Here is my Anamoto for my 2nd 2.0 project.
http://animoto.com/play/1bkKPHyCK03FqppWyYbfDQ
My Hobbies and Loves of Life!
Friday, May 4, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
What I have Learned in this class/projects I will use in the future.
The Instructional Technology class this semester has taught me a number of things. First, the class has taught me that technology can be a plus and a negative. Technology projects take time and organization that will be good if you have that time. When dealing with technology you can use it to create blogs for your students which are enjoyable to write comments on such as this or even have assignment information accessible from a blog posting sight. I really enjoyed learning about the voki, which students would not want to hear a follow up on the assignment in a fun voice coming from the teacher himself. I think I may use this in the future for a special occasions. I would like to someday create a little video series of hands-on activities that teaches my students the inquiry side of things maybe of when I go on vacation and see some interesting land features. This video will be done to perfection due to what I have learned on i movie etc. I can present this to my class through media presented on the smart-board off of youtube and really have a participating class due to the excitement from the video. I want to also make a difference in different topics such as cyberbullying and making sure that students are growing in Character using their senses to obey what is good and wise. Much non-sense goes on in schools today and I want to help stop the bad that goes on with technology too, including plagiarism etc. It has been a great year in preparation of me being a teacher and I thank you for your time and patience with me as a students!
What is the Future of Technology? How does this impact me?
Technology is one aspect of the 21st century that is extremely hard to predict where it will be in the near or far future for teachers. However, it does quit frankly affect me. Here are my thoughts on the future of technology despite this debate that takes places. I think that teachers are going to move towards the new smart-boards in classrooms as well as start to use different approaches to distributing literature and different levels will be accessible as we continue teaching higher and lower level learners. Technology may affect the way that I teach because it can be hard to depict which style of learning I will be enforcing in my classroom, more standards based or curriculum, or free to be general and apply it to certain aspects of education. My teaching will set the tone for whether some of the students succeed in certain areas or not and thus, new technology can be a crazy thing to rely on as it is constantly in new paradigm shifts. So as a teacher I am going to be a lifelong learner as I continue to be the best I can be. When new things come out, I want to access whether or not it will be beneficial to my class or not and take a look at it, we just need to be careful not to just up and accept it right away if it develops students who do not think for themselves like we want them too. We do not want to create people who do not have the wisdom of knowledge when they are not with their computers. We need to develop students into very cognitive thinkers full of integrity to face the hard spots in life with a confident attitude.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Academic Honesty
The definition of academic honesty is when you actually did the work that you say you did as well as when you cite the works and quotes from works that you used. When you have presented research materials fairly and truthfully your conscience can relax and you can turn in good personal work that is not stolen or mis-used.
Some behaviors to avoid would be thing such as cheating, unauthorized collaboration, misrepresentation of: experience ability and effort, plagiarism, false records, giving information that isn't right or fake sources. Sabotage, resubmission of same assignment for different class without permission are all things to avoid.
As teachers we need to remember to teach students about the specific things to avoid in order to promote academic honesty. We can also model academic honesty to students, teach and enforce consequences for plagiarism and encouraging your students to be a good influence on their friends.
Students tools that they can use to guide themselves along their educational life would be showing how academic dishonesty can result in serious altercation of grades or possible expulsion from school or extra curricular activities. We can apply to their feelings and emotions by asking, "Can you live with your dishonesty?" Sharing with them also about their future employers and how they may not have respect for your intelligence or professionalism if you have been caught plagiarizing will impact them greatly.
As a teacher I want to teach this to my students by using the MLA and APA Handbook for students to use when doing assignments.
Reinforce that if you think its a bad idea they should consult with the teacher first and then continue once getting permission. We must teacher them to be responsible individuals basically as we are all citizens of a nation that needs more quality students avoiding everything to do with being academically dishonest.
Some behaviors to avoid would be thing such as cheating, unauthorized collaboration, misrepresentation of: experience ability and effort, plagiarism, false records, giving information that isn't right or fake sources. Sabotage, resubmission of same assignment for different class without permission are all things to avoid.
As teachers we need to remember to teach students about the specific things to avoid in order to promote academic honesty. We can also model academic honesty to students, teach and enforce consequences for plagiarism and encouraging your students to be a good influence on their friends.
Students tools that they can use to guide themselves along their educational life would be showing how academic dishonesty can result in serious altercation of grades or possible expulsion from school or extra curricular activities. We can apply to their feelings and emotions by asking, "Can you live with your dishonesty?" Sharing with them also about their future employers and how they may not have respect for your intelligence or professionalism if you have been caught plagiarizing will impact them greatly.
As a teacher I want to teach this to my students by using the MLA and APA Handbook for students to use when doing assignments.
Reinforce that if you think its a bad idea they should consult with the teacher first and then continue once getting permission. We must teacher them to be responsible individuals basically as we are all citizens of a nation that needs more quality students avoiding everything to do with being academically dishonest.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Digital Citizenship for Teachers
Digital citizenship for teachers will be important to know how teachers interact on the computer and its technology compared to that of students. Often teachers need to be aware of viruses and mass emails. Do not allow yourself to open the email or something could happen. This is a safety precaution.
Etiquette refers to the set of practices created over the years to make the internet experience pleasant for everyone. It can be referred to as courteous interactions. A few rules of online communication as well. If information is not marked with an astrix you should not use it. Research and truth finding, we need to teach our students to not to sight that wikipedia source. Getting information from truthful sources. Communication needs to be looked at electronically and how fast it is today and what can happen. Cell phones can be used, IM, and e-mail have changed the way technology users communication. These forms of communication have created a new social structure of who, how and when people interact.
Inappropriate communication would often involve cell phones. We need to not use poor grammar in forms of writing and so therefore we need to not text shorthand but not create bad habits now. Online ownership happens as well more often than it should. Students no longer use books but internet. We as Christians need to live above reproach. So an implication for me would be that I would hold high standards for the way in which I communicate online and on computers and use technology as a leader of my classroom. Online ownership is when you take responsibility for your cyber foot print. Every time you put something online you are connected to that for the rest of your life. As teachers we need to be aware of what we put online. Teachers also need to teach this to their students. They need to know that there is a good or bad reaction for everything they do online. In the video we showed earlier, the teacher played different games with her students to help them understand the harmful things that can come from it.
http://www.brainpop.com/spotlight/digitalcitizenship/
Etiquette refers to the set of practices created over the years to make the internet experience pleasant for everyone. It can be referred to as courteous interactions. A few rules of online communication as well. If information is not marked with an astrix you should not use it. Research and truth finding, we need to teach our students to not to sight that wikipedia source. Getting information from truthful sources. Communication needs to be looked at electronically and how fast it is today and what can happen. Cell phones can be used, IM, and e-mail have changed the way technology users communication. These forms of communication have created a new social structure of who, how and when people interact.
Inappropriate communication would often involve cell phones. We need to not use poor grammar in forms of writing and so therefore we need to not text shorthand but not create bad habits now. Online ownership happens as well more often than it should. Students no longer use books but internet. We as Christians need to live above reproach. So an implication for me would be that I would hold high standards for the way in which I communicate online and on computers and use technology as a leader of my classroom. Online ownership is when you take responsibility for your cyber foot print. Every time you put something online you are connected to that for the rest of your life. As teachers we need to be aware of what we put online. Teachers also need to teach this to their students. They need to know that there is a good or bad reaction for everything they do online. In the video we showed earlier, the teacher played different games with her students to help them understand the harmful things that can come from it.
http://www.brainpop.com/spotlight/digitalcitizenship/
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