These are great! Enjoy!
Audio and Video History
Everything is History
Timelines Galore
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Assignment #4- Part 2
My website link: Living History
Reflection:
This was both very addicting and frustrating! Once I started I wanted to make everything perfect and would take a sufficient amount of time on each page of my website, but after a while I had to come to the realization that not everything is going to be perfect and that I can always go back and work on it after this class. I really wanted to provide as many tools for my future students as I could. This includes a calendar, class wiki, forum, history resources, and important documents. I did run into some trouble however in creating the web page and still have not figured out how to do it. I wanted to put a media player on my "Everything History" page that had a couple songs from each decade in the 1900's, but after spending two hours trying to figure it out, I gave up. In addition I wanted to upload some word documents to my web page that I have don't in previous classes, but couldn't. I am sure sooner or later I will figure it out. I will say that I am a lot more comfortable with the web page creation process and am excited to learn more about it. I can truly say that I am proud of what I have accomplished thus far and hopefully I only get better at it. Even though this was very time consuming it was worth it!
List of the features of the technology that you learned and used:
Wiki: set up an account for wiki and created a page for my students to use for presentation sign ups! This was fairly simple.
Google Calendar: set up a google account in order to create a personalized calendar for my class and learned how to embed it onto my website.
Links: became more familiar and comfortable in creating links that I used for my "Everything History" page.
Forum: this was pretty simple because it was a part of free webs, however I learned how to add categories for my students to respond to.
Spell Flikr: I added "one voice" to my homepage.
Overall I learned a lot about the URL and embedding process. Even though I didn't figure out how to add a music widget to my page, I learned a lot through the process and I WILL FIGURE IT OUT!
NETS students:
1. Creative and Innovation- this is a creative website that encourages the generation of ideas, photos, videos, and thoughts.
2. Communication and Collaboration- the class forum is a tool that opens communication for students and parents.
3. Research and Information Fluency- there are multiple research links that relate to history and culture.
4. Digital Citizenship- stated clearly on the website to not abuse the right of free speech and to be respect. Only appropriate material should be shared.
5. Technology Operations and Concepts- through the interacting on this website, student will learn and become more comfortable with the technology systems.
NETS teachers:
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity- requires students to show their learning through photos, videos, research, and words all using technology.
2.Model Digital-Age Work and Learning - creating a website is proof and does demonstrate some knowledge in technology.
3.Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility- I clearly state on the home page that inappropriate behavior or abuse of the freedoms on this web page will not be tolerated. The emphasis is to provide a healthy learning environment.
4.Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership- after creating this website, I am very eager to keep learning about technology and to make it a priority in my classroom.
Reflection:
This was both very addicting and frustrating! Once I started I wanted to make everything perfect and would take a sufficient amount of time on each page of my website, but after a while I had to come to the realization that not everything is going to be perfect and that I can always go back and work on it after this class. I really wanted to provide as many tools for my future students as I could. This includes a calendar, class wiki, forum, history resources, and important documents. I did run into some trouble however in creating the web page and still have not figured out how to do it. I wanted to put a media player on my "Everything History" page that had a couple songs from each decade in the 1900's, but after spending two hours trying to figure it out, I gave up. In addition I wanted to upload some word documents to my web page that I have don't in previous classes, but couldn't. I am sure sooner or later I will figure it out. I will say that I am a lot more comfortable with the web page creation process and am excited to learn more about it. I can truly say that I am proud of what I have accomplished thus far and hopefully I only get better at it. Even though this was very time consuming it was worth it!
List of the features of the technology that you learned and used:
Wiki: set up an account for wiki and created a page for my students to use for presentation sign ups! This was fairly simple.
Google Calendar: set up a google account in order to create a personalized calendar for my class and learned how to embed it onto my website.
Links: became more familiar and comfortable in creating links that I used for my "Everything History" page.
Forum: this was pretty simple because it was a part of free webs, however I learned how to add categories for my students to respond to.
Spell Flikr: I added "one voice" to my homepage.
Overall I learned a lot about the URL and embedding process. Even though I didn't figure out how to add a music widget to my page, I learned a lot through the process and I WILL FIGURE IT OUT!
NETS students:
1. Creative and Innovation- this is a creative website that encourages the generation of ideas, photos, videos, and thoughts.
2. Communication and Collaboration- the class forum is a tool that opens communication for students and parents.
3. Research and Information Fluency- there are multiple research links that relate to history and culture.
4. Digital Citizenship- stated clearly on the website to not abuse the right of free speech and to be respect. Only appropriate material should be shared.
5. Technology Operations and Concepts- through the interacting on this website, student will learn and become more comfortable with the technology systems.
NETS teachers:
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity- requires students to show their learning through photos, videos, research, and words all using technology.
2.Model Digital-Age Work and Learning - creating a website is proof and does demonstrate some knowledge in technology.
3.Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility- I clearly state on the home page that inappropriate behavior or abuse of the freedoms on this web page will not be tolerated. The emphasis is to provide a healthy learning environment.
4.Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership- after creating this website, I am very eager to keep learning about technology and to make it a priority in my classroom.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Future Classroom
What will my classroom look like in 5 years?
Because of the many features that many programs have (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Gradebook, etc) my classroom will be organized. Having this programs allows work to be done neatly and professionally. Furthermore I imagine my communication with the students and teachers will be a lot stronger due to resources such as family integration emails, wiki spaces, student blogging, and community calendars. Technology will hopefully keep both my student and I organized! Technology will be more comfortable and easier to incorporate into my classroom on a day to day basis.
What technologies will my students and I be using?
Document cam, SMARTboards, individual remotes, google docs, blogspot, etc. I am sure there are plenty of other helpful websites that my students will be using in 5 years as well as equipment. These are just the main ones.
Will my role change?
I think my role will get easier. Like I said earlier, communication will be a lot easier. Plus students will probably have more of a motivation to use technology than me! My role will mostly be the same, however the means of connection and communication will be different. By then hopefully I will have a better grasp on technology, however I will always need to keep up on the "new stuff".
Because of the many features that many programs have (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Gradebook, etc) my classroom will be organized. Having this programs allows work to be done neatly and professionally. Furthermore I imagine my communication with the students and teachers will be a lot stronger due to resources such as family integration emails, wiki spaces, student blogging, and community calendars. Technology will hopefully keep both my student and I organized! Technology will be more comfortable and easier to incorporate into my classroom on a day to day basis.
What technologies will my students and I be using?
Document cam, SMARTboards, individual remotes, google docs, blogspot, etc. I am sure there are plenty of other helpful websites that my students will be using in 5 years as well as equipment. These are just the main ones.
Will my role change?
I think my role will get easier. Like I said earlier, communication will be a lot easier. Plus students will probably have more of a motivation to use technology than me! My role will mostly be the same, however the means of connection and communication will be different. By then hopefully I will have a better grasp on technology, however I will always need to keep up on the "new stuff".
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