Compare the features and instructional applications of GIS and GPS tools. How can educators use GIS and GPS tools to enhance student learning?
Geographic Information System (GIS) is done by taking all the data and storing it and then being able to recall it all to display the data in a map. This can be used by a teacher by recording and maintaining large amounts of geographical information produce up-to-date maps, and analysis and comparison of information on different locations. Global Positioning System (GPS) is a worldwide radionavigation system made possible by a bank of 24 satellites and their ground stations. This can be used to find the exact location of something down to feet or inches of where it is. Also great devices to help navigate you around to know where you are wanting to go in an unfamiliar place. I that a GPS is more of a device used to help people outside of the classroom but I do feel that they have made a huge impact on our world and especially for people that have a hard time reading a map or not good with directions.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Discussion # 13: Chapter 3
Some people say drill and practice is really "drill and kill." What can teachers do to make sure this kind of use doesn't happen and drill and practice can serve a useful function?
One way that teachers can make it more exciting for students is using software that is related to the drill and practice. Also when doing this you need to make sure you have actually taught your students the information and not just stick them in front of the computer and expect them to just pick up on it. For me the best way for me to learn things like math is to practice how working it out. Flash cards are a good thing for me as well when it comes to learning definitions. They have so many software programs and stuff on the internet that children can use to help with the drill and practice technique. They consider this fun because they don’t feel that its work they feel that its more of a game. They don’t feel that its practice and boring.
One way that teachers can make it more exciting for students is using software that is related to the drill and practice. Also when doing this you need to make sure you have actually taught your students the information and not just stick them in front of the computer and expect them to just pick up on it. For me the best way for me to learn things like math is to practice how working it out. Flash cards are a good thing for me as well when it comes to learning definitions. They have so many software programs and stuff on the internet that children can use to help with the drill and practice technique. They consider this fun because they don’t feel that its work they feel that its more of a game. They don’t feel that its practice and boring.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Chapter 7 Discussion #11
Some educators feel that distance technologies will greatly improve education; some feel education will suffer if they are overused. What are factors you can cite in support of each of these positions?
Some of the negatives about distance technologies would be the fact that the dropout rate is higher with distance learning then it is when the students are in regular school settings (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). Also not all students can succeed in online environments (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). I can see how this would be something that not all students can do. It takes student that is very self motivated and very organizational to do well in online classes. Some positive about distance learning would be that they are more cost effective then they use to be and students that are very well structured will really succeed in these types of courses (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). I agree I really like online classes I try and take them because it is convent for me to take them being that I live so far from most of the schools and I am a very structured organized person. So I can see where the positive and the negative come into affect here.
Some of the negatives about distance technologies would be the fact that the dropout rate is higher with distance learning then it is when the students are in regular school settings (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). Also not all students can succeed in online environments (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). I can see how this would be something that not all students can do. It takes student that is very self motivated and very organizational to do well in online classes. Some positive about distance learning would be that they are more cost effective then they use to be and students that are very well structured will really succeed in these types of courses (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). I agree I really like online classes I try and take them because it is convent for me to take them being that I live so far from most of the schools and I am a very structured organized person. So I can see where the positive and the negative come into affect here.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Discussion # 9 Chapter 15
Describe issues related to training special education teachers to use technology.
They have to know the legal area of the special education if they don’t then they can get in a lot of trouble. Learning the NETS so you can resort back to them when making lesson plans and accommodations for all of your students. Also when you have to learn how to use new materials and technology so you can import them into your classroom and teach your students how to use them properly.
Give examples of no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech solutions for special students.
No- tech would be like the girl in the video typing with just one had because of the impairment that she had with only having one hand. She learned how to minimize her impairment to help use it in any environment. Low-tech would be something like using a words list to help study for new words to use in your extensive vocabulary. This is a way to help you remember new words so they become no-tech. High-tech is things like using a wheelchair lift or a powered wheelchair. This comes in so handy when you have family member that is handicap. My grandfather uses both of these and it helps with us a lot because he can get around on his on a lot easier then one of us having to push him or having to lift him up to put him in the van.
They have to know the legal area of the special education if they don’t then they can get in a lot of trouble. Learning the NETS so you can resort back to them when making lesson plans and accommodations for all of your students. Also when you have to learn how to use new materials and technology so you can import them into your classroom and teach your students how to use them properly.
Give examples of no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech solutions for special students.
No- tech would be like the girl in the video typing with just one had because of the impairment that she had with only having one hand. She learned how to minimize her impairment to help use it in any environment. Low-tech would be something like using a words list to help study for new words to use in your extensive vocabulary. This is a way to help you remember new words so they become no-tech. High-tech is things like using a wheelchair lift or a powered wheelchair. This comes in so handy when you have family member that is handicap. My grandfather uses both of these and it helps with us a lot because he can get around on his on a lot easier then one of us having to push him or having to lift him up to put him in the van.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Discussion #7 Chapter 12
What are the "history wars," and what are their implications for technology use in history?
The history wars is the controversy that people are having over whether they should teach traditional history or if they should incorporate other things into the history lesson such as technology. The thing that they feel that technology would help with is showing the students by using things like virtual trips or simulations how things are in places that they normally wouldn’t be able to visit or like go back in time and see what I would be like to live in a different era.
With students' ready access to information on the Internet, what might be the concerns of social studies teachers?
Some of the things that I feel are concerns for the social studies teachers is that some of the students may use the internet as a quick fix to get the answers they have instead of looking in the book or paying attention to you in class. So if they do this they may not go to a website that is all factual. I know there are a lot of websites out there that anyone can change them. So if they go to a website like that they are likely to get false information. That would be the biggest concern for me as a teacher as well as what type of websites are they likely to stumble upon while you are in a computer lab or doing some type of research so have a list of websites that they can use so they aren’t likely to have any problems with websites.
The history wars is the controversy that people are having over whether they should teach traditional history or if they should incorporate other things into the history lesson such as technology. The thing that they feel that technology would help with is showing the students by using things like virtual trips or simulations how things are in places that they normally wouldn’t be able to visit or like go back in time and see what I would be like to live in a different era.
With students' ready access to information on the Internet, what might be the concerns of social studies teachers?
Some of the things that I feel are concerns for the social studies teachers is that some of the students may use the internet as a quick fix to get the answers they have instead of looking in the book or paying attention to you in class. So if they do this they may not go to a website that is all factual. I know there are a lot of websites out there that anyone can change them. So if they go to a website like that they are likely to get false information. That would be the biggest concern for me as a teacher as well as what type of websites are they likely to stumble upon while you are in a computer lab or doing some type of research so have a list of websites that they can use so they aren’t likely to have any problems with websites.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Discussion # 4 Chapter 9
Many educators believe that with the growth of media and information technology, media literacy is just as important as – or even more important than – print literacy (that is, learning to read and write).
What is your position on the relative importance of the two “literacies”?
My position is that I think they are both equal I know that me personally I rather use technology with getting information for my classes then using the book. I am not a huge reader and so when it comes down to reading from a book. If I have to read from a conversation on the computer or from a document for me it’s much easier to do and focus on then reading from a textbook. Although we need the textbooks but they need to be more up to date. Like you can’t have history textbooks that do not have anything about 9 11 in it those are way out of date. With every kind of textbook they develop new and different ways of teaching your students ways of learning. So I think that they are equal as far as importance goes.
What information from this chapter helps support your position?
That you have more available resources in a way then with just textbooks because you can email or blog about ideas or look certain things up online on websites. With textbooks and regular books they have tapes and cds that you can use to listen to while you read along with is something that is more up to date.
What is your position on the relative importance of the two “literacies”?
My position is that I think they are both equal I know that me personally I rather use technology with getting information for my classes then using the book. I am not a huge reader and so when it comes down to reading from a book. If I have to read from a conversation on the computer or from a document for me it’s much easier to do and focus on then reading from a textbook. Although we need the textbooks but they need to be more up to date. Like you can’t have history textbooks that do not have anything about 9 11 in it those are way out of date. With every kind of textbook they develop new and different ways of teaching your students ways of learning. So I think that they are equal as far as importance goes.
What information from this chapter helps support your position?
That you have more available resources in a way then with just textbooks because you can email or blog about ideas or look certain things up online on websites. With textbooks and regular books they have tapes and cds that you can use to listen to while you read along with is something that is more up to date.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Discussion #2
Esmerelda is having her students do a social studies project in which they do "virtual interviews" of experts on various periods in U.S. history. She schedules time in the computer lab and has them locate experts by searching Internet sites. She gives them an initial list of sites, but encourages them to branch out from there, looking for additional sites on their own. There is no lab manager and she has to go back to the classroom for periods of time as they work, but she knows they are competent Internet users and can be trusted not to leave the lab without permission. For their contacts with experts, she has them prepare a standard email with the school name; their names, ages, addresses, and personal email addresses, if they have one; and a description of what they would like to know.
1. Assuming she is correct that students will not leave the lab with permission, is Esmeralda's plan for having students use the Internet a good one? Why or why not?
No this is not a good idea for one you should never leave your students unattended and secondly because they are competent and no how to use a computer leaving them alone only makes them realize no one is there to make sure they aren’t doing what they are suppose to. For instance, some of those students might know how to get around the security and get onto websites they really should not be on. So that’s why I feel that she shouldn’t leave the students alone while doing activities on the internet.
2. Do you see any problems with the email she is having them send?
Well the students shouldn’t really be giving away a lot of the personal information she is having them give away. Also if they are emailing them not from their personal email they shouldn’t have to give them their personal email. That’s how a lot of the child molesters and things like that start talking to children from them giving out to much information about themselves.
3. How would you change her plan to improve it?
I think she should bring whatever she has to work on with her to the lab that way she can still monitor the students. If she really feels that she has to leave the computer lab then I would make sure that she can find a hall monitor or an aid of some type to stay in the class if she really needs to leave.
1. Assuming she is correct that students will not leave the lab with permission, is Esmeralda's plan for having students use the Internet a good one? Why or why not?
No this is not a good idea for one you should never leave your students unattended and secondly because they are competent and no how to use a computer leaving them alone only makes them realize no one is there to make sure they aren’t doing what they are suppose to. For instance, some of those students might know how to get around the security and get onto websites they really should not be on. So that’s why I feel that she shouldn’t leave the students alone while doing activities on the internet.
2. Do you see any problems with the email she is having them send?
Well the students shouldn’t really be giving away a lot of the personal information she is having them give away. Also if they are emailing them not from their personal email they shouldn’t have to give them their personal email. That’s how a lot of the child molesters and things like that start talking to children from them giving out to much information about themselves.
3. How would you change her plan to improve it?
I think she should bring whatever she has to work on with her to the lab that way she can still monitor the students. If she really feels that she has to leave the computer lab then I would make sure that she can find a hall monitor or an aid of some type to stay in the class if she really needs to leave.
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