Campbell, L. O. (2012). If you give a kid a video camera. Learning and Leading with Technology, 39(5), 30-33. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/February-2012.aspx
"If You Give a Kid a Video Camera" makes the analogy of giving students technology as a tool they will want to use it more to giving a mouse a cookie and it will want to eat more. It explains how once a student is introduced to a tool, for example, a video camera, they will want to use it in all aspects of learning. We as teachers can show students how they can use video cameras to show learning in math, reading, science, social studies, or any other subjects for that matter. A student can be recorded reading, so that they can see from another perspective what their reading sounds like. They record themselves doing an oral book report to share with other students, doing a science experiment in the lab, or creating a human map for social studies. Basically students with be documenting their lessons in different way that will give them the opportunity to see themselves learning, and in turn learn from that.
How will video taping enhance students learning?
When a student does an assignment and receives feedback, they might not recall exactly how they got to their final product. If this is the case, he or she knows that they are right or wrong, but may not know exactly where they went wrong, or what they did do correctly to get their answer. A video document can allow the students to retrace their work every step of the way.
How will students gain access to a video camera?
In order to make sure all students have access to a video camera, I will have to have one of my own accessible to students. In a perfect world, all students will have their own video cameras or access to a computer that allows video making. However, this will most likely not be the case so one possibility is to video tape classroom projects and to require each student to review and reflect on one or two recorded projects throughout the year.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Journal 3
Krauss, J. (2012). Infographics:more than words can say. Learning and Leading with Technology, 39(5), 10-14. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/February-2012.aspx
"Infographics; More Than Words Can Say" shows us how teaching students to use infographics can be important in more areas than may be apparent. It helps students meet the standard in any subject that requires information literacy. Creating infographics requires students to make sense of the materials they learn so that they can share it with others. It boosts comprehension by appealing to the visual aspect of learning to enhance what students have read or listened to. Further more, it can help students with computational thinking, skills that can be useful outside of computer technology and applied to real world situations. Infographs is also important now more than ever with our new technologies that allow us more information and data to share with our students. This information is only useful if students can make sense of it, which infographs can do.
How can I incorporate infographics in teaching my students?
In my class I will have student both gather information from infographs created by others, and then create their own infographs. It is an important to have students both use and create infographs in order for it to help students truly meet the standards it is capable of.
Why is using infographs a useful and important tool to bring into the classroom?
In using infographics in my lessons I can engage students about all different subjects in a manner that is less intimidating. Students may also become more engaged in their own processing and sharing of information when they get to do so with a creative technology tool rather than the typical paper.
"Infographics; More Than Words Can Say" shows us how teaching students to use infographics can be important in more areas than may be apparent. It helps students meet the standard in any subject that requires information literacy. Creating infographics requires students to make sense of the materials they learn so that they can share it with others. It boosts comprehension by appealing to the visual aspect of learning to enhance what students have read or listened to. Further more, it can help students with computational thinking, skills that can be useful outside of computer technology and applied to real world situations. Infographs is also important now more than ever with our new technologies that allow us more information and data to share with our students. This information is only useful if students can make sense of it, which infographs can do.
How can I incorporate infographics in teaching my students?
In my class I will have student both gather information from infographs created by others, and then create their own infographs. It is an important to have students both use and create infographs in order for it to help students truly meet the standards it is capable of.
Why is using infographs a useful and important tool to bring into the classroom?
In using infographics in my lessons I can engage students about all different subjects in a manner that is less intimidating. Students may also become more engaged in their own processing and sharing of information when they get to do so with a creative technology tool rather than the typical paper.
Journal 2
Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the flock!. 37(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/February-2012.aspx
"Join the Flock!" explains the importance of being part of the virtual community not only in our personal lives, but as professionals and teachers. The virtual community can create a network of people that you would most likely never encounter in the real world, but can be extremely useful to your life. A PLN, or Personal Learning Network, allows you to learn from other teachers as well as give back to the teaching community by sharing your skills.
How can I incorporate a PLN into my prefessional life?
The author suggest keeping PLN as well as a separate social network. This will alow me to keep my professional and personal life separate. If I can take a few minutes out of the day to be engaging in my PLN, then I can focus without distraction by the other personal interaction with my social network.
Miller, S. M. (2010). Enhance your twitter experience. Learning and Leading with Technology, 37(8), 14-19. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-june-july-2010.aspx
"Enhance Your Twitter Experience" shows us how we can build our Personal Learning Network and do so by utilizing all the interesting tools that you can use to make your Twitter better. A tool called bookmarklet in which we can share information we found with our online community with a simple click and drag of the mark and make it available to the online world to use. It is important to spend our time looking for information to tweet, but also to share information with others and take time to remember that we are all real people behind our computers with individual lives.
How can I use Twitter to enhance my classroom?
Other than the importance of teaching my students how to utilize twitter themselves for good and learning and not for evil, I can use it to learn and teach the rest of the digital world. As a teaching professional I can learn an abundance of information from all over the world all while sitting at my own computer. It is also my responsibility to share with others useful tools so that I can positively influence students across the world.
"Join the Flock!" explains the importance of being part of the virtual community not only in our personal lives, but as professionals and teachers. The virtual community can create a network of people that you would most likely never encounter in the real world, but can be extremely useful to your life. A PLN, or Personal Learning Network, allows you to learn from other teachers as well as give back to the teaching community by sharing your skills.
How can I incorporate a PLN into my prefessional life?
The author suggest keeping PLN as well as a separate social network. This will alow me to keep my professional and personal life separate. If I can take a few minutes out of the day to be engaging in my PLN, then I can focus without distraction by the other personal interaction with my social network.
Miller, S. M. (2010). Enhance your twitter experience. Learning and Leading with Technology, 37(8), 14-19. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-june-july-2010.aspx
"Enhance Your Twitter Experience" shows us how we can build our Personal Learning Network and do so by utilizing all the interesting tools that you can use to make your Twitter better. A tool called bookmarklet in which we can share information we found with our online community with a simple click and drag of the mark and make it available to the online world to use. It is important to spend our time looking for information to tweet, but also to share information with others and take time to remember that we are all real people behind our computers with individual lives.
How can I use Twitter to enhance my classroom?
Other than the importance of teaching my students how to utilize twitter themselves for good and learning and not for evil, I can use it to learn and teach the rest of the digital world. As a teaching professional I can learn an abundance of information from all over the world all while sitting at my own computer. It is also my responsibility to share with others useful tools so that I can positively influence students across the world.
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