Thursday, March 18, 2010

ED 422 NETS PowerPoint-NETS I, III & V

ED 422 PowerPoint For this assignment we were required to use  Microsoft PowerPoint and to create a PowerPoint showing our proficiency in using the program. Also, we were to create acitivities that met the NETS standards for the specific grade we chose and create activities of how we would meet these standards.  After completition of our PowerPoints we then presented them to our peers so that they can grade them.
                                                           

PowerPoint Rubric-NETS III

For this assignment we as a class created our own grading rubric that we would use to grade our PowerPoints. Our rubric was customized for our class only and created a fun rubric based on our class enthusisasm. :)

Journal 6-Wiki-NETS III & V

         The tool that I learned about is called Wiki. Wiki is a webpage where you can create any document that can be edited by other people, all you need is a web browser and usually you will have to sign in to be able to have permission to read and edit any posts. Wiki allows you to create a document while at the same time you can share and edit with others. The best thing about this tool is that it’s an easy, fast, and free tool to use! Many people feel that having Wikispaces, as everybody’s individual pages are called, is a great way to build communities. It’s also a great tool that teachers can use to create lesson plans, or any other documents, with the help of other teachers. Teachers from anywhere in the world, if invited to help create and edit the document, will be able to edit and help make the perfect lesson plan. Not only can teachers use this tool with other teachers but they can also create Wikispaces for their students, where students will be able to create documents, look at assignments, etc. This tool  has been created to be a simple tool that everybody can use without having to know too much about technology. Wikis are often confused for blogs, but the difference between these two is that on the Wikis you can make changes to a person’s posting and work with others to create a posting. As for the blog, one only creates a posting and others can only comment on it but are unable to edit it. I believe this is a great tool for communities and schools to have because not only is this tool free, but it also enables others to collaboratively create and edit important documents that may help in the improvement of our society.