Monday, May 28, 2007
Working through Frustration
Everything we have done in the cohort so far has always revolved around authentic problems. I am really having a hard time with that and the most recent assignment that we need to create for this course. I am struggling with coming up with an authentic problem for blogging or wikis. I see the benefit of them and have ideas for uses of them but can not come up with a good authentic problem.
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Pete.... I can understand your frustration with the blogs and wikis. The technologies are new enough that they really don't have any parallels in 'real life'. Step back from the tool for a bit and think of it as just a different medium for writing - expressing ideas, reflections, or even putting together information (like the ITSipedia).
I'm sure there are numerous ways in which collaborative or interactive writing can be 'authentic'. If you have an idea for that, the next step is easier - putting it in a blog or wiki... :)
I'm sure others who read this entry will have some ideas as well..
Bill
You know Pete, I have to agree with ya. Coming up with authetic problems is not something that I have been able to do very well. I think a lot of that is that we don't have practice using that when we taught, and especially now as ITRT's since we aren't in the classroom.
I'm planning on doing a blog that allows kids from grade 2 - up to contribute a booking blog, where kids can read what other kids thought on a particular book. This would allow for the creative connective type reading we read about in out book and I think could play into that "authentic" type problem. No matter what you will do fine. I was thinking about your civil war lesson you did with the 7th graders, you could have them place what they thought about what happened in world war 2 and post thoughts and reflections, might be a neat place to start. An historical time capsile.
Reading many of the blogs posted from the class has given me several ideas of how I could use blogs and wikis withe teachers. You can relate to real life by showing other examples of educational wikis and blogs. Talk about how you used them in class!
Teachers and students could use blogs to discuss books, chapters, concepts, or even their frustrations with their homework! :o) I believe that students could also create an advocacy wiki on an ethics topics in many classes-English, History, Science.
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