I just wanted to take a moment and thank all of my classmates and Rena for all of the wonderful tools and insights that you have made available during this class. What valuable resources!!
I hope that you all have a safe and blessed Thanksgiving filled with family time and making memories!
Time to move forward into an area I know a little more about - MUSIC!!!!
Take care!!
Kathy (kc88keyz)
Sunday, November 22, 2009
BP08c_20091108_Peer response post
BP11_20091115_Web2.0Tools
Screenshot of Web Poster Wizard by Hardy Reeves
Altec. (2000-2009). Web Poster Wizard. Copyright Altec at the University of Kansas. Retrieved November 10, 2009 from http://wizard.4teachers.org
This tool is very cool. I have been to http://wizard.4teachers.org/ before, but for their other free products, such as: rubistar, a rubric maker, Assign-A-Day, post your own online class calendar, and Casa notes-take home notes in English and Spanish. When I went searching for Web 2.0 tools today, I found Web Poster Wizard, an online poster making program.
There are several items of interest for this site. First, they say it is to make a very simple webpage in minutes, which it does. Teachers are able to create classes of students and then create worksheets and assignments for them to complete, a very simple Course Management System, but it doesn't stop there. Students are able to access a student site and either work on the assignments or create an online poster. This feature, the online poster, is what really got me excited.
We use teacher generated posters to learn material and then I have students generate posters as a group for review practices and checking for content mastery. What this site does is allow students to work as a group and collaborate on a poster that they will present online. Students login and add titles, paragraphs of information, pictures (and they must cite where they got the picture from), and urls for sites they would like other students to visit. This just made a poster activity in the classroom something that all students with an internet connection at home, are able to access and study there instead of just in the classroom.
For my class, we are wrapping up a unit in science on Physical/Chemical Reactions, Physical/Chemical Properties, etc. I already know that they will be working together with a partner to create an online poster to present to the class to review the concepts from this unit.
Posted by HardyReeves at 3:17 PM
1 comments:
kc88keyz said...
Hardy,
This tool looks very interesting and something that I might be able to adapt that I could also give my students as enrichment opportunities from my website just to get them using different media assets and building and developing their skill sets. Thanks for sharing :D
Kathy
November 22, 2009 1:22 PM
Screenshot of Web Poster Wizard by Hardy Reeves
Altec. (2000-2009). Web Poster Wizard. Copyright Altec at the University of Kansas. Retrieved November 10, 2009 from http://wizard.4teachers.org
This tool is very cool. I have been to http://wizard.4teachers.org/ before, but for their other free products, such as: rubistar, a rubric maker, Assign-A-Day, post your own online class calendar, and Casa notes-take home notes in English and Spanish. When I went searching for Web 2.0 tools today, I found Web Poster Wizard, an online poster making program.
There are several items of interest for this site. First, they say it is to make a very simple webpage in minutes, which it does. Teachers are able to create classes of students and then create worksheets and assignments for them to complete, a very simple Course Management System, but it doesn't stop there. Students are able to access a student site and either work on the assignments or create an online poster. This feature, the online poster, is what really got me excited.
We use teacher generated posters to learn material and then I have students generate posters as a group for review practices and checking for content mastery. What this site does is allow students to work as a group and collaborate on a poster that they will present online. Students login and add titles, paragraphs of information, pictures (and they must cite where they got the picture from), and urls for sites they would like other students to visit. This just made a poster activity in the classroom something that all students with an internet connection at home, are able to access and study there instead of just in the classroom.
For my class, we are wrapping up a unit in science on Physical/Chemical Reactions, Physical/Chemical Properties, etc. I already know that they will be working together with a partner to create an online poster to present to the class to review the concepts from this unit.
Posted by HardyReeves at 3:17 PM
1 comments:
kc88keyz said...
Hardy,
This tool looks very interesting and something that I might be able to adapt that I could also give my students as enrichment opportunities from my website just to get them using different media assets and building and developing their skill sets. Thanks for sharing :D
Kathy
November 22, 2009 1:22 PM
BP08b_20091108_Web Tool #3
www.doink.com
DoInk.com provides a tool for creating and sharing animations and I thought my students might enjoy seeing them in various media assets as well as having the chance to create their own and share with others, maybe to add to a song they have created or a sound story. Being in a fine arts magnet school, we enjoy the artwork of our students among their many other talents and I think this would be another way of them being able to express themselves and still use it with a musical connection.
We will be doing some work with nursery rhymes, tall tales, and folk tales and folk songs in the New Year and I could see ways to pull this tool into that aspect of the lesson plans. I also am preparing lyric pages for the students to see and I think it would be fun to add some of these created characters to that.
My biggest challenge as far as providing opportunities for the students to create is that I only have one teacher station and it is connected to my Yamaha keyboard lab. I have a projector and laptop on a cart and also an interactive pad so I think we will try working with that and see how it comes out. While we do have a dedicated computer lab in our school, that instructor works off the same student splits and schedules that we do, so when I would have a class that I might want to take into the lab to use the student stations, she would ALSO have a class.
There are a lot of possibilities and I will post how things have turned out. At the moment we are preparing for Christmas shows and we also do parent share shows in January that need to be ready before the students go home for Christmas break so it will be January before I can really put some of these tools into real motion. Just realizing how enriched my tool box is becoming as a result of this class is a joy!! :D
BP08a_20091108_Web 2.0 Tool #2
www.quizlet.com
Quizlet is a tool that can be used to create flashcards that can be used for group study and review, to introduce new material through games of matching that are timed. There is a learning mode that will keep track of scores and a test mode that allows for different question and answer formats. I see a lot of valuable uses for this tool for the six different grade levels of music classes as well as my before and after school groups. I am in the process of creating my own sets to try out for next week’s lessons using some basic music fundamentals, and also some questions related to the recorder and piano. I will update this blog and let you know how it comes out. Stop by Quizlet.com and check out all of the sets that are already available.
Adding the element of film to my instruction will be a positive for my students of all ages. This is something new and presenting the information to them in a way that really connects to what they are used to doing, not only at home, but in their own respective classrooms. I love sharing new things that I am learning with them because it really draws them in and builds a rapport that was not there before. They are excited to see the different ways that we are going to be using technology.
I am hoping to create some games to add another level of fun. I know it seems like I say that a lot, but that is one of my main goals – I want my students to enjoy learning and the more ideas I can come up with to present the content we are focusing on to try and reach everyone involved, the more exciting it becomes. I will update this blog and let you know how it comes out.
Stop by Quizlet.com and check out all of the sets that are already available.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
BP13_20091115_Peer response 3
A web burglar introduces you to a new Web 2.0 website.
Posted by HardyReeves at 7:26 AM
Labels: web 2.0 classroom education
4 comments:
ETC - Orr_Toni_Blog said...
Hardy, Great video and sounds like a great site. Will have to check it out. Tried to post from the link you set and it would not let me. I can post only if I go on Blogger through Safari not Firefox. Any clue?
November 15, 2009 2:31 PM
McKinley_Megan said...
Hardy, this video is awesome! Someday you will have to teach me how to do all of this really cool things that you do with iMovie. This site sounded awesome and your delivery of it was awesome. My only suggestions were that it was hard to catch the name of the site because you were whispering and your mouth was cut off for a lot of the video. Other than that I loved it!!!! Such an inventive way to get people excited about your web 2.0 tool. I am definitely going to check out this site and I love that it also has links to other great sites, like rubistar, which is already a favorite of mine. Good job!
November 15, 2009 4:00 PM
Sergeant Sixpack said...
hey, hardy...i like the ski mask...or...motion-capture suit...or whatever that was. funny approach. i'll check out the link. by the way, i used your blog posts as an example to fix mine. they were all jimmy-jacked. hope all's well. PEACE!!
November 15, 2009 6:40 PM
kc88keyz said...
Hardy,
I LOVE the video!! Very creative and I am anxious to check out this new site that you are talking about :D
Thanks for catching my attention!
Kathy
November 15, 2009 9:43 PM
Posted by HardyReeves at 7:26 AM
Labels: web 2.0 classroom education
4 comments:
ETC - Orr_Toni_Blog said...
Hardy, Great video and sounds like a great site. Will have to check it out. Tried to post from the link you set and it would not let me. I can post only if I go on Blogger through Safari not Firefox. Any clue?
November 15, 2009 2:31 PM
McKinley_Megan said...
Hardy, this video is awesome! Someday you will have to teach me how to do all of this really cool things that you do with iMovie. This site sounded awesome and your delivery of it was awesome. My only suggestions were that it was hard to catch the name of the site because you were whispering and your mouth was cut off for a lot of the video. Other than that I loved it!!!! Such an inventive way to get people excited about your web 2.0 tool. I am definitely going to check out this site and I love that it also has links to other great sites, like rubistar, which is already a favorite of mine. Good job!
November 15, 2009 4:00 PM
Sergeant Sixpack said...
hey, hardy...i like the ski mask...or...motion-capture suit...or whatever that was. funny approach. i'll check out the link. by the way, i used your blog posts as an example to fix mine. they were all jimmy-jacked. hope all's well. PEACE!!
November 15, 2009 6:40 PM
kc88keyz said...
Hardy,
I LOVE the video!! Very creative and I am anxious to check out this new site that you are talking about :D
Thanks for catching my attention!
Kathy
November 15, 2009 9:43 PM
BP12_20091115_Peer response 2
I have NO idea why I have not used this before! Itunes U is going to be the next Web 2.0 tool that I use in my classroom. Itunes U is a collection of podcasts ranging from video lectures to interviews and includes many different categories. I have always known about podcasts, but just never really thought about how to incorporate it into my classroom. Probably because my district blocks itunes. As I was looking through itunes U, I came across a great podcast that talks about the history of Jazz. I am a huge Jazz lover! I came across a great podcast talking about jazz pianist Bill Evans, his influence, and how he lead the way for future jazz pianists in the 1960’s and 1970’s. As I was listening to the podcast, all I could think about was how this was a goldmine.
In my classroom, I like to teach my students how specific genres came about. For instance, every year I l like to teach my students the history of Hip-Hop. I would like to stretch myself even more and begin teaching students about the history of Jazz. This history of Jazz collection would be a great tool for students to use to learn more about this particular genre.
It would be great to use one of these podcasts for a quiz. I would require the students listen to a particular podcast through the week. After they have the week to listen and absorb, I would give a quiz at the end of the week. This quiz would have questions that the students could answer only by listening to the 12 minute podcast. This a great way for students to learn what a powerful tool itunes U can be. And the next best thing about itunes U is that the podcasts are free. All students can access it and it doesn’t cost a dime!
POSTED BY XAVIER AT 6:27 PM
1 COMMENTS:
kc88keyz said...
I totally agree about iTunes U which I just recently discovered - what a wonderful resource and strangely something that I think I can use without having to go way out of the way around the district roadblocks! Thanks for your insights! Hope things are going well for you!
Kathy
NOVEMBER 15, 2009 9:03 PM
In my classroom, I like to teach my students how specific genres came about. For instance, every year I l like to teach my students the history of Hip-Hop. I would like to stretch myself even more and begin teaching students about the history of Jazz. This history of Jazz collection would be a great tool for students to use to learn more about this particular genre.
It would be great to use one of these podcasts for a quiz. I would require the students listen to a particular podcast through the week. After they have the week to listen and absorb, I would give a quiz at the end of the week. This quiz would have questions that the students could answer only by listening to the 12 minute podcast. This a great way for students to learn what a powerful tool itunes U can be. And the next best thing about itunes U is that the podcasts are free. All students can access it and it doesn’t cost a dime!
POSTED BY XAVIER AT 6:27 PM
1 COMMENTS:
kc88keyz said...
I totally agree about iTunes U which I just recently discovered - what a wonderful resource and strangely something that I think I can use without having to go way out of the way around the district roadblocks! Thanks for your insights! Hope things are going well for you!
Kathy
NOVEMBER 15, 2009 9:03 PM
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