Web 1.0 was released back in 1991 to the public. Web 2.0 offers business’ current designs, business and branding models for sites on the World Wide Web.
I am grading blogger.com
Category Poor Good Great comments
Accessibility Can’t access the website through the URL and too many restrictions Has trouble accessing the URL Can access the URL This site was difficult last year to access, but after creating a new blog, I see how they have updated their software to make it user friendly.
Usability Not Friendly Friendly, has colorful icons Icons are clear and gives you step by step directions on how to add pictures, and video It is easy to add pictures but not videos. Only certain videos can be added to this cite from youtube.
Learning No educational benefits Allows for students to learn Gives students a wide variety of tools to learn across academic curricula This website is only good as the teacher using it. If she/he is resourceful and uses all of the tools blogger has to offer, then its effective
collaboration No availability Some what Students are able to chat back and forth with each other and the teacher This site offers limited collaboration with teacher/student relationship
Friday, September 17, 2010
Week 4
Give/select two examples of multimedia and how I can incorporate it in my classroom.
Figure 6.5 offers a digital 3D description of the planet earth. This Geospatial Technology gives the teacher the ability to take the students on a virtual fieldtrip around the earth. You can type in any address and see that location in real time. I would use this software to enhance my students’ knowledge in geographical landforms. I would give them a blank map of a certain region and they would have to log on this website (google earth) software and draw in the missing parts of that region. They would also have to make a prognostication about what that land form may look like millions of years from now.
Lastly, I have developed a classroom blog for my students to review homework, vote on polls related current academic concepts, and provide other links that can be helpful for extending their knowledge.
Figure 6.5 offers a digital 3D description of the planet earth. This Geospatial Technology gives the teacher the ability to take the students on a virtual fieldtrip around the earth. You can type in any address and see that location in real time. I would use this software to enhance my students’ knowledge in geographical landforms. I would give them a blank map of a certain region and they would have to log on this website (google earth) software and draw in the missing parts of that region. They would also have to make a prognostication about what that land form may look like millions of years from now.
Lastly, I have developed a classroom blog for my students to review homework, vote on polls related current academic concepts, and provide other links that can be helpful for extending their knowledge.
Week 3:
What are three types of software that I can use in my classroom?
I would use the following website, Thristin’s Water Cycle to give my students a visual representation of how water evaporates from the ground, water, and plants and into the clouds. At the fifth grade level students understand evaporation; however, I have found that many of them struggle with the concept of percolation. Well, in this simulation, students can visually see how the water sinks or is absorbed in the ground. http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
When it’s time for me to teach concave and convex I use this website http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=48
For converging and diverging lenses. Students are able to manipulate the lens to see how the shape goes from small to large as the lens is pulled away.
Although math is not one of my favorite subjects, I believe that students need to practice math facts each week. So, I have them visit this website for practice. I have them go in pairs to challenge each other in speed and accuracy. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html
I would use the following website, Thristin’s Water Cycle to give my students a visual representation of how water evaporates from the ground, water, and plants and into the clouds. At the fifth grade level students understand evaporation; however, I have found that many of them struggle with the concept of percolation. Well, in this simulation, students can visually see how the water sinks or is absorbed in the ground. http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
When it’s time for me to teach concave and convex I use this website http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=48
For converging and diverging lenses. Students are able to manipulate the lens to see how the shape goes from small to large as the lens is pulled away.
Although math is not one of my favorite subjects, I believe that students need to practice math facts each week. So, I have them visit this website for practice. I have them go in pairs to challenge each other in speed and accuracy. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html
Week 2: Chapter 1
Discuss three issues shaping the role of technology in education
• The accountability and standards movement forces teachers to think of ways to incorporate technology in their lessons. Teachers are charged with the responsibility of both understanding how to use the technological tools and resources and how to integrate it for effective instructional use. Once the teacher has accurately incorporated technology in the classroom, students can gain hands on experience with the tools and become potential competitors in the work force.
• Privacy and safety issue is something educators really need to be aware of. There are so many online predators that are searching and seeking out children for sick purposes. Moreover, students’ identity as to where they live and what school they attend can be at risk as well as their safety. At my school, in the beginning of the year all students are given a “permission to access the Internet” forms before using the computers because there are some parents who believe that the Internet is just another medium for their children to become expose to inappropriate material.
• Racial and gender equity has always been a factor since the Europeans colonized America. Many whites (mainly males) dominate the white collar jobs, whereas most of the unfavorable jobs are employed by blacks and Hispanics. Now, in the age of technology, the gender and racial equality may balance out now that most if not all states have adopted technology skills as one of their required curricula standards.
Discuss three things we have learned from the history of educational technology that can help us shape today’s issues.
• Technology is definitely a tool that schools can use to help engage students. Today, many students suffered from apathy, a lack of inspiration. Instead, they are more in tuned with video games and the Internet. Using educational technology as instruction or as an extension to a lesson will enrich students’ understandings and hopefully give them a newfound love for education.
• In the past before technology sprung into action, teachers relied on the Dewy Decimal system for researching and finding books. If you wanted to send a letter or picture to your teacher, you would have to mail it or hand deliver it. Now, we are able to send faxes online and documents with a click of a button.
• The role technology plays in distant education has allow nontraditional students to go to school out of state. This helps people from around the nation to conveniently obtain a degree while working to fulfill their obligations at home.
• The accountability and standards movement forces teachers to think of ways to incorporate technology in their lessons. Teachers are charged with the responsibility of both understanding how to use the technological tools and resources and how to integrate it for effective instructional use. Once the teacher has accurately incorporated technology in the classroom, students can gain hands on experience with the tools and become potential competitors in the work force.
• Privacy and safety issue is something educators really need to be aware of. There are so many online predators that are searching and seeking out children for sick purposes. Moreover, students’ identity as to where they live and what school they attend can be at risk as well as their safety. At my school, in the beginning of the year all students are given a “permission to access the Internet” forms before using the computers because there are some parents who believe that the Internet is just another medium for their children to become expose to inappropriate material.
• Racial and gender equity has always been a factor since the Europeans colonized America. Many whites (mainly males) dominate the white collar jobs, whereas most of the unfavorable jobs are employed by blacks and Hispanics. Now, in the age of technology, the gender and racial equality may balance out now that most if not all states have adopted technology skills as one of their required curricula standards.
Discuss three things we have learned from the history of educational technology that can help us shape today’s issues.
• Technology is definitely a tool that schools can use to help engage students. Today, many students suffered from apathy, a lack of inspiration. Instead, they are more in tuned with video games and the Internet. Using educational technology as instruction or as an extension to a lesson will enrich students’ understandings and hopefully give them a newfound love for education.
• In the past before technology sprung into action, teachers relied on the Dewy Decimal system for researching and finding books. If you wanted to send a letter or picture to your teacher, you would have to mail it or hand deliver it. Now, we are able to send faxes online and documents with a click of a button.
• The role technology plays in distant education has allow nontraditional students to go to school out of state. This helps people from around the nation to conveniently obtain a degree while working to fulfill their obligations at home.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Week 1: My Introduction
Hello,
My name is Shanel Lightfoot-Brown, and I am currently a 5th grade teacher at Englewood Elementary. My favorite hobbies are exercising and rock collecting. I recently competed in a bodybuilding competition and won first place! My favorite subject is science (particularly astronomy). I find that it would be very difficult to teach astronomy without the use of the technology in my classroom. With my Elmo, projector, and Internet in the classroom, I am able to bring the universe to my students.
I plan to use my future masters degree from UWA in becoming a fantastic science teacher at the secondary level.
My name is Shanel Lightfoot-Brown, and I am currently a 5th grade teacher at Englewood Elementary. My favorite hobbies are exercising and rock collecting. I recently competed in a bodybuilding competition and won first place! My favorite subject is science (particularly astronomy). I find that it would be very difficult to teach astronomy without the use of the technology in my classroom. With my Elmo, projector, and Internet in the classroom, I am able to bring the universe to my students.
I plan to use my future masters degree from UWA in becoming a fantastic science teacher at the secondary level.
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