Monday, October 19, 2009

Post #5

The internet can be great use for research but can also be very misleading depending on where the sources come from and what is being searched for. Sites like google scholar and online college libraries are great places to find tons of information on whatever is being researched but with the satisfaction of "school approved" articles. Yes the internet is great for research but not when it is being used illegaly. For example when kids do papers they tend to reasearch information and just copy and paste, they dont put their own thoughts and ideas into they just use somebody elses.

The internet is a great place to get extra help in classes. There are so many sites out their that have multiple ways of doing math or science. You can find youtube videos on almost anything now. I use the internet often to get help because i just do not understand what a teacher is lecturing about in math or because i am just horrible with history. The internet is good for more that just book reports and facebook, it is so much more!

I plan on teaching second grade which may be an issue with the way kids are being raised today. There will need to be locks on the internet that limit them to certain educational sites if there is internet at all. I do not plan to use internet unless I am in a computer lab doing something as a group.

Post #4

In chapter seven it talks about outlines and idea maps. I feel these are great ways to keep things organized for yourself and in the classroom. I am not the most organized person when it comes to my own stuff but i usually am when other people are involved. Inspiration would be a great way to map stuff out with pictures so one can visually see what my be being taught.

Having the skills to do outlines and creat idea maps are very good in the educational and real world. I defientely would encourage my students to do outlines with certain lessons as a way to improve on these skills.

I have never used inspirtaion before but i have done maps where you build off of one main idea. After using it to creat a recipe outline i saw how useful it really is for things other than family trees. It is a great way to visualy see what you are working with.

Post #3

I would like to teach second graders once i get my teaching degree. I think a good lesson using technology would be using power point, whether it is to present an item or just do a fun review. I feel doing a review on powerpoint would be fun and you could make it a game. Lets say I am teching math one week, and i do all my lessons and we have a test on friday, thursday i could split the class up into groups and do a game review with buzzers to go over what might be covered on the test.

Factmonster.com
When I was younger i used Fact Monster a lot for help with math, history or to look up research information. Its a fun educational website for kids of almost any age to use. I feel it covers some of the criteria for rule 1: Use general design principles. It does have some pictures, but mainly does not give to much info on one page. The website has a good way of laying stuff out and giving clear definitions and descriptions.

I have not had much experience with copyright much in education. I have seen plenty of things with copyright on them which clearly means one cannot copy or steal it is illegal. Im not really sure how i would deal with these concepts and make my own instructional materials since i have had no exerience with it.