I truly believe that technology is very important in the life of a student. The impact that technology creates in the education of anyone is amazing. It opens doors, and help students expand their knowledge, research, stay connected with the world and find hundreds of opportunities. But like any other thing in life it's important to be regulated and restricited especially in school settings. Despite all the great benefits of the use of technology in the classroom; I think that teachers and administrator should prohibit the social media in the classroom, but I agree with the use of technology in the classroom for learning purposes and engaging activities.that required technology, Many students don't have technology in their homes, so it's important for them to be exposed to some type of technology at school, such as clickers, which are very helpful for teachers to get inmediate feedback of a lesson taught. Some of the reasons why I am against the use of social media in the classroom such as facebook and twitter is because they are a distraction and can they affect students' learning process ; and the inadecuate use of social media can harm others through cyberbullying as a weapon of malicious behavior.
It's very important that teachers are vigilant of students' behaviors, since despite all efforts made by administrators and teachers to prohibit phones and gadgets in the classrooms, students still manage to text and use their phones in the classroom. I think it will be very hard to prevent the social media in the classroom but we can at least stay firm, enforce rules and create consequences for the benefit of all students.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Videos, podcasts and animation...cool stuff!
Today in my technology class I learned many cool stuff such as making my own video with pictures. I tried making my own video and it is pretty cool. I will definitely use this technique in my class and in my personal life. I love photos and videos and I always work with digital albums, but this will give me the opportunity to be more creative and explore different ways of presenting our beautiful memories. We also learned about podcasts. This is flipteaching, which is Flip teaching is a form of blended learning which encompasses any use of Internet technology to leverage the learning in a classroom, so a teacher can spend more time interacting with students instead of lecturing. This is most commonly being done using teacher-created videos that students view outside of class time. It is also known as backwards classroom, reverse instruction, flipping the classroom, and reverse teaching. I think this technique is already very popular among high school teachers who are trying to get more results out of students, so they can do more projects at school rather than lecturing.
I think that podcasting is also a very useful technique that my studends and I can use in the classrroom. PA podcast is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio radio, video, PDF, or ePub files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device. The word is a neologism derived from "broadcast" and "pod" from the success of the iPod, as podcasts are often listened to on portable media players. In the context of Apple devices, the term "Podcasts" refers to the audio and video version of podcasts. This is available for people anytime they want. People just need a microphone, video, computer and web to create their own video. PEOPLE only to subscribe and download podcast in computers, devices, and post.
I think that podcasting is also a very useful technique that my studends and I can use in the classrroom. PA podcast is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio radio, video, PDF, or ePub files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device. The word is a neologism derived from "broadcast" and "pod" from the success of the iPod, as podcasts are often listened to on portable media players. In the context of Apple devices, the term "Podcasts" refers to the audio and video version of podcasts. This is available for people anytime they want. People just need a microphone, video, computer and web to create their own video. PEOPLE only to subscribe and download podcast in computers, devices, and post.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Searching the Web!
Today the technology class was a little overwhelming. The teacher talked about so many different stuff, that I left the class confused. But i knew that I had the presentation in the website, and I could review at home quietly. The most interesting thing that I learned today was the power of google. I didnt't have any idea that we can customize our search by dates, or go to advance search, or printout pictures in different colors. It is very interesting to understand how to obtain the right information in the internet. We also learned that so many different schools in the world are already using technology to provide instructions and to give the students the freedom to be the explorers and responsible for their learning.
Gamification was also part of the interesting presentation. I think I will talke my time to learn it well ,since I am a Spanish teacher and I think that the kids will have so much fun doing it in Spanish! One interesting website that we learned about is edutopia.org, This particular website is going to help me a lot to obtain some teaching strategies, activities, lesson plans and kind of information. Another cool thing that I learned is how to create word cloud and digital badges. I work with a tutoring company and they gave a badge. I think is pretty cool and we definitely can use badges with our students. They will love it!
Gamification was also part of the interesting presentation. I think I will talke my time to learn it well ,since I am a Spanish teacher and I think that the kids will have so much fun doing it in Spanish! One interesting website that we learned about is edutopia.org, This particular website is going to help me a lot to obtain some teaching strategies, activities, lesson plans and kind of information. Another cool thing that I learned is how to create word cloud and digital badges. I work with a tutoring company and they gave a badge. I think is pretty cool and we definitely can use badges with our students. They will love it!
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants?
Digital Natives, Digital Inmigrants?
After reading the this interesting article I became more aware of my digital inmigrant status when it comes to technology. I learned that I have to become more computer literate by adopting new teaching styles integrating technology in my lesson plans. This process of adopting a new language is not easy and can create controversy; teachers struggle with rapid dissemination of technology and students are frustrated with outdated teachers.
We are studying to obtain our Teaching Credentials and somehow we feel threaten by the technology replacing our jobs due to several different reasons: kids rather sit in front of the computers than listenning to traditional teachers who use to step-by-step instruction and students are able to multi task;computers have a lot more to offer and students'brains are thinking too fast. So, if I analyze all these factors; there is only one option for future teachers. We have to reconsider our methodology and our content to be able to teach digital natives. In my opinion this is definitely a great language with lots of advantages but certainly there are some disavantages such as lack of development of social skills, which are extremely necessary to survive in this world, and the lack of hands on projects that gives each individual the ability to build using their own hands. I think it is up to teachers to preserve the past by encouraging students to interact with each other through the use of cooperative learning groups with integrated technology and group projects that involved hands on activities.
After reading the this interesting article I became more aware of my digital inmigrant status when it comes to technology. I learned that I have to become more computer literate by adopting new teaching styles integrating technology in my lesson plans. This process of adopting a new language is not easy and can create controversy; teachers struggle with rapid dissemination of technology and students are frustrated with outdated teachers.
We are studying to obtain our Teaching Credentials and somehow we feel threaten by the technology replacing our jobs due to several different reasons: kids rather sit in front of the computers than listenning to traditional teachers who use to step-by-step instruction and students are able to multi task;computers have a lot more to offer and students'brains are thinking too fast. So, if I analyze all these factors; there is only one option for future teachers. We have to reconsider our methodology and our content to be able to teach digital natives. In my opinion this is definitely a great language with lots of advantages but certainly there are some disavantages such as lack of development of social skills, which are extremely necessary to survive in this world, and the lack of hands on projects that gives each individual the ability to build using their own hands. I think it is up to teachers to preserve the past by encouraging students to interact with each other through the use of cooperative learning groups with integrated technology and group projects that involved hands on activities.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
think that this class is going to help me a lot to improve my computer skills, but everyone around me seems to be lost too!
Maybe i should play with this blogger activity at home and learn it for once. I've been taking classes here at NHU that are very familiar with my work, but all i do with the computer is basically word, power point, and regular emails. This is a little confusing. I hope i GET IT FAST! i know that my children can help me at home since they know a lot more than me about computers, apps and instagram....I will be calling for help!!!!!!!! I am pretty sure that my neighbors in the class can help me when i am lost.... BUT ANYWAYS i am happy to be here and become more educated in Technology!
Maybe i should play with this blogger activity at home and learn it for once. I've been taking classes here at NHU that are very familiar with my work, but all i do with the computer is basically word, power point, and regular emails. This is a little confusing. I hope i GET IT FAST! i know that my children can help me at home since they know a lot more than me about computers, apps and instagram....I will be calling for help!!!!!!!! I am pretty sure that my neighbors in the class can help me when i am lost.... BUT ANYWAYS i am happy to be here and become more educated in Technology!
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