Working with people from within my subject area was an absolute pleasure. We all have the same efficiency, mindset, and techniques for accomplishing what needs to get done; directions, concepts, and strategies from each of us were combined and reflected in the final spreadsheet.
The Physics Classroom is one of my favorite technologies that we posted in regards to Physics. In has essential tools for sustaining a Physics classroom; worksheets, online activities, and even lessons online! This tool will not only be extremely helpful for me while teaching a lesson, but can also be used as an outside resource for my students. Aside from their class notes and after-school tutoring, they can always navigate to this site if they are having trouble (as long as the lesson we are learning is included on the website).
Overall, the majority of the technologies can be translated and used in my subject area. As a collective, I will absolutely be keeping in touch with the colleagues I have worked on the spreadsheet with; not only to exchange ideas and strategies with integrating these technologies, but also to keep up with any new ones they may find.
Since Curr 314- Assessment has just started, I am not entirely sure how to integrate these technologies into my assessment. For any virtual activities, simulations, or power point presentations, there will have to be conditions and gradation established and based off of the students' abilities.
Teaching Language and Literacy (Read 411) can be made a lot simpler with some of these resources. For example, PowerPoint is a great way for students to see new vocabulary in addition to it being spoken orally. Also, NASA's APOD (Astronomy Picture Of the Day) is a very good way for students to become acquainted with and introduced to vocabulary, terms, and techniques used in Astronomy and Astrophysics. A lesson can be developed around every single image posted on that website!
Yes Joe, I agree, we worked very well together. We were able to use technology, email and social networks, to communicate, and the Google doc was very simple and organized. I enjoyed how we ended up using Google docs to work on our other projects for Read 411 and Curr 314.
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ReplyDeleteI'm sure you're terribly sick of Google Docs at this point, considering we have used it for EVERY project this semester! But admit it; it's so much easier than emailing revised documents back and forth and having to merge them together as a whole!
Great working with you!
-Joe