Future Teacher Tools

There are two web 2.0 tools that I plan to use in the classroom next semester student teaching and 

implement into my own classroom. The tools are Glogster and Blogger. These tools are great for 

project creation. This falls under the highest level of blooms taxonomy creation. I also chose these tools 

because I personally enjoy using them myself. My hope is my love for the tools will be passes on 

to the students.  Blogger and Glogster both are very user friendly and even a person with novice 

level computer skills could use these tools. 

This is my final blog for this class and I have mixed emotions. I am excited to be finished blogging 

but I enjoy blog creation because I am the type of person who enjoys reflection. I have learned so 

much over this semester and I can not wait to implement everything I have learned into my 

future classroom.  

Top 10 to use a classroom blog !

Sources:

http://michellerafter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Blogger-logo.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJETK3am1M

Education through Gaming ?

When pondering the thought regarding gaming in education there is one game that comes to mind for me. It was a typing game and the object was to type words that appear on the screen as quickly as possible before the time ran out.It did  help me to type around 40 words in a minute. The implementation of games can have a profound impact on students and their learning.

Games can be very beneficial for students especially when there the learner has a predisposition for the topic of interest. When the content is of interest to the student the learning increases dramatically  There is a stigma associated with gamers that they are just in in it for the entertainment value alone. This is very true for many of the most  gamers today but there has yet to be a gaming developer that has tapped the true  potential in educational gaming. The video below has several valid points regarding the use of games for educational purposes.

Hyperlinked Sources

http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/mattarnetoj/images/Games%20in%20Education.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0qRKjfX3s

Wikipedia

Question the Answer 

The popularity of Wikipedia over the last decade, especially in education, has grown leaps and

 bounds. The general sense is that the majority of content found on Wikipedia is factual and can be 

used for assignments and project. This assignment has shown me that Wikipedia's content 

needs to be evaluated carefully with a watchful eye for sources cited and the author's 

named examined. It was very easy to find a Wikipedia page and start editing it. My thought

is that if I can do it anyone can meaning people not credible. 

In terms of the Wikipedia pages, I personally,edited the Leesville Road High School
Wikipedia page. I added a section on the school's D.E.C.A. student organization.  I checked on the
site a week later and the whole entire section was erased and deleted. It was rather upsetting
honestly to have my hard work just erased with a click of a button. The reason why this was
upsetting was because I took the time to research this topic with my co-op teacher
 who is the adviser for the student organization.
Wikipedia is a asset for the Internet, but students must understand how it works and
use it  effectively. The use of credible sources is vital for educational projects and research
Wikipedia if used must watched and evaluated carefully for credible content validity.

Linked Sources:
http://clog.dailycal.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/the-sistine-wiki-300x162.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFBDn5PiL00
Wikipedia page Edited
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leesville_Road_High_School

Twitter 101

The reason I created my twitter account was not for educational purposes to say the least. Charlie Sheen had just been fired from the show " Two and a half men" and I wanted to keep up with his crazy " winning" tweets. I just found them so funny and absolutely insane all at the same time. 

The twitter chat I attended was # n.t. chat. This stands for new teacher chat and will be a great tool for me to use ,especially when  student teaching next semester. I plan to attend the new teacher twitter chat again and look forward to next weeks meeting. The different types of teachers styles,content areas and locations all add to the twitter n.t. chat being a great  tool and could be considered a professional learning  committee.

In the beginning of the chat I was a little bit confused on the whole #ntchat and how to make sure my comments go to that specific chat. Once I figured that out it was fairly simple to use. In regards to interface I just used twitter's web page an updated the tweets as they were coming in. It was simple and easy to read teacher comments as they were streaming in. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment and feel I have extended my P.L.C.  

Twitter in Education Video

Twitter Edcuation

Hyperlinked Sources

http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/twitter-hashtags-300x192.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1twq7QCe19Y