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Georgina Salas

Teaching 2.0: Is Tech In The Classroom Worth The Cost? : NPR - 2 views

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  • This type of teaching is a novel approach, but it can be an expensive one. That has some asking whether the billions being spent on educational technology is worth the cost
  • "We teleconferenced with [author] Dave Barry, which was a lot of fun," Mascia says. Senior Jayla Briscoe was there when the comedian and author Skyped in to talk to kids. Briscoe acknowledges she didn't know who Barry was at the time. "I didn't really know much about him at all," Briscoe says, "[but] he actually got me more interested in writing."
  • The digital divide between school districts with greater access to funds, and those with less, is still a major issue. Purcell, of Pew Research, points out that low-income schools are lagging behind.
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  • Teachers who were teaching the lowest-income students were more likely to tell us that they do not receive formal training in the use of digital tools in the classroom," she says. "They also express less satisfaction with the support and resources provided by schools. "And they're three times as likely to say their school is behind the curve when it comes to using the newest digital tools."
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      Georgina Salas on 28 Apr 13
       
      Please listen to this story on how one school uses a Web 2.0 tool in thier school. Tell me your thoughts on what you heard.
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      Georgina Salas on 28 Apr 13
       
      Refer to the second highlighted section of the article to answer the question. Doesn't this prove that Web 2.0 tools work in the classroom.The tool used here was successful in allowing a student to become more interested in a particular subject which was writing. What are your thoughts on this statement?
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      Georgina Salas on 28 Apr 13
       
      This refers to the third highlighted section of the article. Do you believe this about the schools that have more funds than the schools that are considered low income? Do we see this here in the valley?
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      Georgina Salas on 28 Apr 13
       
      Please refer back to article and view the last highlighted section and answer the question. What are your thoughts about this comment? Makes you think about what types of trainings we all get.
  • Heather Luna on 28 Apr 13
     
    I believe technology integration is absolutely worth the cost. Technology enables teachers to bring real-world, meaningful learning into the classroom. In addition, technology promotes multisensory, engaging learning that is suitable for a variety of learning styles. The underlying issue is that teachers are often inadequately trained and/or unable to properly integrate the technology into the classroom due to stringent testing preparation. As a result, the overall benefit of technology integration is often not seen.
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  • Isabel Cabrera on 29 Apr 13
     
    I think we should take advantage of using modern technology such as Skype. These students were engaged and really enjoyed listening to this History author. This 21st century learning will give students opportunities to learn from others who are from all over the world
  • Juan Betancourt on 29 Apr 13
     
    It is very important to incorporate technology to enhance lessons, not just for using a technology. We are begin thought with technology to enhance our learning, so why not use it with our students. Money and training are very important factors that do contribute to the lack of teacher buy in, but ultimately we need to use technology as much as we can to enhance our lessons.
  • Cesar Mata on 29 Apr 13
     
    I don't think that education technology like the one at Westlake High School should have to cost tens of thousands of dollars either. I agree with the comment in the article about having a projector and smartphone could basically accomplish the same thing. I believe training and motivating teachers to incorporate technology is the biggest barrier to technology integration.
  • albert rodriguez on 29 Apr 13
     
    Getting the attention of students is the first step to any successful lesson. Technology can do that. Maintaining the attention of students throughout an assignment or activity is just as important. Technology can do that. Evaluate the students' performance is the final factor of any lesson. Technology can do that. Is it worth the investment, of course. However, like it was previously mentioned, some people create walls around what they don't understand and try to keep students away from it. The benefits of technology should be worth the risk, if any there should be.
  • Conrado Gonzalez on 01 May 13
     
    You have to try to get their attention and sometimes that entails gadgets. But sometimes the lack of these gadgets become an excuse to not learn because the student claims that he or she is bored. When a student equates learning with entertainment with such fervor it's probably because the student wants an excuse to quit when things get tough.
  • Cora Mendez on 05 May 13
     
    Technology is the way of the future. We need to educate our children with the new technology that is available in order for them to be prepared for the world around them. I do agree that it is worth the cost. Districts have funds. They just need to know how to allocate them and how to spend them and get the most for their money. They also need to make sure and buy things that teachers and students are going to use because if technology just sits in the closet, it does no one any good.
Yadira Flores

Using Web 2.0 tools in Your Life - 3 views

Hi guys! This is the week that I will be hosting along with others in our group. Look at the website hosted by Discovery Education, take your time look at the video on the page it is a good overvie...

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Janice Wilson Butler

TechLearning: 21st Century Student Handbook: Teaching Today's Web-Centric Kids - 9 views

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    21st century literacy
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  • Corina Carmona on 02 Apr 12
     
    Internet technologies may be a good way to teach computer literacy and content, but it may be easy for students to skim through information. In a traditional classroom lecture, the listener may only retain twenty percent of the lecture. When we have our students using online resources, can we be sure that they are thoroughly learning the content. Even in class our instructors reiterate thoroughly reading the materials, because they know we tend to skim the material and miss important information. More on the way we are learning now. We have a new category of learner rather than traditional, according to Dr. Michael Herbert, whom conducted a study of of content retention and course satisfaction at the college level. It is useful to note the five reasons why adult learners drop out of online learning programs: "poor design, failure to understand the new medium, lack of consideration for a variety of learning styles, lack of support systems and ignoring the self-selecting content need of learners." All of these reasons are the same reasons our students may struggle with internet technologies and online learning. Herbert, M. (2006, Winter). Staying the Course: A Study in Online Student Satisfaction and Retention. Retrieved April 1, 2012, from http://www.westga.edu: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/winter94/herbert94.htm
  • Corina Carmona on 02 Apr 12
     
    Internet technologies may be a good way to teach computer literacy and content, but it may be easy for students to skim through information. In a traditional classroom lecture, the listener may only retain twenty percent of the lecture. When we have our students using online resources, can we be sure that they are thoroughly learning the content. Even in class our instructors reiterate thoroughly reading the materials, because they know we tend to skim the material and miss important information. More on the way we are learning now. We have a new category of learner rather than traditional, according to Dr. Michael Herbert, whom conducted a study of of content retention and course satisfaction at the college level. It is useful to note the five reasons why adult learners drop out of online learning programs: "poor design, failure to understand the new medium, lack of consideration for a variety of learning styles, lack of support systems and ignoring the self-selecting content need of learners." All of these reasons are the same reasons our students may struggle with internet technologies and online learning. Herbert, M. (2006, Winter). Staying the Course: A Study in Online Student Satisfaction and Retention. Retrieved April 1, 2012, from http://www.westga.edu: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/winter94/herbert94.htm
  • Paul Edward Mendiola on 09 Apr 12
     
    What really caught y attention in this article was the part where it says: Make it personal - Passion-driven learning. Teaching mathematics in the seconday level is no easy task. Having to teach probably the least favorite subject of high schoolers is such a big challenge that most teachers prefer to teach the subject in a traditional way. Quiet classroom, teacher in the front, books on the table and students quietly listen to to the teachers dicussion. This method is widely opossed nowadays and classroom collaboration many believe is the most effective way of learning. Technology helps this goal to be achieved. Passion driven learning is one of the ways that I truly believe could work in a math class. Online resources such as the Gallup Poll's web page http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx - offers information on how they use data and other information to predict outcomes and verify results. The site is loaded with graphs, data and other information relevant to mathematics in the real world setting. If we could spark that passion in our kids, they themselves, on their own will search for other resources and learn along the way. Dyck, B. (2005, winter). Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal; When Technology Integration Goes to Math Class, from http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/sum2003/math/index.html
Janice Wilson Butler

Dipity - Find, Create, and Embed Interactive Timelines - 9 views

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  • Sara Aldape on 21 Sep 12
     
    Useful for Social Studies and it's free.
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  • Alberto Gonzalez on 21 Sep 12
     
    I can use this tool for upcoming classes related to business and technology
  • Lourdes Beltran on 23 Sep 12
     
    This is useful and more important, it's free.
  • R. Palomares on 23 Sep 12
     
    Wow, Dipity is really awesome! I was looking at the timeline for Mr. Steve Jobs and it's very well done. Dipity can be used for doing a timeline digitally instead of doing it on a poster. There are many pros to doing it on Dipity such as been saved there for other classes to see and to be used as examples. Usually when students create a timeline on poster it get tossed away towards the end of the year or gets sent home with the students. By doing it on Dipity it stays there for many years to come.
  • Alberto Gonzalez on 02 Oct 12
     
    Totally agree for the use of Social Studies, I can use this tool for technology classes as well.
  • Mario Ortiz on 22 Oct 12
     
    Dipity is a great Web 2.0 technology to integrate in the classroom. It provides an excellent way to create timeline presentations.
Janice Wilson Butler

Web 2.0 Guru - Tools By Subject - 23 views

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  • Janice Wilson Butler on 10 Jan 12
     
    Some really great ideas for different Web 2.0 tools in a variety of subject areas.
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  • Shannon Reynolds on 30 Jan 12
     
    I found a few on my own too. I absolutely love it when people make great lists of great web tools. Here is are a few places I've found. Web tools for Teachers http://oedb.org/library/features/101-web-20-teaching-tools http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/100-awesome-free-web-tools-for-elementary-teachers/ Google tools for Teachers http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html Apple Apps for Teachers http://www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/100-apps-for-teachers/
  • Corina Carmona on 30 Jan 12
     
    Web 2.O Guru, tools by subject, has a plethora of resources in any subject that teachers may find easy to use in the classroom. Teachers can certainly find a tool to incorporate into any lesson at any grade level on this useful sight. The "iGeneration", defined as born into technology, are master multitaskers, social networkers, and electronic communicators (Rosen 2). Using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom or to teach a lesson will be building off of their background knowledge. The lesson can be delivered in a method that is familiar and positive to them, thus improving knowledge retention. Rosen, Larry D., Mark L. Carrier, and Nancy A. Cheever. Rewired: Understanding the IGeneration and the Way They Learn. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. EBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 29 Jan. 2012. .
  • Delia Torres on 06 Feb 12
     
    The web has an abundance of resources in Web 2.0 tools for teachers or students. Check this out: http://www.protopage.com/web2point0forteachers#Web_2.0_For_Teachers/ These two are giving me problems in converting them into hyperlinks. What am I doing wrong? http:/edudemic.com/2011/11/best-we-tools/ http://edudemic.com/2010/07/the-35-best-web-2-0-classroom-tools-chosen-by-you/
  • Michelle Salazar on 19 Mar 12
     
    I found cool web 2.0 for teachers and students to use. As I stated in the other question, veteran teachers don't like to use technology and these websites can help them and their students incorporate technology Created by Lenva Shearing http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ Created by Sue Summerford http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html
  • Esther Sauceda on 29 Mar 12
     
    This is one of my favorite websites. All you have do is click on one any of the icons and it will direct you to the page. Also, The Bloom's Digital Taxonomy provides the types of technologies for the appropriate learning domains. Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Created by Samantha Penney http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm
  • Elva Mendoza on 14 Apr 12
     
    I had heard about this website zooburst and I just signed up it is great. I can't wait to share it with my students. I want them to create a book on a favorite science topic they learned this year. http://www.zooburst.com/index.php?state=login&invaliduser=1
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