Reading
Wow! That's my response to what I've read so far. It's amazing how much there is out there. I can see my students absolutely LOVING some of the activities and ideas mentioned in chapter one. Chapter 4 also gives me new ideas about how I could use blogging in my classrooms. What a motivation for the students. My students would be fighting to write their reader's response journals if I put them in a blogging format.
I cannot wait to find out more and get more ideas about how to use the Internet and weblogs in the classroom - and how to make it work! I love the fact that there are so many websites that we can use directly in the book. I am so excited to explore these sites and use them in my room right away!
However, the problem I see coming up is computer access. As much as I would love to have each of my students posting their writing and using websites, emails or weblogs to discuss literature and/or edit/revise work, I can see it becoming a long and drawn-out process for each student to be able to access the computers. I have 2 student computers in my classroom right now. I am on a list to receive a third, but that hasn't happened yet. In an ideal world, each of the students would have access to their own email account and we would be using all of these fabulous ideas and communicating around the world. However, with such limited computer access, how can I manage that in the classroom? I have used a rotating schedule that allows all students access to the computer, but that rotation takes so long to get around that there's so much time between their entries that I cannot see it continue to be as motivating and beneficial. Any ideas for how to make that work?? Looking forward to hearing from you...
-Kelli
I cannot wait to find out more and get more ideas about how to use the Internet and weblogs in the classroom - and how to make it work! I love the fact that there are so many websites that we can use directly in the book. I am so excited to explore these sites and use them in my room right away!
However, the problem I see coming up is computer access. As much as I would love to have each of my students posting their writing and using websites, emails or weblogs to discuss literature and/or edit/revise work, I can see it becoming a long and drawn-out process for each student to be able to access the computers. I have 2 student computers in my classroom right now. I am on a list to receive a third, but that hasn't happened yet. In an ideal world, each of the students would have access to their own email account and we would be using all of these fabulous ideas and communicating around the world. However, with such limited computer access, how can I manage that in the classroom? I have used a rotating schedule that allows all students access to the computer, but that rotation takes so long to get around that there's so much time between their entries that I cannot see it continue to be as motivating and beneficial. Any ideas for how to make that work?? Looking forward to hearing from you...
-Kelli
posted by Kelli at
5:16 PM
2 Comments:
Kelli,
That's exactly the issue I am having but I only have my computer that is on my desk. My suggestion to you and one that I will be following myself is to apply for grants to get your room more computers. There are a ton out there and I'm sure someone in your building or someone at the BOE office can help you out.
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Betty, at 8:10 AM
HI,
Betty's one on the desk is way too limited. But I think that 3 student computers in a classroom is feasible if connected to the Internet. I like your idea of rotation. YOu might vary it by having groups work rotate through on a more extensive project.I wonder what other ideas are for capitalizing on a 3 computer classroom?
By
Professor Blog, at 8:25 AM
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