SMARTBoard Lessons Podcast
I listened to the episode Timmys & A Tip #2: DimDim.com. I thought that this podcast had a lot of useful information. However, the podcast was very hard to hear. Since it was hard to hear, it was hard to understand and then it is hard to get the information from it. Which means the podcast is not being effective if it is hard to get the information. Also, in the podcast he was driving and in the middle of it he stopped and ordered coffee. All of this made it full of background noise and hard to understand. This made the message of the podcast not get through as effectively.
KidCast: Learning and Teaching with Podcasting
I listened to the episode Some Thoughts on Video Podcasting. There was a lot of information on this podcast that was clearly stated. The podcast was very clear with no background noise. He spoke clearly and his pronunciation was very good. Also, he followed a good order of introducing you to his ideas on video podcasting. This podcast was very effective and got its job done well.
EdTechTalk.com
I listened to the episode Online Course Supplements Instructional Design. This podcast was an interview on the topic. The way it is set up is that when the interviewer talks his voice comes out of one speaker and the interviewee's voice comes out of the other speaker. This made for there to be some background noise. The background noise was very little though. So the points did come across clearly and effectively.
David Warlick
I listened to the episode A Conversation with Clarence Fisher. They had the conversation in a restaurant after they finished eating. You can hear everything in the background which makes it hard to concentrate on what they are saying. They are telling quite a bit of useful information in their conversation but it is not getting through to their audience because of the background noise. You can hear people in the background talking, babies crying, and all kinds of things. It has way too much distraction to effectivelt get its point across.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Technologically Illiterate
A Vision of Students Today by Michael Wesch
http://is.gd/2c0V0
This video shows a typical college classroom full of many students. Each of the students holds up a fact about their life. Like how much time they spend on facebook, watching TV, listening to music, or on their cell phones. Also, it shows facts about their classrooms. For example, that their are 115 students in it and only 18% of one girl's teachers know her name. Additionally, that they spend their time on facebook during class.
College classes should incorporate technology to keep students' interest. Everything that students do now revolves around technology, so when they go into the classroom and are expected to just copy down notes and read a textbook they get bored. If professors incorporate technology more, then more students would be more involved in their class. Also, college classes are so big that there is no one on one attention. Which students need that feedback to know how they are doing.
"It's Not About the Technology" by Kelly Hines
http://www.eduratireview.com/2009/04/its-not-about-technology.html
This blog discusses how the future of teaching does not have to include technology. That it is about teachers being learners and it depends on good teachers. It says that it is better to have a teacher that can teach well and is trained well, then it is to have a teacher that cannot use the technology properly trying to teach with it. Also, it states that teachers need to have a good training program and stay up to date on current trends, research, and tools.
I agree with some parts of this blog, however other parts I do not agree with. I believe that teachers do need better training programs. Also, that teachers need to be learners and stay up to date on current trends, research, and tools. Teachers always need to be a step ahead and learning right along with their students to be the best they can be. I do not agree that technology is useless in the classroom though. Yes I do think it is pointless to use technology if the teacher does not know how to make the best of it. However, that is why we need training programs for teachers to learn how to use technology properly. There is no reason that teachers cannot stay up to date with technology. Children today are using all kinds of technology at very young ages and that is how they will learn best. Technology will help keep their attention and give them a lot more opportunities in the classroom. Students have to be able to use technology when they get out of school, so they should learn to use it well while they are in school to keep them from being behind or completely lost when they are finished. Technology is the future and it needs to be incorporated in the classrooms.
Is It Okay to Be a Technologically Illiterate Teacher? by Karl Fisch
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-it-okay-to-be-technologically.html
This blog talks about technologically illiterate teachers and whether or not it is okay to be one. So many people today are technologically illiterate and proud of it. Being technologically illiterate today is the same as not being able to read or write thirty years ago. There are teachers that refuse to learn technology and think that they do not need it to be great teachers. Karl Fisch goes back and forth on whether teachers need to be technologically literate or if they already have enough going on that they do not need to learn these skills right away.
I believe that all teachers need to be completely technologically literate. I think that all of the education programs in universities need to start offering more educational media classes and making sure their students are technologically literate when they graduate. As for the teachers already in the field, I believe that they should be attending technology training programs so that they can learn how to use it properly. Once all teachers know how to use technology properly it can be used in every classroom to open up tons of opportunities for their students.
Social Media Count by Gary Hayes
http://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-social-media-count/
This shows what is going on in the world in the last few seconds, day, week, month, year in the world of technology. All of the social media counts just keep rising and rising. The numbers are astounding to think about. By the time the children in school now get done with school those numbers will be huge. This means that technology will be so much more incorporated in the world then it is today. This also means that the people in school now for teaching really need to learn how to incorporate technology into the classroom. The world is changing and advancing every second and the future teachers need to advance with it. There will be no excuse before long because technology is going to be everywhere.
http://is.gd/2c0V0
This video shows a typical college classroom full of many students. Each of the students holds up a fact about their life. Like how much time they spend on facebook, watching TV, listening to music, or on their cell phones. Also, it shows facts about their classrooms. For example, that their are 115 students in it and only 18% of one girl's teachers know her name. Additionally, that they spend their time on facebook during class.
College classes should incorporate technology to keep students' interest. Everything that students do now revolves around technology, so when they go into the classroom and are expected to just copy down notes and read a textbook they get bored. If professors incorporate technology more, then more students would be more involved in their class. Also, college classes are so big that there is no one on one attention. Which students need that feedback to know how they are doing.
"It's Not About the Technology" by Kelly Hines
http://www.eduratireview.com/2009/04/its-not-about-technology.html
This blog discusses how the future of teaching does not have to include technology. That it is about teachers being learners and it depends on good teachers. It says that it is better to have a teacher that can teach well and is trained well, then it is to have a teacher that cannot use the technology properly trying to teach with it. Also, it states that teachers need to have a good training program and stay up to date on current trends, research, and tools.
I agree with some parts of this blog, however other parts I do not agree with. I believe that teachers do need better training programs. Also, that teachers need to be learners and stay up to date on current trends, research, and tools. Teachers always need to be a step ahead and learning right along with their students to be the best they can be. I do not agree that technology is useless in the classroom though. Yes I do think it is pointless to use technology if the teacher does not know how to make the best of it. However, that is why we need training programs for teachers to learn how to use technology properly. There is no reason that teachers cannot stay up to date with technology. Children today are using all kinds of technology at very young ages and that is how they will learn best. Technology will help keep their attention and give them a lot more opportunities in the classroom. Students have to be able to use technology when they get out of school, so they should learn to use it well while they are in school to keep them from being behind or completely lost when they are finished. Technology is the future and it needs to be incorporated in the classrooms.
Is It Okay to Be a Technologically Illiterate Teacher? by Karl Fisch
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-it-okay-to-be-technologically.html
This blog talks about technologically illiterate teachers and whether or not it is okay to be one. So many people today are technologically illiterate and proud of it. Being technologically illiterate today is the same as not being able to read or write thirty years ago. There are teachers that refuse to learn technology and think that they do not need it to be great teachers. Karl Fisch goes back and forth on whether teachers need to be technologically literate or if they already have enough going on that they do not need to learn these skills right away.
I believe that all teachers need to be completely technologically literate. I think that all of the education programs in universities need to start offering more educational media classes and making sure their students are technologically literate when they graduate. As for the teachers already in the field, I believe that they should be attending technology training programs so that they can learn how to use it properly. Once all teachers know how to use technology properly it can be used in every classroom to open up tons of opportunities for their students.
Social Media Count by Gary Hayes
http://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-social-media-count/
This shows what is going on in the world in the last few seconds, day, week, month, year in the world of technology. All of the social media counts just keep rising and rising. The numbers are astounding to think about. By the time the children in school now get done with school those numbers will be huge. This means that technology will be so much more incorporated in the world then it is today. This also means that the people in school now for teaching really need to learn how to incorporate technology into the classroom. The world is changing and advancing every second and the future teachers need to advance with it. There will be no excuse before long because technology is going to be everywhere.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Technology And Education
Did You Know? 3.0 by Karl Fisch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8
This video is filled with many different and interesting facts. The facts cover many diverse areas, however they are all related to technology or education in some way. All of the facts show how the world has evolved over the years and how it will continue to evolve faster and faster. Most of the evolving is due to technology and education.
Technology is becoming more and more incorporated in education and the world in general. This is a good thing because technology has allowed us to make many advancements in many fields and it will continue to allow us as well. Education is very important to the evolution of the world as well. Without education we would not know how to use the technology that has helped us progress.
Mr. Winkle Wakes by Matthew Needleman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm1sCsl2MQY
This video is about Mr. Winkle waking up 100 years later and discovering all the changes that had happened over the years. He discovered that the world was full of all this new technology every where he went. However, the last place he went there was no technology besides the one dusty computer in the back. This place was a school.
The schools have not advanced like every place else has. The world has incorporated technology into everything besides schools. However, school is where the technology should be. Children need to learn how to use technology properly in school to be able to use it once they are out of school. Also, there are many ways that technology can be incorporated into school to teach students new things and keep students interested. Schools need to progress along with everything else in the world and incorporate technology into teaching.
The Importance of Creativity by Sir Ken Robinson
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
This video describes the importance of creativity and how schools are now shutting creativity out. Children are born creative and as they grow up they are losing that creativity. Mainly because schools do not encourage creativity, they are all about the academics. Also, schools have children growing to believe that being wrong and making a mistake is the worst thing possible. This is because they get in trouble every time that they are wrong.
Children should enjoy going to school and be taught diverse things while they are at school. Which means that they should not just be taught academics such as math and literature but also be taught art, music, dance, and drama. These subjects should be taught regularly to students. Children thrive on creativity and when it is incorporated into their learning they will learn more in the end. Additionally, children should be told if they make a mistake but then told that it is alright to make mistakes and everybody does because nobody is perfect.
Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts by Vicki Davis
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-teachers-vicki-davis
This video is about a teacher who teaches through technology. She uses blogs, digital storytelling, podcasts, wikis, and other digital tools to connect her students to the world. She expects her students to be independent thinkers and look up things that they do not know. Furthermore, she learns things from her students everyday.
Teachers should be open to new experiences. They should teach with different types of technology and allow their students to learn in a new way. In addition, they should not be scared to not know everything and learn along with their students. If the students have to figure something out on their own it gives them a greater sense of pride in the end. The world changes daily and it is not possible to know absolutely everything.
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