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!
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