Students are very much technology savvy, they relate to the current technology uses and really want to see more and more of it used it the classroom. I had been on this semester long journey learning all of the technologies that are needed to enhance my classroom lectures.
This week our assignment is really a continuum of last week. Last week we were to day dream about how we could create a wiki space and incorporate our curriculum into it. I spent a lot of time reading the web links presented in this weeks reading assignments. "Building Your Curriculum Page", "Zipping Files",
"Web Quest", just to name a few. Teacher Tube Videos -, Teacher Tube.com, Education World ® Professional Development Center: The "Art" of Comprehension were some other sites I explored as well.
Now came the time to create that Wiki and incorporate my curriculum into it. I must admit this was another task not so easily accomplished. I spent several hours just navigating the site before I could grasp a concept on where to begin. Then I spent several more hours getting my information loaded up into the Wiki.
I had issues getting the pages to locate where I wanted them, some still are not where I want them to be.
I would have like a background color on the entire page(s) still tweaking that one. I had loaded a resource page regarding the material they will be working own. Along with some YouTube videos as well.
I still have to prepare a summary sheet of how they are to create a Digital Story Board using PowerPoint.
My students are of an older group and a lot of the technology is new to them. Most are comfortable with PowerPoint, so I need them to explore and work with slide share to turn their PowerPoint into a Digital story.
Here is the link to my wiki, Much work is still needed!!! http://lipkalearningcorner.wikispaces.com/
