Sunday, May 31, 2015

Blog 2


Mr.Dancealot

The central message of this video is that teachers should allow students to engage in classroom activities. Mr. Dancealot taught from powerpoint and didn’t allow the students to interact. The students couldn’t see the instructions; they only took notes. I don’t agree with his conclusion because the students are lost on the final exam. Eventhough they had notes, they didn’t get hands-on practice.

Teaching In the 21st Century
I. Students can find information on anything, anytime ,anywhere
a. Facebook, blogs, cellphones
b. Twitter, Wikipedia, Youtube
c. Ipods, Google
II. How do we teach students to handle these resources with information?
a. Validate, Synthesize
b. Leverage, Communication
c. Collaborative, Problem Solve
III. Ask students to…..
a. Remember, Understand
b. Analyze, Evaluate, Create
IV. In today’s society, what does creation means?
a. Blogging, Podcasting
b. Animating, Planning
c. Recording, Designing, Programming
V. What about all the other tech skills?
a .Paraphrasing, Attributing, Subscribing
b.Editing, Twittering, Experimenting
c.Etc

In the 21st century technology is replacing reading books. Students can look up anything on the internet. As a future educator it would be something new to include into curriculum. Teaching the students how to use information correctly will be exciting, but it shouldn’t be hard because children are starting to use electronics at an early age.

The Networked Student

Before watching this video,I had no idea that Connectivism existed. Networking with different databases is a great way for students to learn different information. Eventhough the student basically can network alone, but the teacher still serve a purpose to teach and lead. Connectivism provides an easy way for students to solve solutions and with that is like replacing the teacher. Students still need guidelines to follow and someone to make sure the work is on time and correct.


Technology in the Classroom





Harness Your Students’ Digital Smarts


Vicki Davis stated, “pen and paper are not the only way to learn.” She believes that students learn differently. She is an amazing teacher; especially with the different programs that is used in her classroom. The students are able to connect with different students around the world. This is a great example of how teaching should be in the classroom.

Who’s Ahead in the Learning Race?
It’s evident that the students at Gulf Shores Elementary are ahead of the undergraduates and graduates students at the University of South Alabama. It’s a great that the elementary students are utilizing technology in the classroom. It’s amazing how those students know how to navigate the IPAD or MacBook. Incorporating technology in the classroom in the way to go in the 21st century.

Flipping In the Classroom

Flipping is something I’ve never heard of before this video. I think it is a great way of teaching. With the discussions in the classroom it gives the students a chance to interact and voice their opinion. I think this approach will be useful because I would have more time in the classroom to do activities; instead, of the lectures taking up classroom time.

3 comments:

  1. Thoughtful. Interesting. Enjoy your journey to a new world of learning.

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  2. Overall, great job. Get ready to learn more about incorporating technology into the classroom.

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  3. Mr. Dancealot did not effectively teach his students. In order to be able to do something there has to be a lot of practice! This is something we both can agree on and I think we can bring what we learned into our classrooms. From an editing perspective, I would reword the sentence that begins with "eventhough the students can work alone" in the Networked Student paragraph. Another editing suggestion is in the Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts paragraph when you wrote "different programs that is used," 'is' could be changed to 'are' to make it flow. Flipping the classroom does change the method of teaching and I also believe it will be useful.

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