Tuesday, April 12, 2016
ILP "Participation"- Lynda.com
The activity on Lynda that I participated in is called "Education Technology for Student Success." The lesson begins by telling how it is important that students first learn the basics of technology before they can continue with anything more difficult. This lesson particularly advocated the use of mobile devices. Students could take pictures of notes and annotate them, they could record the teacher for future viewing, or even scan QR codes that a teacher can put on Posters. The most interesting thing to me was the QR codes. I hadn't heard of them being used in an educational setting, but at some schools QR codes are being used. They are placed on posters in classes, and when a student scans it they will receive a video or .pdf file giving them more information about the posters topic. Another thing mentioned was using Google Earth to show students different historical sites. Apparently the historical sites actually have other images surrounding them providing more information about the site. All in all I'd say the lesson was a good way to learn both basic ways of using technology, and more unique ways of using technology.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
#10- Excel
In the classroom the use of excel would be very beneficial. In one way you could use it as a grading book to easily keep track of the students grades. Excel provides many easy ways of averaging numbers which is perfect for grades. Excel can also easily create graphs and other charts that can be added to presentation. This charts can provide visuals to the data you could be talking about.
One topic that I found to be interesting in my fellow classmates blogs was the topic of digital natives. I found this topic interesting because I enjoyed seeing the different ways people thought of digital natives. While on person could assume it is someone that is born into the digital age, another person could think of it as someone who was raised with technology. Many ways of viewing the concept are similar, however there are still small things that create differences between opinions each person can have.
A technology skill I would like to learn next would be being able to fix or troubleshoot any problem that could arise on the computer or device I am using. By being able to do this I could use a computer without the fear of a problem arising and not knowing what to do. I would also be able to save some money in my home life by not having to take my computer into a store anytime there is an issue.
One of my future educational technology related goals is to introduce or increase the technology that a school has to offer. In order to do this I can think of two different ways. One way would be to help other teachers learn about the technology that can help them in the classroom. By raising awareness other teachers may be inclined to help me get new technology in the school. The other way would be to able for a grant for the school. The grant would supply the school with the money needed to purchase the technology itself and bring it in the school.
One topic that I found to be interesting in my fellow classmates blogs was the topic of digital natives. I found this topic interesting because I enjoyed seeing the different ways people thought of digital natives. While on person could assume it is someone that is born into the digital age, another person could think of it as someone who was raised with technology. Many ways of viewing the concept are similar, however there are still small things that create differences between opinions each person can have.
A technology skill I would like to learn next would be being able to fix or troubleshoot any problem that could arise on the computer or device I am using. By being able to do this I could use a computer without the fear of a problem arising and not knowing what to do. I would also be able to save some money in my home life by not having to take my computer into a store anytime there is an issue.
One of my future educational technology related goals is to introduce or increase the technology that a school has to offer. In order to do this I can think of two different ways. One way would be to help other teachers learn about the technology that can help them in the classroom. By raising awareness other teachers may be inclined to help me get new technology in the school. The other way would be to able for a grant for the school. The grant would supply the school with the money needed to purchase the technology itself and bring it in the school.
Monday, March 28, 2016
#9- PowerPoint Interaction
The flipped classroom is a concept that is saying that school learning can take place outside of an actual school or campus. This is accomplished through PowerPoints with voice recordings, or entire recorded lectures. Because chapter 10 deals with online learning so this concept ties in quite nicely. Online classes incorporate many forms of the flipped classroom. Usually recorded voices with accompanying PowerPoint. I believe that online classes can be a good thing, as long as the student participating is well organized. I discovered that online classes weren't for me, because I am somewhat forgetful. Here is an example of a video recorded lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGdr9WLto4A
The web-based resource that I looked at was the popular website, Pinterest. This website allows you too search through many different categories based on your interest. As a teacher if you simply typed in "Education" you would be able to discover plenty of online resources. You could find other educators that can assist you with any professional questions or concerns you might have. You could also search for other resources on this website that could also prove useful for in the classroom.
From the PowerPoint interaction project I learned how to incorporate navigation buttons into a presentation. By doing this you are able to go back and fourth between slides without having to exit the presentation or click back. It allows for a more fluid motion to be applied to the presentation. What I liked about the project was that it showed me even more ways to utilize PowerPoint. What I didn't like was having to format the buttons to direct to different points on the slides. It was just a tedious task. I could improve this presentation by adding more graphics and audio cues. This kind of creation could be implemented in classrooms as a learning game, or studying system.
Monday, March 21, 2016
#8 PowerPoint
A technology I believe could help out in classes immensely would be Augmented Reality. It has already gone through small scale testing within schools. It helps accomplish experiments in chemistry that would otherwise be to dangerous to do in the classroom. You wouldn't want untrained students handling dangerous chemicals that could potentially harm students. In geometry it allows students to view 3-D shapes and manipulate them as well. I think that it could be use to show classes different parts of the world, and look around those places. This application would be useful in classes such as geography. Giving students the ability to explore far away places could spark a new interest in classes.
The technological divide is defined as the generation that grew up with technology, and the generation that did not. That divide is what separates technology natives, like myself, from non-technology natives. I am on the side of the divide that has grown up with technology. This is because since I was born technology has been anywhere I looked. The digital divide will affect the future of classrooms, because the more that technology develops the more classrooms will change. Technologies will continuously be introduced into the world and it is one of the responsibilities of future teachers to keep up with those technologies so they don't fall behind. If a teacher of my generation falls behind on the technology then being a teacher is going to become very difficult for them. In order to address this change in classrooms, I would make it a priority of mine to keep up to date on the latest technologies being released, by either testing them out or reading about them in the news. This would allow me to effectively use them in the classroom.
The new skills I learned from the PowerPoint project, was the different ways that you are capable of actually editing the slides themselves. I didn't know about the master slide function and that would have been very useful to know about in the past PowerPoint slides I have developed. Being able to create a custom slide design is also very helpful. What I liked about the project was that it allowed me to explore the various functions of PowerPoint. That being said the part I hated the most was actually finding the tools I needed to use in PowerPoint. The tool bar itself is very cluttered and ever new update to the program always changes things around somehow, which makes memorizing the tool bar hard to accomplish. I could improve upon this presentation next time by including more images that describe what I will be talking about, rather then using bullet points. This assignment would prove useful in a classroom scenario such as a teacher needing a substitute. The teacher could create the PowerPoint and record him speaking so the students could continue on with the lesson. By including teacher notes on the slides, the substitute would be provided with the directions needed to teach the class.
The technological divide is defined as the generation that grew up with technology, and the generation that did not. That divide is what separates technology natives, like myself, from non-technology natives. I am on the side of the divide that has grown up with technology. This is because since I was born technology has been anywhere I looked. The digital divide will affect the future of classrooms, because the more that technology develops the more classrooms will change. Technologies will continuously be introduced into the world and it is one of the responsibilities of future teachers to keep up with those technologies so they don't fall behind. If a teacher of my generation falls behind on the technology then being a teacher is going to become very difficult for them. In order to address this change in classrooms, I would make it a priority of mine to keep up to date on the latest technologies being released, by either testing them out or reading about them in the news. This would allow me to effectively use them in the classroom.
The new skills I learned from the PowerPoint project, was the different ways that you are capable of actually editing the slides themselves. I didn't know about the master slide function and that would have been very useful to know about in the past PowerPoint slides I have developed. Being able to create a custom slide design is also very helpful. What I liked about the project was that it allowed me to explore the various functions of PowerPoint. That being said the part I hated the most was actually finding the tools I needed to use in PowerPoint. The tool bar itself is very cluttered and ever new update to the program always changes things around somehow, which makes memorizing the tool bar hard to accomplish. I could improve upon this presentation next time by including more images that describe what I will be talking about, rather then using bullet points. This assignment would prove useful in a classroom scenario such as a teacher needing a substitute. The teacher could create the PowerPoint and record him speaking so the students could continue on with the lesson. By including teacher notes on the slides, the substitute would be provided with the directions needed to teach the class.
Monday, March 14, 2016
ILP Design- Prezi
Standard: SS.912.W.7
The design tool that I looked into was Prezi. This tool is a useful alternative to PowerPoint in that it creates a nice flow to a presentation. Rather then just clicking and the next slide pops up, Prezi allows for a presentation to fly around the screen from one informational panel to the next. For my presentation I created a somewhat simplistic Prezi about World War I. The account I already had from years ago prohibited my use of some features, however I was still able to create something adequate. To start off, Prezi gives the creator templates to choose from. Luckily the template I found fit my subject quite nicely. However if you can't find a suitable template you can just create one. After which you can add panels that you can fill with information, pictures, or even videos. Prezi allows you to incorporate many different ways to show facts about the subject you are talking about. After you have everything written down, you create a path for your project follow and you are then ready to Prezi!
https://prezi.com/yp9gmzamqjmn/world-war-i/
#7- Web Design
At the first layer of Bloom's Taxonomy, remember, the student must be able to recall information that is provided by the presentation. In order to accomplish this I would incorporate key terms throughout the presentation that can be easily associated with definition. The second level of explanation would be where the definitions comes in. By providing definitions for the key terms it further explains the information the students need to know. The third level is Apply, in order to represent this in a PowerPoint I would supply questions to the students that would test the knowledge they should have obtained. Four the fourth level of Analyze, the students should be able to draw connections between ideas. In order to accomplish this I would create an empty Venn diagram used to compare and contrast. The fifth level of Evaluate, requires the students to defend their own ideas on the subject. To accomplish this I would provide opinionated questions on the PowerPoint to spark a debate with the students. Te sixth and final layer of Create, requires the students to design their own original work. In order to accomplish this goal I would have the students create their own PowerPoint projects that involve their ideas on the topic and present them to the class.
Adaptive technologies are used in order to help students with disabilities progress through their education. A good example of such technologies are computers that can read text to students who are blind. This technology allows for blind students to read online texts from website and eBooks so the students don't need to use braille to read the actual text. One issue that could arise from the technology is that certain words pronounced by computer generated voices are harder to understand. This could result in a misinterpretation of the knowledge that students should be obtaining, but would then miss out on.
From the web design project I learned the basic aspects that accompany web design as a whole. The basics involving setting up different pages for one webpage and being able to navigate to those pages. Other things include incorporating hyperlinks onto the page, and creating symbols or buttons that interact as those hyperlinks. Rather than just having a bunch of blue words on the page, an icon can provide the same necessary information. I could improve my website the next time I have to make one by including more imagery and providing a scene more pleasing to the eye. In my career a website could be used a hub for my students to go to in order to view announcements and ask question to either me or one another. It could be like a message board with an educational twist to it.
pcb13.weebly.com
Adaptive technologies are used in order to help students with disabilities progress through their education. A good example of such technologies are computers that can read text to students who are blind. This technology allows for blind students to read online texts from website and eBooks so the students don't need to use braille to read the actual text. One issue that could arise from the technology is that certain words pronounced by computer generated voices are harder to understand. This could result in a misinterpretation of the knowledge that students should be obtaining, but would then miss out on.
From the web design project I learned the basic aspects that accompany web design as a whole. The basics involving setting up different pages for one webpage and being able to navigate to those pages. Other things include incorporating hyperlinks onto the page, and creating symbols or buttons that interact as those hyperlinks. Rather than just having a bunch of blue words on the page, an icon can provide the same necessary information. I could improve my website the next time I have to make one by including more imagery and providing a scene more pleasing to the eye. In my career a website could be used a hub for my students to go to in order to view announcements and ask question to either me or one another. It could be like a message board with an educational twist to it.
pcb13.weebly.com
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Slide Share- 10 ways to know if your speech sucked
I found this PowerPoint to be helpful to those who are unsure whether or not the presentation they just gave was actually or pity applause. It starts by saying that audiences will always applaud after a presentation no matter how bad it is, because it is just polite to do so. To really know if you did a fantastic job on your presentation and the speech you gave along with it, this PowerPoint can let you know.
Monday, February 15, 2016
5- Web 2.0
I feel that the majority of Web 2.0 tools can be of use in a teaching setting. Presentation tools are used all the time by teachers to relay information, such as PowerPoint and Prezzi. Video Tools are useful with teaching because they posses content that professionals can explain better than some teachers. Videos for science and history classes were professionals that have studied the topic for years are shown are ideal to teachers. These videos can be found on places like YouTube I find that tools that are used with mobile devices may cause a hindrance in the classroom, because giving a student free range with their phone can cause very easy distractions. The podcast mentions the use of classroom blogs that can be useful for students to view the assignments for the week and any teacher announcements. The computer equipment you need is a monitor, a mouse, and a keyboard. Network equipment you need is server, storage and Wifi. The periphery equipment needed would be things like speakers, projectors, whiteboards, and microphones.
A Web 2.0 tool that I feel could be useful in a classroom setting is https://www.polleverywhere.com/. This website provides a mobile app service in which teachers can poll the students on whatever topic they are talking about. This can range from asking an opinionated question to a fact based one. Something like "What color is the sky" and students can choose from the answers provided by the teacher. Its like a multiple choice question app that can be used to write a new question on the spot.
Although this is a mobile app and I feel that the use of mobile apps creates a distraction for the students through the ease of access to a phone, I feel this app can still be of use. Having the students answer and putting there phones away immediately can still have an effective use. The app can also be used in tandem with other Web 2.0 tools. Such as if a professor was Skyped in to teach the class, he could utilize the app to test the students throughout the presentation. All in all I see this as a very valuable application.
From the Webspiration assignment, I have learned how to create concept maps more effectively. I can see how these maps can be used as a good teaching tool when made correctly. If the concept map flows correctly it can show the main concepts of the lesson. I guess that explain the name "concept map." It can also be used to create a timeline of events which would be useful for history teachers, which will be useful to me since that is the profession I am aiming for. One thing I could probably fix for my map is shortening the phrases in my bubbles, it makes the map look cluttered a bit.
I have yet to fully finish the assignment so no image is provided at the time of class.
A Web 2.0 tool that I feel could be useful in a classroom setting is https://www.polleverywhere.com/. This website provides a mobile app service in which teachers can poll the students on whatever topic they are talking about. This can range from asking an opinionated question to a fact based one. Something like "What color is the sky" and students can choose from the answers provided by the teacher. Its like a multiple choice question app that can be used to write a new question on the spot.
Although this is a mobile app and I feel that the use of mobile apps creates a distraction for the students through the ease of access to a phone, I feel this app can still be of use. Having the students answer and putting there phones away immediately can still have an effective use. The app can also be used in tandem with other Web 2.0 tools. Such as if a professor was Skyped in to teach the class, he could utilize the app to test the students throughout the presentation. All in all I see this as a very valuable application.
From the Webspiration assignment, I have learned how to create concept maps more effectively. I can see how these maps can be used as a good teaching tool when made correctly. If the concept map flows correctly it can show the main concepts of the lesson. I guess that explain the name "concept map." It can also be used to create a timeline of events which would be useful for history teachers, which will be useful to me since that is the profession I am aiming for. One thing I could probably fix for my map is shortening the phrases in my bubbles, it makes the map look cluttered a bit.
I have yet to fully finish the assignment so no image is provided at the time of class.
Monday, February 8, 2016
4- The Web Hunt and You
The CPalms standard that I will be using is SS.8.A.2: Examine the causes, course and consequences of British settlement in the American colonies. The website the resource that the students could use to understand this standard is http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa80 . This type of resource can be classified as a reference software tool. I would use this tool as a virtual encyclopedia. The information needed by the standard can be found by reading the reference software. This website provides a great starting point for the standard, further research can be done on the topics it provides. I would begin my research on this website then proceed to research the topics more thoroughly.
In the past the way that I would search for research information would be by typing out extremely long sentences, until I felt I got every detail I could into the search bar of Google. Kind of like that sentence right there. I would then hope the first link would work out, and if it didn't I would redo my entire search. I would then only use that one link as my source, combined with little facts from other sites. Compared to the methods mentioned in the podcast, I would say my way of researching in the past is closely related to open content. I use the encyclopedias of information available on the internet to help with the research I require.
From the Web Hunt assignment, I was able to discover different ways in order to accurately search for my desired topic. By cutting out small, filler words such as "the" and "of" The topic would become much broader giving me more options to choose from. I was surprised, after reading the PowerPoint about advanced google searches, about how many things I didn't know about Google's search system. For instance that Google reads everything typed in as lower case, capitalizing doesn't even matter to Google! Google also doesn't require the use of "and" because no results will not show if they don't possess your key terms. Google is really the only time that you can ignore grammar and still find what you need!
In the past the way that I would search for research information would be by typing out extremely long sentences, until I felt I got every detail I could into the search bar of Google. Kind of like that sentence right there. I would then hope the first link would work out, and if it didn't I would redo my entire search. I would then only use that one link as my source, combined with little facts from other sites. Compared to the methods mentioned in the podcast, I would say my way of researching in the past is closely related to open content. I use the encyclopedias of information available on the internet to help with the research I require.
From the Web Hunt assignment, I was able to discover different ways in order to accurately search for my desired topic. By cutting out small, filler words such as "the" and "of" The topic would become much broader giving me more options to choose from. I was surprised, after reading the PowerPoint about advanced google searches, about how many things I didn't know about Google's search system. For instance that Google reads everything typed in as lower case, capitalizing doesn't even matter to Google! Google also doesn't require the use of "and" because no results will not show if they don't possess your key terms. Google is really the only time that you can ignore grammar and still find what you need!
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
0-First Blog
My prior experience involving technology was mainly through classes and projects for those classes. Throughout most of middle school, all of high school and since I have started college, technology has been important to complete task assigned to me. Many projects involve the use of PowerPoint and excel. I have gotten a decent grasp on PowerPoint, but excel is still a difficult tool for me to use. Of course writing papers has become a part of my daily life now so I like to think that I can us Microsoft Word pretty well. Other technologies that have become a part of daily life such as cellphones, computers etc. I have no problem with using.
What I hope to learn from this class is how to utilize the tools I am already familiar with in a more productive and efficient way. Being able to use PowerPoint is great, but I'd rather spend two hours on something that should only take me one hour. I would also like to gain experience with using all sorts of different technologies that are available in schools throughout the nation. I am not sure what these technologies might be, but I do know I want to test them out. I hope to gain experience that can help me be effective with the use of technologies used for education purposes.
From the Learning Style Results I learned I am more of an active learner as opposed to a reflective learner. This means that I enjoy doing things hands on rather than thinking things through first. Trying something out first makes things easier for me to learn. I am neither a sensing or intuitive learner. I am in some kind of neutral ground in this area. I am a visual learner, which means that I enjoy pictures over words. And I am in the neutral zone when it comes to sequential and global learners. Essentially what I learned is that I enjoy doing things hands on, and I prefer pictures to words.
What I hope to learn from this class is how to utilize the tools I am already familiar with in a more productive and efficient way. Being able to use PowerPoint is great, but I'd rather spend two hours on something that should only take me one hour. I would also like to gain experience with using all sorts of different technologies that are available in schools throughout the nation. I am not sure what these technologies might be, but I do know I want to test them out. I hope to gain experience that can help me be effective with the use of technologies used for education purposes.
From the Learning Style Results I learned I am more of an active learner as opposed to a reflective learner. This means that I enjoy doing things hands on rather than thinking things through first. Trying something out first makes things easier for me to learn. I am neither a sensing or intuitive learner. I am in some kind of neutral ground in this area. I am a visual learner, which means that I enjoy pictures over words. And I am in the neutral zone when it comes to sequential and global learners. Essentially what I learned is that I enjoy doing things hands on, and I prefer pictures to words.
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