ADDITIONAL READINGS: POSTED ON 7-23-07

I read A FUTURE FICTION by David Warlick
Warlick, D. (2004) A Future Fiction. Library Media Connection.
Retrieved May 26, 2005 from http://davidwarlick.com/ff_article/

…and here is what I think about his little story:
I actually was quite amazed at the potential accuracy of the author’s predictions for education in the future. I was glad to see that education was taken to a higher level with the help of technology. Teacher and student tools seem to have developed into close to perfect networks of information distribution and processing resources. As far as the administration of the school is concerned, surveillance seems to have reached perfection.
If such a system were to be put in place, there would be no more “gray zone,” seemingly no more room for mistakes or forgiving thereof as every step a person takes is monitored and recorded. I find the complete lack of privacy a little disconcerting and at the same time comforting, if that makes any sense.
All the glitches seem to have been worked out and technology has become user-friendly and reliable. I would be very excited to be part of such a school in only seven years.

I also read the article THE ABCs OF WEBSITE EVALUATION
Schrock, K. (2002) The ABC’s of Web Site Evaluation: Teaching Media Literacy in the Age of the Internet. Classroom Connect.
Retrieved February 22, 2004 from http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdf

…and here is what I think about this one:
This article is a list of resources to do the best job possible at evaluating a website It is not an actual article. I find it to be very useful and linked it to my blog as resource for my website evaluation assignment. I will also put it as link on my student blog so that they know what I know and what I expect them to do with their assignments . Setting standards and clear guidelines also will prevent problems with plagiarism.

Required Reading 2: The Student WebQuest

I read the article by M. Yoder (1999) The Student WebQuest: A productive and thought-provoking use of the Internet. Learning & Leading with Technology, 26(7), 6-9.52-53. Retrieved January 8, 2004 from http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/myoder/webquest.pdf

...and here is what I think about it:
Considering that our final project is to design and pubish a WebQuest for our students, I thought that this article was very useful. At first I felt a little overwhelmed by the project, but now I am confident due to the step by step instruction and the good advice by Yoder. I liked how the author picked particular WebQuests and illustrated the steps with examples.
I really like the concept of WebQuests and believe that my students are going to like to explore subjects like geography, famous German people and culture using a scavenger hunts on the web. I teach a Germanl 3 / German 5 combo class and see this activity as a life saver for me because I can plan the activities well ahead of time and don't have to worry about how to keep one group busy while teaching the other.

A Fair(y) Use Tale

Required Reading 1: ..about Blogging and RSS

I read: Blogging and RSS — The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators by Will Richardson, Supervisor of Instructional Technology, Hunterdon Central Regional High School
…and here is what I think about Blogging and RSS
About three years ago a friend on the West coast told me to “check out his blog,” and I was clueless as to what he wanted me to do. Today have a four blogs myself and have become a big fan. I think they are very useful tools for communication and collaboration, especially in the classroom. My students know that they can find links to all their assignments and much more very useful “stuff” on my blog. Sometimes, I require them to post comments on readings or answers to questions on the blog.
And then there is RSS. I am a relative newbie, but very excited about it. Being a teacher and therefore always somewhat overloaded during the school year, RSS seems to be a great way to efficiently bundle information that I am interested in. I have already put a link to my bloglines on my new blog.
Claudia

ECOMP 7007 Web Presentation

Julie Nowak and I will be working together on this project. We have choCsen a foreign language learning site published by the BBC. It can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/
Claudia

Good video for teachers

Check out this video on TeacherTube. It is a great tool if you need to convince your school's administration about Student use of blogs.

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=be6ec9b852b0a542e2f3

Great source for us visual folks

Here is a link I found out about in my M Ed. class this weekend. It is to an amazing online picture archive. http://www.flickr.com/

This is just the beginning

Hi everyone,
I have put this blog out here so that everyone can see my latest and greatest pictures and thoughts. This picture of the gazeboo was taken on my recent trip to Korea.