Monday, October 31, 2011
week 9 reflection
This week in my Instructional design class we have been working on lesson plans and I am going to use School House Rock grammar videos to help my students understand grammar better. What I am concerned about is if students will check out and disengage because there's a video.
week 9 response
I loved what Spankle said, "“picture is worth a thousand words” and therefore, video —or a thousand pictures— is worth so much more." It makes so much sense. I definitely will incorperate video into my teaching but I would like to point out the idealism in his blog. He says we can video every thing and email the video of class to parents and to grandma and tells a story of the whole family watching a video of a child solving a math problem. In my experience even the most devoted and loving parents don't have time to watch the child's entire day of classes when they get home from school. We shouldn't gorge ourselves on tech. because its available. We should use it in moderation and tastefully. Our culture is to record everything and post all information. This can be harmful so the tech. we use should be thoughtfully considered.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Reflection #6
These can be observations from a visit to a classroom, from NU classes, or reflections on something related to technology & education. Each entry should answer these questions: What? So What? Now What?
In talking with my fellow students I got to thinking about being a technology native or immigrant in terms of turning in assignments. I like to turn in assignments in by paper and not online. My fellow classmate Joe Spychalski agrees with me. I think that my generation prefer not to do things digitally and I find it interesting. I will work on becoming more comfortable with turning things in digitally.
In talking with my fellow students I got to thinking about being a technology native or immigrant in terms of turning in assignments. I like to turn in assignments in by paper and not online. My fellow classmate Joe Spychalski agrees with me. I think that my generation prefer not to do things digitally and I find it interesting. I will work on becoming more comfortable with turning things in digitally.
Reflection #5
These can be observations from a visit to a classroom, from NU classes, or reflections on something related to technology & education. Each entry should answer these questions: What? So What? Now What?
When talking with my little sister about the technology in her classroom I found out they use an ActiveBoard not a SMARTBoard. This made me concerned because we only have learned how to use the SMARTBoard in this classroom. I'm hoping that having learned how to use some tech it will translate to other tech.
When talking with my little sister about the technology in her classroom I found out they use an ActiveBoard not a SMARTBoard. This made me concerned because we only have learned how to use the SMARTBoard in this classroom. I'm hoping that having learned how to use some tech it will translate to other tech.
Reflection #4
These can be observations from a visit to a classroom, from NU classes, or reflections on something related to technology & education. Each entry should answer these questions: What? So What? Now What?
In my Instructional Design class here at NU we have been talking about assessment, particularly student voice and the importance of it. It is pivotal to figuring out what students know and are struggling with in order to best teach them. When I teach I will implement technology but assessing student voice through a class blog.
In my Instructional Design class here at NU we have been talking about assessment, particularly student voice and the importance of it. It is pivotal to figuring out what students know and are struggling with in order to best teach them. When I teach I will implement technology but assessing student voice through a class blog.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
week 8
In an Elementary School setting this game could be played to help children learn how to rhyme. This kid friendly PBS site would be good for a free time exercise where the children are free to work on areas they are struggling with in reading.
pbs kids reading game
pbs kids reading game
Monday, October 10, 2011
week 7
Before Class: Spend some time looking at one or more of the blogs listed under the heading of “Blogs for Educators” on the Class Blog. What interesting or innovative ideas did you find about tech related to math.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Week 6
Using the information I learned from this article I would probably implement the first suggestion, student blogs for a science class room. The students would be assigned to post what they learned in class on their blogs as well as questions they have. These blogs would not be shared with other students to safeguard students from feeling the pressure to know everything.
The 4th idea occurred to me while reading the article. My science class might also look at the Wikipedia article about the subject we would be learning in class. Before hand I would have edited it to have blanks that the students would be asked to fill in as a check for understanding.
I love the 3rd idea, podcast, because it would be a great resource to kids who are sick or who's family vacations go long. Its used at the college level and I don't see why not in the secondary.
There were a ton of great ideas that this article presented that will prove useful as a teacher.
The 4th idea occurred to me while reading the article. My science class might also look at the Wikipedia article about the subject we would be learning in class. Before hand I would have edited it to have blanks that the students would be asked to fill in as a check for understanding.
I love the 3rd idea, podcast, because it would be a great resource to kids who are sick or who's family vacations go long. Its used at the college level and I don't see why not in the secondary.
There were a ton of great ideas that this article presented that will prove useful as a teacher.
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