I decided, after reading Sandy's blog post, to try to create a wiki for my classroom. She did a great job of explaining how she set up her wiki, and why she was using the tools she did. Thanks, Sandy!
I'm not sure how often my students will be required to access either the classroom wiki or their own blogs, but I think probably two times a week. I envision parents checking the class schedules occasionally - just to see if their child has a test coming up.
The Biology 11 page contains the rubric for a project the students will be doing next spring. Most students will prefer to use some web tool or another to present their information, but some will prefer to make a poster. Since not all of my students have frequent access to computers or internet I can't require a web based major project. The page also contains links to examples of student work which I have uploaded. Thanks Jared and Brendan!
I have also put a link to the PowerPoint presentation I put together for the web tools course on that page. I will be using the presentation as part of the ecology unit. I don't use PowerPoint for many lectures, but I will use the ones I have made for various MSSE courses. That way I will have a few good presentations without a lot of bad ones!
The Chemistry 11 page contains a PowerPoint presentation I made as part of the requirements for a Chem 580 course I took this summer. I will be using the presentation, as well as the lab activities this fall. This particular presentation uses two images I got from Google images. Usually I prefer to take my own pictures, but I do appreciate being able to find one quickly when I need to.
I will also be having each of my students set up a learning blog. Since most of them take more than one class from me, I will limit the number of postings they have to make for each course to one a week. The blog posts they make will be in the form of directed journals, which I hope to use in my capstone project. Last year I used journals in my math classes, and found that sometimes students needed more time that I could spare in a class period. Hopefully using a blog format will help them finish writing out their thoughts.
Cherri,
ReplyDeleteOn your Chem 11 wiki, go the help tab. There it gives detailed instructions on uploading images. Great project.
Patti
Nice work on your wiki Cherri! Best of luck with everything this year.
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking out my wiki. I had a great time setting it up and still add to almost everyday(a calendar today). Nice job on setting up the docs to link to the course outlines for your math courses. I tend to retype and I need to just link. I am interested to know how your blogs work out. I had not thought of having each student set up a blog. Please use your blog to update or a fast note on twitter. Have a great year.
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