Monday, July 25, 2011
Journal 4: One Size Never Fits All
Courduff, J. (2011). One size never fits all. Learning and Leading with Technology, 38(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-june-july-2011.aspx
Out of all the articles I have read thus far I found this one to be most pertinent to my future goal of becoming a special education teacher. In this article Courduff explains how utilizing technology in the classroom was not as easy as was initially thought. Courduff elaborates in how "tiers not years" is the more fruitful approach to getting the most out of technology in the classroom. There are three tiers to explain how teachers will get the most benefits from technology. Tier one explains how teachers can participate in workshops, tier two explains how teachers can collaborate using virtual portfolios and tier three is similar to tier three in that it utilizes technology to collaborate using digital storytelling and e-portfolios. Moreover, what made me the most interested in this article was the real world examples of how technology has actually benefitted special needs students.
Q: How would you get students more interested in public speaking in the classroom?
A: I would get a students more interested in public speaking by first allowing them to pick a topic that they are interested in. Next I would allow them to utilize PowerPoint or prezi to make their speech and add their voice narration to their PowerPoint or prezi presentation.
Q: How would you collaborate with teachers if you do not have time to meet up face-to-face?
A: I would utilize e-portfolios or I would use interactive whiteboards to collaborate with teachers who might have useful information about a subject matter that I might need.
Out of all the articles I have read thus far I found this one to be most pertinent to my future goal of becoming a special education teacher. In this article Courduff explains how utilizing technology in the classroom was not as easy as was initially thought. Courduff elaborates in how "tiers not years" is the more fruitful approach to getting the most out of technology in the classroom. There are three tiers to explain how teachers will get the most benefits from technology. Tier one explains how teachers can participate in workshops, tier two explains how teachers can collaborate using virtual portfolios and tier three is similar to tier three in that it utilizes technology to collaborate using digital storytelling and e-portfolios. Moreover, what made me the most interested in this article was the real world examples of how technology has actually benefitted special needs students.
Q: How would you get students more interested in public speaking in the classroom?
A: I would get a students more interested in public speaking by first allowing them to pick a topic that they are interested in. Next I would allow them to utilize PowerPoint or prezi to make their speech and add their voice narration to their PowerPoint or prezi presentation.
Q: How would you collaborate with teachers if you do not have time to meet up face-to-face?
A: I would utilize e-portfolios or I would use interactive whiteboards to collaborate with teachers who might have useful information about a subject matter that I might need.
Journal 3: Abracadabra - It's Augmented Reality
Raphael, R. (n.d.). Abracadabra it's augmented reality.Learning and Leading with technology, 38(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-june-july-2011.asp
This article discusses the emerging use of AR (augmented reality) and how it can be used in education. Raphael brings out that, AR has been around for some time but just recently is making it's way into education. For example, they are now using AR technology with children's books. In fact, there is a program called "Zooburst" that allows students to create their own virtual pop-up books. AR has even made its way into the area of mobil apps. Raphael informs the reader that you should be able to purchase these phone apps and point them at say a restaurant and from your phone be able to look at their menu. These apps, which Raphael calls "virtual telescopes" have many different features that allow you to see "layers of information" from places as complex as the stars in the sky.
Q: How could I implement AR in my future classroom?
A: I could implement AR by having students sign up for the program called Zooburst and learn how to make their own pop-up books. These books they create could relate directly to the topic that we are learning about that week. This seems like a creative way of getting students involved instead of just having students draw using pencil and paper.
Q: How might you see AR as a social network being a problem in the classroom?
A: AR as a social network could have negative consequences if bad information is written on a students facebook about another student, which could lead to bullying or fighting. This could also be misused in the classroom with students and could get in the way of a lesson plan.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Journal 2: Join the flock
Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the flock. Learning and Leading with Technology, 37(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-june-july-2010.aspx
Ferguson discusses how we can incorporate professional learning networks (PLN) into our everyday life. She explains how and why it is beneficial for future educators to utilize virtual networks such as Twitter. Twitter, provides anyone who has access to a computer with a virtual community of different topics. Once a person decides they want to access Twitter they than have an opportunity to participate or not participate in discussions that are of interest to them. Furthermore, Ferguson explains how you can organize the discussions that are of interest to you using TweetDeck or Hootsuite.
Q:1 How can I use Twitter in the classroom and avoid students only using this for personal use?
A: I can encourage students to make more than one Twitter account. One could be for their personal networks and the other could be for educational networks. They could use their educational one when they are in class and their personal one when they have free time or after school.
Q: 2 How do I use Twitter in classroom to encourage students to set goals for their future career?
A: I can encourage students to be active participants in Twitter conversations that are directly related to what they want to see themselves doing in the future.
Ferguson discusses how we can incorporate professional learning networks (PLN) into our everyday life. She explains how and why it is beneficial for future educators to utilize virtual networks such as Twitter. Twitter, provides anyone who has access to a computer with a virtual community of different topics. Once a person decides they want to access Twitter they than have an opportunity to participate or not participate in discussions that are of interest to them. Furthermore, Ferguson explains how you can organize the discussions that are of interest to you using TweetDeck or Hootsuite.
Q:1 How can I use Twitter in the classroom and avoid students only using this for personal use?
A: I can encourage students to make more than one Twitter account. One could be for their personal networks and the other could be for educational networks. They could use their educational one when they are in class and their personal one when they have free time or after school.
Q: 2 How do I use Twitter in classroom to encourage students to set goals for their future career?
A: I can encourage students to be active participants in Twitter conversations that are directly related to what they want to see themselves doing in the future.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Technology Self Assessment: School 2.0 NETS-2
Module: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
I looked at NETS-T Model: 4. "I model knowledge construction and creative thinking by working collaboratively with individuals and groups of students and contributing to learning both face-to-face and virtually." I wanted to learn about different ways you can utilize technology for the purpose of group and individual work. From this model I choose the link to, "Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners."
Number 4 out of the Top 10 was Glogster EDU. (I actually, played around on the demo version for a little bit and thought it was fun!) Glogster is an economically friendly way for students to make multimedia posters for their class either by themselves or in a group. This stood out to me because it eliminates the use of paper products and encourages students to be more economical. Also, it eliminates the bulky poster boards from the classrooms and allows teachers to keep all of their students work. Moreover, it is a fun way for students to utilize technology and work collaboratively with other students or by themselves. However, one downside to this was the cost. For the premium teacher package it is $99.00 a year but it does offer other less expensive packages. My concern with purchasing the less expensive packages would be that it would not give students enough choices.
Number 2 out of the Top 10 was Blogs. This caught my interest not only because we are actually creating our own blogs but that it gives students a "voice." Speaking to the "voice" aspect of blogs is that it gives the shy students the opportunity to share more about themselves with the rest of the class. Blogs seem like a great way to incorporate multicultural and diverse learning into the classroom too. Also, it allows students to connect with other students that they may have not befriended or realized they had so much in common with before. Additionally, it provides the teacher with a more well-rounded persona of each student and maybe it allows the teacher to design their lesson plan around each of there students abilities.
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I looked at NETS-T Model: 4. "I model knowledge construction and creative thinking by working collaboratively with individuals and groups of students and contributing to learning both face-to-face and virtually." I wanted to learn about different ways you can utilize technology for the purpose of group and individual work. From this model I choose the link to, "Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners."
Number 4 out of the Top 10 was Glogster EDU. (I actually, played around on the demo version for a little bit and thought it was fun!) Glogster is an economically friendly way for students to make multimedia posters for their class either by themselves or in a group. This stood out to me because it eliminates the use of paper products and encourages students to be more economical. Also, it eliminates the bulky poster boards from the classrooms and allows teachers to keep all of their students work. Moreover, it is a fun way for students to utilize technology and work collaboratively with other students or by themselves. However, one downside to this was the cost. For the premium teacher package it is $99.00 a year but it does offer other less expensive packages. My concern with purchasing the less expensive packages would be that it would not give students enough choices.
Number 2 out of the Top 10 was Blogs. This caught my interest not only because we are actually creating our own blogs but that it gives students a "voice." Speaking to the "voice" aspect of blogs is that it gives the shy students the opportunity to share more about themselves with the rest of the class. Blogs seem like a great way to incorporate multicultural and diverse learning into the classroom too. Also, it allows students to connect with other students that they may have not befriended or realized they had so much in common with before. Additionally, it provides the teacher with a more well-rounded persona of each student and maybe it allows the teacher to design their lesson plan around each of there students abilities.
Please create your user account and log into it before you begin the reflection tool, if you want to save a record of your responses. Technology Self Assessment
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