do WebQuests with my kiddos.

I love looking at the zunal.com website.  It offers so many different webquests so you could use them in all the subjects that you teach.  I think some days children get so tired of listening to their teachers, that this is another way to teach them and they don't realize that they are learning. I approve of the webquests!

Google

Google is so interesting to me. It's so interesting because there is a lot to learn about and a lot that many people don't know even exist. Just like any form of technology I guess!

I wish I were more skilled in Google and many other online programs but as I continue to learn about it, I find more and more things that I can use in the future in my classroom.

Using Google Power Point was very easy. There wasn't too many bells and whistles to it, but it is easy and gets the point across, so I like it.

I am also finding that I get around in Google a little more than I used to. I love all the new apps that you can find in Google and being that I am very interested in photography, it's nice to be able to find new programs to help edit and create projects.

Week 2- Blogs

There are many ways that you can use blogging in your classroom.  You can have you students use it as a journal if they set up their own blog.  By having each child set up their own blog you can keep track of them and the teacher or the students could all be able to read it.

You could also use blogs in your curriculum many different ways.  I think the ideas will come more when you have  an actual subject you are working on, but I think I would use blogs when I do book clubs in class. I could set up each different book club on their own blog and then ask questions there for the students to all answer. This way there could be a good discussion going in each of the book clubs.

As a teacher, I would also have a class blog. I could put what is going on in the classroom on the blog and then give access to all of the parents to check out the blog to see what we are up to in the classroom! It would be a great way to communicate with my students and their parents. I think one of the things blogging does is help promote communication.