Huang, Chuanbo. "On the Misunderstanding of the Integration between Literature Curriculum Teaching and Modern Educational Technology." Asian Social Sciences, (2010) 6, 167-169.
The third article I have read is also a very fitting article written on the connection between education and technology. The basis of the article is the misunderstandings that teachers have about integrating technology into their classroom. I agree with the the theory that technology is not always used properly in a classroom. In fact if not used correctly technology can hinder a student's ability to learn.
The memorable points of the article were the three main points discussed in the article. The first point discussed how "modern educational technology can well displace the traditional teaching way of blackboard and chalk." The article just goes more in depth on this point by describing how videos have became a substitute for reading aloud in class, and having the teacher read aloud. The author discussed that more pictures may not draw more interest and attract their attention and that it can hinder a student from thinking or using their imagination. Another point the author brought up was that an emphasis in media can sometimes marginalize the teacher. The teacher almost becomes the "mouse" and does not realize their their own function. A third point is that teachers may use technology to find lesson plans and materials instead of preparing and accumulating more knowledge on certain topics.
I do not think I learned anything substantial in this article. If anything it just reaffirmed my feelings on education and technology. I am a big believer in using technology in education, but you have to know how to use it. If you use technology the wrong way it can have the opposite affect that you had intended on it having.
What I can take from this article that will make my classrooms more effective, efficient, and engaging is the idea that I do not want to over use technology. I need to make sure I carefully plan my technology lesson plans as much as I plan my lessons without technology.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Reading Selection # 2
Colombo, Michael W. and Paul D. Colombo. "Using Blogs to Improve Differentiated Instruction." Phi Delta Kappan 89 (2007): 60-63.
My second article selection was entitled Using Blogs to Improve Differentiated Instruction. As soon as I read the title of the article I knew it was one I needed to read. Blogging can be a beneficial technology in a class room, and I am sure that is one of the main reasons we are blogging our article reflections. By blogging our responses it gives us an idea of how to set up and maintain a blog. I wanted to read this article to see what other ways I could use a blog to benefit my class.
The most memorable part of the article for me was the examples it gave of a teacher and how she used her blog. They gave descriptions of how blogs can be used to reinforce strategies, introduce new topics and concepts, review important class points, review for tests, and provide enrichment. It then went into details about how the teacher, Ms. Daniel's used her blog. She used it to post discussion questions in which students could respond to, study guides that outline key points, and also included links for advanced material for those students who wanted to explore more on the topic.
I don't know if I learned any specifics on blogs themselves, but I definitely got an idea of how to use them in a classroom. I guess I knew that blogs did not have to be all writing and that they often have audio and video files that go with them, I just never thought about using them in a class. It did give me the idea that teachers could set up blogs and post the information students need for homework test and quizzes. Teachers could also post links for even more information on a specific topic if students wanted to get more in depth on a certain topic.
What i learned about blogging definitely could make my class more efficient, effective, and engaging. It would give my students a chance to use technology to find new resources and to learn in different ways. As long as all my students had access to a computer. I could use a blog to reach all my learning styles. I could post information in writing, audio or video to appeal to all my learners. I could also give assignments and study guides to help my students keep up in the class. If the students had access to the Internet at home it could also give their parents a chance to stay involved with the students school work. Blogging possibilities are almost endless, and although a lot of work, could be very beneficial to your students.
My second article selection was entitled Using Blogs to Improve Differentiated Instruction. As soon as I read the title of the article I knew it was one I needed to read. Blogging can be a beneficial technology in a class room, and I am sure that is one of the main reasons we are blogging our article reflections. By blogging our responses it gives us an idea of how to set up and maintain a blog. I wanted to read this article to see what other ways I could use a blog to benefit my class.
The most memorable part of the article for me was the examples it gave of a teacher and how she used her blog. They gave descriptions of how blogs can be used to reinforce strategies, introduce new topics and concepts, review important class points, review for tests, and provide enrichment. It then went into details about how the teacher, Ms. Daniel's used her blog. She used it to post discussion questions in which students could respond to, study guides that outline key points, and also included links for advanced material for those students who wanted to explore more on the topic.
I don't know if I learned any specifics on blogs themselves, but I definitely got an idea of how to use them in a classroom. I guess I knew that blogs did not have to be all writing and that they often have audio and video files that go with them, I just never thought about using them in a class. It did give me the idea that teachers could set up blogs and post the information students need for homework test and quizzes. Teachers could also post links for even more information on a specific topic if students wanted to get more in depth on a certain topic.
What i learned about blogging definitely could make my class more efficient, effective, and engaging. It would give my students a chance to use technology to find new resources and to learn in different ways. As long as all my students had access to a computer. I could use a blog to reach all my learning styles. I could post information in writing, audio or video to appeal to all my learners. I could also give assignments and study guides to help my students keep up in the class. If the students had access to the Internet at home it could also give their parents a chance to stay involved with the students school work. Blogging possibilities are almost endless, and although a lot of work, could be very beneficial to your students.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Reading Selection #1
Shriner, Daniel A Clark, Melissa Nail, Bethanne M Schlee, and Rebecca Libler. "Social Studies Instruction: Changing Teacher Confidence in Classrooms Enhanced by Technology." The Social Studies 101 (2010): 37-45.
Being that my discipline is social studies this article was a perfect read for me. It was a study based on enhancing technology use by social study teachers, but it really gave me a lot of ideas and insight on technology as it relates to social studies in a classroom. I had some ideas on ways to use technology in classrooms but this opened up my eyes to a few new things.
The main points of the study was to discuss how social studies teachers tend not to use as much technology based instruction in their social studies classroom. The study was then conducted as a workshop to also help show the teachers new and exciting ways technology can be a part of a social studies classroom. The people hosting the workshop went through several examples of technology based lessons that apply for social studies.
The aspect of the study I like the most was the introduction of different techniques of how to use technology for social studies. Social Studies and history in general is a subject that involves a lot of imagination to really try and get a good feeling for the topic that you are covering. It is often hard to really see and understand what things were like for the people or places you are studying. One technique I liked was the Virtual Field Trips. The workshop discussed how teachers can go about finding virtual field trips online, and also how they can create their own using PowerPoint's or similar tools. They also discussed how they can have their students put together virtual field trips by taking their own pictures, uploading them to the computer and sharing them with their classmates.
This article did not necessarily teach me specifics of how to make my class room more efficient, effective, and engaging, but it gave ideas on how I can do that. the article discusses the workshops and the topics and ideas discussed. These discussion have given me ideas, but the article is not nearly as effective as it would have been for me to actually have attended the workshop itself. I have and idea on the strategies but not the complete now how as to go ahead and proceed with them right now.
Being that my discipline is social studies this article was a perfect read for me. It was a study based on enhancing technology use by social study teachers, but it really gave me a lot of ideas and insight on technology as it relates to social studies in a classroom. I had some ideas on ways to use technology in classrooms but this opened up my eyes to a few new things.
The main points of the study was to discuss how social studies teachers tend not to use as much technology based instruction in their social studies classroom. The study was then conducted as a workshop to also help show the teachers new and exciting ways technology can be a part of a social studies classroom. The people hosting the workshop went through several examples of technology based lessons that apply for social studies.
The aspect of the study I like the most was the introduction of different techniques of how to use technology for social studies. Social Studies and history in general is a subject that involves a lot of imagination to really try and get a good feeling for the topic that you are covering. It is often hard to really see and understand what things were like for the people or places you are studying. One technique I liked was the Virtual Field Trips. The workshop discussed how teachers can go about finding virtual field trips online, and also how they can create their own using PowerPoint's or similar tools. They also discussed how they can have their students put together virtual field trips by taking their own pictures, uploading them to the computer and sharing them with their classmates.
This article did not necessarily teach me specifics of how to make my class room more efficient, effective, and engaging, but it gave ideas on how I can do that. the article discusses the workshops and the topics and ideas discussed. These discussion have given me ideas, but the article is not nearly as effective as it would have been for me to actually have attended the workshop itself. I have and idea on the strategies but not the complete now how as to go ahead and proceed with them right now.
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