Monday, November 15, 2010

Blog Assignment #12



Think about the topics in this video. What are some of the technologies mentioned?

Which of these technologies do you think would be most useful in teaching? How will you use them?

How could the technologies listed be used to enrich a literature class teaching Shakespeare?

 
What are some of the technologies mentioned? Some technologies that were mentioned are blogs, winkis, podcasts, online collaboration, webcams, E Portfolios, cell phones, iPods and more.

Which of these technologies do you think would be most useful in your teaching? How will you use these? I will be teaching the early elementary grades so I think blogs and online collaboration will be useful. iPods will be great for story time or learning games (letters, shapes, colors). Skype and video will be great for exploring volcanoes and animals in the jungle!  Then we can post everything we learn on the class blog.

How could the technologies listed be used to enrich a literature class teaching Shakespeare?
For a high school class, we assign students to research and report on the clothing and costumes of the era.  Have them construct a multimedia presentation on the Globe theatre.  Have them Skype with a Shakespeare scholar.
Ask them to collaborate and rewrite a portion of a Shakespeare play into modern language and then video the scene and post on the blog!

I also found this video. Watch it for "extra credit". ;)

Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 16, 2010 at 11:42 AM

    Rachel,

    I enjoyed your post and the ideas you got from it for your classroom. I will be doing younger grades in elementary school and I think that the use of blogs is a great idea to introduce technology to those in first or second grade. I could also teach them tools of learning by using the smartboard. That can be used for learning games, video, interactive lessons, etc.
    The idea you had of using Shakespeare through technology by having students rewrite a scene using modern language and making a video is a great way to have them interact with the play and make it more personal in today's world.
    Great post! I also loved the video you added at the end!

    ReplyDelete
  2. StephenNovember 19, 2010 at 8:57 PM

    Great job Rachel!

    I really enjoyed this video. I learned that there are over 2.7 BILLION searches on Google each month! Awesome job.

    Stephen Akins

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)