Reflection - Mike - 9 views

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  #1 Michael Hammel on 10 Jul 10

   

  I started very broad with my classification system and funneled it down into smaller, specific topics. I figured the broader I start, the more hits I will get when I conduct an internet search for my resources; the broader tags are more common among fellow taggers than specific tags. I broke my classification system into two main sections: Instructional and Learning…
  
  The instructional branch will be the resources that help me teach while the learning branch will be resources tat help my students learn. The instructional sites are broken down into four categories: essential elements, content, web 2.0 tools, and collaboration. The essential elements are broken down into five of the essential elements I include in most of my lessons. The essential elements I included were activating strategies, tasks, formative assessments, informative, and summarizing assessments. Content includes the six units I teach my ninth-grade students which are Culture, Africa, Middle East, India, China, and Japan. Web 2.0 tools is broken down into audio, video, picture, and written, which are the main forms of web 2.0 tools I implement into my lessons. I broke down Collaboration into the six sub-categories of collaboration I can use to teach, starting at the local level and ending at the world level.
  
  I broke learning down into the three main groups students use to learn in my class: individual, partner, or group. Each of those categories was broken down into the same four sub-categories: audio, video, picture, and written. The main categories share the same sub-categories because some sources could be utilized in a group task or partner task while other sources may be able to be used in either an individual task or partner task. The overlap allows me to be flexible from class-to-class or from year-to-year.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I started very broad with my classification system and funneled it down into smaller, specific topics. I figured the broader I start, the more hits I will get when I conduct an internet search for my resources; the broader tags are more common among fellow taggers than specific tags. I broke my classification system into two main sections: Instructional and Learning… <br /> <br /> The instructional branch will be the resources that help me teach while the learning branch will be resources tat help my students learn. The instructional sites are broken down into four categories: essential elements, content, web 2.0 tools, and collaboration. The essential elements are broken down into five of the essential elements I include in most of my lessons. The essential elements I included were activating strategies, tasks, formative assessments, informative, and summarizing assessments. Content includes the six units I teach my ninth-grade students which are Culture, Africa, Middle East, India, China, and Japan. Web 2.0 tools is broken down into audio, video, picture, and written, which are the main forms of web 2.0 tools I implement into my lessons. I broke down Collaboration into the six sub-categories of collaboration I can use to teach, starting at the local level and ending at the world level. <br /> <br /> I broke learning down into the three main groups students use to learn in my class: individual, partner, or group. Each of those categories was broken down into the same four sub-categories: audio, video, picture, and written. The main categories share the same sub-categories because some sources could be utilized in a group task or partner task while other sources may be able to be used in either an individual task or partner task. The overlap allows me to be flexible from class-to-class or from year-to-year.</div>

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  #2 Carolyn Slusser on 13 Jul 10

   

  I also had a lot of areas of overlap when I broke everything down. This sounds very well thought out. I am impressed that you were able to utilize six different categories of collaboration!

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I also had a lot of areas of overlap when I broke everything down. This sounds very well thought out. I am impressed that you were able to utilize six different categories of collaboration!</div>

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  #3 Jeffrey Francis on 15 Jul 10

   

  I tried to avoid the overlap well trying to develop my system. I like how specific this system is. It would make it very easy to find things. I am not sure about the size of the system thought. By my count there are ultimately 33 categories at the bottom of the system.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I tried to avoid the overlap well trying to develop my system. I like how specific this system is. It would make it very easy to find things. I am not sure about the size of the system thought. By my count there are ultimately 33 categories at the bottom of the system.</div>

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