SO - each morning - and a few times during the day - I have been tweeting - well mostly re-tweeting - but reading lots of education material. I feel quite a bit more 'in the know' of what is happening outside of my little village in the woods by the sea.... That's a step in the right direction... a little unnerving having the new tweeting sound coming from my phone, however. Settings issue, right?
I have started a free online class with Powerful Learning Practice - Do it Yourself - Web 2.0 Tools Course. I am hoping the daily lessons for 2 weeks move me forward in my tech practices. Tentative is the word I am using to describe how I am feeling regarding Twitter and blogging at this point. Today I am on the lookout for blogs that are relevant. Such an adventure!
Middle School - an Odyssey of it's own...
Washington State History, Language Arts, Middle School, integrated Technology, Outdoor education, and photography. Twitter and blogging journey...
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Getting started...
How will I use what I have learned in the last 2 days to help me be a better educator for my 8th grade students? Twitter? Blogs? Access to SOOOOO much more information....Is it worth it? If "Knowledge is Power" is this profound access to so much information - REALLY better? I think it is...I think it is... I think it is!
Is this what my students feel like when they get new information in class? And the every present question that I started today's blog with: How WILL I use this? My sense is that I have limited my networking efforts in the past years and it is time to open my eyes and mind to what is out there and how to best utilize, in a balanced way, technology.
Last question - if outdoor education is a passion, and so is using technology as a tool for learning, how does one integrate/find balance with those two very diverse topics?
Is this what my students feel like when they get new information in class? And the every present question that I started today's blog with: How WILL I use this? My sense is that I have limited my networking efforts in the past years and it is time to open my eyes and mind to what is out there and how to best utilize, in a balanced way, technology.
Last question - if outdoor education is a passion, and so is using technology as a tool for learning, how does one integrate/find balance with those two very diverse topics?
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