Week 3

I really liked the blog, digital story telling, and the wiki. I can see me utilizing these in my classroom considering we have such a push to use technology with our students. I think the blog could be used in two different aspects. First, I think it would be a great, quick way to keep parents informed of the activities within our classroom. I did not realize how easy blogs were to create and edit. It would be so simple to give a weekly update via the blog. Second, I think the blog could be used as a reflection space for students. I switched this year from Schoology to Edmodo. I have yet to find a way, within Edmodo, for students to post reflections or discussions where their peers can read them and respond. I believe creating a class blog might be a great place for this. Each student can post their blog and other students would be able to comment. The wiki seems like a great place for vocabulary, helpful links, and basic review data. It would be created by the students and available for them to review. I think the digital story telling would be a creative, useful way to to assess student comprehension of a novel.

I believe that compiling a portfolio will help give me extra resources for my class as well as assess what I have learned. I think it is important to see what I have knowledge of.