This movie was created by me using Mac iMovie software and stands as a promotional video for California State University at San Marcos. This highlights my knowledge of video editing tools and software.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
NETS PowerPoint Presentation
This PowerPoint presentation examines some NETS standards for students and includes examples of possible lessons and activities for the classroom that would meet the standards.
Journal Six
Journal 6: Making the Connection: This progressive Georgia district has created a robust network to connect teachers, students and parents.
Mitchell, Bailey (May/June 2008). Making the Connection: This progressive Georgia district has created a robust network to connect teachers, students and parents. EDTECH: Focus on K-12, Retrieved July 29, 2008, from http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/may-june-2008/making-the-connection.html
This article discusses a school district in Georgia that has created “a student portal through a Citrix Remote Gateway. This allows students to log in to school projects from home, school or the local coffee shop, and to have access to all the applications they are accustomed to using at school.” (Mitchell, 2008) At this school the students are allowed to bring their own Internet devices, including Blackberries, iPhones, or other wireless Internet devices. Teachers have websites that they post grades, assignments, and other announcements to allowing other teachers, students, and parent’s access. Teachers were also given interactive whiteboards allowing information from lessons to be added to the class websites.
1. Is there a disadvantage to students who have limited Internet access?
I would say that as long as all of the information put on the websites is also available in the lessons or in print copies, students with limited Internet access would probably not be at a disadvantage. Also, as long as nothing is required to be turned in via the Internet, it would probably be fair for all students.
2. Does allowing student’s web tools, like iPhones and Blackberries, distract students from their lessons at school?
It seems to me that if students are allowed to bring their iPhones and Blackberries to school, there would be a lot of non-educational activities happening as well, such as texting and the like. This would be a distraction for most students.
Mitchell, Bailey (May/June 2008). Making the Connection: This progressive Georgia district has created a robust network to connect teachers, students and parents. EDTECH: Focus on K-12, Retrieved July 29, 2008, from http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/may-june-2008/making-the-connection.html
This article discusses a school district in Georgia that has created “a student portal through a Citrix Remote Gateway. This allows students to log in to school projects from home, school or the local coffee shop, and to have access to all the applications they are accustomed to using at school.” (Mitchell, 2008) At this school the students are allowed to bring their own Internet devices, including Blackberries, iPhones, or other wireless Internet devices. Teachers have websites that they post grades, assignments, and other announcements to allowing other teachers, students, and parent’s access. Teachers were also given interactive whiteboards allowing information from lessons to be added to the class websites.
1. Is there a disadvantage to students who have limited Internet access?
I would say that as long as all of the information put on the websites is also available in the lessons or in print copies, students with limited Internet access would probably not be at a disadvantage. Also, as long as nothing is required to be turned in via the Internet, it would probably be fair for all students.
2. Does allowing student’s web tools, like iPhones and Blackberries, distract students from their lessons at school?
It seems to me that if students are allowed to bring their iPhones and Blackberries to school, there would be a lot of non-educational activities happening as well, such as texting and the like. This would be a distraction for most students.
Journal Five
Journal 5:
Overcoming Obstacles: Ohio’s Lawrence School uses tablet PCs to aid students with learning disabilities.
Wong, Wylie (Aug/Sept 2008). Overcoming Obstacles: Ohio’s Lawrence School uses tablet PCs to aid students with learning disabilities. EDTECH: Focus on K-12, Retrieved July 29, 2008, from http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/august-september-2008/overcoming-obstacles.html
This article explains how “the Lawrence School, and independent school in Ohio that educates students in grades 1 through 12 with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and other learning differences, is using tablet PCs and software that helps the students overcome their learning disabilities.” (Wong, 2008) There are several software programs that help students by converting text into speech and vice versa, electronic binders to help keep students organized, and digital organization mapping tools, such as the program Inspiration. Originally this began as a pilot program involving only a few students, but had such great success that now every student has a tablet PC and are even taught mandatory computer skills classes as ninth graders.
1. How can this useful technology be integrated into public school systems?
It seems as though it really can’t be integrated into public school systems because there is not enough money to cover the costs of all of the computers needed for all students with learning disabilities.
2. Would the use of this technology benefit more than just those students with learning disabilities?
I would imagine that all students could benefit from using these types of technology in the classroom, because even if one doesn’t have a learning disability they may learn in a different way, making this kind of technology useful for them as well.
NETS-T Inspiration Graphic
Using Inspiration software, this graphic organizer shows some example assignments that demonstrate the five National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) as posted on the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) website.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Journal Four: Social Networking
Social networking is when a group of individuals form an online community that shares a common interest, such as hobbies, politics and or the like. In this community, members can converse with each other, collaborate, share photos, documents, and ideas with one another, meet new people, and perform various other similar activities. Examples of social networking websites are Myspace.com and Facebook.com. With regards to education, this technology can be very useful for teachers on the small scale to collaborate with other educators at their school or district, or on a large scale enabling educators to come together with others from all over the globe. On Classroom 2.0, I followed a discussion about starting a Ning network for the faculty at one’s school. It turns out that many of the people trying to engage their faculties with social networking are having a hard time getting things rolling. Most of the posts included tips to try and make the sites more interactive and appealing so that members will want to participate and collaborate. In another discussion that I followed one person asked which social networking sites have been working the best for people. Many of the posts gave which sites that they have tried and which sites have allowed them the most success in creating a social network at their schools. Many gave Ning as one site, but others are also using Facebook, Carmun, Intodit, and others as a way of creating online social networking communities for their fellow teachers and students.
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