Yesterday I attended the NJAET technology convention at the Georgian Court College. I didn't know what to expect when I signed up for the event but it was definitely worth the long drive. I talked to a few other teachers while I was there... and being at the convention made me feel like I was a teacher too! I can't wait to be a teacher. I could only attend two of the seminars because I had to get back to Stockton for a class. I chose to attend one seminar explaining how to integrate the iPod Touch into the classroom (I chose this because I own an iPod touch) and another seminar about Web 2.0 tools since we've been discussing them in my technology class. I enjoyed both seminars.... I especially liked the one about the web 2.0 tools because it really got me thinking about teaching my future classes. Here are some of the cool Web 2.0 tools they showed us:
Voki (http://www.voki.com/) Here you can create avatars (cartoon people). You can make them look like whoever you want and give them different voices too. This would be cool for doing biographies for History class (or intros in the beginning of the school year).
TweenTribune (http://tweentribune.com/) These are online news articles that you can have your students read in accounts attached to your name. You can have them reply to articles to make sure that they understood the material. When they reply to an article the response is submitted to you (the teacher) to approve.
Wallwisher (http://www.wallwisher.com/) This is like a huge sticky note message board! It's really cool for getting feedback on something. Maybe could use this with parents or students for feedback about their vacations.... or feedback about something in the classroom... who knows!
There was so much discussed!!! I will definitely be thinking about ways of incorporating these into my classes. =)
-Danielle
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