Form Toy to Tool
by Liz Kolb
Here the author outlines the way to audio blog and how to incorporate the daily use of the cell phone into a creative useful tool for the classroom. She states that there can be many resources for using the cell phone as a bloging tool. You can record interviews and post them directly onto a blog. There is no risk of loosing the information because it is automatically downloaded online. Afterwards the students can go directly to the blog and edit the information as they need. This it turning the distraction of a cellphone in the classroom into a tool for learning and presentation. As a great resource she listed some free sites that I would like to copy here for reference.
Blogger: http://www.blogger.com
Blogzy: http://www.blogzy.com
Cyberbee Copyright: http://www.cyberbee.
com/copyrt.html
Gabcast: http://www.gabcast.com
Gcast: http://www.gcast.com
Skype: http://www.skype.com
Question1: What are the risks involved? The article is great in that it not only sells the idea of using phones as a learning tool it also takes into consideration the risks. The risks of privacy and copy right are important to think about with these types of projects but can also be a building block for the future in writing and research ethics.
Question 2: How to deal with cost issues? I know that many if not most kids now a days have cell phones. However what about the kid who's family can not afford it. How do you be sure that they don't fell less than? I like the idea that the author has about getting some classroom phones. I also like the skype idea. I think I would rather use the classroom cell phone idea in order to eliminate the chance of making someone feel badly that they don't have the finances to do the project on their own.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Journal 3
Video in the Age of Participation
by Glen Bull
Glen Bull gives examples of National Geographic, PBS and Discovery's use of technology with video. The new technology allows for us to watch a water hole in Africa 24 hours a day with great detail. Also there are resources available to teachers and students alike through places such as PBS and Discovery. Discovery Education offers small bits of video that the teachers can use according to their lesson plans. There is also a insurgence of video being made everyday. Discovery Education created a Network where teachers and students can take a video and edit it to fit their lesson. These videos are available to the people belonging to the network. There is an emergence of Web based resources that offer many high quality educational videos that are geared more directly to objectives of a lesson than old movies and VHS videos.
Question 1: How will I incorporate video into my classroom? I would love to design a lesson where the students have to create a video that teaches the lesson. This would be a reinforcement to the lesson itself and they would be able to use their creative skills as well as their technical skills.
Question 2: What kind of lessons are appropriate for video? The appropriateness would have to be considered. Any lesson could be done as a video presentation however the students would have to be mature enough to handle the issues respectably. There should be careful not to stereo type or inappropriately depict a person or their culture.
by Glen Bull
Glen Bull gives examples of National Geographic, PBS and Discovery's use of technology with video. The new technology allows for us to watch a water hole in Africa 24 hours a day with great detail. Also there are resources available to teachers and students alike through places such as PBS and Discovery. Discovery Education offers small bits of video that the teachers can use according to their lesson plans. There is also a insurgence of video being made everyday. Discovery Education created a Network where teachers and students can take a video and edit it to fit their lesson. These videos are available to the people belonging to the network. There is an emergence of Web based resources that offer many high quality educational videos that are geared more directly to objectives of a lesson than old movies and VHS videos.
Question 1: How will I incorporate video into my classroom? I would love to design a lesson where the students have to create a video that teaches the lesson. This would be a reinforcement to the lesson itself and they would be able to use their creative skills as well as their technical skills.
Question 2: What kind of lessons are appropriate for video? The appropriateness would have to be considered. Any lesson could be done as a video presentation however the students would have to be mature enough to handle the issues respectably. There should be careful not to stereo type or inappropriately depict a person or their culture.
Journal 2
Breathing Fire Into Web 2.0
By Justin Hardman and David Carpenter
The software developed for myDragonNet is one that is based off of the aspect that kids are using social networking devices and incorporating it into the classrooms and school system. The program does this from every aspect of schooling. The teachers have home pages that give information about their classes, calenders, email, documents, forums. There is a multimedia ability to have photos and videos. The system is dynamic and able to grow and be shared. There is also a curriculum aspect gives teachers and their coworkers the ability to track, analyze and adjust curriculum. It is based of the idea of Web 2.0 systems that kids are familiar and already using yet is used for more than social interaction. It incorporates the social interaction skills into a curriculum based program that can be used for education.
Question 1: How would I integrate this in my classroom so that the students would utilize it? I would implement it by using the calender to place homework assignments on it. The students would be responsible for looking up their homework assignment and completing it by the time due. I would also have the submit the assignments via this platform. I would use it for extracurricular networking and socializing. I think it would be a great tool if used properly.
Question 2: How would I ensure that this was not classroom activities and discussions? I would implement a time period with in the class to review and discus what ever is on any discussion boards. I would also have students be participants in creating some of the aspects of the system in a group setting. This would give them responsibility and ownership of the site.
By Justin Hardman and David Carpenter
The software developed for myDragonNet is one that is based off of the aspect that kids are using social networking devices and incorporating it into the classrooms and school system. The program does this from every aspect of schooling. The teachers have home pages that give information about their classes, calenders, email, documents, forums. There is a multimedia ability to have photos and videos. The system is dynamic and able to grow and be shared. There is also a curriculum aspect gives teachers and their coworkers the ability to track, analyze and adjust curriculum. It is based of the idea of Web 2.0 systems that kids are familiar and already using yet is used for more than social interaction. It incorporates the social interaction skills into a curriculum based program that can be used for education.
Question 1: How would I integrate this in my classroom so that the students would utilize it? I would implement it by using the calender to place homework assignments on it. The students would be responsible for looking up their homework assignment and completing it by the time due. I would also have the submit the assignments via this platform. I would use it for extracurricular networking and socializing. I think it would be a great tool if used properly.
Question 2: How would I ensure that this was not classroom activities and discussions? I would implement a time period with in the class to review and discus what ever is on any discussion boards. I would also have students be participants in creating some of the aspects of the system in a group setting. This would give them responsibility and ownership of the site.
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