Ooohh....another toy to play with!! I love taking digital pictures and I think this tool could be so interesting! As I'm thinking about this, I want to come up with better ways to incorporate this into a journalism class that I'm teaching. I'm also thinking about our science teacher who received a grant for GPS/GIS tools. He is always plotting longitude and latitude points and this could make the application more real for his students as well.
Sometimes I think I have to know all the 'ins and outs' of a program before I can possibly teach it. I'm trying to change that mindset. I'd like to experiment with being more of a "facilitator" of the students' learning by introducing some of these Web 2.0 tools and then letting them teach each other. Then, as Micki has stated in other classes, I worry that the students will be "catastrophically naughty" in some way...what do you guys think?
Once upon a time there was a classroom
7 years ago
I think two things are critical.
ReplyDelete1) Have a clear goal in mind for the assignment. Make sure students know the intended audience. "This will be shared with teacher down the hall, parents, community members.... you decide."
2) Guidelines for safety are in place. Students don't use full name. Permission slips have been signed for images. See Atomic Learning for info on Flickr Account Privacy also.
and I guess there is a third step - 3) practice yourself. You may not be an expert, but you are keeping current by practicing.