I didn't have to wait until I finished this course to reflect on my learning. I didn't need to wait until the end to put it into practice.
I was very taken with the video that we watched What Media Can Do for My Students (http://digital.films.com/play/PZ4BJS). I was so impressed that I began to look for ways to incorporate media into my classes. My students were working on a study of the human body. They became doctors with specialties. I had a friend on mine -- who is a cardiologist -- Skype into my class so that he could discuss the heart with my students.
We have made podcasts for two years now, but I never used audacity to edit the podcasts. My students were required to record their podcasts so that they did not need to be edited. now editing is a part of our process. And we are beginning to make vodcasts as well.
Click here to see a wordle for Lesson 1 from ELN103.
We do a project call Guess the Wordle where the kids write descriptors of something, make a wordle of it (www.wordle.net). We have to guess what they are describing. Sometimes they describe two things and we have to figure out what they have in common.
My eyes have been opened. I owe it to my students to make sure that they have incredible, rich learning experiences.
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