Ipods in Education

IPods are being used as more than a music device. Educators are bringing the devices into the classroom to help instruc students on course material. People ate Duke University developed a new program using IPods. The students and instructors have recieved great use out of the technology. Instructors have been using the ipods to show pictures of science nature, use online collaboration tools, and present digital audio and video. The students have taken advatage of the devices by recording lectures and interviews, capturing images, and storing documents.
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Duke University is not the only school taking advatage of the new technology. Many other school have been using the ipod in various ways. Some schools are using ipods in content areas such as art and literature. Teachers can show vidoe and multimedia lessons dealing with these areas. In grade school the ipod can help boost literacy skills by using the program Playback. In History, the ipod is being used to listen to biographies, watch videos responding to conflict of historiographical interpretation, and show images of maps. In Ethics, it is being used by listening to Philosophies using podcast, listening to discussions, and speeches. There are many more ways a teacher can use an ipod, and it is a great way to intergrate new technology into the classroom.

My Presentation

Dr. Christie

As I was reviewing Dr. Christie's website I found many things that would be useful as a future educator. I her section on podcast would be very helpful. It has a section talking about K-12 podcasts to be used in the schools. This section has links to various podcasts that teacher can present to students. This section tells how to create a podcast and use a podcast.

One idea of using podcast, I thought would be intresting, was allowing students to say scripts on podcasts. This would be a great way to spice up plays in the classroom. Podcast will make learning more interesting to the students.

Wikipedia

I believe Wikipedia could be a reliable source if people would not delete negative things said. I think the reader should be able to read both the positive and negative statements of the article. Then, the reader can make his/her own personal judgment. I do not believe that Wikipedia will ever be 100% accurate since people are allowed to edit the information posted. I do believe the Wikipedia Scanner will make the online encyclopedia more reliable. It will make people hesitant on changing information considering the change could be re-tracked back to the editor.

Fischbowl, 2nd post. A Formula for Success?

To sum this post up, I would say the writer is asking if educators or teaching math correctly. The way students should be learning not if they are doing it wrong. As a current student and future educator, I agree. Most students learn formulas and methods of solving equations, but never have to use the methods.I,myself,have taken Maths such as Calcuis and Trigonometry. I enjoy math. It has always been one of my favorite subjects, but to be honest I do not remeber alot of the formulas and methods I learned, or should I say memorized for the claass.
I agree with the blogger in that we should teach students math that applies to everyday life. In my opinion, it does go deeper than adding, subtracting, and dividing. We should continue to teach our the same methods, but also teach them how to use it at their jobs, home, and everyday life. My Trig teacher told my class that we would never use Trigonometry, except for his class. Not trying to give the teacher a bad reputation, because he was an excellent teacher. The statement that he made gave me little inspiration to learn the material.This is why Ibelieve we should teach the students the concepts, and show them how to use it.

Technologically Illiterate

This post could be a very touchy subject. I believe it is based on the person's age experience on how they take this post. Older, technologically illiterate teachers would not agree with the post, but I believe most younger people going into education agree. In my experience, during my school years I typed more papers than wrote them. Our world is becoming more technologically advanced, so I believe it is important for teachers to follow.
People use emails now instead of writing letters. People do spreadsheets instead of adding problems. The computer can be used for every subject area in school. Teachers should take advantage of this. The students knowing more about computers than their teacher is just unaceptable. For teachers who are not wanting to learn about technology, it is a poor concept. Teachers should be motivated for lifetime learning even if it is technology. This is the new way to learn.

International Schools

One international school blog I located is Tashkent International School. This blog has information about the school such as the mission statement, how many students are enrolled, the views on technology for the school, teaching at Tashkent, and about the city of Tashkent. It also has post that talk about tips for interview and other international schools. I believe this is a blog for people looking to attend international schools.


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The second school I located is the International School of Athens. This blog is also based on information about the school. It describes the curriculum. It tells of the importance of acknowledging diversity. The blog describes the importance of the schools students. It also discusses the students after they leave the school. It also has link people can follow to classifides, health and emergency locations, and news.
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DId you Know

This video surprised me in quite a few ways. It shocked me to realize the United States of America has less college graduates than India and China. I believe America is allowing our people to become less educated, and our people are becoming lazier. Our nation has to step things up a couple of notches, or we will no longer be considered a leading nation. Our country is considered to be a free nation, but many people have placed freedom with laziness.
Other things in the video did not surprise me. People are spending too much time on the computers and cutting important things out of our lives. People communicate easier in the internet than they do in person. I think this is destroying our nation's social skills. Americans bounce from job to job. There is no real job security in America. Companies are always looking for other people that will accept lower wages. I believe this is one of the reasons our economy is dropping. This video made me think about some things, because I am a Myspace user. I realize I will spend time glancing at other people's Myspace pages while I should be trying to further educate myself. We have to be careful of the things we do now, because we should not short future generations from real experiences by replacing them with computers.

Classroom Blogs

One blog that I located was for Third Grade Bauer Elementary by Mrs.Myrmel. She has recently created a new blog about for her classroom. She uses the blog to get in touch with the parents and students. She post a welcome letter to the students, and a homework assignment for the parents. The blog had the supply list for the school year posted on the site. It also has a second page that tells about Mrs.Myrmel and her experience as a teacher. On this page it gives students and parents the oppurtunity to communicate with the teacher. Here is the link to redirect to her blog:
http://jmyrmel.edublogs.org/


The Next blog I located was one for Mountain Heights School. This blog was used mainly for students to experience blogging. It listed certain topics for the students to blog about. It would ask a question and allow the students to answer. I could not view the individual blog, because a password was required. It seemed like the students took advantage of the chance to blog. It was a lot of participation among the students. The link to this blog is http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1339&new_display_count=1000