Tonights class was led by guest speaker James Sanders. I LOVED his use of Socrative. Socrative is a new and exciting way to make learning interactive. Teachers can control the classroom through an internet site where students can respond to questions, compare answers with peers, and present question to the teacher all digitally through the internet. It is a great way to monitor how many students are paying attention to the lesson because the teacher can monitor how many students have responded to questions and postings. I think it would be a great way for teachers to have students respond to all content areas such as quick writes on in class readings or asking math questions based on a lesson. It is all confidential so students do not feel ashamed about what they are expressing or questions they are asking. It is a great way to make learning collaborative and interactive.
Night!
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Guest Speaker: Jon Corippo
Tonight's class we had a guest speaker named Jon Corippo.
He covered the importance of copyrights. We as future teachers need to provide our students with knowledge of why it is important to give credit to those that have done the work. Students need to understand that using technology and resources is essential for learning but students need to learn how to properly use and integrate the material created and discovered by others into their own. It is important to teach students how to properly site and reference materials so that Authors of work receive credit.
Also I enjoyed his discussion on how to use technology to create graphic organizers and presentations to help motivate students to learn. He made some great points on how teachers using technology need to be responsible for what their students are doing when using computers to learn. I like that he made it possible for students to present information with technology driven graphic organizers and use itunes in class. He explained how he monitored his students technology use to ensure the students were using their resources properly and not allowing them to disrupt their peers in other classes through the internet. His presentation gave insight to an excellent way to keeping students up to date in the classroom but ensuring technology is used solely for learning and development. All students are given the same opportunities without distraction.
Thanks. Have a great weekend everyone!
He covered the importance of copyrights. We as future teachers need to provide our students with knowledge of why it is important to give credit to those that have done the work. Students need to understand that using technology and resources is essential for learning but students need to learn how to properly use and integrate the material created and discovered by others into their own. It is important to teach students how to properly site and reference materials so that Authors of work receive credit.
Also I enjoyed his discussion on how to use technology to create graphic organizers and presentations to help motivate students to learn. He made some great points on how teachers using technology need to be responsible for what their students are doing when using computers to learn. I like that he made it possible for students to present information with technology driven graphic organizers and use itunes in class. He explained how he monitored his students technology use to ensure the students were using their resources properly and not allowing them to disrupt their peers in other classes through the internet. His presentation gave insight to an excellent way to keeping students up to date in the classroom but ensuring technology is used solely for learning and development. All students are given the same opportunities without distraction.
Thanks. Have a great weekend everyone!
Guest Speaker: Diane Main
Late Blog post.
Last class we had a guest speaker Diane Main. She covered how to properly present a portfolio online. Diane went into detail about how to use google sites to create a new and exciting way to present our work as a webpage. I had no clue how to master making a webpage but with her guidance made everything seem very simple. I can now attach multiple google documents, blogs, and presentations to one website. Connecting an assignments in portfolio fashion makes it easier for students to evaluate their progress throughout a particular course. I felt very accomplished to see how my webpage came together. I found myself motivated to complete my other assignments so that I could complete my webpage. The skills Diane taught the class is extremely useful. I hope to use this form of technology to help my future students combine all of their work throughout the course of a school year to help them put into perspective how they have grown academically.
Night!
Last class we had a guest speaker Diane Main. She covered how to properly present a portfolio online. Diane went into detail about how to use google sites to create a new and exciting way to present our work as a webpage. I had no clue how to master making a webpage but with her guidance made everything seem very simple. I can now attach multiple google documents, blogs, and presentations to one website. Connecting an assignments in portfolio fashion makes it easier for students to evaluate their progress throughout a particular course. I felt very accomplished to see how my webpage came together. I found myself motivated to complete my other assignments so that I could complete my webpage. The skills Diane taught the class is extremely useful. I hope to use this form of technology to help my future students combine all of their work throughout the course of a school year to help them put into perspective how they have grown academically.
Night!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tonight's class was very simple. We went over mindmeister and pinterest. I really enjoyed covering pinterest because I use the site often. I find that it is very useful when working with students. Pinterest gives educators access to new and exciting ideas that the teachers can use in the classroom. Personally in my daily job I use pinterest to come up with art projects and games that my students can play during after school care. Pinterest gives researchers access to new ideas with links to websites that explain concepts and how to properly complete selected projects.
In addition, I really enjoyed learning to complete the final project. I was unaware that Google Drive gave students a way to create a powerpoint presentation without having the microsoft software. This is a great tool to teach students to use because all students can access this tool if they have access to a computer and google account. It is very easy to navigate and a fun way for students to present their findings and ideas.
Have a good night!
In addition, I really enjoyed learning to complete the final project. I was unaware that Google Drive gave students a way to create a powerpoint presentation without having the microsoft software. This is a great tool to teach students to use because all students can access this tool if they have access to a computer and google account. It is very easy to navigate and a fun way for students to present their findings and ideas.
Have a good night!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Social Media
Does Social Media, does it have a place in the classroom?
As the class progresses I do agree that education would benefit from more technology in the classroom. Students are so digitally involved in their daily lives that incorporating more technology into teaching content will motivate students to want to come to school. Using technology as a tool to teach content standards may make it easier for students to relate to different subject areas. I am all for technology in the classroom but I am not sold on social media websites.
Social Media I believe should be more of an extra outside activity, done on the students free time. I feel sites like Facebook and Twitter can provided a lot of access to educational material but they can bring major distractions into the classroom. Students are often too young to have access to social media websites because they get caught up into issues such as cyber bullying or chatting with their friends. These sites give students access to a lot of information they may not be mature enough to be viewing. Social media sites become more of a distraction and would make it difficult for teachers to monitor the students correct usage of the sites.
Do not get me wrong I personally use these sites but I feel young children do not need to be using sites such as these. Facebook and Twitter can provide great ways to communicate and learn but students at young ages tend to use these sites for immature drama and unnecessary information about their lives such as what they ate this morning. These sites would be great for parents and teachers to communicate and to provide classroom updates for parents but students do not need direct access to them. Possibly at the high school level it can be different but elementary and middle school students would survive without social media in the classroom.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
As the class progresses I do agree that education would benefit from more technology in the classroom. Students are so digitally involved in their daily lives that incorporating more technology into teaching content will motivate students to want to come to school. Using technology as a tool to teach content standards may make it easier for students to relate to different subject areas. I am all for technology in the classroom but I am not sold on social media websites.
Social Media I believe should be more of an extra outside activity, done on the students free time. I feel sites like Facebook and Twitter can provided a lot of access to educational material but they can bring major distractions into the classroom. Students are often too young to have access to social media websites because they get caught up into issues such as cyber bullying or chatting with their friends. These sites give students access to a lot of information they may not be mature enough to be viewing. Social media sites become more of a distraction and would make it difficult for teachers to monitor the students correct usage of the sites.
Do not get me wrong I personally use these sites but I feel young children do not need to be using sites such as these. Facebook and Twitter can provide great ways to communicate and learn but students at young ages tend to use these sites for immature drama and unnecessary information about their lives such as what they ate this morning. These sites would be great for parents and teachers to communicate and to provide classroom updates for parents but students do not need direct access to them. Possibly at the high school level it can be different but elementary and middle school students would survive without social media in the classroom.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Monday, November 19, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Flip Teaching
Tonight's class covered multiple subject areas such as podcast, screencast, animoto, and flip teaching.
What I found most interesting was flip teaching. Giving students the opportunity to access course content outside of the classroom will reinforce understanding. Flip teaching uses videos to cover content, the students are expected to watch and bring back their questions to class pushing them to be responsible for their individual learning. I feel the use of flip teaching gives struggling students a second chance to master information outside of the lecture setting. In addition, it also can be used as a pre-teaching technique to possibly introduce new information to the students before the teacher presents new topics in the classroom. This type of teaching gives students control of what information they are receiving, it is hands on versus a lecture where many students cannot focus. I like the idea of making students responsible for their learning but I fear getting students to take flip teaching would be a huge challenge. Since the information is not being delivered in class by the teacher specifically how to ensure the students really are watching is my question. I would be interested in working with other educators who are currently using this technique and how they motivated their students to watch the videos.
What I also would love to use in my classroom is the animoto video creations. Using these videos to provide education for students can make teaching more exciting for the students. Also I would be interested in having my future students use animoto to create their own report presentations, it would bring them new and exciting ways to present their work other then poster boards and powerpoint.
Have a good weekend!
What I found most interesting was flip teaching. Giving students the opportunity to access course content outside of the classroom will reinforce understanding. Flip teaching uses videos to cover content, the students are expected to watch and bring back their questions to class pushing them to be responsible for their individual learning. I feel the use of flip teaching gives struggling students a second chance to master information outside of the lecture setting. In addition, it also can be used as a pre-teaching technique to possibly introduce new information to the students before the teacher presents new topics in the classroom. This type of teaching gives students control of what information they are receiving, it is hands on versus a lecture where many students cannot focus. I like the idea of making students responsible for their learning but I fear getting students to take flip teaching would be a huge challenge. Since the information is not being delivered in class by the teacher specifically how to ensure the students really are watching is my question. I would be interested in working with other educators who are currently using this technique and how they motivated their students to watch the videos.
What I also would love to use in my classroom is the animoto video creations. Using these videos to provide education for students can make teaching more exciting for the students. Also I would be interested in having my future students use animoto to create their own report presentations, it would bring them new and exciting ways to present their work other then poster boards and powerpoint.
Have a good weekend!
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