Technology
Modality increases engagement.
Blog
Classroom blogs offer a place where students and teachers can reflect and share ideas.
Mr. Kuropatwa's Pre-Calc blog is an excellent example of a place where students can explore resources and reflect on their learning.
Classroom blogs offer a place where students and teachers can reflect and share ideas.
Mr. Kuropatwa's Pre-Calc blog is an excellent example of a place where students can explore resources and reflect on their learning.
Wikibooks
Help students learn to interact as a community and build an artifact that shares their ideas with others. Consider building a wikibook as a class to help students take ownership of their learning.
Help students learn to interact as a community and build an artifact that shares their ideas with others. Consider building a wikibook as a class to help students take ownership of their learning.
Podcasting
Allow students to create their own literacy artifact. With a podcast, students evaluate their own work and set their own goals. This is excellent for students who may not have a voice in class or students who have trouble writing.
Allow students to create their own literacy artifact. With a podcast, students evaluate their own work and set their own goals. This is excellent for students who may not have a voice in class or students who have trouble writing.
Sources
Kajder, S. B. (2007). Unleashing potential with Emerging Technologies. In Beers, K., Probst, R. E., & Rief, L. (Eds.), Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice (pp. 213-229). Portsmouth: Heinmann.
Kajder, S. B. (2007). Unleashing potential with Emerging Technologies. In Beers, K., Probst, R. E., & Rief, L. (Eds.), Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice (pp. 213-229). Portsmouth: Heinmann.