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Group and individual texting creates a first-alert system via SMS for a Portland middle school!
Group and individual texting creates a first-alert system via SMS for a Portland middle school!
Recently my 6th grade class finished a project. They had been working hard on reports about different countries, written on WordPress and set up as an educational web site. They were so proud of their work, but one little kiddo looked a bit unhappy. She had done great work, so I wasn’t sure why she [...]
For young people blogging represents a new way to not only write, but to create as well. With all the great information and media available on the web today, a blog is the perfect way for young people, to research, vet, and create a living project instead of just a 3 page book report or social studies report.
In today’s digital world, most young people have no fear of technology, the internet, browsers, or web sites. In fact, many times it is the adult that is challenged when learning new technology. In this regard, it is difficult for me to prescribe that a parent or teacher always learn the technology tool first and then teach it to the child.
Yesterday The Portland Project was covered in an article by Mashable entitled, The Case for Social Media in Schools. The conversation that is ensuing because of that article is really quite amazing.
Here’s another great lesson plan utilizing social media. The focus here is student engagement using math skills to create a numerical representation of their lives. Objective: Students will share important numbers in their lives using social media. Materials: Computers (or cell phones) with Internet access Procedure: Explain to students that they will be using social [...]
One of the best things about social media is that it can spark the imagination or the passion of students. Assignments that require students to create media rich content can result in some amazing results. Here is a case in point. “Students were asked to become familiar with different types of advertising on the internet. [...]
Are you keeping up with the times? Recent advancements in technology and social media have changed the way we read and write. On a daily basis the internet challenges us to interact and engage in new communication styles. Reading and writing are natural outcomes of today’s online world.
Every once in a while we see a news article that makes almost total sense. Here is a perfect example of one: Why Online Education Needs to Get Social. We love Marco Masoni’s argument on why education needs to engage the wonderful world of Web 2.0 in the classroom. Course quality, rich content, learning from [...]
We’ve received some great ideas on using social media in the classroom from some of the great folks that took our workshops in June. One of the homework assignments (for credit!) from the workshop required attendees to create two lesson ideas using social media in their area of expertise.