Sunday, June 8, 2014

C4Tp Post 1

De Volta para o future


In Silvia Tolarno’s most recent posting of her blog, Lang witches, she focus on how education across the world is being driven towards the use of technology in the classroom. An instructor in Portugal, Ana Paula Cortez, has her students create fictitious Facebook accounts to accompany an imaginary person and the developments of their "lives". Ms. Cortez developed this project to instill an interest in her students concerning the Life Cycle. The seventh and eighth graders were to establish their characters’ storylines, express their opinions and values by posting appropriate materials, upload pictures, and understand what basis were required in order to establish a stable future. With assistance of social media, Ms. Cortez was able to keep her students engage while covering various topic areas in one project. 



Blogging in Math?

Silvia Tolisano's next blog concentrated on how more instructors of various subject areas have started to blog. Recently, math teachers have come to realize that they could take advantage of this form of technology to assist their students. Ms. Tolisano stated that blogging "is about “presenting” your work, your thoughts and products to a large audience FOR feedback". With a blog, students can actually contemplate about their math problems and discuss issues they are encountering. Projects that students were focusing on were reviewed by peers who would give feedback and encouragement. Technology, when used correct, can be a fabulous tool to engage students, regardless of the subject area. 


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