slight touches in raw to play around. I want attention on the dress, simple, easy but not oh that again...? Ideas or go with the over done?
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Ideas for drawing attention to the dress?
slight touches in raw to play around. I want attention on the dress, simple, easy but not oh that again...? Ideas or go with the over done?
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Ch 10
The role of a teacher is to prepare students to be successful citizens in the twenty-first century. In chapter 10 of Guiding learning with technology the subject of evaluating the pros and cons of technologies in the classroom arises and is final discussed. Throughout this semester I have been against the majority of the views of this textbook, but over the past few chapters I am starting to agree with a few of their views. Their needs to be evaluation of technology and the necessity of the tools put into classrooms. Technology for technology sake degrades the learning experience. Technology must have a purpose and teachers must understand the pros and cons of how they teach to teach effectively.
Chapter 10 starts with the discussion of calculators in the classroom. This is a favorite of my discussions of the costs of constant computer use in our society. I have often enjoyed asking math professors and math majors one simple question. If you have 180 miles to travel and you are traveling at 60 miles per hour. How long will it take to get to your destination? Almost all will run for their calculators and many fail to answer this question if their calculator is not present. It is just were we have come as Americans.
Why learn how to spell? When there is spell check. Why learn long hand math, when there is a calculator? Why make plans with friends in advance when you have cell phone? I have seen people that communicate best when testing. Then they fall apart when they have to have a face-to-face conversation. Because it makes them nervous, what if they say the wrong thing? It took my entire photography class 10 min to figure out 78/13. I said it was 6 but it took 10 min and a calculator being run twice for them to believe it. But truly when will one be writing without a computer and spell check? When will students not have a calculator? They are on computers, cell phones, and watches. Why slow down and make plans and stick to them when you have a cell phone that allows you to change plans in a split second?
Technology is a powerful tool for society. Progressions in technology have put America as a front leader as a world power. It makes life far more efficient when used properly. But!!! Technology should not supplement technical skill and understanding of the subject matter. Having technical skill in a subject limits the cost as well as the time it takes to perform the task. Tool and technology provides this ability to expedite tasks when in the hands of someone that knows how to use them. Commonly just having the tool doesn’t allow the task to get completed. Bigger and bigger tools have become our way of solving problems. I see this form of problem solving constantly and am guilty of it as well. When faced with a problem we look to get a bigger better tool to solve the issue before we sit back and think about the issue and then problem solve.
Within the next generations born in the twenty-first century it will become necessary to teach student how to think and problem solve and not to just reach for the biggest baddest tool. Students will need to learn how to problem solve. The best way to archive this is have them have a complete understanding of the subject matters that will face them and have them understand where they are intending to go. Give them competence and direction.
Chapter 10 starts with the discussion of calculators in the classroom. This is a favorite of my discussions of the costs of constant computer use in our society. I have often enjoyed asking math professors and math majors one simple question. If you have 180 miles to travel and you are traveling at 60 miles per hour. How long will it take to get to your destination? Almost all will run for their calculators and many fail to answer this question if their calculator is not present. It is just were we have come as Americans.
Why learn how to spell? When there is spell check. Why learn long hand math, when there is a calculator? Why make plans with friends in advance when you have cell phone? I have seen people that communicate best when testing. Then they fall apart when they have to have a face-to-face conversation. Because it makes them nervous, what if they say the wrong thing? It took my entire photography class 10 min to figure out 78/13. I said it was 6 but it took 10 min and a calculator being run twice for them to believe it. But truly when will one be writing without a computer and spell check? When will students not have a calculator? They are on computers, cell phones, and watches. Why slow down and make plans and stick to them when you have a cell phone that allows you to change plans in a split second?
Technology is a powerful tool for society. Progressions in technology have put America as a front leader as a world power. It makes life far more efficient when used properly. But!!! Technology should not supplement technical skill and understanding of the subject matter. Having technical skill in a subject limits the cost as well as the time it takes to perform the task. Tool and technology provides this ability to expedite tasks when in the hands of someone that knows how to use them. Commonly just having the tool doesn’t allow the task to get completed. Bigger and bigger tools have become our way of solving problems. I see this form of problem solving constantly and am guilty of it as well. When faced with a problem we look to get a bigger better tool to solve the issue before we sit back and think about the issue and then problem solve.
Within the next generations born in the twenty-first century it will become necessary to teach student how to think and problem solve and not to just reach for the biggest baddest tool. Students will need to learn how to problem solve. The best way to archive this is have them have a complete understanding of the subject matters that will face them and have them understand where they are intending to go. Give them competence and direction.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
ch 7
Chapter seven is a very broad chapter!!! Covering topics such as blogs, virtual tours, international pen pals, chat rooms, web quests, then the Internet and much more. The main ideas behind all the tech talk were the most profound. The idea of application for intention, not use for use. The fact that this book finally hinted at this idea brought a smile to my face. The most profound topic was left to the final sentences of this chapter. The idea that it is more important to teach the topic of intent than spends the majority of the time teaching the technology. When a technology becomes more of a hinder to education than help then it must be set aside for the greater good of the children.
Another topic that was raised in this chapter was the discussion that children must be educated on how to use chat rooms and blogs safely. The same as one would teach their children to look both ways before they cross the street. So to should parents and teachers should teach the children how to safely use the Internet. There are a lot of risks out there but students can be protected by proper education and supervisor awareness.
The more superficial topics of this chapter were the applications of spreadsheets, databases and the Internet. The idea is that no longer is the library the primary source of information. One can now log onto the Internet, log into a database somewhere and retrieve just about anything they had interest in knowing. Company’s can create databases. I’m sure the Vatican library has an amazing database. (If we could only get access). Some databases are shared and some are private. Each serves the function of housing massive amounts of information and indexing the information for easy access.
I did not know that there were bots that categorized ever-new web page. Computers crawling from web page to web page posting the sites to the search engines, Amazing.
In recap, there are thousands of things you can do to help children learn. But keeping education safe, fun and informative is the job of an educator.
Another topic that was raised in this chapter was the discussion that children must be educated on how to use chat rooms and blogs safely. The same as one would teach their children to look both ways before they cross the street. So to should parents and teachers should teach the children how to safely use the Internet. There are a lot of risks out there but students can be protected by proper education and supervisor awareness.
The more superficial topics of this chapter were the applications of spreadsheets, databases and the Internet. The idea is that no longer is the library the primary source of information. One can now log onto the Internet, log into a database somewhere and retrieve just about anything they had interest in knowing. Company’s can create databases. I’m sure the Vatican library has an amazing database. (If we could only get access). Some databases are shared and some are private. Each serves the function of housing massive amounts of information and indexing the information for easy access.
I did not know that there were bots that categorized ever-new web page. Computers crawling from web page to web page posting the sites to the search engines, Amazing.
In recap, there are thousands of things you can do to help children learn. But keeping education safe, fun and informative is the job of an educator.
Ch 5 word processors
Word processors are the new form of written language. Same as when people moved away from script to block writing for the ease and clarity we now move to typing. Typing up papers is faster, easier to revise and edit. Leading to the position that typing should be included in all classes and disciplines.
For many students keeping a current work flow of ideas in an electronic journal will help develop ideas. Word processors allows one to work on a topic them jump to another and easily make space for new ideas relevant to the initial topic without having to glue in new pages. They typed language will progressively take over the hand written word but as educators we must not let students believe the computer will do all the work for them.
The key will be the formulas for prewriting, revision, and editing. These are all made easier with a word processor but they still hold up to the same standards as previously hand written papers.
For many students keeping a current work flow of ideas in an electronic journal will help develop ideas. Word processors allows one to work on a topic them jump to another and easily make space for new ideas relevant to the initial topic without having to glue in new pages. They typed language will progressively take over the hand written word but as educators we must not let students believe the computer will do all the work for them.
The key will be the formulas for prewriting, revision, and editing. These are all made easier with a word processor but they still hold up to the same standards as previously hand written papers.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets are a quintessential tool for teachers. Not only does it make calculating grades simple and easy it also makes it easier to see trends in student’s work and errors. Spreadsheets have become a central part of our society and students would at a disadvantage not know how to properly utilize them. Spreadsheets software such as excel will also allow students to transform mathematical data into visual graphs and charts. This will allow for the visual learners to gain an understanding of the information with great ease.
I would find the use for spreadsheets in calculating grades, tracking attendance, calculating trends, consumption of art supplies, and many other common teacher tasks.
It just leaves the question of when to use a spreadsheet and when is it just an extra step.
Spreadsheets are a quintessential tool for teachers. Not only does it make calculating grades simple and easy it also makes it easier to see trends in student’s work and errors. Spreadsheets have become a central part of our society and students would at a disadvantage not know how to properly utilize them. Spreadsheets software such as excel will also allow students to transform mathematical data into visual graphs and charts. This will allow for the visual learners to gain an understanding of the information with great ease.
I would find the use for spreadsheets in calculating grades, tracking attendance, calculating trends, consumption of art supplies, and many other common teacher tasks.
It just leaves the question of when to use a spreadsheet and when is it just an extra step.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Ch 9 Hypermedia and Web Authoring
Hyper text
Non-sequential reading and designing power points and online games like sporkle.
Hypertext was a coined phrase by T.H. Nelson in 1965. His idea was to have everything written on an accessible database and have everything written about a subject and related to the subject a click away. This has almost been achieved with the World Wide Web. This idea of Hypertext has lead to non-sequential reading. In many aspects this idea is good. It lets people expand their minds, continue to read if a subject interests them or switch over to supporting information until they find a point where they have come to fully understand a topic or moved on to something else entirely.
I feel that having moved over to the ability of learning from the World Wide Web we would do our children a disservice if we removed the sequential learning developed by books. A well written, planed and constructed book brings about an idea and the understanding of that idea through scaffolding information leading up to the main point. When you take all knowledge out of context and let only portions of the story be told it become a self contained reality that has little to no connection to the rest of the world. Letting kids explore knowledge through encyclopedias and learning from reading online is a great tool to expand the mind. But we cannot lose the constructed sequential development of a well-written book.
The chapter also goes on and describes how to plan out a hypermedia and web authoring. This section is very similar to the basic ideas of constructing a power point presentation. Maintain consistency
Don’t put in to many ideas
Don’t use too much text
Make the text readable
Be gender neutral
Make your web links look consistent
Make sure it works when you finish it
Non-sequential reading and designing power points and online games like sporkle.
Hypertext was a coined phrase by T.H. Nelson in 1965. His idea was to have everything written on an accessible database and have everything written about a subject and related to the subject a click away. This has almost been achieved with the World Wide Web. This idea of Hypertext has lead to non-sequential reading. In many aspects this idea is good. It lets people expand their minds, continue to read if a subject interests them or switch over to supporting information until they find a point where they have come to fully understand a topic or moved on to something else entirely.
I feel that having moved over to the ability of learning from the World Wide Web we would do our children a disservice if we removed the sequential learning developed by books. A well written, planed and constructed book brings about an idea and the understanding of that idea through scaffolding information leading up to the main point. When you take all knowledge out of context and let only portions of the story be told it become a self contained reality that has little to no connection to the rest of the world. Letting kids explore knowledge through encyclopedias and learning from reading online is a great tool to expand the mind. But we cannot lose the constructed sequential development of a well-written book.
The chapter also goes on and describes how to plan out a hypermedia and web authoring. This section is very similar to the basic ideas of constructing a power point presentation. Maintain consistency
Don’t put in to many ideas
Don’t use too much text
Make the text readable
Be gender neutral
Make your web links look consistent
Make sure it works when you finish it
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Chapter 8
Wow, never before have I thought about the fact that being literate included being able to construct power point presentations as well as shot videos, but, it makes sense. In chapter eight our book describes being literate as not only being able to read and write but to understand images sounds and symbolism. Throughout history we have read paintings and other imagery with the use of symbols and conveying body language. Illusions, art, rhythms and tones in music all convey a mood, feeling or sensation. Now it has become necessary for the literate citizen to be able to read and understand all of these components to communication. Wow.
Video or in terms of the book Multimedia into the classroom, reports as well as presentations can convey the true intent of the author. Historically and personally information is lost when reading when you don’t know the way someone intended. Having a multimedia presentation of sounds, body language, symbols and other imagery will not only convey the words but also the intent. It will take much longer to produce a multimedia report. Due to the process of having a concept map, drawing out a story board, gathering the music, constructing the environment to display, scripting, shooting, and then editing. But the delivery of this information will be faster than a report and can reach a much broader audience within moments.
Teachers will need to be aware of many issues that also may arise with this new form of literacy. Students will have to be aware of copyright laws. Students will have to know how to use film-editing programs, filming equipment, sound splicing, sound recording, and also the equipment necessary to present these presentations. Teachers will have to be aware that many if not most students will not have access to the majority of the equipment that they will need to produce such a multimedia presentation. The concept and having presentations presented this way is amazing. It will allow students to become literate for tomorrow and convey the true intent of their presentation.
Knowing how time intensive film editing is, teachers must be aware that this type of project will take much more time than a normal report and there for students will need the time and resources to make it possible.
Video or in terms of the book Multimedia into the classroom, reports as well as presentations can convey the true intent of the author. Historically and personally information is lost when reading when you don’t know the way someone intended. Having a multimedia presentation of sounds, body language, symbols and other imagery will not only convey the words but also the intent. It will take much longer to produce a multimedia report. Due to the process of having a concept map, drawing out a story board, gathering the music, constructing the environment to display, scripting, shooting, and then editing. But the delivery of this information will be faster than a report and can reach a much broader audience within moments.
Teachers will need to be aware of many issues that also may arise with this new form of literacy. Students will have to be aware of copyright laws. Students will have to know how to use film-editing programs, filming equipment, sound splicing, sound recording, and also the equipment necessary to present these presentations. Teachers will have to be aware that many if not most students will not have access to the majority of the equipment that they will need to produce such a multimedia presentation. The concept and having presentations presented this way is amazing. It will allow students to become literate for tomorrow and convey the true intent of their presentation.
Knowing how time intensive film editing is, teachers must be aware that this type of project will take much more time than a normal report and there for students will need the time and resources to make it possible.
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