EDSC 3250 Tiffany Matson: marty and tiffany: "Finally went through!!! i think i may have been trying to post it to a different blog or something but i finally got a picture up!!!"
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
EDSC 3250 Tiffany Matson: marty and tiffany
EDSC 3250 Tiffany Matson: marty and tiffany: "Finally went through!!! i think i may have been trying to post it to a different blog or something but i finally got a picture up!!!"
Monday, April 18, 2011
My Beliefs- April 18, 2011
I believe that technology is a fundamental part of the education process. I think that it is important to realize that we are in a informational era. We should use all the tools that we have to teach this new generation what they need to know. I also realized that students will be more interested in our subjects if we use something, like technology, that they can relate to. I think that we can also teach subject that are more up to date in the classroom if we use technology. I am going to use technology in my classroom so that history will be a fun and up to date subject for my students.
I also believe that technology is something that must be taught to the students. Many students will know how to use technology but they will not know how to use it in a safe and constructive way. I know in history if you tell the students to do a report on someone or something the main source of their information will be from wikipedia. This is not a reliable source I must teach the students how they can find information that is reliable and correct. I also feel that safety is a important issue to discuss when talking about and using technology.
Even though I feel that technology is something that is necessary in the education of students. I feel that it is something that can be very easily abused. I know that the use of cell phones in the classroom can be a great tool it can also led to a great distraction. I know if I am bored in the class and I can use my cell phone I for sure am not going to be listening to my teacher. I am going to be texting and playing games and probably do other things that will distract the students around me. I know that technology is the classroom is a double edge sword. I am going to try to use technology in my classroom but I cannot let it become a tool of distraction.
Lessons Learned- April 18, 2011
I learned many of new things from these different tools I am first going to discuss the lessons that I learned from the articles. From the article "New WWW" I learn that technology is something that can be accessed from every where. This article also made me think about how cautious I have to be in adding material to the Internet. Once something is on the Internet it can be accessed by anyone. I must be careful before I add something to the Internet. In the article "Why Integrate" I learned that technology is a essential part of education in the world today. As I read this article I was trying to think of ways that I could integrate technology in my future classroom. This led to so ideas that I know will allow me to relate to my students better.
The next area that I want to talk about is the videos. From the video "Millennial Generation" I learned that the students that I am going to have know a lot about technology and feel very comfortable with it. I need to use this to my advantage, I must use technology so that they can relate to the material better and so they can feel more confident in the projects that I assign them. It was cool to hear the students ideas of what they wanted from technology and what they thought was the future of technology. In the video "Did You Know" I thought the information was pretty interesting and I learned that technology is a world wide thing and that using technology in the classroom will help my students to be prepare for the outside world.
The last area that I am going to discuss is the different websites and other tools. I learned that the web is a place that you can find anything if you know were you are looking. I was able to find many websites other than the ones that were on the reading list in a matter of minutes. One of the most useful websites that I found was the website "Tech Term" this is a website that I can use as a dictionary for tech terms that I do not know. I also found many of websites focusing on how to troubleshoot different problems. I can use this to increase my knowledge on troubleshooting it is a nice step by step tool to learn new things.
Strengths & Weaknesses- April 19, 2011
My strengths according to the UNI survey and Net Standards are that I understand how to use and use correctly the Internet and other media presentation. I also had strengths in the use of CDs, projector, PowerPoint and other digital media. My weakness with the UNI survey and NET Standards are that I do not know the terms with computers. I also have a problem with troubleshooting and explaining how to troubleshoot to other people. These are my major strengths and weakness. I feel that the UNI survey and the NET Standards were something that really help me to see what types of problems I have with technology and the things I can do well with technology.
I feel that now that I know my strengths and weakness I will be better able to make goals that will help me to improve the areas of technology that I am really weak in. I am going to have a goal to learn five new computer terms every two weeks. This will help me to improve my technological vocabulary. The article entitled "Tools for Change" has some good vocabulary words so I with start by trying to learn some of them. The next online tool that I would use it a website called "Tech terms" it is a online dictionary for technological terms. I would also have a goal to try and help all the people I can with the problems that they are having with their computers.
I feel that these workshops and tools will help me to be able to understand new tech terms. I am also going to try to learn a new way to troubleshoot from the article "Did you Know" and other helpful web sites and videos. I am sure that if I continue to look for new workshops and other tools to help me to help me with my weakness I know that I will find more and more that I like better. I think I need to remember that the web is full of tools to help me.
Monday, April 4, 2011
April 5, 2011-Digital Camera
What?
I am learning about how to take pictures and use the different functions on a digital camera. I am also learning how to edit the pictures and apply different filters and features.
So What?
This means that I will be able to take good pictures and be able to use different editing tools to make my pictures apply to the subject I am teaching. We are doing this so that we can understand the importance of pictures and how we can use them in the classroom. I had a limited understand of digital cameras before this exercise so I am going apply this new information so I can have a new way of accessing my students. This technology means that I will be able to make slide show that show what I am talking about in picture form. I feel that this will help the students understand the material better. This means that my fellow teachers will be able to have the students use photos in their lessons. I feel that this will help the students to understand all the material that is being taught.
Now what?
This technology means that my future students would be able to do a new type of performance assessment. This new information has helped me expand my current schema. It has helped me to understand more of how digital cameras work. I feel that this is going to make me a more technologically sound teacher. I am going to try to use this in my education to help the students apply what they have learned. I could have my students make a silent movie using digital pictures and then you could make them apply a certain filter that would make the pictures seem more like a silent movie. I think that this has helped me to become more creative. I feel like trying to find a way I can use this new technology has opened up my mind to new possibilities and way to teach my subject. I think that this new information will help me be able to help the other teachers will their problems with digital cameras. I think that this was a very useful thing to learn and I am thinking of new ways to use it in my classroom.
I am learning about how to take pictures and use the different functions on a digital camera. I am also learning how to edit the pictures and apply different filters and features.
So What?
This means that I will be able to take good pictures and be able to use different editing tools to make my pictures apply to the subject I am teaching. We are doing this so that we can understand the importance of pictures and how we can use them in the classroom. I had a limited understand of digital cameras before this exercise so I am going apply this new information so I can have a new way of accessing my students. This technology means that I will be able to make slide show that show what I am talking about in picture form. I feel that this will help the students understand the material better. This means that my fellow teachers will be able to have the students use photos in their lessons. I feel that this will help the students to understand all the material that is being taught.
Now what?
This technology means that my future students would be able to do a new type of performance assessment. This new information has helped me expand my current schema. It has helped me to understand more of how digital cameras work. I feel that this is going to make me a more technologically sound teacher. I am going to try to use this in my education to help the students apply what they have learned. I could have my students make a silent movie using digital pictures and then you could make them apply a certain filter that would make the pictures seem more like a silent movie. I think that this has helped me to become more creative. I feel like trying to find a way I can use this new technology has opened up my mind to new possibilities and way to teach my subject. I think that this new information will help me be able to help the other teachers will their problems with digital cameras. I think that this was a very useful thing to learn and I am thinking of new ways to use it in my classroom.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Mar. 21, 2011- Digital story 3
What?
This week we did our digital story. I have had a few problems with the story but I feel that it is moving along nicely. It was a good experience.
So What?
this making of a digital story helped me to understand how easy a digital story can be easy and fun. I feel that we are doing this because this is one way that we can make our subjects come alive for our students. I also feel that this is a great way we can involve our students. I feel that these could work as assignments. I can apply this by create digital story for things that I do not understand. I feel that this will help me to understand and will also help other to understand it also. This technology means that I can make history come alive for my students.
Now What?
This technology mean that my future students will be able to learn history in a new way. I am excited to learn more about technology because I find this technology so useful. This new technology makes me open my eyes up to technology before I never really liked using technology in my teaching but now this has shown me that technology is very useful and fun for the students and the teacher. I could have the students write down their feelings and something they learned and then they could go a make a project showing what they learned in more depth. This information for sure has made me a more technologically savvy teacher. I feel that it has made me understand the true potentially that technology has.
This week we did our digital story. I have had a few problems with the story but I feel that it is moving along nicely. It was a good experience.
So What?
this making of a digital story helped me to understand how easy a digital story can be easy and fun. I feel that we are doing this because this is one way that we can make our subjects come alive for our students. I also feel that this is a great way we can involve our students. I feel that these could work as assignments. I can apply this by create digital story for things that I do not understand. I feel that this will help me to understand and will also help other to understand it also. This technology means that I can make history come alive for my students.
Now What?
This technology mean that my future students will be able to learn history in a new way. I am excited to learn more about technology because I find this technology so useful. This new technology makes me open my eyes up to technology before I never really liked using technology in my teaching but now this has shown me that technology is very useful and fun for the students and the teacher. I could have the students write down their feelings and something they learned and then they could go a make a project showing what they learned in more depth. This information for sure has made me a more technologically savvy teacher. I feel that it has made me understand the true potentially that technology has.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Mar. 8, 2011- Digital Story 1
What?
I learned about what is a digital story and how to make one. My partner and I are going to do a digital story on the Vietnam War veterans and how they were treated.
I learned about what is a digital story and how to make one. My partner and I are going to do a digital story on the Vietnam War veterans and how they were treated.
So What?
This information means to me as a teacher that I will be able to make good opening or closing to my lessons. I also will be able to test the students by having them make there own digital story about a topic that we are studying. I am going to use digital story to capture the students attention. Also we are going to use them so that we can diversify our teaching. In my other classes I could make digital stories when I have to teach a lesson on a certain subject. This technology mean that I can apply my education to all different learning types. This means that teachers can make their own movies about whatever subject they want so these movies can be tools in their classrooms.
Now What?
This means that my future students are going to have a lot more fun than they wold before. I am going to use digital stories in place of test and papers. I think that sometimes the students will be able to show me they know more about the subject by doing a digital story than a test or paper. I think that this new information has change my schema by allowing me to make a connection between technology and testing. This information made me a more creative teacher I feel. I think that I am going to use my creative in my teaching and invite students to do the same in their assignments. I am going to give my students the opportunity to make a digital story to better understand a certain subject. I feel that my teaching has improved because now I am a more diverse teacher. This I feel will also help other teacher to use their creative in their classes. I love this new technology I feel that it is going to greatly improve my teaching and classroom management.
This information means to me as a teacher that I will be able to make good opening or closing to my lessons. I also will be able to test the students by having them make there own digital story about a topic that we are studying. I am going to use digital story to capture the students attention. Also we are going to use them so that we can diversify our teaching. In my other classes I could make digital stories when I have to teach a lesson on a certain subject. This technology mean that I can apply my education to all different learning types. This means that teachers can make their own movies about whatever subject they want so these movies can be tools in their classrooms.
Now What?
This means that my future students are going to have a lot more fun than they wold before. I am going to use digital stories in place of test and papers. I think that sometimes the students will be able to show me they know more about the subject by doing a digital story than a test or paper. I think that this new information has change my schema by allowing me to make a connection between technology and testing. This information made me a more creative teacher I feel. I think that I am going to use my creative in my teaching and invite students to do the same in their assignments. I am going to give my students the opportunity to make a digital story to better understand a certain subject. I feel that my teaching has improved because now I am a more diverse teacher. This I feel will also help other teacher to use their creative in their classes. I love this new technology I feel that it is going to greatly improve my teaching and classroom management.
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