Digital
Badge #K
After reading chapter six of Transforming Learning with New
Technologies. The most important concepts I found interesting were
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| Photo Credits to: Webquests on Google |
WebQuests
WebQuests
are online inquiries by students that are designed and guided by teachers. In a
WebQuests , students follows an electronic map, moving from one web resource to
the other to gather and learn new information about the topic their teacher
assigned. I decided to educate myself in WebQuest since am going to be creating
a WebQuest for major project in class. Once, I finish reading about WebQuest. I
become excited and wanted to get started right away!
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| Photo Credits to: Virtual field trips in the classroom on Google |
Virtual
Field Trips
Like WebQuests , Virtual field trips take students to places all over the world without ever leaving their classroom or school computer lab. Last semester, I have the opportunity in observing a seven grade Geography class. The students experience two different virtual field trips one to Mexico and the other to Canada via Google Maps. Their teacher educated them in both of the country's history, building structure, and government. The students were amaze by what they were seeing (I was too!). They were so excited that they couldn't stop asking questions about both countries. I would absolutely recommend teachers to take advantage of virtual field trips so students can learn about the different cultures and apply technology in class.
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| Photo Credits to: Video conferencing in the classroom on Google |
Interactive
Video conferencing
Video conferencing
is a powerful learning tool that offers real-time access to people and places
that students are unable to visit using video conferencing. Using video conferencing
achieves interactivity between students and people or places the class is visiting
electronically. Video conferencing requires two computers at each site . Teachers
should definitely take advantage of video conferencing
,why? Through video conferencing students have the opportunity to interact with
local or out of state students, they can
learn about each other ,educated each other
of the history of their states, ect. This technology tool allows
students to make new friendships in a safe environment!
References:
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf,
Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition.
Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Aren't all of the things you can do and visit on the web fabulous? You have already observed how much more motivating and engaging they are for students! We need to continue to connect students to what they live with everyday in the digital society we are in and avoid the artificial use of 'worksheet' mentality when the internet provides a more transformative experience! :)
ReplyDeleteYour photos/clip art are relevant to the post and certainly enhance it, but the attribution to Google is questionable as to whether they infringe on copyright law as the link goes to an entirely different photograph (without any attribution) and all three photos - you need to model better detail and attention to digital citizenship for your future students.