Sunday, February 28, 2010
My Persoanl Learning Network
For my personal learning network (PLN), I am subscribed to EdTechTalk.com. This is a podcast on itunes that keeps me up-to-date with new technology and new techniques and methods of to incorporate them into the classroom. I am also following Mr. Tashbin and Dr.Strange on twitter. This helpful because I can gain new ideas and engage in discussions with teachers. I follow Jarrod Lamshed's blog. You can find it on the webpage attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com. His blog offers good advice for new teachers. I also have included NCTM, National Council of Teachers of Math, in my PLN. I go to this webpage often. It offers articles, lessons, and advice how to be a better math teacher and better prepare students for the future.
Week 6 Blog
"Dr. Christie's Web page"
At Dr. Christie's web page serves as a useful tool to discover more ways to use technology in classroom to enhance teaching. This is a very helpful website for teachers and future teachers alike. It has many different categories to choose from, such as internet safety.
For me I found the most interesting link in her web page to be Emerging Technologies. It shows you upcoming technology that would be beneficial in a class room setting. I found this one interesting because I am a future educator and I believe the newer technology would be more relevant to the students that I will be teaching.
At Dr. Christie's web page serves as a useful tool to discover more ways to use technology in classroom to enhance teaching. This is a very helpful website for teachers and future teachers alike. It has many different categories to choose from, such as internet safety.
For me I found the most interesting link in her web page to be Emerging Technologies. It shows you upcoming technology that would be beneficial in a class room setting. I found this one interesting because I am a future educator and I believe the newer technology would be more relevant to the students that I will be teaching.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
"This is how we dream" (Parts 1 and 2)
This video is really cool. I wish I knew how to make a production such as that one. I think this video is just another example of what the future is going to be like for education. Students won't just be submitting reports on paper anymore, if at all. Our students are living in a world were information is instant and we must attempt to keep up.
As Richard Miller pointed out, this is a way to push ideas into the world. With regular ink and paper it takes a relatively long time to get a book on the market. But with technology and the internet, new ideas can be shown to the world much faster. Also they can be accessed instantly.
I do not see our future students of the near future being able to write with multimedia as well as the video portrays it. But the way our society is shifting towards being more technologically dominant and efficient, I can not rule that out. Although, I definitely expect it soon after.
"The Networked Student"
As I watched the movie about a networked student, I could not help but think that is similar to some of things we do in this class. We use delicious to share information that we find with our podcast team. We our learning to be networked students ourselves. In this case, I think I am ready to be the teacher of networked students. This way the students do not have to stuck in the classroom listening to boring lectures. They also learn more my going out and looking for the information and forming their own opinion. Also, they have an audience to share their findings with. They can share ideas and gain greater knowledge of a topic through continuing discussion.
"Toward a new future of whatever"
This video by Michael Wesch is about how times have changes and so have the people and generations. He has it somewhat correct about the generation of today, the "mtv generation." It can be confusing at times but he gets to points that easy to understand, youtube. We all have seen videos on youtube. It's way for people to express themselves. Also people can watch other people at a distance. I would have to agree with Mr. Wesch, that our generation have to fear or anxiety. When somebody makes a youtube video, they are thinking about the millions of potential viewers. So they do want to represent themselves well. But the creators do not get to see their audience watching them so therefore there is nothing to really to be scared about what they are going to say because it's not to your face. It would be to a computer. Sometimes, I think this represents our generation and sometimes it does not.
Comments for Kids
This week I commented on a class blog. They posted a video of them learning to sew. This is just to let you in on some of the other kid blogs I have commented on:
Week 4 I commented a class blog where the class made a animation video about sea life.
Week 5 I commented on student's blog. He wrote a book review.
Week 6 I commented on a class blog. They showed a short video and wrote about earthworms.
This video is really cool. I wish I knew how to make a production such as that one. I think this video is just another example of what the future is going to be like for education. Students won't just be submitting reports on paper anymore, if at all. Our students are living in a world were information is instant and we must attempt to keep up.
As Richard Miller pointed out, this is a way to push ideas into the world. With regular ink and paper it takes a relatively long time to get a book on the market. But with technology and the internet, new ideas can be shown to the world much faster. Also they can be accessed instantly.
I do not see our future students of the near future being able to write with multimedia as well as the video portrays it. But the way our society is shifting towards being more technologically dominant and efficient, I can not rule that out. Although, I definitely expect it soon after.
"The Networked Student"
As I watched the movie about a networked student, I could not help but think that is similar to some of things we do in this class. We use delicious to share information that we find with our podcast team. We our learning to be networked students ourselves. In this case, I think I am ready to be the teacher of networked students. This way the students do not have to stuck in the classroom listening to boring lectures. They also learn more my going out and looking for the information and forming their own opinion. Also, they have an audience to share their findings with. They can share ideas and gain greater knowledge of a topic through continuing discussion.
"Toward a new future of whatever"
This video by Michael Wesch is about how times have changes and so have the people and generations. He has it somewhat correct about the generation of today, the "mtv generation." It can be confusing at times but he gets to points that easy to understand, youtube. We all have seen videos on youtube. It's way for people to express themselves. Also people can watch other people at a distance. I would have to agree with Mr. Wesch, that our generation have to fear or anxiety. When somebody makes a youtube video, they are thinking about the millions of potential viewers. So they do want to represent themselves well. But the creators do not get to see their audience watching them so therefore there is nothing to really to be scared about what they are going to say because it's not to your face. It would be to a computer. Sometimes, I think this represents our generation and sometimes it does not.
Comments for Kids
This week I commented on a class blog. They posted a video of them learning to sew. This is just to let you in on some of the other kid blogs I have commented on:
Week 4 I commented a class blog where the class made a animation video about sea life.
Week 5 I commented on student's blog. He wrote a book review.
Week 6 I commented on a class blog. They showed a short video and wrote about earthworms.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Wikipedia and What I've Learned this Year
"Wikipedia: Reliable or Unreliable?"
When we do a any kind or research, one of the first things we do is search for information on the internet via search engines. On the top of this list that the search engine gives us is a link for wikipedia. Sometimes people take for granted that what they find on the internet is absolutely true. Anybody can put soemthing the internet but, that doesn't make it true. Wikipedia is not the exception.
Anyone can change the articles found on wikipedia. This fact alone doesn't make a concrete source. It is definitely not one that should be used for any academic writings. Companies and corporation has been found to change the information in the articles to enhance the view the public has on them. A chemical company deleting a portion of an article about controversial environmental hazards is a very good example. This makes the articles that we find on wikipedia well...biased. How are we suppose to weigh the the good and the bad, then make our own decisions, when we don't have all the facts. Big business isn't the only ones who do this, celebrities do it as well and any party of interest. So, is wikipedia a reliable source of information? If you ask me, I say, no.
"What I've learned from this year"
This post was a good one from a first year teacher. For me, I enjoyed it because it let's us know first hand what to experience on our first year as teachers. We have to flexible. Not everything is going to go just right. We also have to be willing to learn new things. We can't afford to. As times change, we don't want to be stuck teaching in old-fashioned ways. So, we have to be innovative and see technology as tool. I liked this post. Because I am not teacher yet, I am taking all the advice I can get. This post offers some good advice.
When we do a any kind or research, one of the first things we do is search for information on the internet via search engines. On the top of this list that the search engine gives us is a link for wikipedia. Sometimes people take for granted that what they find on the internet is absolutely true. Anybody can put soemthing the internet but, that doesn't make it true. Wikipedia is not the exception.
Anyone can change the articles found on wikipedia. This fact alone doesn't make a concrete source. It is definitely not one that should be used for any academic writings. Companies and corporation has been found to change the information in the articles to enhance the view the public has on them. A chemical company deleting a portion of an article about controversial environmental hazards is a very good example. This makes the articles that we find on wikipedia well...biased. How are we suppose to weigh the the good and the bad, then make our own decisions, when we don't have all the facts. Big business isn't the only ones who do this, celebrities do it as well and any party of interest. So, is wikipedia a reliable source of information? If you ask me, I say, no.
"What I've learned from this year"
This post was a good one from a first year teacher. For me, I enjoyed it because it let's us know first hand what to experience on our first year as teachers. We have to flexible. Not everything is going to go just right. We also have to be willing to learn new things. We can't afford to. As times change, we don't want to be stuck teaching in old-fashioned ways. So, we have to be innovative and see technology as tool. I liked this post. Because I am not teacher yet, I am taking all the advice I can get. This post offers some good advice.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Podcasting in the Classroom (Week 4 post)
Last week, I listened to six podcasts for about ten minutes each. So I have only dabbled into podcasting. I thought about some of the general advantages that podcasts have. Being a future teacher, I also pondered about ways to use them in teaching. The video that I choose to watch for this week confirms some of my points and also taught me some new positives that podcasts can have.
As confirmed for me, the video clip "Podcasting in the classroom" shows some useful methods for how to enhance students' learning experience. As we are all going to be teachers of in the new millennium, we are taking on the task of teaching student that have no idea what living without a computer or some kind of technology. Because of this, podcasts can be useful in keeping their attention because of their familiarity with them. Teachers can record lectures and post them as podcasts and students can go back and listen to them as reviews. This also works out good for students who have to miss class. They can listen to the lecture right at home from their computer. Students can also create and write podcast which allows them to use their creative abilities. There many uses for podcasts in the classroom. I encourage everyone to watch this video. It is a good one.
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