When I began this class I was annoyed that so much of it was done on Twitter and through blogs. I sometimes get impatient when collaboration is required. I want to put my head down and muscle through projects. I don’t like to slow down and see what others are doing. Somehow, “putting my shoulder to the wheel” and pushing along all by myself seems like the most efficient option.
After six weeks of Tweeting and blogging, I’m converted. I have loved the things I’ve learned from everyone else. It’s been helpful to me to be a contributor as well.
My data collecting seems a little slow. I’m getting more and more entries that are just alike. This week I started my interviews with kids. That will be fun and will give me a new kind of data. One more week and I will do my post-testing.
The Daily Five is proving to be a super effective way to manage the class during reading groups. I was at an in-service meeting this week and one of my fellow teachers was near tears with frustration over the behavior in her class during reading groups. I was able to share the program with her. I may even buy her the book for Christmas!
What I learned from my peers this week:
What I was able to share this week:
After six weeks of Tweeting and blogging, I’m converted. I have loved the things I’ve learned from everyone else. It’s been helpful to me to be a contributor as well.
My data collecting seems a little slow. I’m getting more and more entries that are just alike. This week I started my interviews with kids. That will be fun and will give me a new kind of data. One more week and I will do my post-testing.
The Daily Five is proving to be a super effective way to manage the class during reading groups. I was at an in-service meeting this week and one of my fellow teachers was near tears with frustration over the behavior in her class during reading groups. I was able to share the program with her. I may even buy her the book for Christmas!
What I learned from my peers this week:
- Lenore did a Wordle that really impressed me. I’m excited to experiment with that tool. I happened to see one that a colleague did at school as well. Wordle is a hot item right now!
- I also found Lenore’s APA Do’s and Don’ts helpful.
- I got a great tip from Tiffany about the app Too Noisy. I’m going to try that out for sure.
- Tiffany has a nice mind map on her blog this week too. I’m interested in finding out how she made hers.
- I’m interested in Leslie’s work on Spelling City. I have seen that used by older students but I am wondering if it would be effective with first graders. Leslie, with all her experience, is a great person to give me tips.
What I was able to share this week:
- I was able to share the website Bubble.us.
- I also found some other great websites that I shared on my blog post from Friday. I especially enjoyed the article from the BYU website. It had tons of great tips.
- I was able to share some information about a new website that my school is using to assess the library content and match it to new standards. Our school librarian is using it to make sure that we buy books that will support the standards. She recently found me a perfect non-fiction book that was age-appropriate for my first graders. I used it as a read aloud and the kids were completely engrossed. When I complimented her on it, she told me about the new program and said that she had been “tipped-off” that we needed more.
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