CEDu 534 - Week 2

This week we spent more time discussing Blogs and Wikis, which is good. Though these Web 2.0 tools were introduced in earlier classes, I enjoy getting a little more exposure and better understanding.

The book reading focused on Chapter 4 - Wikis: Easy Collaboration for All. On page 62, "And the success of Wikipedia has spawned a wiki revolution." The paragraph goes on to discuss Wikirecipes, Wiktionary, Wikinews, Wikiquotes, Wikitravel, and Wikibooks...all of which I was unaware of until now. I especially enjoyed exploring Wikibooks; I discovered a book that I can use as curriculum for my Basic Technology class.

What else did I learn about that I can apply...?
I like how our work pages are set up in columns - task, time, and links to resources. I would like to set up my course in a similar manner.

I gained better insight and understanding of Microblogging and Photosharing, and learned that there are sites available to simply search for blogs! Who knew?! I now have subscribed to a couple blogs that deal specifically with the issues enveloping some of my students...bipolar disorder, ADHD, and attachment disorder.

CEDU 534 - Week 1

This week we read the first three chapters in our text Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms and the one idea that I most want to implement is a classroom blog in which students can post responses to my questions rather than each of them creating their own blog. I like this idea as a way to introduce my students to blogging. My current Basic Communications class is only five students, so the numbers of responses will be manageable. I surveyed my class and their knowledge and use of blogs is very limited, so I am excited to teach them something new.

CEDU 527 - Week 6

The following questions should be answered to conclude this class:

How has my definition of leadership been altered or reinforced? My definition of teacher leadership?

How has my opnion of my leadership potential changed?

Do I agree with our textbook's assertion about "improving education from within"? If so, what will I do to help?