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Week 11 :-) Overcome the fear of Technology; Learn how to learn

Hey Wolfies this is the last week for blogging...give it your all wolfies :-) Rock it out! ;-)


Question 1 (11.1): Top Ten Tools for Young Learners:
http://glovely09.wetpaint.com/page/TopTen+for+Young+Learners

Do you agree that wikis are the number one web 2.0 tool for young learners? If not which tool do you think is more beneficial and why?



Question 2: Ten ways to get Smart with SMARTBOARD
http://www.techlearning.com/article/6106

Out of these ten tips, which is the most useful to you? How would you use this in the grade level you want to teach? How did you like using the Smartboard?



Question 3: WEB 2.0 in Elementary Schools
http://www.techlearning.com/article/13980
Based on this article, and all your knowledge on WEB 2.0 which do you think is the most effective and helpful tool to use in the classroom? Compare how Mrs. L and our class uses blogging, as well as Mr.P and his use of wiki.

We love youuuuuuuu
Amanda, Katrina, Heather, Alaina, Christina

Week 10: Technology Integration Why, What, and How of Effective Technology Use

Our questions are focused on digital tips and the voicethread. Please answer at least one of the questions and you are encouraged to respond to others' posts.

Q1. What tip has been the most helpful to you? Which tip holds the most importance? (Reading 10.1)

Q2. Pick one of the Top 10 Best for Young Learners and give a scenario of how you could use this in your classroom. (Reading 10.2)

Q3. After viewing the side order voicethread examples, which do you think is the most effective in provoking thought? Why?

Please share your opinions so we can discuss them.

Happy Posting!

Love, Melissa, Cheryl, Nicole, Katie and Chelsea

Week 9 Free and Open Educational Resources

Welcome to our Week 9 Blog! Please read the two articles assigned for this week, and respond to at least one of the following questions. Happy reading!

Question 1: How can you, as a future educator, use freely open content websites in your classroom? How will using this strategy benefit you as an educator, as well as your students?

Question 2: Do you think that there are any potential dangers in having such free and open websites available? What types of problems may you encounter while giving your students such freedom through the use of the internet?

Question 3: How will you familiarize yourself with all of the Google apps? In what ways will you incorporate these applications into your classroom? Do you think these applications will benefit your students and the classroom as a whole? Please explain why or why not.

Please respond as much and as often as you can! We would really appreciate your participation! Thanks, and have a FANTASTIC week :)

Love you 602,
Samantha Horowitz, Amanda Schmitt, Stephanie Battista, Alicia Smith, and Amy Garrett

Week 7 Free and Open Educational Resources

Hi Class!

I hope you enjoy our questions. You only have to answer one out of the three questions, but feel free to answer more if you like. Keep the discussion going.

Q1) In the article, Open Educational Resources Serve the World by Sally M. Johnstone they discuss how different people and profession share information on the web. As future teachers, there are many benefits in sharing information online. What do you believe is the most beneficial with sharing information online and why?

Q2) In the article, TopTen for Young Learners there is a link for Skype and blogs, do you believe these would be useful in your classroom or any other classroom how and why? If not please explain why.

Q3) In Praise of Sharing by James L. Hilton in the closing Hilton writes, "If we want to preserve innovation we have to begin asking how we can share, rather than how can protect". Where and with what would YOU draw the line between innovation and pirating?

Week 6 Digital Citizenship

Hello Class,

Below we have three questions from week six. Please answer all of the parts of the question that you choose. Please make at least one post by Monday, March 1, 2010.

Q.1 Explore the different websites in article 6.2 and discuss how the information you read can be beneficial to you as a teacher. Please incorporate the link you used.

Q.2 From article 6.3 pick one of the nine themes and discuss its significance. Further your thoughts by adding how you can use one theme in your classroom.

Q.3 According to Blake-Plock in article 6.4, what is your position on this issue? Meaning, are you for blocking the Internet or against it? Give 2-3 valid reasons why you feel that way.

Good Luck! We look forward to reading your blogs!

Erica Ginley, Meghan Bathke, Faith Callahan, Lindsay Doris, Gina Barcia, Tommy St. Hilarie

Week 6 Digital Citizenship

Week 2, 3 & 4. Blogging Practice

Here are discussion questions for Week 2, 3 and 4. You can pick any one of these questions to start with and hopefully others will follow (to response, to comment). Please participate actively and post as much as you can. A minimum of 1 post is required by the end of Week 3. For how-tos please check the updated Project 4 Blog at http://edu315.wikispaces.com/Project+4+Blog

Q1. One of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for teachers is to Model Digital-Age Work and Learning. Can you describe an example activity or scenario that shows you are a teacher who can apply your digital knowledge and skills in a school/classroom setting? (From Reading 2.1)

Q2. Prensky (2001) argued about the distinction between digital natives and digital immigrants and about the fundamental causes of the decline of today’s education in the US. What do these arguments mean to you as a teacher candidate? (From Reading 3.5)

Q3. Educators are talking about Web 2.0 and its potentials in education. What do YOU think Web 2.0 is? Try a one-sentence definition in your own words (Reading 3.1, 3.3, 4.2, 4.3). Can you give one example of its potential use in an elementary or a middle school classroom? (From Reading 4.1)

Know you, know me

Let's get to know each other better... please introduce yourself to the class, you can follow the following list, or you can use any other creative ways of self-introduction.

• Your First name
• Four adjectives that describe you
• Sibling (son or daughter of)
• Lover of (3 things)
• Who feels (3 things)
• Who fears (3 things)
• Who would like to see (3 things)
• Resident of (street, city, state)
• Your profession (job - where do you work?)
• Your last name
(Credits: Thank Dr. Lin for sharing this activity)