http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2009/09/did-you-know-4-0/ Supporting the use of technology in the classroom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2009/09/did-you-know-4-0/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Marc Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:16:57 +0000 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/?p=767#comment-351 Very interesting post. Cellphones are a touchy subject in administrative meetings and amongst teachers in schools across the United States including my home state of New York. As a student teacher of Social Studies and a substitute teacher I have always followed the school's no phone policy. I agree that schools need to teach students how to use the technology appropriately for educational purposes because these devices can be utilized in such ways. In my class, for example, I created a "checking for understanding" activity where I allowed the students to create a "text message" to a friend about what was occurring during the Black Plague. I even allowed the students to use "texting" language, which allowed the students to be creative was also allowing them to demonstrate to me that they understood and related to content being taught in the lesson. I would have preferred if the students could actually text across the classroom for this activity, but since the school had a no phone use policy I could not. Do you think there is anyway teachers could manage student use of cellphones in the classroom, and could the teachers prove they could to a school administration? Very interesting post. Cellphones are a touchy subject in administrative meetings and amongst teachers in schools across the United States including my home state of New York. As a student teacher of Social Studies and a substitute teacher I have always followed the school’s no phone policy. I agree that schools need to teach students how to use the technology appropriately for educational purposes because these devices can be utilized in such ways. In my class, for example, I created a “checking for understanding” activity where I allowed the students to create a “text message” to a friend about what was occurring during the Black Plague. I even allowed the students to use “texting” language, which allowed the students to be creative was also allowing them to demonstrate to me that they understood and related to content being taught in the lesson. I would have preferred if the students could actually text across the classroom for this activity, but since the school had a no phone use policy I could not. Do you think there is anyway teachers could manage student use of cellphones in the classroom, and could the teachers prove they could to a school administration?

]]> http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2009/09/did-you-know-4-0/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Jackie Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:32:18 +0000 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/?p=767#comment-350 Great post - Really makes you think, what will "Did you know 14.0" look like? I wrote a longer post in response to this vid here: www.sosticky.co.uk Great post – Really makes you think, what will “Did you know 14.0″ look like?
I wrote a longer post in response to this vid here: http://www.sosticky.co.uk

]]> http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2009/09/did-you-know-4-0/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Langwitches Blog » links for 2009-09-15 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:11:11 +0000 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/?p=767#comment-349 [...] Did You Know 4.0? The new version of the Shift Happens / Did You Know video has been released on YouTube. This one focuses on the changing media landscape. (tags: videos professional_development) [...] [...] Did You Know 4.0? The new version of the Shift Happens / Did You Know video has been released on YouTube. This one focuses on the changing media landscape. (tags: videos professional_development) [...]

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