Ning is a great tool for educators vs. Facebook or just a Blog as it is geared more toward teachers. You are able to ask questions and get responses from other educators on how they teach or what has or has not worked for them. Ning seems to be more of a tool for people interested in helping today's students learn.
I visited a couple of Nings pertaining to music, entertainment, and sports. It was interesting to read what other people's questions and the comments to those questions. I especially liked the 2.0 classroom Ning. I visited the group site for ELL and Technology because I am on the ELL ACSIP plan at my school and we have been looking at what tools we need to help our ELL students learn. I also looked at the New Beginners, Connecting Content and Technology, I Heart Google and Teach Tech. I may join it at a later date. I joined the K-8 Computer Lab Ning as I thought this could help me with teaching computers at Eagle Mtn.
I did not get to look at all the sites on 2.0 Classroom Ning, but look forward to checking more of them out and possible joining.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Chapter 4: Design
It was interesting to have design put into utility and significance categories. I never thought of design as being broken down like this. A brochure must be easy to read or a piece of furniture must be sturdy, but yet that same brochure has to produce ideas and emotions in place of words or the piece of furniture has to be attractive to the eye.
When I was in WalMart the other day, I was amazed at the bright colors (fushia, lime green, orange, purple, red) of the small applicances, towels, college dorm items and etc. They definitely caught my eye more than the normal colors (brown, yellow, white, blue).
The CHAD school section was very interesting. To think that before coming to this school, these same students read on a 3rd grade level and then to have 80% of them go on to a 2 or 4 year college is amazing. They are learning Art, Math, English, Science, and Social Studies and how to solve problems using all of it together. How great would it be to have a school like this in every city for kids that have home problems, lack of money, etc.
When I was in WalMart the other day, I was amazed at the bright colors (fushia, lime green, orange, purple, red) of the small applicances, towels, college dorm items and etc. They definitely caught my eye more than the normal colors (brown, yellow, white, blue).
The CHAD school section was very interesting. To think that before coming to this school, these same students read on a 3rd grade level and then to have 80% of them go on to a 2 or 4 year college is amazing. They are learning Art, Math, English, Science, and Social Studies and how to solve problems using all of it together. How great would it be to have a school like this in every city for kids that have home problems, lack of money, etc.
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