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MAC workaround
Judy De Los Santos says:
May 2, 2011 at 10:34 pm The main site used in my previous classes is http://www.discoveryeducation.com. Some of the educational videos were somewhat interesting and always followed by a lesson and an art project. I plan to use this degree to it’s fullest when I go back to a regular classroom, which includes videos, music and games. I have yet to use any technology at the school I am presently working at other than to show examples and pictures on the desktop computer.
Stuart Dailey says:
@Judy at first my district encouraged all teachers to use “Discovery Education”. I love some of the videos about music, like sound waves and Beethoven…I was not using an updated computer but it did worked when I needed to present that part of the lesson. I haven’t been successful logging in to Discovery Education lately but I still use the lessons I created. I now use books, pictures and audio samples.
Kristi Swartz says: May 1, 2011 at 4:17 pm Topic #1 I would like to share an experience with using technology in the classroom last year as I was completing a long-term substitute job. 5th grade students were using computers to create preposition examples through visual images. Students were to go online and find 10 images relating to a main image of their choice, and create sentences with prepositions to go along with the positioning of the visuals on the page in relation to the main image, to show understanding of prepositions. During work time, students found images, and cut and pasted them onto a word document surrounding one main image of their choice. For example, one student had an image of a horse in the middle. They found an image of a cloud, pasted it above the horse, and wrote, “The cloud is above the horse.”, underlining the preposition “above” in the sentence. Once students found 10 images, and used them along with the images on the page, they were to show me, and print the paper. This is where technology went terribly wrong. Students were pressing the print button, and when the page did not print immediately, they kept hitting the print button time and again. Students expressed frustration, and I soon found that the printer was out of paper; when I added paper, I saw that many, many copies of their documents were coming and coming with no end in sight! We were inundated with preposition papers! Upon noticing this, I instructed students to only use the print button once! I now, never, have students print documents without first reminding them of the importance of pressing the print button only once- I share this experience, and students connect to examples of this happening in their own home, or in another class with giggles. My solution to the many, many extra pages of preposition examples you ask- I saved the preposition papers and used them as a pre-assessment for preposition understanding in my class this year. This is just one of many technology mishaps in the classroom. I anticipate many more as I do more and more technology for and with my students! Technology, gotta love it!
@Kristi
I have a PC that was issued by my district. I can do many of the duties like Microsoft Office but when I want to go online thank you MAC BOOK PRO. There is no comparison. But I have to use the PC in order for them to identify it and laboriously update it :-)
May 2, 2011 at 10:34 pm The main site used in my previous classes is http://www.discoveryeducation.com. Some of the educational videos were somewhat interesting and always followed by a lesson and an art project. I plan to use this degree to it’s fullest when I go back to a regular classroom, which includes videos, music and games. I have yet to use any technology at the school I am presently working at other than to show examples and pictures on the desktop computer.
Stuart Dailey says:
@Judy at first my district encouraged all teachers to use “Discovery Education”. I love some of the videos about music, like sound waves and Beethoven…I was not using an updated computer but it did worked when I needed to present that part of the lesson. I haven’t been successful logging in to Discovery Education lately but I still use the lessons I created. I now use books, pictures and audio samples.
Kristi Swartz says: May 1, 2011 at 4:17 pm Topic #1 I would like to share an experience with using technology in the classroom last year as I was completing a long-term substitute job. 5th grade students were using computers to create preposition examples through visual images. Students were to go online and find 10 images relating to a main image of their choice, and create sentences with prepositions to go along with the positioning of the visuals on the page in relation to the main image, to show understanding of prepositions. During work time, students found images, and cut and pasted them onto a word document surrounding one main image of their choice. For example, one student had an image of a horse in the middle. They found an image of a cloud, pasted it above the horse, and wrote, “The cloud is above the horse.”, underlining the preposition “above” in the sentence. Once students found 10 images, and used them along with the images on the page, they were to show me, and print the paper. This is where technology went terribly wrong. Students were pressing the print button, and when the page did not print immediately, they kept hitting the print button time and again. Students expressed frustration, and I soon found that the printer was out of paper; when I added paper, I saw that many, many copies of their documents were coming and coming with no end in sight! We were inundated with preposition papers! Upon noticing this, I instructed students to only use the print button once! I now, never, have students print documents without first reminding them of the importance of pressing the print button only once- I share this experience, and students connect to examples of this happening in their own home, or in another class with giggles. My solution to the many, many extra pages of preposition examples you ask- I saved the preposition papers and used them as a pre-assessment for preposition understanding in my class this year. This is just one of many technology mishaps in the classroom. I anticipate many more as I do more and more technology for and with my students! Technology, gotta love it!
@Kristi
I have a PC that was issued by my district. I can do many of the duties like Microsoft Office but when I want to go online thank you MAC BOOK PRO. There is no comparison. But I have to use the PC in order for them to identify it and laboriously update it :-)
Saturday, May 7, 2011
MAC week 1 Copyright
There are so many musicians and artists that are on then fence with copyright issues. On one hand they want everyone to listen to or watch what they have done and on the other hand they want to get paid for it. It is always easier to give a product away and free samples do create demand in a market. The fact is that the ownership of a tangible product has to remain in the control of person(s) that create it. I love to share and exchange ideas with fellow teachers and musicians, but if there is an opportunity to get paid for my idea or creation I don't want a computer savvy genius to receive payments because he has developed a market using my music for free.
MAC week 1 topic 1
Topic#1
I have increased my use of audio/visual devices to promote student engagement. My computer and CD player get a daily workout. The karaoke machine has proven to be a great way to increase fluency in student reading and participation. I dropped the karaoke machine and it now has become intermittent in order to use some of the songs I have to print the words and make copies so the students continue to read and sing. I would rather use the display on the screen from the karaoke machine because it helps the students follow the pacing of the lyrics.
I have increased my use of audio/visual devices to promote student engagement. My computer and CD player get a daily workout. The karaoke machine has proven to be a great way to increase fluency in student reading and participation. I dropped the karaoke machine and it now has become intermittent in order to use some of the songs I have to print the words and make copies so the students continue to read and sing. I would rather use the display on the screen from the karaoke machine because it helps the students follow the pacing of the lyrics.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Month 10 AR Blog Post
Month 10 AR Blog Post:
• Is there a connection between the data produced from your Cycles and the research reported in your Literature Review?
I have found the research to be connected to my cycles. In my cycle one I had been struggling with meeting with teachers and sharing information was welcomed but not easily accessed. A few of the researchers had to get teachers to meet and develop a plan of action. They were more successful and I believe it helped drive the success of the research.
• * How will LMO impact your Action Research project?
The LMO will help me develop the key element of my research which is for staff, parents, and students to have a one stop shop for my lessons and surveys and blogs and discussions and grades. I hope to use Schoology along with the required platform in my district.
• * How important is online content delivery or personal learning environments to your Action Research project?
The online content delivery is very important but not primary at this point. I hope to use the online content delivery as a separate and complete entity for my students and for any other participants.
• Is there a connection between the data produced from your Cycles and the research reported in your Literature Review?
I have found the research to be connected to my cycles. In my cycle one I had been struggling with meeting with teachers and sharing information was welcomed but not easily accessed. A few of the researchers had to get teachers to meet and develop a plan of action. They were more successful and I believe it helped drive the success of the research.
• * How will LMO impact your Action Research project?
The LMO will help me develop the key element of my research which is for staff, parents, and students to have a one stop shop for my lessons and surveys and blogs and discussions and grades. I hope to use Schoology along with the required platform in my district.
• * How important is online content delivery or personal learning environments to your Action Research project?
The online content delivery is very important but not primary at this point. I hope to use the online content delivery as a separate and complete entity for my students and for any other participants.
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