We the people
Saturday, December 4, 2010
This year
- How have you used technology to increase your knowledge in your content area?
I have found it very helpful for projects like the movie, and website projects for me to search the web to see what it out there. I was really impressed by what a plethora of material is available to those who will look for it. Therefore, if you know where to look there are lots of great websites where those teachers with more experience have explained how they use technology/cool assignments they have given. - How have you used technology to collaborate with classmates?
We used the blog method for a while, and google reader (which was pretty cool), but I think that is something that I personally did not do too much. I feel like collaboration will be even more vital when I am actually in a working environment. - How might you use technology in your classroom?
I would use technology to increase communication between students, parents, and me (the teacher). I would use it to help students get excited about the material we are covering. I would use it to give students assignments online (through a website/blog/movie project). Most importantly I would use technology to help link the information that I need to teach them with those things which are familiar and "cool" to them (technology). - What did you learn in this class?
I learned that there is a lot more to being a teacher than just knowing about your subject. Presenting that knowledge to your students is a huge part of teaching. Therefore knowing about the technology out there to help you increase your options of presentation is quite vital. - What will you use that you have learned in this class?
I think the thing that was most helpful to me was learning how to create a website. That is a tool which is essential for a teaching to know how to do. I also liked the fact that the way we did it was really trial and error. It taught me that even without a technology class to help me step by step, I can figure things out through trying it out. Simply learning that was extremely helpful.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Project ideas:
Actually, I just decided that I will try and do my third project on anti-plagiarism technology. I know that there are some methods which aid teachers in eliminating plagiarism, but I would like to research what those are and how to use them. I think that this is a vital part of technology which is essential to a "oh just google it" kind of world. Teachers need to be informed on how to use this type of technology.
I will be working by my self, and will not be doing the competition.
Alright some problems that I have noticed in schools are:
- huge amounts of paper waste
- helping students connect (inside a classroom) with places and things which are far away
- Helping students have more one on one involvement
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Internet Safety:
We as educators have a responsibility to aid or students in remaining safe while on the internet. There are many ways in which we can do this.
- We can have strict rules and consequences against going on non-educational sites.
- We can teach our students about internet safety and explain why it is important.
- We should never require our students to put personal information on the internet.
- and put all computers in open public parts of the school
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Movie project
The assignment for my class would be to pick one of the founding fathers of which we would have studied about and create a movie about their life and contributions to society. They can do a song, skit, or documentary type video. They can do it in groups or by themselves, but the groups should not be any bigger than 5 people.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Download
I downloaded a video from youtube. It was super easy. I was so amazed because I could just click and download. I experienced no problems! As far as fair use, youtube is free game. I can download and watch/show anything I want as long as I say where I got it. Had I ripped a movie however, it would have to be for an educational purpose. I am glad that we had to do this because it really taught me how to do something simple which I had no idea of how to do it previously!
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