This chapter didn't seem to relate to what I teach as well as to some of the other subject areas. We don't do a lot of hypothesis testing in language arts. We do use predicting skills before reading assignments. This chapter had a lot of information I will gladly share with my colleagues.
I read through the appendix area of the book and the area on internet safety had good reminders that we should always stress with our students.
There were two books listed there that I am interested in reading (you, know, in all that free time I have!) Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson and Classroom Blogging: A Teacher's Guide to the Blogosphere by David Warlick. The blogs and wikis are two of the areas I found most interesting. I need a lot of work and practice with both to become more comfortable before trying to introduce them to my students.
I am so happy to discover all of the tools available in Microsoft Word that I had no clue were even there!
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Congratulations for making your way through this book. I am glad that you were able to find many resources that have potential in your classroom. Teachers definitely need to be more compfortable with some of these resources before they dive in with their kids. Internet safety is an important topic to discuss with kids at the beginning of the school year especially if you plan to use computers throughout the year. You need to let them know up front the expectations.
ReplyDeleteGood luck using some of your new tools. Have a great school year.