Posted by: amize2 on: September 24, 2009
While scanning the article, I noticed that there was a plethora of information for educators. I really liked that it explained the pedagogy in detail. I feel as a future teacher, I sometimes wonder “Why would I ever teach this to kids?” This article did a good job of explaining the “why”. The think I [...]
Posted by: amize2 on: September 15, 2009
When looking at the Everythinggirl website it is apparent that the target audience is young(er) children. The website is a melting pot of related websites. Some of the links on the main page include: PollyPocket , Barbie , MyMeebas , and Myscene. The pink background, which covers EVERY facet of the website, supports the stereotypical [...]
Posted by: amize2 on: September 15, 2009
My first thought while reading this article was, “This is exactly why we are taking this class.” We, as future ELA teachers, have to embrace the Internet and all the other avenues that technology now affords us. There are so many more facets from which to reach students than there were 20 years ago. I [...]
Posted by: amize2 on: September 3, 2009
I found Chapter 4 of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts to be a more in-depth discussion of the things we covered in class on 9/1/09. The chapter started out with a discussion of what Wikipedia really is, its importance to the “sum of human knowledge”, and the ease of use and access that the website allows. I [...]
Posted by: amize2 on: September 1, 2009
There are notable differences between the three venues of research I looked at today. Wikipedia allows you to quickly find a topic of interest for research. The most notable thing I noticed about Wikipedia is it has many more cultural references. My group looked up “nematocyst” and Wikipedia offered examples of creatures which have nematocysts on [...]
