I believe: · Learning is a life long process. · Everyone is both a teacher and a learner . · Learning is collaborative . · It is essential that teachers foster collaboration, creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking. · The most learning takes place in a safe and comfortable environment where students feel love and supported. · Mistakes are inevitable and are a product of learning. · Everyone is capable of learning. · Learning needs to be authentic and purposeful. For my final project, I am planning to implement an online technology resource to help me create and manage a classroom library because I am switching grade levels next year. In creating this project, I thought of ...
For today's blog, I decided to explore Kahoot ! To be honest, I picked Kahoot because it was brand new to me and the name itself intrigued me. Kahoot is an application that allows teachers to create and administer polls, surveys, and ask questions in the style of a game show! On the plus side it is also free! Prior to today's exploration, I had previously looked at and tried out different polling type applications and game show apps. However, I often found them cumbersome or difficult to use. As a result, I often relied on PowerPoint to create engaging game show style review games. However, I still found making Power Points time consuming and I just don't seem to have enough time to include them as much as I would like. I first went to kahoot.com and was impressed by the clean lines and simple interface. I simply clicked the sign up button. I was easily able to create an account by creating a username and password, providing an email, and selecting the school and gra...
As a student in the TESL masters program at RIC, I am constantly reading research that shows the benefit of conversation to students learning an additional language. Conversations allow students to practice and play with the language and learn from the mistakes. In addition, conversations between proficient speakers of a language provide a model of a language for language learners. However, I believe that Turkle and Wesch would argue that all students would benefit from a classroom that explicitly teaches conversation skills and incorporates conversations into instruction. At almost every family gathering, I hear my grandmother, Noni, state, “Doesn’t anyone know how to talk to each other anymore? You only talk with these plastic things! (referring to our i-phones). Although it’s true that we can be found sending a quick text to a friend during gatherings, we do mainly have our phones out at gatherings to show pictures or tell stories to relatives. When we are conversing we...
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