How to intergrate technology into the classroom

The 21st century has seen a lot of technological changes. What is hot and exciting one day is cold and boring the next. Many teachers are having a hard time learning or trying to keep up with the technology. Most (not all) of the teachers that have the biggest problem are the ones that have taught 15+ years. Some of these teachers still believe that good research sources only come from the library, not from both the library and Internet. Instead of only going to workshops to learn new techniques and ideas for teaching, teachers should now also use the a newer source, their students. By using their student as a "tool" to learn about new technologies, it keeps the teacher from looking "outdated" along with giving the student a sense of equality with the teacher. The 4 examples that are given in the article include, Wikipedia, IM, pod casting, and camera phones.

1. Wikipedia - it is a good site to get the search started for your project. This site is good for finding out the basic facts, get pictures, and get an idea of what you want to focus on and where to look next. Wikipedia is not to be used as a primary source for the reason that everyone can add items to it.
2. IM - this could be used in the class for answering online polls. It could be used as their "ticket" out the door. You can also use IM to text a question to a number and receive an answer later on.
3. Podcasts - this is really good for listening to or performing interviews over the net.
4. Camera phones - everyone is using camera phones for something everyday. These would be good for an art/science class to use for projects.

Technology, besides computers, Internet, PowerPoint, are useful in the classroom. The teacher just needs to find new and fun ways to bring it into the classroom whether or not the teacher is familiar with it.

Link to Quia site

Here is the link to my Quia site
http://www.quia.com/profiles/mlong268

Webquest

"Take a Trip to India"
http://www.questgarden.com/79/22/7/090328220210/

Web Quest

Go to Ashley's blog to review this information. http://zadb40.blogspot.com

Podcasts

National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php

The Education Podcast Network
http://epnweb.org/


Learning Hand
http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/

The above are really good websites to listen to podcasts. "The Education Podcast Network" and "National Public Radio" would be very helpful for all grade levels. "Learning Hand" seemed like it would be more helpful for teachers teaching younger grades. "The Education Podcast Network" had a really good podcast that a school in Germany had put together describing their school etc.

Wikihow

How to Have a Successful Food Drive

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit

Have a fun time collecting can food.

Steps

1. Come up with a good idea. For example, build a haunted house by using your garage.
   
2. Find an organization that you would like to donate to.
   
3. Start planning in June and start building in August.
   
4. Advertise through t.v. stations, newspaper and flyers.
   
5. Create a website like www.thehauntedtomb.com
   
6. Have fun!
   

Article provided by wikiHow, a wiki how-to manual. Please edit this article and find author credits at the original wikiHow article on How to Have a Successful Food Drive. All content on wikiHow can be shared under a Creative Commons license.

Wikispace - Prepare for the PPLT

Check out my Wikispace for tips on how to pass the PPLT. http://ciah96.wikispaces.com

How might teachers use social bookmarking in the classroom?

I think that it would be beneficial to the teacher to use social bookmarking for their selves to be able to continuously collaborate with other educational professionals. As for students, I do not think that it would be very helpful since all the students would have a facebook etc... account. The only way that I can think of that a teacher could use this strategy in the class would be a lesson on cultural geography and the students could bookmark students from other countries.

Google Doc.

Will everyone please fill out the document for me.

Wikipedia change

I made the following change to a Wikipedia article. I added:

"It was after this incident that a fence was added to kept future spectators from interfering with potential outs. The "curse" of the goat was realized once more."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs#2003:_5_more_outs


I wonder how long it will stay?

Pros and Cons of blogging

Moderating and Ethnics for the Classroom Instructional Blog
Patricia Deubel, Ph.D., "Moderating and Ethics for the Classroom Instructional Blog," T.H.E. Journal, 2/26/2007, http://www.thejournal.com/articles/20292

Pros and Cons of using blogging in the traditional classroom:

Pros: Open forum for questions/ enhanced classroom discussion
Online collabortion between students
Can be used for peer to peer help
Can be used to post assignments
Classroom management
Communication between parents/faculty/community

Cons: Can be used negatively, for a personal agenda
It may need to be required in order to keep to blog active


Other links to articles
Kuhn, M. (2005). C.O.B.E.--A proposed code of blogging ethics. Retrieved February 9, 2007 from http://rconversation.blogs.com/COBE-Blog%20Ethics.pdf

Long, P. (2002) Blogs: A Disruptive Technology Coming of Age? Campus Technology. Retrieved February 9, 2007 from http://campustechnology.com/article.asp?id=6774

Muilenburg, L., & Berge, Z. (2000). A framework for designing questions for online learning. The American Journal of Distance Education. Retrieved February 9, 2007 from http://www.emoderators.com/moderators/muilenburg.html

Poll Everywhere

Try this audience polling system at Poll Everywhere

Wikihow

Gabcast! PPLT #1

Why I chose to become a teacher

Growing up, I always wanted to be a Marine Biologist and train animals at Sea World. Until, I needed a work study job at ETSU and signed up for America Reads. Helping the students with their reading and homework problems seemed to be rewarding and challenging. So, I changed my mind and decided to become a teacher.