Digital Blog Post F

After reading chapter 8 the three concepts I found were "Integrating Electronic Communication into Your Teaching, "Electronic Communication Between Teachers and Students, "Websites and Blogs For Teachers and Students". The first concept "Integrating Electronic Communication into Your Teaching" really focused how to use electronic communications and social media rather than what social media to use. It list 6 bulletins the first is teaching beyond the school day which is self explanatory go above and beyond in school and outside of school. The second is engaging students this is important academically for the students and the way they learn. The third bulletin is Sharing information with families which I find very important and most families and or teachers lose sight of this. It's important for families to know whats going on and be able to get answers to their questions at any point for example your child may be less likely to say he or she doesn't have homework if you have the ability to go check. Building learning communities is the fourth one and it explains farther in the text that students feel important and it's easier for them to gather and talk about their similar interest. The fifth one is publish student work, at the end of the day students are going to be thrilled that the hard work they put into something is going to shown and be open to others. The last bulletin is energizing student writing, bringing writing online is a great advantage. Students are rarely ever asked to write a page longer than 3 pages this gives them the chance to write using technology and getting them connected.

The second concept I found was "Electronic Communication Between Teachers and Students" this section focuses on ways to communicate with you teachers and or students. Examples are email, teacher or classroom websites, blogs, online discussion, and wikis. At first I wasn't too sure about electronic communication and if I would ever find use for it besides the normal texting but after starting this class I've really grown to love and have an appreciation for it. Teachers are busy and can't always drop everything they need to answer every question someone has and let's face class time is precious. It's great to be able to send an email and have a response shortly after without having to stop the whole class. I think my favorite is wiki our group discussions went great and everyone was able to understand everyone clearly.

The third concept I found was "Websites and Blogs For Teachers and Students", there is two things listed right from the beginning the first was "class website" and the second is "teaching blog". A class website is devoted to educational activities between a teacher and the classroom. A class website focuses on student work, students are able to publish their work and farther their interest. The second one listed was a "Teaching blog", a teaching blog is an online journal where teachers post information and ideas related to education. Teachers may talk to students or other teachers through this site. They both can inform students on projects, class assignments etc and I believe both of these websites are useful for both students and teachers.

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.

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