In this video This is how we Dream Richard Miller, discusses the importance of writing with technology. He goes on to talk about how using technology to write, and how when you publish something it can be available for a long period of time. Whereas, when it is printed, it is so easily thrown in the garbage and not being able to be used again if needed. He also discusses how not only can you just write an article but you can combine your writing with pictures and videos such as interviews with other colleagues.
A couple of quotes that I pulled from the videos were “Ideas don’t belong to us individually, but they belong to us as a culture.”, and “as educators we must be in the business of sharing ideas freely.” I think these statements are interesting. Mr. Miller mention iTunes U, in the beginning of the second video, I think that with iTunes U educators are capable of sharing their information freely. I think iTunes U is a good idea for educators to take advantage of and encourage their students to access. It allows students to access other lessons from other professors around the country and might help them understand a topic they were not sure about to begin with.
I am going to try my best to encourage my students to take full advantage of the technology that is available to them. And I will try my best to incorporate as much as I can into my class while teaching.
I really enjoyed the blog by Carly Pugh. I think she had some really good ideas, and did come really close to what Dr. Miller had discussed. The ideas she gave were very well thought out and very well written. I would love to incorporate some of these ideas into my class room in the future. I think the idea of describing the kind of teacher you want to be would be a good video to do as a first video assignment, to go along with the “My Sentence” video.
I think many students are like Chipper in the ways of trying to redefine procrastination, and when they are dropping out of school and blaming it on their teachers just because they want to be taught instead of learning. I know that I have been guilty of wanting to be taught instead of learning on my own. But in taking this class I have found that I actually enjoy figuring things out and actually learning things on my own. I have taken what I have learned in this class and applied it to my everyday life.
Learn to change, Change to Learn
I think that students should be learning in the schools. That is what educators get paid to do, is to encourage students to learn in the classroom. I know that I was always taught to memorize for tests and if I did not know the answer the internet was my first stop. Google had quickly become one of my best friends. I want to be able to teach my students and help them learn, not just memorize information for a test to then quickly forget it. I want my students to be able to hold intelligent conversations with their classmates.
Hey Kasey,
ReplyDeleteEverything in your post looks good, but you forgot to do the scavenger hunt part of the post. This is what the assignment says:
5. Scavenger Hunt 2.0 (Suggested by Justin Cometti Fall 2011)
-Watch the video introduction for Discovery Education Web 2.0 for 2011.
-Visit Discovery Education's WEB 20.11 site.
- WEB 2.0 Tools is where we will have our Scavenger Hunt.
-You are to locate 3 of the 5 items on the list and follow the instructions.
List of Things to Find
1.) Locate a tool that is similar to Twitter/Facebook and provides a social platform for teachers,
parents, and students. Create an account as a Teacher and write a paragraph or two about how
you could use this site in your classroom.
2.) Locate the tool that most likely created this presentation. Once you find the site, look at the
top right and click Pricing. Write a paragraph about the nice deal they make for students/
teachers.
3.) Find a tool to make-your-own comic strip. Create a comic and post a picture of it in your
blog.
4.) Find a video tool that you have never used. Summarize some it's special features.
5.) Find a tool to create a poll anywhere and at anytime. Create your first poll and post it here.
Also, when adding your title modifiers to your pictures, you need to say more than just "Google" or "Google Image". Those images came from a specific web page, so you need to include that in your title modifier.
Stephen Akins
Hey Kasey! I like what you had to say about the topics in this blog post, but I do have some questions to try to understand what you think about them. Under the section for the "This is how we Dream" videos, you put some quotes and said you found them interesting. What did you find interesting about them? What made them catch your attention?
ReplyDeleteGoogle also became my best friend. If I don't know the answer to something whether it's homework, something I saw on Facebook, or just an argument about who is right between my fiance and I, I go straight to Google for the answer!
You did a good job writing this blog post. I would suggest watching your sentences. Some of them in the beginning of the first section became run-on sentences, but the quality was very good!