Q: How will you collaborate with students, peers, and community
members using technology resources to support student success?
A: It is vital for students to have support in order to be successful in the classroom. Parental figures, peers, and community members hold a large role in these successes.
It is a wonderful idea to use technology to get them involved,
interested, and up to date with classroom activities in order to offer
support to the students. There are many ways a teacher can use technology to reach out into the community for support. It would be awesome to have a classroom blog, or let older students have an individual blog about things they are learning in the classroom. This way parental figures, peers, and community members could read and comment on the blogs to show their interest and support. They would be able to talk to the students about what they are learning at school as well. The children would be greatly encouraged by someone taking interest.
Utilizing a Voki and a Symbaloo would also be great uses of technology to collaborate with students, peers, and community members. A Voki is an effective way to make class announcements such as class projects and homework, school assemblies, and workshops. Creating a Symbaloo for a class would allow links to specific subject related websites that could be quickly accessed at home or elsewhere. This would let family view and collaborate with the student on their schoolwork outside of school.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Blog 4
Q. Share how you will maintain life-long learning and exhibit leadership
regarding technology in the classroom? Describe how you will know you
are promoting and demonstrating effective use of the technology tools
you are utilizing?
A. It amazes me when I see very young children using computers, iPads, iPhones, etc. Today children learn how to use various forms of technology beginning at a very young age. This is why teachers cannot fall behind in staying up to date with the latest forms of technology. Students are familiar with it at home and want to use it at school. Talking with your students, their parents, and other teachers is a great way to find out what technology students use and is effective for learning. It is imperative that the educator practices using new forms of technology so that they can exhibit leadership with presenting it to their students.
A. It amazes me when I see very young children using computers, iPads, iPhones, etc. Today children learn how to use various forms of technology beginning at a very young age. This is why teachers cannot fall behind in staying up to date with the latest forms of technology. Students are familiar with it at home and want to use it at school. Talking with your students, their parents, and other teachers is a great way to find out what technology students use and is effective for learning. It is imperative that the educator practices using new forms of technology so that they can exhibit leadership with presenting it to their students.
Blog 3
Q. Share some strategies you will use to create a safe and effective learning
environment as you integrate technology in your classroom. Explain why it
is the responsibility of the teacher to ensure safety and security for
his/her students.
A. A teacher is absolutely responsible for his/her students from the time they arrive at school until they leave. School should be a place of safety no matter what activity is taking place. Parents trust that the teacher and school faculty will ensure safety and security for their children, that also includes the use of technology.
To be sure that students have a safe and effective learning environment, it is key to make sure that all students are knowledgeable of classroom rules which also pertain to the use of technology. Examples of technology rules might be that students can only use technology when permitted with supervision, students my only go to limited websites allowed by the teacher, food and drink may not be permitted near electronic devices, and students must report violations. To keep learning effective, the educator should use technology in lessons in a way that is appropriate and interesting for her learners (on their learning level).
A. A teacher is absolutely responsible for his/her students from the time they arrive at school until they leave. School should be a place of safety no matter what activity is taking place. Parents trust that the teacher and school faculty will ensure safety and security for their children, that also includes the use of technology.
To be sure that students have a safe and effective learning environment, it is key to make sure that all students are knowledgeable of classroom rules which also pertain to the use of technology. Examples of technology rules might be that students can only use technology when permitted with supervision, students my only go to limited websites allowed by the teacher, food and drink may not be permitted near electronic devices, and students must report violations. To keep learning effective, the educator should use technology in lessons in a way that is appropriate and interesting for her learners (on their learning level).
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Blog 2
"Balance "face to face" and virtual environments to meet your learner's needs and objectives through your lesson plans to foster a creative and authentic learning environment?"
A teacher's first priority should be to meet the needs of each of their students. I feel that because of this, it is imperative to have a balance of "face to face" teaching methods and the use of technology in the classroom. Students have different learning styles, some may excel with technology and some may respond better to "face to face" methods. It is important to know how your students learn best in order to use adequate and effective types of technology.
As an elementary teacher I would use Powerpoint with a lot of fun graphics and effects to teach reading and vocabulary. I would then do small group and individual help with the students to make sure they understand the concepts. There are various reading and vocabulary websites with fun interactive games for the students to use during free time.
Technology can really enhance math skills as well. I would teach techniques "face to face" and then have the students to play math games on the computer such as FASTMath. FASTMath allows the students to compete with themselves and move to new levels of math skills.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
The Child-Driven Education
I found this video very intriguing. Sugata Mitra notes a problem in education, there are areas of the world where schools cannot be built and the best teachers will not go. I was blown away by Mitra's method of bringing knowledge to the children in these areas of the world. His "Hole in the Wall" technique of placing computers with internet access in areas of New Delhi was an extremely creative idea. The children began teaching themselves how to use the technology and began learning in English.
The fact that the children were learning on their own, unsupervised, confirmed that all children are hungry to learn and can learn if given the opportunity. He noted that in some instances the children began to research further on the subject matter he had given them. It was neat that the children's English accent improved because it was the only way that the computer could understand what they were saying.
Do you think that all children are this eager to learn? Why are these specific groups of children eager to learn and taking responsibility for their education?
Works Cited
Mitra, S. (2010, September). Child Driven Education. Retrieved from Technology Entertainment Design: http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html
Sunday, October 14, 2012
FED 6350 Blog 1
I feel that this class, Technology of Learning, will be very beneficial to my future teaching career and feeling more comfortable and confident in incorporating technology in my lessons to benefit my students. Last class we read two articles, Tale of Two Cities and The Digital Divide. I enjoyed our class discussion. It was interesting to me to hear all the different view points my peers had on the effect of technology in the classroom and how it effects the studies who do not have access to technology outside of school. One of the topics analyzed was whose responsibility was it to provide proper access to technology to complete homework assignments. Some thought it was the teacher's and others thought it was the parents and students.
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