Thursday 12 December 2013
Life Long Learning
21st Century Education- Just some real life reality for us 'soon to be teachers'!
Sir Ken Robinson -How is Technology Transforming Education?
How is Technology Transforming Education?
Airpano x
Airpano- Virtual World Tour
Airpano is a tool I used in a SOSE project for uni, to look
at views from 360 degree angles. This would be a very usefull tool to use in
the classroom for History and Geography. I love it and the places you can ‘visit’
gives you a real life perspective of them and virtual tours around the world.
Students in the class would have a great time exploring!
Here is the link to my favourite place I the world- Paris, France:
'France is one of the most famous countries in Europe, and Paris is probably the most famous city in the world. Paris is rightfully called "the city of light". It is not because of its extensive illumination - otherwise any major city would claim the title - but because the capital of France has been a centre of education, arts and philosophy for many centuries'.
http://www.airpano.ru/files/Paris-France/2-2
Glogster x
Glogster
An online scrapbook! How fun is this tool!! I love how you
can make so many different varieties of pages and add whatever you like! It is
a very interactive and engaging online tool that is a must in the classroom,
very fun! At first it can be hard to navigate around the page and learning how
to add images and sounds, but once you get the hang of it, it is really quite
simple. It’s a really fun online tool that would keep students engaged for
hours!
This is my favourite online tool by far! For students I the
classroom it allows their creative and individual features bloom. As Glogster
is very engaging and easy to use it could be used in any year level, providing
clear instructions are set. It is a safe online tool and you can change the
privacy settings to private for all your students so only you the teacher can
see what your students have created. Being able to upload sound files, videos
and pictures also incorporating text, makes this tool flexible to embed in most
subjects at school. As a glog could be used individually or in a group, this is
a great tool for building friendly environments but also allows students to
work on their own.
Glogster would be a very useful tool in the classroom for teachers
and students, teachers could create glogs to introduce units to their students
making them highly engaged, (saves paper too!). I think Glogster is a fantastic
online tool and would benefit the classroom teachers and students.
Here is my Glogster poster- Paris I love it
Prezi x
Prezi- Ideas Matter
Never before this course had I heard of Prezi ( I know I say
that about all the tools, but its true I know how to use Facebook and Microsoft
word!). Like all the other online digital tools, you have to join or sign up to
make an account to be able to use and experiment with what the site has to
offer.
Prezi needs Adobe Flash player installed onto your computer
for the program to be able to run, which could cause problems for schools who
do not have it or at home if parents of students wish to not download Adobe.
Prezi would be recommend for students of higher year levels as it is A LOT harder
to use than your average powerpoint, like powerpoint you can add photos, videos
and audio to your presentation, therefore it would not be an ideal tool to HAVE
to have in the classroom. Although Prezi allows you to add minute detail not
possible in PowerPoint, they share almost the same features (Prezi of course
being online). Prezi could be used in the classroom for presentations as a group
or individually. It would be a great tool for assessment pieces or for teacher use to keep track of planning. I made a Prezi presentation on some of the things that I love.
And here it is..
http://prezi.com/uv5xes3bv7_l/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
PowerPoint x
PowerPoint
PowerPoint is the first digital tool I ever used, in school
and once in my work place. They are by far one of the easiest tools to learn
how to use at just about any age and you can incorporate just about anything
into them (voice overs, videos, music, picture and creative writing just to
name a few). They can be made to be very engaging and add a ‘real life’ feeling
to new learning's. The beauty of PowerPoint is you can follow a template or
create your own, there easy step by step templates are fun and easy to use,
making it easy for all students to personalise their work.
For teachers in the classroom Powerpoint can be used as the ‘hook’,
to engage students into a new topic, they can be used throughout the unit of
work or just as a creative activity. Teachers are able to create numerous
supporting powerpoints for a unit of work, to lighten the load in the
classroom, you can add as many slides as you like and alter them as you need. Like
many of the digital tools you are able to add images, audio and creative text
to powerpoints. As powerpoint generally comes with computers / laptops as you purchase
them, it is a readily digital tool with many great features for teachers to use
in the classroom and even for their own planning. I made this powerpint for my
first ever university assignment, although not all that interesting it is still
a large starting point in my studying chapter of life. I took me many hours to
complete, and at the time I was VERY impressed with my ability of powerpoint
creativity. I converted my powerpoint to a video file so that I could upload it onto my blog page.
Here it is…
I found this presentation on slide share and it is amazing-
'The Purpose of Education'
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