Internet as a tool for communications

This activity was used to show how we can use the internet to communicate with others. The school in Virgina communicated with a school in Missouri. The students collected pictures of spiders from the area and then put the pictures on the computer and sent them to the school with a little description attached. Very interesting to see grade school students using the internet to connect with other students they have never seen.

fourth blog

The objective of this was to learn new information through the internet. The teacher wants the children to be able to answer questions in any way they can. What are the reasons for the seasons? The teacher questions the students. At the end she reflects on the students and she finally rates what the students had learned in the activity. This teacher does a real good job of specifically telling the students what they are doing. She leaves very small room for confusion. She does a good job of incorporating every student.

Interview video

I liked how the teacher used all the technology she had. The smart board, Microsoft word, digital camera, photo shop. The teacher did a very good job at teaching professionalism and ways to work in a professional manner.

Broadcasting

This was pretty cool I did this while I was in school but not until my senior year of high school when a group of us had to make a commercial for a company. It was interesting though because the students weren't very old and they probably knew more than I did about the technology. I thought it was very cool how it was peer to peer teaching. This tells me that the teacher might have done a great job with the first group that the students were able to teach other students. It also seemed that the students had the right equipment for what they wanted to accomplish.

THE POOR SCHOLAR'S SOLILOQUY

He is kid who has a lot of "street smarts." He doesn't write well which could perceive him to be slower. It sounds like he thinks outside the box. When he was talking about measuring the width of road, he wanted to know all details of the problem. He was thinking abstractly. He wants to learn the things that are relevant in his life not what is relevant in others.