Comments for Strahler's 23 Things http://cstrahler.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:26:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Thing #5 – RSS Reflection by Joel Rhymer http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/07/05/thing-5-rss-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Joel Rhymer Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:26:25 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=9#comment-17 I use Google Earth relentlessly in Ecology, and often in Biology. I use it for almost anything to add a visual component...to show the course of the Saco, trails we hike in the White Mtn. Nat. Forest, the buildings on campus, the Galapagos Islands, or the location of Las Casas de la Selva in Puerto Rico. In the first few days of class, as an icebreaker, I often have kids show us their homes...whether it is Bangkok, Istanbul, or Brownfield. I'd love to have a license to use Google Earth Pro in the science department. Last time I looked it was about $400. We could justify it by sharing it. Anyone interested? Here's a site I've looked at before: http://gelessons.com/ And Chris, I don't know how much you do with measuring distances, and means and medians, but this looks like a great activity: http://gelessons.com/lessons/studentcontrol/k12math/wherewearefrom/index2.html I use Google Earth relentlessly in Ecology, and often in Biology. I use it for almost anything to add a visual component…to show the course of the Saco, trails we hike in the White Mtn. Nat. Forest, the buildings on campus, the Galapagos Islands, or the location of Las Casas de la Selva in Puerto Rico. In the first few days of class, as an icebreaker, I often have kids show us their homes…whether it is Bangkok, Istanbul, or Brownfield.

I’d love to have a license to use Google Earth Pro in the science department. Last time I looked it was about $400. We could justify it by sharing it. Anyone interested?

Here’s a site I’ve looked at before: http://gelessons.com/

And Chris, I don’t know how much you do with measuring distances, and means and medians, but this looks like a great activity: http://gelessons.com/lessons/studentcontrol/k12math/wherewearefrom/index2.html

]]> Comment on Thing #7a – RSS by Leslie http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/07/08/thing-7a-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Leslie Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:10:08 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=10#comment-16 Hi Chris, I hope you do give it a chance, but it is good you have reached the point of being annoyed. Now imagine if you had a class or two using blogs or wikis, or any other application that could use an RSS feed. Say just one class of 20. That would mean checking 20 blogs, etc. every day or two for an update, just to see if your students were using the site, contributing to the discussion or doing their assignment. But... with an RSS feed...you just go to your reader and you can see that one (like you this morning!) posting. This service can save you a tremendous amount of time but can also give you insights about your students. Is someone not able to post because they are too busy, have not been able to get to a computer, or does not understand the material and lost from the get-go? From the student point of view, they can check their reader, and see they have an update from you without having to remember to check the class site everyday! I agree, that looks like a fun lesson plan. Check out his blog roll and see what he is reading. Have fun in the blogoshpere! Leslie Hi Chris,

I hope you do give it a chance, but it is good you have reached the point of being annoyed. Now imagine if you had a class or two using blogs or wikis, or any other application that could use an RSS feed. Say just one class of 20. That would mean checking 20 blogs, etc. every day or two for an update, just to see if your students were using the site, contributing to the discussion or doing their assignment. But… with an RSS feed…you just go to your reader and you can see that one (like you this morning!) posting.

This service can save you a tremendous amount of time but can also give you insights about your students. Is someone not able to post because they are too busy, have not been able to get to a computer, or does not understand the material and lost from the get-go?

From the student point of view, they can check their reader, and see they have an update from you without having to remember to check the class site everyday!

I agree, that looks like a fun lesson plan. Check out his blog roll and see what he is reading. Have fun in the blogoshpere!

Leslie

]]> Comment on Thing #7a – RSS by mbudyu http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/07/08/thing-7a-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-15 mbudyu Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:40:22 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=10#comment-15 " I’m getting finding that there’s really only one things of interest for every 10 things I have to spend time skimming through." Time! A commodity that you can't buy. Info overload. I too hope that by practicing, I'll be able to sort all of this info out and be able to recognize what I can use faster. I'm pretty good at channel surfing and skimming stories in newspapers so I'm optimistic it'll work here too. ” I’m getting finding that there’s really only one things of interest for every 10 things I have to spend time skimming through.”
Time! A commodity that you can’t buy.
Info overload.
I too hope that by practicing, I’ll be able to sort all of this info out and be able to recognize what I can use faster.
I’m pretty good at channel surfing and skimming stories in newspapers so I’m optimistic it’ll work here too.

]]> Comment on Thing #5 – RSS Reflection by greghd http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/07/05/thing-5-rss-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-14 greghd Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:40:31 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=9#comment-14 I'll add my web address to complete the task. http://huangdales.edublogs.org/ I’ll add my web address to complete the task. http://huangdales.edublogs.org/

]]> Comment on Thing #5 – RSS Reflection by greghd http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/07/05/thing-5-rss-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-13 greghd Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:25:46 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=9#comment-13 Just before the floor dropped out of the school budget I'd been talking to Dan Lee about creating a giant map of the world that could be rolled out on the gym floor in strips or perhaps quilt-like pieces. I still think this could be a great tool for classes and I'd be interested to know how you might use it in a physics or math class. Measurement seems like the most obvious application - distances, weather patterns, human migration, water / land areas... I realize this is not a Web 2.0 tool of course but I still believe in physical experience as a learning resource as well. Nevertheless, I can't get enough Google Earth and students seem to love it too. So real and so personal to be able to zoom in! Just before the floor dropped out of the school budget I’d been talking to Dan Lee about creating a giant map of the world that could be rolled out on the gym floor in strips or perhaps quilt-like pieces. I still think this could be a great tool for classes and I’d be interested to know how you might use it in a physics or math class. Measurement seems like the most obvious application – distances, weather patterns, human migration, water / land areas…
I realize this is not a Web 2.0 tool of course but I still believe in physical experience as a learning resource as well. Nevertheless, I can’t get enough Google Earth and students seem to love it too. So real and so personal to be able to zoom in!

]]> Comment on Thing #4 – Exploring Blogs by lstryker http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/07/02/thing-4-exploring-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-12 lstryker Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:18:03 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=8#comment-12 Chris, you brought up some great points. One tip I would like to share with you all, before you actually start blogging or using any of these other tools with your students, is to take the time and read/view/listen to excellent blogs/wikis/podcasts/video first so they learn what a quality post or comment is. Also, it is quite common to ask your students not to just reply with a "good job" comment, but to add a thoughtful response to the discussion, and grade accordingly. Chris, you brought up some great points. One tip I would like to share with you all, before you actually start blogging or using any of these other tools with your students, is to take the time and read/view/listen to excellent blogs/wikis/podcasts/video first so they learn what a quality post or comment is. Also, it is quite common to ask your students not to just reply with a “good job” comment, but to add a thoughtful response to the discussion, and grade accordingly.

]]> Comment on Thing #2 – Reflections on Web 2.0 by lstryker http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/06/26/thing-2-reflections-on-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-11 lstryker Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:07:13 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=7#comment-11 Okay, so while they (the students) are waiting, put them to work! Heidi, Jen R. and Jen B., and I just came back from a great conference with the Alan November team, so I am sure you are going to hear a lot more. But let me just suggest a thing or two to Chris, John and all of you, that came out of the conference. How about assigning the role of scribe everyday to a student, whose job it is to take notes for the class, they get reviewed in the last few minutes, and then posted to the class site? OR Finding an overwhelming amount of lesson plans on the web? Point your students in the right direction and let them find their own project. There is lots to say on this subject. We'll talk later! Leslie Okay, so while they (the students) are waiting, put them to work! Heidi, Jen R. and Jen B., and I just came back from a great conference with the Alan November team, so I am sure you are going to hear a lot more. But let me just suggest a thing or two to Chris, John and all of you, that came out of the conference.

How about assigning the role of scribe everyday to a student, whose job it is to take notes for the class, they get reviewed in the last few minutes, and then posted to the class site?
OR
Finding an overwhelming amount of lesson plans on the web? Point your students in the right direction and let them find their own project.

There is lots to say on this subject. We’ll talk later!

Leslie

]]> Comment on Thing #1 – Reflections on Lifelong Learning by lstryker http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/06/23/thing-1-reflections-on-lifelong-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-10 lstryker Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:55:16 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=4#comment-10 Oh you young people. I am glad there are a lot of people like you at the academy who are comfortable with and can use these technologies so you can help the rest of us. Your challenge is going to be finding ways to use one or more of these web apps in your classes, if you are so moved. Fortunately throughout the course there are lots of links pointing you to what other educators are doing. Check out this blog, http://pc40s.blogspot.com/, for inspiration! This class is writing their book. Leslie Oh you young people. I am glad there are a lot of people like you at the academy who are comfortable with and can use these technologies so you can help the rest of us. Your challenge is going to be finding ways to use one or more of these web apps in your classes, if you are so moved. Fortunately throughout the course there are lots of links pointing you to what other educators are doing. Check out this blog, http://pc40s.blogspot.com/, for inspiration! This class is writing their book.

Leslie

]]> Comment on Thing #5 – RSS Reflection by mbudyu http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/07/05/thing-5-rss-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-9 mbudyu Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:14:28 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=9#comment-9 Will co. I'll try and figure something out. Geography. How can we know where to go if we don't know where we are? Will co.
I’ll try and figure something out.
Geography.
How can we know where to go if we don’t know where we are?

]]> Comment on Thing #4 – Exploring Blogs by cstrahler http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/2009/07/02/thing-4-exploring-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-8 cstrahler Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:25:27 +0000 http://cstrahler.edublogs.org/?p=8#comment-8 That might help, but in my experience, it is really the time spent trying to figure things out for yourself that teaches you the new technological tools. I tried showing my mother how to do things for years before I just gave up since she never remembered anything I showed her. Since then, she has played around (for hours just like you) and learned a lot and become very computer literate. Also, I'm not in Maine right now so you're group blogging wouldn't work. That might help, but in my experience, it is really the time spent trying to figure things out for yourself that teaches you the new technological tools. I tried showing my mother how to do things for years before I just gave up since she never remembered anything I showed her. Since then, she has played around (for hours just like you) and learned a lot and become very computer literate. Also, I’m not in Maine right now so you’re group blogging wouldn’t work.

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