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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