I read various posts from Vicki Davis' Cool Cat Blog. Her first post, which I found very interesting had a video clip from YouTube of the Blue Man Group. They were making music by beating on hollow pipes with drum sticks. Vicki related this to how teachers make beautiful music without resources. She said that having a lack of resources should be viewed as an opportunity, not a curse. It gives teachers a chance to be creative. After I read a few of Vicki's posts I determined that she is a very inspirational teacher who cares a lot about others. She wrote a blog about her friend who is an amputee and completed an iron man. She posted videos of him and seemed very proud. One of her blogs was asking people to donate $10.00 to a school in Cambodia that has minimal technological resources. She has already raised $16,000. In another blog, Vicki discusses the importance of blogs and technology in classrooms.
Vicki definitely supports technology in all classrooms, and she has an excellent blog. She kept discussing how effective she thinks blogs are in the classroom. I definitely agree. I just started blogging because of this class and I do not know why more of my teachers do not utilize them. It is a great way to view classmates' work and get criticism on your own work. I really enjoyed Vicki's blog and would consider going back to it sometime to read more posts.
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Good luck with your blogging. I found you through my Technorati watchlist of my name "Vicki Davis." If you want bloggers to find you more quickly, hyperlink to their blog -- you'll see many who will drop by and comment (not everyone watches their name as I do.)
Good luck with blogging. I do think that it has a place in the classroom (as do wikis and several other tools.) Good luck and let me know if you need any advice. I'm still a beginner too, having only been at this for 2 years myself.
Good luck!
Wow! You have a comment from Vicki Davis?! How cool is that??
Very nice description of what you read and what kind of technology using educator you think she is.
5/6 on this assignment due to this typo: definately should be definitely (you did it twice)
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