As I mentioned on the class discussion board, I am eager to bring Voicethread, glogster, and animoto into the school library. I am still continuing to struggle with my Communications class. My students arrive at scattered times throughout the first period and I mostly have about 20 minutes teaching time. Additionally, each of my students has varying special needs and it is very difficult to come up with a project that all of my students will be able to perform and enjoy. For example, I have a student who enjoys creating iMovies. However, she does not realize the importance of using her own words and not plagiarizing. She has seemingly never been taught this. I also have great difficulty with classroom management in general. My room is not conducive to structure -- all of the library furniture is donated and mismatched, which definitely does not set an organized tone. I am hoping that in the next year when the new school library is completed this issue will be alleviated a bit. Next week, we will begin using iPads in the library. We are currently working on determining which apps we should be using with our students. We are excited about this endeavor but know that there is a learning curve involved, just like in web 2.0. Hopefully we will figure things out in a few months...
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