Monday, April 26, 2010

Writing Penzu thoughts..... - CSUSM Web 2.0 Tools for Educators-Nets 2

Writing Penzu thoughts..... - CSUSM Web 2.0 Tools for Educators
Nets 2 standard in the fact that students can use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively or on their own. It's a program that allows flexibility in it's use and can be worked into just about any classroom.
Penzu sample!
What is the tool and what does it do?This tool allows the user to create an on-line journal in which they can share their thoughts, ideas, assignments, pictures, etc. It can open or you have an option of locking the pages that you don't want people to see. It just allows you webspace to have your thoughts or notes online with the security that you want for your personal information.
How might it be used with a particular age or grade level?I think this could be used for all sorts of ages and groups, but especially maybe teenagers that might have a ton of assignments that are due that they need to keep track of or notes that they need to remember. I think it's useful because it eliminates that fact that students lose notes when bringing them back and forth from home to school and they can utilize them from where ever they might be at the time.
What is an example of a project that this grade level could do?I think children in the lower ages elementary grades would benefit from having this tool because they could have a small time in class where they can keep an online journal of all their reading assignments and what they've been learning from their reading since I know that is a huge paper trail in elementary school with the mandatory reading amounts.
Sample posted as an example
You can see what Penzu looks like and the simplicity of it at the top of my page OR start your own by clicking on my link!...https://penzu.com/p:)
ConsiderationsThe only thing I would have to consider when bringing this into my classroom is the fact that the students have to be responsible and use this website to their advantage and yet not take advantage. I think this website would make giving/sending information about classwork and homework a lot easier and possibly cheating and so you just have to make sure that your students know the ground rules and make sure to stick to them.
Would you use this tool in your class room and why?


I would use this tool in my classroom for several reasons. First they can use it at school and then access their notes or homework assignments from wherever they are and secondly it really cuts down on the paper usage. They could be writing important reading journals and logs on this website and savings our world at the same time.

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