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Scientists ask questions
Read more: http://www.teachpreschool.org/2013/10/scientists-ask-questions/#ixzz2j8OfKhg4
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Reaction to the article: Scientists ask questions
This was a real fun and cute article about getting students early on to start asking questions and thinking like a scientists. I like the idea of getting students early on to start thinking at a higher level of reasoning. My daughter's kindergarten class decided to call themselves the Little Einstein's for their class name and had T-shirts made. Their teacher is encouraging them to ask questions and think about the processes they use in the classroom. This gets students out of just asking "Why" but also "How, Who, What, and When."
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Read more: http://www.teachpreschool.org/2013/10/scientists-ask-questions/#ixzz2j8OfKhg4
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Read more: http://www.teachpreschool.org/2013/10/scientists-ask-questions/#ixzz2j8OfKhg4
Free Technology for Teachers: EDPuzzle - Add Your Voice and Text Questions to Educational Videos
I found this article to be very interesting regarding adding your voice to educational videos. This would be a great tool to use with younger students learning to read. A major barrier when using technology with younger students is that they usually need help when reading directions or finding where to go for the next step. This would allow them to be more independent and it would also help with their reading skills. You could create a whole reading lesson where student could follow along.
Source: Free Technology for Teachers: EDPuzzle - Add Your Voice and Text Questions to Educational Videos
Source: Free Technology for Teachers: EDPuzzle - Add Your Voice and Text Questions to Educational Videos
Monday, October 28, 2013
Reaction to the Video What is a Screencast
I have done a screencast in a previous class and found it
very interesting. I currently work with
our international program centers and sometimes it is just easier to do a
screencast to show center managers where they need to go on our website. One of our instructional designers created
quite a few screencasts for our new faculty in order to show them how to navigate
through Blackboard and their course shells.
We are in the process of setting up more screencast for our
international centers and for our domestic students as well. It is a great tool to use for giving directions
and actually showing users what they should or should not see. I think it is a much more powerful tool then
trying to explain something over the phone or in an email. I think the actual video could have gone into
a little more explanation on how and why to use a screencast and where you can
go to get the software, such as Jing.
YouTube Video: What is a screencast, User: screencastcentral
- Added: 2/9/07
Reaction to the Video Twitter in Plain English
I found the video to be interesting since I am not a part of
Twitter and really do not have any interest in being a part of it. I understand that some people love to see
what everyone is doing and they love to post what they are doing for their 15
minutes of fame but I really do not care.
Not to sound like a horrible boring person but I just do not have time
to see what Jane ate for breakfast or what movie John is seeing tonight.
If I had time to read about someone else life,
I would have time for a lot of other more import things that seem to keep slipping
by each day because I don’t have time. I think this is also a reason why we have
become more of a closed off society too.
People would rather Tweet or Blog about someone or something rather than
calling them and talking about it face to face. I know some social media is okay, but I think
some people get too caught up in it and forget how to have an old fashion conversation.
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Reaction to Chapter 1 of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classrooms, by Will Richardson
After reading chapter one of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and
Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classrooms, by Will Richardson I have to
agree with the statement that he quoted from Dan Gillmor, “The people who’ll
understand this best are probably just being born” (Gillmor, 2005). This is so true when I look at my own
children who are two and five years of age.
My two year old already knows how to unlock our iPhones and select her
app for PBS or Disney. My five year old
knows how to go to the app store and view new apps she wants to download. When my mom aka “Grammy” is watching the
girls and the TV goes off a station or the cable box is turned off, she asks
the girls to fix it because she has no idea what to do.
I also agree with the statement by William D. Winn on page 8 that, “…years of computer use results in children who “think differently from us. They develop hypertext minds. They leap around”” (Prensky, 2001a) (Richardson 2010). I think this is a good/bad thing when looking at how the upcoming generation thinks. Yes, it is great they are understanding and using technology better than we did at that age but it also creates a generation who thinks in instant gratification. Patient seems to be a dying virtue with the next generations. If something takes more, than 30 seconds to download, you have lost their attention and they have moved on to the next thought in their mind.
Finally, I really enjoyed the section on keeping students
safe. This huge task really needs to the
first thought on every educators mind when introducing technology into the
class especially with the Internet. I
know when my five year old entered kindergarten we had to sign a letter stating
that we gave permission for our daughter to use the computer. Expanding technology in the class is great,
but also being full aware of the potential risks involve is also
important. Overall, I found that this
chapter had many great points and referenced some every interesting facts and
statements.
Reference:
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for
the Classrooms, Will Richardson, 2009, p.1-16
I also agree with the statement by William D. Winn on page 8 that, “…years of computer use results in children who “think differently from us. They develop hypertext minds. They leap around”” (Prensky, 2001a) (Richardson 2010). I think this is a good/bad thing when looking at how the upcoming generation thinks. Yes, it is great they are understanding and using technology better than we did at that age but it also creates a generation who thinks in instant gratification. Patient seems to be a dying virtue with the next generations. If something takes more, than 30 seconds to download, you have lost their attention and they have moved on to the next thought in their mind.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Reaction to the Article: 6 Things We Know for Sure with iPads in School, www.edutopia.org, October 23, 2013
I found the article interesting
since the district I am in tried to pass a technology plan to introduce iPads
in our district. The plan was voted down
in a landslide decision. Putting iPads
into the hands of teachers or high school students is one thing, but giving a kindergarten
a $350.00 piece of equipment that they are responsible for is another
thing. Not to mention the overall equipment
and training cost that could be used to help hire staff for our overcrowded
classrooms.
I found the article interesting in that it describes the process of training the teachers but not about training the students. I don’t doubt that it would take time to train staff on the abilities of an iPad and that students would be able to navigate the iPad faster but do they know how to be responsible for the equipment? How many cell phones have student gone through because they lost them, dropped them, or went swimming with it on them?
The concern I have is that students are not taught what the consequences are for having this piece of technology and that the expense/consequence is then placed on the parent. Yes, technology is great and advancement is great too, but you need to have the knowledge and the maturity to implement it.
6 Things We Know for
Sure with iPads in School, www.edutopia.org,
October 23, 2013
I found the article interesting in that it describes the process of training the teachers but not about training the students. I don’t doubt that it would take time to train staff on the abilities of an iPad and that students would be able to navigate the iPad faster but do they know how to be responsible for the equipment? How many cell phones have student gone through because they lost them, dropped them, or went swimming with it on them?
The concern I have is that students are not taught what the consequences are for having this piece of technology and that the expense/consequence is then placed on the parent. Yes, technology is great and advancement is great too, but you need to have the knowledge and the maturity to implement it.
Reference:
6 Things We Know for
Sure with iPads in School, www.edutopia.org,
October 23, 2013
Reaction to "Creative Commons- Get Creative" YouTube video
I have seen this video before in a different course but it
is always good to see something for a second time. Copyright issues, I feel, has so many gray
areas. I think it is just better to
always cite your source for everything.
I think we are still emerging into new issues with the Internet and all
the information that is out there.
The
situation they cited in the video with the band White Stripes I feel was
just a lucky situation. The band is
pretty laid back and was just happy that their music was “getting out there” to
the public. You take that same situation
with another band and you could have a whole legal battle regarding the rights
and who gets the money. Copyright laws
have always been an issues with teachers and educators and the internet has definitely
added to that struggle.
Reference:
willmed. "Creative Commons- Get Creative." Online video clip.
YouTube. YouTube, 10 Apr. 2007. Web. 21 Oct. 2013.
willmed. "Creative Commons- Get Creative." Online video clip.
YouTube. YouTube, 10 Apr. 2007. Web. 21 Oct. 2013.
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