This is my video blog post about my research plan for Special Education and Technology
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Wiki Reflections for Week 6
My thoughts about the wiki. I chose PBworks as the place that we would work on our blog after doing some research that said that it would serve our needs of having a place to post our work and share it with others.
Working on the wiki contributes to my learning because it gives me a place to have all of my work in one central location. This allows me to organize my thoughts and to have my research at my fingertips. I tend to collect more data than necessary when working on assignments and having a wiki gives me a repository for all of my research.
Working on the wiki helps me to have more of an understanding about our subject in this class which is Special education. I enjoy having a place that I can write about the subject and most importantly I enjoy just being able to find articles and place them in the wiki for later.
The wiki has contributed to my ability to perform in my career because it has taught me more organizational skills that I can use in my job as a classroom teacher and even in working with other aspects of my job.
The wiki contributed to my sense of reciprocity and cooperation among students in my class because they would deposit data into the wiki and I would be able to see what direction they were going in. This would then guide me down the right path rather than when you work by yourself you are not really sure if you understand or not. You also can see how much your teammates have contributed and you want to make sure that you are contributing the same amount if not more so that the division of labor is fair.
Overall having a wiki space has been a good experience and I will use one in the future.
Working on the wiki contributes to my learning because it gives me a place to have all of my work in one central location. This allows me to organize my thoughts and to have my research at my fingertips. I tend to collect more data than necessary when working on assignments and having a wiki gives me a repository for all of my research.
Working on the wiki helps me to have more of an understanding about our subject in this class which is Special education. I enjoy having a place that I can write about the subject and most importantly I enjoy just being able to find articles and place them in the wiki for later.
The wiki has contributed to my ability to perform in my career because it has taught me more organizational skills that I can use in my job as a classroom teacher and even in working with other aspects of my job.
The wiki contributed to my sense of reciprocity and cooperation among students in my class because they would deposit data into the wiki and I would be able to see what direction they were going in. This would then guide me down the right path rather than when you work by yourself you are not really sure if you understand or not. You also can see how much your teammates have contributed and you want to make sure that you are contributing the same amount if not more so that the division of labor is fair.
Overall having a wiki space has been a good experience and I will use one in the future.
Week 6
While working on your Wiki Literature Review, develop a reflective narrative as a Word document about 3 times that you worked on the wiki. You should reflect on the first time you used the wiki, the last time you used the wiki, and time in between. Each narrative should be approximately 200–300 words.
Use the following questions to guide your entries:
Submission Criteria: Your blog entry is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, submitted via your blog.
My thoughts about the wiki. I chose PBworks as the place that we would work on our blog after doing some research that said that it would serve our needs of having a place to post our work and share it with others.
Working on the wiki contributes to my learning because it gives me a place to have all of my work in one central location. This allows me to organize my thoughts and to have my research at my fingertips. I tend to collect more data than necessary when working on assignments and having a wiki gives me a repository for all of my research.
Working on the wiki helps me to have more of an understanding about our subject in this class which is Special education. I enjoy having a place that I can write about the subject and most importantly I enjoy just being able to find articles and place them in the wiki for later.
The wiki has contributed to my ability to perform in my career because it has taught me more organizational skills that I can use in my job as a classroom teacher and even in working with other aspects of my job.
The wiki contributed to my sense of reciprocity and cooperation among students in my class because they would deposit data into the wiki and I would be able to see what direction they were going in. This would then guide me down the right path rather than when you work by yourself you are not really sure if you understand or not. You also can see how much your teammates have contributed and you want to make sure that you are contributing the same amount if not more so that the division of labor is fair.
Overall having a wiki space has been a good experience and I will use one in the future.
Use the following questions to guide your entries:
- What was my contribution?
- How did working on the wiki contribute to or to hinder my learning or knowledge development?
- How did working on the wiki contribute to or to hinder my attitude toward the subject matter?
- How did working on the wiki contribute to or hinder my ability to perform in my future career (i.e. skill development)?
- How did working on the wiki contribute or hinder my sense of reciprocity and cooperation among students in my class?
Submission Criteria: Your blog entry is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, submitted via your blog.
My thoughts about the wiki. I chose PBworks as the place that we would work on our blog after doing some research that said that it would serve our needs of having a place to post our work and share it with others.
Working on the wiki contributes to my learning because it gives me a place to have all of my work in one central location. This allows me to organize my thoughts and to have my research at my fingertips. I tend to collect more data than necessary when working on assignments and having a wiki gives me a repository for all of my research.
Working on the wiki helps me to have more of an understanding about our subject in this class which is Special education. I enjoy having a place that I can write about the subject and most importantly I enjoy just being able to find articles and place them in the wiki for later.
The wiki has contributed to my ability to perform in my career because it has taught me more organizational skills that I can use in my job as a classroom teacher and even in working with other aspects of my job.
The wiki contributed to my sense of reciprocity and cooperation among students in my class because they would deposit data into the wiki and I would be able to see what direction they were going in. This would then guide me down the right path rather than when you work by yourself you are not really sure if you understand or not. You also can see how much your teammates have contributed and you want to make sure that you are contributing the same amount if not more so that the division of labor is fair.
Overall having a wiki space has been a good experience and I will use one in the future.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
EDUC 639 Week 5 Muddiest Blog Post
The muddy points that I have run into several times would be about electronic content and plagiarism. I watched the video and the explanation was there and it is important to understand the concepts but it can be confusing. In today's age when so many are resource junkies and we are researching online more and more it is important to learn how to negotiate the online world. It is important to know what content is important and how to give proper credit when you use it. There are many different ways to gather resources and then to use them in your classroom and here in our class but the issue of plagiarism is more than just did you copy someone else's work and not give them credit.
You would be guilty of plagiarism if you copy a person's intellectual ideas as well. There are electronic programs that are designed to uncover plagiarism but these programs can not determine the intent of the student. While being ignorant and not understanding how plagiarism works are not good excuses this can actually be the reason why some students are accused of doing it.
Since I am a classroom teacher and a Christian I think that conducting myself and holding my students to high academic standards is important. I want to teach students how to behave in the right way as often as possible. I want to know how to avoid certain pitfalls such as having my work confused with someone else's or not quoting a resource properly which, if detected, can make me feel like I was doing something intentionally dishonest. I want to learn how to cite my sources properly and when it is necessary to cite the source and give proper credit to the source.
You would be guilty of plagiarism if you copy a person's intellectual ideas as well. There are electronic programs that are designed to uncover plagiarism but these programs can not determine the intent of the student. While being ignorant and not understanding how plagiarism works are not good excuses this can actually be the reason why some students are accused of doing it.
Since I am a classroom teacher and a Christian I think that conducting myself and holding my students to high academic standards is important. I want to teach students how to behave in the right way as often as possible. I want to know how to avoid certain pitfalls such as having my work confused with someone else's or not quoting a resource properly which, if detected, can make me feel like I was doing something intentionally dishonest. I want to learn how to cite my sources properly and when it is necessary to cite the source and give proper credit to the source.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
EDUC639 Week 3 Most Important Theory Blog
Hello there,
What a week, I have been so lost but I think I have finally figured out what I was missing, I have printed out all of the assignments and the Assignment Appendix and now I think I have my roadmap to success in the class.
Now about this important theory. I think the theory of putting technology in every school is somewhat shortsighted. I say this because adding technology to schools is one thing but maintaining them, training the teachers and students to use the technology effectively is a completely different animal. The cost alone is prohibitive as many school districts have found and add to this the time commitment that it takes to bring a faculty member up to par has become prohibitive as well.
Technology in schools is important because the proverbial horse is already out of the barn. If you walk down any street you will see people on their cellphone. We don't have a standard for these phones yet and those who can afford the latest and greatest are ahead of the curve but even grandmas and grandpas at least have a phone that they can make a call and even get pictures of their grandkids on. Add to this the iPad revolution and you see that technology is moving very fast and schools have had to integrate the technology into their curriculum as a way of reaching their students.
As I read more and more about things like access, who has the technology and the security threats that having our lives online I can't say that my thoughts were necessarily changed but I am now even more cautious of the electronic footprint that I am leaving for the world to view.
I am thinking about access to technology all the time and in the future I will research the different ways that other institutions are managing the technology. How are we making sure that every student has a level technology playing field? What part will schools play in ensuring access to the Internet in even the most poor urban and rural communities? I've been working with technology for 15 years and in that time I have seen my students, who come from predominately affluent homes go from only having one computer in the home to everyone having some type of device that they could personally log in to and gain access to online resources. That is my reality but not the reality of the majority of students in this country and so my research will keep an eye on how those people will eventually have access.
The other day I went to Brooklyn NY for a book signing event and one of the women that I met up with has an old school flip phone and her friend actually doesn't even own a phone. I told that story to my 17 year old daughter who has had a phone since 6th grade and she asked, how the woman communicates. I laughed. It is still possible to live in this world without a cellphone or a television or the Internet but it is certainly becoming increasingly more abnormal to do so I think.
What a week, I have been so lost but I think I have finally figured out what I was missing, I have printed out all of the assignments and the Assignment Appendix and now I think I have my roadmap to success in the class.
Now about this important theory. I think the theory of putting technology in every school is somewhat shortsighted. I say this because adding technology to schools is one thing but maintaining them, training the teachers and students to use the technology effectively is a completely different animal. The cost alone is prohibitive as many school districts have found and add to this the time commitment that it takes to bring a faculty member up to par has become prohibitive as well.
Technology in schools is important because the proverbial horse is already out of the barn. If you walk down any street you will see people on their cellphone. We don't have a standard for these phones yet and those who can afford the latest and greatest are ahead of the curve but even grandmas and grandpas at least have a phone that they can make a call and even get pictures of their grandkids on. Add to this the iPad revolution and you see that technology is moving very fast and schools have had to integrate the technology into their curriculum as a way of reaching their students.
As I read more and more about things like access, who has the technology and the security threats that having our lives online I can't say that my thoughts were necessarily changed but I am now even more cautious of the electronic footprint that I am leaving for the world to view.
I am thinking about access to technology all the time and in the future I will research the different ways that other institutions are managing the technology. How are we making sure that every student has a level technology playing field? What part will schools play in ensuring access to the Internet in even the most poor urban and rural communities? I've been working with technology for 15 years and in that time I have seen my students, who come from predominately affluent homes go from only having one computer in the home to everyone having some type of device that they could personally log in to and gain access to online resources. That is my reality but not the reality of the majority of students in this country and so my research will keep an eye on how those people will eventually have access.
The other day I went to Brooklyn NY for a book signing event and one of the women that I met up with has an old school flip phone and her friend actually doesn't even own a phone. I told that story to my 17 year old daughter who has had a phone since 6th grade and she asked, how the woman communicates. I laughed. It is still possible to live in this world without a cellphone or a television or the Internet but it is certainly becoming increasingly more abnormal to do so I think.
· Brown, A.H., Green,
T.D., and Robinson, L.K. (2010). Security vs. access. Oregon: ISTE. ISBN 9781564842640. (K-12)
Friday, July 5, 2013
Week 1 response to Lauretta
Here is the link to my week 1 intro from Lauretta Turner's word gaming...
http://youtu.be/Majjal-ZGrM
In my response I speak about ways that I am trying to also engage my students but using Lego Mindstorm kits to teach robotics to middle school students.
http://youtu.be/Majjal-ZGrM
In my response I speak about ways that I am trying to also engage my students but using Lego Mindstorm kits to teach robotics to middle school students.
Week 1 Response to Tori
I was able to record a video response to Tori Millikan
Find my response here: Response to Tori's word Mobility
Find my response here: Response to Tori's word Mobility
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