Wikis

Well, as usual, everyone in this class has come up with tremendous plans and ideas of how they will use wikis in their classrooms! And, as usual, this all really makes me wish that I had chosen to be a classroom teacher so that I could implement everything that we have learned in this class so far. Or maybe I would like to be a student again in a classroom that used wikis? I won't use wikis in my classes, I may change my mind as I have some time to reflect on other people's ideas. I think that they need to be monitored frequently and I don't see that as something that would work well for us. As I have said, I could see them working across our district as a way to brainstorm and communicate amongst the Phys Ed staff.

The Continuing Google Site Adventure

Google Docs, Google Sites....the two areas I want to do the most work in and think will benefit my teaching the most....and I can't seem to be able to do either with any degree of success. They would allow me to teach with no paper and pencils and to allow my students to explore and share more information about any topics that were related to class (or not related to class for that matter). Last week's class time was great to get a good start on Google Sites and I really appreciate the time and help that we were able to receive from Steve and Connie. Maybe I need a remedial Google tutoring class, above and beyond the dozens of website tutorials? I haven't given up yet. I continue to enjoy the RSS feeds the most of any of our previous topics, they are easy and I am the most informed Red Sox/Celtic fan in the universe!

Google Sites

I am so glad that we will have class time tomorrow to get some hep with Google Sites (and I hope Google Docs!). So far, these are the two areas that I have looked forward to learning about and looked forward to using professionally. Yet I am stuck. I can usually figure things out pretty well but I look forward to some guidance Tuesday night. I think that Google Sites is the perfect tool to bring technology into the Phys Ed classroom. We don't have a lot of ways to do that in our small time frame and in such a hands-on environment.

Google Docs

Here I am at the part of this class that I was most looking forward to ... and I am finding myself a bit overwhelmed by all of the information so far. I know that really getting into the work and doing some more hands on stuff will be good, I 'm really looking forward to it, but I'm stuck. I keep trying to remember Rick Romanow's demonstration ...it was great, but I keep reminding myself that he also was overwhelmed at first and look how fantastic he does now! So, I'm going to try to play/work in Google Docs some more and hope that I will figure it out.
I have a lot of hopes to use Google Docs for tests, quizes, and other boring record keeping work. I can also invision introducing new activities with documents that kids could use to read more info, watch videos, and write comments or answer and ask questions. I would also like to do their assessments in Google Docs ...I think that they could produce some better things that me!

Delicous

So ....even though I can't clearly see how Delicious would fit into my teaching right now, I am open to it being a tool that I could use if I do eventually get my students in a classroom setting. I have stated that I don't like the idea of sharing my favorite sites with others, but duh...I could keep my lists separate. I don't have to share everything, what I use with kids can be public and my things can stay private. I'd love to have them search for relevant sites, I'd guess that their searches would be more efficient than mine. I've never done anything like this with a class and I would be very interested in the dynamics of it.