Whew! It got late too fast...
At last I've finished my final project and it's time to reflect. I ended up creating two lesson plans and a training for Diigo.
My first lesson plan is on the Columbian Exchange and students will use Voicethread to answer questions about the Columbian Exchange in their Social Studies Class. I have been and will continue to work with our Social Studies teacher on this project. This is the part I like the best about my job, when I can work with a teacher and build a great lesson! We are a bit frightened as this is the first official Voicethread project ever at our school. I'm also a bit nervous about our bandwidth, but either way, we'll learn from at and have challenges to overcome.
The second lesson addresses my frustration of not having a good lesson to teach students about Google Docs. Our 7th and 8th graders all have school gmail accounts and I really want them to use this wonderful tool. My hope is they'll use it in all of their classes at our school and beyond. The lesson has them collaborate writing a poem online.
I've never taken education classes, so I'm hoping I've done my lesson plans the "right way". That's one of the reasons I enrolled in the program. I've got some "street smarts" from being a tech coordinator for nine years, but I have a lot to learn still.
My final piece of the project is creating a lesson plan for an hour long Diigo presentation during a staff development day on March 21st that I've volunteered to do. I'm just learning about Diigo, but preparing a lesson drops you right into it! At the very least, I'd like to be able to share exciting discoveries I make on the web with some of my colleagues who get into a neat website as much as I do.
Thanks to Holly and the class for a great experience!
Marty
To give some strength to your staff presentation with Diigo, it would be cool if there was a way that staff could access your Diigo account or an account created for your school. You could then point teachers to this Diigo resource whenever they are looking for a specific site or web-based content.
ReplyDeleteI did some digging and Diigo claims to have two tools that will 1.) Send to Blog or 2.) Auto Blog Post your entries. Here's my thinking: you create a blog for your school (we now know how to do this), link your Diigo account to this blog, and your in business! It sounds good, but I haven't tried it yet.
What do you think?