Multiple Intelligence Activity

I really enjoyed this activity. I found it very interesting to see how everyone varied in their results. I did have
some problems when I got to making the chart. I chose to just pick a few people randomly instead of the whole class (just because it made the graph a little more readable). I chose to only include results my three highest scores which were Intrapersonal, Linguistic, and Spatial. The chart was a little frustrating mostly because I was making it to hard (as usual). I liked my graph better when I could see the entire class, just because I wanted to view everyone as a whole, although the lines were so teeny it hurt my eyes to look at. Overall I liked this activity and it was interesting to view the varying results.

Incorporating Blogs in The Classroom

As I sit here with my "Teacher Hat" on, I am finding it very difficult to incorporate blogging into an elementary classroom. Well at least incorporating it into activities for my students. Although I can see where I could keep parents involved, by creating a private blog where they could view the classes daily adventures in education. I think that a blog could be very beneficial for parent-teacher relationships as well as connecting all of the parents. Making a community kind of the way we have done for this computer applications class. A blog where I can share and the parents are able to comment and make suggestions. Maybe even posting learning activity ideas that parents could do for fun with their child outside of school.

If I was planning on being a High School teacher, I would use blogs so that the students and I could communicate outside of the classroom. I think that it would be a great networking tool for students if they posted questions when they needed help, that way they could help each other. I also thought that it would be really cool to require students to post essays and reports on a blog before physically turning them in. Then assign partners or groups and the groups comment on one another's post helping one another to better their report or essay. I also think by the student having to post where the entire class may view their work, will keep them accountable and encourage them to do their best.

This is the best I could come up with, but I am really excited to read everyone else's ideas to see if anyone found something better. Also if you do have a better Idea or can think of ways to better mine I would love to know!

Creating a Blog

This is my first blog and I consider myself to be fairly good with things like this. Although I was quickly proven wrong when I began to create this blog. First off, apparently I already had an account and I had absolutely no idea about it. The account that I already had even had a picture of myself on it, so after I frantically deleted the gmail account that it was linked to I finally got started. I then thought that I was on the right track when I noticed that I accidentally set it up with my mwsu.edu email address. At that point I was so frustrated because I don't check that email as often. So I just made it a point to link that account directly to my phone so that I can check it more regularly. Two inner meltdowns later I was ready to start inviting everyone. I think that we all agree that this step was a disaster! At this point I was so frustrated and confused that it might have been better if I would have taken a moment to relax and re-read the directions or see if someone had found a better way to go about this step. Finally I got it all together and now I feel as if I may have made the process harder than it probably had to be.