Teaching Today....Technology Integration
http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles
Online Communities:
Online communities aren't just for Myspace anymore. Places such as National Geographic has on-line communities for students and teacher to collaborate on different topics such as Ocean Life and Our Environment. Online communities give you access to other teachers 24 hours, 7 days per week.
Technology Conferences:
Educational technology conferences offer educators and administrators opportunities to learn how to integrate different technologies across the curriculum while being exposed to the latest hardware, software and successful strategies on student technology use. This article list many different conferences that are available to attend to build on knowledge of technology in the classroom. I personally would love to go to the next one here is AZ.
10 Best Science Musemums:
In this article I found this site to be to the most helpful for my content/grade area! I plan on using it for my classroom.
Smithsonian Institutionwww.si.edu
“Smithsonian for Kids.” Students can explore, discover, and learn about science through activity sheets, idea labs, and more. Have students click on the “Science & Nature” topic for a suite of links to Smithsonian exhibits and activities on anatomy, squids, flight, light, Earth history, and other topics.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Week 8 Readings
When the Book? When the Net?
http://fromnowon.org/when.html
The one thing I noticed about this article is that it is 10 years old. A lot has changed in 10 years as far as information being reliable from Internet sources. According to the article, books are a better source than the internet when it comes to historical and complex issues since it is based on the facts from people who have spent many hours researching articles and other documents and who are looking to sell their work to a publisher and not just give it out freely over the internet.
Although electronic media makes life easier in some ways such as locating information quicker, sources keep pointing to book material for quality resources and valid information. Young students today mistakenly believe that everything that is available on the Internet is accurate, but what they do not understand is that a larger percentage of information on the Internet is being published by individuals that have done their own research to find a specfic outcome.
http://fromnowon.org/when.html
The one thing I noticed about this article is that it is 10 years old. A lot has changed in 10 years as far as information being reliable from Internet sources. According to the article, books are a better source than the internet when it comes to historical and complex issues since it is based on the facts from people who have spent many hours researching articles and other documents and who are looking to sell their work to a publisher and not just give it out freely over the internet.
Although electronic media makes life easier in some ways such as locating information quicker, sources keep pointing to book material for quality resources and valid information. Young students today mistakenly believe that everything that is available on the Internet is accurate, but what they do not understand is that a larger percentage of information on the Internet is being published by individuals that have done their own research to find a specfic outcome.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Week 7 Readings
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te600.htm
This article discusses some of the real issues educators face when trying to incorporate technology in the classroom. Most teachers refuse to realize that our students are using more and more multimedia tools everyday, yet we as educators hinder their growth when we limit their access to sources that could enhance their learning, but the use of technology does not allow students to so call "learn" what they need for standardized testing. So it is no wonder many schools are teaching to the test rather than allowing for authentic learning situations. We need to prepare for a future that is rich with new age technology to keep up with the ever-evolving changes in multimedia resources. In the article states that, “research clearly indicates that the single most important factor in the effective use of technology is the quality of the teacher knowledge of effective technology uses in instruction.”
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/professional_development/strategies/
The authors of this article have examined research to determine which teaching strategies have positive effects on student learning. This site provides ideas for using technology in all areas of curriculum. It also offered many different sites and software programs that could be used to incorporate technology into the classroom, such KidPix, Inspiration, The Graph Club, and many more. I have also used Voice Thread this year and have been very successful.
This article discusses some of the real issues educators face when trying to incorporate technology in the classroom. Most teachers refuse to realize that our students are using more and more multimedia tools everyday, yet we as educators hinder their growth when we limit their access to sources that could enhance their learning, but the use of technology does not allow students to so call "learn" what they need for standardized testing. So it is no wonder many schools are teaching to the test rather than allowing for authentic learning situations. We need to prepare for a future that is rich with new age technology to keep up with the ever-evolving changes in multimedia resources. In the article states that, “research clearly indicates that the single most important factor in the effective use of technology is the quality of the teacher knowledge of effective technology uses in instruction.”
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/professional_development/strategies/
The authors of this article have examined research to determine which teaching strategies have positive effects on student learning. This site provides ideas for using technology in all areas of curriculum. It also offered many different sites and software programs that could be used to incorporate technology into the classroom, such KidPix, Inspiration, The Graph Club, and many more. I have also used Voice Thread this year and have been very successful.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Week 6 Reading Relfection
http://www.alicechristie.com/classes/530/copypasteliteracy.pdf
http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/the-perils-and-pitfalls-of-wikipedia
The first article dealt with site such as, MySpace, being used as a form of literacy. The author draws on the opinions of experts in defining literacy. People interact, share, and create content: they are consumers and producers through a network of friends who all share, copy and paste content to create new hybrids. Myspace makes it easy for people to recreate sites by allowing others to format the codes of other pages for use on their own sites. Human beings have been using the term “cut and paste” forever. If you like a phrase that another person uses then you take it and use it as your own and no one accuses you of being a thief. When you take a little from here and some from there and mix it together you have a new product. What’s new is that existing literacy is now expressed through a new medium: MySpace.
The second article talks about Wikipedia, and whether or not you can use it as a creditable source of information. Wikis allow groups of people to conduct different types of research on a topic and then report their findings in an article to be posted on Wikipedia. Anyone has access to this information and can add to it, change information, or even delete things. This makes me wonder if the information you are reading about is truly accurate.
http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/the-perils-and-pitfalls-of-wikipedia
The first article dealt with site such as, MySpace, being used as a form of literacy. The author draws on the opinions of experts in defining literacy. People interact, share, and create content: they are consumers and producers through a network of friends who all share, copy and paste content to create new hybrids. Myspace makes it easy for people to recreate sites by allowing others to format the codes of other pages for use on their own sites. Human beings have been using the term “cut and paste” forever. If you like a phrase that another person uses then you take it and use it as your own and no one accuses you of being a thief. When you take a little from here and some from there and mix it together you have a new product. What’s new is that existing literacy is now expressed through a new medium: MySpace.
The second article talks about Wikipedia, and whether or not you can use it as a creditable source of information. Wikis allow groups of people to conduct different types of research on a topic and then report their findings in an article to be posted on Wikipedia. Anyone has access to this information and can add to it, change information, or even delete things. This makes me wonder if the information you are reading about is truly accurate.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Week 5 Reading Reflection
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century by Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In this article the author discusses how educators need to prepare children with the technology skills needed to succeed later on in life. One concern is also that students should be aware of how media shapes their perception of the world, but aren’t having that experience because school programs, after school programs and informal programs are not consistent with helping students understand the
“new media landscape” that’s around them. Participatory culture shifts focus from literacy to one that had individual expression, and involves social skills that are developed through collaboration and networking.
Collective Intelligence:
Collective Intelligence is the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal. In other words, like-minded individuals gather to discuss one common topic with much different information being processed. “Everyone knows something, nobody knows everything, and what any one person knows can be tapped by the group as a whole.
In this article the author discusses how educators need to prepare children with the technology skills needed to succeed later on in life. One concern is also that students should be aware of how media shapes their perception of the world, but aren’t having that experience because school programs, after school programs and informal programs are not consistent with helping students understand the
“new media landscape” that’s around them. Participatory culture shifts focus from literacy to one that had individual expression, and involves social skills that are developed through collaboration and networking.
Collective Intelligence:
Collective Intelligence is the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal. In other words, like-minded individuals gather to discuss one common topic with much different information being processed. “Everyone knows something, nobody knows everything, and what any one person knows can be tapped by the group as a whole.
Week 4 Readings
Rise of the Participation Culture
http://www.alicechristie.com/classes/530/p_culture%20.pdf
Web 2.0 is such a profound connection to the world. In this article, it talks about using Google Gadgets. I had never heard of this until this article. Google Gadgets places your favorite sites on your blog whoever visits your site can see what you are interested in. The one thing that Podcasting, blogging, Google Gadgets, and social networking sites such as MySpace all have in common are they all attract people to them by how they how easy it is to access them.
With blogs:
http://www.alicechristie.com/classes/530/p_culture%20.pdf
Web 2.0 is such a profound connection to the world. In this article, it talks about using Google Gadgets. I had never heard of this until this article. Google Gadgets places your favorite sites on your blog whoever visits your site can see what you are interested in. The one thing that Podcasting, blogging, Google Gadgets, and social networking sites such as MySpace all have in common are they all attract people to them by how they how easy it is to access them.
With blogs:
* Students can create a site that shows who they are and display what they have learned.
* Parents can see what their child is actually learning in school and what really interests them.
* Teachers could use them as an interactive journal or class newsletter.
* Blogging is the new way of socializing with people around the world and from state to state.
* Blogging would be a great way for students to communicate with a pen pal from another state or country.
Media creation and sharing:
This section talks about how Media creation and sharing is a great way to share photos and pod casts. Pod casts is a great way to teach without lecture. A Pod cast could motivate students to share their own works of art such as explaining the process a plant goes through to grow, to giving examples of words that begin with each of the letters of the alphabet to make their own collective ABC movie. It’s a great tool to use to share students work to parents.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Week 3 Readings
http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/social-bookmarking
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45976/output/print
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
WEB 2.0
One of the best quotes I came across when reading these articles was this:
"Less than a decade ago, when we were first getting used to the idea of an Internet, people described the act of going online as venturing into some foreign realm called cyberspace. But that metaphor no longer applies. MySpace, Flickr and all the other newcomers aren't places to go, but things to do, ways to express yourself, means to connect with others and extend your own horizons. Cyberspace was somewhere else. The Web is where we live."
Social Bookmarking:
I actually didn't know anything about this subject until I completed the reading of this article. I have always had a hard time keeping track of sites I find valuable and then somehow transporting them to the computers at school for my students to use.
If a student or teacher searches for information on a topic, a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us provides links to sites that other people have found valuable.
Classroom Management: Students and teachers can move from one computer to another and still have full access to their bookmarks. Students and teachers will be less likely to forget the location of the sites they have used. This makes it easy for older students to come into the younger students' classroom and collaborate together about different topics being taught in the curriculum.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45976/output/print
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
WEB 2.0
One of the best quotes I came across when reading these articles was this:
"Less than a decade ago, when we were first getting used to the idea of an Internet, people described the act of going online as venturing into some foreign realm called cyberspace. But that metaphor no longer applies. MySpace, Flickr and all the other newcomers aren't places to go, but things to do, ways to express yourself, means to connect with others and extend your own horizons. Cyberspace was somewhere else. The Web is where we live."
Social Bookmarking:
I actually didn't know anything about this subject until I completed the reading of this article. I have always had a hard time keeping track of sites I find valuable and then somehow transporting them to the computers at school for my students to use.
If a student or teacher searches for information on a topic, a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us provides links to sites that other people have found valuable.
Classroom Management: Students and teachers can move from one computer to another and still have full access to their bookmarks. Students and teachers will be less likely to forget the location of the sites they have used. This makes it easy for older students to come into the younger students' classroom and collaborate together about different topics being taught in the curriculum.
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