Tech Byte Assignment
Tech Byte Revised
Tech Byte Presentation
Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Week 5 Assignment
My Jing!
Note: sorry for the barking dog in the background :)
Jing can be used in many different grade levels and subjects. I used it to help explain a powerpoint, which was so easy to do. I could easily see myself using this to tape a hard problem I did in the math classroom so that the students can take it home and review it to help with their homework. This could also be used during class so the teacher can continue to help students, while the presentation or powerpoint continues or even just to make sure students are staying on task and taking notes. Another way this can be used is to assist students with learning disabilities or students that have missed class. I could easily email this to a student to learn or just review what we did in class that day. Another way to use this is to physically show a teacher during professional development or just sharing how to use a specific technology or website. Overall this is a very useful technology that can be used anywhere with anything.
Note: sorry for the barking dog in the background :)
Jing can be used in many different grade levels and subjects. I used it to help explain a powerpoint, which was so easy to do. I could easily see myself using this to tape a hard problem I did in the math classroom so that the students can take it home and review it to help with their homework. This could also be used during class so the teacher can continue to help students, while the presentation or powerpoint continues or even just to make sure students are staying on task and taking notes. Another way this can be used is to assist students with learning disabilities or students that have missed class. I could easily email this to a student to learn or just review what we did in class that day. Another way to use this is to physically show a teacher during professional development or just sharing how to use a specific technology or website. Overall this is a very useful technology that can be used anywhere with anything.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Learning Task #3 -Week 3
1. Edmodo
This is a great idea to use in classrooms. It is a entertaining way to engage students on certain topics that might not be as interesting. This is also a great way to get their attention. I did have some difficulty getting the voice to work, but i'm sure if I kept trying I would get it eventually. I think that this is a great way for shy students to give a presentation in class or just a new way to give a presentation.
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The first image is the teacher page and the second is the students. Edmodo is a great tool for teaching and learning. From a teaching perspective you can view how a student likes to learn(hands on, listening, or visual) and also what they are aspiring to become in their future. It is also great because I can post assignments for my class right on the site and have a calendar so students can see when upcoming assignments and exams are coming up. Also you can award your student a badge for having a good day at school or sending their assignment in on time. From a student perspective it is a way for them to stay organized, they can ask their classmates or teacher questions about their assignments and they can also check their grades. This site is also great for parents because it is one place where they can see what their child progress is and they can email the teacher through it and just be more involved in their child's learning process.
2. Voki
This is a great idea to use in classrooms. It is a entertaining way to engage students on certain topics that might not be as interesting. This is also a great way to get their attention. I did have some difficulty getting the voice to work, but i'm sure if I kept trying I would get it eventually. I think that this is a great way for shy students to give a presentation in class or just a new way to give a presentation.
Learning Task #2 -Week 3
1. How can you change your instructional practices to include the use of technology and the Internet in the content-area curriculum?
As a first year teacher I am learning new things every day. Every new technology I learn through the IT program at NYIT and also on my own I find ways I can integrate new technology into my everyday lessons. I can use; YouTube videos to engage visual learners during lessons, the smartboard for probability lessons or showing the TI calculator interactively on the smartboard or just doing examples on the smartboard, games from math playground or similar sites to have students do examples in a fun way or as Dr. Hsu said do a global activity such as having a class in another country that uses the metric system send measurements to my class to convert and vice-verses. Through these new technologies that I am learning everyday I will be ever changing my lessons to keep them up to date with the new technology that is occurring.
2. What professional development and/or resources will they need in order to make these changes?
To do most of these technologies I mentioned teachers will need a smartboard. They will need a smartboard so that they can easily interact with the programs and also have the students interact in a hands on environment. As of professional development, I know most schools offer at least a few programs a year, but to make technology integrated into daily lessons there will need to be more professional development offered. So if the school has the budget to offer more professional development and also to provide every classroom with either a smartboard or an available laptop cart all of the technologies I stated above are possible.
3. What ideas do you have for grouping students so they have equal access to technology in the classroom?
Having the smartboard in a classroom is a easy way to get an entire class to interact and engage in a technology filled lesson, but not every classroom has one. Some classrooms have one or two computers and in that case you can have students do a station activity where each student will be able to be on the computer at some point during the class. The most effective way to give students equal access is to sign up to have the computer lab or library. In these places students can each have a computer/laptop and do their work individually therefore giving every student equal access.
As a first year teacher I am learning new things every day. Every new technology I learn through the IT program at NYIT and also on my own I find ways I can integrate new technology into my everyday lessons. I can use; YouTube videos to engage visual learners during lessons, the smartboard for probability lessons or showing the TI calculator interactively on the smartboard or just doing examples on the smartboard, games from math playground or similar sites to have students do examples in a fun way or as Dr. Hsu said do a global activity such as having a class in another country that uses the metric system send measurements to my class to convert and vice-verses. Through these new technologies that I am learning everyday I will be ever changing my lessons to keep them up to date with the new technology that is occurring.
2. What professional development and/or resources will they need in order to make these changes?
To do most of these technologies I mentioned teachers will need a smartboard. They will need a smartboard so that they can easily interact with the programs and also have the students interact in a hands on environment. As of professional development, I know most schools offer at least a few programs a year, but to make technology integrated into daily lessons there will need to be more professional development offered. So if the school has the budget to offer more professional development and also to provide every classroom with either a smartboard or an available laptop cart all of the technologies I stated above are possible.
3. What ideas do you have for grouping students so they have equal access to technology in the classroom?
Having the smartboard in a classroom is a easy way to get an entire class to interact and engage in a technology filled lesson, but not every classroom has one. Some classrooms have one or two computers and in that case you can have students do a station activity where each student will be able to be on the computer at some point during the class. The most effective way to give students equal access is to sign up to have the computer lab or library. In these places students can each have a computer/laptop and do their work individually therefore giving every student equal access.
Learning Task #1 -Week 3
In the article, “Literacy instruction with digital and media technologies” by Diane Barone and Todd Wright, it describes how in the past years technology has been drastically increasing in schools/classrooms. This article also discusses how a fourth grade teacher brought technology into his daily lessons. He achieved this by having one to one laptop use for each of his students. This allowed students to interact with their classmates through instant message and email during group work and access worksheets and media files used in the classroom. Technology in the classroom also benefits the students by providing differentiated instruction on a daily basis. I feel that having one to one laptop access available to students really helps students see learning in a different light, but it is not always in the budget so having a laptop cart is a great alternative. Also professional development in schools is a great way to educate teachers to make them more comfortable with integrating technologies into daily lessons.
The brochure, “New Literacies and 21st Century Technologies” had many great ideas on how to integrate communication technologies effectively into schools. One main point they addressed was the importance of professional development. Professional development helps prepare teachers to use technology to motivate students and to close the gap between social and academic use of technology. Also teachers should not only participate in professional development they should educate themselves by researching and reading professional publications. Another point that was addressed is how the district should provide equal opportunities and access for all students. I also liked that in this article it encouraged parents to participate in learning new technology with their children. Lastly it talked about how generic literacies such as text books are no longer sufficient in the 21st century and new literacies such as wikis, blogs, avatars, podcasts and mobile technologies have taken over.
In the article, “Toward a Theory of New Literacies Emerging From the Internet and Other Information and Communication Technologies” by Donald Leu, he explains how literacy has had a major affect in every day life since Sumerian society back in forth century B.C. Since then it has been changing drastically, so drastically, that researchers lack a definition on what new literacies are and how they can move the definition beyond only paper printed media. This article also states that as much as literacy is changing the foundations that were required to read paper printed texts will always exist. Another point this article made is how as teachers we need to prepare students for their futures and doing that requires the use of multiple technologies. Technology is used not only at home and in classrooms, but it is used in majority of jobs. So by keeping teachers educated and up to date through professional development we can keep students up to date with the ever changing literacies and technologies.
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