Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Top 10 Video

1. This is completely different than what I have ever done in any of my K-12 classes ! For example when I was in 10th grade I did a PowerPoint presentation. I have done art projects. But in 4th grade had no idea, things like this even existed !

2. My personal learning style is addressed in this video because I am a visual and hands-on type of learner. For example doing the Voki, I can visually see the information and also type it own my own!

3. I am far not surprised that this was able to be done with out textbooks. In today society there are so many different ways that you can look up information. In my future classroom I will use different tools like this in order to simply make it exciting for the students !

4. I honestly would only have one major concern. That is simply, is this information credible? But that question would be solved easily by using Easy Who Is .

The Importance of Blogging

1. The thing that I like about the use of blogging is that it is a technological way of having a public journal. Maybe it can be used to post homework for your classes!

2. Having a blog can make me more effective as an teacher because it keeps me modern and relevant with my students, rather than using textbooks.

3. I might not continue this blog, only because it was strictly for class. But what I was thinking was to use all the tools that we have learned in class and start my own!

4. Appropriation - I say this because, when using the online tool called Voki, you can get your information across in a unique way.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Wikipedia

A. Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that can be accessed online, and anyone can edit it.
B. Even though anyone can edit this information, it is all reviewed before put out in public.
C. They rely on the "wisdom of the crowd".
D. Larry Sanger left because he thought that it should be left to experts.
E. Vandalism would be talking about a heart and putting what your personal opinion of what a heart might be like to you.
F. This reveals that Wikipedia is something that has been used by everyone that has ever used Google search.
G. I think Wikipedia is so successful simply because of Google. Everyone uses Google at some point in there lives. If Google is that prominent then so will Wikipedia.
H. They wouldn't want to have advertises because it can taint the image of it all.
I. What it does is help prevent big businesses and politicians from putting there opinionated information on the web.