Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Reflection #12
Will writing and reading be all digital soon?
So many textbooks are being bought online these days. I know one of mine is. It is cheaper and an easier way to get any textbook the quickest. I am unsure about knowing if textbooks are better when read as a real book or online, but so many tools are coming out that is making online tools as good as the real physical objects. Also, writing with a pen and paper is significantly decreasing, teachers rarely use the whiteboard, there is no such thing as written out rough drafts. Reading and writing, the basic educational skills are disappearing more and more each day. Is this good or bad? I do not know, but I will miss the old ways if they do go away soon.
Reflection #11
Two days ago an unthinkable crime happened in my home town. Two people (a mom and daughter) were found shot in a burning house with the door blocked. The daughter was a year younger than me and went to my school. I found this out from Facebook. There have also been a tons of pictures of the suspect on the newsfeed. He is armed and nowhere to be found, but so many people are notified just simply if they are on Facebook. This is a great use of social networking spreading news that some may not know without simply having an account. This is just one example of how social networks and the web can be used to get news out. This is a good thing in many cases but it can also be a bad thing with gossip being spread and cyber bullying. I just noticed how many things we are notified about just by being on Facebook weather is finding a suspect in a crime case or finding out who is in a relationship. Crazy...
Comments
http://joshuastechinedblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/reflection-10.html?showComment=1335305523070#c7347342910673826636
http://laurynernster.blogspot.com/2012/04/blog-assignment-week-eleven.html?showComment=1335306082707#c3641945327435954913
http://beththegingergeek.blogspot.com/2012/04/week-11-marzano.html?showComment=1335306503353#c2386560185784832473
http://adamcannu.blogspot.com/2012/04/week-14.html?showComment=1335307251086#c1580267659008902251
http://kristinestipp.blogspot.com/2012/04/reflection-10.html?showComment=1335307970429#c6894173670373944127
Monday, April 23, 2012
Reflection #10
Even though it seems like there is so much more advancements to be done in technology take a second to reflect on how much technology you use in one day. Technology is used in all of my classes almost every day. I use this computer every day. Television is always an option. All normal phones now have internet. Everything is becoming touch screen. Realizing how much we use technology today I see it being used more and more every day.
We now spend almost half our waking hours either online, on the phone, or watching television according to a survey.
The average adult is awake for 15 hours and 45 minutes every day and 45 per cent of that time is spent using a proliferation of technology.
WOW!
Reflection #9
I was thinking.... do you think that education should/ could become completely technology based? We need to prepare our students for the future, and with how quickly technologies have developed I can only imagine what would be next. Although it seems good to keep old school teaching methods, is it REALLY helping our students when new technologies are developed each and every day. What will education look like in the future? Technology is taking over in schools. We need to use it and prepare for future tools. I like to writing on paper with a pen or pencil will not go away, but will it?
Week 14 future ed and tech
If you think about how much education has already advanced, I can only imagine what technology in schools will be like in the future. In 1965 Gordon Moore, who was the founder of Intel predicted a growth of technology. His law said that the processing power and speed of any electronic calculating devices will DOUBLE every 18 months. He also said that the price for technology will go down about 35% a year. So, there will be tons of new technology and tools for schools. They will do amazing things and cost less according to Moore, making technology more affordable overall. Schools will have to make challenges to make accommodations to this technology revolution. As teachers we must prepare students for this change. It is hard for me to think that education in the future will not be almost fully technology based. No more pens and pencils... Although it is easy for educators to focus on the now and learning, we also must look towards the future and start preparing the minds of the students. We must utilize the technology we have today to prepare for the future of education.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Week 13: Word, Excel, and Power Point
Features-
Word- formatting effects, picture, spell check, color, font, clip art, keyboard shortcuts, copy and paste, write an essay, add header and footer
Excel- graphing, tables, organizing lists, formulas, data storage
PowerPoint- make a power point, transitions, adding media, adding pictures, clip art, text box, slide designs, animations, spell check
Projects-
1. Word- Make a project with information and pictures that you can print out and glue onto your project board.
2. Excel- Record data from your survey project counting the common traits (hair color, eye color...)
3. PP- Make a slideshow and present it in class on Your favorite animal and their habitats.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Reflection #8
There are many examples of children having a great grasp on technology and how it works. I have five nephews and nieces, and even just between our generations children have learned so much and have advanced in the technological world. Many times when I am with them I ask them (up to 15 years younger than me) to help me with hooking up a game, DVD player, or for some kind of help with my phone. They are always able to help me and figure out these hard situations. Also, my parents are always asking me and my brother for help with technology. The help they ask for seems so obvious to us, but the advancement within our generations are so huge. A third example of generational technology advancement includes my dad, an elementary school principal. He always talks to me about how amazed he is with how much the kids know about technology and how to work so many of the systems that he did not understand until he was an adult. These advancements are examples of what is to come in the future. Technology is going to keep evolving and kids are going to keep growing in their knowledge of technology. It is very important to let students teach about great tools they use as well as integrating technology into their assignments. Technology seems to be a "subject" that younger generations really understand. I can barely wait to see the types of things this world is going to develop in the technology scene in the future. With so many kids having such a handle on technological tools, they will soon be able to develop bigger and better forms of technology that their kids can teach them to use.
Reflection #7
For my special needs class we had an option to help work a special olympic event. I went as a volunteer to help with the cross country skiing event. Technology was used in many instances for this event. I was a timer, so my main technology that I used was a stopwatch. This was a very important job since you were the ones reporting the time. I found it interesting also that the Olympian's main interest during the whole event was the music playing through the speakers. They loved to dance and cheer on the participants. The music was an essential part for the participants to have fun. I could not imagine what the event would have been like without the music. It brought the athletes to life. Crazy that such a small technology could bring so much joy. Technology is used in so many events today. Technology enhances so many situations and brings joy to many people.
Week #12 Dr. Marzano
Write a blog post about the article and one new thing you learned about tech in ed. Also include one piece of helpful information about applying tech to your future teaching
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov09/vol67/num03/Teaching-with-Interactive-Whiteboards.aspx
I read an article called Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards. There was a study done on teachers who taught the same lessons in classrooms both with and without interactive white boards. The results came back with a 16 percentile point gain in student achievement in the classrooms taught with interactive whiteboards based on just having the whiteboard alone. The learner response devices were also used. There was a 26 percentile point gain in student achievement within the voters alone. The use of graphics and visuals to present information included with it a 26 percentile point gain as well. And the interactive whiteboard "reinforcer" showed a 31 percentile point gain. Although there were many gains in the technology based calsses, One of the more interesting findings from the study was that in 23 percent of the cases, teachers had better results without the interactive whiteboards. This was because of the teachers response. Instead of explaining the correct answer teachers talked about who was wrong and right. Or with the graphics the students liked seeing the pictures, but were not given enough time to take in the understanding of the graphic. This proves that students improve their scores simply based on the way of teaching. Students are drawn to technology and it tends to not bore them as fast as simple lecture would. I would say as teachers we should use technology whenever we can, but they have to make sure and use it in the right context. And they must still explain processes in a detailed way. Using technology is not a way for teachers to teach less, it is a way for teachers to enhance the student's learning experiences.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov09/vol67/num03/Teaching-with-Interactive-Whiteboards.aspx
I read an article called Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards. There was a study done on teachers who taught the same lessons in classrooms both with and without interactive white boards. The results came back with a 16 percentile point gain in student achievement in the classrooms taught with interactive whiteboards based on just having the whiteboard alone. The learner response devices were also used. There was a 26 percentile point gain in student achievement within the voters alone. The use of graphics and visuals to present information included with it a 26 percentile point gain as well. And the interactive whiteboard "reinforcer" showed a 31 percentile point gain. Although there were many gains in the technology based calsses, One of the more interesting findings from the study was that in 23 percent of the cases, teachers had better results without the interactive whiteboards. This was because of the teachers response. Instead of explaining the correct answer teachers talked about who was wrong and right. Or with the graphics the students liked seeing the pictures, but were not given enough time to take in the understanding of the graphic. This proves that students improve their scores simply based on the way of teaching. Students are drawn to technology and it tends to not bore them as fast as simple lecture would. I would say as teachers we should use technology whenever we can, but they have to make sure and use it in the right context. And they must still explain processes in a detailed way. Using technology is not a way for teachers to teach less, it is a way for teachers to enhance the student's learning experiences.
Week #11 Educational Blog
http://adifference.blogspot.com/2012/01/difference-between-curriculum-and.html (my comment is waiting for review to be published)
What did you learn from the blog and how did your comment contribute to the community of learners?
I learned the difference between Curriculum and Pedagogy. Curriculum is what we teach while pedagogy is how we teach it. In my comment I highlighted what he said about how it is important to understand what they are doing, not just preform it. I think that many teachers check for understanding by watching the student do it correctly and understand the process. But, many times the student can fake the understanding part and just preform a task without actually understanding the purpose and learning from it. Most comments were made by older teaching and technology people. So my comment, although simple, added a look from a current college student who has just experienced many teacher's. I know there were many times that I just faked the understanding but still did what I was supposed to do correctly. So, I got my points, but I had no idea what doing that just helped me understand.
What did you learn from the blog and how did your comment contribute to the community of learners?
I learned the difference between Curriculum and Pedagogy. Curriculum is what we teach while pedagogy is how we teach it. In my comment I highlighted what he said about how it is important to understand what they are doing, not just preform it. I think that many teachers check for understanding by watching the student do it correctly and understand the process. But, many times the student can fake the understanding part and just preform a task without actually understanding the purpose and learning from it. Most comments were made by older teaching and technology people. So my comment, although simple, added a look from a current college student who has just experienced many teacher's. I know there were many times that I just faked the understanding but still did what I was supposed to do correctly. So, I got my points, but I had no idea what doing that just helped me understand.
Week 10 Bloom's Taxonomy
Write a post addressing the links you see between levels of Bloom’s and technology integration.
http://classweb.gmu.edu/ndabbagh/Resources/Resources2/bloomstax.htm
Bloom's Taxonomy relates to technology because in order to use the more complex tools within technology, you have to know the basic functions of technology and how to use it. This is described in the biggest part of the pyramid, the knowledge part. The next level of the pyramid is comprehension. In this section it speaks about translating material so one can understand it fully. Technology can come in to use in many ways in this step. An example can be the different translation programs on computers. The next level is application. In these times we research application and uses for certain things from simply "googling" the word in order to get more information on how something can be used. Analysis can use the same type of technology as used in application. I cant imagine not using the internet to analyze something and really help me grasp a concept. Synthesis occurs within technology. Many different sources can say a variety of things from all different sources, but that is why someone must research to find out which is the most accurate information. Think of how unorganized we would be without technology... The top pier of the pyramid is evaluation. Technology is essential to all of these levels except evaluation. Evaluation should be like the commentary of an essay. It should be reviewing what you have stored in your brain and learned. This level can use certain technologies to help assess what they have learned, but most of this level should be done with reflection. Technology is used for many reasons and blooms taxonomy relates to use of technology.
http://classweb.gmu.edu/ndabbagh/Resources/Resources2/bloomstax.htm
Bloom's Taxonomy relates to technology because in order to use the more complex tools within technology, you have to know the basic functions of technology and how to use it. This is described in the biggest part of the pyramid, the knowledge part. The next level of the pyramid is comprehension. In this section it speaks about translating material so one can understand it fully. Technology can come in to use in many ways in this step. An example can be the different translation programs on computers. The next level is application. In these times we research application and uses for certain things from simply "googling" the word in order to get more information on how something can be used. Analysis can use the same type of technology as used in application. I cant imagine not using the internet to analyze something and really help me grasp a concept. Synthesis occurs within technology. Many different sources can say a variety of things from all different sources, but that is why someone must research to find out which is the most accurate information. Think of how unorganized we would be without technology... The top pier of the pyramid is evaluation. Technology is essential to all of these levels except evaluation. Evaluation should be like the commentary of an essay. It should be reviewing what you have stored in your brain and learned. This level can use certain technologies to help assess what they have learned, but most of this level should be done with reflection. Technology is used for many reasons and blooms taxonomy relates to use of technology.
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