Sorry for the delay in this post. The past week has been very stressful as I was attending family functions and calling hours/funeral for my grandma. Anyway, hopefully I will be getting back on track now.
I have learned that there are a lot of resources on the Internet that are both very helpful and a waste of time. It has been quite time consuming weeding through the various resources that could be used in the classroom. I have also learned that teachers in my area are more than willing to collaborate and share what resources they have. I am still working on organizing the resources that I have collected.
I am not going to be setting any new goals for myself at this time, although once I have been placed in a classroom full time I am sure that I will take a new look at the NETS-T standards and decide the best route I should take. I am going to continue collecting resources and organize the resources that I do have.
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Amber,
ReplyDeleteMy prayers are with you concerning your grandmother. I also understand how frustrating it could be looking for a job during this tough time. It is also hard to make new goals when you do not know exactly what subject and grade you will be teaching. Good luck.
Amber,
ReplyDeleteSorry for your loss. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you and your classroom placement. Please keep me in mind since I teach grades K-5th. If you happen to get any of those grades, let me know and I can share what I have done with that grade level. Good Luck.
Amber,
ReplyDeleteI am not sure how much help this may be to you at this point, but perhaps these idea may come in handy in the future. You mentioned that you encountered many websites that were both useful and a waste of time. If I may ask, how did you go about searching for your resources? Did you use a search engine such as Google or did you reference resources that you have read about in the past?
I ask this because one great way to access resources that other teachers have found useful is to use the search feature in a social bookmarking site like Diigo or Delicious. When teachers post information or links to these bookmarking sites they will often write summaries of what they found useful or interesting, thus, cutting out the guesswork for other teachers. A lot of the time, “tags” are used to organize webpages according to their contents, main subjects, uses, etc. If you have time, take a look at my “Technology in Action Learning Tools” wiki (http://technology-in-action-learning-tools.wikispaces.com/). If you scroll to the bottom of the wiki. The video created by commoncraft, “Social Bookmarking in Plain English,” uses the website Delicious (http://delicious.com/) as its example throughout the clip, but Diigo has many of the capabilities and some different ones too.
It is great to hear that you are finding teachers who are willing to collaborate with you as you continue to research and investigate new learning/teaching tools of technology. Are the people you are talking to in your teaching community or people you have had conversations with at conventions or through blogs?
Thank you!
Courtney