Bill Genereux:
Student Blogging Challenge
Bill Genereux talks about how the internet has created many opportunities over the years. Bill mentions the dream of being able to use technology to form connections between school. The internet allows us to connect with others all over the world, and he provides proof with the
Student Blogging Challenge supported by edublogs and organized by Sue Wyatt. The Student Blogging Challenge teaches students how to blog and provides the students with an opportunity to connect with other students across the world. This is a truly fascinating project for teachers to get their students to participate in. I commented on Bill's post saying that Sue Wyatt had an amazing idea when she created the Student Blogging Challenge. I mentioned that Wyatt’s blogging challenge helps teach children how to create a well-rounded blog that reflects who they are as an individual. Students will be so proud of their work and they will learn so much from this opportunity. Students are also able to connect with other students across the globe, so Bill Genereux's dream of using technology to connect schools has been achieved. I hope to get my students involved in activites like this when I become a teacher.
Bill Genereux:
ACMHCK Conference
Bill Genereux gave a presentation at an Association of Community Mental Health Centers Of Kansas(ACMHCK) conference that illustrated how technology can be used in professions. Bill teachers about PLN networks and the power of using videos in his presentation. I commented on his post saying that it is important to keep up to date with technology in order to benefit how we carry out our jobs. I mentioned that we are currently learning how to make and develop our own individual PLN in our class. One of the things that stuck out in Bill's post is the fact that many of the mental health professionals did not know about Youtube. Bill showed the group a video on pro-ana(pro anorexia) that could be found on youtube, and many mental health professionals did not know that videos like that existed and that their patients could be watching those videos. It just proves how important it is to know what is out their and a PLN will help you connect and share information to keep you better informed of what you might encounter.
Great job, Brittany! It is amazing how people miss the connections that the Internet has to aspects of daily life, like their job. It just goes to show you that you may be working in a school one day that, like the mental health professionals, have never heard of Youtube. We like to think that our society is powered by computers, the internet, and smartphones! In reality, there are a great number of people who have yet to catch up. This post hopefully offered some insight on how you would deal with this in the future!
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