Monday, March 7, 2011
Podcast Reflection 8: Learning Today
As I listened to the podcast, Learning in Hand, it made me wonder how long doing projects on apps would take and how much they might cost for the iPhone. I thought the idea of driving questions was a good idea for projects, but not all students learn well that way so it’d be important to allow for students to do their project a different way. I don’t know how I feel about project based learning because not all students learn well and can perform well based on projects. I think some project learning can be very beneficial, but I think it’s important to have many other learning opportunities rather than just projects. This teacher talked about rubistar.4teachers.org and I really want to try this site out sometime. I think it’s important to incorporate your students input in their rubric so this site would be great to use.
Classroom 2.0 Reflection
Classroom 2.0 is an amazing social network for teachers to get ideas from! I think it's important to have these sites for teachers because we are constantly trying to engage students by changing things up and making everything much more interesting for them. Teachers get the best ideas when they feed off of eachother! In Classroom 2.0, I went to 4teachers.org and I found a lot of great use under the family tools section. The first link I looked at was the pbl checklist which is a site that allows you to plug in information based on the subject area and grade level for evaluation sheets or rubrics. The second site I looked at was classroom architect which gives you a blank grid to work with and you can place parts of your classroom on it to completely construct it! What a great way to really see the best environment your students will learn in.
EduTecher Reflection
My first impression from EduTecher was that is doesn't have as many resources as many of the other teacher sites that are out there. After searching around, though, I did find some sources that may be beneficial. I noticed that this site is very specifically for those who are willing to use technology. One site that I think I would use for my class one day is 21centurylit.org because it focuses on skills students will need to be sucessful in school and in the workplace. I think this will be great for literature classes because it obviously is relating school work to work in the real world and that is something students will actually pay attention to. At 4shared.com teachers can file share to students so that space issues do not arise on one computer and so that you don't have to deal with a flashdrive. I like this site because I've always liked my computer files to be organized and easy to find so I think this would be a great way for students to access them and for both the teacher and student to find them easily when they need them. The last site I really enjoyed was 4freephotos.com and it would be great to find and post pictures up for students. Sometimes searching google images is not very accurate and it's touchy on what subject you search so this site will be great for finding pictures that apply to that topic you are trying to show. EduTecher made me extremely excited and I can't wait to really dig into it that summer before I start my first year of teaching to make use of its great resources!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Kansas Education Portal Reflection
I love how universal Kan Ed is! In one of my Block I classes we just recently talked about how important it is to incorporate general learning topics into your lessons, for example how to properly interview for a job. I went to from Kan Ed and found the most specific links for interviewing for a job! Some examples of different links available are: preparing for an interview, sample interview questions, and dress for success. I think I will find netTrecker extremely useful in my teaching years.
On the acutal Kan Ed site there are things like National Geographic Picture of the Day, Daily History, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, etc. which I think would be a very neat way to start off class and begin lessons. This is pertinent information since it's history and going on presently, and could be very interesting to students.
The database seems like a great resource for students to use. It is targeted at middle school or junior high students and would be a great database for them to use for research. I never knew about databases until my freshman year of college so I think it would be beneficial for students in middle school and high school to have access to these reliable database resources.
On the acutal Kan Ed site there are things like National Geographic Picture of the Day, Daily History, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, etc. which I think would be a very neat way to start off class and begin lessons. This is pertinent information since it's history and going on presently, and could be very interesting to students.
The database seems like a great resource for students to use. It is targeted at middle school or junior high students and would be a great database for them to use for research. I never knew about databases until my freshman year of college so I think it would be beneficial for students in middle school and high school to have access to these reliable database resources.
Wordle Reflection
I had a lot of fun working with wordle! I realized this could be a fun way to grab student's attentions to start a lesson off or something in the beginning of class. I think students themselves would love to participate in doing a wordle as well. I imagined doing one of these on the first day of school about themselves so that everyone got to know eachother!
Podcast Reflection 7: K12 Online
March 3, 2011
When listening to Engaging Our Youngest Minds on K12 Online, I was very inspired by what was said. I never considered that learning should be passionate and the school setting has never given this impression before. It is the educator who needs to help bring out that passion that we all know students have in the classroom. I believe if teachers really tried to envelop passion in students, they would see such improvements in both academics and behavior.
When listening to Engaging Our Youngest Minds on K12 Online, I was very inspired by what was said. I never considered that learning should be passionate and the school setting has never given this impression before. It is the educator who needs to help bring out that passion that we all know students have in the classroom. I believe if teachers really tried to envelop passion in students, they would see such improvements in both academics and behavior.
Podcast Reflection 6: Learning in Hand
March 3, 2011
As I listened to the podcast, Learning in Hand, it made me wonder how long doing projects on apps would take and how much they might cost for the iPhone. I thought the idea of driving questions was a good idea for projects, but not all students learn well that way so it’d be important to allow for students to do their project a different way. I don’t know how I feel about project based learning because not all students learn well and can perform well based on projects. I think some project learning can be very beneficial, but I think it’s important to have many other learning opportunities rather than just projects. This teacher talked about rubistar.4teachers.org and I really want to try this site out sometime. I think it’s important to incorporate your students input in their rubric so this site would be great to use.
As I listened to the podcast, Learning in Hand, it made me wonder how long doing projects on apps would take and how much they might cost for the iPhone. I thought the idea of driving questions was a good idea for projects, but not all students learn well that way so it’d be important to allow for students to do their project a different way. I don’t know how I feel about project based learning because not all students learn well and can perform well based on projects. I think some project learning can be very beneficial, but I think it’s important to have many other learning opportunities rather than just projects. This teacher talked about rubistar.4teachers.org and I really want to try this site out sometime. I think it’s important to incorporate your students input in their rubric so this site would be great to use.
Podcast Reflection 5: Speed of Creativity
February 28, 2011
I listened to the podcast “Tags Are Ways to See Things” on Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wesley A. Fryer. This podcast was very interesting to me because before I clicked on it, I had no idea what they meant by tags. I wanted to find out so I listened and realized how great of ideas these people have. I think the collaboration of students and teachers online are great ways of learning, but the lack of tagging on sites is making everything much less credible and a lot harder to find. Wesley said that tagging requires schema or knowledge and I believe that a lot of people don’t tag because they can easily upload something without having any background knowledge to provide with it and still get hits. By adding that knowledge to whatever is posted online, is what helps people most and is what really matters. The idea of art snacks was brought up also and I loved the point made. The lady said that students and teachers should be collaborating online like for example, having ten minute art lessons that incorporate other subject curriculum at the same time. She made a great point against those who say that students might curse or say inappropriate things if they are allowed to post online. She asked if they closed school when one student cursed in the hallway and of course the answer is no.
I listened to the podcast “Tags Are Ways to See Things” on Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wesley A. Fryer. This podcast was very interesting to me because before I clicked on it, I had no idea what they meant by tags. I wanted to find out so I listened and realized how great of ideas these people have. I think the collaboration of students and teachers online are great ways of learning, but the lack of tagging on sites is making everything much less credible and a lot harder to find. Wesley said that tagging requires schema or knowledge and I believe that a lot of people don’t tag because they can easily upload something without having any background knowledge to provide with it and still get hits. By adding that knowledge to whatever is posted online, is what helps people most and is what really matters. The idea of art snacks was brought up also and I loved the point made. The lady said that students and teachers should be collaborating online like for example, having ten minute art lessons that incorporate other subject curriculum at the same time. She made a great point against those who say that students might curse or say inappropriate things if they are allowed to post online. She asked if they closed school when one student cursed in the hallway and of course the answer is no.
Podcast Reflection 4: Tech Chick Tips
February 17, 2011
I listened to the Tech Chick Tips- Sparking their Creativity podcast today. This podcast gave a list of many different websites sources for students to use. The first site that stood out to me was mediacollege.com because it was for students interested in broadcasting and media, and it had tutorial to show how to use certain things on the website. For example, it shows you how to work an iPad, use a camera, apply digital enhancing, etc. This would be a great way to get students to use their media interest and experience to be creative! Webnote.com was the next link talked about and although it is a simple site, I found it to be effective for students who would rather take notes on their computer by typing rather than by writing in a notebook. It allows you to type any notes you want and to bring them up on your computer as a ‘sticky note’. There is no login so other people can add to your notes which could be both beneficial or not. Quizlet.com is a flashcard site with three different modes. The first is familiar mode for students to review the information and use memorization as a study method. The second is learn mode for students to actually quiz themselves and keep track of their score and answers. The third is test mode that gives tests and quizzes in different forms of questions to actually prove your knowledge of the topic. These sites all seemed very helpful and were all free to use!
I listened to the Tech Chick Tips- Sparking their Creativity podcast today. This podcast gave a list of many different websites sources for students to use. The first site that stood out to me was mediacollege.com because it was for students interested in broadcasting and media, and it had tutorial to show how to use certain things on the website. For example, it shows you how to work an iPad, use a camera, apply digital enhancing, etc. This would be a great way to get students to use their media interest and experience to be creative! Webnote.com was the next link talked about and although it is a simple site, I found it to be effective for students who would rather take notes on their computer by typing rather than by writing in a notebook. It allows you to type any notes you want and to bring them up on your computer as a ‘sticky note’. There is no login so other people can add to your notes which could be both beneficial or not. Quizlet.com is a flashcard site with three different modes. The first is familiar mode for students to review the information and use memorization as a study method. The second is learn mode for students to actually quiz themselves and keep track of their score and answers. The third is test mode that gives tests and quizzes in different forms of questions to actually prove your knowledge of the topic. These sites all seemed very helpful and were all free to use!
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