So Far So Good

So I'm really enjoying the class. I am learning about so many different tools that are a piece of cake to bring into the classroom. I've actually already used two of the tools myself, one in a lesson with a fourth grade, and another I used to do a presentation for another class.

I used Wordle with a fourth grade class after we completed a language arts lesson. I had the students basically create their own Mad Libs. When they finished creating their own Mad Lib, they switched with a partner to fill out their Mad Lib. When everyone finished writing, filling out, and then sharing their Mad Libs, I called them over one by one to write in the Wordle text box about one thing they liked about the lesson. When everyone submitted a response, I clicked 'OK' and printed out our word cloud. I projected it on the screen and we talked a little about the words that were bigger/smaller. It was really cool to see this actually implemented in the classroom.

I used Glogster to create a poster for my Ethics of School Law presentation on a famous court case. We could use some sort of visual to help us with our presentation. I didn't want to go the old PowerPoint route, especially since I had just learned about Glogster, so I decided to make a glog about my New Jersey v. TLO court case I had researched. It was really cool, and the rest of the class was really curious about how to make the presentation I had made. I found it rather humorous that instead of asking me questions about the court case, they were asking me questions about the technology. Many of the students in my Ethics class are current teachers, so hopefully I gave them an idea to use in their classroom. :D