Sunday, June 10, 2012
Concept Map
For this activity I decided to create a concept where students will learn the different options they have when thinking about learning a second language. As we know we are leaving in globalized society and economy. Therefore learning a second language today is more a necessity than an luxury for our young children who will be call to be global managers in the future. I think this concept will help the students to be more confident when they will decide to learn a new language.
Cedar Point trip assignment
Since it is already summer time, I thought that it will be a very enriching experience if my students use Google map during their school trip in Ohio at Cedar Point Amusement Park. The goal of this assignment is to conduct the students to draw a personal map of their trip. During this assignment each student will describe in a map the different places the class will visit during the school trip. The students can use this map to share with their friends and parents the different activities they will be involved during their trip.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Week 5 Reflection
From this week readings, we can argue that there are many lessons that schools and others education systems can take from the business sector when it comes to use and implement Intructional Design and Technology. The first approach which took my attention when readingthe chapter was the fact that most companies in the private sector use technology technology based training delivery. These companies understood that they could take a great advantage on news technologies in order to solve their problems. The believe that relying on an expert or consultant in Intructional Design and Technology can help them to solve in a better , faster and cheaper way the problems that they might be facing internally. Of course, in order to make this approach successfull , the organizations managers and staff members need to know first what their problem is and then call on expert who will then be able to help them with adequate solution. From this example , I will argue that teachers and others educators can take a similar approach in order to solve the different obstacles which exist in the school systems especially when it comes to Instructional Technology. I think that the school actors by collaboring and discussing about themselves can identify the key challenges they are facing. And using the experience of an external consultant can be sometimes the best approach to solve these problems. The intructional designers should be familiar with the education organization they are working with in order to fully take in consideration the needs of both teachers and students and to come up with the best solutions able to satisfy their needs. The designers should have a client approach and work closely with the people who will use the new technology.
In addition to the training, I think that education systems can also use Intructional Design and technology methods as tool of evaluation. Indeed, when an organization implement a new technology it should have a process by which it can compare the outcomes to the expeted results. Evaluation is a key component when it comes to measure the impact of a new technology on the performance of an education system. For example , after training teachers to use a new instructional sofware , the scholl will try to see if the the training ahs improve the performance of the teachers or not. For reaons of acountility and performance , I think it is very important that Instructional Designers include in their intervention tools of evaluation which will allow the client to determine if the technology is decided to introduction in his organization has been effective or not.
From Chapter 21, I have been surprised by the fact many states do not accord enough importance to technology when giving teaching licenses to news intructors. The artile mentions that only 21 states require technology coursework for getting a teaching license and 10 states for the recertification. This seems to be a paradox. Indeed, if states and public agencies in charge of education really want to improve the quality of education systems via the Introduction of new technologies in the classrom , they will have to do more than what has been done so far. As it is mentioned in teh article , "the teacher is the most important ingredient for sucess when using technology Good teaching comes first, technology second". In order to achieved sucessfull results one of the priorities of the education systems should be to train and to give to their teachers the well skills and knowledge they need.
I also positevely surprised by the fact that the Net Q model can have a very positive impact of the performance of education systes. If well implemented , this model can help all the school actors to achieve their goals. It will give to the students with the help of teachers all the skills they need in order to be ready for the 21st century jobs. This model emphasize on teh fact that there is a difference between using a computer and being able to take the maximum advantage of the information available on the Web. If students are well prepared, they will not only be able to effective use the computers but also to make great things with the technologies they have in hand.
In addition to the training, I think that education systems can also use Intructional Design and technology methods as tool of evaluation. Indeed, when an organization implement a new technology it should have a process by which it can compare the outcomes to the expeted results. Evaluation is a key component when it comes to measure the impact of a new technology on the performance of an education system. For example , after training teachers to use a new instructional sofware , the scholl will try to see if the the training ahs improve the performance of the teachers or not. For reaons of acountility and performance , I think it is very important that Instructional Designers include in their intervention tools of evaluation which will allow the client to determine if the technology is decided to introduction in his organization has been effective or not.
From Chapter 21, I have been surprised by the fact many states do not accord enough importance to technology when giving teaching licenses to news intructors. The artile mentions that only 21 states require technology coursework for getting a teaching license and 10 states for the recertification. This seems to be a paradox. Indeed, if states and public agencies in charge of education really want to improve the quality of education systems via the Introduction of new technologies in the classrom , they will have to do more than what has been done so far. As it is mentioned in teh article , "the teacher is the most important ingredient for sucess when using technology Good teaching comes first, technology second". In order to achieved sucessfull results one of the priorities of the education systems should be to train and to give to their teachers the well skills and knowledge they need.
I also positevely surprised by the fact that the Net Q model can have a very positive impact of the performance of education systes. If well implemented , this model can help all the school actors to achieve their goals. It will give to the students with the help of teachers all the skills they need in order to be ready for the 21st century jobs. This model emphasize on teh fact that there is a difference between using a computer and being able to take the maximum advantage of the information available on the Web. If students are well prepared, they will not only be able to effective use the computers but also to make great things with the technologies they have in hand.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Podcast Link
http://edtech101.com/
I found this link very helpful for your class. It addresses different topics about educational technology. I think anyone who is interested in learning about the use of new technology in the classroom can be take advantage of the resources available on this web site.
I found this link very helpful for your class. It addresses different topics about educational technology. I think anyone who is interested in learning about the use of new technology in the classroom can be take advantage of the resources available on this web site.
Week 4 Reflection
Chapter 4
Among the different theories that the author discuss in the book , the Schema and Cognitive load theory seems to me to most appropriate to use when teaching to the students how to calculate and compare unit cost. This theory is based on the idea that the best way to teach students is to show them the final objective. They need to see a finished example of what they are supposed to do and then they will be trained with the process leading to the final result. In this phase , the teacher will show to the students steps by steps what they are supposed to do in order to achieve the final result. I will argue that , this theory suggests that ione of the best approaches to teach calculation methods to students is learning by doing. Once the instructor gives a example to students , and show them the entire process he used in order to come up with his final result, the student will be more likely to use the same process and to learn how to calculate and compare unit prices of any product. Again the key in this theory is to give the schema to the students so that they can rely on it in any other situation.
The second theory that I found very interesting in the readings was the cognitive information processing theory. This theory is based on the assumption that student needs different types of examples in order to fully understand a concept or a technique. For example in order to teach students how to calculate and compare unit cost it will be very postive if the teacher uses different examples such as the unit price of a fruit, a pen , a soda or a chicken wing. These different examples are supposed to help the students to aplly the techniques of calculation they have just learned in different situations. The idea here is that by using different producst or items the student will ask questions if they did not fully understand how to calculate and compare the unit price of these products. If they are confortable with the calculations then the teacher can be sure that his students are ready to move on and to learn new things.
The third and last theories I will consider is the the constructivism theory. This theory is in some how differet from the other two theories I have already mentioned. It suggests that there is no best approaches to solve a specific problem or to get a result. There are always different prepectives and possibilities that students can use in order to achieve their final objective. For example if you ask students what is the shortest way between teh class room and the the public library? If student will use his own information and knowledge in order to come up with his own solution to that problem. This theory suggest that in our example if WE give the same amount to different students and ask them to spend it in a grocery store using the unit cost method, we will have different students with differents products. Each one will spend his money based on his own calculations. This approach can be very beneficial if students are organized in groups and have to work togheter in order to choose among all their different perspectives one solution that the group will agree on.
Chapter 14
I will argue here that the International Society for Performance Improvement can be a very good model that many education systems ans schools can implement. This model can be used as a an evaluation and monioring tool in order to measure the peformance of the different activities of a school. I t will give the opportunity to the school management and the teachers the opportunity to compare the results obtained to the goals. If the objectives are not meet, then togheter both actors can work in order to take the right initiatives and to achieve their objectives. However, in order to succesfully implement this model all the schools actors should be informed about the role of the HPI practionner. He should be consider by both the the teaching saff and the school administration as a partner and not a competitor.
Value of Social Boomarking
I am personally convinced that Social bookmarking can be very positive for the all actors of the school systems. Both teachers , students, parenst and school administrators can take advantage of these tools. By sing this method teachers and students can share large amount of information in a very convenient time. They can also organize their work in a very efficient way. Teachers can make information available to their students by using websites, the students can used the same method to interact with their classmates and the parents can also have important information about what their student are learning. I think social bookmarking is a very easy way to keep in touch with what is going in their children schools for many parents.
The Podcast http://edtech101.com/ offers many interesting discussions about using technology in the education field.
Among the different theories that the author discuss in the book , the Schema and Cognitive load theory seems to me to most appropriate to use when teaching to the students how to calculate and compare unit cost. This theory is based on the idea that the best way to teach students is to show them the final objective. They need to see a finished example of what they are supposed to do and then they will be trained with the process leading to the final result. In this phase , the teacher will show to the students steps by steps what they are supposed to do in order to achieve the final result. I will argue that , this theory suggests that ione of the best approaches to teach calculation methods to students is learning by doing. Once the instructor gives a example to students , and show them the entire process he used in order to come up with his final result, the student will be more likely to use the same process and to learn how to calculate and compare unit prices of any product. Again the key in this theory is to give the schema to the students so that they can rely on it in any other situation.
The second theory that I found very interesting in the readings was the cognitive information processing theory. This theory is based on the assumption that student needs different types of examples in order to fully understand a concept or a technique. For example in order to teach students how to calculate and compare unit cost it will be very postive if the teacher uses different examples such as the unit price of a fruit, a pen , a soda or a chicken wing. These different examples are supposed to help the students to aplly the techniques of calculation they have just learned in different situations. The idea here is that by using different producst or items the student will ask questions if they did not fully understand how to calculate and compare the unit price of these products. If they are confortable with the calculations then the teacher can be sure that his students are ready to move on and to learn new things.
The third and last theories I will consider is the the constructivism theory. This theory is in some how differet from the other two theories I have already mentioned. It suggests that there is no best approaches to solve a specific problem or to get a result. There are always different prepectives and possibilities that students can use in order to achieve their final objective. For example if you ask students what is the shortest way between teh class room and the the public library? If student will use his own information and knowledge in order to come up with his own solution to that problem. This theory suggest that in our example if WE give the same amount to different students and ask them to spend it in a grocery store using the unit cost method, we will have different students with differents products. Each one will spend his money based on his own calculations. This approach can be very beneficial if students are organized in groups and have to work togheter in order to choose among all their different perspectives one solution that the group will agree on.
Chapter 14
I will argue here that the International Society for Performance Improvement can be a very good model that many education systems ans schools can implement. This model can be used as a an evaluation and monioring tool in order to measure the peformance of the different activities of a school. I t will give the opportunity to the school management and the teachers the opportunity to compare the results obtained to the goals. If the objectives are not meet, then togheter both actors can work in order to take the right initiatives and to achieve their objectives. However, in order to succesfully implement this model all the schools actors should be informed about the role of the HPI practionner. He should be consider by both the the teaching saff and the school administration as a partner and not a competitor.
Value of Social Boomarking
I am personally convinced that Social bookmarking can be very positive for the all actors of the school systems. Both teachers , students, parenst and school administrators can take advantage of these tools. By sing this method teachers and students can share large amount of information in a very convenient time. They can also organize their work in a very efficient way. Teachers can make information available to their students by using websites, the students can used the same method to interact with their classmates and the parents can also have important information about what their student are learning. I think social bookmarking is a very easy way to keep in touch with what is going in their children schools for many parents.
The Podcast http://edtech101.com/ offers many interesting discussions about using technology in the education field.
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