Sunday, September 05, 2010

This week I've been working on my Webpage with Examples assignment and have found several great resources that have been helpful in thinking about my Individual Integration Project. I've had the opportunity to speak with our Professor, Chan Min Kim, about the possibility of completing my project with adult learners in a K - 12 setting, since this is the primary group of learners I am currently working with.

As a result, I've reviewed two sites thus far and considered important areas such as the target audience, technologies used, and how the site meets ISTE standards/LoTi Level 3 above.

First I visited the Google Apps Education Edition training module which can be found at http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-1. This site is an online resource for educators looking to integrate Google Apps into their school and/or classroom, and provides a breakdown of four sections including areas such as "Getting Around" and "Customization". I considered this in relation to the ISTE Standard: "i. Participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning" this site was a great example of how technology is being creatively used to improve student learning.

The next site I reviewed was BetterLesson.org, which can be found at www.betterlesson.org. This site was developed by teachers, for teachers, and is an online social networking/collaboration site where teachers can upload resources, ideas, and more, and gather same from other teachers, searching by standards, content area, keywords, and more. The reason I believe this is at a Level 6 for LoTi is because it truly involves two-way collaborations amongst educators, with teachers both uploading resources, gathering resources, and engaging in interactions with 21st century tools such as "tagging", a BetterLesson blog, Twitter, and more. I actually had the opportunity to sign up the teachers in my school for this site and thus far have had positive feedback from users who have gotten to go to the site and share/download resources.

For the remaining sites I will explore, I am interested in finding sites with videos and other dynamic learning experiences that relate to adult learners in the field of education.

1 comment:

Lanier Tech Ed said...

It seems like your off to a great start. Google apps is a great tool to use. It seems to have endless possibilities. I am currently using it in my classroom. I am still learning it though. The sites you have located thus far seem very interesting, especially the one made by teachers for teachers. I think I will check that one out. If you have difficulty finding something let me know and I will be glad to help. If I can't find it for you then I will ask.