K12 Online Conference

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This blog was called Tools to Create, Produce and Publish. This blog was posted by Jose Rodriguez on December 8th, 2011. This session shows how teachers can use a variety of tools to help teachers increase their knowledge, and help students create more creative work.


I was drawn to this session because I am always interested in finding new ways to help increase student interest. As my first year of teaching as progressed, I have noticed that students are often drawn to projects or programs when they can create and control an artifact. By being in control of the outcome, students are more engaged and are more self motivated to learn.


This session was really beneficial because the presenter talked about kidblog. Kidblog's are safe and simple blogs for students. This was a great resource to have because recently I was talking to a fellow teacher about how we wanted to provide our students with a safe blogging experience. As a teacher, I'm always very nervous to have students create log-ins or put ANY information on line; therefore, seeing how user friendly and safe this blogging website was made me want to further look into this resource.


Google Docs was also highlighted in this session. Although I have used Google Docs at the college and graduate level, I have yet to try this with my students. Seeing the possibilities with Google Docs, and how frequently they are being used by a diverse group of people, is making me realize how essential of a skill it may be for students to feel comfortable and confident using google docs. As a teacher I strive to teach my students skills they will need in high school and real life, therefore, if Google Docs is going to be highly used I would like to incorporate this technology into my own classroom. 


I would recommend this session to educators for all grade levels and subject areas. This session focused on a lot of ways that technology can be implemented in any classroom, and would be useful for a variety of curriculum areas.






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