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.
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