Here are the questions I gave the students to respond to on kidblog.org. Note that this is a closed site so that only members can join in the discussion. Any posts made must come to me first, before they can be published....
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
b) Why do you give this rating?
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
Some of the responses... Students can be brutally honest. I wondered after reading some of their responses, as to whether or not I should have encouraged them to be so open!!
STUDENT RESPONSES ON KIDBLOG.ORG
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1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best : 8
b) Why do you give this rating?
- I gave this rating because it helped learn a lot since I have been here. learning lots of stuff about a country, from a person in the UN, is just awesome.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best : 7
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
- I gave 7 because i think it was much work. But still it was a good way to explore the book and share to other people.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
- it was a benefit to share the story to everyone, without facing them. It was also a great way to think outside the box.
- challenges are having to do lots of work. Also to to give connections to self, text and world.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
- Having a SMART board was brilliant idea. while the teacher was searching, we can see it from where we are sitting. So we don’t look at one computer and try to fit ourselves to see.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
- While the teacher is sharing something, she finds a way of interaction in the SMART board.
- Sometimes people at the back can’t see because there are tall people in front.
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best : 8
b) Why do you give this rating?
- I gave this rating because it helped learn a lot since I have been here. learning lots of stuff about a country, from a person in the UN, is just awesome.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best : 7
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
- I gave 7 because i think it was much work. But still it was a good way to explore the book and share to other people.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
- it was a benefit to share the story to everyone, without facing them. It was also a great way to think outside the box.
- challenges are having to do lots of work. Also to to give connections to self, text and world.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
- Having a SMART board was brilliant idea. while the teacher was searching, we can see it from where we are sitting. So we don’t look at one computer and try to fit ourselves to see.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
- While the teacher is sharing something, she finds a way of interaction in the SMART board.
- Sometimes people at the back can’t see because there are tall people in front.
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1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies. b) Why do you give this rating?
On a scale of 1- 10 I would rate this experience 7 because it was interesting but we had to do some very big blogs.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
I would rat this experience 8.5 out of 10 because most of the blogs responses were fun but some were kind of complex.
3. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
A benefit was that it was a nice change from just writing on paper. A challenge was sometimes the technology was hard to figure out.
4. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having a smart board in the class room made learning more interesting because we could watch more videos and stuff.
5. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
A benefit of the smart board was that we could do more video assignments without having a TV.
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies. b) Why do you give this rating?
On a scale of 1- 10 I would rate this experience 7 because it was interesting but we had to do some very big blogs.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
I would rat this experience 8.5 out of 10 because most of the blogs responses were fun but some were kind of complex.
3. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
A benefit was that it was a nice change from just writing on paper. A challenge was sometimes the technology was hard to figure out.
4. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having a smart board in the class room made learning more interesting because we could watch more videos and stuff.
5. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
A benefit of the smart board was that we could do more video assignments without having a TV.
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1.a) I rate it a 8
b) I give this rating because I have learned so many new things and I’ve enjoyed blogging with Cpl. Hamelin. Looking at what she has done and how lucky we are as a class to blog with her.
2. a) I’ll give it a 7 ½
3. I give it this rate because even though the book was amazing I did also enjoy lit circles, it was kind of hard to catch up to everybody, and know what chapter we were all on. But in all it was a really fun experience.
4. The benefits of this were that I learned how to look at different perspectives and I got to write a lot about the book, I love writing and it was fun doing the lit circles. The challenges I faced was to stay on track with everyone. Sometimes I would fall behind, so I would have to get my homework done in time.
5.I absolutely love the smart board. It was a lot of help for Ms. Stewart-Mitchell. It was a lot of fun because of all the neat things it could do. It was cool because it was something our whole class could use. also it meant that we didn’t need to keep using white board markers and getting new one, the smart boards markers never run out of ink.
6. Benefits with the smart board are that we didn’t have to go to a computer to look at a video, we just got to sit in our desks and watch from the smart board. Another one is that she could show us here documents and copy just from there. Challenges with the smart board was writing, you would have to get use to it first and also that it would take awhile to boot up.
1.a) I rate it a 8
b) I give this rating because I have learned so many new things and I’ve enjoyed blogging with Cpl. Hamelin. Looking at what she has done and how lucky we are as a class to blog with her.
2. a) I’ll give it a 7 ½
3. I give it this rate because even though the book was amazing I did also enjoy lit circles, it was kind of hard to catch up to everybody, and know what chapter we were all on. But in all it was a really fun experience.
4. The benefits of this were that I learned how to look at different perspectives and I got to write a lot about the book, I love writing and it was fun doing the lit circles. The challenges I faced was to stay on track with everyone. Sometimes I would fall behind, so I would have to get my homework done in time.
5.I absolutely love the smart board. It was a lot of help for Ms. Stewart-Mitchell. It was a lot of fun because of all the neat things it could do. It was cool because it was something our whole class could use. also it meant that we didn’t need to keep using white board markers and getting new one, the smart boards markers never run out of ink.
6. Benefits with the smart board are that we didn’t have to go to a computer to look at a video, we just got to sit in our desks and watch from the smart board. Another one is that she could show us here documents and copy just from there. Challenges with the smart board was writing, you would have to get use to it first and also that it would take awhile to boot up.
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1.a) I would give it a 8 ½
b) I give it a 8 ½ because it was good that we could do it from home even though you gave us class time. But it was sort of a pain to remember we had to. It wasn’t that bad, though.
2.I give it a 6 ¾.
3.I gave it 6 ¾ because some of the roles we got were sort of confusing, and also the book I read, The Giver, was sort of confusing to follow and the climax wasn’t that exhilarating, either.
4.The benefits were knowing that a society could actually be controlling their citizens. Challenges were trying to keep up with the book – it was sort of confusing.
5.It helped us learn better by interacting with it and having the gadgets already there instead of having Ms. Stewart-Mitchell go out and bother other classrooms so we could borrow them. Also, if a student is missing one day and the teacher teaches a new lesson, instead of explaining it and rewriting it again on the computer, she has it saved and can easily show the said student. It’s helped us learn in a new and exciting way that is never dull.
6.Like I said, if a student is missing, they can quickly catch up instead of falling back even more. Also, instead of all of us having to cram up to a small computer screen to watch a video, we can just stay in our seats and watch it from the SMART board. A challenge would be just getting use to writing on it, like when you mess up writing something and when you go back to fix it, it doesn’t match up and then the whole thing looks all gibbled.
1.a) I would give it a 8 ½
b) I give it a 8 ½ because it was good that we could do it from home even though you gave us class time. But it was sort of a pain to remember we had to. It wasn’t that bad, though.
2.I give it a 6 ¾.
3.I gave it 6 ¾ because some of the roles we got were sort of confusing, and also the book I read, The Giver, was sort of confusing to follow and the climax wasn’t that exhilarating, either.
4.The benefits were knowing that a society could actually be controlling their citizens. Challenges were trying to keep up with the book – it was sort of confusing.
5.It helped us learn better by interacting with it and having the gadgets already there instead of having Ms. Stewart-Mitchell go out and bother other classrooms so we could borrow them. Also, if a student is missing one day and the teacher teaches a new lesson, instead of explaining it and rewriting it again on the computer, she has it saved and can easily show the said student. It’s helped us learn in a new and exciting way that is never dull.
6.Like I said, if a student is missing, they can quickly catch up instead of falling back even more. Also, instead of all of us having to cram up to a small computer screen to watch a video, we can just stay in our seats and watch it from the SMART board. A challenge would be just getting use to writing on it, like when you mess up writing something and when you go back to fix it, it doesn’t match up and then the whole thing looks all gibbled.
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1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
my expierince blogging with cpl.Hamlin is at a 10
b) Why do you give this rating?
the reason i give this rating is because it has been so much fun blogging and reading all your stories and i wasn’t just homework for me, it was such a good expierience!
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
I give this a 9 out of 10
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
I liked doing the ELA dystopian novel assignments on kigblog because I dont like writting notes, and It was a lot more exciting doing the assignments with technology, but sometimes if you hand it in a bit late Stewie can know exacly at what time you handed it in.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
The benifit is that we dont need to write on paper and we dont need notes, everything, all the questions are for the assignment you can find on kidblog. The challanges were learning how to use kidblog but after a few times you learn how to manage your way through it.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having a SMART board is awesome! the notes are there on the giant screan, and when you didn’t finish writting down the notes Stewie will put them on her blog so there are no worries. This has impacted my learning because you can interact with the board, and it makes it a lot better to write insteade of always having to look at a marker which might not have any ink, and may be faint.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
the benefits of the SMART board is that if you dont finish writting down the notes Stewie will almost always copy them into her blog, and the challanges can be reading what she sometimes writes with the marker.
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
my expierince blogging with cpl.Hamlin is at a 10
b) Why do you give this rating?
the reason i give this rating is because it has been so much fun blogging and reading all your stories and i wasn’t just homework for me, it was such a good expierience!
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
I give this a 9 out of 10
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
I liked doing the ELA dystopian novel assignments on kigblog because I dont like writting notes, and It was a lot more exciting doing the assignments with technology, but sometimes if you hand it in a bit late Stewie can know exacly at what time you handed it in.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
The benifit is that we dont need to write on paper and we dont need notes, everything, all the questions are for the assignment you can find on kidblog. The challanges were learning how to use kidblog but after a few times you learn how to manage your way through it.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having a SMART board is awesome! the notes are there on the giant screan, and when you didn’t finish writting down the notes Stewie will put them on her blog so there are no worries. This has impacted my learning because you can interact with the board, and it makes it a lot better to write insteade of always having to look at a marker which might not have any ink, and may be faint.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
the benefits of the SMART board is that if you dont finish writting down the notes Stewie will almost always copy them into her blog, and the challanges can be reading what she sometimes writes with the marker.
COLE
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
I Would Rate This An 8!
b) Why do you give this rating?
I Gave It An 8 Because We Were Blogging To Each Other From Other Countries!
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
I Gave It A Solid 7
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
Because it was fun and i really liked the book!
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
The Benefits of doing this is good because you get to experience and look at different prespectives of the book!
It was also fun because since we were in groups we could listen to what other people thought of the book!
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having the Smart board in our class has been very beneficial to all of us! I think that since you can grab stuff from the internet and enlarge it on to the board! This just further more adds to our learning and knowledge!
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
I loved how we used it all the time. Some problems were getting used to the writing tools.
THEA
1. A) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
- 9
b) Why do you give this rating?
I enjoyed learning about Sudan because it learned a lot of things and
blogging to Cpl. Hamelin was an awesome experience. I gave a 9 because
I didn’t really enjoy all the writing.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
- 9.5
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
- AWEEEEEEEEEESOOOOOOME but then again, I hated the writing. I know
Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell did more work but I’m not really a fan of writing.
Over all, the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit was one of my favorite units we’ve had
the whole year and I really enjoyed my novel. TEAMPEETA!! :D
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits?
What were the challenges?
- I had group mates and we’re all reading the same book.
It was like having a book club. It was beneficial to have group mates
because I had the chance to share my thoughts and express my feelings.
The challenges were that we had so much homework. Every week we had to do
two new blog posts and I had a hard time understanding what needs to be done.
But in the end, it was all worth it. Like what I said, I loved the book. J
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having a SMART board in the classroom impacted my learning in a good way
because we got to watch videos together as a class and also do things on the internet.
We probably wouldn’t have all of these (blogging, glogging, etc) if we didn’t have the
SMART board in class. One of my favorite thingsabout the SMART board is that we get to
play games during recess and watch videos. :P
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)?
What were the challenges??
The SMART board was beneficial because it’s great for demonstration.
I learned things better because Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell taught us using the SMART board.
I think our class is very lucky to have a SMART board.
The board is touch screen and everybody enjoyed it.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
- 9
b) Why do you give this rating?
I enjoyed learning about Sudan because it learned a lot of things and
blogging to Cpl. Hamelin was an awesome experience. I gave a 9 because
I didn’t really enjoy all the writing.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
- 9.5
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
- AWEEEEEEEEEESOOOOOOME but then again, I hated the writing. I know
Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell did more work but I’m not really a fan of writing.
Over all, the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit was one of my favorite units we’ve had
the whole year and I really enjoyed my novel. TEAMPEETA!! :D
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits?
What were the challenges?
- I had group mates and we’re all reading the same book.
It was like having a book club. It was beneficial to have group mates
because I had the chance to share my thoughts and express my feelings.
The challenges were that we had so much homework. Every week we had to do
two new blog posts and I had a hard time understanding what needs to be done.
But in the end, it was all worth it. Like what I said, I loved the book. J
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having a SMART board in the classroom impacted my learning in a good way
because we got to watch videos together as a class and also do things on the internet.
We probably wouldn’t have all of these (blogging, glogging, etc) if we didn’t have the
SMART board in class. One of my favorite thingsabout the SMART board is that we get to
play games during recess and watch videos. :P
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)?
What were the challenges??
The SMART board was beneficial because it’s great for demonstration.
I learned things better because Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell taught us using the SMART board.
I think our class is very lucky to have a SMART board.
The board is touch screen and everybody enjoyed it.
MARY
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
b) Why do you give this rating?- 9 – I really enjoyed learning new stuff with Cpl. Hamelin and
looking at pictures that she had posted on the blog .
That’s why I would give a 9/10 .
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA
Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
- For the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit, I found it very fun
because I liked how we could just go on the blog to see what the other
members did, instead of just always getting in groups and talking about it
or showing what we did . On the blog, it made the ELA Dystopian Unit much easier .
So I give it an 8/10
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
- I answered this question on question 2 .
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits?
What were the challenges?- The challenges for doing the Dystopian unit on the blog was probably
posting the assignments on time . Since Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell can see whether
we did the assignment or not . Some benefits that I liked were probably
that some of us were able to relate to the novel that we read and probably
how other people in the class can see what you had written for your response .
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?- Having the SMART board in the classroom helped a lot of the time for when
we’re answering questions all together as a class or when Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell
is showing us an example for math. It really helped me because when we needed
to copy out some notes, Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell would just type it up and it would
easy for everyone in the classroom to copy out and read .
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)?
What were the challenges??
- Some Challenges that I found with the SMART board would probably
be when Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell would write on the smart board with the marker
and everything would look sorta messed . Haha . Or when the computer freezes .
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
b) Why do you give this rating?- 9 – I really enjoyed learning new stuff with Cpl. Hamelin and
looking at pictures that she had posted on the blog .
That’s why I would give a 9/10 .
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA
Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
- For the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit, I found it very fun
because I liked how we could just go on the blog to see what the other
members did, instead of just always getting in groups and talking about it
or showing what we did . On the blog, it made the ELA Dystopian Unit much easier .
So I give it an 8/10
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
- I answered this question on question 2 .
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits?
What were the challenges?- The challenges for doing the Dystopian unit on the blog was probably
posting the assignments on time . Since Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell can see whether
we did the assignment or not . Some benefits that I liked were probably
that some of us were able to relate to the novel that we read and probably
how other people in the class can see what you had written for your response .
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?- Having the SMART board in the classroom helped a lot of the time for when
we’re answering questions all together as a class or when Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell
is showing us an example for math. It really helped me because when we needed
to copy out some notes, Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell would just type it up and it would
easy for everyone in the classroom to copy out and read .
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)?
What were the challenges??
- Some Challenges that I found with the SMART board would probably
be when Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell would write on the smart board with the marker
and everything would look sorta messed . Haha . Or when the computer freezes .
CARA
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies. I rate my blogging experience as 9/10.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
b) Why do you give this rating? I gave this rating because I learned so much from this unit and it gave me lots of benefits. It was a very interesting unit and I learned many things that I never knew before.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit. I rate my blogging experience with ELA as 8/10.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating? I gave this rating because I thoroughly enjoyed this unit. It was fun and I learned a lot during this nit.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges? The benefits of this unit is that I can now analyze novels better, and identify things. I am better at predicting the ending of novels now and I can visualize better. I thought it was a challenge to predict the ending of my novel, depending on the person it could be deciphered in different ways.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning? We had to the access to the internet quickly, therefore we could watch videos connecting to our units.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges?? It was beneficial because Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell helped us with a lot of things on the SMART board and made learning fun and easier. There weren’t any challenges of the SMART board.
POLIS
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best 8.5
b) Why do you give this rating? because it’s alot better then us writing things on paper, but i’m not into computers and typing things, even though it’s alot better.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best. 7
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating? my group did’nt do much together, we insted did most of our work alone.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges? The benifits of it was that I had alot of help on it, and we all helped each other when we needed it. the challenges was geting the group together and working together, some of the members away when we were supposed to be together.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning? It help’s in math when your writing it on the smartboard, and we can watch things on demand that are on or not on topic. it helped alot.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges? Some of the benifts were us watching movies, answering those question to help us on the social test, which helped me alot, and the math khanacadamy videos. I don’t think there was any challenges with the smartboard ecept having to take good care of it.
KATHERINE
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies. Lowest 1 – 10 Best
I would rate my experience of blogging as a 9.
b) Why do you give this rating?
I’d rate it this because I learned so much from all the blogs. They had tons of wonderful information on them and lots of funny stories. I really enjoyed all the both reading and responding to the blogs, they were so interesting and I liked learning about all the things going on there.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.Lowest 1 – 10 Best
I would rate this experience as an 8.
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
I would give the Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit an 8 because, it was very interactive. We got to present our assignments in creative and exciting ways, we did lots of reading and even got research things relating to the topics of the books.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
The benefits were being able to see everything we needed to because it was on the blogs, and being able to learn how to better deeply connect with the dystopian themes. We were also able to learn how different and diverse the two countries were form each other. We learned so much about both dystopian themes and Cpl. Hamelin’s misssion.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having the SMART board in the classroom impacted my learning in a positive way. The SMART board was a very interactive and fun experience and got us used to technology.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
The benefits of having the SMART board in the classroom were having Stewie being able to show us anything she wanted together, and quickly. It always gave us access to the internet and the tools we needed if we had questions about an online assignment. The SMART board was an awesome way to get us involved and show us new things.
KENNETH
1.
a) 9 out of 10.
b) Though blogging with a person in a country that is very dangerous is exciting. But the blogging and commenting can get tedious as the things you were going to say are already said by other people and you do not want to sound like a copier. But really it was a joy to write and read to Cpl. Hamelin.
2. 8 out of 10.
3. It was good to read the dystopian books and the blogging and projects are alright, but when working in the group circle, many of the group members do not stay on topic or are not even there. In the end it all worked out and the subject was successful to most.
4. The benefits of the project was that we understand what the world would be if it was not taken care of, if we had super corrupt governments and if we turn against each other in a big way. The challenges were to handle the reality of dystopia on our planet. It made me realize that dystopia is not at all fiction.
5. Having the SMART board in class made learning subjects easier and faster.
6. The benefits of the SMART board are that it can give videos to make us understand things more; we don’t have to get handouts as sometimes we just use the SMART board for it and it is better to use than the white board when you are called over to answer a question. The challenges are none for me, the SMART is the best and it is fun to use, so no challenges for me.
LOUISE
Thoughts on Response Blogs this Year…
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 = 9.5
b) Why do you give this rating?
= Because I really enjoyed it, but I hope the year would have not ended so fast!
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 8
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
=It was a good experience but there were too much homework!!!
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
= I got the chance to read one of the best books ever! It definitly made me addicted to dystopian novels! I think my challenges were limited time to finish my homework.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
= The smartboard was amazing, we are a very lucky class. It definitly made it more easier for me to understand thing, and I felt it was easier for Mrs. Stewar-Mitchell to teach it.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
= We could surf the web easier for everone to to see, it was epic. I dont think I had any challenges.
–Louise.
ELIJAH
JOVIEL
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
10!!!
b) Why do you give this rating?
I gave 10!!! because… I learn so much stuff about Sudan and the referendum thing, I also learned that there are places where a vote is so important to them because in some countries, people don’t care about voting stuff. I also learned something about the country’s background. Knowing these kind of stuffs makes you more aware about the things around you.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
TEN!!!
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
I gave TEN!!! because doing this ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circle is so exciting. It also made me to have more interest in books unlike before. I also realize that reading books is a nice thing to do if you have free time. I also like the idea that we’re not just reading a book but in the same time we’re expanding our knowledge about answering questions. Reading books is a really nice thing to do.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
Benefits… like I said in question 3, it expands your knowledge and you learn something new. Some challenges that I faced are, you need to finish it in time, you need to be focus on what you’re doing, you need to do every steps or answer every questions that is needed and you need to read the novel continuously. But I don’t think that will be a problem if you really like the book/novel your reading.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning? What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
Having a smart board in the classroom makes my learning better, mostly in math. The teacher can do visuals better, she can save her works and she can explain the same thing again without wasting to much time writing. It also helps me in other subjects like science. Science is kinda hard to understand without visual but SMART board makes it easier. You can search videos realting to the topic to have a better understanding. Having the SMART board is maybe the best thing that you must have in a classroom.
ARIEL
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
8
b) Why do you give this rating?
It gave me something that the news couldn’t give. It gave me an inside view into the situation. But blogging frequently for school isn’t exactly my definition of fun.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
5
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
Reading and blogging for school isn’t my definition of fun. Reading took away from Ariel’s amusement time.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
Since I’m not accustomed to reading on a daily basis, it was a challenge trying to stop doing my form of daily entertainment just to read.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
It was much simpler doing PowerPoint presentations just by tapping.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
Sometimes the SMART board hibernates during videos. It was less stress for not having to run to other classrooms just to see what the teacher was talking about.
PAUL
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies. 10
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
b) Why do you give this rating? I give this rating because it was fun to learn about the things that happen in Africa
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit. 5
Lowest 1 – 10 Bestating
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating? I give this rating because I did learn a few things like how different life is in a dystopian soceity and a utopiian soceity, like comparing the book The Hunger Games and the movie I Robot.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges? The benefits were getting to go on the computers. The challenges were that it was a lot of work to have to do.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning? The Smart Board in my classroom was good because I got to do a lot of cool projects that involved using cool websites that my teacher found about. Some examples are Glogster ,Voki and sumo paint.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the The benefits of the Smart Board were that we could watch videos about current events in the news like the protests in Egypt and things about the recent election.
JAKE
1. a) I would rate my blogging experience with Cpl.Hamelin a 10 out of 10
b) I give this rating because It was interesting and it gave my a first hand look to how the world works.
2. I would rate my blogging experience in the Dystopian Lit circle an 8 out of 10
3. I give this rating because the assignments were fun and the book was great but it was difficult to keep track of what we had to do and when to do it.
4. The benefits of this assignment include always being in touch with your peers and being able to comment on their work which is cool but sometimes it can be tough to know what you are supposed to be doing.
5. It impacted my learning by making things way easier to understand like when she would try to describe things she could just bring up a picture of it.
6.The SMART board was very great to have in the class because it made presenting Powerpoints much easier and it was great to have Ms.Stewart-Mitchell be able to show us things on the blog and stuff.
BOBBY
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best= 8
b) Why do you give this rating?
I gave this rating because the pictures were outstanding. Although I find blogging about anything sort of boring. So don’t take it personal.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best= 4
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
I gave this a four because I thought it was quite boring and I didn’t really like blogging about a novel.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
First of all the benefits were that we had to comprehend what we were reading and then we had to put it in our own words. The challenges were that we had to really think about what we were writing and that we had to write quite a bit.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having the smart board in the classroom helped quite a bit because our teacher could help as we took our time through each and every assignment.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges?? The benefits were that we were able to see videos on the smart board that connect to what we were learning about. The challenges were trying to read our teachers writing when she wrote it by hand instead of typing it.
THEA
1. A) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
- 9
b) Why do you give this rating?
I enjoyed learning about Sudan because it learned a lot of things and blogging to Cpl. Hamelin was an awesome experience. I gave a 9 because I didn’t really enjoy all the writing.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
- 9.5
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
- AWEEEEEEEEEESOOOOOOME but then again, I hated the writing. I know Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell did more work but I’m not really a fan of writing. Over all, the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit was one of my favorite units we’ve had the whole year and I really enjoyed my novel. TEAMPEETA!! :D
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
- I had group mates and we’re all reading the same book. It was like having a book club. It was beneficial to have group mates because I had the chance to share my thoughts and express my feelings. The challenges were that we had so much homework. Every week we had to do two new blog posts and I had a hard time understanding what needs to be done. But in the end, it was all worth it. Like what I said, I loved the book. J
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having a SMART board in the classroom impacted my learning in a good way because we got to watch videos together as a class and also do things on the internet. We probably wouldn’t have all of these (blogging, glogging, etc) if we didn’t have the SMART board in class. One of my favorite thingsabout the SMART board is that we get to play games during recess and watch videos. :P
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
The SMART board was beneficial because it’s great for demonstration. I learned things better because Mrs. Stewart-Mitchell taught us using the SMART board. I think our class is very lucky to have a SMART board. The board is touch screen and everybody enjoyed it.
CHANTELLE
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
I rate my expereience blogging to Cpl. Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies as 10/10.
b) Why do you give this rating?
I give this rating because I really enjoyed it alot, and learn a lot of new things about Sudan and the places/people that she’ve met/been too.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
I rate my blogging experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit as 8/10.
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
I give 8/10 as my rating because it was kinda hard, because we had to do so much stuff like the tech tasks and the responses. & I gave it 8/10 because I like the book, and I must say it was a good book. I also learned alot about Dystopian societies.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
The benefits were that I learned a lot about dystopia, like what it means. I learned that dystopia means a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppresive societal control and illusion of a perfect society are maintain through corporate,technological moral or totalitarian control. The challenges were that it was kinda hard for me to do the tech task and responses because we were doing something new about it every week.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having the SMART board in the classroom impact my learning by making it easier for me to learn and it helps a lot in class because if we were doing presentations we don’t need to go to the library just to use the smart board.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
The benefits of the SMART board was that it was easier for me to see what you are writing and it was really beneficial because I learn alot more easier. I didn’t really have any challenges with it.
KAMILLE
1. a) Rate your experience blogging to Cpl.Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies.
I rate my blogging to Cpl. Hamelin and learning about Sudan in Social Studies 9/10
b) Why do you give this rating?
I gave this rating because blogging with Cpl. Hamelin is fun and I learn lots of new stuffs about Sudan and its people.
2. Rate your Blogging Experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit.
I rate my blogging experience with the ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit 8.5/10.
Lowest 1 – 10 Best
3. For Question #2, why do you give this rating?
I give this rating because I really had fun doing it but it as hard for me to answer the responses and I had some difficulty finish my tech tasks.
4. For Question #2, state your thoughts on: What were the benefits? What were the challenges?
The benefits of doing the blogging in ELA Dystopian Novel Lit Circles Unit is that you can blog the things that you have read in the book every week. The challenges is that it is hard for me to finish the task for only one week.
5. How did having the SMART board in the classroom impact your learning?
Having the SMART board in the classroom impact my learning because we can watch videos that is related to the topic that we are studying. Also I am more of a visual learner person. I can learn easily when I see it or watch it.
6. What were the benefits of the SMART board (reference examples please)? What were the challenges??
The benefits of the SMART board is that you can learn things by watching videos that is related to the topic. Also technology is very important to our studies. It helps us to our assignments and our learning. The challenges is that you need to be very careful using the SMART board. It is very useful to our studies so we need to be very careful using it.
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I miss using this as homework. Now everything’s back on paper -.- .
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