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= = =Tina Gilliams Collaborative Page-Review and thoughts on Chapters 1-4 in text 4/07/12=

While reading chapters 1-4 in our text, I see many ways that I as an educator may utilize Weblogs in and out of the classroom. I am firstly amazed how all the homework and assignments can be stored forever in one place and can be retrieved anytime. I love the __idea__ that papers are no longer things to be saved through the course and years. Just think of how many trees will be saved? This is just the beginning of the advantages of the Weblog use in our __education__ system. The first collaboration the author mentioned was the one the teacher created for the Bees book. The author actually collaborated and was thrilled at the responses the __students__ had made. This is truly rewarding for authors whether they be book authors or teachers or anyone who "creates" informative __work__ to be shared with the world.

This is the another aspect of Weblogs that is amazing. Anyone in the world can __access__ and write an opinion or reaction to a __work__. Sharing experiences with __students__ and people all over the world is not only helpful for them to see what we do in America, but helps them to __access__ information that is found here in the United States. The interchanging of information is so significant that amazing things can evolve from this sharing. Who knows, maybe someone can collaborate to __invent something__ to __help__ the world! As they say, two heads are better than one - but in this instance, many heads can be better than one!

As an educator, I will be making a class wikispace for all to view and see what assignments are due each week. I find too often that students __claim__ to lose their papers and such and this digital way of keeping everything in one localized place will eliminate any excuses. Oftentimes, my own schedule can be so hectic that I misplace things so this will often benefit my class organization. So the the first thing I would do is create a Wikispace for the entire class to view. The pages I would create would be something like Title Page of Subject, required text and ofcourse my name as the __teacher__. Then as we do every beginning of the year, go over the rules and regulations of the class - both assignment based and conduct based. This is a great place to __start__.

The second page will be the coursework week by week. Digital Native students are very visual oriented and I think this is what their "brain wiring" calls for. Perhaps I would lay out the page in a colorful format so that going to it to view is actually fun and exciting. For example, I will take science as an example, and head the unit as "Embryology"- The Study of Life. With that, I would post a captiviating video of bird eggs hatching from their eggs in a nest. When I do a search, I will pick one or two videos and then post them for all students to see. I see this as a form of entertainment for them. Following the viewing area, I would __enter__ links where the students may go to see other videos on their own time. Remember, this is a way for them to engage themselves and initiate further exploration of "youtube". I consider this to be one of the __best__ ways I presently use to enhance the classroom experience.


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=**Content Area Use of MultiMedia**= I intend to incorporate YouTube, RSS feeds, Social Media such as Facebook and Twitter,podcasts and blogging in my Science __Lesson Plan__ of "How an egg develops?" I believe that visual interpretation of Science is critical in learning and Youtube is an amazing Webtool. Visual gives the student a view of a virtual reality setting of egg incubation. The videos are serious yet cute realities of live bird eggs hatching! This takes the student out of the textbook into a reality never seen before the __technology__ age except for in pictures or maybe cartoon. Amazing!