Module 9

This was an interesting module.

I have been using Scootle for some time and have found it has a range of useful activities. Many of the activities are designed for younger students and some are very short. The short activities are great if each student has access to a computer in your classroom but it can be tedious to move a class into a computer room for one quick activity.

I have been able to use a couple of Scootle activities through a learning path to provide for the needs a Life Skills student in a mainstream class. The Life Skills student is able to undertake an activity at his level while the rest of the class follows a different path. Differentiation in this manner has worked well and has meet the learning needs of the range of students.

As with many of the Internet resources it does take time to find and preview the resources in Scootle. Within our school we do email each other when we find particulaly good activities. This type of collaboration can only be encouraged.

I did not like the virtual world of Second Life and would not use it in the classroom.

While I do not have a Face book account, I am very familiar with this social network site and can see its value as a means of "keeping in touch" with friends and family.