Don’t teach your kids this stuff. Please?
In this blog post Scott McLeod, the director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), talks about how everyone has different reasons on why people should not let their children use technology. He argues that technology is in the best interested for the younger generations. The future is with technology so to not let your children use it is not helping them but holding them back. Parental controls were made for you to CONTROL what your kid does with technology, whether that be with internet using or site blockage, you can control it. So don't just say technology is to much for my kid to handle at his age, but embrace it and help your kid gain knowledge and be ready for the future.
The iSchool initiative (Mobile Learning)
Travis Allen has changed the future for schools. Not only did he come up with an amazing idea, but he showed how it can be implicated in schools today. The ischool should be used in schools all across the nation. The future is with technology, so why not embrace it now? He showed that not only does it help with the advancement of technology but also saves money. So take out the fact that some people hate technology and will never change for it and add the fact that it saves money, and you have everyone's attention then. In this difficult time with lack of jobs and a struggling economy the one thing we need to do save money. The money we would save is tremendous and we could put that money to better use.
I was blown away by the video. I couldn't not believe that so much could be done with just one item. That one item is only one you would need. No more back problems from so much weight on your back or the "hey can i borrow pen and paper". The only problem I have with this is what about the people who can not look at something small for a long period of time with out getting a headache? Would they use a Ipad? What if that gave them headaches too?
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir
This is the most bizarre thing I have ever seen in my life. I don't know if I should be amazed or freaked out. To think that you can be connected to that many people around the world at tone time is cool but scary at the same time.
Teaching in the 21st Century
I think that Kevin Roberts is putting to much emphasis on technology teaching us in the future. The teacher will still do a great deal of teaching, but use technology to aid her not the other way around. Technology can't teach you how to fix a car or what to do if you connecting flight is cancelled. That comes from hands on experience and common sense. Technology can change the way we live our lives, but it can't take away from what a teacher can teach us.
Reading Rockets
I like this site due to the fact that it has a area for teachers, parents, librarians and principals. He sections has is certain items to help with that person helping teaching a child read or to help someone struggling to read better. I like how it has a section that shows you the fundamentals of teaching someone how to read.
This site has a area for anyone who is teaching someone how to read. That is very important that no one is excluded because not everyone can use the same tips to help someone learn to read or to help someone who is struggling with reading. The games are probably the best part due to the hands one experience you get from it. This is a great site to use.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Blog Post 4
I have choose to do my three summaries on: Podcasting with 1st graders, Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom, and Listening-Comprehension-Podcasting. These three interested me the most.
Podcasting with 1st Graders
I like this post because I would have never thought about doing podcast with 1st graders. Knowing that the 1st graders enjoy it changes my opinion completely. They were interested in reading, not having to force them to read makes a huge difference. I would have always thought that they would not enjoy it. By doing podcast with them it not only gets them to want to read but also helps them with:listening, speaking, presenting, comprehension, storytelling, performance, voice acting, oral fluency,media, and technology. Having a first grader learn that much is terrific for their future.
Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom
This video really opened my eyes to just how effective podcasting can be. I would have never thought about recording a lecture, so that a student can go back and listen to it if they want. Nor would I have ever thought about if a student was sick that the student could listen to a podcast and not fall behind in class and have to be held back. It also can be used as a project as we are doing in our class. This enhances their creativity. Although these are great for student learning, parents can use podcast to know what the children are doing in school. This is important because parental interaction with the school is important for the student's success.
Listening-Comprehension-Podcasting
I like this post because it shows how you can use podcasting to help students learn how to edit. The more a student can learn at a young age the better. This post shows how podcasting helps with learning the subject English. How to correct mistake and put sentences together to tell a story. Knowing that kids younger then me are doing this is encouraging because I always struggled in English. I wish this would have been around when I was in 2nd grade.
I thought this blog was going to be dull and not important at all. I found out that I did not know as much as I thought and that the assignment helped me learn more about how podcast are a great tool in student education. I learned not only how podcast are helpful to students, but that parents can also benefit from them. If we can get more teachers to use podcast as a way for students to re-listen to the lecture that would be amazing because then the parents can also listen and aid their children if they need help. I am now all for podcast being used in the classroom.
Podcasting with 1st Graders
I like this post because I would have never thought about doing podcast with 1st graders. Knowing that the 1st graders enjoy it changes my opinion completely. They were interested in reading, not having to force them to read makes a huge difference. I would have always thought that they would not enjoy it. By doing podcast with them it not only gets them to want to read but also helps them with:listening, speaking, presenting, comprehension, storytelling, performance, voice acting, oral fluency,media, and technology. Having a first grader learn that much is terrific for their future.
Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom
This video really opened my eyes to just how effective podcasting can be. I would have never thought about recording a lecture, so that a student can go back and listen to it if they want. Nor would I have ever thought about if a student was sick that the student could listen to a podcast and not fall behind in class and have to be held back. It also can be used as a project as we are doing in our class. This enhances their creativity. Although these are great for student learning, parents can use podcast to know what the children are doing in school. This is important because parental interaction with the school is important for the student's success.
Listening-Comprehension-Podcasting
I like this post because it shows how you can use podcasting to help students learn how to edit. The more a student can learn at a young age the better. This post shows how podcasting helps with learning the subject English. How to correct mistake and put sentences together to tell a story. Knowing that kids younger then me are doing this is encouraging because I always struggled in English. I wish this would have been around when I was in 2nd grade.
I thought this blog was going to be dull and not important at all. I found out that I did not know as much as I thought and that the assignment helped me learn more about how podcast are a great tool in student education. I learned not only how podcast are helpful to students, but that parents can also benefit from them. If we can get more teachers to use podcast as a way for students to re-listen to the lecture that would be amazing because then the parents can also listen and aid their children if they need help. I am now all for podcast being used in the classroom.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Blog Post 3
Technology in Special Education
I found the video very informative. I would have never thought that technology could have such a huge effect on special education students. I assumed that the technology would be over their comprehensive level. It does help on a level that teachers can now understand kids that can't or won't talk to them. They can use a laptop and write out words and sentences just by clicking on a letter that they want to use. Also students can listen to audio books on an MP3 player which allows teachers or teacher aids to not have to read to that student and enables them to help others student.
I think that a good way to help special education students would be to use a smart board. I could make a power point on the lesson for that day and have them watch that. Then I could also use the smart board by letting them get up and participate in using the smart board. I would also have laptops with reading and math programs that would teach them on their level. I would also have MP3 players with audio books on them,an allow the students that need it listen to a book. Then after they get done with the book have them take a quiz on the book. That way right after they get done the material from the book is fresh on their mind.
How the iPad Works with Academics for Autism
I found the app Scene Speak and I enjoyed it a lot. You can upload photos and have the students tap the photo on the screen and it tell them what that photo is. You could use this with students who are unable or to shy to talk to you. You ask them a question and have them tap the picture that is the right answer. This in return gives them a better opportunity to learn.
Gary Hayes Social Media Count
At first I didn't know what to think about what I was looking at. I was in shock yet I was amazed by the pace at which those numbers where rising. I then thought about it and realized that I everyone is in one way or another using technology. No matter what you are doing it most likely involves technology. To future educators that means that we have to find a way to incorporate technology into the classroom.
One way to do this would be to Skype with someone who is very knowledgeable on the subject that you are teaching. An example would be if you are teaching about a current author, find out a way to Skype with the author and have that person talk to the class about a book of theirs you are reading. Also get computers into the classroom. Instead of having to using paper to turn in assignments, go green have all the assignments turned in online. Let the students use laptops to take notes if they like to do that. Have assignments outside the classroom that allows students to use social media outlets. Make plans and have a way a way the students enjoy their education with technology.
Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Today
Teachers are teaching about stuff that is not relevant to students lives nor will it be relevant in the future. This is due to the rapid change in technology. Educators can not keep up with the change, nor do they have the funding to keep up with it. Students graduating from college in the next few years are walking into a world with jobs that they know nothing about. Educators need to be flexible with keeping up with the changes. Nothing is ever the same and they and we as future educators need to learn how to roll with the flow.
Students lives basically revolve around technology. Whether it is television or social media or whatever students revolve around it. It's a way to let off stress and relax from the constant stress from school. Teachers need to learn how to incorporate technology in the classroom to give students a way to get interested in the lesson. The more the teachers do to get a student interested in the lesson the better the student will do in the class.
I found the video very informative. I would have never thought that technology could have such a huge effect on special education students. I assumed that the technology would be over their comprehensive level. It does help on a level that teachers can now understand kids that can't or won't talk to them. They can use a laptop and write out words and sentences just by clicking on a letter that they want to use. Also students can listen to audio books on an MP3 player which allows teachers or teacher aids to not have to read to that student and enables them to help others student.
I think that a good way to help special education students would be to use a smart board. I could make a power point on the lesson for that day and have them watch that. Then I could also use the smart board by letting them get up and participate in using the smart board. I would also have laptops with reading and math programs that would teach them on their level. I would also have MP3 players with audio books on them,an allow the students that need it listen to a book. Then after they get done with the book have them take a quiz on the book. That way right after they get done the material from the book is fresh on their mind.
How the iPad Works with Academics for Autism
I found the app Scene Speak and I enjoyed it a lot. You can upload photos and have the students tap the photo on the screen and it tell them what that photo is. You could use this with students who are unable or to shy to talk to you. You ask them a question and have them tap the picture that is the right answer. This in return gives them a better opportunity to learn.
Gary Hayes Social Media Count
At first I didn't know what to think about what I was looking at. I was in shock yet I was amazed by the pace at which those numbers where rising. I then thought about it and realized that I everyone is in one way or another using technology. No matter what you are doing it most likely involves technology. To future educators that means that we have to find a way to incorporate technology into the classroom.
One way to do this would be to Skype with someone who is very knowledgeable on the subject that you are teaching. An example would be if you are teaching about a current author, find out a way to Skype with the author and have that person talk to the class about a book of theirs you are reading. Also get computers into the classroom. Instead of having to using paper to turn in assignments, go green have all the assignments turned in online. Let the students use laptops to take notes if they like to do that. Have assignments outside the classroom that allows students to use social media outlets. Make plans and have a way a way the students enjoy their education with technology.
Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Today
Teachers are teaching about stuff that is not relevant to students lives nor will it be relevant in the future. This is due to the rapid change in technology. Educators can not keep up with the change, nor do they have the funding to keep up with it. Students graduating from college in the next few years are walking into a world with jobs that they know nothing about. Educators need to be flexible with keeping up with the changes. Nothing is ever the same and they and we as future educators need to learn how to roll with the flow.
Students lives basically revolve around technology. Whether it is television or social media or whatever students revolve around it. It's a way to let off stress and relax from the constant stress from school. Teachers need to learn how to incorporate technology in the classroom to give students a way to get interested in the lesson. The more the teachers do to get a student interested in the lesson the better the student will do in the class.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
C4T #1
Touchscreen” Slam & the Cyborgs
The blog talks about how technology is all around us and sometimes it is hard to have face to face interaction when you can just go to a computer or phone or tablet and text or im or tweet someone. In Bill Genereux class he has a thing called cyborg and human mode. In human mode no technology is allowed. While in Cyborg mode you can use as much technology as you want. He does this to make sure the students interact with each other that way they do not spend all their time stuck in a computer screen and that they do not lose that way of life.
Who is Ed Parkour?
This blog talks about the sport of Parkour and how it relates to education. Parkour is the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently. If you participate in parkour you are referred to as a traceurs. This blog takes the term traceur and ask the question are you a Education traceurs. As in can you take on obstacles and task and get around them with no problem at all. Can you deal with the political issues and the children themselves and still be able to get them to learn and teach them what need to be taught. Are you a Education Traceur or could you become one? I think that I would panic under to much pressure at times, but at other times i think i could be a Education Traceur. As a future educator I will have to find out when I am actually in the the classroom teaching.
The blog talks about how technology is all around us and sometimes it is hard to have face to face interaction when you can just go to a computer or phone or tablet and text or im or tweet someone. In Bill Genereux class he has a thing called cyborg and human mode. In human mode no technology is allowed. While in Cyborg mode you can use as much technology as you want. He does this to make sure the students interact with each other that way they do not spend all their time stuck in a computer screen and that they do not lose that way of life.
Who is Ed Parkour?
This blog talks about the sport of Parkour and how it relates to education. Parkour is the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently. If you participate in parkour you are referred to as a traceurs. This blog takes the term traceur and ask the question are you a Education traceurs. As in can you take on obstacles and task and get around them with no problem at all. Can you deal with the political issues and the children themselves and still be able to get them to learn and teach them what need to be taught. Are you a Education Traceur or could you become one? I think that I would panic under to much pressure at times, but at other times i think i could be a Education Traceur. As a future educator I will have to find out when I am actually in the the classroom teaching.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
blog post 2
Did You Know? 3.0 - A John Strange 2012 Version
The video was composed of several slides pressing issues that included the future of technology and the future in which education is headed. The first few slides showed the education differences in the United States and in India. It also showed that the world is trying to learn the English language, while we as United States citizens are not that interested in learning other languages. The slides that followed focused more on technology and how it is effecting education. Technology is constantly evolving and everyone is always having to learn something new to keep up with it. The slides explained that with the consistent evolution of technology that the jobs that students will be applying for in the future have yet to be created. How can we as educators teach students if what they will be doing in the future is not even created yet?
I agree with what the author had to say in the slides. The world is changing everyday. In today's society you have to stay up on the latest technology. If you don't you will fall so far behind and have no idea what is going on. As future educators we need to learn this lesson sooner then later. We have to stay on top of all the latest technology advances to be able to teach our students to be able to succeed in life.
Mr. Winkle Wakes
This movie points out that technology is here and it is used in everyday life. It also points out that in some schools technology is not used at all. technology is part of everyone's life in one way or another. No matter how you look at it no one can go one day with out the use of technology in one way or another.
I agree with what the author says during the video but Mr Winkle needs to get with the current times. Schools can't stay the same with a pen and paper. Schools have to incorporate technology into the classroom. Technology is around and its not going anywhere but up, and by that i mean that it's just going to grow and evolve more. Schools can continue to just have pen and paper but all that is really doing it hurting the kids in the long run.
Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity
In the video Ken Robinson explains that kids are naturally creative. Kids are naturally creative and school take away from that. School focus on you four core subjects: Math, language, Science, and History. He explains that schools need to allow kids to be more creative and focus on the classes that allow that. Yes your core classes are good for you, but everyone needs to be creative.
I was caught off guard by everything i saw. I would have never thought that creativity was so important to life. I was in band for seven years and i would have never combined that would who I am now. Yes its a big part of my life but i was about to be me in band and did not worry about if i was wrong or right. I sat and played music and it calmed me down. If i messed up and just restarted and fixed my mistake. So i completely understand how schools need to focus on how to get kids to be more creative.
A Vision for 21st Century Learning
The main argument of the short video is that we need to take the current way of teaching out and use technology to help the students learn. Use computers and other technological devices to teach the students. I agree with this argument. The more we get into a technological way of learning the better of the students will be after they get out of school.
Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
The video was about a teacher, Vicki Davis, who was turning the classroom and learning environment upside down. She was using technology to get the students more interested in the lesson. She was teaching them how to use the technology to look up items and etc. She wanted to get the students more involved with the lesson and which in turn would get the students to help one another. The more technology the kids can use the better off they will be in the future with the consent evolution of technology.
This video made me understand more about how technology helps students. It showed me that not only do the teacher teach them but that the students can teach the teacher and also help struggling friends. Technology is all around us and we need to show students how to use it and understand the pros and cons of it. It we as future educators don't do that then we are just throwing them to the wolfs, as the saying goes, when they get out of school and into the real world.
The video was composed of several slides pressing issues that included the future of technology and the future in which education is headed. The first few slides showed the education differences in the United States and in India. It also showed that the world is trying to learn the English language, while we as United States citizens are not that interested in learning other languages. The slides that followed focused more on technology and how it is effecting education. Technology is constantly evolving and everyone is always having to learn something new to keep up with it. The slides explained that with the consistent evolution of technology that the jobs that students will be applying for in the future have yet to be created. How can we as educators teach students if what they will be doing in the future is not even created yet?
I agree with what the author had to say in the slides. The world is changing everyday. In today's society you have to stay up on the latest technology. If you don't you will fall so far behind and have no idea what is going on. As future educators we need to learn this lesson sooner then later. We have to stay on top of all the latest technology advances to be able to teach our students to be able to succeed in life.
Mr. Winkle Wakes
This movie points out that technology is here and it is used in everyday life. It also points out that in some schools technology is not used at all. technology is part of everyone's life in one way or another. No matter how you look at it no one can go one day with out the use of technology in one way or another.
I agree with what the author says during the video but Mr Winkle needs to get with the current times. Schools can't stay the same with a pen and paper. Schools have to incorporate technology into the classroom. Technology is around and its not going anywhere but up, and by that i mean that it's just going to grow and evolve more. Schools can continue to just have pen and paper but all that is really doing it hurting the kids in the long run.
Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity
In the video Ken Robinson explains that kids are naturally creative. Kids are naturally creative and school take away from that. School focus on you four core subjects: Math, language, Science, and History. He explains that schools need to allow kids to be more creative and focus on the classes that allow that. Yes your core classes are good for you, but everyone needs to be creative.
I was caught off guard by everything i saw. I would have never thought that creativity was so important to life. I was in band for seven years and i would have never combined that would who I am now. Yes its a big part of my life but i was about to be me in band and did not worry about if i was wrong or right. I sat and played music and it calmed me down. If i messed up and just restarted and fixed my mistake. So i completely understand how schools need to focus on how to get kids to be more creative.
A Vision for 21st Century Learning
The main argument of the short video is that we need to take the current way of teaching out and use technology to help the students learn. Use computers and other technological devices to teach the students. I agree with this argument. The more we get into a technological way of learning the better of the students will be after they get out of school.
Vicki Davis: Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
The video was about a teacher, Vicki Davis, who was turning the classroom and learning environment upside down. She was using technology to get the students more interested in the lesson. She was teaching them how to use the technology to look up items and etc. She wanted to get the students more involved with the lesson and which in turn would get the students to help one another. The more technology the kids can use the better off they will be in the future with the consent evolution of technology.
This video made me understand more about how technology helps students. It showed me that not only do the teacher teach them but that the students can teach the teacher and also help struggling friends. Technology is all around us and we need to show students how to use it and understand the pros and cons of it. It we as future educators don't do that then we are just throwing them to the wolfs, as the saying goes, when they get out of school and into the real world.
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