Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Ideas and Projects including Blogs

 Today we are going to journey down the rabbit hole on my previous idea of creating blogs to use within class. I Love Love LOVE projects! (I know I'm Mad as a Hatter). To incorporate my first idea Re Cap:  Creating a blog and posting a question then having students Vlog about it on a private YouTube channel.
I want to mix the two together ,the blogging idea and projects, by creating Blogjects. I want to be an English teacher some day so of course there will be many of reading assignments but as teacher you also have to check to see if they understand the reading or are even reading the book. One of the most famous difficult reading is Scarlet Letter. Even I had trouble getting through each chapter. But my Blogject would consist of the post "I will split students within groups. Then choose modern day Common High School Groups like ones in movies and tv shows ( I will assign you a group)" . Then Students must Vlog and reenact short video version within 5:00  mins  on the private YouTube channel . Just so that they understand at least the basic story line and so they get to know their classmates better.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Blogging In The Education Wonderland

To be a Teacher most people think we are Crazy or Mad. The truth of the matter is in fact we have a different mindset or reality. Blogs can help express a Teachers ideas to students that are glued at the hips to the internet. Instead of viewing this topic as a handicapped I view it as an tool(Crazy Right?). Through blogging I would want a the student or any one to to learn that First You can feel comfortable expressing your opinions. Second It is okay to be open (Being PG rated of course) about anything in relation to the topic. This results in the Final and Third goal of learning through a blog is seeing the subject through other peoples eyes and minds. Blogging truly give meaning to the quote "walk a mile in my shoes" because you can with seeing others opinions and responses. To evaluate if you have learned anything I would choose a host site such as you tube and create a private channel where you would have to upload a video of your reposes to the subject within discussion answering certain questions given to you, the student by me, the teacher.