Today my students were able to Skype with Dennis Dill's (@dennisdill) classes in Lakeland Florida. It was so amazing. The Students were so excited and a little nervous to "meet" these students. I loved hearing the questions that both sides had for each other. The excitement from the room is still resonating. This was the first time all year none of my students were absent. They were so excited to be doing something new and exclusive to their class that they had to be there. It was incredible. It just goes to show you that we need to come up with interesting interactive lessons like this across the board to keep students engaged.
I am excited to start the next step of the process. We are going to team up our students to complete a pbl on the Harlem renaissance. The possibilities are endless with what we can do. The students could participate in a twitter chat with each other. They are going to be sharing documents via schoology (@schoology) and perhaps google drive. The lessons they can learn are countless. I love knowing that this use of technology can open them up to parts of the world they never have been before.
No comments:
Post a Comment