Today has been a great day!
I have learned a lot about Internet tools that I can use with kids. Stephanie's demo was about the tool called "Storify". It was great! It provides a place where I, or students, can pull a variety of on-line sources together on one topic and organize them in a way that makes sense. I can really see how I can help students draw conclusions about what they read and reflect on that information. I can see using it to do group work and create individual projects about novels. I can also see using it to organize research for informational pieces of writing that they will create.
Melissa's demo was on helping students to use their voices to raise and address social justice issues. Her video of students talking about making change in the world reminded me why I like to teach 6th graders. They are hopeful, optimistic and wanting to be the change that they see in the world. The creation of a social justice unit of study for kids to do is very intriguing and another thing to put on my list of things to create before August 25th.
I love the fact that technology can be integrated into my classroom. I am still such a novice at doing that, though. I know that my kids need to have as much experience with all forms of technology that they can.I feel one step closer to that goal after today's class.
Digital writing is a welcome challenge as well. I am looking forward to integrating that into my classroom too. Thanks SI for another day of learning and professional growth!
Today was such a wonderfully balanced day of fun, new knowledge and friendship :)
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