Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Am I Unoriginal ???
Just a thought for today. I was thinking... and thinking .... and thinking .. of how to put together my capstone project for the final requirement of my M.Ed. at Plymouth State University. I can't stop thinking actually. Everything I think about, I feel like I have seen before, read about on a blog, or experienced it somewhere on the internet already. Am I unoriginal? Am I incapable of producing something original? I am getting nervous.. T-Minus 2 months and counting until it is due, and I have a million things tagged in my diigo folder, duly noted, capstone... but I am not anywhere! Maybe this will help me .. if I put it down on paper.. or computer ... it will help me to realize that I must begin somewhere! Is it bad to use a bunch of other people's things, pull them together (of course with proper credit), and create a compilation of information to share with my fellow educators? The project is - How to incorporate Web2.0 into the Derry School District. Maybe I might think of something on my own during the process! I know there must be something in here (brain don't fail me now)!!
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OK...not that you have to do this but maybe it will give your brain a little kick start.
Your topic:How to incorporate Web2.0 into the Derry School District.
Does your District have tech standards? If so what if you created a wiki site that had a page for each standard. One each page you could share resources, link to lessons or ideas of ways teachers could hit that standard. You really don't have to create everything...just link to the information, create the paths for teachers to follow.
If you're district doesn't have tech standards...what about Social Studies standards, or Language Arts standards.
What if you took one set of standards and K-12 created a wiki site that pointed teacher to all the different ways they could hit that standard. You can link to online projects, blog posts, videos, all those things you have sitting in your diggo.
.....does that help at all?
Yes.. thank you! I planned on making a wiki.. but I wasn't sure how to organize it.. that sounds great! We do have standards.. and I think that will work well.. thanks for the help...
You are not alone in this. Every time I am asked to do a PD session on technology, I always think that I am covering old stuff. The reality is that MANY people outside our little edublogger community have seen these tools and are excited about the possibility to try them out.
So keep your head up. If you have someone that says they have seen it before, then you have identified someone who should be using it in the classroom and could help teach others. Always a positive side to these things.
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