There are two NETS*T Standards that apply to this lesson plan. The first standard involves the application of “using technology resources to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and maximize students learning and the second, is based on the use of “current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environment and experiences. My students deserve a break from just viewing blocks of text. I want to prove to them that learning can be fun and it is never limited.
My goal for this lesson plan was to show my students that there is nothing wrong with being different. But with a little editing and revising, there are ways I can make my lesson more challenging for my students. For example, I can have them learn more about each other’s background by interviewing each other using tape recorder, they can go online and interview other students from other places using the internet. On the other hand, if I want them to learn to be more critical, I could also have them write an essay on each other’s background. There are so many possibilities I can go with this lesson plan however I would rather keep my first method for now to see how it will work on in the future.
Creating a website was a first for me and was probably the part I liked best about this assignment. Before I started on this project, I was full of uncertainty. For a long time, I thought creating a website would be difficult and time consuming. However, Page Creator made it possible for me to create one. I learned that it can be an easy process. It did take me a while to become accustomed to the functions of the controls but once those were understood, I was having fun discovering what I can do with my work. I really like the fact that I can put my lesson plan or any assignments online and my students will be able to see it.
In conclusion, I hope my lesson plan will appeal to as many of my students as possible. It is important to me that they know a little something about each other’s background. I have had my share of bad experiences with seeing students being treated by other students because of their background or ethnicity. Not only will this lesson help students make wiser choices, it can also leave them with a peace of mind.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Technology Assessment Tools
Beauty Letewasiyal
Dr. Cyrus
ED451-01
07 May 2008
Assessment Technology Tool
Moodle: is a course management system designed to help educators create online course with opportunities for rich interaction. When using Moodle people can develop additional function to the software. I think Moodle is a good software that educators can use in their classrooms. Instead of wasting their time making copies of their syllabus to give out to their students they can have it in Moodle. And if they want to change things from the syllabus they don’t have to go through the trouble of making a new syllabus to hand out to their students. This is the first time to use this Moodle and I think it is really cool. The software is used all over the world by universities, colleges, schools, companies’ ad independent teacher. Moodle is open and completely free to use.
Rating: 5
Firefox: When I am using Firefox on Mac it is faster and better than using Safari. There are websites that you can’t get in to when using Safari, especially if you are on Mac. But when using Firefox you can go into any websites and you won’t have any problem at all. There’s a lot to do on the Web, and Firefox is full of helpful features to make your time online more productive. Firefox delivers helpful new features to make your online experience more productive.
Rating: 4
NiceNet: is a free discussion forum which can be used by all educators. Anything can happen when using NiceNet. Students and teachers can do all sort of things such like posting their writing in NiceNet so that other students can look it. As for teacher they can post assignments for their students. Teachers can read students’ work sample of writing and any member of the class can also read other students’ writing. Students respond to various topics under what is called "conferencing," usually posted in advance by the teacher. Depending on the purpose of the writing, it may be revised or not. The writing can be informal and shared with others in the class. Or it can be a final draft posted for assessment by other students and/or the teacher. It is expected that students will be respectful of the writing and opinions of others and that they will respond accordingly. Sometimes students use conferencing to discuss about various topics such as what are the requirements to complete the assignment. There are then the options to create an associated Conferencing topic, which allows for group collaboration, and there is even the option of having a reminder automatically sent some days before the date due. Students can also message everyone in their group to let them know what is happening or they can just selected individuals from their class or group. This is one think I love about NiceNet. I can do all sort of things when using this forum and I will recommend that other educators use it for their classes.
Rating: 5
Del.icio.us: is a collection of websites I bookmarked this semester when taking this class ED451 Audio Visual by Dr. Cyrus. Del.icio.us is also a good for educators and students to use and I highly recommend it. Before I took this class ED451 Audio Visual I know nothing about Del.icio.us or any of the technology tools. Now that I learn how to use it and I have an account I don’t have to go through the trouble of spending many hours online doing my research and printing out stuff. Del.icio.us allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others.
Rating: 5
Google Suite: (Page Creator, Interactive Docs, and Blogger): Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes. When using Google page creator to create my own web page I find it quick and very easy. Interactive documents combine many scaffold features in one. It is something that the student interacts with. It can include pop-up icons, bookmarks, hyperlinks, embedded documents, etc to form one project. Blogger is a person who writes blogs or weblogs. Blogger service allows toolbar users with Blogger accounts to post links directly to their blogs.
Rating: 5
BricaBox: is a new type of service that combines elements of social networking and content creation into a medium it calls a social content platform. Bricabox has different types of templates such as video collections, wiki site, discussion board, photo and map mashups and many more. For video collection, you can choose your videos from YouTube or TeacherTube and embed them in to Bricabox. You can have all different kind of video clips you want. As for wiki site, you can add information and pictures from your own file or from other websites in to your Bricabox.
Rating: 4
Protopage: is a really cool way to create a custom webpage with information that you want to share or keep private. It is sort of like an organizer page. You can have all of your favorite sites in Protopage. It is also your own personal page that you can use for quick access to everything on the web that you go to most. Creating your page is easy and fun you simply drag and drop from the directory of hundreds of widgets containing everything from news headlines to sports scores to puzzle games. You can keep your page private, make it public, or even set a group password so that you can share parts of it with specific friends or colleagues. You can read news from your favorite sites and blog. You can also organize your day with to-do lists and sticky notes and much more!
Rating: 5
Pop fly: is the fun and easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, and Web pages. It’s made up of online visual tools for building Web pages and mashups and a social network where you can host, share, rate, comment and even remixes creations from other Pop fly users.
Rating: 5
Dr. Cyrus
ED451-01
07 May 2008
Assessment Technology Tool
Moodle: is a course management system designed to help educators create online course with opportunities for rich interaction. When using Moodle people can develop additional function to the software. I think Moodle is a good software that educators can use in their classrooms. Instead of wasting their time making copies of their syllabus to give out to their students they can have it in Moodle. And if they want to change things from the syllabus they don’t have to go through the trouble of making a new syllabus to hand out to their students. This is the first time to use this Moodle and I think it is really cool. The software is used all over the world by universities, colleges, schools, companies’ ad independent teacher. Moodle is open and completely free to use.
Rating: 5
Firefox: When I am using Firefox on Mac it is faster and better than using Safari. There are websites that you can’t get in to when using Safari, especially if you are on Mac. But when using Firefox you can go into any websites and you won’t have any problem at all. There’s a lot to do on the Web, and Firefox is full of helpful features to make your time online more productive. Firefox delivers helpful new features to make your online experience more productive.
Rating: 4
NiceNet: is a free discussion forum which can be used by all educators. Anything can happen when using NiceNet. Students and teachers can do all sort of things such like posting their writing in NiceNet so that other students can look it. As for teacher they can post assignments for their students. Teachers can read students’ work sample of writing and any member of the class can also read other students’ writing. Students respond to various topics under what is called "conferencing," usually posted in advance by the teacher. Depending on the purpose of the writing, it may be revised or not. The writing can be informal and shared with others in the class. Or it can be a final draft posted for assessment by other students and/or the teacher. It is expected that students will be respectful of the writing and opinions of others and that they will respond accordingly. Sometimes students use conferencing to discuss about various topics such as what are the requirements to complete the assignment. There are then the options to create an associated Conferencing topic, which allows for group collaboration, and there is even the option of having a reminder automatically sent some days before the date due. Students can also message everyone in their group to let them know what is happening or they can just selected individuals from their class or group. This is one think I love about NiceNet. I can do all sort of things when using this forum and I will recommend that other educators use it for their classes.
Rating: 5
Del.icio.us: is a collection of websites I bookmarked this semester when taking this class ED451 Audio Visual by Dr. Cyrus. Del.icio.us is also a good for educators and students to use and I highly recommend it. Before I took this class ED451 Audio Visual I know nothing about Del.icio.us or any of the technology tools. Now that I learn how to use it and I have an account I don’t have to go through the trouble of spending many hours online doing my research and printing out stuff. Del.icio.us allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others.
Rating: 5
Google Suite: (Page Creator, Interactive Docs, and Blogger): Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes. When using Google page creator to create my own web page I find it quick and very easy. Interactive documents combine many scaffold features in one. It is something that the student interacts with. It can include pop-up icons, bookmarks, hyperlinks, embedded documents, etc to form one project. Blogger is a person who writes blogs or weblogs. Blogger service allows toolbar users with Blogger accounts to post links directly to their blogs.
Rating: 5
BricaBox: is a new type of service that combines elements of social networking and content creation into a medium it calls a social content platform. Bricabox has different types of templates such as video collections, wiki site, discussion board, photo and map mashups and many more. For video collection, you can choose your videos from YouTube or TeacherTube and embed them in to Bricabox. You can have all different kind of video clips you want. As for wiki site, you can add information and pictures from your own file or from other websites in to your Bricabox.
Rating: 4
Protopage: is a really cool way to create a custom webpage with information that you want to share or keep private. It is sort of like an organizer page. You can have all of your favorite sites in Protopage. It is also your own personal page that you can use for quick access to everything on the web that you go to most. Creating your page is easy and fun you simply drag and drop from the directory of hundreds of widgets containing everything from news headlines to sports scores to puzzle games. You can keep your page private, make it public, or even set a group password so that you can share parts of it with specific friends or colleagues. You can read news from your favorite sites and blog. You can also organize your day with to-do lists and sticky notes and much more!
Rating: 5
Pop fly: is the fun and easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, and Web pages. It’s made up of online visual tools for building Web pages and mashups and a social network where you can host, share, rate, comment and even remixes creations from other Pop fly users.
Rating: 5
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Reflection on Assistive/Adaptive Technology (movie clip)
Beauty Letewasiyal
Dr. Cyrus
ED451-01
10 April 2008
Reflection on Lesson plan (Assistive/Adaptive Technology)
Technology is widely present, touching almost every part of our lives, our communities, our homes especially for disable people. Yet most schools are far behind when it comes to integrating technology into classroom learning. Many are just beginning to explore the true potential technology offers for teaching and learning. Properly used, technology will help students acquire the skills they need to survive in a complex, highly technological knowledge-based economy.
Integrating technology into classroom instruction means more than teaching basic computer skills and software programs in a separate computer class. Effective tech integration must happen across the curriculum in ways that research shows deepen and enhance the learning process. In particular, it must supporting four key components of learning: active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts.
I believe that technology-enabled project learning is the new plus ultra of classroom instruction. Teachers and educators should revise their lesson plan to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Learning through projects while equipped with technology tools allows students to be intellectually challenged while providing them with a realistic snapshot of what the modern office looks like. Through projects, students acquire refine their analysis and problem-solving skills as they work individually and in teams to find, process, and synthesize information they've found online.
Teachers and educators should start developing technology enhanced lesson plans that use instructional and assistive technology. Unfortunately, the educators have limited experience in developing lesson plans that include technology lack information on how technology is used in the lesson to maximize student performance and achievement.
Technology changes the way teachers teach, offering educators effective ways to reach different types of learners and assess student understanding through multiple means. It also enhances the relationship between teacher and student. When technology is effectively integrated into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun.
Dr. Cyrus
ED451-01
10 April 2008
Reflection on Lesson plan (Assistive/Adaptive Technology)
Technology is widely present, touching almost every part of our lives, our communities, our homes especially for disable people. Yet most schools are far behind when it comes to integrating technology into classroom learning. Many are just beginning to explore the true potential technology offers for teaching and learning. Properly used, technology will help students acquire the skills they need to survive in a complex, highly technological knowledge-based economy.
Integrating technology into classroom instruction means more than teaching basic computer skills and software programs in a separate computer class. Effective tech integration must happen across the curriculum in ways that research shows deepen and enhance the learning process. In particular, it must supporting four key components of learning: active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts.
I believe that technology-enabled project learning is the new plus ultra of classroom instruction. Teachers and educators should revise their lesson plan to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Learning through projects while equipped with technology tools allows students to be intellectually challenged while providing them with a realistic snapshot of what the modern office looks like. Through projects, students acquire refine their analysis and problem-solving skills as they work individually and in teams to find, process, and synthesize information they've found online.
Teachers and educators should start developing technology enhanced lesson plans that use instructional and assistive technology. Unfortunately, the educators have limited experience in developing lesson plans that include technology lack information on how technology is used in the lesson to maximize student performance and achievement.
Technology changes the way teachers teach, offering educators effective ways to reach different types of learners and assess student understanding through multiple means. It also enhances the relationship between teacher and student. When technology is effectively integrated into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
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