Question: What types of planning and scheduling can be aided with the use of technology?
Answer: Word processing or speadsheet software can make some of this hassle more manageable. Teachers can easily map out a generic weekly or daily schedule. If activities change, they can simply be deleted or moved. A lot of planning, especially for a number of days ahead, makes it easier for any substitute who comes in. Any type of organization with technology keeps everything in order and gives teachers a peace of mind.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Assessing and Evaluating, Including Portfolios - Chapter 15
Question: What assessment methods can be used to evaluate constructivist-learning lessons?
Answer: Constructivist learning integrates disciplines, skills, and strategies so that students can develop their own understandings. It challenges teachers to assess student learning in a formet that most closely matches how the information was learning, as well as with formative methods that will provide students feedback with which to inform further learning.
Answer: Constructivist learning integrates disciplines, skills, and strategies so that students can develop their own understandings. It challenges teachers to assess student learning in a formet that most closely matches how the information was learning, as well as with formative methods that will provide students feedback with which to inform further learning.
Mathematical Modeling - Chapter 11
Question: What is a mircoworld?
Answer: The MIT Media Lab Learning and Common Sense Group (www.media.mit.edu) coined the term microlab and they defined it as a tiny world inside which a student can explore alternatives, test hypotheses, and discover facts that are true about the world (www.umcs.maine.edu/~larry/microworlds/microworld.html). It differs from a simulation in that the student is encouraged to think about it as a "real" worl, and not simply as a simulation of another world.
Answer: The MIT Media Lab Learning and Common Sense Group (www.media.mit.edu) coined the term microlab and they defined it as a tiny world inside which a student can explore alternatives, test hypotheses, and discover facts that are true about the world (www.umcs.maine.edu/~larry/microworlds/microworld.html). It differs from a simulation in that the student is encouraged to think about it as a "real" worl, and not simply as a simulation of another world.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Games and Virtual Environments - Chapter 10
Question: What are the benefits of using games in the classroom?
Answer: Students today live in a gaming culture and the classroom needs to adapt. The games that have been created for classroom, as well as the general public, include interaction, higher-order thinking, collaboration, problem solving, and motivation from the play and learning environment. If parents and teachers consider games as an educational tool rather than free-time, fun reward, gaming will have a promising future in K-12 education.
Answer: Students today live in a gaming culture and the classroom needs to adapt. The games that have been created for classroom, as well as the general public, include interaction, higher-order thinking, collaboration, problem solving, and motivation from the play and learning environment. If parents and teachers consider games as an educational tool rather than free-time, fun reward, gaming will have a promising future in K-12 education.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Emerging and Assistive Technologies and the Future
Question:
Answer: The impact of AI on computers in the schools will be monumentous. Very young children will be able to operate cimputers without the needs for typing skills or knowledge of programming languages. They will be able to teach the computer to carry out the activities they want done. Because AI computers function as intelligent aids to their users rather than as merely programming machines, computers will become more effective teachers, listening to the students, responding according to information stored in memory, and then storing information away for later use. They will no longer rely on rigidly defined software. In addition, future generations of computers with artificial intelligence are expected to be able to compile their own instructions to perform virtually any task they are asked to perform.
Answer: The impact of AI on computers in the schools will be monumentous. Very young children will be able to operate cimputers without the needs for typing skills or knowledge of programming languages. They will be able to teach the computer to carry out the activities they want done. Because AI computers function as intelligent aids to their users rather than as merely programming machines, computers will become more effective teachers, listening to the students, responding according to information stored in memory, and then storing information away for later use. They will no longer rely on rigidly defined software. In addition, future generations of computers with artificial intelligence are expected to be able to compile their own instructions to perform virtually any task they are asked to perform.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Technology Integration in the Content Area, Including Early Childhood, Educationally Challenged, and Multidisciplinary Units - Chapter 9
Question: How can teachers use technology in the content areas?
Answer: They can incorporate the technology-based learning activities into their traditional curricula and this increases the number of students who have experience with technology when they finish school. Technology-based learning activities must account for the same factors that all learning activities depend on: Grade-Level Range, Purpose, Description, Activity Preparation, Activity Procedure, Tools and Resources, and Assessments. Also to make sure that everything teachers do, age appropriate content is a must.
Answer: They can incorporate the technology-based learning activities into their traditional curricula and this increases the number of students who have experience with technology when they finish school. Technology-based learning activities must account for the same factors that all learning activities depend on: Grade-Level Range, Purpose, Description, Activity Preparation, Activity Procedure, Tools and Resources, and Assessments. Also to make sure that everything teachers do, age appropriate content is a must.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Selecting and Integrating World Wide Web Resources, Including Designing Online Instruction - Chapter 8
Question: Why is regular maintenance vital to a quality website?
Answer: You want to be sure that you are posting a quality product and that the pages stay in good condition as time goes by. If you are trying to market your website to anyone, it has to look appealing and be able to hook the audience. No one would look at your site if it wasnt aesthetically appealing. You have to keep it up with the times and the interests of the demogaphic you are aiming your site at. Site's always need improving and updates. That is Website 101.
Answer: You want to be sure that you are posting a quality product and that the pages stay in good condition as time goes by. If you are trying to market your website to anyone, it has to look appealing and be able to hook the audience. No one would look at your site if it wasnt aesthetically appealing. You have to keep it up with the times and the interests of the demogaphic you are aiming your site at. Site's always need improving and updates. That is Website 101.
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