Looking back at the Game plan I developed at the start of this course, I'm certain that I am heading in the right direction in my classrooms. Using my blogs to address two NETS standards was a good starting point. Students will constantly need the reminder in my class about what is appropriate and what is not. My hope is that eventually they will have a firm understanding of digital responsibility and citizenship. The blogs were also a good way to facilitate student learning and creativity. Students had great discussions ver their blogs about the novel we were reading in class. They will be using the blogs after the novel to create a multi genre project on their blogs.
I realized that students will do work willingly, such as blogs, if a couple things are present. First, like anything else, they want to see the relevance. It is important the students know why they are working on the blogs. I will spend a period prior to working on blogs discussing NETS-S and what the blogs will accomplish here. Second, students love the interaction with their friends in a forum that they feel comfortable with and can take ownership of. The more I can do to facilitate online interaction the better.
This course showed me new ways to use the technology. My seniors will complete a digital storytelling lesson. This lesson will be spread out over the final grading period. There will be writing pieces built into the assignment that varies from research to script writing. The digital videos will be posted on the blogs that they already keep. I also want to continue working with the wikis. They are a great way to collaborate and I want students to take advantage of this free tool.
Really, in reflecting over this course, I am most grateful for its practicality. I chose this graduate program because I knew there were tools that I could use to improve student interest and student learning. This class has been the most useful class in the course yet. The workload was extremely high, however, the payoff was just as high.
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