My first concept in chapter 10 is assistive technology to reach diverse learning. I found this concept interesting because the concept of those who are hearing sight and mobility or cognitive impaired. From reading and comprehension to writing and spelling assistance. Though the program is helpful the program itself can have a negative affect as well. For example if the student becomes reliable on the program for it's spelling assistance.
For my next concept in chapter 10 I have chosen writing transformations with technology. I picked this concept because it's directed mostly for students from kindergarten to sixth grade. At these grade students are often pressured to spell words correctly, use correct punctuation, and even grammar. This can destroy any confidence or joy a student may obtain with writing. These programs are meant to keep the students interested and feel confident in their ability to write. Below I have entered a short video on how mind craft is helping third graders learn social studies.
Finally my last concept in chapter 10 is adaptations for classroom learning with technology. Teachers use this kind of program to help them plan the curriculum for the students and more. By using low, mid, and high tech accommodations teacher have many different setting and tools to plan. By adapting these programs into the classroom teacher could have the class schedule planned the night before.
For my conclusion, Assistive technology to reach diverse learning, transformation with technology, and adaptation for classroom learning with technology all make teaching students easy. By helping those who are hearing, sight, mobility impaired whether they are kindergartners or sixth graders all students now have equal learning opportunities. Though these programs help students improve in one aspect of their education the programs may leave the students dependent on the program for spelling, grammar check, or punctuation corrections rather than the students recognizing these errors on their own.
Resources:
Urich, C. (2015, 2 27). Adaptations for Classroom
Learning with Technology. Retrieved 2 27, 2015, from Tackk:
https://tackk.com/y7d847
EdTech. (2014, February 25)
Minecraft in Education: Civics/Community Project (Technology Integration).. Retrieved February 23, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKnkKwMcU_c
Maloy, R. W. (2014). Transforming Learning with New Technology. Upper Saddle River: Pearson .
My first concept for chapter eight is Electronic communication
between teachers and students. Electronic communication between teachers and
students is teachers and students communicating via email, text message,
classroom websites, blogs, etc. I like the idea of teachers being more involved
with a student’s life than just in the classroom. This way students can always
ask his or her teacher for assistance with homework assignment, tip for
studying, or assignments for extra credit.
My second concept is Wikis as a
collaborative learning strategy. Wikis as a collaborative learning strategy is
a website or blog space that is collaboratively edited and maintained by a
group. I feel wikis are a great idea for one the wiki can help the students
stay in track with a subject by having students submits fact and or essays on
assignment for other students to see and study.
My third and last concept is Social
networking for education. Social networking for education is a way of
using a Facebook like website for an academic purpose. I think the idea of
creating a social network website to helps students keep themselves updated
with the subject is great. Each student could create a profile and the teachers
would have them post assignments given to them on their pages. Another way the
social network would help students is by student posting questions on the
teacher’s page for him or her page to answer the student’s question.
In conclusion, Electronic communication between teachers and
students is a great way for teachers to be more academically involved with the
students outside of school by utilizing today’s technology. Wikis as a
collaborative learning strategy is a good way to keep students on the same
academic level by submitting facts related to their curriculum in order to
improve their knowledge on their subject. And Social networking for education great
way to have student to improve their level of education on the subject by
completing assignment the teacher may give the students on their page or by
teachers to answer any question students leave on their page.
Resources: Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. Urich, C.(2015, February 16). Digital Blog Post #F Chapter 8. Created with PowToon https://www.powtoon.com/show/cKSkaUn0NoU/digital-blog-post-f-chapter-8/#/ BENT. (2012, April 13)Social Media for Education .. Retrieved February 16, 2015. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOXPBYx5AOU
My first concept of chapter seven is computer games as learning resources. Describes how to turn computer games into a learning source for students. Students love playing video games, they spend more time playing them than studying or doing homework. That being said what better way to give students the motivation to study their curriculum better than something they spend so much of their voluntary doing. I do believe if computer games were used as a learning resource students would not only show more interest in their school work but also improve at it.
I found my second concept hardware and software for teaching and learning to be very interesting. Helping students learn is great but what about teachers? I believe teachers should have some kind of application that helps them learn better ways to teach students. Times are changing and so are students, teachers have to find new ways and new approaches to help the new generation of students learn to their full potential.
Finally my last concept is steps and solving problems. Students have to deal with many complicated open questions. Teachers need steps to solving these question rather than having the students throw random conclusions at the problem and hoping they are correct. Luckily there are steps teachers have in place help student to find the correct conclusion to every problems whether it would be math, science, or any other problem solving subjects. I have uploaded a video above to demonstrating the 7 step problem solving.
For my Conclusion computer games as learning resources will in my opinion increase the students learning indefinitely. Hardware and software for teaching and learning to be very helpful for teachers and students by helping teachers stay up to date with new teaching strategies in helping students learn. And finally steps and solving problems to help students solve almost any subject that provides open ended question by teaching the needed steps to solve the problems.
Resources: Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. Urich, C.(2015, February 10). Digital Blog Post #F Chapter 7. Created with PowToon https://www.powtoon.com/show/eqnDpC3h3MZ/#/ BENT. (2015, February 10). 7 step problem solving. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZXDGQSuF9I
My first concept is about e-Books and e-Readers. Times are changing, as we move towards the future more in physical information is turning into data information. Physical information such as books are now available online and through hand held portable computers such as kindles, I pads, and even cell phones. Which brings up the concern if the amount of time students actually read is increasing or decreasing. Do students prefer actual books or electronic books? In my opinion the electronic books are better not only in the making students read more but to making it convenient to carry many book at one including any text books college students may need for the classroom all in a lightweight portable computer rather than dealing the weight of many books or taking repeated trips to the lockers. I've added a video below to show you the top ten e book readers and the prices they range in.
Secondly I found the concept Free-Text, Keyword, and Boolean Searches. Free-Text searches are helpful when you are not quite sure what you're looking for but have somewhat of an idea. In this case you will get many search hits to look through to try and find what information you're looking for. If you know exactly what you're looking the Free-Text would somewhat of a headache considering that you would obtain a vast amount of information in which you weren't searching for. That's where Keyword come to play. Keyword searches are for more specific searches for users who know exactly the information they need to obtain and can find it in a matter seconds to minutes with least amount of irrelevant information. And Boolean helps specify searches by adding words such and, or,and not. OR would be used to make the search less restrictive as AND is more restrict and included other specific information and NO would be to exclude any and every unwanted information to specify the search.
Finally I found the last concept Wikipedia: An Online Encyclopedia to be interesting because it's an easily accessed well known website about fact and information that is constantly updated. Wikipedia has hundreds of millions of users that visit every year learning facts that other users have posted which is then verified by other online sources. That being said, Wikipedia is also known for having false information. There are thousands of users who post information on this Wikipedia daily making it nearly impossible for Wikipedia to double check every all information uploaded on the website whether false or true.
Now for my conclusion I found all three concepts e-Books and e-Readers, Free-Text, Keyword, and Boolean Searches, and Wikipedia: An Online Encyclopedia. Online reading material like e-Books and e-Readers seem to more convenient for use rather than regular books and seem to have peaked the interest of readers. Free-Text. Keyword, and Boolean Searches are used to specify, widen, and exclude in order make searches more adequate for obtaining any information. Meanwhile Wikipedia: An Online Encyclopedia is used for Biographies, stories, and history events but since these facts were written by many users who may not be well informed about the facts they are publishing it is pretty likely that some information on Wikipedia may false.
Resources:
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. O, M. (2015, January 9). Top 10 eBook Reader 2015/ Compare E-reader. Retrieved February 4, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzT-EshWwTI Urich, C.(2015, February 4). Digital Blog Post #D. Created with PowToon https://www.powtoon.com/show/d4NFxNf8aIt/school-syllabus/#/
My first concept that I found interesting in chapter three is Instructional Methods to Engage Students. There are four instructional teaching method to engage students the first on is One-on-one tutoring which is a method involving the teacher teach a single student to maximize the learning. The second method is learning groups which involves students working out problems together in groups that help produce a higher quality outcome of explanations and performances. The third method is Inquiry Learning and that involves engaging students to work on projects that are specifically on one subject and activates work by investigating relevant questions in that certain field. Finally the last method is Metacognitive thinking and that involves showing students how to examine their own individual learning method through self-explanation and self-evaluation.
Next I found the concept of Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism and Constructionism to be very interesting and very informational. Once again this concept follows four learning theories. First theory is Behaviorism and that has to do with maintaining a learned set of changes in the human behavior and how to respond to certain events in our environment. Second learning theory is Cognitivism and that involves influencing learning by nonobservable and internal constructs. Third theory is Constructivism and that has to deal with every persons interprets and constructs in the world. Forth theory is called the Constructionism and it was a term that a computer made up to emphases that learners build their own knowledge.
Finally the last concept that really stood out to me in chapter three was Groupwork and Collaboration. This Concept is very basic but very informational it goes on to give you the definition of groupwork which is working among classmates in a certain assignment or task, the definition for cooperative learning is students playing different roles such as one person taking down notes, one person researching and or the other person presenting.
Now for my conclusion I fell that all three of these concepts Instructional Methods to Engage, Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism and Constructionism and finally Groupwork and Collaboration all have a big part in chapter and stood out to me because you need to know how to engage you students/audience no matter what setting you are in. Secondly it is very important to what teachers/ professionals follow in combination to learning. Finally everyone should know what Groupwork and collaboration is because we have all worked in a group no matter what age you are and without it we would never hear the thoughts that other people need to share.
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
E,D.(2010, June 17). Behaviorism,Cognitivism, Constructivism& Learning and Instructional Theory. Retrieved January 26,2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YOqgXjynd0
Urich, C.(2015, January 26). Collaboration. Created with ToonDoos http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/8413137
My first concept of choice is the Apps for Teaching and Learning. I chose this concept because I was thinking about what this means for me as a future teacher and current student. As I reflect on this concept I find it to be extremely important to this generation of students and future students because of the advantages it gives teachers. Not only is it a great visual learning tool but it helps keep the students interested in learning by transforming everyday studies into a game they can enjoy and learn from. Apps for Teaching and Learning is a simple way to incorporate subjects like Math, Science, English, History, etc. in the students everyday life by adding these subjects to their phones, IPads, etc. Listed below is a short clip of just one App you can download.
My next concept of choice is Your Teaching Philosophy. Your Teaching Philosophy is your ideas and assumptions on how to teach so students will learn. A teachers philosophy is one of the most important things a teacher can have throughout their careers for it is the way you know and understand how to teach from the experience they have accumulated. You can a lot about the teacher about their philosophy, for example: do they prefer the to give the assignment as is from the text, do they prefer to make it fun by making a game out of the subject, or do they prefer having the student self teach themselves and make so that they learn the material through the homework. My teaching philosophy would be to turn it into a game but at the same time be versatile for not every student learns the same way. That being said I would have to adaptable as teacher and be able to change philosophy as come across new and different students.
Finally my last concept is Critics of Technology in Schools. Many people argue that technology will not change the way students learn and others say the contrary. Personally I believe that the use of technology in school will not only speed up the learning but also allow the students to mentally digest the curriculum. I also believe that by integrating technology in schools also helps students get familiarized with new technology and computer programs which may benefit the students for any future use of any similar programs or everyday life use for we live in a very tech crazy world.
In conclusion, Teachers in today's world need can really benefit from technology that aids in teaching and such as Apps for phones and ipads by making it fun for the students to learn. A teacher's philosophy towards teaching should be forever changing to adapt to the learning needs to different students. And as technology keeps advancing so will teaching methods in order to acclimate students to the changes and prepare them for the world they live in regardless of what critics may think.
Urich, C. (2015, January 22). Barriers to Technology in Education. Created with Padle. http://padlet.com/wall/5us3r8x3teev
Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.
W,W. (2013, July 29). Writing Wizard: Kids Learn to Write Letters and Words-IPad Educational App.
Retrieved January 22, 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNvF8GW4GmY
First, In today society adolescence use technology way more than they used it a few years ago. A few of the ways they use technology today is for social media, games, and music. Adolescence spend an average of seven hours and thirty-eight minutes a day on their computers or cell phone. That's almost a third of their day they're on their phones and/ or computers. But even though they spend most of their days on social media, technology gives them a helping hand when it comes to school by assisting them with reports, projects, etc. This will impact me as a teacher both in an negative and positive ways. For example my students will always be distracted about they're friends social lives on social media or they may find passing the level in their games more important. But on a positive note I will always be confident in their capability by the information they can find online assist them with class assignments.
Second, I want to talk about technology based teaching tools, Such as Smart Boards. I fell that Smart Boards will have a huge impact on myself as a teacher because they are so advance into today technology, they cover a vast area of teaching methods like visual, auditory, etc. For example if I was a math teacher and I had a student who need to visualize what I am lecturing about well then I can just turn on the Smart Board and have him or myself write it down, so in that example I am teaching not just one method but two (visual and auditory). As I was graduating high school smart boards were just coming into the teaching world, but now three years later it seems like they are really taking off. Below I've placed a YouTube video on why Smart Boards are so easy to use, It also shows in this video how importation the details are on why Smart Boards really come in handy in classroom settings.
Third, Technology based offices give teachers today an edge with organizing and teaching. Meanwhile if you reversed time to a few years ago teachers would literally have a desk and filing cabinets and a cluster of papers all over. But now in today's technological world all a teachers need is a laptop and a hard drive which practically gives them a portable office for them to carry around. This impacts teachers in positive also making it easier for teacher to take their work home with them. This would also assist me for example, those days that I didn't have enough time to finish grading assignment I could go to the local Starbucks get my morning coffee, utilize their WiFi, and finish grading assignments before going into the classroom.
In conclusion, I fell that all three of these technological concepts, Adolescence use technology, Technology based teaching tools and Technology based offices would be greatly used and beneficial to the twenty first century of teaching not just at school but in homes as well. Its very important for the older teachers and the newer teachers to stay current and up to date on the new enhancements that technology has to offer, not just for the students but for them as well, this technology was developed and designed to make everyone's life a little easier one day at a time.
Resources:
Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.
M, C. (2009, April 13).SMART Education Solutions . Retrieved January 18, 2015, from www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U05WeXPGlk
