presentations

I thoroughly enjoyed the presentations. I learned different methods of presenting and I would be willing to try deviate from something I do to create more diversity. I enjoyed presenting something I learned to do while taking the class. Using a website creates a greener classroom and students have access to the site anytime. (As soon I move it from UNE).
My website will be presented to the staff as a quad d lesson to show rigor and relevance. Taking a challenge of learning something new and trying it in our class helped boost confidence and relax about making a mistake.

Podcasting

There are many ways that my students can benefit from podcasting. I was think that I could post something on homeworknow.com for the students to listen to if I was out for the day. The sub plans could be given to the students from me. This way I know what I told them.
I need to learn more about podcasting. My learning is limited so far, but I do see the big picture of what auditory learners need.

Marvel

I have had to teach students what plagiarism is this year. I have had a few students show direct copy and pasting from websites and had to teach what bad it is to do that. Some really have no idea what they are doing wrong. I think that is a major problem. I think Marvel can come to the rescue for reliable material and the teachable moment of how to gather information and put it into their own words. The district should keep encouraging students to use Marvel by keeping it on the home pages for schools. With all the information that is false on the internet, students can gather direct links to reliable information and keep the research moving to prepare them for high school.
The good news about wikipedia is that people can no longer post whatever on sites without logging in. I think it would be good for students to see that wikipedia is not the first site to pop u when searching. It can also help students search for reliable sites with learning some new tools for research.