There is a disturbing trend on certain social media sites such as Ask to allow people to freely speak in a negative and derogatory manor.
Social media feed of the follow vs. friend.
Teaching through community of non-followers.
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A blog encouraging students in Mrs. Leiker's courses at Norway High School to develop techniques for writing journals and blogs digitally and sharing their thoughts and insights with the world!
One of the reasons I believe Twitter is the most powerful and intelligent social network is because it created the 'follow' button.
There is a disturbing trend on certain social media sites such as Ask to allow people to freely speak in a negative and derogatory manor. Social media feed of the follow vs. friend. Teaching through community of non-followers.
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Visit a Google a Day and take the Google challenge for today. How did you do? Are you a good googler?
Nowadays the ability to search information, or be a good 'googler' is evident in society. Google actually tests its potential employees on this skill. They think it is more important to be able to find an answer than it is to know the answer. What about you? Have you googled answers before? There is no time in my adult life that somebody is going to tell me not to use Google when posed with a problem or challenge. The truth is that in adult life, Google is a daily part of solving work related issues, problems and research. What are your thoughts on this? Write about this for five minutes minimum in your journal blog. I have always adored this quote. To me, the internet really makes this statement more clear than ever. In my vision of the future world, our elementary students will learn that there is nothing they can't do or learn with the power of the internet and the attitude that nobody can stop them from their goals. They should exist in a world where nobody can make them feel stupid because learning is available to them anyplace and anytime and it is in their control to learn what they would like to learn. Coming from a family whose parents didn't attend college, I often felt like I was underestimated by teachers and others who figured that since my parents didn't go to college, neither would I. I don't blame them for their thinking but I don't want anybody else to feel the same. It's all about attitude and what you want in life. Especially with the ability to search anything and have so much education free online.
Analyze the following quote which can be found on Mrs. Leiker's classroom door. What do you think this quote means? Has there ever been something you didn't yet learn how to do that made you feel stupid? With the power of the internet at your fingertips and the ability to search virtually everything and learn what you want to learn, do you feel like you have the ability to never feel stupid again? In that sense is genius really just an attitude? Write on this topic for five minutes minimum in your journal blog. There are many educational institutions who are promoting Google's theory of 20% time. Read an article about Google 20% time HERE. Many feel this is an excellent thing to do in education. Read the benefits of 20 time in education HERE.
As you already know, we started Google 20% time in our classroom as can be seen on our 20% time website page: http://jleiker.weebly.com/20-percent-time.html. By now, you should have proposed a project and got started on it. YOU can change the world. You really can! What do you think about 20% time? Do you think you are going to benefit from putting 20% of your time into something you are passionate about? Do you think you might get something really amazing out of it? Does your project help the school or community? Are you inspired by other's 20% time projects? Write on this topic for five minutes minimum in your journal blog. |
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