This week our assignment was to explore the amazing world of Youtube. This is one Web 2.0 tool I am very familiar with. I use it all the time in class, learn how to fix anything, and finally endure countless hours of hot wheel cars youtube videos with my three year old grandson who is obsessed with anything that has wheels.
As I search youtube about Twitter and Twitter tools I found a wealth of videos explaining every possible way to use Twitter. I found different ways to use it in the educational setting as well as personally. Twitter is a way to get information out to others in short 140 character responses. You are to use a hash tag and then a few words that tell what you response was about. When people add to the same subject their posts will be added in the same category as your previous post. This allows people to have a bigger group of ideas and information on the same topic. Twitter can be used as a teaching tool and a way to quickly communicate to parents. Student can also check for missed work because the tweets are kept in a timeline order.The search provided me with a huge number of articles and videos of different tweeting tools that a person can use. One article told about 93 different tools to use with twitter.
When I searched videos on teaching and learning technologies, I watched a video telling teachers the 8 tips to handling new technology in classrooms.
1. Make small changes at a time.
2. Look to unexpected sources as they can come from anywhere. Keep your eyes and mind open.
3. Have a willingness to accept failure.
4. No technology will be adopted unless it solves a problem.
5. Remember to look at problems in a different way.
6. Consider risks openly.
7. Create innovation labs or event/places to increase innovation-.
8. Create a culture of innovation.
I also saw a great video on blending learning with technology. It stated there were many ways to learn. First the basic face to face instruction using simple technology. This aids with collaboration as well as independent learning. When technology is used student learning increased in both Math and ELA. Using Technology responsibly teaches skills to succeed, collaboration, creativity , and Divergent thinking.
I have used Youtube to find short colorful videos to help in my ELA and Social Studies. I have used videos about different parts of speech, Texas history,and writing skills. /Youtube has become my friend this school year as this is the first year I have taught 4th grade.
Finally, I researched different ways to make a playlist. When I went to youtube and added the word playlist I was taken to different sites and video to show how to create a playlist of your choice. Youtube/playlist was a site that spotlighted a channel for daily go- to news, trends, music and culture.
Others provided videos of how to save your music playlist to your computer, or android phone. I have to admit I am probably the last person on earth that does not have a music playlist and now I feel I can create one on my phone.
This course has been amazing!! I am learning things that I can implement in my classroom right now and my students are loving the new technology available to them.
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