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'
Monday 9 December 2013
Dipity- Online Timeline x
My life on the line
Dipity
Making an online timeline and being able to add events as
they happen is fantastic! I found it to be one of the best online tools. It’s
simple and easy to use and I find that the best part over all (great for non-savvy
techs). I created a timeline on significant events that have happened
throughout my life, its nice to look back now and then and remember your own
achievements. It was very simple to get the HTML code to place in my blog for
others to view.
Digital Video x
Movie Maker
Videos in the classroom can be used to engage students in
all learning areas and instruction can result in significant gains in basic or
higher-order learning, if applied appropriately. There are many programs around
these days that are “fool proof”, basically anyone can become a small movie
producer. Technology has made it easy for students to be able make their own
movies for projects, making them fun, interesting and hands on, students can
work individually (depending on the schools resources) or in groups. Students
would be able to add digital imagery, voice overs and text to their movies
utilising many ICT’s.
I made my video using my mobile phone, it is of my dogs
playing with their new toy (I could not think of anything else). At first I experimented
with iMovie, but I find it hard to use sites that make movies on your computer.
I uploaded my video to Facebook and then converted it to save onto my laptop to
be able to upload the video to my blog page, a lot of work for a 20 second
video. This would not be a readily way of uploading videos for teachers at
school, if you pre plan to use the video for a lesson it worked wonders for me
and was the easiest way I could find.
This is my video, no editing.
Audioboo. x
Experimenting with
Audioboo. First I had to create an account with audioboo and do some research
into what it actually was, as I had never heard of it before. Creating an
account was easy and you simply follow step by step instructions. I had to copy
the HTML and embed it into my blog page, as easy as 1, 2, 3.
I could think of many ways Audioboo would benefit the
classroom, in engaging students, making work fun, getting to listen to the
sound of their own voices and experiment ( who doesn’t like that!?). Audioboo
could be used as a prerecording of a topic hook for students to highly engae in
the activity. This could be a fun way as a first week of school ‘ice breaker’
each student could record a small ‘about me’ recording, and share around the
classroom, allowing students to know each of their fellow peers. Another pro of
Audioboo, it could be used to record small oral speeches allowing teachers to
listen back on presentations and hear things they may have missed due to class
distractions. If you are a ‘tech savvy’ teacher utilising all these ICT tools in
the classroom would make a highly motivating, engaging and creative classroom.
Audioboo, I would 100% recommend to be used in the classroom.
This is my recording (is this really what I sound like?)
Wednesday 4 December 2013
Images, Video and Audio Tools x
The focus this week is on multimedia. Multimodal learning is
about using Digital tools and making the most of them. Using digital tools in
the classroom to enhance learning outcomes for all students to achieve and
succeed not only in your classroom but for the rest of their schooling journey.
As a component of the Australian
curriculum our aim is to enhance learning using these support tools. Undeniably
we have evolved into a word where technology is taking over and changing faster
than we can keep up. We must keep our skills sharp and continue to gain new ways
of using digital tools to engage students, guiding them the BEST we can.
This week has been a journey looking at the way things work,
Video, Images and Pod casts ( I had NO idea what a pod cast was). Through understanding these tools, there are
many useful ways in which they could be used in the classroom.
Using Digital Tools
- Saves paper (we all need to look after the environment!)
- Encourages collaboration (two great minds are better than one)
- Recourses at our fingertips
- Personalise Learning
Resizing and uploading digital photos
Resized- 75% smaller Size: 77KB
Flickr..
The world of Flickr.. AMAZING. For the first time today I joined
flickr, I had hear of it before and many of my friends ‘follow’ others profiles,
looking at their photos. One of the most popular repositories of digital images
online is Flickr. It had never interested me before today, but the amount of
images is unbelievable (you have to see it to believe it). Anyone can upload a
photo and tag it with a topic to go web wide (and the best beauty It’s FREE). I
have found it to be one of the most enjoyable program on the web for a long
time. Members share an incredible amount of amazing work on Flickr. If there is
an image you'd like to use, "Request to license" on the photo page to
be able to use a photo from the site then copy the HTML code (easy as it
sounds, it really is this easy) then paste the code into the HTML section on
blogger.
As I am a ‘style stealer’ I love fashion blogs and pages. I typed
in fashion- Paris fashion week (their style is perfect) and countless pictures,
too many to look at appeared before my eyes. Here is one of my favourite picture
I found from Flickr..
Paris Fashion Week x
Flickr would be one of my favourite tools to use in the
classroom, I would defiantly involve it in any topic I could. As it is simple
to use (and safe), it would make searching for pictures a very easy task, with
many to choose from. Teachers would be able to search for images related to
their lesson and use them as the ‘hook’ for their lessons. As long as teachers
are aware that any images uploaded can be viewed by flickr uses, permission to
use students in the class would have to be gained. It would be a great tool to
share photos of class progress and activities throughout the term at a parent
information night.
Blogs, Wikis and Weebly x
"The world today
relies on information communication technology or ICTs”.
The use of digital technologies is only suitable when there are clear learning benefits for your learners.
Blogs, Wikis and Weebly..
As teachers need to
be lifelong learners, this week has certainly proven that statement very true!
As I have read many blogs (mostly fashion and beauty blogs I must admit) creating
one and keeping it interesting is quite a challenge! I am no journalist, I cannot make things seem
more interesting than what they really are, so for me after finding a more
clear understanding of Blogs, Wikis and Weebly, I can most certainly see their effectiveness
in the classroom, keeping the students engaged whilst also ensuring students
success. In this post I have offered my views and understandings on each of the
ICT’s and how they can be a useful resource I the classroom.
BLOGS
Blogs are the most interesting and most engaging interactive
web page I find, they allow others to comment on your posts, contribute
feedback and also share ideas. Since I am only a blog stalker not an illustrator
(until this course)I have found it challenging to keep my posts interesting and
inspiring. Blog pages have many positive features and allow people to be who
they want to be, express their views and feelings and share their journey with
a bunch of followers. Although my blog is purely for this course, it has opened
my eyes up to a world of on line dear diary’s, for students in the classroom
blogs can make a good way to interact with your students, find out more about
who they really are as people not just students and allow teachers to truly profile
and understand each student in their class to form positive relationships. They
could also be used for checking progression of learning and their
understandings to provide feedback on how students are learning and what may
need to be revisited. Since starting this course I will strive to keep a blog
diary throughout my studies to look back on some time down the track.
STATIC WEBSITES- THE WEEBLY
AHHH!! This is how I feel about ‘the weebly’! How does a
website, or online space work? A question im sure we would all love to
understand with great meaning. Before reading about static websites and engaging
in the weeks activities I had NO idea what this was! But I told myself I can
get through creating a blog, this should be a piece of cake right? (did you
know you can add a blog to your weebly?). I had the feeling of success when I designed
the site, managed to upload a picture and then realised that to publish the
site I had to pay? Other than this mishap weebly I could see the benefits of it
being a good tool to use in the classroom, having the ability to upload videos
and photos, make weekly or daily contributions.
http://377529296636936318.weebly.com
( I couldn’t quite figure out how to change the site address).
WIKIS
A Wiki? What have I gotten myself into? Since enrolling in
E-Learning, I knew from week one this course was going to be a challenge, I may
only be young but I think I’ve found that I have an old soul? I say that because
technology and me just cannot seem to be friends, as much as I try for it to
just ‘work’ I cannot seem to extend the relationship past Microsoft word and
email. Nevertheless I remain to keep an open mind and surprised myself this
week, I found that wikis (as challenging as they are!) could be a great
teaching tool, engage students and some learning benefits from them. Since I merely
only managed to upload a picture and some words, I feel that feeling of
complete success, even following the step by step manual this task was a huge
hurdle for me and I feel proud! Thank the web for beig ever so changeable, as a
wiki is not static, you can change as you please. Wikis have the ability to
promote higher order thinking a must in the classroom! My Wiki page (I am
working on making it engaging and effective).
http://karablankenhagen.wikispaces.com/
After engaging in all three interactive web pages, I found
that the most useful (and easiest for myself to navigate) is a Blog page. SMAR
of blogging.
Substitution
Blogs can be used for many different outcomes, social,
personal, learning, sharing information and I find this to be one of the best
tools I would use in my classroom. Blogs can be used to keep a running record
of student’s understandings and a way to interact with each and every student,
allow for feedback and can be used to set goals for your students. This can
allow students to take control of their own learning and feel part of the
design of their outcomes.
Augmentation
Blogs can allow all students to feel a sense of achievement,
blogs can cater for all different stages of learners as it has many different
uses and the more you understand and engage in blogs there more effective you
can make them. Blogs can enhance students’ comprehension skills and allow for different
ways of analysing learning's.
Modification
A blog could be used as a class journal, or individual
student use. Blogs allow students to engage in each other’s work, provide
feedback and enhance peer review learning, the beauty of a blog is they can be
accessed from home and at school, any time of the day. One of the many beauties
of technology in today’s society.
Redefinition
As a cohort of a year level, all teachers could welcome the
idea of a blog page for each student in their class, tis would allow a year
level to feed of each other and mind meaning for learning from other students.
Blogs can provide a way for socialising and sustaining peer relationships, and
also more individual relationships with teachers and students. As blog pages
are worldwide it is only the beginning for student’s success, which is our main
goal as future teachers, to open their eyes to all the useful resources that we
have available today.
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