Hi Everyone,
I wish I were sitting with all of you while exploring on my own. It took me several times to learn how to do the Wordle and then I had fun. I will use it with my grandchildren to create Father's Day cards. I also think Allyson will like using it after we read a book to help her document her summer reading with Gramma. I can use this in math class with different math concepts. I will also use it the first week of school to have the children tell what they did during the summer (how lame!) and to also have them tell about themselves. It can be used to review summer reading.
While viewing the 14 minute video, I found it was very blurry. Was I doing something wrong or was that the way it was supposed to be?
OK so I've spent all morning having so much fun and completing the tasks, that I am ready to move on to Task 3!
Mary and Jaclyn- you both are so inspiring!

Susan Geraghty- Summer Computer Course-Task 1

Spend at least one hour looking at the materials highlighted in this assignment.--document it.
1. Watched YouTube video Did You Know?
2. Read Google entries on What is Web 2.0
3. Read about Bloom’s Taxonomy
4. Read 21st century skills and all tabs on left-hand side of page

Check out at least 5 educational bloggers and try to pick at least 3 to add to your blog roll.
Read many and saved 5 to my Diigo site.

Join a Ning
I joined Independent School Educators Network.

Questions:

1. Web 2.0 refers to the 2nd generation of the web. It is an application that includes Blogs, Wikis, and social networking where information about just about everything can be shared among many educators. It is interactive. People can post ideas and receive comments. It is the social, collaborative, interactive and responsive web.
2. 21st century learners:
A. They live outside the classroom.
B. They learn from working collaboratively with others representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles.
C. They focus on critical thinking.
D. They live technology.
3. 21st century skills: I like “A” and copied it from the 21st site.
A. The core subjects (English, reading, language arts; foreign languages; arts; mathematics; economics; science; geography; history; and government and civics) are the keystone of the 21st century skills framework. The Partnership believes that a 21st century education must be founded on the solid ground of content knowledge. But content knowledge doesn’t mean storing up a pile of facts.
B. Critical thinking skills
C. Communication skills: Being able to expressing thoughts clearly
All the skills are important.
4. Read the article!
A. Are you assessing 21st century skills? Sometimes
B. What has worked well for you in this area? When problem solving in math, having the children write out how they got the answer.

First Day

Wow! I have so much to learn.