Information fluency was a term that I had not heard of prior to reading these different websites. Internally, I knew what it meant, but I didn’t know there was a term to describe it until now. Information fluency is the ability to find, evaluate, and use digital technology efficiently …
Information fluency, in it’s basic form, is the ability to navigate the web efectively, to be able to use search engines for specific purposes, to be able to tell the credibility of the text in questions. This article here is a great starting point for understanding digital information fluency. As …
“Draw Perspective”
I didnt realize when I took the picture the text would come out backwards but it reads: PRISON.
To those of you who don’t know, I am obsessed with hell, particularly in regard to the mental state. I’ve read a lot of things, from a lot of strange …
Online collaboration allows for the work of students to be completed across the Internet without ever meeting. The most important component is that the students will have to be somewhat self sufficient. By not meeting they will have to be able to work independently or with a little connection between …
I really enjoyed participating in an educational Twitter chat it was a great experience. At first I was a little overwhelmed because it was hard to keep up with all the new tweets coming in. But then I realized that it wasn’t an entire conversation flowing that quickly …
I think one of the most important points that is made in this article about Online Collaboration is the mention of an agreement. Having students collaborate online can be extremely helpful especially when you would like to cover other important material in class instead of dedicating it to group work. …
I wouldn’t be too surprised if you answered no to my title. Before about a week ago I had no idea what a tweet chat was. However, they are really cool! I never realized how many awesome things twitter could be used for. A tweet chat is a scheduled time …
So I went book crazy this break!
I went to the thrift store by my house over spring break, and let’s just say…I was in HEAVEN!
So many books! I grabbed as many as I could hold, and I probably will go back.
For those who are wondering, here is …
So, this actually happened last week, but during my observation at Fabius Pompey, I was actually able to sit in at a CSE meeting. Basically the meeting was for some of the staff, including principal, guidance counselor, math and english teacher, and special education advisor to sit down with a …
This video was extremely interesting and inspiring for a growing young woman. It is amazing to me to see how many young ladies out there struggle with self-esteem and body image. I know I have friends who struggled, friends who are beautiful and still think otherwise. This video, in all …
So for the past few weeks, I had the opportunity to collaboratively work on a radio show podcast with a few of my classmates, Emily Heyden, Ashley Keough and Nicole Morello. We were able to pick a topic of our choice and create this spectacular …
As a future educator, I am a strong believer in working with others to flush out ideas. It is so beneficial to work with others because you are able to build off each other’s ideas. I know in my future classroom, I will stress the importance of group work and …
While studying how to be a teacher, I’ve learned how important collaboration truly is to the growth of a classroom. Throughout my HS and MS careers, I don’t really recall doing much group work. However, collaboration does not have to end just there: group work in the classroom. You can …
As an educator, it’s important to recognize that collaboration doesn’t “just happen.” In fact, if we want it to go as effectively as possible, we need to be able to set the stage for collaboration well before we expect students to do the same. In Chapter 2, entitled “The Process …
I took part in my first Twitter chat earlier this evening. I started using Twitter about 2 years ago when it first came out. It was only really used by kids updating statuses like they did on Facebook. Essentially it was just another social network to upload pictures and share …
What an interesting experience! I just participated in an educational twitter chat about ELL’s and it couldn’t have been a more eye-opening experience! I learned so much about what some schools/teachers do with their ELL students and the ways in which their parents can become more involved as well. There …
In this day and age, online collaboration is extremely essential. No matter what, we are constantly referring to the internet to help us solve problems and share ideas. If it were not for everyone contributing to shared spaces, we would not be the advanced society we are. Whatever you need, …
Recently I, along with many of my fellow classmates, participated in an online twitter chat. The theme of the chat was education, and it was really just a gathering place where anyone on twitter who was interested in education could say something or read what others had to say.
I …
Tonight I participated in #engchat, a chat on twitter for those of us interesting is the English education. The chat was extremely interesting, there were so many people interacting and sharing ideas. I just wish I was a little more skilled at keeping up with all the different conversations. …
I had so much fun with my twitter chat! I was actually very surprised! The time absolutely FLEW by !! I learned so many things and got so many different perspectives from different people from all over! Whether it be a pre-service teacher or a 20+year teacher, everyone had awesome …
I participated in a Tweet chat at 7pm this evening with English Teachers from around the world. It was such an awesome experience and I learned so much. The main focus of the chat was authentic writing. So many teachers were asking what constitutes authentic writing and I was proud …
When I first saw the title of this article, “The process of collaboration,” I got nervous because for some reason ‘collaboration’ is one of the many words that I just can never spell correctly. Haha, but no I honestly had an idea of what it would be about, and it …
I just participated in an twitter chat, and boy was it enlightening! I had never participated in something like this. I was apprehensive at first, but I will be participating in the future. I loved that my voice was heard and that what I said was relevant to teachers in …
I just participated in an twitter chat, and boy was it enlightening! I had never participated in something like this. I was apprehensive at first, but I will be participating in the future. I loved that my voice was heard and that what I said was relevant to teachers in …
This is the conversation I had on #engchat from 7-8 p.m. It was so interesting that I lost track of time! A few of the conversations I was having became a little heated with argument, but in the end we compromised and understand what the other was trying to say. …
This is the conversation I had on #engchat from 7-8 p.m. It was so interesting that I lost track of time! A few of the conversations I was having became a little heated with argument, but in the end we compromised and understand what the other was trying to say. …
I think collaboration is such an extremely important aspect in educational systems today. The web has made all kinds of collaboration available to teachers, students, and administrators. There are so many ways in which we can use online sources to collaborate within our school or community or even outside our …
We had to make a picture that emphasized the color yellow. This is my folder for this class. I just love the way these flowers make me want to be happy.
We were asked to take a self-portrait, with our showing our face, that still identifies us. I picked …
