tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45282693003646475792024-02-07T12:55:29.853-08:00We Grow as We LearnAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-28921727133323564522012-12-02T10:56:00.000-08:002012-12-02T11:00:15.288-08:00eme2040 ReflectionWhen I first signed up for eme2040, I thought we were going
to be learning about the ins and outs of the programs that teachers use at
school. When I received the book, I was
happy to see that it went over a multitude of technologies and websites. I believe I brought a nice experienced
background to the classroom and was able to help many of my classmates. I would make plans to meet classmates before
class and would help them on figuring out blogger, zunal, google docs and more. I will admit that at times it became
extremely frustrating when there were people who never got it. I think I learned that I have a much higher
patience for children than I do for adults.<br />
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I believe that <a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/">Wikispaces</a>
is a highly useful tool for teachers and students. However, I found the lack of communication to
be daunting and disorganized. Many of
the group members did not participate in the discussions, or did not post their
discussions in the right place. The
conversation also was not threaded so it was hard to tell who someone was
talking to if the conversation got long.
I think it would have worked better if we were allowed to use other
sources besides the website. Often
people would wait for days to check on the site, which would hold up all
progress. The result was not something
that made me proud. Not all the group
members put a lot of effort into their pages, which made the website overall
look disorganized. The wikispaces project just seemed like a flop to me because
there was such a huge lack of communication.
People were editing other people’s work without saying anything, and it
just did not jive really well.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I did enjoy creating other projects in eme2040. I think my favorite was my genetics webquest
that I posted on <a href="http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=166802">Zunal</a>. I got to be creative and followed the steps in
creating an affective lesson plan that is engaging. I even shared this with an old teacher of
mine who I was doing an observation on.
She was very excited about my project, and she joked by saying I will
probably take her job when she retires. <o:p></o:p><br />
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With my experience in group projects, there was good and bad
aspects. The collaborative lesson plan
was interesting because we came up with something completely original all on
our own. It benefited the group to work
as a team when it came to research because we were able to pull so many ideas
from each other. When it came to writing
up the lesson plan though, I would have preferred to do that on my own. I think as teachers we can all enjoy and
appreciate other people’s ideas and research, but we always have a slight spin
that we would put onto something in each lesson. <o:p></o:p><br />
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One activity that I learned in class that I will use as a
teacher is webquests. WebQuests,
according to Maloy in Transforming Learning with new Technologies, are online
inquiries by students—designed and guided by teachers. This tool allows teacher to inform students
how to perform research in a semi-controlled environment, use this information
ethically, and synthesis it into a report. They can be used for individual work, or
better yet as a group work. Being that
most workplaces require members to work as a team it is important that we teach
our students the importance of teamwork.
I found the process of creating a webquest enjoyable and is something I
would like to do with my students.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Another activity that I learned in class that I will use as
a teacher is creating teacher websites/ blogs. I hope to create a website that I will update
weekly that will engage the parents and students. It should have a resource of information for
parents to find, and engaging links for my students. I would prefer to have a website of my own as
an elementary teacher, and maybe a collaborative website as a middle school
teacher. There is a multitude of places
that I can create a website or blog such as <a href="http://www.blogger.com/home">Blogger</a>, <a href="http://www.wix.com/">Wix</a>,
<a href="http://www.weebly.com/">Weebly</a>, <a href="http://teacherweb.com/">Teacherweb</a>
and more. A blog post by McCallum lists
ten reasons why a teacher should have a website. In summary, it helps meets the needs of your
students, the parents, and even helps organize yourself as a teacher and makes self-reflection
easier. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Maloy, R.W.(2011). Teaching with Educational Websites and Other Online Resources. In<span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><em>Transforming Learning with new Technologies</em> (pp.153-4). Boston, MA: Pearson</span></div>
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">McCallum, R. (2010, September 2). <i>Ten Reasons every
Teacher Should want a Web Site.</i> Retrieved December 2, 2012, from Clean
Apple: <a href="http://www.cleanapple.com/?p=165">http://www.cleanapple.com/?p=165</a></span>
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How can teachers and students use digital portfolios as tools for learning? <o:p></o:p></div>
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A digital portfolio indicates who a teacher is and what
that teacher knows. It is used to display
academic achievements and classroom lesson plans. A teacher should display their teaching philosophy
and other experiences on their portfolio. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It is important for a digital portfolio to be
continuously updated, and past work be worked on again to show reflection and
growth. It is not simply a scrapbook of
the past; it is a growing and evolving work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A digital portfolio offers ease of access and portability,
but it also becomes a disadvantage when introducing it to someone who has
little digital skills (this number is becoming fewer though). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Task Stream is a very clean and inviting website. I think they do a poor job at introducing
their purpose. I would have no idea that
they were a portfolio-building website until I got to <a href="https://www1.taskstream.com/benefits-for-students/">Pricing-benefits to
students</a>. I do not like that it
costs $42 a year so I will be avoiding this tool. However, the screenshot in
the book looks very clean and much like I would organize my own folders on my computer.
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Digital portfolios I think are extremely important for
teachers today. I do not find the idea
of creating a heavy 3-ring-binder portfolio very inviting. It is also very easy to forget where you have
things filed, and with the use of an e-portfolio could be easily searched. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Technology tools in democratic classrooms I believe that
it is important to have the children feel like they have a say in what they are
learning. I believe that they get more excited the more you involve them. Doing activities like peer editing and self-evaluation
allows students to become the teacher and self-reflect. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Student participation systems and clickers are wonderful
tools that don’t put the student on the spot.
This tool could help an introverted student who is struggling while
engaging kids that are hyper by giving them something hands on to do. No one loses with this tool because the
teacher can address all the questions that weren’t answered right in the moment
and not put pressure or embracement on any of the students. <o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-62399093074897038282012-11-02T18:46:00.000-07:002012-11-02T18:46:03.934-07:00Chapter 10 Promoting Success for All Students through Technology<br />
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What are differentiated instruction (DI) and universal design for learning
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<b>Differentiated
instruction</b> is an instructional approach that gives students “multiple
options for taking in information and making sense of ideas”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Teaching with DI allows teachers to meet the specific
needs of students and achieve their maximum interest. I experienced this with an English teacher of
mine who would allow writing assignments to be done in different formats such
as essay, poetry, PowerPoint presentations and comparison journals. My favorite, at the time, was writing poetry,
and my final product was more impressive to my teacher and classmates because I
cared about what I was doing because it was fun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Universal design</b>
<b>for learning</b> is the application of
universal design principles to educational settings. UDL applies recent
advances in the understanding of how the brain processes information to the
design of curriculum that can accommodate broad student needs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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An example of Universal Design would be a ramp that makes
a building wheelchair accessible, yet at the same time it also makes the
transition easier on walkers and people loading things into a building. <o:p></o:p></div>
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An example of UDL would be PowerPoint’s used for hearing
impaired students can double as reinforcement for “normal” students.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The <a href="http://martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html">Martin
Dale Center</a> website was extremely hard to navigate, and hardly seemed to
have any organizational purpose.
Clicking through the website I was never sure where it was going to lead
me to. Chinese grammar, genome of the honeybee, and Nautical Archaeology are
some topics that this site led me to. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Regardless, the point of the tech tool is to point out
the usefulness of over-sized calculators. Which I agree, is a great assistive technology
tool for those who are visually impaired or have motor skill problems. I do not believe that over-sized calculators
stimulate conversations about what the word calculate means. Calculators have a practical use but should
not be overused. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong class="username" id="yui_3_5_1_3_1351906829233_1022" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadapenguin/5622828638/" id="yui_3_5_1_3_1351906829233_1028" style="color: #0063dc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CanadaPenguin</a> on Flickr</strong><strong class="username" id="yui_3_5_1_3_1351906829233_1022" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">Okay so this is a hilariously large store display calculator, </span></strong><strong class="username" id="yui_3_5_1_3_1351906829233_1022" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">I don't think calculators get any bigger than this!</span></strong></td></tr>
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Differentiated instruction is important, but I also think
it’s important to expose all students to multiple ways of doing things.
However, I do not believe that Universal Design for Learning is necessarily a
good thing. The accommodations made for students with 504’s are not automatically
what is best for regular students. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Calculators are a wonderful technology. They have allowed us to progress in
unimaginable ways just like computers.
However, it is vitally important for students to grasp the manual
concepts of math. They need to be able
to critically think about math and not just punch in numbers. Calculators can be a great tool for checking
your work, or speeding along upper level math. It has no place as a frequently used tool in
math. It is a “sometimes” tool not an “always”
tool. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Speech recognition software and text reading software are
tools that have helped the visually impaired people of this world out tremendously. Once again, this is a “sometimes” tool for
regular students. It should not
supplement their manual writing and reading practices. “Too much of a good thing” is absolutely true
when it comes to technology and students in some cases. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I can see the advantages and disadvantages of storybooks
in a classroom. I believe the best way
to use this tool would be to go over a reading section, check for comprehension,
and then use a storybook to reinforce the information learned. Teachers who use storybooks as the only
source of information on any given topic are greatly putting their students at
a disadvantage. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All of these tools can be utilized in any classroom, and
the technology is welcomed. As a teacher
I’ll need to recognize when these tools are doing harm versus good. I believe some teachers have crossed the line
where their students become dependent on these tools where that need shouldn't be there.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-84552364535289894982012-10-29T16:16:00.004-07:002012-10-29T16:16:59.440-07:00Chapter 9 Alternative Post<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN" style="font-weight: normal;">One of the
main purposes of this VodCast, </span><span style="color: #4a4848; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=1128" target="_blank">Digital ID Project A Platform for Learning, Sharing,Remixing and Teaching Digital Citizenship</a>,</span><span lang="EN" style="font-weight: normal;"> is to
emphasize the use of <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens-internet-protection-act" target="_blank">CIPA</a>
(childrens internet protection act). It
continues to explain that a digital citizenship is established with everything
that we do on the internet. We (as
adults and as young people using the internet) need to be ever aware of all the
content that we put out online. Once it's
out there it's always out there. This
leads to teachers and teaching kids on ethical interment use. One teacher comments to her students that
when writing on the internet you need to say preciously what you mean because
people cannot always detect your humor or sarcasm from somewhere else. It is always extremely important to watch how
much information you give and to who. On
the wiki sit <a href="http://digital-id.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">Digital-ID</a>,
created by teachers for students, they have a funny yet informative video on
how worms, bugs, and bots get into our computers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The VodCast itself seemed a little too broad and didn't
focus in on a point. It was very
informative in the sense that it guides you to other sources. I did not like that they mentioned sites and
then didn't link to them in their references.
It made it very difficult or impossible to find. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the Digital-ID website I also enjoyed this video about
evaluating websites. They used the acronym CAPOW (currency, authority, purpose,
objectivity, and writing style) to use while evaluating a website.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a teacher, I will have
the responsibility in guiding my students to proper internet use. This is true for elementary and middle school
students (wherever I decide to go). This
VodCast led me to a wonderful website, Digital-ID, that is allowed to be
remixed by teachers for their students.
It is full of information, and the videos make learning fun and humorous.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN">Overall, I enjoyed watching the VodCasts from </span><a href="http://k12onlineconference.org/" target="_blank">k12onlineconference.org</a> and
watched a couple more than the one I wrote about. It is full of information that goes way
beyond the classroom. As a teacher it is
a necessity to be on top of things and this site provides that service for
free! *adds to delicious* </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-63401561656814063702012-10-14T09:14:00.000-07:002012-10-14T18:15:42.645-07:00Chapter 8 Alternative Post<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">David Warlick is a blogger, author,
and above all a teacher. In his “about
this blog” section, Warlick vividly paints the way for his thought process on
education and technology today:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">“Many
of the barriers that prevent us from modernizing our education systems come
from the baggage of outdated notions about teaching, learning, curriculum, our
children, and their future. Asking
questions seems to be one way of probing and provoking new perceptions about
what we do, why we do it, and how we might adapt within an almost constantly
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and believe that teachers put up barriers with the old way. He points to the solution of many problems,
and that’s simply asking questions.
Asking questions is just as important to teachers as it is for our
students.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">In
Warlick’s blog post titled</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #323232; font-family: inherit;"> “<a href="http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=3719" target="_blank">WhereDo We Go to Measure Success</a>,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">” he points out the importance of STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineer, and Mathematics). Yet in a graph he created, based on data from</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #323232; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d11/tables/dt11_286.asp" target="_blank">Bachelor'sdegrees conferred by degree-granting institutions</a>, </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">he fails to mention the overall
increase in degrees received over the years, despite the huge shift in
percentage. “Mathematics and statistics”
had one huge drop, in 1970 it was 24k degrees and in 1975 it was 15k degrees to
now being 16k degrees… the question </span>isn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> what are we doing wrong now but what
were we doing right or wrong back then when the data showed the largest decrease. Overall, the data seems shocking. Warlick questions, “I</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">s</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> STEM education doing what it’s suppose to do</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">?” in
relation to the graph; however, I am asking, will STEM education change these
statistics when the children of this generation grow up and graduate college?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">To
continue with Warlick’s thought process in his blog post <b>“</b></span><strong><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=3668" target="_blank">I Never Needed to Know That</a></span></strong><b><span style="background: white; color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">”</span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> he stumbled upon a blog post of </span><strong><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://edudemic.com/2012/08/10-things-students-wont-need-to-know-when-they-graduate/" target="_blank">10 Things Students Won’t Need to Know WhenThey Graduate</a></span></strong><b><span style="background: white; color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> One thing that this list makes clear, and
that Warlick points out, is that there is no way to know or predict what knowledge
will be most important to our students for the future. Some of Warlick’s comments really got me
thinking, “</span>How they
learn has become much more important,”<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> and “</span>Perhaps the most important thing
we can help our children learn, is how to teach themselves.” I believe these are wise words, and one
solution would be to teach children how to synthesize their questions properly with
the use of the internet. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Largely,
Warlick’s blog is to promote critical thinking among teachers and himself. It is a personal blog and is based on his
personal opinions and views on today’s education. From what I have read in his posts, Warlick
is an innovative teacher that truly wants what is best for the kids and
ultimately our society. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sources:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bachelor's Degrees Conferred by
Degree-granting Institutions, by Field of Study: Selected Years, 1970-71
through 2009-10</span></i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. Rep. no. 286.
Institute of Education Sciences: National Center for Education Statistics, n.d.
Web. 14 Oct. 2012.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dillon, Bob. "10 Things Students Won’t
Need To Know When They Graduate." Weblog post.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>10 Things Students Won’t Need To Know When They Graduate</i>. Edudemic, 27 Aug.
2012. Web. 14 Oct. 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Warlick, David. "2¢ Worth." Weblog
post.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>2¢ Worth</i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012.
<http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/>.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-49349297223128986122012-10-07T08:19:00.001-07:002012-10-13T18:58:59.257-07:00Chapter 7: Problem Solving and Inquiry Learning with Software and Web Tools<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Focus Question:</b>
How can teachers evaluate the different types of educational software available
today?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To be a good game it must consist of rules, goals and
objectives, outcomes and feedback, conflict/ competition/ challenge/
opposition, interaction, and representation or story. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To be a good game for a classroom one might ask: Does it
have teacher support resources? Is the content
current, thorough, and age-appropriate? Does
assessment include pretest, posttest, recordkeeping by students and groups? Does the program promote creativity, higher
order thinking, collaboration, problem solving, discovery, or memorization?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Going to sites like the <a href="http://ed.fnal.gov/espg/" target="_blank">educationalsoftware preview guide</a> lists a searchable directory of more than 1,000
software titles for use in prek-12 classrooms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Tech Tool 7.2</b>
A Math Learning Game—Zoombinis Logical Journey <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I loved this game as a little kid. I am now sitting here wishing that my parents
had not thrown away all my games from when I was a kid because I “grew up,” and
windows 98 is now “obsolete.” This game
was awesome at creating patterns and using higher order thinking. It took a lot of trial and error to figure
out what the pattern should be. This
game would be great for k-5<sup>th</sup> graders because it comes in different difficulty
levels. I would use this game as a “fun-Friday”
educational game because it would take at least 30-60 minutes for the kids to
get past a couple levels. As you can see
in this YouTube video below 3 adults/ teenagers had to really think to get past
a few level in 30 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even though this tech tool is talking about Zoombinis,
which is awesome, it links to <a href="http://www.thelearningcompany.com/hmh/site/thelearningcompany/home">the
learning company</a>, which is a site that contains much more. It continues with game like <a href="http://www.redwagongames.com/Oregon-Trail/">The Oregon Trail</a> and <a href="http://www.carmensandiego.com/hmh/site/carmen/">Carmen Sandiego</a>. All of these are fun and thought provoking
games. I would not use any of these
games as a core in the classroom however; it would strictly be an additive
because it does take up so much time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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& Connection<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Adding games, video games, interactive games, and
manipulative tools is very important to kids and should be important to
teachers too. I think one major thing
that teachers are going to have to battle with is the time that some of these
games consume versus the lack in quality of some of the shorter games may
be. I remember going to reading labs
when I was in elementary school, and I am certain that the use has grown much
more in the past 15 years. When I go and
visit the local library, even they have reading games on the computers for the
kids. There is obviously a connection
between these games and children learning…
I believe you learn best when you are having fun.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-45369526895066315492012-09-30T07:38:00.001-07:002012-09-30T07:38:28.234-07:00Chapter 6: Teaching with Educational Websites and Other Online Resources<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Focus Question:</b>
What are WebQuests and virtual field trips?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>WebQuests </i>are
online inquiries by students—designed and guided by teachers. Students visit sited pre-identified by a
teacher and assess what presentations to share with their classmates. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Designing a successful WebQuest consist of stage setting
(introduction), task (activities), process (instructions), evaluation
(assessment or rubrics), and conclusion.
When being designed it must be considered the capabilities of the
students, primary goals to teach, ability levels working cohesively, and is
technology integrated seamlessly into the assignment?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Virtual fieldtrip</i>
take students to places all over the world without ever leaving their school’s
classroom or computer lab. Museums,
science centers, historical sites, and other educational organizations have
developed online field trips an example found at <a href="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/index.html">the cave
of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Social Bookmarking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/">Goodreads</a> is an
online bookmarking tool for organizing your favorite books, books you want to
read, and books you did not like. After
rating so many books, the website starts to generate suggestions that you can
add to your reading list or select “not interested” to make it go away. I am in love with this website! I’m always making and losing book lists, and
now I can have it all in one place. I
give this site an A+! It has a strong
authority, is accurate, objective, current, covers several genres, and is easy
to navigate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong class="username" id="yui_3_5_1_3_1349015829745_1077" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; display: block; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barbourians/5365888653/" id="yui_3_5_1_3_1349015829745_1079" style="color: #0063dc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">barbourians</a> on Flickr</span></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://delicious.com/">Delicious</a> is a
resourceful website for bookmarking other websites. Add a pin to the bookmark bar on the web
browser and it is instantly useful for all your bookmarking needs. It organizes the bookmarks by “tags” that can
then be searched. This is handy but it’s
also frustrating. The tags have to be
easily memorized to know what you’re looking for. I would love to be able to organize my links
by folders or boards so that I could browse a certain subject, like on <a href="http://pinterest.com/">pinterest</a> but pinterest also fails in that I wish
they had tags that searched only your boards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Summary &
Reflection<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This chapter was just an overwhelming amount of information,
and has lots of useful links. It really
opens up the classroom to the internet with WebQuests, virtual field trips,
interactive maps, videoconferencing, and websites created by universities. It also points out that filing things away
with paper is a flawed system. Things
get lost, misplaced, and outdated so quickly.
With using online bookmarking, I can organize all the websites I find to
incorporate into lesson plans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WebQuests and online virtual field trips are resourceful tools
for any subject. I love the fact that teachers are taking the curriculum and
creating fun internet scavenger hunts to relevant materials for today. I’m looking forward to exploring WebQuests and
how I can develop something that is interactive, exploratory, and engaging. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-25408271066771371822012-09-24T14:33:00.001-07:002012-09-24T14:33:45.195-07:00Chapter 5: Researching and Evaluating Internet Information<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Focus Question:</b>
What are search engines and how do they work?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Search engines</i>
retrieve information from the internet. They
can be explored using <i>keywords</i>, which
are words or phrases used by search engines to locate matching Web pages. As shocking as it may seem, because of Google’s
popularity, it has been estimated that less than half of the web is searchable
in Google. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An important part to conducting research is taking notes.
<a href="http://notestar.4teachers.org/" target="_blank">Notestar</a>
offers internet-based electronic note-taking… another option is Office OneNote
2010.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Google has revolutionized how people search today,
compared to the old “crawler” systems that advertisers found ways to trick the algorithms
that ranked sites by keyword indicators.
Today we have search engines that allow us to view in <i>free-text search</i> (shows results that
include 1+ keywords in phrases), <i>Keyword/
exact math search</i> (retrieves only resources that contain exactly the word
or phrase used), <i>Boolean search</i>
(customize search using “or, and, not” to include or exclude keywords). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Tech Tool:</b>
Photo and Audio Resources on the Web<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/about/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> is an
online photo-sharing tool that can be beneficial to teachers and students. The <a href="http://www.flickr.com/about/" target="_blank">authority</a>
of the website is easy to find and even a nice <a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/" target="_blank">help</a> option. This is not an information-based website, but
an image based website. Even though
there is an option to find only CC photos, they cannot prevent people from
uploading photos that are not their own intellectual property. There is no objectivity to be found on this
site either. The website is up-to-date
with a copyright of 2012 and a daily traffic of users. Based on the uses of
AAOCC I give this website a low A because it is hard to monitor plagiarism. Esthetically I am not pleased with the website. It is jumbled, confusing, and has little
direction of how to use it. It was great
for looking photos up but there seems to be a large learning curve for
newcomers who want to contribute images. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <strong class="username" id="yui_3_5_1_3_1348522169041_1747" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53825985@N02/7371314416/" target="_blank">** Lucky Cavey **</a> on Flickr</strong></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://librivox.org/about-librivox/" target="_blank">Librivox</a>
offers free audio recordings of published books that are in the public domain. The <a href="http://librivox.org/about-librivox/" target="_blank">authority</a> and about section can
be found under more info. The accuracy
and objectivity is subjective to the content of what the public domain books
and other materials contain. Dates are
hard to find (if at all) and coverage is minimum. Based off of AAOCC I give
this site a B with lack in currency and coverage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The internet has gone through many improvements in the
past decades. Search engines have gone from
“crawler” systems to searches that produce results that are more accurate. I have experienced this growth in search
engines. It would be expected that “regular”
search engines would not produce proper results for children. This causes a lot of work on a teacher’s end. Fortunately,
there are many kid search engines like <a href="http://www.askkids.com/" target="_blank">www.askkids.com</a>,
<a href="http://kids.yahoo.com/" target="_blank">kids.yahoo.com</a>, and more. I particularly remember using yahoo kids when
I was in middle school and remember having resourceful information for my age
group. Schools have found other ways to
prevent kids from stumbling upon inappropriate information by using filtering
software and partitions. This can
sometimes cause problems though when resourceful websites are blocked. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-26248454069838419442012-09-14T12:23:00.000-07:002012-09-14T12:24:03.927-07:00Introduction<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi, my name is Hillary and I am from Naples, Florida in the
United States of America. I am going to
school to become an elementary and/ or a middle school teacher. I love working
with children and have an almost 2-year-old daughter named Sarina. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are many things to do in my city. From my house, I can drive 10 miles west and
visit our local zoo and our beautiful beaches, or I can travel 15 miles east
and explore one of my nation’s national parks, the everglades. I personally enjoy going to the public parks
with my daughter year round because it does not snow in Florida as we are in a
subtropical zone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At home, I love to relax by crafting, baking, and watching
TV or reading a fictional book. Sewing
clothes and crocheting blankets are some of my favorite crafts. Some of my favorite dishes are black beans and
rice, deep-fried hot wings, pot roast, and empanadas. My favorite TV shows are True Blood, Dexter (filmed
in nearby Miami), Royal Pains, and Being Human.
My all-time favorite book series is Harry Potter, but I am currently
reading Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;">Photo Credit to</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span> M</span></span><strong><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">ilan.Boers on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/milanboers/3506616375/" target="_blank">Flickr</a></span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 14px;">Photo Credit to me<br />An egret in the Everglades swamp</span></td></tr>
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Question:</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> How can teachers create change in classrooms using technology?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Automate</i> is using
technology to reproduce existing practices (learning <i>from</i> computers) verses <i>Infomate</i>
which changes existing practices (learning <i>with</i>
computers). <i>Type I technology</i> applications
represent the traditional uses of computers in schools (instruction and record
keeping). <i>Type II technology</i>
represents new directions in technology use (interactive and problem solving
software).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Digital
pen</i> is a writing device to records what someone has written or spoken
so it can be accessed on a computer that converts content into typed text that
can be copied, edited, or e-mailed. It can be used to automate recordkeeping,
or it can be used to infomate by capturing words and drawings and uploading
them on the computer at the end of the day (and even possibly uploading them to
a class website).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <i>tablet PC</i> (a portable
computer with touchscreen technology) can be used to simply automate by
replacing books and notebooks, but can be a highly resourceful tool when used
to infomate by compounding on key terms in group discussions and being posted
to class websites where all the students can retrieve them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OneNote and Google Drive are wonderful tools that provide
documents that can be shared online between groups of people. These groups can
then edit and compound upon the subject matter given creating unique class
notes. A teacher could use this as a daily tool for students who think of
questions they’d like to ask and posting it online for the teacher to review
the next day. It is also a resourceful tool for groups to share their work with
each other and have it all in one place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tech Tool:</b> Online
Technology Integration Resources<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/" target="_blank">Edutopia</a> is a wonderful website sponsored by
George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars. It is a great resource to inspire innovation
in teachers. It develops a community of teachers from all over who have
collaborated ideas. They have a section for <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices-guide" target="_blank">PBL</a> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">(project based learning) that emphasizes
the key steps. There are lots of resourceful links like their <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/classroom-guides-downloads" target="_blank">classroom guides andeducation downloads</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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engages in student centered teaching while incorporating technology that is
being manipulated by both the students and the teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for teachers except that it cost a substantial amount of money (about $200),
and if I’ve learned anything it’s that “the best things in life are free.” Even
after you’ve paid for a membership you have to continue to pay to look at
resources like books and webinars. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;"><a href="http://www.ncte.org/" target="_blank">National Council of Teacher of English</a>
is a professional association of educators in English Studies, Literacy, and
Language Arts. Once again this is a
website that requires a paid membership; however, this one is substantially
cheaper at $50. Is it a $50 well spent though? Depending on how much you think
the content is worth it may be, but I cannot view it without paying. The cost
for viewing the </span>webinars is $295 member/$595 nonmember for 8 videos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The teaching style throughout this chapter was focused on student
centered teaching and how we can incorporate technology with that instead of
automating technology with the old ways.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">As teachers we can make power points, but are
we engaging our students and involving them in the process?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Video recordings have always been a favorite among
students but are we using it to enhance a lesson or teach the lesson? We need
to be careful not to allow ourselves fall into mundane habits.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">We can use digital cameras, digital
thermometers, Excel, e-mail, AIM, blogger, and other resources to enhance our
students experience in the classroom.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have no doubt that I will be an inside-out kind of teacher (<i>appropriation stage</i>) when it comes to its
use in my daily life and in the classroom. I already use technology in all of
my classes that I can’t see it being any other way. My computer is truly my <i>technology based office</i>. I can’t wait to
start the <i>invention stage</i> of
technology and developing my own wiki. I love using blogger and all these technologies
in the classroom, I feel like it really adds to my experience.<br />
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As I am coming into teaching where being technologically suave is asked of us I
don’t feel like I’ll have problems incorporating it into my lesson plans. If
anything I always love a good challenge.<br />
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Because of digital inequality I’m sure I’m going to have times where I feel
stunted by my ability to reach all my students. If I can engage all my students
in the classroom, with no negative repercussions for lack of internet outside
of the classroom then I think I’ll do good. Even though I have been exposed to
computers my whole life I have not always had the privilege of having a working
computer or the internet at home. For several years we only had my dad’s “work
computer” on an old dial up system that I was not allowed to touch. It wasn’t
till I was 13 that I used the internet freely outside of school. I had to be
disciplined and use my time in the library and at school wisely to get the work
I needed to do on the computer done. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would be a dream, but it still depends on the teacher on how it’s used. For now
the <i>One/Two/ Three time</i> seems like an
excellent practice of rotating groups and giving specialized attention while
working on the multiple intelligences of students. </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-26382898830198864232012-09-03T08:19:00.000-07:002012-09-03T09:08:09.716-07:00Chapter 3: Developing Lessons with Technology<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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What is meant by “lesson development using technology”?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Lesson development</u> refers to all the activities that teachers do as they
create, teach, and evaluate lessons with students.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Academic content (what to teach):</i> a
vast array of academic content can be collected online by internet searches,
electronic databases, online encyclopedias, blogs, wikis, and other tech tools.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Teaching Goals, Methods, and Procedures
(how to teach):</i> curriculum can be presented in a multitude of different
ways using technology like presentation software, visual thinking software,
web-based diagram making tools, teacher-developed websites, and threaded
discussions and emails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Learning Assessments (knowing what
student have learned): </i>technology tools that support the assessment and
evaluation include electronic tests and quizzes, digital portfolios, personal
response systems, online surveys, and online evaluation rubrics. </span><br />
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Lesson Planning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://thinkfinity.org/welcome"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://thinkfinity.org/welcome</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This webpage has changed since the screen caption in the book. If you go to the
right to “thinkfinity resources” you can input a key word or select your state
standards, grade, and subject area. It will pull up a bunch of lesson plans,
videos, games, activities and prepared questions to ask. This is extremely helpful
for new teachers ha ving to start everything from scratch, and it’s excellent
for seasoned teachers who are trying to find a way to mix up the curriculum
they already have set. You can also join in forum chats with other teachers
(though it is a bit hard to navigate). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/teachers">http://www.pbs.org/teachers</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This one is
similar... start by selecting the grade, subject, and then narrow down the
filter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this video that I found about STEM (science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics). It speaks to me in many ways. Here was a boy who thought that
all of his potential lead up to being a bus driver, but given the opportunity
he has now excelled into becoming a teacher, a scientist, a photographer, and
much more. He is an inspiration to his students. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This site fell short on impressing me. Having taken
drafting classes for 4 years I am greatly disappointed when I come across “floor
plan” applications that have one MAJOR flaw, you cannot input the dimensions!
If you’re looking for something that’s accurate and you’re just a hobbyist,
then look into Google’s free <a href="http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/index.html">SketchUp</a> program. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as the features for creating Venn Diagrams, flowcharts, and the like…
you’re better off using Microsoft’s publisher. It could be a great resource for
someone who does not have Microsoft, but really what teacher doesn’t?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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me that I’m going to have to follow strict state and national guidelines when
it comes to building a curriculum for the classroom. However, the creativity
and where I choose to go is all up to me. I am already an avid researching when
it comes to learning new topics, I can easily get lost in the World Wide Web.
Hopefully with my master googling skills I will be able to form exceptional
academic content for my students. Microsoft publisher and powerpoint are great
presentational tools that I have used for many years. I hope my next adventure
will be interactive websites that I develop for my students and parents. I believe
it’s vital for parents to know what’s going on in the classroom; the internet
has provided the perfect tool for that, though too many teachers do not take
advantage of it. I am still stumped as to where I will go with assessing my
students, I believe this is only something that can be said through actual
experience and practice of what does and does not work on a whole.<br />
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With approaches to lesson planning I can fully see myself as writing up <u>student
learning objectives</u>. It is so clear and with my need for clarity and
organization there is no mistake on my who, what, when. The <u>understanding by
design</u> approach reminds me of what teachers put into syllabuses for parents
to read, it always comes across as ambiguous and a little confusing.<br />
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Despite the great debate if it is good or bad for students, I will have to
embrace standardized testing. There are negative side effects on teachers as
well because of these tests. A teacher should not be afraid and only teaching
what is on the tests… they are doing a disservice to themselves and their
students. It is all too easy now-a-days to teach blended lessons. Math and
science, and history and English can easily go hand-in-hand. Go out there and
do your research when it’s all at our fingertips!!! It is all too unfair to
shock your students with a standardized test that they have had no practice
what-so-ever in taking, but it is also unfair to your students to not challenge
their minds in other forms of assessments. Have your students create and you
both will reap the benefits. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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are the implications of the latest research in the science of learning for
teachers?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Knowledge is constructed, not transmitted.</u> To learn it requires purpose and
effort on the part of the learner as well as understanding based on what they
already know and believe. In other words knowledge is built from our past
experiences and is unique to ever person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Three learning theories:</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Behaviorism is a learning process of memorizing, demonstrating and
imitating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cognitive science suggest that learning is also influenced by non
observable and internal constructs, such as memory, motivation, perception,
attention, and metacognitive skills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Constructivism is when every person interprets and constructs the
world in their own way; learning is a process of manipulating and interpreting
the surrounding world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There are<u> 2 approaches to teaching: teacher-centered and student-centered. </u>New
studies are challenging the way that teachers teach... which is traditionally
teacher-centered teaching being lectures, textbooks, worksheets, and
assessments. The competitor is with student-centered teaching that encourages
students to be an active part of their learning from planning to conducting
experiments and engaging in discussions. It encourages to actively engage
students with one-on-one tutoring, learning groups, inquiry learning, and
metacognitive thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Tech Tool:</span></b><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Web Resources for Engagement and
Collaboration</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://dnaftb.org/">http://dnaftb.org/</a> The animation sections of
this website is perfect for teaching middle or high school students who are
being introduced to genetics. It was a great refresher for myself too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.tolerance.org/activities">http://www.tolerance.org/activities</a>
This is a great resource for lesson planning to introduce diversity. I can see
myself going to this site to pull out resources to help integrate my classroom
and have everyone come together with diversity activities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.zoomerang.com/">http://www.zoomerang.com/</a> is now
merging with </span><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/home/">http://www.surveymonkey.com/home/</a> This
site is great for collecting data for your classroom and allowing students to
express their viewpoints in a non-threatening environment because
it's anonymous. The downside is that the polls have to be short and have a
limited amount of people can respond before the cost of using this website
jumps to at least $17 a month!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><a href="http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/polls/">http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/polls/</a>
I do not like this site. It has broken links and the thought process is confusing.
I am having a hard time trying to find a purpose to this website.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Through stumbling
through this site... I found another site that linked to ANOTHER site, </span><a href="http://www.icivics.org/">http://www.icivics.org/</a> games that I think is a great
resource. It's a game that allows kids to pretend to campaign for something in
the process it teaches them the steps of how to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://discoveringantartica.org.uk/">http://discoveringantartica.org.uk/</a>
This website is nothing but advertisements and would NOT be useful in a
classroom. It would leave students going to hundreds of other sites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Chapter Summary & Connection</b><br />
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As I grow into a teacher, one of my hopes is that I can learn to become a
student-centered teacher who engages their students. I already see myself with
my daughter guiding her yet allowing her the freedoms to learn what she wants
at the time. I have a sensory table that I switch out the activities with. When
I introduce a new activity to her I stand back for a good 10 minutes just
watching how she interacts with the new surroundings... this I see as promoting<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>metacognitive<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>thinking as she's self-exploring and
learning. Then I jump in and ask her questions, which seems
to emphasize inquiry learning. When she is introduced to this topic
more than once I can see the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>light
bulb<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>go off and she knows exactly
what to do and finds more complex ways with working in her surroundings
(this can also be viewed as a Montessori approach). My next challenge will be
to learn how to use my skills and desires that I already have with my own
daughter and apply it with technology and my future students.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Living in a digital age
it is required to have visual literacy and information literacy. Visual
literacy deals with how images, diagrams, charts and graphs are used to
communicate with us, and information literacy is the ability to recognize,
locate, evaluate, and organize and manipulate the information we find online.
Without these competencies we would be lost to an online world
believing everything we read.<br />
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I hope to be able to actively engage and collaborate with my students using
technology. Even though I always did well in school, I had a hard time
retaining the information learned overtime because I was never engaged with the
information. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4e2800;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13147140794241360592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528269300364647579.post-51040080081117261582012-08-23T17:24:00.001-07:002012-09-03T10:41:41.113-07:00Chapter 1: Becoming an e-Teacher<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Focus Question:</b> What constitutes a highly interactive, inquiry-based
learning environment?</span><br />
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“<i>Highly interactive</i> means providing
educational activities in which students and teachers are not just consumers of
what technology offers, but are active creators, shapers, and evaluators of the
information and experiences that technology presents. <i>Inquiry-based</i> means that teachers prepare, deliver, and assess
lessons differently while students think critically and creatively about the
learning they do and the technologies they use (Maloy, 2011, p. 26).”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tech Tool:</b> <a href="http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/">Ultraportable Laptop
Computers</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teachers, college students, and several professions call for the need
of computers with high processing speeds, long battery life, large memories,
and easy-to-read screens while still being ultraportable (Maloy, 2011, p.7). A teacher’s
teaching style could greatly impact the computer they choose. Whether we choose
to be innovators or lagers, the impact and need for computers is still great.
Carrying around jump drives is insufficient because programs like icloud,
google docs, and skydrive put our documents at our fingertips with any computer
that has access to the internet.</span><br />
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All this pressure on being innovative yet efficient can leave someone searching
for a computer very perplexed. Lenovo provides a clean website with lots of
computers to browse. If all the information becomes overwhelming Lenovo provides
a <a href="http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/special-offers.workflow:ShowPromo?LandingPage=/All/US/Landing_pages/Info/09/laptop-finder-for-me&menu-id=products&ref-id=home">PC
Finder Tool</a> that can help narrow a decision to a computer that suites the
specifications given to it.</span><br />
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As a student I use a very portable and useful Macbook in conjunction with
google docs and skydrive. As I grow into a teacher I can see myself needing a
more powerful computer. Here is what the “PC Finder Tool” matched my criteria
to. </span></div>
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Chapter Summary & Connection</b></span><br />
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It is obvious throughout this chapter that technology has made a huge impact on
society, and has slowly but surely been making its mark on education also. I
can already see my daughter as having an electronic childhood, and being part
of Generation M, with all the toys she has that spits out the ABC’s, phonics,
and various animal names and noises. As a parent I am inundated with
commercials that put little kids at the computer to have a jump start to their
education, which coincidentally puts these kids in a “student centered” type of
learning space.</span><br />
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I have often made use of Web 2.0 growing up. I have made online journals,
social medias, followed blogs, and have developed fun addictions to websites
like stumbleupon.com and pinterest.com. I am already a follower of teacher
blogs that appeal to me. I can see great use of blogger and wiki for connecting
to students and parents. I do not see myself as having a digital disconnect
with students because I strive to at least be an early adopter of technology (as seen on Rogers innovation curve),
and I am a digital native being born in 1988.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Maloy, R.W. (2011). Becoming an e-Teacher. In<em> Transforming Learning with new Technologies</em> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (pp.1-27). Boston,
MA: Pearson</span></b></div>
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