"From Toy to Tool: Audioblogging with Cell phones" by Liz Kolb
Liz Kolb describes the benefits of incorporating cell phones into the classroom. By using cell phones, students can create audioblogs online. She believes that these everyday tools can be transformed into useful tools in the classroom. Blogger and blogzy.com are some sites that students can "use their cell phones to create blogs, collect and store data, and develop multimedia projets". An audioblog is a voice message froma phone that automatically posts to a blogsite. Students can conduct interviews and record them on thier cell phone, with a push of a buttom the interview is posted online. Students can also post pictures and text. This can be used in many subjects such as social studies, "students can interview veterans of wars, civil rights leaders, and local community leaders", Science-students can record different animal sounds. It is a great tool for kids! Privacy issues are always a concern for parents. Blogger.com isnot password protected so anyone can view students posts. Blogzy, however, is password protected and can protect students from the public. A main point in this article is copyright issues. Students must undestand the importance of asking permission. To use names, voices or images you must get the authorization of the owner. Almost all sites are free which makes it very accessible to students.
What happens to students who don't own cell phones?
The artcle describes a great way to ask for funding in classrooms, many students own cell phone but the few that dont can get one to use only at school. Not every student needs a cell phone to be able to participate. If at least 4 or 5 are funded, the class should be able to audioblog.
How do you prevent students from using cell phones inappropriatly in class?
The article gives a great example of how teachers should print out contracts stating that cell phone can only be use at certain times on certain days and if they are seen or used any other time they will be confiscated.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Journal 3
"Video in the Age of Participation" by Glen Bull
THis article describes digital video. The article describes many online resources that can help teachers incorporate digital video in the classroom with very little difficulty. Glen Bull describes the National Geographic Society and their webcam monitoring a waterhole in Africa. This video is said to be so clear, those watching feel as if they are there. These sites encourage bookmarking and sharing which makes it very easy for teachers to get a hold of them and show it to students. The article also describes "YouTube". "YouTube is very popular today. More than 65,000 video clip per day are being uploaded to Youtubes streaming site." Although Youtube is for all videos, it would make finding educational video's a bit difficult to find. THe article made it very clear that although there are so many resources out there, it is up to the teacher to "link these resources to learning outcomes." THe resource I found most interesting was called The Discorvery Education unditedstreaming website. It is a grea resource for teachers because all of the resources "are keyed to content area and grade level with links to state standards." The site is filled with around 4,000 video programs. "THe 4,000 programs are seperated into 40,000 shorter segments that facilitate into lessons." Unitedstreaming also allows teachers and students to edit or change licensed unitedstreaming content. Teachers are able to revise content and repost it to the Den site. This article is a great resource for anyone teaching or looking into the teaching profession. It gives great examples of sites and information to help teachers use this technology in their classroom.
What if funding is a problem? Do teachers need a large amount of money to access these resources?
Nope! These great resources are free! They want to share their information with educators, anyone can go on these sites and look up photos or live footage and different places.
Are these site just for teachers or can students use them too?
Students are encourage to navigate these sites to find information on animals for a report or see what a different country looks like right in your home! The only problem with students using these sites would be when using Youtube, it is open to the public and anyone can post anything. Parents are strongly encouraged to watch over their childs navigation, we dont want them finding something inappropriate!
THis article describes digital video. The article describes many online resources that can help teachers incorporate digital video in the classroom with very little difficulty. Glen Bull describes the National Geographic Society and their webcam monitoring a waterhole in Africa. This video is said to be so clear, those watching feel as if they are there. These sites encourage bookmarking and sharing which makes it very easy for teachers to get a hold of them and show it to students. The article also describes "YouTube". "YouTube is very popular today. More than 65,000 video clip per day are being uploaded to Youtubes streaming site." Although Youtube is for all videos, it would make finding educational video's a bit difficult to find. THe article made it very clear that although there are so many resources out there, it is up to the teacher to "link these resources to learning outcomes." THe resource I found most interesting was called The Discorvery Education unditedstreaming website. It is a grea resource for teachers because all of the resources "are keyed to content area and grade level with links to state standards." The site is filled with around 4,000 video programs. "THe 4,000 programs are seperated into 40,000 shorter segments that facilitate into lessons." Unitedstreaming also allows teachers and students to edit or change licensed unitedstreaming content. Teachers are able to revise content and repost it to the Den site. This article is a great resource for anyone teaching or looking into the teaching profession. It gives great examples of sites and information to help teachers use this technology in their classroom.
What if funding is a problem? Do teachers need a large amount of money to access these resources?
Nope! These great resources are free! They want to share their information with educators, anyone can go on these sites and look up photos or live footage and different places.
Are these site just for teachers or can students use them too?
Students are encourage to navigate these sites to find information on animals for a report or see what a different country looks like right in your home! The only problem with students using these sites would be when using Youtube, it is open to the public and anyone can post anything. Parents are strongly encouraged to watch over their childs navigation, we dont want them finding something inappropriate!
Journal 2
"Breathing Fire into Web 2.0" by Tim hardman
This article describes a collaboration system for schools. This system was created in Hong Kong and is called myDragonNet. It is an all in one web based system. Teachers have always needed a three component system and this system does it all. Teachers have individual accounts through myDragonNet that gives links to different clubs and sources for students, this system is live for students and teachers. This system helps curriculum development and enhances learning tremendously. Teachers can store old work in the system to use in other school years. It is a kind of portfolio system, and is very safe. Teachers can be comforted by the fact that it is password protected. This article is a great way to learn more about this system, as a future teaching I am so glad I know about this system and hope to use it in my classroom. I know it will benefit my enormously.
How does this system benefit students?
Students are able to look at examples of assignments given by teachers. Students can share in discussions with teachers, it is very easy to use, the article states that elementary school students should have no problem accessing this site.
What are the three-components that this system provides?
THe three components this system provides for teachers are "enhanced communication and collaboration for themselves and their students to support classroom and co-curricular activities, provides curriculum mapping, resource reporitory, and archive resources, and last is serves as an online portfolio management system to support student and teacher reflection with a lingitudinal review of their learning".
This article describes a collaboration system for schools. This system was created in Hong Kong and is called myDragonNet. It is an all in one web based system. Teachers have always needed a three component system and this system does it all. Teachers have individual accounts through myDragonNet that gives links to different clubs and sources for students, this system is live for students and teachers. This system helps curriculum development and enhances learning tremendously. Teachers can store old work in the system to use in other school years. It is a kind of portfolio system, and is very safe. Teachers can be comforted by the fact that it is password protected. This article is a great way to learn more about this system, as a future teaching I am so glad I know about this system and hope to use it in my classroom. I know it will benefit my enormously.
How does this system benefit students?
Students are able to look at examples of assignments given by teachers. Students can share in discussions with teachers, it is very easy to use, the article states that elementary school students should have no problem accessing this site.
What are the three-components that this system provides?
THe three components this system provides for teachers are "enhanced communication and collaboration for themselves and their students to support classroom and co-curricular activities, provides curriculum mapping, resource reporitory, and archive resources, and last is serves as an online portfolio management system to support student and teacher reflection with a lingitudinal review of their learning".
Journal 1
Professors Adjust Their Methods to Reach Technology-Savy Generation by Eleanor Yang Su
This article desribes the generation in which we live. Now a days, students are so eager to find the newest form of technology it interferes with learning. Classrooms are being taken over by laptops and cells phones. During lectures students are online searching the web, emailing friends, checking their facebook accounts or watching movies. The article makes you realize that everyone does this everyday, multitasking is apart of our nature. I talk on my cell phone while driving everyday. The article gives many examples of students who multitask. One girl mentioned in the article, is speaking to her grandmother while checking her email and numerous other accounts online. It's amazing how these things never occur to us while we are doing them. These generations have been known as "Generation Y" or the "Echno boomers". Their lives are shaped by the newst technology. Teaching styles are forced to change because of the surrounding distractions students face. Keeping the attention of the class is very difficult for teachers as they compete with todays technology. They try to reach students expectations by becoming compentant in these new devices. Technology has definately helped, it isn't all bad. Teachers and students can communicate outside of class or late at night through instant messaging, texting or email. It that sense it has helped both teachers and students. Colleges are doing what they can to keep up with students. They have created online courses, chat rooms and web resources to help students. Technology can be a good thing and a bad thing at times, but if used the correct way it will benefit everyone.
What can teachers do to keep students attention in the classroom?
As the article states teachers can post lectures online for students read along with, they can form chat rooms for students to ask questions, they can create a website specifically for the class for all information on assignments and material so students can follow along on their laptops while the teacher is giving the lecture.
Would banning the use of laptops, and cell phones during class help the problem of student distractions?
I feel that banning these useful tools will not help the problem. Some students do use these in the wrong way but if we can incorporate them into the classroom it will help everyone. Banning them will do no good. Students do use these devices in productive ways.
This article desribes the generation in which we live. Now a days, students are so eager to find the newest form of technology it interferes with learning. Classrooms are being taken over by laptops and cells phones. During lectures students are online searching the web, emailing friends, checking their facebook accounts or watching movies. The article makes you realize that everyone does this everyday, multitasking is apart of our nature. I talk on my cell phone while driving everyday. The article gives many examples of students who multitask. One girl mentioned in the article, is speaking to her grandmother while checking her email and numerous other accounts online. It's amazing how these things never occur to us while we are doing them. These generations have been known as "Generation Y" or the "Echno boomers". Their lives are shaped by the newst technology. Teaching styles are forced to change because of the surrounding distractions students face. Keeping the attention of the class is very difficult for teachers as they compete with todays technology. They try to reach students expectations by becoming compentant in these new devices. Technology has definately helped, it isn't all bad. Teachers and students can communicate outside of class or late at night through instant messaging, texting or email. It that sense it has helped both teachers and students. Colleges are doing what they can to keep up with students. They have created online courses, chat rooms and web resources to help students. Technology can be a good thing and a bad thing at times, but if used the correct way it will benefit everyone.
What can teachers do to keep students attention in the classroom?
As the article states teachers can post lectures online for students read along with, they can form chat rooms for students to ask questions, they can create a website specifically for the class for all information on assignments and material so students can follow along on their laptops while the teacher is giving the lecture.
Would banning the use of laptops, and cell phones during class help the problem of student distractions?
I feel that banning these useful tools will not help the problem. Some students do use these in the wrong way but if we can incorporate them into the classroom it will help everyone. Banning them will do no good. Students do use these devices in productive ways.
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