The articles that I read for class were very interesting, and got me thinking about the role that technology has in education today. In the Kajder and Bull article about Blogs, I learned more about what a 'Blog" is, and what it can be used for in the classroom. Before reading or hearing anything about blogs, I thought that they were simply used as online soap boxes for bitter twenty-something college students. I now realize the impat that blogs can, and are having on literacy education. Students, espically those with reading difficulities, can benefit from using blogs to record their feelings and reactions to class readings. By using a blog, they are able to receive immediate feedback from their peers, as well as gain an immediate feeling of accomplishment. Blogs give students the chnace to discuss and review class readings in a new, and exciting way.
After reading this article, I now have a better idea of how I could use blogs with my future students. Currently, I work with 4-5 year-olds, so blogging might not work as well with this age group, but during this course, I will be looking for new ways to integrate technology that will be age appropriate, educational, and fun for my Pre-K students.
I also found the McKenzie article to be very interesting. I have never had to select software for a classroom, but after reading this article, I feel more confident for when I do have the opportunity to. I found the 'Intelligence" checklist to be a useful and clear tool for choosing software. I believe that it is important that software is chosen based on the Multiple Intelligences because they play such a huge role in curriculum and lessons as it is.
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Very interesting insights on Blogs already shared. Maybe with the younger students - you could keep a blog of daily activities that could then be shared by the students with their parents at home. Communication is huge and maybe a blog is a mechanism that for some would work well.
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