Our class will become an in-school and virtual classroom where we will harness the available tools to push for greater success via rotations, computer use, internet, web2.0 tools etc. Together we will build a virtual community of learners for all. In order to get you ‘up and running’ I need you to jot down your thoughts, create a few accounts and an avatar.
1. Register for an account on the ‘Hood. Just fill in the registration box – make sure your user name is ONLY your first name (last initial if needed). Once you have an account request membership into our virtual classroom group (click groups and select our course code). As you wait for your membership to activate (I need to click some buttons!) you can start on today’s work…
2. Open a document and give me your thoughts on…
- What I think about Science/Biology
- What I would rather be doing…
- What I think about technology in general and using it in a science class…
- What technologies am I familiar with – list any and all please!
3. Save the document – you will be cutting and pasting this into your groups ‘Courseware’ section. Go back to the website and click your group again… your membership should be activated. Click on ‘Courseware’, then ‘Assignments’. Once you are in the assignment section you can post your response there.
** Now for the fun part!!
4. An avatar is your online identity – you in cartoon! Remember that our classroom is still a class within the ‘walls’ of the school so ‘dress codes’ and ‘appropriate behaviour’ is still expected! Use one of the two links below (or one that you find!) to make an avatar of yourself. Remember to save it as a .jpg file extension to your H drive.
http://tizme.co.uk/ (create a ‘tizme’, save it and then register – call me when you hit that point)
http://unique.rasterboy.com/ (create an avatar and you will need to call me for help when saving)
5. Once you have done this you need to put your avatar into the site below. This links your avatar to the email address you used for the site and will import the image of you into the ‘Hood! Click the link below and ‘Sign Up’ this will link your avatar with your email address. Follow the steps provided.
•What I think about Science/Biology
It is cool and fun
•What I would rather be doing
working at my job
•What I think about technology in general and using it in a science class…
work good
•What technologies am I familiar with – list any and all please!
computers,Mp3
What I think about science. I think that it is that it is something that I would like to be more apart of in the near future and I would also like to have a job in this flied . It is cause I enjoy learning about nature and how plants work with the environment also how they will be effected in the near future.
What I would rather be doing at the moment. I would like to be outside going for a walk or doing something active. But I do enjoy learning the about the earth and what might happen if people keep do the things that they are doing to the earth. And how the environment will recover.
What I think about technology in general and using it in science. To be honest I prefer to actually be in the room and write my work . I feel the it lets people be more involve in the work your doing and plus computer aren’t that reliable because they can shutdown or lose your file there can always be a blackout witch means that people can lose there work. Plus not all of us are strong in the computer area.
What technologies am I familiar. Most with ipads also word perfect Microsoft office