Things you could use a blog for, in regards to teaching, is parent/teacher communication. It's always nice to know what is going on in your child's day and children, especially the young ones like my 4yr old preschooler, aren't always the best at describing what's going on.
It could be especially helpful to parents who might just need a quick refresher on subject material as their children get older.
In the blog you could place a spot with information and weblinks that would help the parent to better understand what is going on, so they could in turn be a better tutor to their child.
Also it would be a great place to set up a reminder section for school events coming up.
You could also have a place just for the students that gives clear instructions on homework and homework due date reminders.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Thing #2
I chose to use my real name in this blog. I feel like although this is public, that it is mainly for APSU students and teachers. Since I use my real name in all my online classes, I don't view this as any reason to have a different name.
Creating the avatar was a painful experience. No, actually creating the avatar was fun, but getting it into the blog was the painful part. I like that you can add things to personalize yourself a little more. I added a baby in mine because I just had a new baby girl last semester. The background I picked is also part of my personality. I enjoy being at home and you'll usually find me holding my sweet baby girl.
Now about the putting the avatar into the blog part. That proved difficult for me. I got it exported, but couldn't figure out how to put it in the blog space. After many hours of staring at the screen and several different ways of trying to put it in there, I finally found the input area near tools.
Creating the avatar was a painful experience. No, actually creating the avatar was fun, but getting it into the blog was the painful part. I like that you can add things to personalize yourself a little more. I added a baby in mine because I just had a new baby girl last semester. The background I picked is also part of my personality. I enjoy being at home and you'll usually find me holding my sweet baby girl.
Now about the putting the avatar into the blog part. That proved difficult for me. I got it exported, but couldn't figure out how to put it in the blog space. After many hours of staring at the screen and several different ways of trying to put it in there, I finally found the input area near tools.
Thing #1
Going through the 7 1/2 Habits tutorial was interesting. I never really thought about learning as a life long thing. I more associate it with the classroom. That's one of the reasons I found this tutorial was helpful. I have found that by thinking about strengths and weaknesses it helps you grow. So picking out mine was more of a mini-soul search into what I do find I'm best and worst at.
A big weakness I find myself having was #2. Online classes have always been a weakness and I think that shows that I am lacking in the accepting responsibility for my own learning department. I seem to always get caught up either in daily responsibilities from being a mother,wife, homemaker or simply just procrastination. Sometimes I find myself making excuses about things I've put off, especially in school or anything that has to do with my own personal growth. The truth is that really, that there are no excuses and I need to do a better job at accepting my own learning responsibilities to become the best me and teacher that I can.
On the other hand, the thing that comes easiest for me, or my strength, is #7. I am constantly finding myself helping and teaching others around me. It makes me happy to show someone something they didn't know and then getting to see the lightbulb go off when the do understand it. I guess the reason #7 comes easiest for me is because I enjoy it so much. It's one of the biggest reasons I want to be a teacher.
I want to find more educational websites from Web 2.0 tools. In particular, not just for when I'll be teaching, but also websites that are preschool appropriate to help my sons.
Setting up the blog was fun. It wasn't hard at all. I enjoyed writing this entry and felt as though I was talking directly to people. Knowing someone will read it makes me feel good and inspires me to put meaningful information in it. Not just for the assignment, but so other people can get to know me a little.
A big weakness I find myself having was #2. Online classes have always been a weakness and I think that shows that I am lacking in the accepting responsibility for my own learning department. I seem to always get caught up either in daily responsibilities from being a mother,wife, homemaker or simply just procrastination. Sometimes I find myself making excuses about things I've put off, especially in school or anything that has to do with my own personal growth. The truth is that really, that there are no excuses and I need to do a better job at accepting my own learning responsibilities to become the best me and teacher that I can.
On the other hand, the thing that comes easiest for me, or my strength, is #7. I am constantly finding myself helping and teaching others around me. It makes me happy to show someone something they didn't know and then getting to see the lightbulb go off when the do understand it. I guess the reason #7 comes easiest for me is because I enjoy it so much. It's one of the biggest reasons I want to be a teacher.
I want to find more educational websites from Web 2.0 tools. In particular, not just for when I'll be teaching, but also websites that are preschool appropriate to help my sons.
Setting up the blog was fun. It wasn't hard at all. I enjoyed writing this entry and felt as though I was talking directly to people. Knowing someone will read it makes me feel good and inspires me to put meaningful information in it. Not just for the assignment, but so other people can get to know me a little.
Monday, September 8, 2008
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