Tara

**I sincerely believe that it is extremely important for students to know and understand vocabulary in content areas such as math and science. Due to the fact that I am a science teacher I think I would use Wikispace to keep an ongoing journal throughout a unit. Therefore, I could reinforce key concepts/vocabulary and also use it to activate prior knowledge before proceeding more into the unit. After each lesson, you can create the journal as a whole class activity. Therefore, you are modeling shared writing in a science classroom with science content. Since I teach three different grade levels I would create one Wiki for each grade level. However, I might have to make adaptations for students with special needs. ** 
 * Please visit my Wikispace at: **http://planting-learning.wikispaces.com/
 * On Thursday evening I had parent teacher conferences. Many parents asked me for recommended resources since many students were interested in the current material. Therefore, I would create one Wiki in itself which would describe each unit of study, when the unit would be taught, and add recommend/reliable resources. This would allow parents and other educators to follow along with curriculum. In addition, I could post information on upcoming events such as the science fair and how they could help prepare their child for the event.

Like Voicethread, I think I would use this resource to publish students’ work. I could post pictures of students working, scan in students’ work, and describe what the task was. Then I could send home a notification to parents so they can access the resource. Unfortunately, I work in the Bronx where a lot of the students or parents do not have access to computers. However, with today’s changing society more parents are accessing the internet by use of their cell phone. **  **As an educator, I thoroughly believe in benefiting from constructive criticism. Therefore, I would love for other educators, teachers and parents to comment. Feedback and ideas are always appreciated.** media type="file" key="EDUC573- Podcast.mp3"

Enjoy the music after about 3 minutes and 5 seconds! I look forward to implementing this tool in my classroom!