I've enjoyed this class, as it has opened my eyes to the impact of technology on education. Information comes at such a rapid speed, it is impossible to find and catalog information in hard copy. The Internet is a quick and convenient way to find information. I remember my college days, and all of the hours I spent at the library, away from home. Now, I can do research at the tip of my fingers! I have also enjoyed the entertainment that the new technologies have offered. I find myself far ahead of my same-age peers in this realm, simply because I am a life-time learner. In the future I want to be able to understand how my grandchildren are learning. I don't want to be out of the loop, so to speak. I have enjoyed using my bloglines account to keep current on many issues. I plan on continuing this. Twitter seems to be the main topic for conversation. People frequently ask me if I twitter. I now can proudly say yes. I have even twittered with one of my students who is on the robotics team. He keeps me up-to-date on all that is happening at the state and national level. I have used flickr, cooltext; and other image generators to liven up my documents and blackboard account. Even though I felt very insecure in attempting all of these "Things", as it placed me out of my comfort zone, I now feel more confident in tackling the new technologies. I have surpassed my personal goal of being intimated by technology!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Thing 22
Thing 22: Easy Thing to do. Interesting. I've created an account, and looked for audio and ebooks. I found what I was looking for this time, which were books for school. I would use this sight to help students who have difficulty reading or are vision impaired share in our assignments. I have many students who struggle with reading, and if they could hear the book, while reading along, they would get more information and understanding of the text. This would also be a way to motivate students to connect with books on a regular basis. I too plan to use it for leisure, as my eyesight continues to worsen, I needn't worry that I'll loose my ability to connect with the written text. I so do enjoy reading! I can even listen to book while on my daily walk!
Thing 20
At 9:03pm on May 3, 2009, B. Jan Scherer said…
Thing 20: I've used this video in my U.S.Hisotry class when we were discussing how American changed after WWII. My students really liked these. We then compared them to how comercials are shown today. Us the following URL to view. Have fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jFRShOZP_w
Thing 20: I've used this video in my U.S.Hisotry class when we were discussing how American changed after WWII. My students really liked these. We then compared them to how comercials are shown today. Us the following URL to view. Have fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jFRShOZP_w
Thing 21
Here's a good podcast on podcasting. Try it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MSL42NV3c I'd show this to my students inorder for them to create a project.
Thing 19
I liked this "Thing" to do. I've discovered sites that my students can enter into to find out about the topic I want to teach them. For this exercise, I decided to focus on learning strategies. I have found 4 good sites to access for my own reference, and sites students can go to in order for them to help themselves. These sites are newhorizons.org; dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success; studygs.net and educationatlas.com/study-skills.html
I plan to use these next year in my Learning Strategies classes. I feel the more on-line learning my students can do, the more they will be actively involved with their own learning.
I plan to use these next year in my Learning Strategies classes. I feel the more on-line learning my students can do, the more they will be actively involved with their own learning.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thing 18
Thing 18: I really like this on-line word processor. It is available from any site on any computer. It is another venue for students to use to create documents. I have already encouraged my students to try it!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Things 1-17
Thing 17: The further I go in this class, the more frustrated I become. I need direct instruction that includes modeling of what the procedures are to create a wiki. Is anyone out there in the same spot as I am. Let's visit...
Thing 16: Went to sites, but couldn't add to any, didn't have access. The video on wikis looks easy, but I attempted to make a wiki and got all confused. I think I have one, but am not sure.
Thing 15: After reading Rick Anderson's "Away from the Ice Bergs'" I can realize that I (we) are on the verge of an information explosion. Learning how to access it all is difficult for me to process. I did agree that our libraries are remanants of bygone information, practices, and attitudes that no longer make sense. He listed three "ice bergs" that get in the way of accessing information. I, myself, have always realied on the "print" information; I felt compfortable and secure with my research. However, after reading his third "iceberg," I reallly connected to it. In the past it was difficulty to find the time to physically go to a library for research. It was a long and tedious task, and then if material was checked out, I couldn't gather the needed information. Today, with Web 2.0 that no longer is necessary. I now merely need to sit in front of a computer and do intensive reasearch. I can easily find documents needed with a click of a button. In his first "iceberg, I found that the whole concept of what a library is to be out-of-date. As information changes, so does the way we store and retrieve information. No longer will great halls need to be filled with print material. Now, we can store information on the Web and not take up great space doing so. Also, the old search engines are becoming obsolete. Information is quickly obtained just by going to various blogs. I believe that today's information makes the learner much more active in the thinking and anaylizing process of research.....Good article
Thing #14: I have created search engines for educational blogs at Technorati Attention INdex - the top 50 blog sites. Good one stop shopping for blogs of daily news stories.
Thing #13: Well, I've created bookmarks on special education in the following areas: NIMH - ADHD; Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy; Special Education Resources: Autism; and Special Education Learning Disabilities Resources for Special Needs. I hope to use these as a source of information for parents and students, and of course myself. I'm a little shaky on this technology, but feel the more I use it, the better I'll be at it.
Thing #12: I think I have successfully completed Thing #12. I have set up 3 search engines on Rollyo.com The engines are Poudre References; Reference Search, and Learning Strategies. I hop these will be helpful to people looking for the information I have included (with tags) in the engines.
Things 10 and 11: This is a typical bike in China. It looks like I am able to import pictures from using an image generator. I will use an image generator frequently now in my emails. They say a picture is worth a thousand words! Also note my text generator. It was moving, but doesn't move now! Don't know how to fix it, will need to read up on that part....
Thing 1 and Thing 2: I've read the blog and have found out how the program will be working. I've made my contract, and what I am focusing on is how to overcome my lack of confidence with
technology.
Thing 16: Went to sites, but couldn't add to any, didn't have access. The video on wikis looks easy, but I attempted to make a wiki and got all confused. I think I have one, but am not sure.
Thing 15: After reading Rick Anderson's "Away from the Ice Bergs'" I can realize that I (we) are on the verge of an information explosion. Learning how to access it all is difficult for me to process. I did agree that our libraries are remanants of bygone information, practices, and attitudes that no longer make sense. He listed three "ice bergs" that get in the way of accessing information. I, myself, have always realied on the "print" information; I felt compfortable and secure with my research. However, after reading his third "iceberg," I reallly connected to it. In the past it was difficulty to find the time to physically go to a library for research. It was a long and tedious task, and then if material was checked out, I couldn't gather the needed information. Today, with Web 2.0 that no longer is necessary. I now merely need to sit in front of a computer and do intensive reasearch. I can easily find documents needed with a click of a button. In his first "iceberg, I found that the whole concept of what a library is to be out-of-date. As information changes, so does the way we store and retrieve information. No longer will great halls need to be filled with print material. Now, we can store information on the Web and not take up great space doing so. Also, the old search engines are becoming obsolete. Information is quickly obtained just by going to various blogs. I believe that today's information makes the learner much more active in the thinking and anaylizing process of research.....Good article
Thing #14: I have created search engines for educational blogs at Technorati Attention INdex - the top 50 blog sites. Good one stop shopping for blogs of daily news stories.
Thing #13: Well, I've created bookmarks on special education in the following areas: NIMH - ADHD; Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy; Special Education Resources: Autism; and Special Education Learning Disabilities Resources for Special Needs. I hope to use these as a source of information for parents and students, and of course myself. I'm a little shaky on this technology, but feel the more I use it, the better I'll be at it.
Thing #12: I think I have successfully completed Thing #12. I have set up 3 search engines on Rollyo.com The engines are Poudre References; Reference Search, and Learning Strategies. I hop these will be helpful to people looking for the information I have included (with tags) in the engines.
Things 10 and 11: This is a typical bike in China. It looks like I am able to import pictures from using an image generator. I will use an image generator frequently now in my emails. They say a picture is worth a thousand words! Also note my text generator. It was moving, but doesn't move now! Don't know how to fix it, will need to read up on that part....
Thing 8 and Thing 9 weren't so hard (after two weeks of trying to understand). I do feel a little slow in grasping some of the technologies. I did get a Google Reader account, and I also have Blogline. I've subscribed to 10 or so feeds. Now, I'm spending my time reading about news of the world, and then don't get to the other "Things" I need to do!
Things 5, Thing 6, and Thing 7: are completed. I have visited flickr often and am feeling comfortable with that site. I have created a blog on technology, it was on the Britannica Blog about Moving toward Web 2.0 in K-12 Education. The first time I blogged about this I was uncertain on how it would benefit students with whom I work. However, now (after a little over a month) I realize this is going to be the way of education. My students already know much more than I do, so I'll have to do some catch-up work. I see using blogging as a useful way to stay in touch with my students and help them with assignments. I can also see them submitting assignments to over the web.
Thing 3 and Thing 4. I've been blogging with others and have set up my first post. That was a long time ago, but now that I feel more comfortable with this technology I'll be blogging more. Takes an old dog a little longer to learn new tricks!
Things 5, Thing 6, and Thing 7: are completed. I have visited flickr often and am feeling comfortable with that site. I have created a blog on technology, it was on the Britannica Blog about Moving toward Web 2.0 in K-12 Education. The first time I blogged about this I was uncertain on how it would benefit students with whom I work. However, now (after a little over a month) I realize this is going to be the way of education. My students already know much more than I do, so I'll have to do some catch-up work. I see using blogging as a useful way to stay in touch with my students and help them with assignments. I can also see them submitting assignments to over the web.
Thing 3 and Thing 4. I've been blogging with others and have set up my first post. That was a long time ago, but now that I feel more comfortable with this technology I'll be blogging more. Takes an old dog a little longer to learn new tricks!
Thing 1 and Thing 2: I've read the blog and have found out how the program will be working. I've made my contract, and what I am focusing on is how to overcome my lack of confidence with
technology.Good site to use:
http://www.eyechartmaker.com/index.php.
http://www.eyechartmaker.com/index.php.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
I've completed 13 things now, but feel very shaky about them. I have so many accounts everywhere! Luckily, I have written them down and need to refer to them every time I go somewhere on the web. The last thing I did was the del.icio.us thing. I put some bookmarks for special education on that site. I'd like to use that to refer parents' of students to when they want inormation on a specific topic, including special education law. I have found some to be very informative and have accidently fallen into addresses that I actually like!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Thing 10
I am attempting to get into a blog. Fun site to view is: http://www.eyechartmaker.com/index.php.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Reasons for blogging
I teach at the high school level. I can see that blogging is an integral part of a students life. If a student is absent, that student could still get information about an assignment by bloging with the teacher or other students in class. It would also be a tool for teachers to post assignments or classroom notes.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Thing 3 Assignment
The hardest of the 7.5 Habits for me is having confidence in myself as a competent effective learner, especially with technology!
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