exit 12/9/10

1. classroom blog for students and parents to use
2. virtual dissection lab
3. cellphone use for assignments(text answers, look up info, alerts to assignments, etc.)
4. interactive white board lessons
5. microscope use
6. balances or digital scale
7. PowerPoint/Prezi presentations
8. pod cast of lessons available on blog
9. grow lights for fast plants
10. terrarium heater and humidifier
11. gel electoperisis
12. web quest/ jog the web
13. skype
14.calculate
15.
I use more technology now than i did at the beginning of this class. i find it more entertaining and handy then i did before. my computer skills have been adequate so far in my college career i think i peaked when i took computational physics, that was the best i have ever been at using computers but i definitely know more of whats going on in this mishigas  we call educational technology

exit 12/2/10

-smart board engage student learning and interactive in their own education, co-operative learning
-online collaberative projects around world work with peers from around the world, perspective
-classroom blog to see what is learned in class, students and parents always in touch with whats going on, transparent teaching
-student bloggs active members of society, encougaes writting, share with the world outside of class
-e-pal for collaberative work between classrooms around the world
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blogging

Here is a jog the web with some great examples of how teachers use blogs in their classrooms!

http://boomingreflections.blogspot.com/2010/11/blogging-microteaching.html

exit 11/18

-technology is used and probably will be used later, students should be prepared at school to the most available extent
-jigsaw strategies for grouping students disscussion
-directions for an assignment before not during
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exit 11/11/10

-its up to educaters to use technology in the classroom
-"the best laid plans of mice and men" have a plan B
-give students an oppertunity to look at questions from another perspective
-good structure helps students focuse
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ch9. What does it all wean?

How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

Technology is part of young peoples lives. we really aren't going in a direction were it is going to become a smaller part of students everyday life especially out side of class. Students spend more time texting, video gaming, Internet surfing and all the new stuff i don't even know about yet. As much as i would like things to be the way they were a hundred or more years ago it isn't possible and we should make the best of every generation. Teachers need to keep up with technology students use as a way of relating to and communicating with their students. teachers need to adapt to how students are using technology to learn and adjust their teaching accordingly.


What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

I never play video games, i sit with my son while he plays, he can go for hours if i didn't cut him off. I  try and play chess with him, but it doesn't hold his attention for more than 20-30 min at best. I will recognize that a lot of students are going home and solving problems in a virtual world on some computer type system. Kids are going to be really good at manipulating icons on a screen, and i will try and look at this as an advantage in their learning process rather than a waste of their time. if i can relate my instruction to the students personal interests i have a better chance of teaching them a given subject. If i can teach to their interests during the class day  then i can go home after a day of teaching take my rotary phone off the hook and put the A side of my favorite Gregory Isaacs record on.

ch8 how schools cope w/ new technologies

• How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

I thought computer based assessment went as far as the state and nation standardized tests with the scan tron sheets. the system doesn't measure the individuals knowledge because the information gathered is to compare districts. the computer based assessment described in this book sounds a lot more involved w/ the students individual abilities. I saw this as the teachers domain using a wealth of different strategies, tests, and assignments to gauge a students ability. But if a computer can do it better then we should. I am not sure how i feel about students only taking classes that they need for a specific certification. Personally i like the old system a wide base of knowledge that all students have the opportunity to get. i didn't have a clue what i wanted to do in high school, in fact i didn't know what i wanted to be until my mid twenties and i don't expect high school students to be able to chose correctly, even w/ the help of a computer.

I had a couple of friends in middle school who dropped out and never got a diploma from high school, they got GED's. both of these gentlemen were very computer inclined but couldn't handle the stress of a traditional school environment. If they had the opportunity to take a few of their classes on-line and maybe show up half days to get in art class or something they may have stayed in school.

• What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

I like some of those ideas in the new curriculum design. If i am teaching in a poor district that cannot offer the exceptional students the classes they want or need a distance learning situation were students from one school can take the classes, AP Biology for example, they want via computer on-line.

i want students to stay in school and get the most they can from it. Kids are good at computers, my six year old can use a computer w/ assistance, an i pod, a digital camera, and video games. If students have a hard time being in a traditional class room all day long i am all for them using half the day getting computer based classes, whatever works.

exit nov.4

- things are starting to go back to the apprentice/journymen system of education
-distance learning is becouming more common place for all types of certification
-give ful directions before breaking up into smaller groups
-smaller groups better for meaningful disscussion
-student created content is king
-scratch powerful tool for kids

exit 10/28/10

-i gotta get on that deliciouse more
-google docs-organise and collect data to help gadge students understanding
-podcast-my commentary/reaction the most important part
-3x the credits of the course=hours out side class work (rule of thumb)
-write a script before podcast recording, voice quality important

ch. 7 blogs, wikis...

• How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

I didn't know a thing about flickr before this chapter. Know i think its pretty cool. I took an ecology class and the professor used many picture from his personal collection to teach the class. He was personally connected to the material and that made learning easier for me, proof that they are here because this is what they like as apposed to what they are being paid to do. As a future science teacher i want to create a bank of photos i took to help in my teaching. Their are a million pictures of oak trees but i got pictures of 300 year old oaks that i went to see in new Orleans. the longer i live the more pictures ill have and by the time i retire i hope to use all my own photos as an aid in learning life science in school. Flicker was custom designed for me.

What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

 I can create a class Flickr account they would have access to. they could view my photos, divided by units, and add their own, for extra credit maybe. A lot of science can be learned through pictures and captions, i have aced classes reading little else. I probably wont have a very throe account at first, but 10 or so years down the line it should be awesome.

I could use this for students who missed a class lab or forgot some of what we did. a slide show for labs can be a great resource for students. a virtual lab with the dead rat clearly labeled.

ch. 6 blogs, wikis, podcasts...

• How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

I think i get the blogging I'm am doing that now, but twitter is a not quiet the same but similar. Ashton cusher can probably explain him self and anything he wants to say in 140 characters. Personally i would have a hard time explaining my thoughts in such a short medium. For personal use i wouldn't use twitter. This chapter did give some examples of how it could be used in the classroom. Their are plenty of scientists tweeting, but the information that they provide is more opinion rather than a medium for new research. If they need more perspective on a certain subject it can be  a helpful resource, but it wouldn't be my first recommendation for students to use.
Delicious is a cool tool i have been introduces to and as a teacher i can definitely see it as a useful teaching tool. Rather than have students searching for information that will be useful in the classroom i can provide them with some real solid leads. Judging the quality of a website can be difficult, i am still fooled by a well done spoof website. I can give my students a leg up, with examples of quality resources they can use and know that the content is muster. 

What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

 I will continue to add to my Delicious account. I have been a bite slow in adding links but plan on filling it out some more. As i come closer to being a teacher i will keep in mind to add sites that will be resources not just for me as a teacher , but for my future students use. At the beginning of the semester class as a teacher i will introduce them to my account as a resource they might be interested on using. Besides having the link to my account on the syllabus i will periodically point out sites that i have linked that the students will find useful depending on our unit of study. I don't plan on using twitter, but if i do i could use it as a way of keeping an open dialog with students and parents concerning the class i teach.

exit oct 21

-jigsaw approach- mixing group work in a way that takes advantage of the individuals students "expertize"
-summary frame- summarize the discussion before discussion so expectations are clear
-smart board- Computer screen &projector do not have = contrast, pay attention color (use high contrast) &size(24-36)
 - power point 6x6 rule- 6lines,6words per line
-Skype is a communication tool
-don't wait until the last min to complete an assignment, always a good tip

Chapther 5 new education system

• How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

   Before reading this section i thought that home schooling was only for strongly religious people. A girl i had a date with  referred to all socially inept people as "home schooled". One of my best friends was home schooled until his sophomore year in high school, when i first met him in school my friends and i would abuse that poor kid, but now were thick as thieves and he is in his 3rd year of university. I see now that home schooling takes all kinds. i am glad to see that technology has improved for these students, but i don't care for the insinuation that live teachers aren't as needed.
   Using technology to learn a job is something i am familiar with. I have had a couple jobs as a hotel clerk and the training CD-Roms board me to death and i didn't learn much. it was required that i sit through them but once u work at one hotel the operating systems aren't that different. i could see how they were helpful to some and that the information they contained was not taught in high school.
   I am a PBS fan, i love the Muppet's and many other "educational" programing, but it is to passive for the watcher to learn new subjects and i think a kid could get more from 10 min of one on one reading than a hour of the "electric company". TV is still the opiate of the masses.
  
   

• What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

After high school i remembered how we learned about photosynthesis, but i couldn't tell you what ATP was. My science teachers gave me the tools to be a life long learner. I wont just teach facts to my students. facts are great and people are full of interesting ones, but the method for understanding is the most important part, "teach someone to fish " sort of scenario. critical thinking skills can be applied to a students life out side of class and will help them be those life long learners who know how to take advantage of the resources available to them as an adult.

exit slip oct.7

-quality vs. quantity you may be sitting in class and not present at the same time
-be explicit in explaining expectations, look at students faces for confusion.
-differentiate tools for your specific students
-introduction to scratch
-evolution of the american school system
-where to find education journal  articals, reliable databases
-keep technology articals current, keep up w/ the times

chapter 5

How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

rss seems nice. I believe this technology has a place in teaching and learning, but a specific place. technology like this is helpful students working on an intense research project where information is currently being gathered on a subject and is updated regularly, the situation in Haiti for instance. An rss needs to be checked daily to get the proper use out of it, thats a lot. For average students in a biology class i dont think they need to be thinking about my class everyday, if they do thats awsome and i would encougage their interest, but i dont want to overwhelm students. 

What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

 if i am teaching a class that involves the students maintaining a webblog u bettcha i am going to use an rss to moniter the students posts. i might look into an rss feed that goes directly to cell phones that the students might like to use. As a teacher i might like to use an rss for biology to keep my up on interestiong sceince news that would intest the students. i have places now i go for news that work for me and the rss system , at the moment, wouldent help me keep anymore current than i already am.

chapter 4

How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

I use wikipedia all the time for your normal everyday kind of stuff:  what a compression wave is, when Falco released his last album, etc. i have never created one or added to a preexisting one, aside from this class. i had no idea the ease at which the could be updated, monitored, fixed and used in a classroom until i read this chapter. to me  has always been a learning tool but i didn't see any advantage in teaching other than suggesting them as a learning resource tool.  

What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new think?

now that i understand more on how wikies are maintained i have more faith in the quality of information. i would now feel more comfortable in recommending wikipidea as a place to start on research. depending on the school i end up teaching at i might be able to use a wiki in class for students to use as a resource. it could be an ongoing tool for my biology students with each successive class adding to the site. along the way they can add information they learned in and out of class, identify mistakes and discuss what information should be included, and links to outside resources. the next class would have the benefit of the previous class information while adding there own. i think it could help students understand how the advances in science aren't made by one person but many people working together. it is a cool tool to teach team work and compromise.

exit slip sept. 30

-be aware and beware when technology fails
-when presenting have clearer intro, body and closing
-facilitate student to student disscussion, not just teacher to student and student to teacher
-smart lesson should take advantage of qualities the smart has that are not present by traditional means

skeptic

How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

   Most Students in high school will not go on to collage. From my own experience i didn't use much technology beyond a word possessor before i got to collage. Jobs i had like night clerk at a hotel and waiting tables at a restaurant that used computers were very basic and taught to me at work. A lot of the jobs available to to people with a high school diploma aren't that technically demanding. McDonald's has pictures of the food on the buttons and provides in house training. This chapter gave many other reasons that technology doesn't work so well in school despite how much it could. Practical reasons like access and cost are barriers that schools are not yet equipped to deal with. If schools got all the money the defence department gets then  every student would have a computer and a new one every year stocked with the best education tools and software available, but it's not likely to happen. The technology that schools have should be used to the up most, but students cant be expected to use what they don't have easy access to.  

What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

  As Far as technology is concerned I will try and get as much for my students as is available to them and use it as much as possible in my classes. I will not expect that my students have any access to computers and other learning technology outside of the school and the class time they are provided. I will try and stretch my class budget as far as i could to provide my students with technology in the classroom. I will do the most with the materials i am given and try incorporate technology in class in any way i can.

exit slip sept 23

-technology is a intergral part of many students lives and is becoming a bigger and bigger part of their education.
-for a presentation: say what your going to tell, tell it , say what you told.
-smart exchange is a good resourse for teachers using smart boards
-can use jepordy template off smart for edphyc
-have a back up plan when technology dont work

Exit slip sept. 16

as a teacher i should strive for my students to aquire the abilities to be life long learners. i shouldent just focuse on what they need to know for the year i have them, but for there future classes career and life.

evaluating websites

I think that the 5w technique is a very helpful  in determining the quality of information on a website.

who- look at the author of the site and references they use and the sponsor of the site.
in the Dr. King page the writing was from a very racist perspective and then i saw that one of the references was David Duke. He was the grand wizard of the KKK one of the biggest cranks in the world, his views are hateful and byest.
what-the reason for the site should be investigated for instance the tree octopus site was sponsored by "Kelvinic University branch of the Wild Haggis Conservation Society". with further looking this accreditation takes u to a spoof/joke site. the information on the site is meant for purely entertainment purposes and does not match any other information on octopus's.

 where- is the information from? on the explorer page it say this is for educational purposes, to teach students about web site validity. The info on explores is dubious but there references are quality. when comparing the info on the site to others you can tell that while other sites have very similar info this one if way off.

 why- why is this site around? the DHMO site was about water. at the top of the page they give a fake gov office as accreditation. the site is there to sell t-shirts not to present an actual problem. information on this site is only on this site.

 when- an honest site could give u bad information even if that wasn't their purpose. Science information is constantly advancing and changing once we have a better theory we drop the old ones. if a site hasn't been updated in years the information might be dated and no longer correct.

Rethinking Education ch.1

How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

I don't use technology for recreational purposes very often. In my high school we didn't have much to work with as our one computer lab was not hooked to the Internet and the computers were dated even then. My family is poor and we didn't have a computer or any video game systems. so i didn't grow up very technically inclined. In college i have used computers for all my classes and has become integral to my education. i have no predigest against technology and can use it competently. The technology that is available to the students in the school i teach will be used in order to enhance the students learning experience. I will not expect my student to have prior experience or easy access to any technology outside of class.

What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

I have seen in college how helpful technology can be in a science classroom and can see the need for all students to have experience with computers and other technology for there future careers. Weather or not my students go on to a higher education or not i think that better understanding of technology will help students become better informed voters. Any tools that can help a student understand the content in class should be used to the upmost. Technology is a bigger and bigger part of everyday life so its use should begin early and often in the class room.

exit slip sept.9

i learned that i can organize my favorite websites outside of my home computer. i can now access my library of sites from anywhere. cheers

Autobiography

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/ZY9tp3EN



•How much effort did you exert on this task?
A fair amount of effort was put into this project.Ii dont have many pictures so finding for some was a challange. Photoshow was very easy to use and putting it together was much easier than i thought it would be.


•What is the value in completing this course task?
I'm am always nervouse using new technologies, but once i start doing it i realize it isent usually as difficult as i imagined it to be. I am more and more comfortable usuing new technology. I am interested what the young people are up to with their bloggong and picture sharing now i have a better idea.

•How does completing this course task impact your future teaching?
The older I get the less and less in touch with the students I get. Being able to keep up with some of the computer socialising people do will help me understand my future students. Hopefully I will be able to interest more students to the material taught by incorperating new technology like this in my classes  .

What is technology?

1. Technology- a mechanical tool created to make tasks simpler and more easily achived.
2. Technology in the class can be used to better understand the materiel being taught and prepare students for their future careers. A microscope in a biology class is a piece of technology that helps students better understand the world around them. It has a magnified eye piece with a viewing platform; you set it on a smooth solid surface like a table. Class room microscopes are under 2 ft. tall with one to two eyepieces , there are many dials to adjust the viewing, they control the distance from magnifier to platform, the level of magnification, and the light aperture.