i think our lesson plans went well and will be great but i'm not sure about the presenting the information in the classroom setting. it will be interesting actually presenting information to the class trying to give it as if the class has no previous knowledge of the subject.

i think this class is essential for future educators to be successful in their attempts to pass knowledge to the youth of our nation. it is necessary for educators to be able to present their knowledge in ways that are easy and interactive for students while keeping up with the technology as well as making it fun for the educator as well while learning the new ways they can present the info.

voicethread

I like the voicethread application because you can instantaneously respond to how you feel about a particular posting and the multiple ways of communication that can be used. I would probably stick to the basic powerpoint presentation because I have enough knowledge to present information to the classroom successfully using it. If i did use this application I would have the students use it in groups to complete projects because it will keep the students updated on what their group members are doing and they can make changes and suggestions that can make the project go by smoother and the changes can be kept or deleted with ease.

powerpoint project

My partner is Tamora Jones and I believe it has been very productive working with her on this project. Our project is over the changes of technology in education through time. We are getting along pretty well with 5 or 6 slides almost completely finished. It has been great working with her on this because she has a little more experience in what education techniques used to be compared to how I experienced them.

i believe educators should match the technology that students use with education as much as possible because if the students are already using the technology very often then it should be simple for them to use with the classroom activities.

Instant messaging can go either way. I know i find myself somewhat distracted from class when there is instant messaging going on but if one could discuss classroom materials back and forth rapidly without having to wait on a complete email or being in person, it makes it that more convenient.

I do think there are benefits to asynchronous communication because the student will get the chance to read it more than once and can do research right away based on what they can read while synchronous communication face to face can cause students to miss on some information needed.

Im not really into videogames at all anymore so i don't know how it would affect my learning/studying abilities. I agree with the article that videogames can be affective in studying on the basis that it is always an educational videogame. I would personally not stop my children from playing videogames but i would encourage them to get out and do more physical activities and do my best to help them with their studies myself.

I think that students with different personality types will have different methods of learning just because they have different views about things than other people. The different personalities might consist of someone who is outspoken and interactive in discussions in class and another who just sits back an observes by soaking everything in. I think it would help greatly to know students better. Then if there is a project in the class that requires students to work together, I would pair the two opposing personalities together so they could mesh together and use the best of both their personalities.

week 3-blog posting

Inspiration seems like its ahead of its time. I think this technology is going to revolutionize the classrooms, but I am not sure that it will ever be a universal thing because of the cost per student and not everyone will be able to acces this at their home. It is a great revolutionary product that will make it easier for children to keep up with documents by keeping everything saved in an electronic form.

I think that research activities will get the best use from this program because all the resources it combines to make information easily available. I would have the students take turns looking at each others research methods and see if they could combine their efforts to help each other. Technology will help bettor organize the research methods helping to improve the feedback. I think that one really doesn't know how well they know something till they try to explain it. I helped tutor young kids in math when I was in high school. Math has always been an easy task to complete for me and when I helped these kids, it made me think of things alot faster as I did it myself.

Assignment Week 2

I have never used a blog previously but I am starting to see the reality in it and how it can make things so much easier.



I think that blogs can have a great affect on education giving students the knowledge on how to use them as well as keeping a porfollio of what the students are doing.



I think blogs can do nothing but help students. There is constantly knowledge going through the web just through blogs. Although they may not all be complete fact, they can still make learning experiences more enjoyable as well as making students more computer and internet literate.