Blog Journal #8
Diigo has taught me many new skills that have proven to be very useful when evaluating a website. The tool I have found to be the most useful is the annotation tool. Being able to highlight and add your own commentary for you and anyone else you make it available to see is truly amazing. This way, you can highlight important information, comment on your initial thoughts, and then go back through later and add on to your commentary or see what others may have commented. This aspect of Diigo is super helpful in the classroom and within group settings because it allows you and your classmates or group members to all read and annotate the same document and then see each other's comments and highlights. This type of interactive activity is very beneficial in the classroom as the entire classroom or everyone in your group can see everyone's comments and comment on those comments. Furthermore, this tool can be useful in individual professional efforts because whenever I am reading a new document, examining a website, etc, I can highlight and annotate the source which will serve as my notes on it, and then I won't have to worry about creating a whole new document in order to take notes on it. The notes can be found right there with the document itself.
If I were going to use PowerPoint to help explain a lesson using Bloom's Taxonomy, I would create a slide for each level and have the students participate in a discussion in order to judge whether or not they have mastered that step. For example, if I were going to teach my students about British Literature, I could have a slide labeled "Remember" and ask them to recite anything they might recall about British Literature, such as notable authors, writing styles, writing periods, etc. I would then walk my students through my notes and fill in any of the gaps that they missed. Next, I would have a slide labeled "Understand," where I would ask my students to separate the different types of literature into categories based on what genre it fell into, what type of poetry it was, who the author is, etc. Following this discussion, I would lecture about the connections and ideas that are the most notable. I would then have an "Apply" slide where I would have my students annotate and mark-up poems and sections of novels that illustrate typical principles found in British Literature. I would also have the label the work according to its genre: Romantic, Realist, Gothic, etc. Next, I would have the "Evaluate" slide where my students would be required to critique the various works of literature we had been discussing, choose their favorite genre or author, and then defend that choice with valid reasons such as the principles the author uses or the conventions that a certain genre of literature utilizes. Finally, I would end my PowerPoint with a "Create" slide. For this, I would have my students use their new knowledge of British Literature to perhaps write their own poem in the style of one of Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads or I would let them write it according to the style of their favorite British author or conventions of their favorite genre.
As technology is only becoming more and more prevalent in society and within education, it only makes sense that teachers should stay on top of the latest trends. A major benefit of teachers staying up-to-date on technology trends is that they can be the ones to introduce the new technology to their students. This could be extremely beneficial as they could introduce it to their students in an educational context, not a social one as most technology is used for. By introducing it within an educational context, the students will automatically associate this new technology with learning rather than another social media outlet. Twitter would be a great example of this. I had never used Twitter before EME2040, and using it in an education setting felt foreign to me. However, if I had been introduced to Twitter in an educational context to begin with, I would see Twitter as primarily an educational resource and not just another social media platform. A great website that teachers could use to stay up-to-date on the latest educational technology trends is The Ed Tech Roundup. This website keeps teachers updated on the latest and greatest technology that can be used within the classroom. The website contains reviews on the latest technology, lesson plans for primary and secondary classes, links to other educational technology websites, Podcasts where teachers talk about the latest technology and how they have used it in their classroom, and of course a page explaining the latest and greatest educational technology. There is also a page that lets you contact the creator of the website, Michael Karlin if you have any questions!
If I were going to use PowerPoint to help explain a lesson using Bloom's Taxonomy, I would create a slide for each level and have the students participate in a discussion in order to judge whether or not they have mastered that step. For example, if I were going to teach my students about British Literature, I could have a slide labeled "Remember" and ask them to recite anything they might recall about British Literature, such as notable authors, writing styles, writing periods, etc. I would then walk my students through my notes and fill in any of the gaps that they missed. Next, I would have a slide labeled "Understand," where I would ask my students to separate the different types of literature into categories based on what genre it fell into, what type of poetry it was, who the author is, etc. Following this discussion, I would lecture about the connections and ideas that are the most notable. I would then have an "Apply" slide where I would have my students annotate and mark-up poems and sections of novels that illustrate typical principles found in British Literature. I would also have the label the work according to its genre: Romantic, Realist, Gothic, etc. Next, I would have the "Evaluate" slide where my students would be required to critique the various works of literature we had been discussing, choose their favorite genre or author, and then defend that choice with valid reasons such as the principles the author uses or the conventions that a certain genre of literature utilizes. Finally, I would end my PowerPoint with a "Create" slide. For this, I would have my students use their new knowledge of British Literature to perhaps write their own poem in the style of one of Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads or I would let them write it according to the style of their favorite British author or conventions of their favorite genre.
As technology is only becoming more and more prevalent in society and within education, it only makes sense that teachers should stay on top of the latest trends. A major benefit of teachers staying up-to-date on technology trends is that they can be the ones to introduce the new technology to their students. This could be extremely beneficial as they could introduce it to their students in an educational context, not a social one as most technology is used for. By introducing it within an educational context, the students will automatically associate this new technology with learning rather than another social media outlet. Twitter would be a great example of this. I had never used Twitter before EME2040, and using it in an education setting felt foreign to me. However, if I had been introduced to Twitter in an educational context to begin with, I would see Twitter as primarily an educational resource and not just another social media platform. A great website that teachers could use to stay up-to-date on the latest educational technology trends is The Ed Tech Roundup. This website keeps teachers updated on the latest and greatest technology that can be used within the classroom. The website contains reviews on the latest technology, lesson plans for primary and secondary classes, links to other educational technology websites, Podcasts where teachers talk about the latest technology and how they have used it in their classroom, and of course a page explaining the latest and greatest educational technology. There is also a page that lets you contact the creator of the website, Michael Karlin if you have any questions!
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