Digital Games for Learning: There are several ways to teach students and help them understand a certain subject. Increasing number of software programs throughout the years have been developed to help assist students in learning when the classical “teacher – student” method wasn’t enough. Not only is it a gruesome task to grasp the students attention in the classroom, it has also become a daunting method to have them focus on a software program. This has led to educational software developers to create games that correlate fun and learning. This is an exceptional method for students to be able to enjoy time off of school and gain some ground in an educational aspect. Electronic Communications between Teachers and Students: It is extremely vital for students and teachers to maintain an educational communication after classroom hours. Several teachers have mastered this concept by being able to cover the subject by recording themselves during classroom hours and uploading it to a blog they have constructed for the classroom. Also, maintaining a connection through e-mail can solidify a classroom’s ability to adapt to change and overcome any obstacles given the circumstances. Creating Your Own Teaching Blog: Organizational blogs, subject blogs and teaching and learning blogs play an essential role for teachers to reach out to students if the students weren’t able to understand while they were in class. Blogging has become a popular way of communicating in teaching and in many other fields such as journalism, entertaining, and politics. Some teachers use it to post extra information or for homework, and they’re using it for all subjects as well too. I think blogging is a great way to keep students and parents informed and updated. Blogging is an extra resource that is easily accessible to most students who are usually using the internet throughout the day anyway. Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Have been loving your ToonDoos - you have quite the knack for creating the gist of the concept well. Since I want you to explore more than one tool, I've limited each tool to three times for credit, so you can try out something new for the next post. :) Since you've now had the experience of creating blogs and wikis, I hope you recognize the power of these digital writing tools for communication and collaboration. Depending on the grade, there may be various uses for teachers and classrooms to use these tools.
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