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Miss Hale's Classroom Blog
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
What I'm reading right now
Useful links for this class
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ - this web site has a wonderful general overview of U.S. History
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/ - we will be analyzing a lot of political cartoons in this class and Dr. Seuss is one of my favorite political cartoonist
http://www.ushistory.org/ - this site is useful because of the sources it provides rights on the homepage
Speed Reading for my class
students need to understand the skill of speed reading, especially in history. An easy way to learn this skill is to do the reading for each class lecture. Open your book to the section, then read the intro paragraph for each section (everytime the font changes in the book). After you read the intro paragraph, you should have a general idea of what the section is going to be about. For all the other paragraphs, at the least, you should read to topic and conclusion sentences. Aslo if there is a word in bold, you should read the info around that word. This is a simple way to get through the reading. You should always take notes along with your reading or put sticky notes in your text book and take notes that way. At least twice a unit I will give quizes based off of speed reading the required reading myself.
Technology in the classroom
With the generation of students now entering the classroom, it is extremely important to use technology in during the learning process. As a teacher, it is important to learn to balance the diversity in instruction. For example, students should have a wide amount of tools in order to learn. Just because students are more exposed to the digital world, they need to know how to use an actual encylopedia or even the index of a text book. Most students can google a term and finish their homework, but I hope to teach them when it is important to use the various tools out there."
student brings typewriter to class (CS 1301 @ GT)
This is a good example of why we have begun to intergrate technology in the classroom
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