Journal 1

Journal 1:
Shefflet, R, & Toledo, C (2008). Extreme makeover: updating class activities for the 21st century. Learning and leading with technology, retrieved July 31, 2008,
Since technology became a big part of people’s lives, this article gives you ideas about how to apply technology in education. Nowadays, Web-based applications are social in nature allowing users to collaborate and publish their own creations. Teachers, who see the value of social networking tools, can use free applications that students are already using outside of schools. The features of Web-based applications make them appealing because they allow teachers to create rich and authentic activities that catch and keep students’ attention. For example, Zoho Writer is a helpful Web that permits students and teachers to create documents and save it without losing it by mistake. The final product can be published to a Web or posted directly to a blog. Google Docs, spreadsheets, and writeboard provide similar functions. Districts that struggle to provide licenses for concept mapping programs can use Gliffy. LetterPop provide newsletter templates and publishes the finished product to the Web. Further, educational blogs offer a forum for students to write for other audiences besides peers and teachers, encouraging them to be more conscious about their writing. Social Bookmarking is an easy way to store and tag all your bookmarks online with keywords and categories. Photosharing members can share their picture and create stories about it. Wikis are powerful collaboration tools. In conclusion, these Web-based applications are great tools to help teachers to promote technology in classrooms.
Question: If I want to create a valuable resource for all my student what should I do? The best way to share resources with your students is creating a Bookmarking. You can tag websites related with your subject area and share with them. Further, students after you explain to them how Bookmarking works, they will be able to tag their own websites and share with the teacher and peers.

Mader, Author's first name initial J, & Smith, B (2008). Blogging right along. Learning and leading with technology. 36.
Blogging allows students to communicate their understand of concepts and share information with others. It helps teachers to identify if students met at a cursory glance of the blog content. Serves as an excellent time line of the classrooms events.

Question: How a classroom’s blog can help students?
Students can daily access their classroom’s blog and check what they are suppose to do. Also, students can share their points of view with the rest of the class and answer questions that the teacher daily ask them to do. Besides, using blogs in educational environment students can use it to socialize and share their hobbies with their peers.