It was brought to my attention that the Geometry PSP crew this year did something different at the beginning of school. One of the first things that students learn/review in Geometry PSP is symmetry. After having a discussion about symmetry and points of reflections, they had their students walk around the school and take pictures of what they just learned. Students were to find all different types of symmetry and points of reflection. Once they were done, they had the students pick one picture to text to the class blog that the teachers previously made. (They made this using Blogger, one of the free features that you have with the Google Apps for Education account.) By doing this, the teachers were able to have immediate feedback from the students and the class as a whole could have discussions about each picture that was uploaded to the blog.
This is certainly a different way of blogging and is another great example of how you can embrace the technology that students have in their pocket. There is no doubt in my mind that students were having a great time in class taking pictures with their cell phones while learning at the same time!
The pictures that you see here were taken from Ms. Gagnon's Geometry Blogs. If you are interested in learning how blogging could be adapted into your classroom, come on down and we will have a chat!
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