I was able to get the conference to work!! It was very interesting to read about and hear the session on Oodles of Google by Sharon Betts.
During this session, Sharon Betts shared on some great tools Google provides; which can be helpful for teachers and students. Some of these features included google notebook, google web history, google docs, google page creator, and google groups. For this session, Betts went through these different features on google as if students were given the assignment of presenting a report. I am amazed at all that Google has to offer. Betts had some great ways of incorporating these great tools from google into the classroom. I am excited to use some of her ideas in my future classroom. She explained everything rather clearly (here is a link to watch/hear her session). She also had some video clips that helped explain what she was talking about (if one was just listening to the session) on her wiki.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
K-12 Online Confernece Session
Sadly, I was unable to get any of the sessions I wanted to listen to to work. Actually, I was only able to get one of them to work on my computer, and it was only about two minutes mentioning all that they would be talking about in their session. I will attempt a second time to get some of these sessions to work. I am very intrigued by some of the titles to hear what they will be talking about. I hope that I will be able to add more to this blog sometime soon with my reaction to some of these sessions.
Assignment #4: Technology Integration
I am currently in Instructional Design, and we have been working on our lesson plans. I am still working on a few ideas with my lesson on personification, so I will not be posting it yet; however, I did find another lesson very similar to what I am working on. Here is the link.
From this lesson I was able to get several ideas to possibly include in my own lesson on personification in poems. This particular lesson does not include technology. There are several ways on how to incorporate technology into the lesson. One idea would be to include a slide show with different pictures of examples of personification as a way to visibly show what personification may look like. Instead of just reading from a handout, the teacher could have the poem projected on to the wall for everyone to see, as it may help some students learn better. If the teacher had a SMART Board, the poems could be on the screen for everyone to see. For example, the students could come up and circle what object is being personified. In the lesson, on Session 2 when students are to write a verb and a noun on the board, one could use the SMART Board to do this activity on instead. In Session 3, the students are given 10 verbs and nouns and are to combine them to then write a poem with personification. Instead of merely writing out these poems, they could be typed and then added onto the teacher’s or class’ blog to show their compilation of poems using personification.
If one wanted to use the idea of a slide show or power point to have illustrations and examples for the class to see, one would need a computer for each student, or one main computer with a projector in the classroom. One would be able to do many things with a SMART Board on this topic; the only major requirement would be to actually have the SMART Board equipment.
Some challenges to adding technology, such as a computer for each student or each pair of students, would be if the student/s started looking up different information on the computer and were not staying on task. There is always the idea that something would not work, or even that the power would go out (as it did at my school today) and then the so called “old-fashioned” way of doing this lesson without technology would have to be done.
NETS for Students:
1.B: Students are creating original works as a means of personal or group expression. (The students are writing their own poems using personification).
2.A: Students interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. (The students will be typing their poems and including them on the teacher’s or class’ blog to share with others).
2.D: Students contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. (The students will be writing poems to create a class compilation of poems with personification).
6.A: Students understand and use technology systems. (The students may be using computers, or a SMART Board).
From this lesson I was able to get several ideas to possibly include in my own lesson on personification in poems. This particular lesson does not include technology. There are several ways on how to incorporate technology into the lesson. One idea would be to include a slide show with different pictures of examples of personification as a way to visibly show what personification may look like. Instead of just reading from a handout, the teacher could have the poem projected on to the wall for everyone to see, as it may help some students learn better. If the teacher had a SMART Board, the poems could be on the screen for everyone to see. For example, the students could come up and circle what object is being personified. In the lesson, on Session 2 when students are to write a verb and a noun on the board, one could use the SMART Board to do this activity on instead. In Session 3, the students are given 10 verbs and nouns and are to combine them to then write a poem with personification. Instead of merely writing out these poems, they could be typed and then added onto the teacher’s or class’ blog to show their compilation of poems using personification.
If one wanted to use the idea of a slide show or power point to have illustrations and examples for the class to see, one would need a computer for each student, or one main computer with a projector in the classroom. One would be able to do many things with a SMART Board on this topic; the only major requirement would be to actually have the SMART Board equipment.
Some challenges to adding technology, such as a computer for each student or each pair of students, would be if the student/s started looking up different information on the computer and were not staying on task. There is always the idea that something would not work, or even that the power would go out (as it did at my school today) and then the so called “old-fashioned” way of doing this lesson without technology would have to be done.
NETS for Students:
1.B: Students are creating original works as a means of personal or group expression. (The students are writing their own poems using personification).
2.A: Students interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. (The students will be typing their poems and including them on the teacher’s or class’ blog to share with others).
2.D: Students contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. (The students will be writing poems to create a class compilation of poems with personification).
6.A: Students understand and use technology systems. (The students may be using computers, or a SMART Board).
Classroom Reflection # 6
Today was an interesting day at my school. As I went into the school office to sign in, I noticed a generator going outside the door, as well as a pitch black office. My first thought was “oh sad, I won’t be able to be with my 5th graders today!” Then the “Power is out. There is still school” sign caught my eye. So the entire school was without power until about 1:00 pm. It was interesting to be in a cold and dark classroom trying to grade papers. The class still followed their normal procedure for a Tuesday. One student from another fifth grade class mentioned how they were doing school work like pioneer kids would have. One of the teachers mentioned that they lost their free hour they normally have, because the computer class had been canceled (obviously due to the power). Even though technology is a great tool to have in every classroom, there is the possibility that the power will go out, and plans will need to be altered. Overall, the students enjoyed having a not so average school day, as it would have been without electricity.
Microsoft Features
Fist of all, sorry that this is late. I did not realize that we were to make a list and put it on our blog. I just made a list for myself...now I feel dumb. As I keep on saying I am not all that savvy when it comes to technology. I really do wish I knew more than I do, especially in this day and age. The only person I have to blame for that would be myself for not just trying and playing with different features which are available.
*Word: I use this primarily for wirting papers, copying and pasting information I may need, making letters, or notes.
*Excel: I am going to be completely honest here, I do not use this program. Out of all of the Microsoft features I know that I need to work on learning and incorporating this.
*Power Point: Making slide shows, or just having fun.
*Word: I use this primarily for wirting papers, copying and pasting information I may need, making letters, or notes.
*Excel: I am going to be completely honest here, I do not use this program. Out of all of the Microsoft features I know that I need to work on learning and incorporating this.
*Power Point: Making slide shows, or just having fun.
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