Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Early Birds and Technology
It is absolutely amazing to actually see a member of the young generation experimenting with technology. In my previous posts, I mentioned that technology is our future, and this proves just that. Kaia is three years old and her father have already exposed and introduced her the the world of technology. This is a brilliant way of incorporating ideas into our young children's heads. This is an example of it's never too early or late for learning new things. The sooner we help our children adapt to technology, the more incline they will be in the future. I believe Kaia's dad is doing an excellent job with her! Keep up the great work.....Is the internet making us stupid?
I mean really! Whoever thinks the internet is making us stupid really isn't thinking straight. I honestly believe the internet is our future and is a very valuable tool for our children of the future. Needless to say, some people do overuse it for some unnecessary purpose but besides that, the internet is not a bad thing after all. The internet enhances our children skills of the future with research within their fingertips. One could visit any part of the world and learn about the culture without leaving their house. Now isn't this amazing? The internet is a great tool that would probably get more popular as decades follow. I believe that if parents and teachers teach their kids how to use the internet effectively, there would be a great outcome for learning and not just playing.
New Media Literacies
New Media Literacies project has a great take on this short video. It basically states that technology is our future whether we accept it or not. The skills needed for our future is technically based from the new cell phone gadgets consumers has to learn to operate it to sophisticated programmed computers. The video mentioned the following skills such as judgement, negotiation, appropriation, play etc... are all needed for the interaction with different cultures and also to keep up with the pace of life.
As a soon to be educator, I will definitely challenge myself with technology. It is something that really isn't difficult to understand and adapt to, it just takes time and effort. I plan to help my students in the coming future understand technology and use it in an appropriate way for learning and exploring. Personally, I possess a few of the skills mentioned and plan to successfully adapt to the rest very soon. Listen folks! technology is our future, so deal with it! :-)
As a soon to be educator, I will definitely challenge myself with technology. It is something that really isn't difficult to understand and adapt to, it just takes time and effort. I plan to help my students in the coming future understand technology and use it in an appropriate way for learning and exploring. Personally, I possess a few of the skills mentioned and plan to successfully adapt to the rest very soon. Listen folks! technology is our future, so deal with it! :-)
Sunday, October 11, 2009
"Why does the networked student even need a teacher?"
This video to me was a photocopy of what this class EDM 310 is about. Ms. Drexler explained that this class has no textbook and that the teacher hardly ever lectures. The teacher empowers the students to take control of their learning by visiting other blogs, posting comments on those blogs etc... This style of learning allow the student to build his own PLN (personal learning network) and to also create a data base. He can post and save to his bookmarks and also share information with people.
iTunes and Podcast was also mentioned as educational tools the student can explore to find information about different topics. The student can create a virtual textbook from prior information he researched. People are able to comment and post to his blog. At the end of the video, the question was posed why is a teacher needed? The teacher teaches the student how to build his network and to take advantage of learning opportunities. She offers guidance when he gets stuck. She shows him how to communicate properly and also helps him to organize mountains of information.
This is exactly what my EDM 310 class consist of. I believe that a teacher is definitely needed to be as of assistant to me when ever I'm stuck. I thought I knew a lot about technology before this class. What I've learned is that something new is invented everyday when it comes to technology and there is no possible way to learn how to effectively everything, but it's very important to at least familiarize myself with new technology. This class has been a lot of fun and I will try my best to continue learning about new technology.
iTunes and Podcast was also mentioned as educational tools the student can explore to find information about different topics. The student can create a virtual textbook from prior information he researched. People are able to comment and post to his blog. At the end of the video, the question was posed why is a teacher needed? The teacher teaches the student how to build his network and to take advantage of learning opportunities. She offers guidance when he gets stuck. She shows him how to communicate properly and also helps him to organize mountains of information.
This is exactly what my EDM 310 class consist of. I believe that a teacher is definitely needed to be as of assistant to me when ever I'm stuck. I thought I knew a lot about technology before this class. What I've learned is that something new is invented everyday when it comes to technology and there is no possible way to learn how to effectively everything, but it's very important to at least familiarize myself with new technology. This class has been a lot of fun and I will try my best to continue learning about new technology.
This Is How We Dream
First of all, I must say these videos were extremely BORING. Mr. Miller had a mono toned voice which made it very hard for me to pay attention to what he had to say. In the first video, he spoke about incremental change to media. Mr. Miller explained some facts on the way we write, the way we work and lots more. He explained the ways in which multimedia is incorporated into our teaching styles and also explained that print and visual is often used.
In part 2 of the video, Mr. Miller explained the fundamental change of multimedia. He stated that technology has materials that changes before our eyes. iTunes U was also mentioned in this video. Mr. Miller went on to saying that ideas belong to us as a culture. I'm really not sure what else I was able to learn from these videos other than it was very uninteresting to me. I found it to be very mono toned and unclear.
In part 2 of the video, Mr. Miller explained the fundamental change of multimedia. He stated that technology has materials that changes before our eyes. iTunes U was also mentioned in this video. Mr. Miller went on to saying that ideas belong to us as a culture. I'm really not sure what else I was able to learn from these videos other than it was very uninteresting to me. I found it to be very mono toned and unclear.
iPods
http://cit.duke.edu/pdf/reports/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf I found a very interesting article or research perhaps on the use of iPods. This research is called Duke University iPod First Year Experience. The University conducted a research giving approximately 1600 iPods to freshman students and teachers. It focused on the academic use of the iPod by students and teachers.
In findings, the iPods were very helpful to students and teachers in many different ways. The research found that recording was the most widely used feature for academic purposes. Teachers and students were able to use iPods as a classroom recording tool, field recording tool, and study support tool. In conclusion, iPods has its up and downs however, it can be used successfully by teachers and students. I do plan to eventually purchase an iPod with video recording for educational purposes.
In findings, the iPods were very helpful to students and teachers in many different ways. The research found that recording was the most widely used feature for academic purposes. Teachers and students were able to use iPods as a classroom recording tool, field recording tool, and study support tool. In conclusion, iPods has its up and downs however, it can be used successfully by teachers and students. I do plan to eventually purchase an iPod with video recording for educational purposes.
iTunes University
iTunes University is very unique in its own way. iTunes U offers users to listen view or listen about a topic on their computer and is also available for download for use with a mobile device. Content includes course lectures, lab demos, and campus tours that comes as audio and video files. The downloads are even free! iTunes U is always available to anyone, all you need to do is choose a category you're interested in and search it. One can use search to find what they are looking with they click of the mouse.
iTunes can be very helpful to me as a student and also a teacher. As a student, I can search under Open University which offers many different educational resources for download. I am able to research topics such as business and management, law, social studies, and even technology. iTunes U can be very educational if used properly. It's not only a great source of music, it's also great for exploring people's thoughts on different topics through Podcast, audio or video. I definitely plan to use iTunes U a lot more often.
iTunes can be very helpful to me as a student and also a teacher. As a student, I can search under Open University which offers many different educational resources for download. I am able to research topics such as business and management, law, social studies, and even technology. iTunes U can be very educational if used properly. It's not only a great source of music, it's also great for exploring people's thoughts on different topics through Podcast, audio or video. I definitely plan to use iTunes U a lot more often.
Dr. Christie's Site
Today, I explored Dr. Christie's site. I find it very amazing with the things she accomplished as a person and as an educator. After browsing, I decided to choose the research with Using Technology to Enhance Literacy in Elementary School Children. Dr. Christie decided to conduct a research with the following: A diverse mixture of elementary children, an average age group of 9 years, and grades ranging from second through fifth. Every student were given a computer to take home in order to keep in touch with each other from the study group. They were asked to send emails to each other and just to keep in touch with what they were doing over a period of time. After the research ended, Dr. Christie learned the following about the kids. They explored the internet, researched topics on what they were familiar with to learn more about it and they seemed very happy with with the experience.
As one of the students' wrote in one of his emails to his friend, "I went to NASA and found cool stuff on planets and the space shuttle." "Exploring the internet is fun because I could find anything I want to learn about." Dr. Christie noticed that the children used email extensively to express thanks to each other, to request for help, to share feelings with each other, to request and share information, and to of course converse with friends. Overall in my opinion, this research was very successful with enhancing technology in elementary children. They used the internet as a social and very much as an educational network for learning and exploring new things. I believe that this is one way for children to learn about new things without having to read thick books which soon bore them.
As one of the students' wrote in one of his emails to his friend, "I went to NASA and found cool stuff on planets and the space shuttle." "Exploring the internet is fun because I could find anything I want to learn about." Dr. Christie noticed that the children used email extensively to express thanks to each other, to request for help, to share feelings with each other, to request and share information, and to of course converse with friends. Overall in my opinion, this research was very successful with enhancing technology in elementary children. They used the internet as a social and very much as an educational network for learning and exploring new things. I believe that this is one way for children to learn about new things without having to read thick books which soon bore them.
"WHAT I'VE LEARNED THIS YEAR" by Mr. McClung
I really enjoyed Mr. McClung's blog summary. It was very interesting that as an Elementary teacher in his first year, he learned a whole lot not just about teaching, but how to read his students. I thought his explanation of the students and what to expect as a first year teacher was very helpful to me. Going into teaching the kids of our future without any kind of experience is very frightening to me as a person. After reading Mr. McClung's blog, I now have a bit more understanding of what to expect as a first time teacher.
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