Tuesday May 22nd:
What I learned:
Last class we started learning how to build a website. I have never built one before, but it was interesting. We first we created an account and a practice website to help us become familiar with working with creating a website. I really liked the website that I started to make, but after working on that for a while we had to move on and work with another program called Dreamweaver.
What I liked:
As I mentioned in the paragraph above, I really liked working with the first program. After I got the hang of it I started having an easier time working with the program and getting it to do what I wanted. I liked that I could type what I wanted and I could add pictures that I wanted.
What I didn't like:
Some of the things that I did not like while working with the websites was that with the first website creating program I had a hard time changing things at first. It took me a little bit to figure out how to change things. The website did break down how to change some things, but I wish it would have done that more. I also did not really like working with the second program (Dreamweaver). I may feel different about it after class next week, but I feel like there were a lot of steps to do one thing. Plus I am afraid that I am not going to remember all of the different codes to do things if I were to do this program later again. I may feel different after next weeks class though.
How I would use this in the classroom:
I believe that I would mainly use this in my classroom to keep my students and their parents updated on what is going on in our class. I want to give my students and their parents a way to keep updated on what they are learning and to also give them some resources for taking their learning a step further. I want to also give parents a resource during the summer so that if they wanted to work on different subjects with their child they could.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
iPods, iPads, Teaching Station, and Smart Boards
Tuesday May 15th
What I liked:
I thought that it was really fun to work with the different types of technology today. I first worked with my group on the iPod assignment. The iPod was really easy to use and there were some fun apps that I believe that students would have enjoyed using. I really liked that we had the option to use all of these different types of technology. I had only worked with the teacher instruction area once, so it was fun to be able to go up and look at how it worked some more. I did not end up trying out the iPad, but I have used one before so I know how it works. I did like working with the smartboard as well.
What I didn't like:
I did not like that sometimes I would get confused with the different types of technology and how it all seems so similar, but there are actually some differences. For example, when working at the teacher station it was a little overwhelming looking at all of the buttons and this made me a little uncomfortable, but after Professor Saxowsky showed us how to operate the station I felt a little more comfortable with the technology.
What did I learn:
I learned how to use the teacher station some more which was interesting. I did not know that we were able to view one of the students screens and that when we do that we cannot hear if a video is playing because it will only work throught the speakers for the teacher's computer and not the students. I also learned that a lot of schools are starting to use iPods in the schools.
How would I use this in a classroom:
I would use this in my classroom by having my students answer questions, take notes, and do different activities with the iPods. Recently this has been a topic of conversation in many of my classes and I also agree with what I heard a guest speaker in one of my classes say about this subject. She believed that the iPods should be used to help teach, not to teach. I agree with this in that if I wanted to do a review session with my students on a particular subject, that I could do this with the iPods. I do agree though that I would not want my students to just learn from the technology because I believe that they may be engaged, but it takes away from working together in groups if they are always individually staring at a screen.
What I liked:
I thought that it was really fun to work with the different types of technology today. I first worked with my group on the iPod assignment. The iPod was really easy to use and there were some fun apps that I believe that students would have enjoyed using. I really liked that we had the option to use all of these different types of technology. I had only worked with the teacher instruction area once, so it was fun to be able to go up and look at how it worked some more. I did not end up trying out the iPad, but I have used one before so I know how it works. I did like working with the smartboard as well.
What I didn't like:
I did not like that sometimes I would get confused with the different types of technology and how it all seems so similar, but there are actually some differences. For example, when working at the teacher station it was a little overwhelming looking at all of the buttons and this made me a little uncomfortable, but after Professor Saxowsky showed us how to operate the station I felt a little more comfortable with the technology.
What did I learn:
I learned how to use the teacher station some more which was interesting. I did not know that we were able to view one of the students screens and that when we do that we cannot hear if a video is playing because it will only work throught the speakers for the teacher's computer and not the students. I also learned that a lot of schools are starting to use iPods in the schools.
How would I use this in a classroom:
I would use this in my classroom by having my students answer questions, take notes, and do different activities with the iPods. Recently this has been a topic of conversation in many of my classes and I also agree with what I heard a guest speaker in one of my classes say about this subject. She believed that the iPods should be used to help teach, not to teach. I agree with this in that if I wanted to do a review session with my students on a particular subject, that I could do this with the iPods. I do agree though that I would not want my students to just learn from the technology because I believe that they may be engaged, but it takes away from working together in groups if they are always individually staring at a screen.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Podcasts
May 8th
What I learned:
In this class I learned how to use the podcast application. We first started by becoming familiar with what podcasts were by watching some. Some of the ones that we found were fun and interesting and others were not. After sharing what we found with the class we then had to make our own podcast. I will admit, it was hard to come up with an idea that I wanted to teach at first because I could not really pick one. Finally thought I chose to do an art lesson. I learned how to upload pictures onto the program and I am not done with my podcast yet, so I still need to add the sound/words.
What I liked:
I liked seeing all of the different podcasts and getting ideas for what I wanted to do. I thought that it was a lot of fun to try to find the pictures that I needed for my lesson. I had to search key words and make sure that is what I wanted before I just chose it. I also liked that I could pick the topic that I wanted to talk about. It was not just given to me and I had no say and was not interested in the subject. I got to pick and I think this made me more interested in the subject because I got to pick.
What I didn't like:
I did not like that the program that we were using was sometimes a little hard to use. It was hard to try to get the pictures to be the right amount of time. This was frustrating because it would not do what I wanted it to do at times, but if I was patient and worked with it, it became a little easier. I am not sure if I am going to have this problem with putting the sound to the pictures, but I will find out soon.
How I would use this in the classroom:
I would use this in the classroom by creating presentations for my students to learn different subjects. For example if we did a unit on health, I could make a short presentation "hook," to get the lesson started. I could also use this as part of the main lesson too if I wanted to. If my students were old enough, I could also have them make their own podcasts as presentations for the class. They could do a book report, a science experiment, a history report, and more. So both the teacher could use this and the students.
What I learned:
In this class I learned how to use the podcast application. We first started by becoming familiar with what podcasts were by watching some. Some of the ones that we found were fun and interesting and others were not. After sharing what we found with the class we then had to make our own podcast. I will admit, it was hard to come up with an idea that I wanted to teach at first because I could not really pick one. Finally thought I chose to do an art lesson. I learned how to upload pictures onto the program and I am not done with my podcast yet, so I still need to add the sound/words.
What I liked:
I liked seeing all of the different podcasts and getting ideas for what I wanted to do. I thought that it was a lot of fun to try to find the pictures that I needed for my lesson. I had to search key words and make sure that is what I wanted before I just chose it. I also liked that I could pick the topic that I wanted to talk about. It was not just given to me and I had no say and was not interested in the subject. I got to pick and I think this made me more interested in the subject because I got to pick.
What I didn't like:
I did not like that the program that we were using was sometimes a little hard to use. It was hard to try to get the pictures to be the right amount of time. This was frustrating because it would not do what I wanted it to do at times, but if I was patient and worked with it, it became a little easier. I am not sure if I am going to have this problem with putting the sound to the pictures, but I will find out soon.
How I would use this in the classroom:
I would use this in the classroom by creating presentations for my students to learn different subjects. For example if we did a unit on health, I could make a short presentation "hook," to get the lesson started. I could also use this as part of the main lesson too if I wanted to. If my students were old enough, I could also have them make their own podcasts as presentations for the class. They could do a book report, a science experiment, a history report, and more. So both the teacher could use this and the students.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Literacies
Tuesday May 1st:
What I learned:
I learned how to tell if a website is real or fake during class. We looked at a variety of websites and we had to determine if it was real or fake. To do this we looked at where the source of information came from and evaluated how reliable it is. I also learned that it is helpful to rely on some information that you already know if it is true because it can help us also with information that we may doubt. Overall though it taught
I learned how to tell if a website is real or fake during class. We looked at a variety of websites and we had to determine if it was real or fake. To do this we looked at where the source of information came from and evaluated how reliable it is. I also learned that it is helpful to rely on some information that you already know if it is true because it can help us also with information that we may doubt. Overall though it taught
What I liked:
I liked doing this activity because I think it will help me in the future. If I doubt a website in the future, I will be able to figure out if it is real or fake in the future. I liked looking at different websites and figuring out if it was real or not. Some of the sites were funny, but others were not.
What I didn't like:
I didn't like that I did not know where to look at first to figure out if it is fake, I felt like I did not know what I was doing and when we finally did it as a class I felt more comfortable doing this activity. That was the only thing that I did not like while doing this activity because it was a little frustrating not knowing what I was doing.
I would use this in my classroom by giving my students sites that they can use in the future and also look at ones that they find and evaluate if they are acutally good or not. I would also educate my students on how to check and see if the website is real or not, but this depends on the grade that I teach.
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