I have attended a handful of webcasts, but prior to this assignment it had never occurred to me to host one. Who would want to tune in? Isn’t it kind of pretentious to get online and record/broadcast yourself talking? Click to continue »
Adventures in Webcasts (u05a1)
Written by Jeremy Adams on October 1st, 2009Integrating Social Networking (u04a1)
Written by Jeremy Adams on September 25th, 2009The power of online social networking to engage students and provide means for their collaboration is attractive to me as a teacher. Students who have little comfort with traditional computer applications seem to know the ins and outs of Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter with confidence and pride.
I’ve long been seeking ways to allow students to critique each others’ writing and thinking work in a more meaningful forum than traditional “peer editing.” Unfortunately, standard peer editing typically becomes “peer rubberstamping” at one extreme, or “peer rewriting” at the other.
With online social tools, however, I may have found my vehicle for meaningful peer feedback. Click to continue »
Researching and Analyzing Web2.0 Sites for the Classroom (u03a1)
Written by Jeremy Adams on September 18th, 2009Evaluating technology tools for classroom use is an important new function of the 21st Century teacher.
Each student in the EDIM 514 Internet Tools for Teaching course I’m taking created his or her own rubric for evaluating Web2.0 sites. These rubrics were combined to create a super rubric. Click here to see that rubric.
In addition to the rubric, I’m consulting three “human filters”: discussions on Classroom2.0, comments on delicious.com, and discussion with my school’s Classrooms for the Future coach. Click to continue »
CC Media Library (u02a2)
Written by Jeremy Adams on September 12th, 2009For my latest EDIM 514 Internet Tools for Teaching assignment, I bookmarked five valuable online resources. These particular entities are repostitories of media that have been made available under Creative Commons licenses.
These links are bookmarked at the following link http://delicious.com/adamswriting/EDIM514-CC.
Creative Commons (u02a1)
Written by Jeremy Adams on September 12th, 2009
adamswriting.com/learning on teaching, learning, and technology by Jeremy R. Adams is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://adamswriting.com/learning/?page_id=100.
Blogging My Results (u01a1)
Written by Jeremy Adams on September 4th, 2009The first assignment of EDIM 514 Internet Tools for Teaching requires me to set up a blog … check … and to use a social bookmarking site to chronicle the links to useful tools that I discover while studying over the next seven weeks.
Step-by-Step Classroom Management
Written by Jeremy Adams on August 3rd, 2009My vision of a well-managed classroom is one in which students are calm, relaxed, enthusiastic, and comfortable sharing and considering ideas. How does one achieve this? In my opinion, it’s as easy as following these steps.
Assessment with Addictive Tech Tools
Written by Jeremy Adams on August 3rd, 2009I have a new technology addiction. It’s not an iPhone, it’s not twitter, and it’s not facebook (although the book is not far from an addiction). It’s my favorite cadre of online tools – it’s GoogleDocs.
Hello, my name is Jeremy, and I’ve been using GoogleDocs since 2007.
Playing Games
Written by Jeremy Adams on August 1st, 2009There are many reasons why I incorporate games in my classes on a weekly basis. Students focus on the competition and enjoyment of play, students enjoy the social element of group or class games, and games break up the monotony of units that require some muddling.
Effective PBL Management (u06a1)
Written by Jeremy Adams on July 30th, 2009Pbl-online.org suggests that the following are important steps in managing a project-based-learning experience: orient, group, organize, clarify, monitor and regulate, manage, and evaluate. The site breaks down these steps here and allows you to consider a couple scenarios and suggest how to manage the project here.
Considering these steps and implementing PBL in 10th grade Core Communication Skills classes, here are the tools I would use for each.