A paragraph discussing your thoughts about the use of Web 2.0 technologies in K-12 education. Would you use them? Why or why not? How? Use online resources.A paragraph discussing your thoughts on Wikipedia as a learning resource.A paragraph on new skills you acquired in the last week that you think will be especially useful to you in your educational career and why you think so.
I think the utilization of Web 2.0 technologies in education is both helpful and useful in k-12. It allows the students to learn a large variety of material via hands on approach. A hand on experience is beneficial in the classroom because it allows students to approach learning in a different way.
I believe that Wikipedia as an educational resource is very unreliable. I would not recommend or allow that my students utilize the site because a lot of the information on it tends to be misconstrued or falsified. Additionally, anyone can publish their input on a subject on Wikipedia, which also adds to its unreliability.
I believe the skills we learned last week are extremely important. In the classroom, PowerPoint is utilized in a multitude of ways. As a teacher, knowing how to implement the various side effects will be helpful in presenting the curriculum. Additionally, I plan on using the program the present information and important facts they need to know. Making a power point presentation to use via an overhead is an excellent way to teach, and the aesthetics and effects will keep the students interested in the lesson.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
PROMPT 5
A paragraph on your views about using the Internet to support student research. When is it useful? Not useful? Look to Chapter 3 for ideas and inspiration.A paragraph on other ways you might use web-based resources to support student learning. Share a few resources that are of interest to you. Use your book and online resources.A paragraph on your concerns about being a teacher who supervises students in a technology environment. Be sure to mention the age/grade level of your students.
There are various other ways students and teachers could use web-based resources to support learning. Students can use virtual libraries to research topics, and use online dictionaries and school board approved sites to research topics. Additionally, grade book online would be a fundamental web resource because it would allow students and parents to check announcements and grades online. At my high school it was called "pinnacle" and students could access it to check test grades and quiz scores.
I think using the internet to support student research is an excellent way to give kids a general idea of the topic or assignment they are learning about. Helpful sites are those such as search engines [Google] , encyclopedias, and online newspaper. There is information, however, online that is not correct or appropriate and is not useful for students and should be avoided.
At the grade level I want to teach, 7th grade where the age levels range from 12- 13, I think I will have to be pretty careful about supervising students in an technological environment. At this age the students will probably be inclined to look at more inappropriate things on the internet and will have more advanced assignments than children in the younger grade levels, so they might be more inclined to rely on web information as resources. The key thing to monitor when supervising the students is that they know what is and is not appropriate for the classroom.
There are various other ways students and teachers could use web-based resources to support learning. Students can use virtual libraries to research topics, and use online dictionaries and school board approved sites to research topics. Additionally, grade book online would be a fundamental web resource because it would allow students and parents to check announcements and grades online. At my high school it was called "pinnacle" and students could access it to check test grades and quiz scores.
I think using the internet to support student research is an excellent way to give kids a general idea of the topic or assignment they are learning about. Helpful sites are those such as search engines [Google] , encyclopedias, and online newspaper. There is information, however, online that is not correct or appropriate and is not useful for students and should be avoided.
At the grade level I want to teach, 7th grade where the age levels range from 12- 13, I think I will have to be pretty careful about supervising students in an technological environment. At this age the students will probably be inclined to look at more inappropriate things on the internet and will have more advanced assignments than children in the younger grade levels, so they might be more inclined to rely on web information as resources. The key thing to monitor when supervising the students is that they know what is and is not appropriate for the classroom.
PROMPT 4
A paragraph on how you, as a teacher, might make use of the concepts presented in Chapter 7, and what technologies you would like to use to achieve these goals.A paragraph addressing why or why not you would encourage or require your students to develop outline, idea map, and storyboarding skills.A paragraph on new skills you acquired in the last week that you think will be especially useful to you in your educational career and why you think so.
As a middle school teacher I would definitely implement the concepts and technologies mentioned in chapter 7. Outlines and idea maps would allow the students to organize their thoughts and ideas and would improve their essays. As a history teacher, idea webs would be ideal to create for the students to show when various ideas and events took place in time and to explain what occurred and the impact of the event. Programs such as inspiration are beneficial in it. I would, however, try to find a free online program the students can utilize and access at home that have the same basic capabilities as inspiration so that they can make their own maps at home.
I believe that learning how to operate inspiration and create flow charts will be very beneficial to me. The program gives me a lot of different ideas of how to teach the curriculum and be able to appeal to different kinds of learners. Furthermore, it can help the students prepare for their tests.
As a middle school teacher I would definitely implement the concepts and technologies mentioned in chapter 7. Outlines and idea maps would allow the students to organize their thoughts and ideas and would improve their essays. As a history teacher, idea webs would be ideal to create for the students to show when various ideas and events took place in time and to explain what occurred and the impact of the event. Programs such as inspiration are beneficial in it. I would, however, try to find a free online program the students can utilize and access at home that have the same basic capabilities as inspiration so that they can make their own maps at home.
I believe that learning how to operate inspiration and create flow charts will be very beneficial to me. The program gives me a lot of different ideas of how to teach the curriculum and be able to appeal to different kinds of learners. Furthermore, it can help the students prepare for their tests.
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