I am looking forward to begin this wonderful journey in Practicum in Technology. When I took up Leveraging Technology with John Mikton, my final project was to create a lower school library website for our school. It turned into a HUGE success! At present, the website serves about 150 elementary kids and the rest of the reading community. It is wonderful to see how technology can transform and empower students to read more! You can read a detailed blog post about the website project here.
For my practicum, I have decided to work on another aspect of the Library Website Project and that is- maintenance and upkeep. I am forming a technology club called Brent Bytes with third grade students. This will make them one of the major student contributors of the lower school library website. Club members will be able to help foster a love of reading to other lower school students by using different technology tools and applications to promote reading. I will teach them how to create book trailers, animated book reviews, podcasts of book series and much more! Senior students and other tech enthusiasts will also be invited as guest speakers to give sessions to the kids. The club will start next week so watch out for awesome posts on the developments of this great adventure real soon!
For my practicum, I have decided to work on another aspect of the Library Website Project and that is- maintenance and upkeep. I am forming a technology club called Brent Bytes with third grade students. This will make them one of the major student contributors of the lower school library website. Club members will be able to help foster a love of reading to other lower school students by using different technology tools and applications to promote reading. I will teach them how to create book trailers, animated book reviews, podcasts of book series and much more! Senior students and other tech enthusiasts will also be invited as guest speakers to give sessions to the kids. The club will start next week so watch out for awesome posts on the developments of this great adventure real soon!