Thursday, April 30, 2009
Twitter Report
During the last couple of months I have learned a lot about Twitter. Twitter is basically like Myspace and Facebook with a few tweets. :) Twitter is a great way to communicate with other people and keep in touch. It also helps keep people updated! This would a great tool for a school classroom to keep the students on task with homework. It would also help parents stay on top of dates and meetings to attend. I think Twitter or something similar to Twitter would be a great technology addition to any classroom.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
My EDM 310 Blog Assignments are now complete.
Hope you enjoyed my blog posts and that they will be valuable to whoever read them!
Conversation w/ Outside Teacher
Hi Meagan,
We are currently on school holidays so sorry for the delay ....
Technology big part of my classroom ? - TEchnology is an everyday part of my classroom. In New Zealand the classroom teacher teaches all subjects and has the same children all day long. We have had a rather slow start to blogging this year but it is part of our literacy programme. Children are actively taught search terms etc as part of our library skills programme so they can use these skills to find information in the library and on the internet. We use some interactive maths games (online) for building basic facts speed.
We have a data projector available so do things like our mathematics strategy text all together using a timed power point.
We use our classroom digital camera to record all we are doing and later in the year as these shot skills build we begin some simple movie recordings.
I'd love to have a couple of flip video things so that the children could really easily record their thoughts etc - so easy to use and tiny to take around. I have one of my own that a friend sent from overseas but you can't order them here in NZ!!! Also would like a digital blue USB microscope and we have that on the purchasing schedule for later this year.
Technology is hugely important - it always has been but the types of technology have changed through various periods in history. I think that the children in my class need to know how to create as well as access using technology so they can put forward their thoughts etc - and learning how to create lets them experience how easy it is to put things on the internet that are not necessarily true but created by people to look true.
Technology allows the children to connect more widely than with just their own ideas and those of their local community - it allows us to try on the ideas of others and see if we agree or disagree.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards
Jody Hayes
On 23/04/2009, at 4:15 AM, Meagan Green wrote:
Ok great... I am majoring in Elem. Edu but currently taking a technology course where we engage in podcasts, blogging, etc...so I'm just going to ask a few questions about technology in your school...
Is technology a big part of your classroom? and what types of technology do you use most often with your students?
What types of technology do you think would be beneficial to your classroom that you do not already have?
Do you think technology is important for student's future? Why?
Thanks,
Meagan
Hi Meagan,
Of course. You can email them to me or arrange a time to skype.
Kind regards
Jody
On 16/04/2009, at 5:09 AM, Meagan Green wrote:
> Ms. Hayes,
> I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I am currently enrolled in a technology class. I was wondering if you would be willing to answer some technology/education questions?
>
> Thanks,
> Meagan
>
Jody Hayes
hayes@olol.school.nz
Our Lady of Lourdes School
Palmerston North
Read our class blog at http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1638
We are currently on school holidays so sorry for the delay ....
Technology big part of my classroom ? - TEchnology is an everyday part of my classroom. In New Zealand the classroom teacher teaches all subjects and has the same children all day long. We have had a rather slow start to blogging this year but it is part of our literacy programme. Children are actively taught search terms etc as part of our library skills programme so they can use these skills to find information in the library and on the internet. We use some interactive maths games (online) for building basic facts speed.
We have a data projector available so do things like our mathematics strategy text all together using a timed power point.
We use our classroom digital camera to record all we are doing and later in the year as these shot skills build we begin some simple movie recordings.
I'd love to have a couple of flip video things so that the children could really easily record their thoughts etc - so easy to use and tiny to take around. I have one of my own that a friend sent from overseas but you can't order them here in NZ!!! Also would like a digital blue USB microscope and we have that on the purchasing schedule for later this year.
Technology is hugely important - it always has been but the types of technology have changed through various periods in history. I think that the children in my class need to know how to create as well as access using technology so they can put forward their thoughts etc - and learning how to create lets them experience how easy it is to put things on the internet that are not necessarily true but created by people to look true.
Technology allows the children to connect more widely than with just their own ideas and those of their local community - it allows us to try on the ideas of others and see if we agree or disagree.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards
Jody Hayes
On 23/04/2009, at 4:15 AM, Meagan Green wrote:
Ok great... I am majoring in Elem. Edu but currently taking a technology course where we engage in podcasts, blogging, etc...so I'm just going to ask a few questions about technology in your school...
Is technology a big part of your classroom? and what types of technology do you use most often with your students?
What types of technology do you think would be beneficial to your classroom that you do not already have?
Do you think technology is important for student's future? Why?
Thanks,
Meagan
Hi Meagan,
Of course. You can email them to me or arrange a time to skype.
Kind regards
Jody
On 16/04/2009, at 5:09 AM, Meagan Green wrote:
> Ms. Hayes,
> I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I am currently enrolled in a technology class. I was wondering if you would be willing to answer some technology/education questions?
>
> Thanks,
> Meagan
>
Jody Hayes
hayes@olol.school.nz
Our Lady of Lourdes School
Palmerston North
Read our class blog at http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1638
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Strange things I have learned :-)
I have learned many things this semester that I never knew existed. Among the few: blogging, podcasts, itunes, igoogle, and twitter. My favorite thing that I learned about was BLOG. I really feel like this is one of the main things that I will definitely use when I become a teacher. A classroom blog will be useful in many ways. I will be able to post assignments so that students will have no excuses for late work. Parents will be able to contact me without hesitation. Parents will also be able to see exactly what we're doing in the classroom. A classroom blog will make things so much easier for everyone and I think all classrooms should have one. Technology is something that is drastically increasing everyday so I know that I need to stay on top of the changes and encourage it in my classroom as well.
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