An interesting thing that I have been finding throughout this class is that many of the technologies available are transferable across many subjects. For instance, podcasts and digital stories are useful in every subject. However, it seems that podcasts would be especially helpful in developing fluency and literacy. Another thing that I thought was neat was the programs available to make concept maps and worksheets. In my teaching experiences I had always wondered where these well designed activity sheets were coming from and how I would make them once I was on my own. Also, the fact that blogs are available in a more student friendly format makes that seem like much more of appealing technology due to the added control features for the teacher, sorry blogger.
Some educational applications that I thought were particularly good was the use of the podcast. It covers so many important parts of literacy instruction; writing, revising, reading orally, etc.
I also thought that using blogs would provide a good assessment opportunity similar to exit cards in the classroom. You could have the students post what they learned and any questions they may have had.
A question that arose was how open are schools to the concept of blogging due to the fact that students may not have computers or access to the internet?
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I think more schools are warming up to the idea of blogging since blogs are becoming so popular in the mainstream. Perhaps since blogs won't seem to be going away, schools want their students to be able to do it right. It's also an easy way to publish to the web, and web publishing still has a bit of a mystique to it. So, yeah, I am hearing of more and more schools letting their students blog.
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