As we all know in modern society technology is changing around us daily. With the world changing we must adapt! There are two tools that are out there that we can use to make this adaptation easier. Wordle and Poll Everywhere.
Wordle is also known as a text analyis tool. With this you can use it to show how important a word is compared to other words. For example: if I ask who is the greastest athlete of all time, I have two options. First option is I can do a poll and which ever answer is picked the most will be the biggest word as you see on my previous blog. The second option is that you can also put words in there as a pyramid. So if I ask give me 10 words that can describe you. The word that describes you best, I want you to type the word 10 times and so on. It would all show up the same exact way.
Poll everywhere is Amazing tool! I really loved this one! With this you can create your own poll, and how people respond via computer, twitter, text message, facebook, and etc. As you see the poll I did (that is still going on) was about wither or not the educational system is working or is a "bust"! So far I have gotten many responses and I love the different views of it. Try it out this is free!
These tools are shown on my site ! check them out and see for yourself!
ISTE is also up to date with understanding that in this world today, we need to be technological in our classrooms. Why not make reading fun? why not teach kids how create and exspress positive things over the interenet? If we are able to incorperate these tools into actual classrooms nationwide. We would reallly be the # 1 country in education!
I believe that tools such as Wordle and Poll everywhere should be utilized by teachers in their lesson plans. I agree that the ISTE standards involve techonology and they are up-to-date with today's world. Technology needs to be integrated in all classrooms, not just in the computer lab. Students need to be taught the skills that involve posting creative images and pictures on the internet.
ReplyDeleteYou're very creative with your lesson plan thoughts! Wordle and Poll Everywhere are tools that would make children actually WANT to learn!I agree that all classrooms should use these tools for children to get excited! Great job.
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