Blogging in Education

Friday, August 13, 2010

Friday, August 6, 2010

Technology In the Classroom

How will Technology be used in your classroom ?

Technology in the classroom will be used as a tool for students to ;

- Openly discuss Lesson

- Motivation

- work cooperatively

- peer tutoring

- Share personal ideas or opinion on certain topics using blogs regarding our lessons

- Communicate with teachers

- Communicate with other students in and out of classroom

- Search for information

- write

-Learn about the changes in the world through connection with students from the parts of the world.

This a certain lesson that I would teach in the classroom with the use of technology.

Experience I have had in using Technology for teaching Lesson ?

I have never used technology in a real classroom setting but I am so excited for the opportunity to do so. If giving presentation on power point for a classroom assignment considered as teaching using technology than I would say that there is nothing better than using technology. Its so easy and its visually motivating to the class when they see presentation done through the use of technology or power point. People are motivated when you use technology because these are things that are happening around them. If you don't use technology than you are outdated.

Effects of technology in students life is so tremendous that the only way that you can teach something effectively is through the use of technology.

Describe what you hope to Learn in Education 305?

I hope to Learn everything about Using Technology in a class room setting, so I can better teach my lesson. I hope that I will Learn ways that I can implement the use of technology in everything I teach so that I can keep students involvement through participation and keep them motivated.

Friday, July 30, 2010

What is a Blog?

WHAT IS A BLOG? AND WHY SHOULD EVERY TEACHER HAVE ONE?

- Blog is like a personal diaries online that is updated with currents events ,description of events and other material such as graphics or video.

- One of the many reason why should teachers have one so that they can communicate with other teachers and also student. Blog's help broaden ideas and help you see what others think of things that are doing.

WHAT ARE THE PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STUDENT DRIVEN BLOGS IN CONSTRAST TO A TEACHER CREATED WEBSITE?

-A student driven blogs help student to be creative and share and learn ideas from other students.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

Web 2.0

WHAT IS WEB 2.0 AND WHY SHOULD TEACHERS KNOW ABOUT IT?

WEB 2.0 is mainly concerned with information sharing to allow students in the calss to interact ,enhance their knowledge and also creates information for the students and all those who read it.
In addition there are tools that are associated to social interactions included are blogs, wikis and video sharing and photos and alot more.
When teachers use web 2.0 they are on the edge and are in touch with the world where information today are delivered in various ways and as they use Web 2.0 as a tool in the classroom they indeed offer new methods of communication amongst students a other educators as well.
Creates a personal learning environment,teachers could add History or Science topics where students can comment on or have a discussion blog where the teacher could get feed back on lesson learned in class.(ref-Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum)
Builds professional development and lastly matches teachers curriculum goals which is basically dependent on whatever tools is used.