Graphic Orginizer

Graphic organizers are very useful not only for teachers but also for students. As demonstrated above a teacher could plan their lesson plan using this. Plan a different topic for each day. Or a student could use it to plan out their essays. I see a lot of value in graphic organizers. Essays, lesson plans, book plots, characters, or any thing else. Or a teacher could use it to divide the class according to groups based on a student's individual strength. 

Question

Are tests the best way to measure learning?

When I think about this question I think about many things. One of the things I think about are the students who cram and cram for a test the night before or the morning of. In my opinion these students haven't learned anything.  I know that a rarely remember tests that are multiple choice, or short answer. As much as I dislike to say it the tests that I remember the best are essay questions. I think the reason for this is because I have to plan it out several times, I have to think about the different outcomes and choose which is the best option. Another reason for this is because I remember the "stories" that have lead up to these essay questions.

Voice Thread!

I am here to tell you the story of a church that was built in Beira Mozambique

Blabberize

The nice thing about blabberizer is that students can write a speech on given topic and instead of preforming it in public. One thing that I like about the blabberizer is that students can have fun with the program and experiment with different faces as well as be educational. Let's face it kids are more likely to learn something from a talking dog than they are with a teacher right in front of them because they will find it funnier.

My Studiyo

This is an interesting tool that kids can use in a classroom both by creating a quiz themselves or by taking a quiz that their teacher provides. The availability of this program would allow students to create their own quiz using images. This program would also be nice because the students could watch something that would give them the information before they answer the quiz question. 

Gliffy

Using Gliffy I created a home. This is an excellent teaching tool because students can create different dimension of things. Students could design their own home using geometry.  For a home decorating class students could use the the designs to rearrange a room. As you can see here I did a very basic two bedroom house design. However Students could also create a flow chart or a Venn Diagram

Can you tell the story?