David Lee EdTech

Keypal: a person with whom one regularly exchanges E-mails for fun ( Dictionary.com ) Recently an ICT instructor at a Philadelphia school contacted me to ask if I would be interested in collaborating in a keypal assignment. We discussed on Skype that we would have our students share general information about themselves, their country, and their culture (My school is in Korea). We also decided that this would be a great opportunity to informally assess what the students have been learning in their homeroom class. We asked the students to email their keypals a detailed summary of what they have learned recently. My students chose to talk about the U.S. immigration and process of the early 1900s. Here are tips I think would be useful if you decide to integrate the assignment into your class: Make sure to have your students Cc you in all emails so that you can have access to their content for assessment, as well as monitor  appropriateness.  Schedule a time f...

I first encountered discussion boards during my college years. It is a great way for students to find different perspectives on a topic, build stronger communities, and be active in their learning. What I loved best about discussion boards was the ability to share your ideas without being face-to-face with your class. It was quite intimidating for me to share my ideas to my classroom because of the fear of being “wrong.” Discussion boards provide shy or quiet students an non-anxiety experience of sharing their ideas.  Ms. Rance, our kindergarten teacher, approached me to discuss what platform she could use to create a discussion board for her class. She wanted to create a discussion board that would allow her class to communicate with a class in America on different topics. The platform that I believe would be best for kindergarten students would be Google Documents. Here are some of the reasons: table of contents (Students can go straight to there section of the discussion ...