Matrix: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai7nSURhHiO0dHo0NDAxTGNDVDUzbDRuT2RXTm1aVUE#gid=0
In writing the Matrix my goal was to provide clarity for students in understanding the ramifications and goals for each nation actions during the years following World War One. It is essential in todays society and ever advancing world for both teachers and students to adapt to the new world.
My first standard addresses the First World War and its' major players main goals.The student will have a lecture based on the information. Using powerpoints and a smartboard the class will have a greater understanding and will be able continue onto the next section of the assignment.
The second standard will address the student ability to critically analyze the effect of World War One. The Students will write a writing sample on the question of "What is a
lasting peace?". The student will discuss this question after completing
the assignment. Understanding the short-term and long-term effects of
the War will help them later in the project. By engaging in class discussions the students can discuss the topic amongst themselves. The Students will then go into groups and work together to develop their own presentations on their group projects and then give class presentations on their combined effots.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Interactivity #5
The teacher I interviewed is a friend of mine who recently got a job in my old middle school. He teaches history to eighth graders in the Woodbridge School District. When I first discussed the NET standards with him he was completely unaware that they existed. After emailing him a copy of the standards he made it clear that while the specific standards weren't known, he had been making efforts to incorporate technology into his classroom. Another interesting thing being that the few colleagues he asked about it hadn't heard of the standards either. He was also surprised that his school hadn't given any acknowledgment to the standards, considering the school and the district as a whole are really pushing technology in the classroom. As far as he knew the school as a whole was not actively pursuing the standards, but he wasn't entirely sure.
While the school is replacing old technology in the classrooms, it is a slow process. However, the classroom has a mounted electronic projector on the ceiling, a major benefit for a teacher trying to use tech in his class. Using this he shows clips from online, teaches the students how to research appropriately online, presenting Powerpoint slides to the students, and uses a number of online activities to engage the students. One of the better examples is a Jeopardy game on the computer which the students really love and use as preparation for unit tests.
I was surprised at the lack of time individual students receive on computers. While most students today have ready access to computers at home, at school the students rarely, if ever, use the computers. There are accessible computers in the library, but these are only used when classes spend their class time there. There is also a dedicated computer room, however these computers are almost always used by language learning classes. I asked the teacher if there were plans to bring more computers into the classroom, there is only one and it can only be accessed by the teacher, he said that there were plans to get more computers, but it has been an extremely slow process and that they were told they would be installed by January, but still haven't arrived.
As a future educator it is imperative to not only use the standards in the classroom, it is also important for colleagues to learn these standards as well. By educating the teachers about the growing need to expose students to technology in the classroom students will have a greater opportunity to see technology used in all aspects of their curriculum and not just in specific classes.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai7nSURhHiO0dHlRUnBDeVpleFVNRllsU3kzLS13clE&pli=1
While the school is replacing old technology in the classrooms, it is a slow process. However, the classroom has a mounted electronic projector on the ceiling, a major benefit for a teacher trying to use tech in his class. Using this he shows clips from online, teaches the students how to research appropriately online, presenting Powerpoint slides to the students, and uses a number of online activities to engage the students. One of the better examples is a Jeopardy game on the computer which the students really love and use as preparation for unit tests.
I was surprised at the lack of time individual students receive on computers. While most students today have ready access to computers at home, at school the students rarely, if ever, use the computers. There are accessible computers in the library, but these are only used when classes spend their class time there. There is also a dedicated computer room, however these computers are almost always used by language learning classes. I asked the teacher if there were plans to bring more computers into the classroom, there is only one and it can only be accessed by the teacher, he said that there were plans to get more computers, but it has been an extremely slow process and that they were told they would be installed by January, but still haven't arrived.
As a future educator it is imperative to not only use the standards in the classroom, it is also important for colleagues to learn these standards as well. By educating the teachers about the growing need to expose students to technology in the classroom students will have a greater opportunity to see technology used in all aspects of their curriculum and not just in specific classes.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai7nSURhHiO0dHlRUnBDeVpleFVNRllsU3kzLS13clE&pli=1
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Interactivity #4
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai7nSURhHiO0dHlRUnBDeVpleFVNRllsU3kzLS13clE&pli=1#gid=0
I chose this lesson because I feel that the importance of the Civil War in economic terms has been greatly underestimated. Included in this lesson plan was several tools to allow students, even at a young age, to explore the economic issues surrounding the South and also to allow them to see the Souths reliance on the North to process the slave extracted resources from the South. The blending of technology into the lesson plan makes for a wider understanding of the situation and allows the student to connect to the topic in a more thought provoking way. The goal of the lesson plan in the end is to have the students understand the underlying issues of the souths economy and how the lack of industrialization in the south would lead to the Norths dominance over the south, and their perceived need to rebel.
I would have liked to see a larger emphases on technologies which was lacking slightly. There could be a wider focus on the other aspects of these technologies and adding some things like allowing the students to do research on their own, creating independent projects using technology and exploring the documents more using the Internet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai7nSURhHiO0dHlRUnBDeVpleFVNRllsU3kzLS13clE&pli=1#gid=0
I chose this lesson because I feel that the importance of the Civil War in economic terms has been greatly underestimated. Included in this lesson plan was several tools to allow students, even at a young age, to explore the economic issues surrounding the South and also to allow them to see the Souths reliance on the North to process the slave extracted resources from the South. The blending of technology into the lesson plan makes for a wider understanding of the situation and allows the student to connect to the topic in a more thought provoking way. The goal of the lesson plan in the end is to have the students understand the underlying issues of the souths economy and how the lack of industrialization in the south would lead to the Norths dominance over the south, and their perceived need to rebel.
I would have liked to see a larger emphases on technologies which was lacking slightly. There could be a wider focus on the other aspects of these technologies and adding some things like allowing the students to do research on their own, creating independent projects using technology and exploring the documents more using the Internet.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Interactivity #1
The three most influential communications technologies in my life are my laptop, my cell phone, and social media websites.
"Olivia's Story" is an important look at this generations connection to technology. In todays society nearly everyone, and especially when looking at the youth, is connected in some way to technology. Olivia represents the youths connection to technology, while at the same time having limited access to those technologies. As a future teacher I have to understand the circumstances of my students and realize that all student may not have access to the same technologies I have access too. However, Olivia also shows that young people will find a way to access the technologies which their peers can access.
"Learning to Change, Changing to Learn" paints and interesting picture of technology and its potential for educational use. Students can show many different ways which they may use technology in their personal lives, but they also use technology for educational uses. For these students technology has merged their academic lives and their personal lives. The video shows that though there can be disadvantages to using technology in the classroom, the positives out way the negatives.
In my life there are few things as important to me than my laptop. Im am able to stay connected at all times with the world around me and I am able to use it for researching a paper, homework help, and even to take online classes. Incorporating laptops in the classroom is a vital step towards incorporating technology in the classroom. The second two technologies are not a useful in the classroom setting. Cell phones keep people connected to everyone anywhere, and in a classroom this can be very distracting. Social networking has not found a place in the classroom, yet. In the future I hope that a educational use for social networking can be found as it has great potential and students already have a great connection to social networking.
"Olivia's Story" is an important look at this generations connection to technology. In todays society nearly everyone, and especially when looking at the youth, is connected in some way to technology. Olivia represents the youths connection to technology, while at the same time having limited access to those technologies. As a future teacher I have to understand the circumstances of my students and realize that all student may not have access to the same technologies I have access too. However, Olivia also shows that young people will find a way to access the technologies which their peers can access.
"Learning to Change, Changing to Learn" paints and interesting picture of technology and its potential for educational use. Students can show many different ways which they may use technology in their personal lives, but they also use technology for educational uses. For these students technology has merged their academic lives and their personal lives. The video shows that though there can be disadvantages to using technology in the classroom, the positives out way the negatives.
In my life there are few things as important to me than my laptop. Im am able to stay connected at all times with the world around me and I am able to use it for researching a paper, homework help, and even to take online classes. Incorporating laptops in the classroom is a vital step towards incorporating technology in the classroom. The second two technologies are not a useful in the classroom setting. Cell phones keep people connected to everyone anywhere, and in a classroom this can be very distracting. Social networking has not found a place in the classroom, yet. In the future I hope that a educational use for social networking can be found as it has great potential and students already have a great connection to social networking.
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