Itunes

Itunes University


Itunes University makes it easy for anyone anywhere to experience different Universities through a variety of multimedia content. It enables everyone to hear and see faculty,staff,students and to virtually experience public events, special productions, and lectures that they might not have been able to attend. This is what the University of Maryland itunes provide fir thier students.

This is a good way for students who might have been absent for class and didn't get to hear the lecture from that day. Itunes University gives students the oppportunity to be able to hear that lecture from that day by going to that University Itune page.
It can also help the people in the community see what's going on with their local Universities whether it be games or special productions. Itunes University is a great tool foe students,staff,teachers and the community.
(http://www.umd.edu/itunesu/)

Ipod Assingment

I came upon an interesting site where teachers in Zambia are using Ipods to enhance professional training in mathematics, science, and English. These Ipods are not your average, everyday Ipods, they are loaded with IRI lessons as well as with audio and video training in their presentation of complex topics.

Ipods also help the IRI team in Zambia address another challenge, how to convey concepts that are more easily explained visually. Using Ipods combination with a foot or solar-powered generator can also broadcast the lessons without being tied to the radio broadcast schedule.(http://les.edc.org/news.articles.php?id=262)



Duke University


Duke University is distributing apple ipods to its incoming freshman, as a part of an initiative to encourage creative uses of technology in education and campus life.
It will be preloaded with Duke related content, such as information for freshman orientation and the academic calendar.
Students can also download faculty provided course content, including language lessons, music, recorded lectures,and audio books. They will also be able to purhcase music through the site.(http://news.duke.edu/2004/07/ipods_0704.html)

My presentation

Dr. Alice Christie's Blog assingment

Dr. Alice Christie
Using Technology To Enhance Literacy
In Elementary School Children


The article i read on helping children improve their literary skills through
technology was very interesting. Children have the opportunities to decide what they want to learn rather then what other people think they should learn.
The children are reading from authentic sources not textbooks.
Dr. Christie believe that integrating technology and telecommunications into
Language Arts can enhance Literacy.

Wickipiedia

Who's messing with Wickipedia



Wickipedia is not a very reliable source to search for things.
It's so easy for people to go in and change entries and edit them.
This is not illegal at all so how do we stop it? Wickipedia is not fact checked.
Virgil Griffith invented the tool "Wickepedia Scanner" which helps trace entries and edits back to their IP addresses. By doing this it might help the hackers think twice about editing and changing entries. Now they are not so anonymous anymore.

Why Wireless? The Best Of Fischbowl

Fisch explains in this blog why wireless is important he goes on to say that students will spend the rest of their lives in multi-tasking,technology driven world and they will need information and communication technology literacy in order to be successful in both their professional and personal lives.

I agree with this statement, students of this generation deals with technology on an everyday basis the earlier they get exposed to this technology and how to use it the better they will be off in the long run.

Having access to the internet is very important because it gives students the opportunity to find things and learn things that they may need for school or an assignment. Internet is the best source to go and find things so if you don't know much about it , you might want to find out how to .

The Best Of Fischbowl September

Is it okay to be a technologically illiterate teacher? Well. that's a very good question. I was reading this blog and they seem to be very harsh against those who were not familiar or in other terms computer illiterate. Fischbowl stated that school inspectors who are not technologically illiterate should b encouraged to find another alternative employment. That's not fair to say because technology has changed drastically over the years and for those teachers who didn't have the technology we have now shouldn't be punished for that.

I think people should know the basics of how to use a computer and for teachers, they should have workshops for those teachers who can't operate a computer properly. I think it really shouldn't affect the way a teacher teach her students if he or she doesn't know how to work a computer. Will it help make their teaching process more easily, yes it will but you can't make it seem like they don't have a choice either you know how to operate a computer or you don't and if you don't well your out of luck. This is how people may perceive it and that's not fair.

International Blogging

The first site I came upon talks about teachers in the U.K. who are debating over whether or not technology hinders or helps them in the classroom. It also states that a disadvantage for teachers is that with new technology comes a learning curve on how to operate it as well as how to profitably integrate it into the classroom. A drama teacher, Steve Powter thinks the new technology, especially the interactive white boards, are engaging students. The other teachers feel that schools shouldn't try to complete with all the technology that kids have outside of school and focus more on the basics.
In my opinion, I think technology in the classroom is a great idea and it can help students learning process easy and exciting. children of this generation are already familiar or somewhat familiar with technology. Many use technology on a everyday bases so introducing technology in the classroom should just teach them more about technology.(www.educationznet.com) this page is did not have a picture)

COMING TOGETHER







Another site i came upon talks about five countries coming together, Azerbaijan,Brazil,Palau, and Zambia, working together to inspire and enrich the lives of young people by playing and excelling at sports.
Teachers are coming together to figure come up with a P.E. curriculum program for the students. This is another example of how technology allows people to come together. (www.london2012/2008/04/15.com)

Blogging In The Classroom

Bill Ferriter teaches sixth grade Language Arts in Wake County,NC, where he was named teacher of the year 2005-2006.
In an Excerpt he explains how he begun to introduce the tools of the Read/Write web to his students. By doing this his class is now Blogging. He says,"Blogging has allowed me to create a forum where my students discuss current events connected to our social studies curriculum while developing language arts skills like critical thinking and persuasive dialogue. It also has given my students an audience for their ideas, which has increased levels of interest and motivation."(teacherleaders.typepod.com/the_tempered_radical/2008/02/using-blogs-and.html)


Blogging Connecting To Parents

Fifth grade students at Pinellas Park in Pittsburgh has a personal website helping parents stay informed with their children at school.
Fifth grade teacher Fred Roemer lets his students write about what they've learned each day in an online journal. Roemer's classroom web journal is among many nationwide. It serves as a model for other teachers who want to reclaim the technology from their students.(www.sptimes.com/2005/08/09Tampabay/Bloggingclassroom_co.shtml)

Did You Know?

Technology is all around us before you know it everything we do in this world will be computer generated. It's amazing how technology plays a major role in our society. Technology is updated everyday it's always changing. It's every where, on our jobs,schools,libraries, and banks. People are so dependent on technology now that we tend to forget how to do things without it. So you see how technology can be a bad thing too. What if a student that only knew how to do math problems using a high tech calculator, what would he do when it came to taking a test that would require him not to use one. what would the student do then?

I'm not against technology because i think it's great. It's advancing so fast that we have to read everyday just to see if their were any changes. If you do not have access to a computer you might want to invest in one. Having a computer or access to one can save you a lot of trouble. You can do on-line banking,apply for a job,pay bills anything you would normally have to leave your home to do you can do it in you home whenever its convenient for you.

Know you know a little about technology and how fast its growing and changing everyday. Everyone should invest in a computer because if you don't have one pr access to one you will be left behind.