Blog/Reading Questions Due:
• What are some ways that you can create authentic collaborative projects in your current/future classroom? Please provide specific examples.
It is important to be able to collaborate to create effective communicators, to become socially and culturally aware, take responsibility for their role, able to delegate and share responsibility when appropriate, and to be flexible per Leading 21st Century Schools (pg. 49). Some great ways to create authentic collaborative projects in future classrooms is through the use of wikis, blogs, podcasts, google docs, educational bookmarks, photo sharing, digital pictures/video editing, and surveys, modeling, graphing tools, voice threads, mashups, and nings also per Leading 21st Century Schools (pg. 46-59). Out of all these I really feel that google docs is the best way to collaborate. We have been using it in our classrooms now and I love how easy, yet advanced the technology is. I like how students can work and view a project all at the same time, as well as making changes to it. I also have mixed feeling about making students create things such as blogs in order to connect with each other to collaborate on projects. I do not like ways that are so public. Although it may be a great source especially if monitored, it still puts a lot of information out to the public.
Schrum, L., Levin, B. (2009). Leading 21st Century Schools: Harnessing Technology for Engagement and Achievement. Thousand Oak, California, Corwin A SAGE Company.
Your concern about having students post information/projects on the web in a public space is a valid one. However, if students do not post identifying information (i.e., name, address, etc.) and use "code names" or other usernames, then they could still post content on the web without being identified.
ReplyDeleteJust a few minor issues with your citations and reference. You only need to include a page number if you are directly quoting (and then you would also use quotation marks). You also need to include the author(s) and year of pub... so your citation should be (Scrhum & Levin, 2009) - this typically goes at the end of the sentence. If you are directly quoting - add page number - (Schrum & Levin, 2009, p.49).
For your reference - make sure you italicize the book title.