- Online social interaction offers great opportunity to develop and practice positive social as well as good communication skills. However, the threat of cyberbullying and the possibility of inappropriate sharing require protecting children. What do you think the role of online social interaction should be in schools? What steps should educators take to ensure that such integration can be done safely?
Chapter Twelve
- As emerging technologies continue to affect education, there is little question that the role of the teacher will change. Imagine yourself teaching a class in 20 years. How do you think your role would be different from the typical teacher’s role today?
Project Ten:
I loved that Thinglink lets you put links on a picture. I think this is a really cool idea, and makes linking websites visibly appealing and user friendly. The only problem I had with the site was resizing the buttons to the websites. Thinglink should really look at improving the resizing function, as it was extremely hard to move the picture without affecting the size. Despite this, Thinglink is a really cool tool that I plan to use in my future classroom. I love how my Thinglink turned out, and I hope to use it in my future classroom.
Link to Thinglink on Research steps:
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/677223482156646402
Scoop.it was a neat way to have a list of bookmarked websites in an organized manner for students to access. Scoop.it reminds me of Pinterest, because they both allow you to save websites or ideas in one place. Scoop.it allows one to access others’ related scoops. I had difficulty finding relevant scoops to mine in the existing website, so I had to google resources to use. The website allows you to install a Scoop.it button on one’s toolbar, and by clicking this button, one can easily Scoop the website they visit. I am excited to mentally “Scoop” the Scoop.it website, so I can utilize the resource with my future students and have class information organized in a suitable manner.
Link to Scoop.it on Research in 7th grade:
http://www.scoop.it/t/researching-in-7th-grade/