Week 3 Assignment

Here is the link to the lesson I created on WikiTeach.org and the link for the lesson I edited.

http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/wikiteach/action/lessonplan/iVar/276


http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/wikiteach/wikiteachmgr/action/lessonplan/iVar/233


I visited a couple of social bookmarking sites. The first bookmark was for a site that was about 10 lessons to teach your kids about money. I always tend to look for sites related to math. I also looked at a site that had math related bookmarks. Listed below is a site that I use very often and I also recommend this site to my students who are having difficulty in algebra.

http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/index.html

Wikiteach Lesson Plan

http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/wikiteach/action/lessonplan/iVar/279

Here is the link for my lesson plan using flickr. In the lesson students are to photograph various tissue types, upload them to flickr, and then tag them appropriately.

http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/wikiteach/wikiteachmgr/action/lessonplan/iVar/221

I added an alternative procedure to the above lesson plan to make classroom management of the lab a little more effective.

topic3 wikiteach lesson plans

Hi everyone!

I’ve posted my Life Cycle Of The Butterfly lesson plans on wikiteach.org at this link below. Enjoy ;)

http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/wikiteach/action/lessonplan/iVar/278

Wiki's For Teachers

Written by: Jonathan Orr
As a biology teacher I came across a wiki called wikispecies. Wikispecies is a open source free directory of species. In a true wiki fashion anyone can add articles about a particular species. This would be a great spot for students to contribute information about species that they encounter, and of course an excellent source of information as well.

A second wiki that I could use as an educator is wikiversity. Wikiversity is a place for educators to create and share learning materials. Teachers can place simple things like content, or teachers can post lesson plans.

A third wiki I have contemplated using in my classroom is wikibooks. Students can add and create content on the wiki. There are many books that people can contribute to including wiki textbooks. By creating a wiki textbook the students are really making the content their own.

Topic 2 - blogs

I chose the Alan November blog @ http://nlcommunities.com/communities/alannovember/default.aspx

Since I have been commanded to remain current with new technologies and trends in technology in education, I thought his blog was a great way to see what's out there in the world of technology in education. Many of the entries require you link to iTunes to hear podcasts, and it recommends you subscribe via iTunes and new podcasts will be sent to you this way.

I find him humorous, down to earth, and quite simply "user friendly" - a nice feature in a sometimes robotic tech-laden world. I find the nicest piece that he highlights the work of others as what's cutting edge; he doesn't just champion himself as all knowing.

topic2 - podcasts

In my 11 year stint as an English teacher, before I started teaching computers this fall, my students often thought I was ready to fall off my rocker because of the ideas I would come up with to attempt to actually make teaching more fun.

I was charged each fall to help prep my 12th grade students for the dreaded SAT. I used the thick, cumbersome, and dreadful Princeton Review text, and the kids thought of it much like I did...a chore. A few years back, a good friend and French teacher told me she was doing French podcasts and posting them on her blog. She showed me where she was getting them from - quite simply iTunes in the Podcast section - and I looked around with her on that site. We stumbled across one, The Princeton Review Vocabulary Minute, and as quirky as it is, I loved it! It's basically a barber-shop quartet-like group who takes SAT words and puts them in context into a goofy song with some sort of theme. There is even a more recent one about Hollywood girls getting into trouble and going to jail - Lindsey, Nicole, and Paris (words are incarceration, exile, inebriated, discernment, and a few others).

The next day, I shared one of the podcasts with my senior class. Many of them gave them the raised eyebrow, scorning my choice as yet another stupid trick to actually get them engaged. But, as they listened, they started laughing, asking what this word and that word meant. I suggested we take 2 podcasts a week, and make those words the ones we would study to help prepare for the SAT. They agreed. They found the access easy, and many didn't need to use the dictionary to define the words. Their scores were higher on the quizzes. Imagine...they enjoyed learning SAT vocabulary.

topic3 wiki

One of the wikis that I visited and likes was School Computing, Technology in Kindergarten. This wiki gave a great overview of the use of Technology in Kindergarten. This is a wiki that is great for any kindergarten teacher interested in integrating technology in his or her classroom curriculum. This wiki help familiarize any kindergarten teacher with the use of technology in the classroom. You get the what, how, and why, of kindergarten technology from this wiki. There is an introduction, followed by standards, the rationale for the use of Technology in Kindergarten, barriers to using Technology in Kindergarten, hardware, software, examples of integration, resources, and assessment.

http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Technology_in_Kindergarten

Final Correct Site for WikiTeach lesson plan: Monet Paintings

I am having a time getting this site to post properly.. but you know what they say...third time is a charm! Sorry, I had previously posted the incorrect link. This lesson plan is an art history and painting lesson that intergrates flickr as a means of allowing students to see close ups of waterlilies, which are the primary subject of Monets' "Waterlilies".

topic3 Edited WikiTeach Lesson Plan

http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/Wikiteach/WikiteachWriteMgr/action/edit/iVar/266
I picked a lesson plan on a subject that I knew a little something about. I was extremely hesitant to "tinker" with someone else's work. I hope/guess that's a feeling that will subside with more experience or exposure.
I added another component to Bobby's excellent Rock Cycle lesson plan. If possible, I thought it would be good to have real rock and mineral samples to observe after the Flickr or del.icio.us observations. Although the pictures may be of excellent quality, it's even better to feel and see the real thing.

Edited Lesson Plan on WikiTeach

I have edited Sheila's lesson plan by adding a introduction that connects the students to the real world and weaving. I also added a Google video that demonstrates a Lima woman weaving. I like how Sheila integrated math into the lesson by having the students measure their own yarn. Too often I hear teachers remark about the lack of measuring skills students have. I think this is because the measuring they are engaging in is isolated to a math problem rather than having a real world, working connection.

topic3 WikiTeach Lesson Plan

http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/Wikiteach/WikiteachWriteMgr/action/edit/iVar/275
This is the link to my WikiTeach lesson. I chose to create a lesson on Rocks & Minerals because I will start that unit next week. This lesson uses Wikipedia, Flickr, and a projection device. I plan to use the lesson in the near future.

WikiTeach [by GLoveless]

http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/wikiteach/action/lessonplan/iVar/273 this is the lesson plan that I created. It deals with teaching the Electromagnetic Spectrum. The plan has the students using
http://en.wikipedia.org to gather information on health and federal control issues for electromagnetic radiation. The students are engaged in a mock trial.

http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/wikiteach/action/lessonplan/iVar/232 this lesson was modified to include use of http://en.wikipedia.org to investigate hurricanes and global warming.

Cell Phone Health Hazards[by GLoveless]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_radiation_and_health THis was so interesting. I can see my students really getting into this because they use their phones all of the time. It also has some interesting discussions from people that think the information is incorrect and that there is not evidence that cell phones can harm you...

Research: Using online resources to gather information-Edit

Precious has a great start to a class project. I just added a few more steps to give them more practice using the bookmarks they created.

Edited Plan: City History, City Streets

I liked this plan a lot. What I did was add a little touch of "art" and site recognition by suggesting that instead of a lot of discussion and trying to recall streets in the city, that the teacher use a camera and take places of the things they plan to talk about during the unit. The direct link to the plan that I edited is below.

http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/Wikiteach/WikiteachWriteMgr/action/edit/iVar/119

Audacity Wiki

This wiki is for users interested in audacity. It offers tips and tutorials about Audacity. It also lists other programs that are similar to Audacity according to the computer platform.

Wiki Edited Lesson Plan

I found this WikiTeach Lesson Plan very interesting. I do not teach music, but I have a very strong passion for it.

WikiTeach Created Lesson Plan

Here is a lesson plan I created integrating Flickr/Del.icio.us technology for our Earth Science Unit (The Rock Cycle). This lesson is for third grade.

Wiki Site

Here is a Wiki I came across I thought would be useful during our Dinosaurs and Fossils unit. It gives various states where fossils of dinosaurs were found. Children are always intrigued by knowing that at one point, a huge dinosaur roamed in now what is a current state.

Wiki Site Resources

As I was doing my vigorous search to find classroom friendly Wiki sites, I wanted to do it from the prospective of an educator (like me) who has never had ANY experience with Wikis. What usually helps me is if I can have access to a resource page. This link is to Education World, a wonderful resource for teachers that contains many useful topics. I did not expect to come across this on this site, considering I've used it for so many other things. It has some resources specifically for new teachers (and existing teachers) who want to try their hand at integrating Wiki technology into their classroom.