In the article "Chatting It Up Online", Livingston displays various techniques to prepare myself and others as a teacher. As teachers, I believe that we have to always be one step ahead of the game. The article gave good examples of situations where things don't go as planned. One was making sure the chat session was confirmed before even telling the students about it. This prevented disappointment and also allows time to have an alternative activity for them just in case it didn't come through. I have never thought of having an online chat session but from the article I read, the boys had a beneficial experience from it. The use of technology gave fast responses for them and I am now aware that some factors need to be looked into such as firewall issues and school policies for use of the Internet. It was good idea to have the students review their questions before presenting them to the author. Instead of asking basic questions, students presented with questions that had a response that lead into a motivational story.
I would adapt the idea of having this online chatting among my students. I would definitely want to expose my students to the use of computers as much as I can. As the future is coming, things in school are becoming more technology based. The idea of online chatting can open up a doorway to having the students keep in touch with each other and also with the teacher as well. This will also develop the students chatting skills. As for having an online chat session with an author, I would like to use this idea if I were to have a curriculum based on a set of books we were reading in the class. Having a discussion with the students on how they feel about doing online chats with authors would also be present in my future classroom, and from there learn what needs to be improved with this activity.
For this article, relevant ISTE NETS for teachers would be Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments and Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity. ISTE NETS for students would include Communication and Collaboration and Technology Operations and Concepts.
I wrote a lot of similar comments in my blog post on this article. I agree that students will need to be taught to use computers, and activities like Livingston's author chat can contribute to their learning if they are involved in the process.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a great idea to keep the information from the boys about the online chat until it was 100% confirmed, as we both had mentioned in our reviews. I think it's a good idea to bring technology and computers (online chatting) into classrooms because before we know it were going to be living purely in a technology world. I too think online chatting would improve the "chatting" skills of the students along with communicating in general. The more involved and practice children get with communicating with others, the more it will help them later on in life.
ReplyDeleteGood job girl :)