Thursday, April 24, 2014

C4T #4

devices

In Cathy Jo Nelson's blog post, How can my students be productive using BYOD?, she discusses the pros and cons of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). It is a challenge to try to incorporate technology into the classroom this way without having the students get distracted. I am kind of on the fence when it comes to BYOD. Yes it can be useful to students to do their work on their own devices, but I feel it is more of a distraction than an aid. Devices have text messaging, music, games, and social media which can be a major distraction to students during school. On the other hand, BYOD gives the students a chance to research on a device they are comfortable with and it may make it easier to do their work. I like the idea of BYOD, but I'm not sure what can be done to avoid distractions.

In Cathy Jo Nelson's blog post, Unexpected Perks of Poetry Month, she talks about all the perks she encountered in the library while doing a spine poetry activity. Students go into the library and pick out books and stack them up to where the titles on the sides make a poem. This was very neat to read about. I have never heard of an activity like that before, but it looks like something I would want to try. Cathy mentioned that students found books in the library that they never knew were there. The students became really excited about this and began checking out more books. I think it is really great that this activity got the students more interested in reading and they probably will visit the library more often to check out more books.
Book Spine Poem

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