Thursday, October 14, 2010

Week 7 blog

From reading this chapter in the book, has shown me that there are alot of different writings that you can make while using the technology in a classroom setting. One of the interesting writings that could be used in a classroom is the callaborating writings. It allows others to write documents sharing them between one another using the writely program sharing things from different formats.

Power points can be very much distracting to an audience, based on the material used in the power point. Alot of the distractions come from the sound effects and pitures that is used in the slides. When making a power point slide thats is based on trying to get your students to learn material about a chapter, you dont wanna use alot of different sound effects and inoppropiate pictures for your slides because that will become the main focus instead of your lessonplan. If I become a teacher I wouldn't use any sounds are pictures to make a power point lesson, I would add a little color and excitement to it just a little to keep the class awake.

Classroom technology is becoming a big thing in today's education and power point I believe is one of the leading uses in classrooms today so it is very important to all the future teachers to make sure when making a power point lesson, try not to use so many things that will lose your kids focus on the main topic.

Friday, October 8, 2010

week 6 blog

PDA's Are hand held tools use to take notes and and to store data in a quick and way. These devices are very helpful to alot of students these days based off the bookl that I read in chp. 2. The PDA is very important and is used by lots of students in this era of education learning.

Slot of the online surveys are used to gather information about a certain typr of class are any type subject that a professor choose to use in a classroom setting. If the teachers use surveys then teaching a class wopuld be much shorter and the students and teacher could save time. The professors and teachers have to make sure that the questions they use have to make sense and follow the study guide of the lesson that the teacher is trying to get across to the students. When makin the survey questions you have make sure that that the questions are short and get straight to the point.

These PDA's can be very helpful if used in a proper manner. It allows students to take notes and create surveys throughout one another and allows them to share with one another by a touch of a button. I feel that if the students and teachers can come together and used these devices in a classroom that great ways of learning and sharing ideas can be a great source and a learning tool.

Jonassen, D., Howland, J., Marra, R.M., & Crismond, D. (2008). Meaningful Learning With Technology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.