Final exams are winding down, so amongst the correcting, planning for Semester 2, and assisting all the staff with updating their marks/classes/info, I found a little time to write this quick note:
Updates since last time:
1. I'm starting Information Processing on Monday... Grade 10, 11, and 12 at the same time (as we mostly do, I suppose). I'm setting up a Moodle course to handle the assignments, etc. This should reduce/eliminate paperwork for handing in assignments, etc.
2. To do this, I've added my PowerPoint presentations to SlideShare (www.slideshare.net) for easy web access. The content/webpages/lessons in Moodle allow for embeddable slideshows. Quite handy. SlideShare rules! I'm going to get students to use this feature, too.
3. To prevent 'editing' others' work, students will be creating PDF files using an online PDF generator. (www.pdfonline.com)
4. Student portfolios will include:
- WIKI -- for notes and uploaded work (like online slideshows)
- BLOG -- for personal journal/reflection
...... I'm still debating whether to use Edublogs or ClassBlogMeister. Being able to view blogs before they go online (as with ClassBlogMeister) may appear "anti-Internet", but for my students, this may be necessary...
I can't wait for the whiteboards to come in!
1 comment:
I used Class Blogmeister for my grade 6 class earlier in the year and I had a hard time with it.
I think the decision will have to depend on your students, but I found that I did not have enough time in the class to review the blog postings and comments, so it had to wait until afterschool, then students couldn't comment immediately...I thought the process was quite slow.
The parents of my students couldn't comment either (I double checked all my settings) but there were still many complaints.
After learning about and setting up a bloglines account I think that I have found a happy meduim. I can set all my students up on a RSS reader and monitor from there.
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