References:
- Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
EME2040 Reflect
This class was a lot harder than the introduction class I had to take before this, and the online class aspect of the course was hard with out a teacher being there right by your side, but professor Coleman has definitely been a wealth of information for me and helping me along this journey of a semester. This class made me realize that I do still have a lot to learn about teaching, like I still need to learn how to make a legit webpage for students and parents to go to when they need information. I need to learn how to navigate better through the internet better and find my own tech tools that I will be able to use in the classroom when I become a teacher, I never knew how much you really had to set up before a classroom to teach. This course gave me a new respect for teachers and for learning and how precious and important it really is. Some of the tech tools that I had researched through the book and looked up on the internet, were actually very useful and I am still trying to learn how to use a few like podcast and the cartoon creators like powtoon because the cartoon creations are a hit or miss for me because sometimes I save them right and sometimes they don't save at all. But overall I had a great experience and this class has been an eyeopener, I learned how to do group projects online which was different but I had great partners and I am really glad I got the chance to learn how to use some of the tech tools that real teachers use.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Chapter 12 #L
Going through chapter twelve tech tool 12.1 is all about tracking technology trends, this means always being up to date about the new technologies coming out like ipads or a new computer system. This tech tool gives websites that follow certain trends through technology that people can follow on a daily basis. One of the websites called The Horizon Project is about the latest educational technologies emerging for example the ebook. Another cool website that is helpful in my opinion that is in the book is, The Scout Project. This website provides newly discovered resources that are useful for educators, it also provides research articles and is free!
Tech tool 12.2 talks about Digital Pens and Digital Notepads. One of the things it talks about is a digital pen, this is a writing device that records writing that someone has written or spoken and can be accessed again on a computer that converts into typed text (Porgue, 2008). Another was the digital notepad this devices allows someone to write and draw then converts those images into digital text! This were really interesting to me and I think I need to invest in one now. This is a video of the digital pen below.
Tech tool 12.2 talks about Digital Pens and Digital Notepads. One of the things it talks about is a digital pen, this is a writing device that records writing that someone has written or spoken and can be accessed again on a computer that converts into typed text (Porgue, 2008). Another was the digital notepad this devices allows someone to write and draw then converts those images into digital text! This were really interesting to me and I think I need to invest in one now. This is a video of the digital pen below.
Resources:
The Horizon. The New Media Consortium 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2015 from: http://www.nmc.org/about/
The Scout Project. developed in 1994. Retrieved April 18th 2015 from: https://scout.wisc.edu/
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Chapter 6 #K
Chapter 6 is all about using educational applications and computer websites so one of the tech tools 6.1 presents Portaportal, which is a data management utility that brings up key words in your lesson. This website helps you bookmark certain websites that would be useful for a lesson and also organizes your web browser. I like this website because it is free and very organized and useful all in one!
Tech tool 6.2 is also about bookmarking websites and applications. One social bookmarking that I am familiar with is Delicious (www.delicious.com). This website is very useful and I am using it as a bookmarking tool for my web browser. Delicious is also free and easy to use, you can sort your book marks and add them to a Google account along with down loading it to your phone on the go! But if the Delicious account isn't for you then there are many other online bookmarking website out there.
Tech tool 6.3 is about web and app learning for students. Mostly literature is what is on these applications but that is still awesome! There is one website that is call Favorite Poem Project (www.favoritepoem.org) founded by Robert Pinsky. It is videos of students and teachers or anyone, reciting their favorite poems out loud in videos! Poems are all about flow and the way you can express the poems true meanings so I thought this was such a smart idea.
PowToon
Worked Cited:
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. Retrieved April 11th 2015.
http://www.portaportal.com/ steveweb production. Retrieved on April 11th 2015.
www.favoritepoem.org. Robert Pinsky. Retrieved April 11th 2015.
Tech tool 6.2 is also about bookmarking websites and applications. One social bookmarking that I am familiar with is Delicious (www.delicious.com). This website is very useful and I am using it as a bookmarking tool for my web browser. Delicious is also free and easy to use, you can sort your book marks and add them to a Google account along with down loading it to your phone on the go! But if the Delicious account isn't for you then there are many other online bookmarking website out there.
Tech tool 6.3 is about web and app learning for students. Mostly literature is what is on these applications but that is still awesome! There is one website that is call Favorite Poem Project (www.favoritepoem.org) founded by Robert Pinsky. It is videos of students and teachers or anyone, reciting their favorite poems out loud in videos! Poems are all about flow and the way you can express the poems true meanings so I thought this was such a smart idea.
PowToon
Worked Cited:
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. Retrieved April 11th 2015.
http://www.portaportal.com/ steveweb production. Retrieved on April 11th 2015.
www.favoritepoem.org. Robert Pinsky. Retrieved April 11th 2015.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Chapter 11 #J
In chapter eleven, tech tool 11.1, talks about digital portfolio building resources. This is a technology technique that helps teacher stay organized with their work and with their students grades and learning comprehension. This tool seems very interesting to me because having a digital portfolio can be very useful for teachers, business owners, and entrepreneurs! There are many apps that anyone can use not even just teachers!
Tech tool 11.2 talks about survey and poll resources and apps, these are pretty good teaching tools for teachers and students. Teachers can create their own surveys using various websites for their classroom relating to a certain topic. Which I think is awesome, surveys can be fun for anyone! One website talked about in this section is Surveymonkey.com which allows you to create your own survey!
A certain type of learning caught my attention, and that is Teaching with a clicker. I grew up learning from slideshows. Now many teachers are using clicker learning because students can get interactive with learning and with other students. It breaks the ice of being embarrassed to answer a question, and no question is a stupid question. Using this clicker method, it gives teachers instant feedback of what their students know and gives them a somewhat idea on how they will do on a test which is awesome! I would be interested in using this method in my classroom.
This website gives instructions on how to control and work a clicker in your classroom!
http://commons.trincoll.edu/sta/documentation/clickers/
Resources:
The STA Program @ Trinity College - 2015
A collaborative initiative from Academic Computing and the Blume Language & Culture Learning Center. retrieved April 4th 2015.
Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/ retrieved April 4th, 2015.
Tech tool 11.2 talks about survey and poll resources and apps, these are pretty good teaching tools for teachers and students. Teachers can create their own surveys using various websites for their classroom relating to a certain topic. Which I think is awesome, surveys can be fun for anyone! One website talked about in this section is Surveymonkey.com which allows you to create your own survey!
A certain type of learning caught my attention, and that is Teaching with a clicker. I grew up learning from slideshows. Now many teachers are using clicker learning because students can get interactive with learning and with other students. It breaks the ice of being embarrassed to answer a question, and no question is a stupid question. Using this clicker method, it gives teachers instant feedback of what their students know and gives them a somewhat idea on how they will do on a test which is awesome! I would be interested in using this method in my classroom.
This website gives instructions on how to control and work a clicker in your classroom!
http://commons.trincoll.edu/sta/documentation/clickers/
Resources:
The STA Program @ Trinity College - 2015
A collaborative initiative from Academic Computing and the Blume Language & Culture Learning Center. retrieved April 4th 2015.
Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/ retrieved April 4th, 2015.
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