Apple has a website set up for teachers who want to use iPods in their classrooms. Apple sets up a website with different lessons plans on different topics. For example, they have music for learning mathematics. This allows students to create songs to show off their knowledge of math problems. Teacher's can also use iPods to help students learn different sounds. Students can follow a lesson by listening to the teacher's recorded message. The iPod can also be used when students are learning another language. They can record a conversation in the language they are learning. These are some of the many suggestions the apple website gives users.
http://www.apple.com/au/education/ipod/lessons/
Duke University began using iPods in the classroom in the fall of 2004. All first year students who were enrolled in a class that used iPods received a free iPod. Students are responsible for taking care of their own iPod and will not receive a new one, unless their current one is outdated for the class they are taking. Duke University feels that the use of iPods in the classroom is a positive impact and that students have adapted quickly. Duke is glad they took the risk of introducing something new in the classroom because the students responded so well to the new technology.
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2005/12/ipodupdate.html
I think the use of iPods in the classroom is a great idea. Teacher's could post their lectures in the form of podcasts so if you were unable to make it to class you could still hear the lecture. I am sure there are a million years you could incorporate iPods into the classroom that would not only benefit the student, but the teacher. I'm sure in the near future more universities and school will start adapting new technology into their classroom.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Week 10 Assignment
Dr. Alice Christie, an educator for the past forty years designed a website for fellow teachers to show the value in using technology in the classroom. Her website has many helpful links that provide information on computer technology. One section I chose was the Educational Technology Guide because it has many links of different ways of using technology in the classroom. Using technology in the classroom enhances a teacher's ability to teach and the students ability to learn. Dr. Christie gives rubrics on grading computer based work like web units and power points. She also provides teachers with the internet slang so that they do not get lost in the way teenagers talk now. Another section that I find useful is the workshop link. Dr. Christie informs when a workshop is and what material it will be covering.
I think both of these sections would be useful to me as a teacher because she gives you many different technological strategies to use within your classroom. She helps you by giving an example rubric and a whole list of internet slang. I believe in the classroom you should use different teaching strategies to help influence the best learning for all students. Involving technology in your classroom is a great way to do this. The workshop section would be another useful topic to me as an educator because it would be beneficial to attend one of her workshops if I wanted to implement one of her teaching strategies in my own classroom.
I think both of these sections would be useful to me as a teacher because she gives you many different technological strategies to use within your classroom. She helps you by giving an example rubric and a whole list of internet slang. I believe in the classroom you should use different teaching strategies to help influence the best learning for all students. Involving technology in your classroom is a great way to do this. The workshop section would be another useful topic to me as an educator because it would be beneficial to attend one of her workshops if I wanted to implement one of her teaching strategies in my own classroom.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Week 9 Assignment
After reading the three articles and listening to the two podcasts about wikipedia, I have come to the conclusion that wikipedia is not a reliable source. I think wikipedia is a great resource for your own personal interest. I use it all the time on topics I am interested in, but I would never use it in a research paper or to claim something was true. The reason I would not is because any average person can access that website and make changes regardless if they are factual changes or not.
Virgil Griffith invented the wikiscanner, which gives access to everyone to find out who submits changes on wikipedia.org. The websites I read informed me that a lot of big companies edit their wikipedia information so that they look better and don't have any bad comments about them that would mess up their public image. I understand that it's the free right for anyone to add on to the wikipedia encyclopedia, but when people are editing the truth I don't think the website remains accurate or truthful.
The only way I would use wikipedia information would be to use the reference page and locate who wrote what. Personally, I do not trust the wikipedia website enough to use this website to write a paper or present the information to a class. However, I see no harm in using the website for your own personal research that will not be presented as a truthful site to other people.
Virgil Griffith invented the wikiscanner, which gives access to everyone to find out who submits changes on wikipedia.org. The websites I read informed me that a lot of big companies edit their wikipedia information so that they look better and don't have any bad comments about them that would mess up their public image. I understand that it's the free right for anyone to add on to the wikipedia encyclopedia, but when people are editing the truth I don't think the website remains accurate or truthful.
The only way I would use wikipedia information would be to use the reference page and locate who wrote what. Personally, I do not trust the wikipedia website enough to use this website to write a paper or present the information to a class. However, I see no harm in using the website for your own personal research that will not be presented as a truthful site to other people.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Week 8 Assignment
The blog I chose was the post from November called "Why Wireless?". Mr. Fisch's previous post was about how his school just got wireless internet and that everyone can access it. Some of the community had concerns about this because they felt it was one more way to get students off task. Therefore Mr. Fisch wrote a response to the concerns about the community through the school newsletter.
The newsletter explained to the parents the obvious reasons for having open internet access at the school would be access to teacher websites, grades, electronic databases. Beyond the obvious reasons, Mr Fisch explained that students are now in a technology driven world and that teacher's want to break down the classroom walls and extend classroom learning. Students are going to need to understand the new technology in the world to be able to survive and be successful. The job of the student is to learn and they must be given to opportunity of being able to take advantage of other resources. By allowing the students wireless access they are able to learn the value of internet resources. Mr. Fisch also explained that students are treated as responsible adults and given the chance to prove to the staff they are able to stay on task and use their privileges to their advantage. He ends the blog stating that we need wireless internet because the century demands it.
I agree with everything Mr. Fisch blogged about. Internet access is a vital key to success when dealing with school. I personally don't know what I would do without the help of the internet. There is so much to learn and research out there and by giving students access to open internet we are giving them that extra push to succeed. It's a different world out there now and people need to get with the picture. It's time to learn and experience what computers and internet can do for you as an individual. I know I would not want to live without my computer and I don't ever plan too.
The newsletter explained to the parents the obvious reasons for having open internet access at the school would be access to teacher websites, grades, electronic databases. Beyond the obvious reasons, Mr Fisch explained that students are now in a technology driven world and that teacher's want to break down the classroom walls and extend classroom learning. Students are going to need to understand the new technology in the world to be able to survive and be successful. The job of the student is to learn and they must be given to opportunity of being able to take advantage of other resources. By allowing the students wireless access they are able to learn the value of internet resources. Mr. Fisch also explained that students are treated as responsible adults and given the chance to prove to the staff they are able to stay on task and use their privileges to their advantage. He ends the blog stating that we need wireless internet because the century demands it.
I agree with everything Mr. Fisch blogged about. Internet access is a vital key to success when dealing with school. I personally don't know what I would do without the help of the internet. There is so much to learn and research out there and by giving students access to open internet we are giving them that extra push to succeed. It's a different world out there now and people need to get with the picture. It's time to learn and experience what computers and internet can do for you as an individual. I know I would not want to live without my computer and I don't ever plan too.
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