ED205

Technology

charity — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:00:49 +0000

In regard to technology I don’t plan on it being a big part of my classroom. I want to teach kindergarten through third grade so my students will be fairly young. However, I still want to incorporate technology into my classroom and I would like to be competent in computer technology. My plan is to use the computer for basic things like attendence and grading. I would also like to set up a website that my students and their parents could visit. At this site they could look at announcements, projects that we would be doing in the classroom, information about field trips or future activities. I could also post due dates for assignments, extra curricular activities, school events, and the lunch menu. In order to be able to successfully create a useful and well organized site I would want to take a course that would specifically teach me how to do this. I would take this course after I gaduate with my bachelor’s degree. I would take it at Davenport University because it is close to my home and they offer many computer courses. I would take it after graduation because then it would be fresh in my head and I could start using it immediately and concentrate more directly on that course. I would also use the internet as my sourse to look up ideas and activities to use in the classroom. Trackstar and Webquest will hopefully be used often. There are so many ideas and worksheets off of the internet that could be used in the classroom.

In the future, I would like to continue my education in computer technology. ED 205 is my first college computer class so I still feel weak in all areas of computer technology. I would like to take a least two more classes in computers before I would feel confident and comfortable using them in a classroom. One thing I think I really have become to like is powerpoint. I know that in my classroom I will use powerpoint to present information or give examples. I can also incorporate links during my presentations to be more involved.

Evaluation of MLK Site

charity — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:55:39 +0000

There was no author identified on the MLK site I visited. There were no credentials. What I can tell you about the group that made this site is they all have white pride and they are extremely racist. The website address did not have any affiliation to professional organization, school, or governement. The content is definitely not appropriate for use in schools. The content of the site is bias. They are coming from a racial viewpoint. I don’t trust their sources. It seems that they base all of their information on FBI bugs, that have never even been released, not to say they actually even exist. The audience of the site is not suitable for students. Most students would be able to read it but probably wouldn’t understand some of it. The design of the site is horrible. Yes it does load fast and they use graphics appropriately. However, a lot of the links did not even work. I could not see a couple of the flyers and the educational video could not be found.

Kids can learn to be less trusting of information on the internet by having them look up sites similar to this but not so graphic (talking about sex and f**k word) and racist. Kids should be taught about looking for the author of the website and who the site is affiliated with. They can do this simply by looking at the address.

When I searched google for MLK the site came up fourth on the list. The reason it is so high on the list is because their web address only says martinlutherking.org and there are a lot of matches for people using those keywords.

Constuctivism

charity — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:35:44 +0000

After visiting this website: http://cie.asu.edu/volume8/number10/, I deicided it would definitely be appropriate to use constructivism in my classroom in which I would be teaching special education. In the website it stated, “Children with learning disabilities will benefit from this approach because of their difficulty in generalizing from the classroom to other settings. With the realistic examples built in to the instruction, the students have specific practice with generalization.” Students with learning disabilities or other emotional or physical impairments have a difficult time grasping and comprehending concepts and new information as it is. I think the constuctivist approach would help to bring in real life situations so they can relate new information to previous knowledge and experience. One exapmle I found was in a regular approach to teach children about money they would talk about it and do worksheets. The constuctivist theory would emphasis using real money that the students could count and use in the school store or a pretend store set up in the classroom. The experience with money would be hands on and a meaningful expeience to the individual student. Lesson plans would be introduced with information the students already know (base knowledge) and then new information would be extended off of that. This will help students with learning disabilities because of their low self-esteem and repeated failure experiences. It will also help to increase their confidence level and not overwhelm them. Other techniques that could be used to help students with LD is brainstorming, mapping, use of graphic orginizers, and self-monitoring. Another important approch to the construcivist approach is to introduce key concepts and ideas that relate to them. Instead of telling all the liitle tidbits of information it is more valuable to teach the big ideas and the relationship it has to other themes. Students would be active learners which is proven to help students to learn and retain information. The constuctivism theory would absolutely be beneficial in my classroom.

Constuctivism relates to technology in it’s large amount of available information and in delivering of it because it promotes the student as a self-directed learner. It allows the student to be independent, individualized, interactive, interdisciplinary, and intuitive. This however creates a problem for students with learning diabilities who need specific directions and behavior modification.

Online Learning

charity — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:37:44 +0000

What I like most about my experiences in ED 205 onlice class is that I can do the assignments when I want to and at my own pace. I also like that Sean gives use all our assignments and extra readings in a list form. I feel accomplished even after completeing one part of the assignment and I can say okay #2 is done. This also makes everything clear cut for what we need to do for the week. The powerpoint presentations are a great way to get all the important information out of the chapters and to use as study guides.
The only thing I would change which may not even be possible or beneficial to students is all the extra readings. I know the information is important so I guess it would be difficult to change. One possibility would be to summarize articles and present them in powerpoint form.
The discussion board and forum is a great way of making the online class similiar to live sessions through communication. One thing I miss are human voices in an online session and being able to ask a question face-to-face. Having immediate feedback is always nice. I would absolutely take another online class, but I wouldn’t want to take more than two at a time because sometimes it can be more time consuming than live sessions considering that you have to read everything.

Important Software!

charity — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 17:32:18 +0000

It is very impotant that students are taught educational software that will be important to their success later in life. Most importantly students should be taught how to effectively use Word processing in Microsoft Word. I can’t even begin to explain how often college students and even high school students are required to use MS-Word. About 95% of my teachers require that all work handed in is to be typed. Not only is it important for college but in the work force as well. My job doesn’t require any typing but many other jobs do. For example documents, case studies, doctor’s office, receptionist, lawyer, ect. Word Processing Saves time and looks nice. Secondly, students should be taught presentation software. Students will use presentation software in place of written reports and to present projects. Using powerpoint helps presentations to be more creative and interesting. Students can use visual aids at well as links to important sites to help with presenting. Powerpoint is also interactive. Drill & Practice is important educational software because students recieve immediate feedback. When students come across a question they don’t know or understand and make a guess, it is very helpful to recieve immediate feedback on that question. When I study for tests I always make flashcards which is a very time consumeing process just to make them. It would save a ton of time to use drill and practice instead. The benefits of Integrated Learning System (even though I have never used it) is that the program is highly effective, self pacing, motivational, and that teachers can personalize instruction to meet the students need. It almost seems to good to be true. I think that ILS would be useful because it is a combination of drill and practice, tutorial, simulation, problem solving, and word processing. I would like to learn how to use this system myself and this could possibly be more important than learning any of the previous educational systems I mentioned above. Last of all students should be taught how to use web-based education. Obviously I think this is impotant because ED 205 is web- based. Web-based courses are convient most of all. They allow students to somewhat work at their own pace. It also eliminates commuting to campus.
I ranked these systems in this order from personal experience. The sytems that I listed first are the ones I use most often (besides the web-based education). At least once a week I use MS-word and that is why I believe it is the most important for students to be educated about. I put web-based instuction last because it is so easy to use and not a lot of instruction is needed. If you gave a good instructor then the web-based course is pretty much self explanatory.
I think that MS-word should be taught around fourth grade because that is when students are able to read and write pretty good. Presentation software should be taught staring in fifth and sixth grade. Drill and practice and ILS should be taught around third and fourth grade simply because the students should be able to read. However, I’m first and second graders could use headphones with simple tasks. Web-based education should be taught in middle school because there really is no need for it until after you graduate high sschool

Tragedy

charity — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:05:26 +0000

I absolutely think you should talk to your students about tragedies- personal or worldwide. If a student or students are facing a tragedy it will most likely affect their behaior and work ethic in the classroom. I also believe that if you bottle up your emotions it only makes them worse. You can locate resources to help you and your students by going to http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisis_0911.html. To help students learn from the tragedy of hurricane Katrina you could set up donations to help the victims. You could share some of the victims stories and ask them how they could relate it to their own life or simply how they feel about it. I would turn this in to a teachable moment. We could have a class that teaches about hurricanes. What are they? Where do they come from? You should be sensitive to the children’s feelings and emotions. If I were teaching a first grade classroom I wouldn’t show newsclips. You want them to be aware but you don’t want to scare the crap out of them where they think they are going to die.

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charity — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:03:55 +0000

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