Melissa Holt
Assignment 5
EDT 5372
Dr. Zhang
After completing the readings, as well as
using my own personal experience using Evernote this week, this Web 2.0 tool
can easily be implemented into classrooms in any content area and any grade level. Three ideas of using Evernote for teaching
and learning are listed below:
Evernote
Idea #1
One way that Evernote could be used for
learning is by having students create notebooks and sharing their digital
notebooks with other classmates. This
idea would work well in my 5th grade science class. Specifically, I would present the class with
science based questions in which they would respond with their typed responses
in Evernote. This would allow me to
perform a type of formative assessment to check for understanding when students
are providing their written/typed responses, as well as respond to any
misconceptions they may convey through their Evernote responses.
Evernote
Idea #2
Another way that Evernote could be used
for learning is by having students create audio recordings on what they learned
at the end of each week. This idea would
work well in my 5th grade science class. Specifically, at the end of each week,
students would be expected to provide an audio response to be place in Evernote
in which students would begin their recording with, “What I learned this week
was...”. Students would have to provide
at least 3 things that were learned throughout the course of a week in science. I would also have students add at least 3
pictures that correlate to what they learned.
Evernote
Idea #3
A final way that Evernote could be
used for teaching by educators, is that it can be used as a research tool. This
idea would work well in relation to my 5th grade science
classroom. Evernote could be used as a
research tool or educational resource for upcoming lessons. There are a plethora of great ideas and
teaching strategies easily accessible through Web 2.0. Therefore, after researching interesting
website, blogs, and/or videos, educators can compile all newly found
information into a “Best Practices” notebook page that would be easily assessable
and easily shared. This notebook page in
Evernote could also be built upon throughout the school year.
Melissa,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing that recipe, I would like to try this for my son as he looooves pizza and broccoli. I also loved your idea of having the students create an audio recording about what they have learned that week. They could go back and listen to them throughout the year to review the information. You have very good ideas!
Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI agree that Evernote is a great tool. I also like the idea of a "best practices" Notebook that can be developed throughout the year. You could have your students research their science fair projects and place the information they discover in their own Research Notebook. They could share their Notebook with you to get feedback throughout the process. Once completed you could share successful projects with the next year's class to help them get started on their own research ideas.
Hi Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of having the students do an audio recording of what they had learned during the course of the week. Having students verbalize what they have learned is especially important to our SPED and dyslexia learners. Many times these students have a difficult time with a written response. Allowing them to provide a verbal response will allow teachers to get an accurate reading of what they learned. Thank you for sharing.
Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI like your idea for using Evernote notebooks as a formative assessment in your science class. I think your idea about creating a Best Practices notebook with colleagues thought out the year is awesome. The notebook can foster collaboration among teachers and they can get feedback about ideas for instruction. They learn how to integrate technology with students by adding links, ideas, images and audio for planning lessons.