C4T

CFT#1
For my teacher assignment I was assigned Becky Goerend who is a sixth grade teacher in Iowa. The blog I read and commented on was Collaborative Writing with Jonathan Ferrell's class. Mr. Ferrell's class is located in Kansas, while Mrs. Goerends in Iowa. The two classes combined technology such as Skype, TitanPads, and Edmodo to write fairy tales. Before the project had begun the students from each class got on Skype and a few fairy tales were read to both classrooms at the same time. The students were paired with a student from the other class and had time to communicate with them to come up with their own fairy tale. After the students had days to complete their fairy tales, a few groups were picked to share their fairy tales, once again via Skype with their partner and both classrooms.
For my comment to her blog, I was simply blown away with technology and how amazing it was to do a project with a class not even in the same state as yours. For the students to pick their partner, from the other classroom, that they have only met over Skype and blogging and become partners to make up a fairy tale was very interesting. I think it is a chance for the students to not only be creative, but to see what the two come up with separately and then combine them to make one story, is working on the students communication skills as well.
CFT#2
In the second blog that I read on Becky Goerends blog, it was about her children having the ability to choose. She let her students choose a type of poetry, create their own, and then somehow present it to the class whether it be talking or a slideshow. However the student wanted to present it, was fine with her.
In my comment, I was writing that I think that when children have the ability to chose their own topic and do the assignment, that it is more interesting for the children. I remember being able to pick topics, such as for writing a paper, and was wiling and ready to do the paper and not have to learn so much more about the topic that was assigned. Students should have the ability to chose what they would like to do and be creative with it. Let the students minds wander:)
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