Web2.0 tools for team-based goals

Web2.0 tools for team-based goals

Hip Hop Pedagogy Part 2

Dr. Deason's Primary Research regarding Hip Hop Pedagogy and Digital Audio Workstation Technologies:

Video Description--- Hip Hop Pedagogy used with the 2005 Upward Bound Program and Mentoring Activities for Children Program

Hip Hop Pedagogy Part 1

Dr. Deason's Primary Research regarding Hip Hop Pedagogy and Digital Audio Workstation Technologies:
Video Description--- Hip Hop Pedagogy used with the 2005 Upward Bound Program and Mentoring Activities for Children Program

FV – Wikispaces.com Documentary

FV – Wikispaces.com Documentary

I recently did an activity with my students where they developed a WikiSpace on WikiSpaces.com. They did a sort of webquest and then answered their specific question. They had to post their source and use reliable sources.

Some of my students had a little trouble with this activity. The computer proficiency was pretty low in one of my classes and this was a high school Biology I class. It was a little eye opening. I knew there would be some problems because this was the first time I had done this activity in the classroom. If you are more curious about how I created a WikiSpace or this activity please refer to some of my earlier posts.

W4 Reading

W4 Reading

Below are screenshots of my concept maps of the 4 articles that I read this week. These concept maps contain direct quotes from the articles that I read. I used the concept maps as a way of note taking. I have included the name of the article and the author in case you would like to use these articles in your research.

I decided to do them all in red and black.

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

BP9 Schoology.com

BP9 Schoology.com

Schoology.com is a website that allows you to make a virtual classroom. The interface looks very much like facebook ,so the students will not have any trouble using this particular website. Sometimes the learning curves for websites or new tools for students is steep. But with this Facebook-like interface the students will be able to jump right in with hardly any walk throughs.

In Schoology.com, I created multiple classrooms, assignments, and even assessments. This is a wonderful tool. Everything is self-contained on this website. This, however, could be a problem if it ever was to crash. I loved the easiness of creating any and everything on this website. I know this sounds like I am on their payroll but it is a fantastic tool. If or when I get enough computers in my classroom this is what I will be using.

I created 4 separate sections for Biology I and one separate Biology I online. The sections allow you to have different rolls but the same assignments. I do not know if there is a limit to the amount of classes you can have, but I haven’t reached it. I currently have five classes on this website.

I built a complete test on here just to see how you would go about doing this and it worked out brilliantly. You can choose whether or not to allow students to review their questions, how many attempts they get, time limits, and so many other tools. All those different settings were just for assessments. This is a very thorough website.

BP12 OMM BookRix.com

BP12 OMM BookRix.com

PE3 Part 3 Google Docs – Drawing

PE3 Part 3 Google Docs – Drawing

I also hadn’t used this tool before this assignment. I went in and toyed with it. I haven’t exactly figured out a use for this particular tool yet, but I am determined to. If anyone has any suggestions of ways to use this in a high school Biology class please let me know.

PE2 Part 2 Google Docs – Presentation

PE2 Part 2 Google Docs – Presentation

I haven’t used this particular feature of Google Docs before this activity, so I wanted to explore it. I uploaded one of the PowerPoints we will be looking at this week in my classes. Apparently you can have multiple people working on the same PowerPoint together. This is an amazing tool.

PE1 Part 1 Google Docs – Form

PE1 Part 1 Google Docs – Form

I have used Google Docs a little bit. But I decided to explore the tool a little more. This time I was exploring the form function of Google docs. This is really handy for quizzing or gauging understanding for a particular subject area. I used this in my classroom for a quiz-like activity, but I also used it as a webquest so it has many different functionalities.

Literature Reviews

YouTube Literature Review Video
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/lit-review/credits.html

Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

BP8 OMM www.WikiSpaces.com

BP8 OMM www.WikiSpaces.com


Enjoy this commercial I made for www.WikiSpaces.com. You can watch it here or click on the video and follow the link to my Viddler account. Enjoy.

Here is the link to my WikiSpace.

BP5 Web 2.0 Tool BookRix.com

BP5 Web 2.0 Tool BookRix.com

BookRix.com is a really interesting site because it allows anyone to create his or her own eBook. With iPods, iPads, and any other mobile eBook viewer that’s on the market people can view your eBooks that you create. These books can be on any subject and anyone can download it from the website. This is a tremendous web 2.0 tool because it enables anyone it be an author. As you can see from the video it doesn’t take long at all to create an account or an eBook. If you have a word document or pdf (or etc.) already typed out with what you want in the book then it can literally take less than a half hour (add more time for larger files to convert) to create an eBook. The possibilities for this tool are endless. You are really only limited by your imagination.

I am personally going to use this to make eBooks of my classes’ wikipages, pictures of cell model projects, and other materials detailing the semester. I may also try this with my newly formed Science Club at my high school. Me and this other teacher are the sponsors. We are going to use this as a chance to do experiments and other things that we do not have time for in the classroom. With BookRix.com I can make a little eBook of our different experiments with details and pictures of the experiments.

All in all I am very excited for the possibilities for BookRix.com and I will update in later months on the progress of all the endeavors that I am going to try with this.

Google Docs Videos

BP4 Web 2.0 Tool Wikispaces.com

BP4 Web 2.0 Tool Wikispaces.com



Wikispace's url is www.wikispaces.com.
My Wikispace url is LooneyBiology.wikispaces.com.
My personal teaching website url is www.LooneyBiology.com.

BP3 Diigo Group

BP3 Diigo Group

BP2 iGoogleScreenShots

BP2 iGoogleScreenShots


Here is my iGoogle.
Home Tab
Top

Middle

Bottom

FSO Tab

AR/CBL Tab

ETC Tab

That was my glorious iGoogle. I hope you enjoyed my organizeness. 

I loved this video so here it is.

Networked Student

BP1 Google Reader

BP1 Google Reader

I looked at nine different educational blogs. Each of these is diverse in it’s own right and touches on many different aspects of education, technology, and everything in between.

1. EdCompBlog

In this blog, David Muir, who is a lecturer in Educational Computing division at the University of Srathclyde Jordanhill Campus, talks about the education lectures that he attends. Since he is based in Glasgow, Scotland in the United Kingdom the views and ideas that he talks about give someone in the United States a better idea of what the global community feels about education.

http://edcompblog.blogspot.com/

2. The Thinking Stick

In this blog Jeff Utecht, the Elementary Technology and Learning Coordinator at the International School Bangkok, talks about current technology and educational issues. The blog mainly focuses on the educational aspect of technology and conferences that he plans or attends. He recently planned a conference where there was no keynote, they just had facilitators. The reason they did this was because the focus of the conference was that teachers need to be facilitators. Since the school is located in Thailand, the views and ideas that he talks about give someone in the United States a better idea of what the global community feels about education.

http://www.thethinkingstick.com/

3. Infomancy

In this blog Christopher Harris, the leader of a School Library System in New York, talks about current issues in school libraries.  If you are not a librarian, this presents an interesting view to our school systems. I am curious as to the insight that can be learned from this prospective. Since I teach in a county school, I am interested in the perspective of someone from New York.

http://schoolof.info/infomancy/

4. Dangerously Irrelevant

In this blog, Dr. Scott McLeod, talks about technology, leadership, and the future of schools. He is an Associate Professor in the Educational Administration program at Iowa State University and he is also the Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE).  His latest post states, “We can’t let educators off the hook.” This was really interesting and talked about the one of the many issues going on in politics regarding education.

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/

5. Weblogg-ed

In this post, Will Richardson talks about current issues in education. He is the “Learner in Chief” at Connective Learning. He latest post, The Wrong Conversations, talks about “Waiting for Superman” and other interesting events in education that have occurred in the past week. This talks about how we are having the wrong conversations in education right now and maybe we should be empowering superheroes instead of waiting on superman.

http://weblogg-ed.com/

6. Beth’s Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom

In this blog, Beth Knittle talks about current issues in education, technology, and learning. Beth Knittle is the K-12 Technology Integration Specialist for a school district. Since she is in Massachusetts, I get to learn another view from the northeastern United States. I also have someone from New York on my RSS. I like how her blogs span the gamete of education, technology, and learning.  Check out her post Thinking and Questioning.

http://www.bethknittle.net/WP_Blog/

7. High Techpectations

In this blog, Lucy Gray talks about ideas and resources for educators.  Lucy Gray is an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Teacher based in Chicago, Illinois. In some of here posts she just creates a lists of resources in the form of links.  In another one of here posts she dives into the subject of the Waiting for Superman initiative.

http://www.lucygrayconsulting.com/

8. The Tech Savvy Educator

In this blog Ben Rimes and Nicole, talks about integrating technology in the classroom. Ben Grime is an elementary school teacher, and Nicole is a K-8 art teacher. On this sight, the authors cover a wide range topics: Advocacy, Art, Assessment, Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, Science, Student Examples, and Social Studies.  In their most recent post, “How Technology Will Destroy Our Future…” The Tech Savvy Educator talks about how Baby Boomers and older people are concerned about the youth and how they are going to lead our countries in the future.

http://www.techsavvyed.net/

9. Bionic Teaching

In this blog, Tom Woodward talks about making learning fun and other random issues dealing with education. Tom Woodward is currently an Adjunct Faculty at the University of Richmond, Staff Development Instructor in Henrico County in Richmond, Virginia, and a Freelance Educational Technology Consultant.  In his latest post, “Perspective”, he talks about his recent visits to a jail to see one of his former students. This specific post hits home with me because I am not naïve either, and I think at least one of my former students will end up in jail. It is sad.

http://bionicteaching.com/

Two other interesting blogs are:

Tech Learning Advisor Blog

http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/33248

Digital Chalkie

http://www.digitalchalkie.com/

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You have landed. I hope you enjoy your stay. While here you will experience some things that will be a little "Looney". But in this blog I will be talking about issues pertaining to education and exploring technology that is helpful to teachers.