My thoughts on the midterm. I thought it was overall very easy. But, the first part I knew I got the .xls, .isf, .jpd wrong. I know I could have gotten them correct if I looked on my USB Memory. But I did not think I would be right, that would have given my three points more on my exam. So, If I looked, I would have gotten 16 out of 18. The only reason why I am telling you this, so on your next exam you give, you don't let the students put in their USB Memory. Because, we save all our work on it. The other two points I got wrong was the ISTE. I knew the main thing was ADVANCED search but I just could not figure it out. This part of the test was worth 2 points (I think). Although I got the wrong article I should have received a point for the cut and paste. Well, I wished I got a point for it. I don't think midterm 1 represented my knowledge well. I don't think this part of the exam should have been worth more than midterm 2.
I feel on midterm 2, I was able to show more of what I have learned in the class. The following, Print screen, inspiration, rapid fire, graphing, copy and paste, Power Point, is what I was able to prove to you of what I have learned. I am not sure what my grade is but the questions you asked represented the programs we learned so far.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Blog # 8
It seems like WebQuest has the same idea that filamentality. Pretty much the teacher puts links together that he/she wants the student to look over. At first, I thought that the WebQuest would not be useful for high school math, I was wrong. I opened a high school math WebQuest for 9-12 grades and it was cool. It had an introduction, task, resources (links), process and a conclusion. Wow! What a cool way to intergrate technology with math. It was a living word problem, about the cost of airfare, time, and the relationship between the two. I think as a math teacher, I could keep students very interested in math using this type of lesson plan.
WebQuest FOCUS's on five principles. F ind great sites. This is probably the most important. If you don't find the corret site that keeps the students interested then they will not learn as well. O rchestrat the learners and resources. Make sure that you know what you want the students to learn. C hallenage the students. WebQuest can be fun so the students will not notice that you are chanlenage them. U se not only the Web but all sorts of media, BookQuest and so on, be creative. S caflod have high expectations. This type of learning is consitily evolving. My eyes again have been opened. My first reaction after looking at it I thought different type of WebQuests is that it would be a lot of fun for the kids. But, a lot of work for me as the teacher. I could use the search engines to find great WebQuests to use my classrooms. I think this will be a great way to should kids why math is use full. I can put it into real stituations.
I tried for three hours, to do filamentlity on math, I could not do it. I think that WebQuest would be a better program to use. I thought it would be fun to do my filamentality on Kangaroos. My URL is http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/huntkangroosse.html. I directed the lesson plan for 4th or 5th graders. I think this is a great way to teach student life science because they get to see different web sites, pictures, and information.
Am I right when I said that Filmetality and WebQuest are the same, but just different types of programs?
WebQuest FOCUS's on five principles. F ind great sites. This is probably the most important. If you don't find the corret site that keeps the students interested then they will not learn as well. O rchestrat the learners and resources. Make sure that you know what you want the students to learn. C hallenage the students. WebQuest can be fun so the students will not notice that you are chanlenage them. U se not only the Web but all sorts of media, BookQuest and so on, be creative. S caflod have high expectations. This type of learning is consitily evolving. My eyes again have been opened. My first reaction after looking at it I thought different type of WebQuests is that it would be a lot of fun for the kids. But, a lot of work for me as the teacher. I could use the search engines to find great WebQuests to use my classrooms. I think this will be a great way to should kids why math is use full. I can put it into real stituations.
I tried for three hours, to do filamentlity on math, I could not do it. I think that WebQuest would be a better program to use. I thought it would be fun to do my filamentality on Kangaroos. My URL is http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/huntkangroosse.html. I directed the lesson plan for 4th or 5th graders. I think this is a great way to teach student life science because they get to see different web sites, pictures, and information.
Am I right when I said that Filmetality and WebQuest are the same, but just different types of programs?
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Blog # 7
I think wiki could be an advantage for a long project or a very short project. But, if it is a project with many people and a short amount of time, then wiki is frustrating. It seemed when I was able to get on wiki, know one else was on it. So my thoughts were not responded to right away. I had to wait, then they had to wait until I was on it. It seemed like my thoughts were not a part of the project due to the fact of time. But if it is a timed project that need to be done within a day, then everyone would have to work on it right away. We all would have to make the time at the same time.
I now understand what you mean by watch what you write because someone may take it the wrong way. For example, During our discussion page the following was said.
keseymour2 writes: policies
I believe we need two pages for Acceptable use Policies. One for teacher and one for the studentsPosted Thursday, 8:29 am
XXXXXXX: re: policies
wouldnt u think that the teachers and students should follow the same rules?Posted Thursday, 8:32 am
XXXXXXXXre: policies
one wuold hope...
"one would hope...." I took this as duh? of course they follow the same policies. I did take offence to this. I believe I am correct when you asked for two pages one for the teacher and one for the students. But I am not sure. I guess we will find out later.
A Building Block for teacher Vol28 #8
This article really made me think about how unfair the education system is. If anything the poorer schools should get the extra funding for computes, since the student probably do not have computer at home. This would be a great advantage for lower income students.
It seems to me everyone talks about what should be done and know one does any thing. We live in a very technological time therefor we should be teaching the students how to use technology. I think most people are to scared to stand up and fight cause they don't want to cause any waves. I
Since money is an issue, most schools don't have computers in all classrooms so the have labs. The major obstacle is equal access and equal time. The article was also saying that if there are only labs the it make the student think computers are "extra" but on the contrary they are the future.
Some classes have computer work stations with encourages student collaborative thinking, and helping each other. It is always good when students can help each other.
Teachers have to be more aware of technology. They can use it for the classroom and well as help them with different teacher tasks. Teachers should have prolonged training and then apply it.
I now understand what you mean by watch what you write because someone may take it the wrong way. For example, During our discussion page the following was said.
keseymour2 writes: policies
I believe we need two pages for Acceptable use Policies. One for teacher and one for the studentsPosted Thursday, 8:29 am
XXXXXXX: re: policies
wouldnt u think that the teachers and students should follow the same rules?Posted Thursday, 8:32 am
XXXXXXXXre: policies
one wuold hope...
"one would hope...." I took this as duh? of course they follow the same policies. I did take offence to this. I believe I am correct when you asked for two pages one for the teacher and one for the students. But I am not sure. I guess we will find out later.
A Building Block for teacher Vol28 #8
This article really made me think about how unfair the education system is. If anything the poorer schools should get the extra funding for computes, since the student probably do not have computer at home. This would be a great advantage for lower income students.
It seems to me everyone talks about what should be done and know one does any thing. We live in a very technological time therefor we should be teaching the students how to use technology. I think most people are to scared to stand up and fight cause they don't want to cause any waves. I
Since money is an issue, most schools don't have computers in all classrooms so the have labs. The major obstacle is equal access and equal time. The article was also saying that if there are only labs the it make the student think computers are "extra" but on the contrary they are the future.
Some classes have computer work stations with encourages student collaborative thinking, and helping each other. It is always good when students can help each other.
Teachers have to be more aware of technology. They can use it for the classroom and well as help them with different teacher tasks. Teachers should have prolonged training and then apply it.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Blog #6
I have always known I have lived in very small world. This world is in my control. The few hours I have spent on the Internet have also been small. I have only used Yahoo as my search engine. Yahoo has been my world. Now I have been exposed to so may more search engines. First, I didn't know that there was a big difference between search engines. I can not wait until I have the time to go to each engine and see the difference. In our readings they gave share a few search engines. I did paste and copy them so I could look at the another time. The one I feel will be most useful is the Math search engine (maths.suyd.eduk.au/Math Search.html) or Free search engine. I am truly excited for my kids and my future students. Thank you for opening my world.
The one thing with the computer I know is excel. Have worked on it in the past many times and I actually know it. After taking the test, I felt that I was a excel whiz. I know that I am not but I do understand how it works. I did get all the question correct but I guess if one never worked with excel it could be hard. I never thought about using excel as a teacher. But now I know I will. After I make my excel spreadsheet for the first year or semester I will have it easy.
May I state the obvious? Your class is so useful. This class is making me less scared about being a teacher. I feel that I will have great rescources to help thoses kids who will need the extra help.
Thank you!
The one thing with the computer I know is excel. Have worked on it in the past many times and I actually know it. After taking the test, I felt that I was a excel whiz. I know that I am not but I do understand how it works. I did get all the question correct but I guess if one never worked with excel it could be hard. I never thought about using excel as a teacher. But now I know I will. After I make my excel spreadsheet for the first year or semester I will have it easy.
May I state the obvious? Your class is so useful. This class is making me less scared about being a teacher. I feel that I will have great rescources to help thoses kids who will need the extra help.
Thank you!
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