674+Discussion+Questions

**__Discussion Question 1 - completed during Weekend One __**
**What do you know about using technology with students?** Using technology with students is a great way to get them to interact with their learning. Students seem to be drawn to new ideas and anything that is hands-on grabs their interest. There are always new technologies to be incorporated into the classroom and often the students are already familiar and can teach me a thing or two.

I would like to know more about how schools with strong technology programs operate. Our school is quite small with a small budget and I want to see what types of programs other schools have and maybe learn to scale down what they have done. I think hearing other ideas on what works in the classroom is always great. I would like to learn some new sites that are student friendly and a little out of the norm for education.
 * What do you want to know about using technology with students?**

**__Discussion Question 2 - completed during Weekend One__ **
**Look at the Essential 21st Century Skills List - Select one skill and discuss how you already meet this skill via your current instruction.**

• **Accountability and Adaptability**—Exercising personal responsibility and flexibility in personal, workplace, and community contexts; setting and meeting high standards and goals for one's self and others; tolerating ambiguity

On a weekly basis I have my students set personal goals that they want to accomplish by the end of the following week. They are not required to write academic goals but they need to relate to their life. I go through and check the student goals with the student then discuss or suggest additional ideas to their goals. They are usually pretty excited to share when they accomplish their goal.


 * Select another Essential 21st Century Skill that you may NOT already touch upon and project how you might be able to meet that need in future instruction.**

• **Self-Direction**—Monitoring one's own understanding and learning needs; locating appropriate resources; transferring learning from one domain to another

I would like my students to have a better understanding of how they learn. My students are often all over the place and unsure of a starting point. I would like them to be more motivated and be more self-confident. I think this would help them realize their learning needs and help me be a better teacher to them.

==** __Discussion Question 3 - to be completed one week after the Weekend One__ ** ==

Find a TeacherTube/YouTube video that you could use for instructional purposes and copy and paste the address of the video for others to view. Explain how you would use this with your students.

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Comma Rhapsody

I'm not so sure about the video...but the song is great! I think my students would be able to sing and remember the uses of a comma. I wish the teacher was able to do more with the video. I'm sure as a project my students would be willing to make their own video.

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Grammar Rock - Conjunction Junction I know this is not something new...but my 7th and 8th graders still love Grammar Rock! I think the cartoons are great! .

==**__Discussion Question 4 - to be completed Saturday/Weekend Two__ ** ==

To complete the KWHL- what have you learned from the readings, activities and discussions from this course about using technology with your students?

I have learned that there are many free websites that can add to educational experiences. Using the internet to add to a lesson might help a student who has a hard time relating to what they are learning. There are many fun activities and programs already set up so that as a teacher you do not have to take a ton of time to add to a lesson you already teach. I am aware that cyber bullying is happening and goes on in our school. Having resources to use with students and parents is a great way to make them more aware of what is going on out there. Hopefully using these sources or exposing students to them could help in some way. We have also covered many group activities that I think would good for students in my class. I teach primarily in groups and the team building activities and personality analysis would be a great way to make my students more aware of the type of people they are. This could also make them aware of the best way they can learn since not everyone learns the same way.