Thursday, December 9, 2010
Assignment 4: Part 2 - Technology Project
In creating this project I used powerpoint, the internet, pod-casting, snipping tool, and Windows Live Movie Maker. It was frustrating trying to remember how to download the podcast because I had done it once before. I finally figured it out and then ran into another problem; I didn't know how to upload a power point or power point with pod casting. After thinking it over for a couple of days, I remembered I had snipping tool, which is a program that will take a picture of whatever happens to be on your screen, on my computer. I used it to create pictures of my power point. Afterwords, I took the pictures and the downloaded pod-casting files and turned them into a "movie" on Windows Live.
Because I do not like spiders, I was a little skeptical about doing the presentation on spiders; but I learned a lot of interesting facts and had fun putting the project together. As a teacher, I would this type of project could be used for any number of subjects or projects. This particular one would have been used in a science class during a unit on bugs, environments, or characteristics. The students would enjoy it because the project could be personal choice on what animal they did and they would be able to work with a number of different programs.
NETS covered for the students:
1. Creativity and Innovation
a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
3. Research and Information Fluency
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
d. process data and report results.
These standards are fulfilled because the students need to find a creative way to show all of the research and information that they found on an animal that they chose. The research is then shown on power point with an prerecorded pod-cast of the presentation.
NETS covered for the Teacher:
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
The teacher needs to create an effective example of the project. In order to do this, they will need a fluency in how to use the technology that they want their students to learn. This project will also illustrate to the students that they will need to research and use technology in order to successfully present their project.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
End of the Semester Reflection
I have learned so much this semester. Integrating technology has become so common within schools. All this technology have become such great tools to the teachers and it has created a more fun learning environment for the students. They are more entertained, interested, and interactive during class. Having the students to learn and have fun is the best part of all of this technology. Tools like the SMART and Promethean Boards, pod casting, blogging are great assets to teachers and students. It was so much fun to learn all about the different technology that can be used for the classroom. I loved learning to create SMART presentations, finding tools online, and reading other teachers blog. It will be great to see all of these technologies in the classroom.
For the NETS I chose 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning. I have been working on these by watching how my professors work with the technology in each class and it has been interesting to see how the professors use things like Panapto and other programs to help us with our note taking or misheard information. I'm amazed at all the technology I have learned about in such a short period of time and am excited to use it for my class. I hope that I can continue to find programs and websites that will advance my knowledge of technology in the classroom.
For the NETS I chose 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning. I have been working on these by watching how my professors work with the technology in each class and it has been interesting to see how the professors use things like Panapto and other programs to help us with our note taking or misheard information. I'm amazed at all the technology I have learned about in such a short period of time and am excited to use it for my class. I hope that I can continue to find programs and websites that will advance my knowledge of technology in the classroom.
Weekly Reflections 11-12
Reflection #11
The internet is such a great asset to people. You can pretty much look up anything you want and find a bunch of sites. For instance, when my brother played with a rubix cube some of the middle squares poped out. Of course he wasn't all to careful in putting them back the way that they were supposed to go, making the cube completely unsolvable. Fortunately I found a site on the internet that showed where all of the colors go and how to fix it. That was a big relief to me. But you can look up other things too such as math problems, science concepts, or language patterns, which is rather beneficial if you do not understand something.
Reflection #12
My Uncle and his family came up for Thanksgiving this year. He teaches AP Calculus at a high school down in Oregon. I noticed while he was working on some lesson plans, that he was creating them on Promethean software. I asked him if he used the Promethean Boards at his high school and he said yes. He then asked me if we had them here at NU, but I said that we had the SMART Boards. We talked for a little bit about the boards and he asked how I like them. I told him that they were super cool and a lot of fun to play with or create lessons. It was interesting to see how in just one year my Uncle went from writing out his lessons on paper to bringing his laptop and working with the Promethean program. It's amazing to see how quickly advanced technology begins to spread.
The internet is such a great asset to people. You can pretty much look up anything you want and find a bunch of sites. For instance, when my brother played with a rubix cube some of the middle squares poped out. Of course he wasn't all to careful in putting them back the way that they were supposed to go, making the cube completely unsolvable. Fortunately I found a site on the internet that showed where all of the colors go and how to fix it. That was a big relief to me. But you can look up other things too such as math problems, science concepts, or language patterns, which is rather beneficial if you do not understand something.
Reflection #12
My Uncle and his family came up for Thanksgiving this year. He teaches AP Calculus at a high school down in Oregon. I noticed while he was working on some lesson plans, that he was creating them on Promethean software. I asked him if he used the Promethean Boards at his high school and he said yes. He then asked me if we had them here at NU, but I said that we had the SMART Boards. We talked for a little bit about the boards and he asked how I like them. I told him that they were super cool and a lot of fun to play with or create lessons. It was interesting to see how in just one year my Uncle went from writing out his lessons on paper to bringing his laptop and working with the Promethean program. It's amazing to see how quickly advanced technology begins to spread.
Week 13: Future Technology in Education
The future of technology and education
In this article, the author discusses how connection in school could really increase with technology that helps you to gain instant access to all homework assignments and projects. By simply loading a windows account, all of your saved files can be accessed from pretty much any computer. Although I do not see this coming into the schools system any time soon because of the money that would be need to provide for it, I think it would be cool to be able to access assignment in case you forgot it at home or have questions on a particular problem. This program that the author mainly talks about is called Cloud Builders or cloud computing, which is a web based storage system. He also gives some big futuristic things such as holographic lecture styles and such. Technology is being creating and improving at a big rate of speed. Ten years ago cellphones used to be these big, bulky things that were a slight pain to carry everywhere. Now almost everyone in the US carries one and some are almost paper thin. Computers and TV continue to shrink and get thinner and the SMART or Promethean Boards are becoming more widely used.
In this article, the author discusses how connection in school could really increase with technology that helps you to gain instant access to all homework assignments and projects. By simply loading a windows account, all of your saved files can be accessed from pretty much any computer. Although I do not see this coming into the schools system any time soon because of the money that would be need to provide for it, I think it would be cool to be able to access assignment in case you forgot it at home or have questions on a particular problem. This program that the author mainly talks about is called Cloud Builders or cloud computing, which is a web based storage system. He also gives some big futuristic things such as holographic lecture styles and such. Technology is being creating and improving at a big rate of speed. Ten years ago cellphones used to be these big, bulky things that were a slight pain to carry everywhere. Now almost everyone in the US carries one and some are almost paper thin. Computers and TV continue to shrink and get thinner and the SMART or Promethean Boards are becoming more widely used.
Friday, November 19, 2010
End of Semester Blog Comments
Ashley Buhler: Week #10 Educational Blog
Yahaira Garza: Week 10 and Tech Reflection 11
Alison Langstraat: Reflection 12 and Assignment #3: Teacher Toolbox
Yahaira Garza: Week 10 and Tech Reflection 11
Alison Langstraat: Reflection 12 and Assignment #3: Teacher Toolbox
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Week 12: Klausman Article
Teaching about Plagiarism in the Age of the Internet
The article was very interesting and very applicable to the life of any student. Often times when looking up information online, a student will come across information that could be unreliable or wrong. On the other hand, books, journals, and articles tend to be more trustworthy in their information because they have already been published, but that does not mean that all of them are right, because even published works can have misleading information. Although the Internet may cause a student to plagiarize more easily, it also helps in catching these students because the teacher is able to look up the sites and quotes. Before beginning research, I liked the authors idea of teaching about plagiarism. It lets the students become aware of the different types of plagiarism, the ways to prevent it, and how easy it is for teachers to look up the quotes and check for plagiarizing. I learned that not all students may be aware of the many different types of plagiarizing and that awareness can help prevent it, but not always. My question is: As a teacher, do you learn your students writing style pretty quickly or does it take a little bit time?
The article was very interesting and very applicable to the life of any student. Often times when looking up information online, a student will come across information that could be unreliable or wrong. On the other hand, books, journals, and articles tend to be more trustworthy in their information because they have already been published, but that does not mean that all of them are right, because even published works can have misleading information. Although the Internet may cause a student to plagiarize more easily, it also helps in catching these students because the teacher is able to look up the sites and quotes. Before beginning research, I liked the authors idea of teaching about plagiarism. It lets the students become aware of the different types of plagiarism, the ways to prevent it, and how easy it is for teachers to look up the quotes and check for plagiarizing. I learned that not all students may be aware of the many different types of plagiarizing and that awareness can help prevent it, but not always. My question is: As a teacher, do you learn your students writing style pretty quickly or does it take a little bit time?
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Weekly Reflections 9-10
Reflection #9
Today I realized that even computers need to rest. I was writing a paper, but could not figure out why my computer was running so slowly and when I typed in letters, they didn't appear for about 5-10 seconds. It was really annoying and I had just run a cleaner and virus scan on the computer so it should have been fine. I tried closing all my applications and reopening them, but it didn't help. In my frustration, I shut down my computer and read a couple pages in a book. When I came back to turn it on, I realized that the keyboard was really warm and I did not noticed that before (probably because my hands had been used to it). Thinking about it, I realized I had left the computer on all day and it was probably running slow from overheating. After figuring this out, I had another revelation. At home, Dad has a mini-fan under the counter by the computer, but it's back far enough that I thought it was used for cooling off your legs on a hot day. Now I know it is to keep the computer from overheating.
Reflection #10
Have you ever played Dance Dance Revolution? I have only played it once, but I always hear about it or see videos of it on Youtube. It's a pretty popular game and it's super fun. After I read, P.E. Classes Turn to Video Game that Works Legs, I though it was so cool that schools are beginning to use "video games" in the system. You can totally connect with the students with music of their time, and they are getting a workout in PE. Many times, students like to play video games more than sports because that is the society they are growing up in. It's cool to see school incorporating some of the new game technology. I think that traditional sports should always be played in schools for PE, but playing games like DDR once in a while if fun also.
Today I realized that even computers need to rest. I was writing a paper, but could not figure out why my computer was running so slowly and when I typed in letters, they didn't appear for about 5-10 seconds. It was really annoying and I had just run a cleaner and virus scan on the computer so it should have been fine. I tried closing all my applications and reopening them, but it didn't help. In my frustration, I shut down my computer and read a couple pages in a book. When I came back to turn it on, I realized that the keyboard was really warm and I did not noticed that before (probably because my hands had been used to it). Thinking about it, I realized I had left the computer on all day and it was probably running slow from overheating. After figuring this out, I had another revelation. At home, Dad has a mini-fan under the counter by the computer, but it's back far enough that I thought it was used for cooling off your legs on a hot day. Now I know it is to keep the computer from overheating.
Reflection #10
Have you ever played Dance Dance Revolution? I have only played it once, but I always hear about it or see videos of it on Youtube. It's a pretty popular game and it's super fun. After I read, P.E. Classes Turn to Video Game that Works Legs, I though it was so cool that schools are beginning to use "video games" in the system. You can totally connect with the students with music of their time, and they are getting a workout in PE. Many times, students like to play video games more than sports because that is the society they are growing up in. It's cool to see school incorporating some of the new game technology. I think that traditional sports should always be played in schools for PE, but playing games like DDR once in a while if fun also.
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