This week was all about familiarizing myself with new technologies that I have never used before...including this blog. I have begun to familiarize myself with webex, wiziq, gtalk, and gmail. So far, they are all a work- in- progress for me. When meeting in our groups last week, my group and I spent over an hour trying to figure out the technology before even getting to discuss the week's assignments. It is a little overwhelming, but I hope that it will come together in the newr future. I am enjoying learning about these new tools, however. I find it fascinating that we can work in groups online and see each other/ talk to each other. The same goes for the online whole group meetings. I am looking forward to the rest of this semester.
Until next time...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Education 1.0 vs. Education 2.0
Education 1.0:
chalkboards
desks
teacher- led lessons
projectors
VCR's
A classroom where students filed into rows each day, lugged heavy textbooks, and watched slides on a projector screen. If students watched a movie, the teacher would sign a tv out, wheel it to their classroom, and play a video tape in the VCR player. Learning was led by the teacher and there was minimal discussion allowed in the classroom. Students were expected to work independently.
Education 2.0:
white boards
smart boards
computers
laptops
collaborative groups
This classroom is an inviting environment where students use the technology around them to learn and interact with their peers. Students often collaborate with their peers and most no longer sit in rows. It is expected that students participate in collaborative projects. When students today go up to the board, they either write on a white board, or use the electronic pens to write on the smart board screen. To watch a video today, the teacher will place a DVD into the computer which is hooked into the smart board. There is no longer the need to find a tv and bring it to the classroom. Rather than watching slides on a projector screen, students can use computers to find pictures on the internet and create their own slide shows and powerpoints. The classroom is interactive and students are expected to be as involved in the lessons as the teachers are. This classroom provides students with many different ways to learn and promotes self- confidence within students. It is a much more interactive classroom where students receive information immediately. It is important for teachers to find new ways to challenge students in this classroom. What may have worked in previous classrooms will most likely no longer challenge students who go to school in an Education 2.0 classroom.
Until next time...
chalkboards
desks
teacher- led lessons
projectors
VCR's
A classroom where students filed into rows each day, lugged heavy textbooks, and watched slides on a projector screen. If students watched a movie, the teacher would sign a tv out, wheel it to their classroom, and play a video tape in the VCR player. Learning was led by the teacher and there was minimal discussion allowed in the classroom. Students were expected to work independently.
Education 2.0:
white boards
smart boards
computers
laptops
collaborative groups
This classroom is an inviting environment where students use the technology around them to learn and interact with their peers. Students often collaborate with their peers and most no longer sit in rows. It is expected that students participate in collaborative projects. When students today go up to the board, they either write on a white board, or use the electronic pens to write on the smart board screen. To watch a video today, the teacher will place a DVD into the computer which is hooked into the smart board. There is no longer the need to find a tv and bring it to the classroom. Rather than watching slides on a projector screen, students can use computers to find pictures on the internet and create their own slide shows and powerpoints. The classroom is interactive and students are expected to be as involved in the lessons as the teachers are. This classroom provides students with many different ways to learn and promotes self- confidence within students. It is a much more interactive classroom where students receive information immediately. It is important for teachers to find new ways to challenge students in this classroom. What may have worked in previous classrooms will most likely no longer challenge students who go to school in an Education 2.0 classroom.
Until next time...
3 Technological Literacies
When learning about technology for the classroom, there are three main literacies that are in effect: Computer Literacy, Information Literacy, and Integration Literacy.
Computer Literacy is a person's ability to use the computer, understand how it operates. Most students today come to school knowing how to operate a computer. In fact, many of them know how to do this better than you or I can.
Information Literacy gives us the tools to use and locate information on the internet and clearly organize this information. With this literacy, students can create their own webquests. The video Information Literacy uses the acronym DISCOVER to describe the process of information literacy:
D-define
I-inquire
S-search
C-collect
O-organize
V-verify
E-express
R-reflect
This acronym can be helpful to students when using the internet to find information and create their own projects. The teacher would first explain each step and what is expected of the students. Each step will have more than one component. For example: For Define, students must write who, what, why, where, or when. It may be easiest if the students were provided a chart with the acronym where they could write down their findings next to each word. Information Literacy is helpful to both the teacher and students because it allows them to look at what websites are of use to them. After the DISCOVER process has been completed, the students can create a webquest which would provide visuals, some text, and links to the useful websites about their given topic.
Integration Literacy is using technology to further enhance the learning of students. This literacy uses every form of technology possible where text can be created- including cell phones. Integration literacy is a student- based approach, meaning that the classroom teacher is not the only person leading the lessons. Students can help other students and serve as peer facilitators, or the computer can even provide students with much of their learning. Integration Literacy is geared to involve all learning styles- from visual to auditory to textile. It allows students to explore on their own or work collaboratively in groups, then discuss with the rest of the class what they have learned. Sometimes, students even surpass what the instructor already knew how to do and therefore can teach their teacher something new about technology.
I have heard people say that technological literacy is the literacy of tomorrow. Guess what...It's not. It's the literacy of now and today's teachers must know how to work with the literacies that are all around us. If the students know more about this topic than you do, that's okay. Give that student the opportunity to collaborate with and teach you. You learn just as much from you students as they do from you.
Until next time...
Computer Literacy is a person's ability to use the computer, understand how it operates. Most students today come to school knowing how to operate a computer. In fact, many of them know how to do this better than you or I can.
Information Literacy gives us the tools to use and locate information on the internet and clearly organize this information. With this literacy, students can create their own webquests. The video Information Literacy uses the acronym DISCOVER to describe the process of information literacy:
D-define
I-inquire
S-search
C-collect
O-organize
V-verify
E-express
R-reflect
This acronym can be helpful to students when using the internet to find information and create their own projects. The teacher would first explain each step and what is expected of the students. Each step will have more than one component. For example: For Define, students must write who, what, why, where, or when. It may be easiest if the students were provided a chart with the acronym where they could write down their findings next to each word. Information Literacy is helpful to both the teacher and students because it allows them to look at what websites are of use to them. After the DISCOVER process has been completed, the students can create a webquest which would provide visuals, some text, and links to the useful websites about their given topic.
Integration Literacy is using technology to further enhance the learning of students. This literacy uses every form of technology possible where text can be created- including cell phones. Integration literacy is a student- based approach, meaning that the classroom teacher is not the only person leading the lessons. Students can help other students and serve as peer facilitators, or the computer can even provide students with much of their learning. Integration Literacy is geared to involve all learning styles- from visual to auditory to textile. It allows students to explore on their own or work collaboratively in groups, then discuss with the rest of the class what they have learned. Sometimes, students even surpass what the instructor already knew how to do and therefore can teach their teacher something new about technology.
I have heard people say that technological literacy is the literacy of tomorrow. Guess what...It's not. It's the literacy of now and today's teachers must know how to work with the literacies that are all around us. If the students know more about this topic than you do, that's okay. Give that student the opportunity to collaborate with and teach you. You learn just as much from you students as they do from you.
Until next time...
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