student sample

Internet Resources

I can envision using many different things from the Internet in my unit plan. Using images would be very helpful in showing pictures that look different than one you may show out of a book. I think some of the images are more realistic looking than some that you may see in a book. I looked at images of hurricanes and different weather situations. This will be helpful in my unit plan since I am showing weather pictures to get the feel of the different weather that is out there. Another thing I can definitely see myself also using videos, some of the videos I have looked at will make the images I show first come to life with the sound and actual video of the weather.

Blogging in the Classroom

I hope to use technology in my classroom. I just need more training. I think that it will make lesson plans easier and finding things to go along with your lessons, more interesting. Technology is the new up and coming thing. I feel that we as teachers will need to be able to incorporate it into our classrooms. It will make it easier for the students to also learn about it before they get into college.
According to David Warlick, "Essentially, anyone without the technologies for accessing the Internet, and the skills to use that technology, may as well not know how to read." This is why it is important to use blogs and technology in general in the classroom. This is what is all around us and students need to understand computers. This is why a blog would be helpful in teaching technology in the class.

Inquiry-based learning is seeking for truth or knowledge. You seek information by asking an essential questioning. Inquiring approach is focused more on using and learning content through problem solving. Its focused on more how do we come to this knowledge then what we know. It dates back to Socrates and John Dewey is associated with this method of teaching. It is deeply intertwined with Constructivism. In the classroom you should use inference, interpretation, transfer and questions about hypothesis. Teachers should keep in mind four things when developing lesson plans content of subjects, content of a larger conceptual framework, information processing skills and natured habits of mind.
Project-based learning is active and engaged learning. The students actively work in small groups and then the students are evaluated by the basis of their projects. This is different then being graded by a rubric on a essay that you wrote. The student is exploring a real world problem and challenges while working in small groups. http://pbl-online.org is a website that will help you make lessons plans for a project based activity. It has many resources for you to use.