In the first interview with Kathy Cassidy she tells Dr. Strange that on the very first day of school a letter is sent out to parents discussing student involvement with technology and internet. Students being on the internet always brings about concerns but there are limitations that can be put in place. She also teaches her students to protect their identities by not using last name or personal pictures. She also talks about why students like blogging over pencil/paper type work. She points out that students would rather do work and publish it to a blog for the world to see rather than just for their teacher. Cassidy also mentions that her class skypes with other students and experts around the world to gain valuable information.
Cassidy suggests in her second interview to start using technology that interests you. She also discusses developing her PLN with twitter. When people first think about twitter they think of people tweeting about random things. While some may only tweet about what they ate today or who they think is cute, twitter has the potential to educate others. People are able to tweet links to articles or pages that can be extremely helpful. I definitely would like to teach my students to utilize twitter for educational purposes.
Interviews:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
I really like the idea of teaching students to use twitter for useful information. As a high school teacher, my students will be using twitter regardless of whether I teach them how to use it smarter. While they will still probably tweet what they ate for lunch, they are more likely to search a hash tag related to what we're working on in class if I educate them on using Twitter for education.Of course the problem would be getting access to Twitter through school internet. You would probably have to create a slideshow with screenshots of how to use Twitter and some educational examples as opposed to being able to just log on and demonstrate.
ReplyDelete"Write a post in which you discuss Ms. Cassidy’s approach to the use of technology in the classroom. Comment on which of her techniques you might use in your classroom, the impediments you might encounter and how you would address them. Discuss also the beneļ¬ts you might anticipate by using Ms. Cassidy’s approaches."
ReplyDeleteYou only mentioned in one sentence that you would like to use Twitter. I would have liked to see you go more in-depth and answer some of the points the driving questions above raised. What impediments and benefits would you expect to encounter by using Twitter in your classroom?