Post Number 7

I would use PowerPoint to support each knowledge dimension of student learning by making them create their own PowerPoint as a presentation. With those PowerPoint they will have to: gather information about a subject, put those facts into a PowerPoint presentation, making an outline before creating the presentation, compare their results with their peers, and presenting their final project to the class.

Adaptive technologies are great to help students perceive things that they may not have seen before. These technologies can also help out students who need assistance (such as blind, deaf, etc.). I do not know of anyone who has used these technologies, but if need be I would facilitate them in my classroom. The only problem I see with this is other students may falsely believe that one student is getting more of the teacher’s attention than they are.

The most useful skill I have learned from the web page design assignment is learning how useful having a webpage can be. Through this assignment I saw how much the web site could help my students understand the class and keep up just as much as it will help the teacher. I enjoyed how easy it was to make the web page, but found difficulty in utilizing all the tools. I would improve my assignment next time by looking into all the various tools that could be used to make my web page even more useful and educational.

Post Number 6

Jordan Filerman

Post 6

            I believe course websites are incredibly useful. I would most certainly maintain one as a future teacher because it allows students to turn things in conveniently online, look at their grades, and also check for homework updates. Course websites provide help to both teachers and students, and it is most certainly worth the little trouble and time it takes to set up.

I plan to use technology a lot in the classroom, not only for my students, but for myself as well. With the rate of technology growing as it is, it is important for teachers to stay on top of what is trending so they can capture the attention of their students. I plan on even taking technology courses when I am a teacher if need be. I also plan on using technological tools to help me with lesson plans, projects, and much more.

The most important skill I learned form this latest assignment was knowing what a wiki was. Before this assignment, I had never used this program before, and now that I have used it I have realized what a good tool it can be with education. I like how one can comment on other wikis and also share their own ideas. Next time, I can improve it by making it more aesthetically pleasing. In my future career as a teacher I plan on using wikis to help with classroom discussions and also for students to share their ideas with me, instead of just the other way around.

Post Number 5 Jordan Filerman

One type of web 2.0 tool that I might use in my classroom in the future is Facebook. Facebook is a social networking site that allows people to reconnect with past friends and share information with each other via the Internet. Facebook does a great job of landscaping their website so everything about it is easy to access, use, and understand. For example, the bar in the top right corner helps locate one’s profile, friends, and settings. Also, they keep the advertisements on the side of the screen with helps it from becoming too annoying to the user. www.facebook.com

Facebook is a great way to stay connected and hardly has issues. With Facebook, it is easy to chat, write on walls, or send messages. Through this tool students can communicate with each other on classroom assignments and subjects. One way I would use Facebook in the classroom would be to have students create Facebook pages for characters in books and communicate the book via wall posts, statuses, and pictures.

I think Web 2.0 tools are very useful in all stages of education because it gets a lot more students to be interested in classroom subjects and it allows them to have a better sense of the way the Internet works. Although I think all Web 2.0 technologies are useful, I find Facebook and YouTube to be the most useful because they are easy to use and easy to share information with.

The new skill I acquired from the web hunt was being able to search Google for subjects by creating a more specific search. For example, when looking for articles I could use Google Scholar and when I need articles from a certain date I can refine the search to include only certain publication dates. This can be used in my future career because I will be better at finding information or tools for my class. One thing I would improve for next time is just the formatting of the chart as the dimensions got more messed up when I inserted the information I found.

Post Number 4 Jordan Filerman

Jordan Filerman

Post 4

            One way I would use web-source resources to help with student learning would be to have my students do games that come along with learning-based websites. Another thing I would do is have students use databases when they do research. One of these databases is EBSCO. I had to use EBSCO in high school and it helped my research a lot.

I think that using the internet is a huge help with student learning and research. In almost all situations the internet helps, however plagiarism is a huge downside. When you bring the internet into an assignment, it sometimes can give students ideas to just copy straight from internet sources.

I had to use internet databases a lot during high school. This helped me a lot in finding researching tools and sources. In high school, we also had to check the validity of websites a lot when doing research papers. We did this by reading reviews of the website as well as checking the end of the URL (.org, .gov, etc).

From the inspiration assignment, I learned a lot about making concept maps. Before this, I would always try to do concept maps messily by hand or unsuccessfully on Microsoft word. One thing I could have improved on it would have been to make it look neater and used more graphics. I can use this as a future teacher to create concept maps for my students so they can understand different sections of the material better.

Post Number 3 Jordan Filerman

Jordan Filerman

The website, www.cartoonnetwork.com is a terrible website, especially when one considers its users. There is a ton of superfluous images and texts in this website that can confuse the young kids that come on this website to play games. Also, the advertisements on the website are justified in the middle of the page, and advertise things not applicable to children.

I think open content and open source are very important for educators because it allows them not only to reach their material to others, but to also gain knowledge from the convenience of their own homes. I would use both open source software and open content materials because I find them very helpful in learning environments, and I would contribute to them to make this source useful to others as well.

In this weeks assignment I learned a lot about new ways to manipulate Microsoft Word. It is very helpful for future educators to learn easy ways to make not only effective newsletters, but newsletters that are pleasing to the eye as well. In my future, I plan to use newsletters a lot in class, especially if there is a field trip or other permission slip needed. Next time I would spend more time looking at other things I can do to make my newsletter even more visually pleasing.