Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Driving Question
Driving Question: Have you ever thought about what makes a fairy tale different from other stories?
Once upon a time... This is a Webquest on fairy tales. Fairy tales have been around for over 200 years. In this Webquest, you will learn about what makes a fairy tale different from other stories. Then, you will write your own fairy tale. Are you ready to start your exciting journey into the world of fairy tales? Let's get started.
Once upon a time... This is a Webquest on fairy tales. Fairy tales have been around for over 200 years. In this Webquest, you will learn about what makes a fairy tale different from other stories. Then, you will write your own fairy tale. Are you ready to start your exciting journey into the world of fairy tales? Let's get started.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Wequest Evaluation
1. Which two of example WebQuests listed below are the best ones? Why?
The Webquests Unraveling the Underground Railroad and We All Scream for Ice cream are the two best webquests. These two examples show pictures and describe the projects in a detailed explanation.
2. Which two are the worst? Why?
The Webquests "Who is my Hero?" and Ancient Egypt are the two worst examples. The Ancient Egypt webquest is an individual assignment. The "Who is my Hero?" webquest is not visually appealing to students.
3. What do best and worst mean to you?
A good webquest involves examples and graphics. A bad webquest does not include examples and does not visually catch the attention of students.
The Webquests Unraveling the Underground Railroad and We All Scream for Ice cream are the two best webquests. These two examples show pictures and describe the projects in a detailed explanation.
2. Which two are the worst? Why?
The Webquests "Who is my Hero?" and Ancient Egypt are the two worst examples. The Ancient Egypt webquest is an individual assignment. The "Who is my Hero?" webquest is not visually appealing to students.
3. What do best and worst mean to you?
A good webquest involves examples and graphics. A bad webquest does not include examples and does not visually catch the attention of students.
Friday, November 11, 2011
WebQuest Post
WebQuest about WebQuests Worksheet Secondary
Print this page out and use it to jot down notes while you examine each site. Remember to stay in character as you examine the sites and don't compare notes until you get back with your four-person group.
Your Role
___Efficiency Expert
___X Affiliator
___Altitudinist
___Technophile
Your Impressions
WebQuest Saving the Gorilla Strengths: Collaboration with class
Communicate findings with class
Weakness: Individually look at websites for research on problems
Rubic for assignment
World of Shakepeare
Strengths: Work together with classmates for presentation
Weakness: Individuals select roles and research information
Rubic for assignment
Become an Anti- Earthquake Designer
Strengths: Work in groups
Weakness: Rubic for evaluating assignment
Foreign County Presentation
Weakness: Rubic for assignment
Work individually on assignment
Waves and Sound
Weakness: Rubic for assignment
Work individually
Bernie Dodge, Department of Educational Technology, SDSU
Print this page out and use it to jot down notes while you examine each site. Remember to stay in character as you examine the sites and don't compare notes until you get back with your four-person group.
Your Role
___Efficiency Expert
___X Affiliator
___Altitudinist
___Technophile
Your Impressions
WebQuest Saving the Gorilla Strengths: Collaboration with class
Communicate findings with class
Weakness: Individually look at websites for research on problems
Rubic for assignment
World of Shakepeare
Strengths: Work together with classmates for presentation
Weakness: Individuals select roles and research information
Rubic for assignment
Become an Anti- Earthquake Designer
Strengths: Work in groups
Weakness: Rubic for evaluating assignment
Foreign County Presentation
Weakness: Rubic for assignment
Work individually on assignment
Waves and Sound
Weakness: Rubic for assignment
Work individually
Bernie Dodge, Department of Educational Technology, SDSU
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Assignment for November 9
Does this activity differ from much of the activities you engaged during your K-12 education? How? or How not? Give examples.
ANSWER: Even though it does not seem that I graduated that long ago (2007), the schools that I attended did not have the technology that these fourth grade students had access to in their classroom. Most of my experience in computer labs involved basic keyboarding and learning basic computer skills. Even in high school, the computer classes focused on keyboarding skills. It appeared that about the time I was in high school that the “new” technology in my county was introduced to the K through Fifth Grade students and not the high school students.
Is your learning style addressed in this activity? How? Give me an example.
ANSWER: I certainly feel that this is a learning style that would address the way I learn because I consider myself a very visual learner. In addition, the way each page in this Wiki was organized really appealed to me. I also do much better when the information that I am dealing with is concrete. However, this example started with concrete information and then gradually led the student to use higher order thinking and problem solving skills. By presenting the information in sequenced steps, I feel that this would help me to move beyond just focusing on concrete information. One other example involves the Voki. Even though this information was delivered auditorially, the visual representation held my attention as if someone was explaining the information to me.
This project was implemented without the use of textbooks. Are you surprised? Are you interested in teaching in a similar way when you become a teacher?
ANSWER: I was not surprised. But I certainly was impressed with the final product that the Fourth Graders produced. And I was also impressed with the organization of the entire project. My answer to this question is simple, yes, I would be very interested in being able to teach in a classroom that aligned the standards with innovative ways to introduce students to the concepts involved with digital media. This Wiki was an excellent example of showing how involved students become in a project that is of interest to them. Allowing students to participate in an authentic learning experience through the use of digital media was an effective way to encourage creativity and collaboration among the students.
What are your concerns and what do you anticipate as being barriers? (5pts)
ANSWER: I do have some concerns. Some of those concerns involve the following:
• The availability of digital media, some schools may be located in a county that does not have the resources available to provide technology for every school;
• If a school is fortunate to have the technology in their school, then the administration needs to make sure that the teachers receive the appropriate in-service training to be able to integrate the digital media in their classroom; and
• Teachers finding time in the curriculum to engage the students in producing a Wiki, with all of the interventions currently taking place in the schools, schedules sometimes are full of math and reading interventions.
Some barriers that I would anticipate may involve things such as an administrator that does not support the use of digital technology, breaking away from traditional methods of teaching, and teachers who are not willing to look at our CSOs and come up with creative and innovative ways to use technology in their classrooms. It seems that even though we are told that we have 21st Century Learning Skills to follow, some teachers insist on traditional worksheets and tests instead of utilizing project based learning and authentic experience, which I feel is more meaningful to students.
ANSWER: Even though it does not seem that I graduated that long ago (2007), the schools that I attended did not have the technology that these fourth grade students had access to in their classroom. Most of my experience in computer labs involved basic keyboarding and learning basic computer skills. Even in high school, the computer classes focused on keyboarding skills. It appeared that about the time I was in high school that the “new” technology in my county was introduced to the K through Fifth Grade students and not the high school students.
Is your learning style addressed in this activity? How? Give me an example.
ANSWER: I certainly feel that this is a learning style that would address the way I learn because I consider myself a very visual learner. In addition, the way each page in this Wiki was organized really appealed to me. I also do much better when the information that I am dealing with is concrete. However, this example started with concrete information and then gradually led the student to use higher order thinking and problem solving skills. By presenting the information in sequenced steps, I feel that this would help me to move beyond just focusing on concrete information. One other example involves the Voki. Even though this information was delivered auditorially, the visual representation held my attention as if someone was explaining the information to me.
This project was implemented without the use of textbooks. Are you surprised? Are you interested in teaching in a similar way when you become a teacher?
ANSWER: I was not surprised. But I certainly was impressed with the final product that the Fourth Graders produced. And I was also impressed with the organization of the entire project. My answer to this question is simple, yes, I would be very interested in being able to teach in a classroom that aligned the standards with innovative ways to introduce students to the concepts involved with digital media. This Wiki was an excellent example of showing how involved students become in a project that is of interest to them. Allowing students to participate in an authentic learning experience through the use of digital media was an effective way to encourage creativity and collaboration among the students.
What are your concerns and what do you anticipate as being barriers? (5pts)
ANSWER: I do have some concerns. Some of those concerns involve the following:
• The availability of digital media, some schools may be located in a county that does not have the resources available to provide technology for every school;
• If a school is fortunate to have the technology in their school, then the administration needs to make sure that the teachers receive the appropriate in-service training to be able to integrate the digital media in their classroom; and
• Teachers finding time in the curriculum to engage the students in producing a Wiki, with all of the interventions currently taking place in the schools, schedules sometimes are full of math and reading interventions.
Some barriers that I would anticipate may involve things such as an administrator that does not support the use of digital technology, breaking away from traditional methods of teaching, and teachers who are not willing to look at our CSOs and come up with creative and innovative ways to use technology in their classrooms. It seems that even though we are told that we have 21st Century Learning Skills to follow, some teachers insist on traditional worksheets and tests instead of utilizing project based learning and authentic experience, which I feel is more meaningful to students.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Questions for Monday November 7
1. What do you like or dislike about keeping a blog for this course?
Answer: I like the fact that I get to exchange ideas with classmates and respond to their comments on various topics. I have enjoyed reading how classmates feel about various subjects and how they perceive various readings for this class. At times, I disliked the fact that posting to other blogs was somewhat problematic until I discovered that I needed to post comments from a computer in my home that uses Mozilla instead of Internet Explorer.
2. How can keeping a blog make you a more effective teacher?
Answer: I feel that the sharing of information is a way to keep someone up on current topics in education. During the semester, we have had some very informative blog postings that I feel have been beneficial. I also feel that it is important to gain a different perspective on new ideas. Blogging is a way to keep you current on many subjects in the field of education and I think that is an important aspect of blogging.
3. Will you consider continuing to post to your blog after this course is over? Why?
Answer: Yes, I would like to keep blogging. I feel it is important to share your views plus be able to read about others opinions and views on various topics that impact education. Technology has dramatically changed the way we can input information and I feel that it is important to use digital media to stay current on the latest innovations.
4. Keeping a blog helps you develop four new media literacies:
o Appropriation - The ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content.
o Collective Intelligence - The ability to share and pool knowledge and compare notes with each other toward a common goal.
o Transmedia Navigation.- The ability to follow the flow of information and stories across multiple modalities.
o Networking - The ability to search for synthesizes and disseminate information.
Answer: I feel that this course has offered a wealth of opportunities to engage in “collective intelligence”. For example, I have learned to share knowledge with fellow students and also compare different opinions on a particular topic. Throughout this course I have felt comfortable sharing opinions and comments with my fellow students and I have welcomed their comments and opinions. The common goal has been to post to classmates concerning various assignments. I have found that sharing information through blog postings allows one to gain new perspectives on the information presented through various readings and class discussions. Even when students do not agree on a particular point in a reading or discussion, I feel that the common goal has been to voice an opinion or add to the discussion. A blog serves to give an individual a voice and a way to communicate ideas. Through the blog postings this semester, I feel that students have certainly demonstrated “collective intelligence” and I have found this experience to be a positive one.
Answer: I like the fact that I get to exchange ideas with classmates and respond to their comments on various topics. I have enjoyed reading how classmates feel about various subjects and how they perceive various readings for this class. At times, I disliked the fact that posting to other blogs was somewhat problematic until I discovered that I needed to post comments from a computer in my home that uses Mozilla instead of Internet Explorer.
2. How can keeping a blog make you a more effective teacher?
Answer: I feel that the sharing of information is a way to keep someone up on current topics in education. During the semester, we have had some very informative blog postings that I feel have been beneficial. I also feel that it is important to gain a different perspective on new ideas. Blogging is a way to keep you current on many subjects in the field of education and I think that is an important aspect of blogging.
3. Will you consider continuing to post to your blog after this course is over? Why?
Answer: Yes, I would like to keep blogging. I feel it is important to share your views plus be able to read about others opinions and views on various topics that impact education. Technology has dramatically changed the way we can input information and I feel that it is important to use digital media to stay current on the latest innovations.
4. Keeping a blog helps you develop four new media literacies:
o Appropriation - The ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content.
o Collective Intelligence - The ability to share and pool knowledge and compare notes with each other toward a common goal.
o Transmedia Navigation.- The ability to follow the flow of information and stories across multiple modalities.
o Networking - The ability to search for synthesizes and disseminate information.
Answer: I feel that this course has offered a wealth of opportunities to engage in “collective intelligence”. For example, I have learned to share knowledge with fellow students and also compare different opinions on a particular topic. Throughout this course I have felt comfortable sharing opinions and comments with my fellow students and I have welcomed their comments and opinions. The common goal has been to post to classmates concerning various assignments. I have found that sharing information through blog postings allows one to gain new perspectives on the information presented through various readings and class discussions. Even when students do not agree on a particular point in a reading or discussion, I feel that the common goal has been to voice an opinion or add to the discussion. A blog serves to give an individual a voice and a way to communicate ideas. Through the blog postings this semester, I feel that students have certainly demonstrated “collective intelligence” and I have found this experience to be a positive one.
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