Friday, September 12, 2008
Exit Card for September 12, 2008
Today I learned all of my colors in spanish. Something I look forward to in the next class is to read more stories in class and to write in my journal during center time. Something I didn't understand is how to build a staircase with cubes with the numbers 12 to 20. There really wasn't anything that I had for my AHA moment today.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Global Villages
My definition of global village is our wired community just like the article says. It is the things that make communication through technology possible. It allows us to communication with everyone in the world not just limiting communication to the people in your community. I am not sure what to think about this because I can see the positives and negatives about a global village.
The positives are that a global village allows communication with different cultures from around the world. This is good because not a lot of people have the money to travel and so this would be one way to experience cultures.
The negative aspects of this culture would be that you would loose the face to face contact with your neighbors because everyone would be so reliant on faxes and the internet. It also would push our society to levels that it may not be ready for in terms of communication. The people that can't afford internet or simply don't have it depend on the United States Postal Service and with technology taking over that would go away. When looking at the positives and negatives there are far more negative things about a global village.
In terms of how it fits into the K-12 classrooms, I think it would fit but it needs to be used within certain boundaries. It would be helpful for the teacher could they could push out more information and allow students to participate more within the class. It also allows the students to expand their horizons by being able to look things up they might be curious about within school boundaries. I think technology is a great thing for a classroom but like I said above and what every teacher probably thinks technology must be used within appropriate boundaries.
The positives are that a global village allows communication with different cultures from around the world. This is good because not a lot of people have the money to travel and so this would be one way to experience cultures.
The negative aspects of this culture would be that you would loose the face to face contact with your neighbors because everyone would be so reliant on faxes and the internet. It also would push our society to levels that it may not be ready for in terms of communication. The people that can't afford internet or simply don't have it depend on the United States Postal Service and with technology taking over that would go away. When looking at the positives and negatives there are far more negative things about a global village.
In terms of how it fits into the K-12 classrooms, I think it would fit but it needs to be used within certain boundaries. It would be helpful for the teacher could they could push out more information and allow students to participate more within the class. It also allows the students to expand their horizons by being able to look things up they might be curious about within school boundaries. I think technology is a great thing for a classroom but like I said above and what every teacher probably thinks technology must be used within appropriate boundaries.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Purposes of Morality
I agree with the article by Pojman about the 5 purposes of morality. The reason why I agree with the 5 purposes of morality is because I see it already happening in everyday society. I feel that without some of these guidelines or rules in which this suggests society would be a mess. Children would be able to get away with whatever they want to do. Criminals would still be out in the streets. All in all I feel that these rules are merely commonsense.
As a teacher, the role I play as a moral agent could be an implementor of these purposes or "rules." I think that teachers also should make sure that during the school day the students know there are reasons for doing things. I know that when I am teaching I make sure the student follow a similar version of these rules. I want them to solve their problems by talking and not fighting. They need to know that if they have done something wrong to take the blame themselves and not tell on someone else.
As a teacher, the role I play as a moral agent could be an implementor of these purposes or "rules." I think that teachers also should make sure that during the school day the students know there are reasons for doing things. I know that when I am teaching I make sure the student follow a similar version of these rules. I want them to solve their problems by talking and not fighting. They need to know that if they have done something wrong to take the blame themselves and not tell on someone else.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Traditional ID Models
The basic elements that the traditional instructional design models generally include are:
Dick & Carey Model:
This model would be appropriate to use in everyday lesson planning because it has all of the essential steps of a lesson. It basically looks at the students and how they will preform in a lesson. It allows the teacher to aim for specific outcomes and if something is not working the teacher can take a step back and change what they are doing to get the desired outcome. This model would be great when teaching to the benchmarks when a specific outcome is needed.
Big 8 Model:
I think that this model would go best with a specific, one time lesson, in other words it could be a mini-lesson. I think this because it seems to me that this model really hits on one set of objects and activities that are taught with media and at the end the students are evaluated. A teacher would get more specific with their everyday lessons. For example, a teaching method that would fit really good with this model would be when teach adding to a 2nd grade class teaching them one digit plus one digit would be a specific mini-lesson within one big lesson. It allows for a specific objectives and outcomes like I have stated above.
ASSURE:
To me this lesson model seems to be very similar to the Dick & Carey model. This is everything that a teacher does day to day to help with the classroom planning. As a teacher I used this probably the most because the students can change from a subject to subject basis and they can grow and develop more over time. I feel that if a classroom teacher does not use these different elements in their classroom to plan and design lessons that they really are not assessing how their lesson can fit their students and what would be best for the students.
Complete Model of ID:
The best time to use this model would be when looking at teaching a unit to the class. I think that it would be to use in a classroom with different reading and writing levels. It would allow the teacher to adjust the lesson to the different levels along with move around and hit the different things that need more attention.
ADDIE Model:
This model seems to be meant for more of a hands on activity lesson. This would be great when working with the younger elementary students in math when using manipulatives. It allows time for the students to explore and learn as they are exploring. From what I have observed from my students is that they sometimes may self teach themselves with guidance from the teacher and using the manipulatives as long as they are allowed time to explore.
- Analyze
- Develop
- Design
- Implement
- Evaluate
Dick & Carey Model:
This model would be appropriate to use in everyday lesson planning because it has all of the essential steps of a lesson. It basically looks at the students and how they will preform in a lesson. It allows the teacher to aim for specific outcomes and if something is not working the teacher can take a step back and change what they are doing to get the desired outcome. This model would be great when teaching to the benchmarks when a specific outcome is needed.
Big 8 Model:
I think that this model would go best with a specific, one time lesson, in other words it could be a mini-lesson. I think this because it seems to me that this model really hits on one set of objects and activities that are taught with media and at the end the students are evaluated. A teacher would get more specific with their everyday lessons. For example, a teaching method that would fit really good with this model would be when teach adding to a 2nd grade class teaching them one digit plus one digit would be a specific mini-lesson within one big lesson. It allows for a specific objectives and outcomes like I have stated above.
ASSURE:
To me this lesson model seems to be very similar to the Dick & Carey model. This is everything that a teacher does day to day to help with the classroom planning. As a teacher I used this probably the most because the students can change from a subject to subject basis and they can grow and develop more over time. I feel that if a classroom teacher does not use these different elements in their classroom to plan and design lessons that they really are not assessing how their lesson can fit their students and what would be best for the students.
Complete Model of ID:
The best time to use this model would be when looking at teaching a unit to the class. I think that it would be to use in a classroom with different reading and writing levels. It would allow the teacher to adjust the lesson to the different levels along with move around and hit the different things that need more attention.
ADDIE Model:
This model seems to be meant for more of a hands on activity lesson. This would be great when working with the younger elementary students in math when using manipulatives. It allows time for the students to explore and learn as they are exploring. From what I have observed from my students is that they sometimes may self teach themselves with guidance from the teacher and using the manipulatives as long as they are allowed time to explore.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Instructional Technology (IT)
Instructional Technology is many things to the educational world. The definition of IT is seen in two different ways.
- In the classroom it could be anything the teachers use to convey the message to the students, for example, white boards, overhead projectors, projectors for power point and other computer related activities, computers, and smart boards.
- It is also how the teacher and students can access or receive the information that is important to the topics that they are studying.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Media Literacy vs. Visual Literacy
When I was trying to compare and contrast visual and media literacy I connected visual literacy to the Edgar Dale Cone of Experience diagram that was in the lecture yesterday. I did this because in terms of seeing things visually that is how I learn and it just made a personal connection for me. Here are some of the similarities and differences that I have found.
A similarity between visual and media literacy are that they both deal with the ability to do something. The difference between the two is what the ability that they are actually trying to is. Like for visual literacy is would be to create visual messages, and try to figure out what the visual messages are. For media literacy it is the ability to ask important questions about what you see and the ability to create messages through this new media.
When talking about visual and media literacy a similarity is when people learn visually by having a direct purposeful experience well they do this in media literacy by actually creating real life projects that deal with the media they are talking about. The major difference is that with visual literacy it determines how the topic is taught to the learner. Media literacy would be the application of what is being taught.
Visual literacy is the practical application of media literacy. The function of a visual is to make things more concrete and so being doing a realistic project to learn about media literacy the more the concept is going to stick with the person. When I was thinking examples a great one is our project that is due next week. The photo essay is a great practical application of media and the project doesn't have to extremely complex the more that visual literacy is understood the more complex the project will be.
A similarity between visual and media literacy are that they both deal with the ability to do something. The difference between the two is what the ability that they are actually trying to is. Like for visual literacy is would be to create visual messages, and try to figure out what the visual messages are. For media literacy it is the ability to ask important questions about what you see and the ability to create messages through this new media.
When talking about visual and media literacy a similarity is when people learn visually by having a direct purposeful experience well they do this in media literacy by actually creating real life projects that deal with the media they are talking about. The major difference is that with visual literacy it determines how the topic is taught to the learner. Media literacy would be the application of what is being taught.
Visual literacy is the practical application of media literacy. The function of a visual is to make things more concrete and so being doing a realistic project to learn about media literacy the more the concept is going to stick with the person. When I was thinking examples a great one is our project that is due next week. The photo essay is a great practical application of media and the project doesn't have to extremely complex the more that visual literacy is understood the more complex the project will be.
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