Thing #4 Blogging

I really enjoyed reading some of the blogs that were written. I think about how easy it looks, yet when I think about my students I think it won't we that easy. Again, turn that problem into a challenge. Speaking of challenge, my class is a huge challenge from an autistic student to drug babies. Anyway, I think that blogging will really work with my students. I can't wait.

I enjoyed the blog titled Is this SSR 2.0? I felt as if he were looking into my classroom. Trying to get students to sit and read quietly is very hard. Mark Ahlness took a different approah by letting students read blogs during SSR. They could read the blogs that he had set up of other people and then students from his own classroom. Some of the comments were made that teachers also let students work on their blogs during SSR. Writing and reading connect so well.

Thing #2

I think that learning the 23 things will help me to meet the needs of my students who are digital learners as well as in my professional life. Using technology in my classroom helps my students to be engaged and I have far less behavior problems. Technology is an important part of their future and I must help them to be successful in that. As far as in my professional life I can't mentor and motivate my colleagues to include more technology in their classrooms by using blogs and wikis to communicate on campus activities.

Thing #1

The hardest of the habits for me is to make a problem a challenge. I have the drive to follow through and find the answer. It is just when there are time constraints on me I seem to get stressed. I guess that I do accept the problem as a challenge I just don't need to let it get to me so much. I need to relax and chill out when it comes to technology.