As this semester comes to an end I am completing my last REQUIRED blog post. I am very happy that I was taught all about blogging, and I am proud of my blog. Also, I am glad that I learned the value of making a blog, and how it can have huge benefits in my future classroom.I spent a lot of time this semester making blogs! wow 2 500 word posts a week was quite the assignment. However, I am happy that I was given the practice of working with blogs, and I can see how they are very beneficial.
As an exceptional education teacher I am not quite sure on how I will incorporate blogging into my classroom. One idea that I have is to write a blog on the classroom activities and enable the parents of my students to access the blog and have a better idea of what the daily events are. I have some time to think about it but I do know that this class taught me many things about technology such as blogging. I am very happy I was given this knowledge and I look forward to using my new technology skills in the future. THANK YOU DR. BOYER
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Ch. 10 Blogs Wikis and Pod Casts.
The beginning of this chapter asked the question “Now that we have talked all about these tools, what is going to be the impact on education” The author’s state that there will be two unstoppable trends in the use of technology in the Read/Web classroom. The first trend is that more and more content both new and old will continue to come online. The second trend is that more and more the creation of that content is collaborative.
The next paragraph of the chapter talked about new illiteracies. In the olden days we defined being “literate” as someone who can read and write. Now a day’s people need to be able to produce thing online and decipher them. To consume information (The authors say) people need to be editors as well as readers. It will be our job as future educators to teach our students to be able to create, sustain and participate in these networks in safe, ethical, and effective ways.
The next section of this chapter talked about the big shifts in education in how best to teach students. The first big shift talks about the material that the teachers will be teaching. Back in the day teachers owned the material that they were teaching their students. Now with everything online the students can access the material at any time. The second big shift talks about how the students can access other teachers through the aid of social networks. No longer is the teacher the single educator of a room.
The Third Big shift talks about how with these social networks and collaborative assignments the idea that students need to work independently for the majority of the time is over. With the use of the internet a lot of the assignments are collaborative. The fourth big shift talks about how lectures are recombining a thin of the past. In most classrooms it’s all conversations. The Fifth big shift talks about how no longer will it be essential to memorize fact, but instead with the use of the internet the challenge will lie in where to find it.
The sixth big shift talks about how the information posted on the internet is no longer as accurate as most text books. Readers will have to be editors as well. The seventh big shift talks about the web will be the new notebook for our students. The eighth big shift talks about how writing is no longer limited to text, instead we can write in different fonts, sizes, and genres.
Shift 9 and 10 seemed to go hand in hand. They talk about how mastery is the product that you can produce, no longer are tests the deciding factor, and the contribution, not completion is the ultimate goal for students to be successful in a project.
The epilogue of this book talks about the enormous amount of work that you can produce in just a few minutes with the aid of the internet.
I agree with the shifts talked about in this chapter. It is apparent to me that the authors can see the writing on the wall that technology is here to stay and is transforming our classroom. I believe what they have to say and I am trying to take their advice.
As a future educator I will try my hardest to introduce helpful technology into my classroom. I believe that it does have a valid purpose in my room, and I am excited to help my student proceed to the future.
The next paragraph of the chapter talked about new illiteracies. In the olden days we defined being “literate” as someone who can read and write. Now a day’s people need to be able to produce thing online and decipher them. To consume information (The authors say) people need to be editors as well as readers. It will be our job as future educators to teach our students to be able to create, sustain and participate in these networks in safe, ethical, and effective ways.
The next section of this chapter talked about the big shifts in education in how best to teach students. The first big shift talks about the material that the teachers will be teaching. Back in the day teachers owned the material that they were teaching their students. Now with everything online the students can access the material at any time. The second big shift talks about how the students can access other teachers through the aid of social networks. No longer is the teacher the single educator of a room.
The Third Big shift talks about how with these social networks and collaborative assignments the idea that students need to work independently for the majority of the time is over. With the use of the internet a lot of the assignments are collaborative. The fourth big shift talks about how lectures are recombining a thin of the past. In most classrooms it’s all conversations. The Fifth big shift talks about how no longer will it be essential to memorize fact, but instead with the use of the internet the challenge will lie in where to find it.
The sixth big shift talks about how the information posted on the internet is no longer as accurate as most text books. Readers will have to be editors as well. The seventh big shift talks about the web will be the new notebook for our students. The eighth big shift talks about how writing is no longer limited to text, instead we can write in different fonts, sizes, and genres.
Shift 9 and 10 seemed to go hand in hand. They talk about how mastery is the product that you can produce, no longer are tests the deciding factor, and the contribution, not completion is the ultimate goal for students to be successful in a project.
The epilogue of this book talks about the enormous amount of work that you can produce in just a few minutes with the aid of the internet.
I agree with the shifts talked about in this chapter. It is apparent to me that the authors can see the writing on the wall that technology is here to stay and is transforming our classroom. I believe what they have to say and I am trying to take their advice.
As a future educator I will try my hardest to introduce helpful technology into my classroom. I believe that it does have a valid purpose in my room, and I am excited to help my student proceed to the future.
Technology Inquiry
It's Done! Finally done!
In this section of my blog post I'm supposed to write all about how much effort I put into this assignment. I have a two word answer for this question: a lot! From finding all my resources and making an annotated bibliography, to organizing me wiki and uploading all my pictures, to finally making a script and producing a screen cast I spent A LOT of time on this project. The result I am proud to say is a very good wiki that I believe shows some great ways to introduce technology into the cognitively disabled classroom. Following professor Boyer's guidelines I believe I have met all the expectations for this assignment and hopefully I will get a good grade on it.
I learned a lot from this assignment. As a exceptional education major it will be my job one day to find technology that will benefit my students, and this assignment opened the door to where I can look. Also, I now know how to make a wiki and I also have to knowledge to make a pretty one.
I am very happy that I have successfully completed this assignment. Technology has not always been one of my favorite things to work with but assignments like these make me a believer. Thank you
In this section of my blog post I'm supposed to write all about how much effort I put into this assignment. I have a two word answer for this question: a lot! From finding all my resources and making an annotated bibliography, to organizing me wiki and uploading all my pictures, to finally making a script and producing a screen cast I spent A LOT of time on this project. The result I am proud to say is a very good wiki that I believe shows some great ways to introduce technology into the cognitively disabled classroom. Following professor Boyer's guidelines I believe I have met all the expectations for this assignment and hopefully I will get a good grade on it.
I learned a lot from this assignment. As a exceptional education major it will be my job one day to find technology that will benefit my students, and this assignment opened the door to where I can look. Also, I now know how to make a wiki and I also have to knowledge to make a pretty one.
I am very happy that I have successfully completed this assignment. Technology has not always been one of my favorite things to work with but assignments like these make me a believer. Thank you
Friday, December 10, 2010
Chapter 10 Rethinking Education
This chapter started out with the title of the book, “Rethinking Education in a Technological World.” I thought this was an excellent way to close out the book! The chapter summed up everything that we talked about throughout the chapter.
Currently there is a strong association between schooling learning. As learning moves out of school, our conception of learning will begin to broaden, and we will see more hybrid experiences that begin in the classroom and move into other contexts. Basically what the chapter is saying is that schooling outside of an institution is a great thing and can have many benefits.
There was a short but interesting comment about Rethinking motivation that I thought was very true. The chapter gave a statistic that said many students are very bored with school. Technology can fix this problem! If students can learn from video games, using the internet, and watching movies and shows, not only will it
interest them but it will motivate them to learn.
The next big part of the chapter talked about the transitions between learning and work. The chapter said that with technology there will be a much easier transition between work and schooling. Even today many students in colleges across the nation are finding that with the help of technology they not only are being aided in finding jobs, but with their technology skills they are more suited and prepared for the jobs.
This chapter ended by talking about the author’s vision of the future. They state that we use education to work toward our national ideals of equality, opportunity, and democracy. The future leaders of our nation will need to understand the affordances of new resources to everyone. Technology is here to stay and the benefits are obvious and numerous. Now comes the proper transition into conforming technology to meet our needs.
The book is done! I was very happy I was able to read this book and find more about how technology is changing our world, and can be extremely beneficial to our classrooms. When I first took this class I did not believe that technology was all that necessary. I loved my hardcover books, multiple handouts, and lots of writing. However after reading this chapter and completing education 331 I am now a believer in technology. There are so many good uses that can help our students I cannot understand why anyone would want to stick with our original methods of technology.
As a future teacher I will do my best to implement the proper technology into my classroom. I am an exceptional education major and I plan on working with cognitively disabled students. There are many example of technology that I can use in my room. I will use this technology and hopefully it will help me be a good teacher.
Currently there is a strong association between schooling learning. As learning moves out of school, our conception of learning will begin to broaden, and we will see more hybrid experiences that begin in the classroom and move into other contexts. Basically what the chapter is saying is that schooling outside of an institution is a great thing and can have many benefits.
There was a short but interesting comment about Rethinking motivation that I thought was very true. The chapter gave a statistic that said many students are very bored with school. Technology can fix this problem! If students can learn from video games, using the internet, and watching movies and shows, not only will it
interest them but it will motivate them to learn.
The next big part of the chapter talked about the transitions between learning and work. The chapter said that with technology there will be a much easier transition between work and schooling. Even today many students in colleges across the nation are finding that with the help of technology they not only are being aided in finding jobs, but with their technology skills they are more suited and prepared for the jobs.
This chapter ended by talking about the author’s vision of the future. They state that we use education to work toward our national ideals of equality, opportunity, and democracy. The future leaders of our nation will need to understand the affordances of new resources to everyone. Technology is here to stay and the benefits are obvious and numerous. Now comes the proper transition into conforming technology to meet our needs.
The book is done! I was very happy I was able to read this book and find more about how technology is changing our world, and can be extremely beneficial to our classrooms. When I first took this class I did not believe that technology was all that necessary. I loved my hardcover books, multiple handouts, and lots of writing. However after reading this chapter and completing education 331 I am now a believer in technology. There are so many good uses that can help our students I cannot understand why anyone would want to stick with our original methods of technology.
As a future teacher I will do my best to implement the proper technology into my classroom. I am an exceptional education major and I plan on working with cognitively disabled students. There are many example of technology that I can use in my room. I will use this technology and hopefully it will help me be a good teacher.
Chapter 9 Rethinking Education.
This was a relatively short chapter! (Only 6 pages) The chapter started out asking the question “what does it all mean? The first paragraph had a great argument about why technology in the classroom is a good thing. A man named Don Tapscott argues “for the first time in history, children are more comfortable, knowledgeable, and literate than tier parents about an innovation central to society; they are a force for social transformation.
The first part of the chapter talked about what are kids learning form technology? They state that children learn ousted of school and home with the help of technology. Video games are an excellent example of this. Children who play video games develop sophisticated problem- solving and communication skills in virtual worlds beyond the idea of reading with your children to playing with your children. Also when players participate in a larger gaming community, games can accelerate opportunities for children to develop new sources of vocabulary in meaningful contexts.
This chapter ended talking about how the media also has an effect on our students. Shows are becoming very elaborate and drawing many viewers. These viewers sometime create websites and blogs that students can follow and communicate with the outside world. Finally where does this leave us? The chapter ended talking about how there is now even more pressure from inside the classroom and out to include technology in the classroom. Now we need initiative people to initiate the movement.
This short chapter really did not change my thinking about technology to much. I appreciate the video game argument, and I realize that this may be true. However, I believe that this chapter could have found more examples or proven its point in another chapter. After reading this chapter I now am convinced that technology in the classroom is a good thing, now it’s time to learn about how I can successfully implement it and keep the peace with the classroom and parents of my students.
As a future teacher I will encourage my students to participate outside of class in educational uses of technology. Though I do not believe that video games are super educational There are multiple ways on the internet, computer, and media that my students can learn. As a result of this chapter I will maybe investigate into video games a little more and see if there are really some educational ones.
The first part of the chapter talked about what are kids learning form technology? They state that children learn ousted of school and home with the help of technology. Video games are an excellent example of this. Children who play video games develop sophisticated problem- solving and communication skills in virtual worlds beyond the idea of reading with your children to playing with your children. Also when players participate in a larger gaming community, games can accelerate opportunities for children to develop new sources of vocabulary in meaningful contexts.
This chapter ended talking about how the media also has an effect on our students. Shows are becoming very elaborate and drawing many viewers. These viewers sometime create websites and blogs that students can follow and communicate with the outside world. Finally where does this leave us? The chapter ended talking about how there is now even more pressure from inside the classroom and out to include technology in the classroom. Now we need initiative people to initiate the movement.
This short chapter really did not change my thinking about technology to much. I appreciate the video game argument, and I realize that this may be true. However, I believe that this chapter could have found more examples or proven its point in another chapter. After reading this chapter I now am convinced that technology in the classroom is a good thing, now it’s time to learn about how I can successfully implement it and keep the peace with the classroom and parents of my students.
As a future teacher I will encourage my students to participate outside of class in educational uses of technology. Though I do not believe that video games are super educational There are multiple ways on the internet, computer, and media that my students can learn. As a result of this chapter I will maybe investigate into video games a little more and see if there are really some educational ones.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
How has my thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning changed over the semester?
Over the semester my thoughts have changed a lot! I really did not like using computers that much. I knew that they were good tools but i hated using them! Not I really believe using technology can help students and I am excited to use it.
How Will You Teach Ella?
I have three ways I plan on using technology in my learning environment.
As a special needs teacher I plan on using many tools that allow my students to interact with the class as much as possible. Some students have a very tough time communicating, and to help them out the first tool that I will enable them to have are communication devices. This could be simple things such as voice boxes where they push a button in front of them that will communicate. In my room communication is important and I want to be able to help my students as much as I can.
Another way that I believe I can use technology in my classroom is to have my class set up their own blog. Even if the students cannot type I will find a way for my students to post a digital journal online of the classroom activities. This will enable them to give their own opinion of the class activities, assignments, and events.
Finally I want to involove the parents of my stdents as much as I possible can. (Especially if my old educational technology professor is one of the parents) I will do this by having a class blog that I make. I will email to the parents a screen cast of how to navigate and access the blog, and on the blog I can inform the parents of classroom activities, upcoming events, and Homework. I believe this will be an excellent way for the parents to become involved and get an idea of what I am teaching thier children.
As a special needs teacher I plan on using many tools that allow my students to interact with the class as much as possible. Some students have a very tough time communicating, and to help them out the first tool that I will enable them to have are communication devices. This could be simple things such as voice boxes where they push a button in front of them that will communicate. In my room communication is important and I want to be able to help my students as much as I can.
Another way that I believe I can use technology in my classroom is to have my class set up their own blog. Even if the students cannot type I will find a way for my students to post a digital journal online of the classroom activities. This will enable them to give their own opinion of the class activities, assignments, and events.
Finally I want to involove the parents of my stdents as much as I possible can. (Especially if my old educational technology professor is one of the parents) I will do this by having a class blog that I make. I will email to the parents a screen cast of how to navigate and access the blog, and on the blog I can inform the parents of classroom activities, upcoming events, and Homework. I believe this will be an excellent way for the parents to become involved and get an idea of what I am teaching thier children.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
IRLO
I spent a lot of time on this assignment. When I first started this project I tried to complete it and really had a tough time. I found it so frustrating that after failing at trying to make one I met with Dr. Boyer to see if there was a possibility of me not doing this assignment and still receiving a B for a grade. He would not let me be a quitter and he helped me get started. I made the lesson “Leo Needs Help” and based it off a Lion that need help getting out of a scary woods. To get out he has to pass through some scary characters that their dreaded addition problems.
I am very happy that I was able to complete an assignment such as this one. I can fully see myself in the future designing some IROLs and allowing my students to use them. This assignment had a very big impact on my future teaching as now I have the knowledge and technology to make my very own IROL. This was a very frustrating yet fun project that I am happy I completed.
I am very happy that I was able to complete an assignment such as this one. I can fully see myself in the future designing some IROLs and allowing my students to use them. This assignment had a very big impact on my future teaching as now I have the knowledge and technology to make my very own IROL. This was a very frustrating yet fun project that I am happy I completed.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Interactive White Board
I designed my interactive whiteboard lesson to accomodate students in a cognitive disabled classroom. It was a very fun assignment and I believe I made a lesson that would interest my students while at the same time help get their minds going in the morning.
I put a lot of effort into this assignment. I am not at all computer savvy so just starting this project was a little difficult. However, with the help of my professor and the Smart Exchange website I was able to put together a lesson that I am proud of. I spent many hours designing my lesson, and I even sought out my professor for additional help and advice.I had a little difficulty getting used to working with the software but once I got the hang of it I now am pretty good with it.
I am very excited to use interactive whiteboards in the future, and I believe this assignment had a huge impact on ability to design lessons on the smart board. I believe that the lesson that I made could be used in a special needs classroom and in the future I plan on using it. One of the coolest things that I received from doing this assignment is I now can teach others about interactive whiteboards and how to design lessons on them.
Overall, I am very happy that I now know how to make a interactive whiteboard lesson. I have downloaded the software to my home computer and I have designed many lessons for others classes since this assignment was due.
I put a lot of effort into this assignment. I am not at all computer savvy so just starting this project was a little difficult. However, with the help of my professor and the Smart Exchange website I was able to put together a lesson that I am proud of. I spent many hours designing my lesson, and I even sought out my professor for additional help and advice.I had a little difficulty getting used to working with the software but once I got the hang of it I now am pretty good with it.
I am very excited to use interactive whiteboards in the future, and I believe this assignment had a huge impact on ability to design lessons on the smart board. I believe that the lesson that I made could be used in a special needs classroom and in the future I plan on using it. One of the coolest things that I received from doing this assignment is I now can teach others about interactive whiteboards and how to design lessons on them.
Overall, I am very happy that I now know how to make a interactive whiteboard lesson. I have downloaded the software to my home computer and I have designed many lessons for others classes since this assignment was due.
Exit slip 12-2-10
Wow what a day! Today I got to record teh "What we did in class wiki." This was a fun but busy task.
In class today we watched a video about a teacher that implemented many tools into her classroom. As a class we took notes on this and made a blog post entitled One Teachers Story
We then were directed to two articles. We broke up into groups and read different parts of the articles. We then did a jigsaw activity where the whole class intermingled and discussed what we read. In the end we discussed what we all learned today and went over the homework.
If you would like a full account of what we did today in class you can follow this link
https://sites.google.com/site/fall2010wwdicwiki/home/section-1-lab
In class today we watched a video about a teacher that implemented many tools into her classroom. As a class we took notes on this and made a blog post entitled One Teachers Story
We then were directed to two articles. We broke up into groups and read different parts of the articles. We then did a jigsaw activity where the whole class intermingled and discussed what we read. In the end we discussed what we all learned today and went over the homework.
If you would like a full account of what we did today in class you can follow this link
https://sites.google.com/site/fall2010wwdicwiki/home/section-1-lab
One Teacher's Story.
Today we watched a video entitled One Teacher’s story. Our assignment was to find different ways that this teacher integrated technology into her classroom.
In the past this teacher used traditional methods of teaching her students which included a lot of work for her and a lot of paper.
In her new classroom she has a smart board which allows her students to participate in cooperative learning and actively engages them and encourages participation. She also talked about having her students participate in online collaborative projects. These projects allow her to connect with peers worldwide and enable her to interact with people such as experts in the field. She has a class Blog that she updates daily, and finally her students have their own blog where they can talk about their studies and lives and share with many people outside of the classroom. In her room her students have access to laptops which helps her integrate technology.
Before we had all this technology we COULD send home assignments. We COULD do collaborative assignments (not online) with students and teachers in other cities and schools. We COULD engage our students and encourage participation. We COULD share our perspectives.
Before, we COULDN’T do much work that was shared worldwide. Before, without internet, we COULDN’T blog. (this requires an actually blog) Before, we COULDN’T integrate tools such as a Smart board, or Laptop.
Before we COULD HAVE done many things better. This lies in the fields of cooperative learning, engaging our students, and limiting the use of paper and thus saving trees.Also sharing perspectives could have been improved as well as discussing current events.
In the past this teacher used traditional methods of teaching her students which included a lot of work for her and a lot of paper.
In her new classroom she has a smart board which allows her students to participate in cooperative learning and actively engages them and encourages participation. She also talked about having her students participate in online collaborative projects. These projects allow her to connect with peers worldwide and enable her to interact with people such as experts in the field. She has a class Blog that she updates daily, and finally her students have their own blog where they can talk about their studies and lives and share with many people outside of the classroom. In her room her students have access to laptops which helps her integrate technology.
Before we had all this technology we COULD send home assignments. We COULD do collaborative assignments (not online) with students and teachers in other cities and schools. We COULD engage our students and encourage participation. We COULD share our perspectives.
Before, we COULDN’T do much work that was shared worldwide. Before, without internet, we COULDN’T blog. (this requires an actually blog) Before, we COULDN’T integrate tools such as a Smart board, or Laptop.
Before we COULD HAVE done many things better. This lies in the fields of cooperative learning, engaging our students, and limiting the use of paper and thus saving trees.Also sharing perspectives could have been improved as well as discussing current events.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
PSA
My group and I did our PSA on Internet Safety. We offered some helpful hints and informed kids to be careful on the internet. This project was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed working with my group members. It was surprising how fast the project went when we all worked together. I believe we all worked equally hard on this assignment and I am proud of how it turned out.
I honestly do not think that making a PSA will have a huge impact on my teaching future. However, I really did enjoy making it and I do believe it could be useful. I am glad that I now know how to make one, and I believe I am prepared to make one if I needed to in the future.
You can find our PSA by following the link below. Enjoy!
http://thebertrambump.blogspot.com/2010/11/psa.html
I honestly do not think that making a PSA will have a huge impact on my teaching future. However, I really did enjoy making it and I do believe it could be useful. I am glad that I now know how to make one, and I believe I am prepared to make one if I needed to in the future.
You can find our PSA by following the link below. Enjoy!
http://thebertrambump.blogspot.com/2010/11/psa.html
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