I know that we have sort of talked about TPACK and moved on, but it is still lingering in my head. I am sure we are all doing some great things with technology that are close if not at the optimal stage of "Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. I thought I would share a couple of new resources that I am using to get closer to that ideal and would ask you to respond back with ideas/resources that you have.
1. Edmodo- It is like facebook for school purposes. This social network is free and is designed to be a place for students to get and turn in assignments, have discussions with peers, answer polls, get feedback from peers and the teacher, etc. I haven't fully explored all the options of this website yet, but it helps you as a teacher be able to organize and grade assignments as well as go paperless.
2. Assistments- This program is put out by WPI. If you use the Connected Math Program it is especially great for you. How many times have you had kids some in and say "I didn't understand what the book was asking me and my parents said they didn't do this kind of math". If you teach CMP, I'm sure many times. The great feature of this program (besides grading your student's work and giving you extensive data) is that it gives students immediate feedback and offers them hints if they need it. You can assign problem sets that directly line up with CMP units, or you can assign skills based assignments. The students complete the assisgnment right online and then submit to you. It is also free!!! I am knew to this program too, but I am trying it out this week with both my math classes.
Try these resources out and let me know what you think!
I heard about Edmodo at MAMLE too and am super excited to try it out!! I don't know if I'll get to it with my kids for a bit but, please let me know if you use it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing us back to TPACK and discussing these two tools. I've heard about Edmodo and from what I have heard, teachers like the way it works for them and their students.
ReplyDeleteI played with Edmodo this weekend and set up classes. I also had my kids log on to answer a poll question which I love! Thanks for showing us! The kids absolutely loved it too. I think it may work well for what I want to do with it in terms of questioning and responding to other students' thoughts. I am excited to keep trying it. One of these days I have to get on assistments too. I heard about it several times - now I just have to check it out.
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