Tuesday, February 25, 2014

TECH #1


Amplifying Instruction

1.      People around the world are taking their education out of school and home,  library, internet cafes and work places, where is the can decide what they want to learn, when they want to learn, and how they want to learn. These stories challenge our traditional model of Education and as teachers; we are really forced to see ourselves for what really are as teacher. Superhuman! Like those building the plain in Airplane, we are building futures in educating the next generation. New technologies are transforming every aspect of work: reading and interacting with the web; writing memos and sending emails; computing with spreadsheets and statistical analysis programs; analyzing problems  with data visualization tools; creating social networking sites; marketing with digital video tools; and making presentations with PowerPoint. Reading, writing, calculating, and thinking are what education is all about.

2.      I am a resident because many of these sites are things that I have not only used in my personal life, but in the classroom as well. Chances are that your students are growing up in a world completely different from the one you grew up in. Technology, lifestyles, economics, and many other factors have created a different world than when you were in school. Students at this level are still curious, imaginative, enthusiastic, and talkative. The classroom environment tends to be very lively. However, as a first-year teacher, you may be surprised to learn that students are not as you remember yourself as a middle school student. Today’s students seem less motivated to learn and more interested in other things such as listening to music, going to the mall, or playing video games. You can capitalize on your students’ energy and enthusiasm by making connections between what you teach in the classroom and your students’ everyday lives.

3.      Skype is a great site to use, with students for activities such as Skype an Author. In using this tool, we are able to connect  students to the world. The Skype an Author Network provides a way for teachers or librarians k-12 to connect authors, young readers, and books through virtual visits. Students can video chat with authors while they are reading books written by the author. Slide share is a great way for students/teachers to share their ideas as well as feed off others ideas to build on their own. I LOVEEEEE SCHOOLTUBE!!!!! This site simply gives students the opportunity to learn and show their school pride at the same time and technology is also being used.

4.      I think attending professional conferences is a great idea, but as for online one thing that I have noticed is that teachers build these communities so that they can assist each other by sharing some of the things that work and others that may not. This gives teachers a chance to network and suggest thing that can be done to make a certain situation or lesson better.

5.      One of the resources that I can really relate to is Animoto. I have been using this for years now and I always enjoy telling a story with a song and a few pictures. This is absolutely a great tool for teachers.

6.      What I noticed is that teachers are using tools in their classrooms that the students are already familiar with and things that they already use on a daily basis. Not only that, but there is a very large variation throughout being that students/teachers interests may be different.

7.      It gives teachers the technological resources to apply to each level that will suffice. All the words have been replaced by a technological area that may illustrate that certain point.


8.      I have used many of the video sites such as youtube and teacher tube and the two tins here that are absolutely must use for me are the Blooms chart and school tube. I am absolutely blown away by some of the resources that were presented today and I really appreciate them being in one place together. 

1 comment:

  1. Quacy- Glad that you were able to pick up some resources. I think that it is imperative that we consider Bloom's Techonomy when we plan so we know how we are pushing kids. Have access to tools such as Animoto can actually help kids bridge the digital divide. They don't have to have a fancy or expensive computer to create videos with web-bases free programs, they can create simply with their phones.

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