This week we're learning about podcasts and vidcasts. It's exciting that I'm building an entire multimedia home page. It's neat (and challenging) to see how everything is done. It's surprisingly simple! I think children would really enjoy doing vidcasts. I would like to have my students record a play about the various explorers or about life in Mesopatania for example. I would like to have students make a podcast of their own book on tape using lots of animation. This would encourage writing and reading with expression.
The skills that I'm learning are being spread as quickly as I learn them. I didn't realize that my 11 year old son was watching me set up my google calender. The next day he was making and printing his own. He was so excited about it. We both enjoyed setting up repeating events. This would be a good thing for students to learn so they can organize their activities and homework. The coming generation is truly computer literate. Facebook, email, YouTube, texting, and other technology is commonplace to them. They live in an age of instant communication.
I watched the video called "why blog?" It's amazing how many benefits there are of blogging. I think the interaction with other people, the creativity, reflection, and having an audience are great byproducts of blogging. My teenageer isn't a huge communicator but I think blogging has expanded his thinking and vocabulary. I would love to have students blog about a book that we are reading together, make comments about current events, or debate about controversial social studies topics.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
This week I watched a video of Mr. Duey, a rapping math teacher. I think it was a really fun video. I think children would enjoy watching this and they could watch it over and over until they understood. A teacher could teach them a rap about fractions. I have a neighbor that has had a lot of problems with math. This video could help him learn the rules about fractions. I remember a song I heard a few years ago called "Turn it to the left" about how people need to turn the volume down on their music or they will have serious hearing damage. It was a fun but informative song. I think it would be neat in the classroom to have kids share music occasionally and listen to quiet classical music while working.
I watched another video on Web 2.0. It was very informative and I liked the visuals and the music. It's amazing all the technology that is available-blogging, wikis, tagging, and podcasts. I would like to use some of these technologies in the classroom. I think tagging would make it much easier for children to find information. Blogging would be a good way to get children involved in a conversation about subjects that you are studying. You could even have a class blog that you share with a class far away-a modern version of pen pals. It's true that the world faces many difficult challenges and that computer technology could help solve some of these problems. I loved the phrase "come visit the digital sandbox."
I enjoyed learning about igoogle. I think it's great to be able to have your gmail, documents, facebook,and even bank accounts all accessible in one place. It will save me a lot of time. I think it's great to be able to teach your students about the latest technology. Some of the most important things that we may teach them may be knowing how to navigate a computer, do graphics, and simply be able to do things online. As a teacher I'm sure I'll use many sites like UEN to plan my lessons.
This week we are talking about similar things in social studies and educational psychology. In social studies I read about asking "essential questions" to the students which make students really think about important concepts to decide how to interpret historical data. The students answer questions such as, "Should there be limits on personal freedom?" In educational psychology I listened to an audio called "accountable talk." It talked about getting students to really listen and also help other students by asking questions like "who can repeat this?" or "does anyone agree or disagree?" They found that this type of talk improves linguistics and math and helps students listen better because they like to get the attention of responding and also want to know if they are right. I would like to use these deep questions and interactive teaching with my students.
I watched another video on Web 2.0. It was very informative and I liked the visuals and the music. It's amazing all the technology that is available-blogging, wikis, tagging, and podcasts. I would like to use some of these technologies in the classroom. I think tagging would make it much easier for children to find information. Blogging would be a good way to get children involved in a conversation about subjects that you are studying. You could even have a class blog that you share with a class far away-a modern version of pen pals. It's true that the world faces many difficult challenges and that computer technology could help solve some of these problems. I loved the phrase "come visit the digital sandbox."
I enjoyed learning about igoogle. I think it's great to be able to have your gmail, documents, facebook,and even bank accounts all accessible in one place. It will save me a lot of time. I think it's great to be able to teach your students about the latest technology. Some of the most important things that we may teach them may be knowing how to navigate a computer, do graphics, and simply be able to do things online. As a teacher I'm sure I'll use many sites like UEN to plan my lessons.
This week we are talking about similar things in social studies and educational psychology. In social studies I read about asking "essential questions" to the students which make students really think about important concepts to decide how to interpret historical data. The students answer questions such as, "Should there be limits on personal freedom?" In educational psychology I listened to an audio called "accountable talk." It talked about getting students to really listen and also help other students by asking questions like "who can repeat this?" or "does anyone agree or disagree?" They found that this type of talk improves linguistics and math and helps students listen better because they like to get the attention of responding and also want to know if they are right. I would like to use these deep questions and interactive teaching with my students.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Sept. 7, 1009
I have a quote of the week from Albert Einstein. He said, "I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious." I have learned many things this week. One is that I can do my homework if I take it one day at a time. In instructional media I am still learning about blogs but also how to make documents, calenders, announcements, and lists. These will be great tools for me to use in teaching. I could see using the blog to keep parents and students posted on what we have done and what's coming up. it would be fun to include pictures so they can share in what we're doing.
Documents would be great in collaborating with other teachers in your school or even sharing ideas with teachers far away. I LOVE the calender and that you can have it program things every week or month. It's also neat that it can text you reminders of what's happening. The lists would be a nice organized way to keep your students informed on what's due. I love that the program lets you draw or even translate things into another language.
My children already use quite a bit of technology in school. My 6th grader blogs to students who share his desk during the day. It's a fun way to get him writing. My sophomore answers English questions on Moodle. It's a great way to get her to interact and participate without being intimidated.
I would like to use these technologies in the classroom. I think the documents, blogs, calenders, and lists would be very useful keeping students and parents informed and interacting.
This week I watched the video "pay attention". I think it's a great idea to use the technology that kids already know how to use. I loved the idea of using cell phones to take student polls, tutor peers, and get them to practice using another language. It is true that technology offers many rich experiences. I think students would enjoy assignments more if they could use their ipods or cell phones. The only drawback is that you would exclude students who don't have this technology. Perhaps they could do a team project with someone else. I will integrate technology into the classroom because students will need these skills and knowledge to communicate in the future.
I have a quote of the week from Albert Einstein. He said, "I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious." I have learned many things this week. One is that I can do my homework if I take it one day at a time. In instructional media I am still learning about blogs but also how to make documents, calenders, announcements, and lists. These will be great tools for me to use in teaching. I could see using the blog to keep parents and students posted on what we have done and what's coming up. it would be fun to include pictures so they can share in what we're doing.
Documents would be great in collaborating with other teachers in your school or even sharing ideas with teachers far away. I LOVE the calender and that you can have it program things every week or month. It's also neat that it can text you reminders of what's happening. The lists would be a nice organized way to keep your students informed on what's due. I love that the program lets you draw or even translate things into another language.
My children already use quite a bit of technology in school. My 6th grader blogs to students who share his desk during the day. It's a fun way to get him writing. My sophomore answers English questions on Moodle. It's a great way to get her to interact and participate without being intimidated.
I would like to use these technologies in the classroom. I think the documents, blogs, calenders, and lists would be very useful keeping students and parents informed and interacting.
This week I watched the video "pay attention". I think it's a great idea to use the technology that kids already know how to use. I loved the idea of using cell phones to take student polls, tutor peers, and get them to practice using another language. It is true that technology offers many rich experiences. I think students would enjoy assignments more if they could use their ipods or cell phones. The only drawback is that you would exclude students who don't have this technology. Perhaps they could do a team project with someone else. I will integrate technology into the classroom because students will need these skills and knowledge to communicate in the future.
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