Monday, April 19, 2010
Web quest: Local Place
Monday, March 22, 2010
Weblog 6
I think that students are definitely ignored as far as the learning process goes. I think that in elementary school if students were asked more about what they would find helpful in learning, it would make them better students. For example if you were to ask a 4th grader what kind of way he found learning long division most helpful, then he would retain more information. In high school if students were allowed to help more in the learning process it would be a more positive environment, and students would be more compelled to come to class. So many classes in high school just consists of taking notes and listening to the teacher, and for a lot of kids that doesn't really help. I sometimes felt that I wasn't really learning anything in school and I think that it is very vital to let students help in the class preparation. What I will do when I am a teacher is ask that kids ways that they find helpful when learning, maybe I would even pass out surveys. I never liked math very much, but if I had been allowed more say in how I learned it, I may have enjoyed it more, for example I think that I may have understood math better if I had more one on one attention, I would benefit from English classes with more class discussions, history class with movies interrogated into the lesson, science classes with more labs, etc. If every student was able to tell the schools what would help them more, we would be on the way to better and more productive learning. Students are so important to schools and how schools are seen in the eyes of the public, but if they are not really involved in what they learn, how can we expect them to want to learn?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Technology/Story Telling
I think medicine is the place where technolgy helps the most. A few years ago when I was 15 and my younger sister was 12 she had to have back surgery, and the surgery took about twevle hours, but in a few weeks she was completly fine, and now the only remnet of the surgery are a couple of very thin scars on her back.
My point being that because of technolgy complicated medical produces can be completed with ease and with little issues afterward. So I think that instead of worrying about technogly in schools, we should be prevecting medical technogly, because that is were it is needed and helps most.
If you think about it story telling can even be thought of as technolgy, because through storys people can learn new things, share ideas, and teach people things as well.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Technology Narrative
Monday, February 15, 2010
Webliography
Notely.net: This is a site where you can make to do lists, manage tasks, take online notes with links, highlighting and images, and build a color coded schedule. This will help the students to be more organized and to keep a better track of what they have going on, so that they are less likely to forget homework, projects, etc.
Storyjumper: This is an application where you can create your own story with pictures, clip-art, shapes and text and you can even order it when you have finished. This will help students to improve their creative writing skills, while being able to add graphics and have fun.
Game Classroom: This is a site where you can choose a grade level (K-6th) and play educational math games according to your grade level. This will help them with skills, most importantly math, while being in a fun, gaming improvement.
Book Army: Using this application you can read virtual books, make forums and discuss books with others. This will help the students build their communication and reading skills, while discussing and learning about new books.
e-learning for kids: Using this site children have a chance to pick their grade level and learn new things online, depending upon the subject that they wish to study. This will help students to review and study skills that they already know, plus learning new ones, in all subjects.
All of this applications were found at GO2WEB20.net which is a web 2.o application index site.
This is linked to mallorydelauro09.pbworks.com
Thoughts on the Article
I didn't entirely agree with this article. I think that it is good for teachers to be knowledgeable on some parts of technology, such as a smart boards and the computers, but I think that there is a limit. I agree with phones, ipods, cameras and even facebook being banned from school, these are distractions, and sometimes you can learn best technology free, such as from books and lectures. I do however agree that wikiapedia should be allowed to be used in schools, because my teachers have always told me not to use it, but at the same time I have always found a lot of good information there. Overall though, I am not for so much technology being integrated into schools.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Interview
1. Do you think that the majority of your class has trouble with organization? Many students do, but not all off them.
2. What types of things would help them with organization? They have an agenda, but many don’t use it to the best of their ability. They need to carry it with them to each class and write the assignments down during each class as they are given. Then they should double check all that they wrote at the end of the day when I go over it all.
3. Is the majority of your class good at studying? I would say a little more than ½ are good at studying, maybe more.
4. What would help them study better? If they started studying earlier and preparing earlier for the test, instead of the night before.
5. Do you think that educational games are effective? Definitely! We use the computer lab whenever we can to play educational games.
6.What types of educational games would work best for your class? Study Island, Funbrain, FreeRice are a few that they like.
7.Does most of your class use planners? They all have them and they all use them, but many don’t use them regularly.
8. Are the planners effective to helping the students keep track of their work? For some they are great! For others they are not. Sometimes after school, I find the planners (agendas) sitting on their chair. They can’t make good use of them at home if they leave them at school. At parent orientation in the beginning of the year, we try to stress how important the agendas (planners) are and how we use them to communicate between home and school daily. It shows their assignments, upcoming tests, and we also put a stamp or sticker in the agenda if an assignment was not complete or turned in when it was due.
9. Would your class benefit from sharing notes in an online environment? Possibly! I would love to see. I do know that a few of my students do not have home internet access. Some have said they go to the library once in a while to use the internet.
10. What other things would be helpful in a website for your students? Links to math, language arts, science, and social studies fun websites, homework/test assignments, upcoming school events, field trips, assemblies, school holidays, when progress reports are due and report cards, (a lot of this is already writing on the school calendar or in the Millridge Memo, but it wouldn’t hurt to repeat it again!). I will say that each Mayfield teacher has access to a place to make a website on the Mayfield School site. We can add homework, favorite links, etc, but it can be time consuming to go on each day and enter the days assignments. We rely on the agenda as our best form of communication between home and school, not the websites. So many teachers don’t use their.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Web 2.0 applications
In my opinion the best range of web 2.0 application that will help me are going to be things that have something to do with organization, studying or note taking.
My goals are to do the best that I possibly can in school. I want to get good grades and to really understand all that I am being taught. I feel that if I do all this then I can truly be a successful teacher.
My learning needs are that I need it to be interesting, because when I'm not interested it is harder to pay attention. I am a visual learning so seeing things also really helps me learn. My studying needs are that I need a study guide or clear studying notes to be able to do really well on the test.
I think that the best way to communicate with the professor and the class is through class discussions.