Post 11 - Reflections

   My favorite tool is the Photo Story, because I think this will encourage students to finish and create an electronic book with their own story and pictures to illustrate it.  And as I said in that post, it's one of the projects I'm going to implement this coming year.


   I thought that technology is a powerful tool to close the gaps that our students have in their education. And this course taught me new ways to implement it and use the new equipment.

   The whole world or applications for education that exist for the ipod touch platform.  I always saw it like a recreational device and now I'm very excited to work with them and share this knowledge with my students.

Tool # 11 - Digital Citizenship

I want to be sure my students understand these three things about Digital Citizenship:

First, "Not everything that is written on the Internet is true" Many of the articles on the Internet are very subjectives, outdated or not true at all.   Even worst, some people copy the same information in other sites so you can't count on how many places said the same.

Second, "How respectable is your source of information?"  this is very important when researching for projects.  If I'm looking for information about the moon, do I trust on NASA, European Space Agency or on the National Enquire?

Third, "What ever you post on the Internet, you have to live with it."  Even if you delete a comment or post, it stays on backup copies in sites like youtube, google, or hotmail.  So you have to think twice if what you said is inappropriate, can harm others, or yourself.

Tool #10 - ipod apps

I reviewed some applications for language arts and social studies this weekend  using iTunes App store

Did you notice I looked for the FREE stuff? 

The first app I like to share, is K12 Timed Reading Practice.  It keeps record of the reading fluency of several students on the same ipod.  It includes 250 fiction and non fiction short readings.

For social studies, I plan to use Mapper as a center to develop the identification of the 50 States of the Union.

In both cases, I hope students take the challenge to complete the activities faster every time they "play" with them.

Asking for School Supplies

Mrs. Delgado:

May I have one of this to use it at our massive new Hollibrook?
That's the real car of the future,1963. 100mpg is better than any 2010 hybrid.