Hi everyone,
The class itself was very valuable to me. Everything that I learn I believe had a purpose for me to learn about it. Though I had a very difficult time getting my work together I felt that I got a lot out of this class. There were so many things we went over and which I will find useful in the future. Some of the assignments that really stuck out at me were the spread sheet, filamentality and the I-movie. I have a feeling I will be using technology far more that I had ever imagined when I began to teach.
What I liked about the spreadsheet was that I learned how to keep all of my information organized. I think that as a teacher it is crucial to have all of your numbers well documented when referring to a child’s grade. Not only is it important to see how the students are doing in class but its also a reflection on how I am doing as a teacher.
The filamentality was a very fun activity. I can see myself using this as part of my class. Even in a form of presentation to lecture to the students. By using filamentality students get a chance to hear what I am talking about as well as see. In a way I think this relates to the power-point presentations because by using either of the two you are able to touch on more than one learning style.
The I-movie I really liked. I think that thought a year students get to experience so many adventure in school and a movie where pictures are put together in form of a video or a video is made to keep all their memories about that year.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Blog #13
The World Wide Web
The World Wide Web gives students and teacher the opportunity to interact in various activities, which not only enriches the student’s education but their technological skills as well. The way in which students turn in their assignments really helps the teacher on marinating assignments in order and it also avoids the confusion of an assignment being turned in or not. This article mentioned about the pros and cons as far as using the World Wide Web as part of the class. I think that the more we prepare ourselves the least problems we will have to deal with later on.
Data Base Bells and Whistles
Data Base in classrooms could be extremely beneficial because it is another way in which a student can understand the subject matter. In this article it talked about using database in classrooms to increase their critical thinking skills. I think this is great because not only are the students searching information on a database but they are also analyzing what they are reading.
I really enjoyed using databasein class. I thought it was a different way to put all your information together and keep it well organized. When I first began working with it I had the impression that it would be very similar to the assignment we did in excel. And I felt like I was very familiar with it. Unfortunately that was not the case. Even thought the ideas was pretty similar to the excel assignment, due to the graphs we could easily do, I felt like there was a close relation with inspiration. I enjoy using database because you can automatically see what your results are going to look like. And if you don’t like what something looks like you can make changes very easily. I think that in education database will be very efficient. There are so many ways in which you can organize your work and by simply making a few changes in the correct areas your results change on their own. I think it was great we were introduced to database. When we were comparing the students hours of sleep with grades I kept thinking about presentations where data has to be visual. What I really liked about this was that when doing a presentation you can fix your fields to equal any desired result you want your audience to see, and you can make comparisons so that when you click on them everyone can see the drastic change you are referring to. It’s a very visual guide that could help students understand the comparisons you are focusing on for example population, or any given topic, within a certain time frame.
The World Wide Web gives students and teacher the opportunity to interact in various activities, which not only enriches the student’s education but their technological skills as well. The way in which students turn in their assignments really helps the teacher on marinating assignments in order and it also avoids the confusion of an assignment being turned in or not. This article mentioned about the pros and cons as far as using the World Wide Web as part of the class. I think that the more we prepare ourselves the least problems we will have to deal with later on.
Data Base Bells and Whistles
Data Base in classrooms could be extremely beneficial because it is another way in which a student can understand the subject matter. In this article it talked about using database in classrooms to increase their critical thinking skills. I think this is great because not only are the students searching information on a database but they are also analyzing what they are reading.
I really enjoyed using databasein class. I thought it was a different way to put all your information together and keep it well organized. When I first began working with it I had the impression that it would be very similar to the assignment we did in excel. And I felt like I was very familiar with it. Unfortunately that was not the case. Even thought the ideas was pretty similar to the excel assignment, due to the graphs we could easily do, I felt like there was a close relation with inspiration. I enjoy using database because you can automatically see what your results are going to look like. And if you don’t like what something looks like you can make changes very easily. I think that in education database will be very efficient. There are so many ways in which you can organize your work and by simply making a few changes in the correct areas your results change on their own. I think it was great we were introduced to database. When we were comparing the students hours of sleep with grades I kept thinking about presentations where data has to be visual. What I really liked about this was that when doing a presentation you can fix your fields to equal any desired result you want your audience to see, and you can make comparisons so that when you click on them everyone can see the drastic change you are referring to. It’s a very visual guide that could help students understand the comparisons you are focusing on for example population, or any given topic, within a certain time frame.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Blog # 9
Hi class,
For me the midterm was very difficult, especially when I had to wrap the text around a graphic. On that section I was completely lost perhaps I missed class that day. As much as I tried to figure it out I just couldn’t. There were certain parts where I drew blank and I couldn’t figure out how to do them in addition to the text wrapped around a graphic. I complete zoned out the extensions, for some reason I was not able to come up with them. When I was taking the midterm I felt pretty comfortable with the things I knew and I realized that there was no way getting around the things I didn’t know.
For me the midterm was very difficult, especially when I had to wrap the text around a graphic. On that section I was completely lost perhaps I missed class that day. As much as I tried to figure it out I just couldn’t. There were certain parts where I drew blank and I couldn’t figure out how to do them in addition to the text wrapped around a graphic. I complete zoned out the extensions, for some reason I was not able to come up with them. When I was taking the midterm I felt pretty comfortable with the things I knew and I realized that there was no way getting around the things I didn’t know.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Blog #8
Hi every one,
This week we went over step by step on how to create a filamentality project. This seems like a fun project as well as useful. I like the idea about creating activities because later on we can just add more to it or leave it as it is and use it for our classrooms when we began to teach. I learned that there is no such thing as save for this. All you have to do is click on “spin this thing” in the begging and continue from there. This activity seemed to be very overwhelming in the begging but the only thing that takes time is scanning the sites you choose to put on your web page. The rest was actually kind of fun, especially when you get to the end and you can start working with what colors you want to use for the text, links and the visited sites etc.
When I read the WebQuests one and two I thought it would be fun for children to have that use technology as part of their learning experience. The idea of being able to access sites that allow children to view nature through a web cam, like the one about the whales and marine life, would be very interesting for them to see. This brings a new style of teaching because every topic could be touched on with the use of the web Quests in a classroom. After reading the articles I was amazed at how much technology has influenced upon teaching in early grade levels. The project about the children going back in time and reading stories to experience what occurred during the civil war was an interesting activity. I am kind of worried as far as what will be expected from me in regards to technology in my classroom setting.
Hi every one,
This week we went over step by step on how to create a filamentality project. This seems like a fun project as well as useful. I like the idea about creating activities because later on we can just add more to it or leave it as it is and use it for our classrooms when we began to teach. I learned that there is no such thing as save for this. All you have to do is click on “spin this thing” in the begging and continue from there. This activity seemed to be very overwhelming in the begging but the only thing that takes time is scanning the sites you choose to put on your web page. The rest was actually kind of fun, especially when you get to the end and you can start working with what colors you want to use for the text, links and the visited sites etc.
When I read the WebQuests one and two I thought it would be fun for children to have that use technology as part of their learning experience. The idea of being able to access sites that allow children to view nature through a web cam, like the one about the whales and marine life, would be very interesting for them to see. This brings a new style of teaching because every topic could be touched on with the use of the web Quests in a classroom. After reading the articles I was amazed at how much technology has influenced upon teaching in early grade levels. The project about the children going back in time and reading stories to experience what occurred during the civil war was an interesting activity. I am kind of worried as far as what will be expected from me in regards to technology in my classroom setting.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
My excel experience
Hello everyone,
I was very nervous about this assignment. I have not really used excel and every time I hear an one talking about it they don’t have anything positive to say. After the lecture and the step by step instructions I felt a little more comfortable with that part at least. When I was following the instructions it reminded me a lot of the excel portion of the CCR exam I took last semester. I had a difficult time figuring out how to move over the decimal on the percents. I really like how spread sheets could be used. They seem to make work that much easier, especially when trying to figure out grades.
The excel quiz was a little difficult for me. At first I decided to take the quiz right after class without reviewing the notes that were posted before it. I had a difficult time with two questions closer to the end. They asked about what would the result on a specific cell be if you cut and paste the what you did for another cell. I reviewed the notes but I still did not understand those two questions.
I was very nervous about this assignment. I have not really used excel and every time I hear an one talking about it they don’t have anything positive to say. After the lecture and the step by step instructions I felt a little more comfortable with that part at least. When I was following the instructions it reminded me a lot of the excel portion of the CCR exam I took last semester. I had a difficult time figuring out how to move over the decimal on the percents. I really like how spread sheets could be used. They seem to make work that much easier, especially when trying to figure out grades.
The excel quiz was a little difficult for me. At first I decided to take the quiz right after class without reviewing the notes that were posted before it. I had a difficult time with two questions closer to the end. They asked about what would the result on a specific cell be if you cut and paste the what you did for another cell. I reviewed the notes but I still did not understand those two questions.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Blog #6
Hello class,
After reviewing this site I can see myself using it later on. I found this site to be rather informative. When I first began clicking through different links I wasn’t too sure about it actually I was not interested in the site. Then I looked in the “lesson plans and other web sites” and I found many links to sites that could be used for further references. I liked the simple explanations that were given about the animals in the kid’s corner link. This would be useful to have on my class room web page so that my students can get concrete information regarding certain topics that will be discussed in class.
Something else I liked about this site is that when you go to a link it will specify the age group the material is aimed to. The positive side to that is that I can get ideas on how to explain the material in different ways. It’s great to have this site handy because it is full interesting information and a lot of creative ideas on how to deliver information that perhaps I may not be to familiar with. There are numerous lesson plans for all the subjects and different grade levels which. This site had many examples on how to teach different subjects. What caught my attention was a math section that showed different ways to gives quizzes and one way was through a game. By playing this game the student is being quizzed, but they don’t have the pressure that they are which works to their benefit.
After reviewing this site I can see myself using it later on. I found this site to be rather informative. When I first began clicking through different links I wasn’t too sure about it actually I was not interested in the site. Then I looked in the “lesson plans and other web sites” and I found many links to sites that could be used for further references. I liked the simple explanations that were given about the animals in the kid’s corner link. This would be useful to have on my class room web page so that my students can get concrete information regarding certain topics that will be discussed in class.
Something else I liked about this site is that when you go to a link it will specify the age group the material is aimed to. The positive side to that is that I can get ideas on how to explain the material in different ways. It’s great to have this site handy because it is full interesting information and a lot of creative ideas on how to deliver information that perhaps I may not be to familiar with. There are numerous lesson plans for all the subjects and different grade levels which. This site had many examples on how to teach different subjects. What caught my attention was a math section that showed different ways to gives quizzes and one way was through a game. By playing this game the student is being quizzed, but they don’t have the pressure that they are which works to their benefit.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Blog #5
Hi every one
By using multi-media/ powerpoint in the classrooms I think teaching would be perhaps more efficient. When you use powepoint you are delivering your information in more that one way. You may have text along with pictures to help your students understand what you are trying to cover. Also, they are listening to what you are saying to them. This benefits both the student and the teacher. It benefits the teacher because it saves time from writing on the board pictures, notes and other important information for their students to copy. If the students don’t understand information it gives the teacher a change to explain by pulling up information that has been saved to use as more examples. Also It is much more organized for a teacher to have a powerpoint because it helps you stay on track and you make sure you cover all the important information you wanted to share with the students.
For a student it may be interesting and useful. Through a powerpoint lecture the student has the opportunity to learn the material in different ways either by reading the text looking at the visuals or listening to the teacher. As a student it helps them stay on task as far as what the teacher is talking about. It would be great for the students who do have access to a computer to copy the slides and add information on to them as the teacher speaks. On the other hand it may be a frustrating situation for students who do not have access to a computer, lead alone the Internet. They won’t have the advantage to get ahead or review the information that was discussed in earlier lectures. For the most part I think it would help out a lot to have multi-media and powepoint in class.
I noticed from the reading that some of the skills demonstrated were similar to the skills demonstrated from other competent category, especially the question cues. I think it’s interesting to see that most of the questions that are given to students are questions categorized as “knowledge” which is considered to be in the lowest level according to Blooms Taxonomy. Perhaps that is the reason why student tend to forget information. Many of they topics they learn in class is tested through their knowledge as appose to their comprehension or evaluation. If students were asked to analyse or demonstrate they would be pushed a little more to understand the material as appose to memorizing it until they have a test.
By using multi-media/ powerpoint in the classrooms I think teaching would be perhaps more efficient. When you use powepoint you are delivering your information in more that one way. You may have text along with pictures to help your students understand what you are trying to cover. Also, they are listening to what you are saying to them. This benefits both the student and the teacher. It benefits the teacher because it saves time from writing on the board pictures, notes and other important information for their students to copy. If the students don’t understand information it gives the teacher a change to explain by pulling up information that has been saved to use as more examples. Also It is much more organized for a teacher to have a powerpoint because it helps you stay on track and you make sure you cover all the important information you wanted to share with the students.
For a student it may be interesting and useful. Through a powerpoint lecture the student has the opportunity to learn the material in different ways either by reading the text looking at the visuals or listening to the teacher. As a student it helps them stay on task as far as what the teacher is talking about. It would be great for the students who do have access to a computer to copy the slides and add information on to them as the teacher speaks. On the other hand it may be a frustrating situation for students who do not have access to a computer, lead alone the Internet. They won’t have the advantage to get ahead or review the information that was discussed in earlier lectures. For the most part I think it would help out a lot to have multi-media and powepoint in class.
I noticed from the reading that some of the skills demonstrated were similar to the skills demonstrated from other competent category, especially the question cues. I think it’s interesting to see that most of the questions that are given to students are questions categorized as “knowledge” which is considered to be in the lowest level according to Blooms Taxonomy. Perhaps that is the reason why student tend to forget information. Many of they topics they learn in class is tested through their knowledge as appose to their comprehension or evaluation. If students were asked to analyse or demonstrate they would be pushed a little more to understand the material as appose to memorizing it until they have a test.
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