Chapter 4 was all about digital technologies in the classroom. I found it to be a pretty interesting chapter because it was about somethings that i had used before in my classes in high school or even have used in classrooms here at IUE. The first piece of technology that the chapter talks about is a scanner and how a flat bed scanner can be used in so many different ways. I haven't really had a lot of experience with scanners so i found this section of the chapter pretty informative.
The chapter then goes on to talk about scantrons. I've had a lot of experience with these. They are really easy to use. We always took scantron tests or quizzes in high school and my biology professor here at IUE even is giving scantron quizzes. It can grade a whole class of 30 plus student's quizzes in a matter of minutes. It's an easy and effective way to take quizzes or test. It definitely makes a teachers job easier, atleast when it comes to grading.
The next thing the chapter talked about that I could really relate to was DIGITAL CAMERAS! I love digital cameras! I use mine everyday! They're small and portable and definitely easy to use and now a days they're pretty inexpensive for a decent one! This is something I will definitely be incorporating into my class room! Everyone loves pictures! I plan on taking lots of pictures of my classrooms throughout each school year and making slideshow dvds for my students and their parents at the end of the year.
Later on in the chapter it talked about LCD projectors. I really don't know how to used one, I always struggle with them when I try to use them. They must be really stubborn or something. But I see LCD projectors all the time at IUE and saw them a lot during high school and I was always having to try and use them. I just never had good luck with them, not even this past fall in speech. Even our professor struggled with it.
At the end of the chapter it talked about portable storage. This is also something that I have a lot of experience with. I actuall used a USB drive today to save my cheerleading packets on. USB drives are easy to use and an effective way to move your documents from place to place. USB drives are very inexpensive and are an effictive tool for anyone using computers.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Chapter 4
Chapter four was all about the different kinds of technology available today for educators to use. The chapter talked about input and output devices along with devices such as cameras, scanners, webcams, and graphics tablets.
In my pre calculus class during my senior year at Richmond High School, I had a wonderful teacher by the name of Mary-Jane Hansing. She had recently adapted her class to the use of a graphics tablet and a projector. I really loved this simply because she could get a view of the class while she was teaching so she honestly knew if we were getting the concept or not. She once said she liked it because she didn’t have to block information while she wrote it on the chalk board.
Not only did the graphics tablet help us to learn faster, but it really came in handy whenever we missed a class. When Ms. Hansing taught a lesson and wrote notes/examples on the tablet she would save it. That way all she had to do was print it out and give it to whoever had missed class.
On top of those two things, I found that I really enjoyed that class (I highly doubt it was because I LOVED math). She made it fun and was able to show us multiple ways of doing the same problem side by side.
In my pre calculus class during my senior year at Richmond High School, I had a wonderful teacher by the name of Mary-Jane Hansing. She had recently adapted her class to the use of a graphics tablet and a projector. I really loved this simply because she could get a view of the class while she was teaching so she honestly knew if we were getting the concept or not. She once said she liked it because she didn’t have to block information while she wrote it on the chalk board.
Not only did the graphics tablet help us to learn faster, but it really came in handy whenever we missed a class. When Ms. Hansing taught a lesson and wrote notes/examples on the tablet she would save it. That way all she had to do was print it out and give it to whoever had missed class.
On top of those two things, I found that I really enjoyed that class (I highly doubt it was because I LOVED math). She made it fun and was able to show us multiple ways of doing the same problem side by side.
Chapter 11
Chapter eleven discussed issues pertaining to the ‘digital divide’. The digital divide is essentially all of the bureaucratic red tape issues that come with technology such as copy write issues. This chapter also addressed topics like privacy of students and their work, the proper use of technology by students, and plagiarism.
I suppose I never really realized it until the book pointed it out, the teacher is responsible for insuring that the students use the technology properly. The proper use of technology is just as important to know as knowing how to take care of your textbooks.
I cannot say that I have an experience with modern technology and plagiarism, but I do remember when it was first addressed with me. I was in third grade and we all had to do a report on an inventor. The inventor I had chosen was Thomas Edison. The class went down to the library and got books on our inventor of choice. This was the first time I had to do an actual report and I was seriously concerned about doing it. I did not know how to take notes or how to organize anything so I did the only thing I could think of: memorize the book word for word. Of course, to my third grade mind, this was brilliant! I thought this report would be easy because I remembered the book, I could just re-write it. Then when my teacher saw it, she first congratulated me on memorizing the book but then told me that what I had done was called plagiarism and was illegal. She told me that I would get arrested for taking someone else’s work. Needless to say, I never plagiarized again!
I suppose I never really realized it until the book pointed it out, the teacher is responsible for insuring that the students use the technology properly. The proper use of technology is just as important to know as knowing how to take care of your textbooks.
I cannot say that I have an experience with modern technology and plagiarism, but I do remember when it was first addressed with me. I was in third grade and we all had to do a report on an inventor. The inventor I had chosen was Thomas Edison. The class went down to the library and got books on our inventor of choice. This was the first time I had to do an actual report and I was seriously concerned about doing it. I did not know how to take notes or how to organize anything so I did the only thing I could think of: memorize the book word for word. Of course, to my third grade mind, this was brilliant! I thought this report would be easy because I remembered the book, I could just re-write it. Then when my teacher saw it, she first congratulated me on memorizing the book but then told me that what I had done was called plagiarism and was illegal. She told me that I would get arrested for taking someone else’s work. Needless to say, I never plagiarized again!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Chapter 11
The main part of chapter 11 focuses on the ethical issue of plagiarism when using other peoples work for a research paper. It is not only important for teachers to notice the importance of avoiding plagiarism , but it is also important for students to learn the importance of avoiding plagerism. Teachers can address these issues through a variety of resources. Electronic white boards, powerpoints, and posters can be used to show students how to evaluate the websites that are being used.
Personally I have not seen elementary teachers address the issue of plagiarism. What I have noticed is that this very important issue is being addressed heavily in the middle and high school classrooms.
Personally I have not seen elementary teachers address the issue of plagiarism. What I have noticed is that this very important issue is being addressed heavily in the middle and high school classrooms.
Chapter 11
Chapter 11 was about using technology in classrooms. In the beginning of the chapter it talks about strategic planning that schools have to do because of the costs of technology in this day and age. At the high school I attended I saw how our school had to plan to make technology work. We had some very outdated computer labs and a couple updated ones. We also had a couple of classrooms that got smartboards or projectors to use and were considered smart classrooms. So our school was slowly making changes to implement technology and they had a strategic plan.
The Chapter then goes on to talk about Legal issues in the digital age. I didn't know there were that many different legal issues. But, I guess it makes sense since we have so much more access to everything. I liked the fair use guidelines chart on page 401. It made it easier for me to understand what fair use guidelines were.
The chapter also talked about privacy on technology. As a teacher you have to make sure you are protecting your students privacy. You also have to make sure that you are following the school districts polocies. Also, you would want to make sure you are protecting the pictures of students and all of their information.
The academic dishonesty part of the chapter is something that I found interesting and it was definitely something that I could kind of relate to. I have heard of friends going to websites and getting papers that another student had wrote and turning it in in high school instead of doing it themselves. This is probably a big problem at a lot of schools that don't have antiplagiarism software because I know of a lot of people that have done this or tried to do this.
At the end of the chapter it talked about how the role of a teacher is changing because of all of the changing technology and how technology is being incorporated into all of the students lessons. There are the NETS standards that we all know about. Technology is going to play a large part in our teaching careers.
The Chapter then goes on to talk about Legal issues in the digital age. I didn't know there were that many different legal issues. But, I guess it makes sense since we have so much more access to everything. I liked the fair use guidelines chart on page 401. It made it easier for me to understand what fair use guidelines were.
The chapter also talked about privacy on technology. As a teacher you have to make sure you are protecting your students privacy. You also have to make sure that you are following the school districts polocies. Also, you would want to make sure you are protecting the pictures of students and all of their information.
The academic dishonesty part of the chapter is something that I found interesting and it was definitely something that I could kind of relate to. I have heard of friends going to websites and getting papers that another student had wrote and turning it in in high school instead of doing it themselves. This is probably a big problem at a lot of schools that don't have antiplagiarism software because I know of a lot of people that have done this or tried to do this.
At the end of the chapter it talked about how the role of a teacher is changing because of all of the changing technology and how technology is being incorporated into all of the students lessons. There are the NETS standards that we all know about. Technology is going to play a large part in our teaching careers.
Chapter 11
Chapter 11 is all about Issues in implementing technology in schools. It addresses the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers. About planning and designing learning environments and experiences, assesment and evaluation, productivity and professional practice, and social, ethical, legal, and human issues. It talks about Strategic planning, how and why they spend so much time preparing for technology. It explains copyright and the fair use of using resources. It talks about the freedom of speech and the interent, and how the content on the interent is not regulated and some material are not acceptable for children. It talks about Academic Dishonesty where they have websites where students hire someone to write their papers, which to me is unfair and I don't think they should be able to have these websites. It gives you a detail description of Wireless networking. How schools offer WiFi and most local business places offer Wifi. I thought chapter 11 gave you a basic learning of technology in schools, How they are hiring people to write papers, and the use of WiFi in schools.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Chapter 7
The biggest part of chapter seven was about the variety of ways to communicate over the internet. E-mails, chat rooms, instant messaging, discussions, mailing list, and video confrencing are just a few communication techniques that are discussed in this chapter. What I found interesting was that most of these techniques are things that we use everyday, but I 'm sure like most of you I didn't realize that all of these could be used in the classroom. If you take a look at the elementary students they are just as savy when communicating through technology as we are as college students. My opinion is that it is more important than ever that we, as future teachers, learn to communicate not only with the other faculty members and parents through technology, but also the students.
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