Today my students are completing their February Cyberjournals. To be honest, Cyberjournal posts have become some what of a thorn in my grade book. I found myself merely skimming my students’ posts due to the lack of creativity and the monotonous entries they create. So at the start of today’s class, I encouraged my students [...]
It always amazes me how much engagement comes from merely incorporating technology into my classroom. Today my students began a webquest I created, using a Weebly website, for the A Thousand Splendid Suns unit. It is my first attempt at a webquest so there are some things I already recognize as needing to be changed for [...]
Web2.0 allows for collaboration between educators. By reading other educators’ blogs, websites and wikis, I have discovered a variety of online tools that could potentially be used in the classroom setting. I have recently started playing around with creating different types of projects using these tools. Here are some thoughts: Prezi is a really cool site [...]
The process of learning CyberEnglish and all that it entails has truly been a journey for me. A journey that is everlasting in which new ideas and revelations are constantly taking place. One thing that I have been thinking about lately are the benefits of a blog rather than a website. The most obvious benefit [...]
Today in CyberEnglish, we worked on ways to enhance blogs. The students embedded ClustrMaps, Library Thing and Wordle images into widgets. At the beginning of the hour, I presented my students with a challenge: do it on your own! I told the students they were not to ask me any questions. Instead they were to [...]
As I may have mentioned in earlier posts, I have taken on the task of teaching two English 12 classes this semester. We are currently in week two and lets just say the honeymoon is officially over. Their behavior has me reevaluating my classroom management strategies. I have recreated the seating chart, knowing now the [...]
