Here is the first part of the assignment ( I thought too far into it and made it into a podcast) so here is the basic MP3
http://www.msu.edu/~gunnell1/funnystory.mp3
Sunday, March 20, 2011
A Funny Thing Happened With Technology
A funny thing happened while using technology a few years ago.
Here is the clip:
I created this sound file with Audacity, then I uploaded to podbean and then embeded it with the code to here.
Here is the clip:
I created this sound file with Audacity, then I uploaded to podbean and then embeded it with the code to here.
CEP812 Video Introduction
Below is a video that I created as an introduction for my CEP812 Course at MSU.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
CEP 811 Final Reflections
It's been a quick eight weeks and I'm just about done with my CEP 811 class at MSU. Now I'm 2/3 of the way done with the Certificate portion of the Education technology program. If my math is right, I have 27 more credits to go and I'll have my masters. Or maybe it's 30, either way, I'll be a lot happier this time next year when I only have 4 classes to go.
Here's my final reflection on this class.
What are some things that you have learned about effective teaching strategies when integrating technology?
One very important think that I learned about teaching effectively with technology is that you need to create resources that can be used as if you were teaching face to face. This means that you need to provide students with all of the information and help that they will need. Another way of explaining this is "breaking down barriers in learning"
How did integrating web-based technologies help you think about and evaluate uses of technology?
I think that using some web based technologies in this course helped me realize their effectiveness in the classroom. I began using Google Sites to create a class webpage and many of my students have found it to be a very useful classroom resource. I have also integrated a Google Calendar for my class (learned in CEP 810) and I have been able to help many of my co-workers use this same resource.
How have you met your own personal goals for learning about technology integration?
Do you have any new goals?
I have continued my goal of learning new programs that I can use in my classroom. I want to continue to find new technologies that I can use in my class to help students learn. An additional goal is to find a way to have students collaborate online. I have the means for their collaboration, but I need to find the right lessons, and motivation for them to spend time out of school thinking about school.
What are your plans for reaching your new goals and your long-term goals after this course is over?
As long as I am in this Masters program, I will continue my goal of learning about new technologies and learning strategies. After this program is over though, I will continue to utilize resources that I have learned about in this course that will help me in my classroom. Resources such as MCAUL Space, MERLOT and other websites that I have found will help me reach these long term goals of gaining further knowledge.
Here's my final reflection on this class.
What are some things that you have learned about effective teaching strategies when integrating technology?
One very important think that I learned about teaching effectively with technology is that you need to create resources that can be used as if you were teaching face to face. This means that you need to provide students with all of the information and help that they will need. Another way of explaining this is "breaking down barriers in learning"
How did integrating web-based technologies help you think about and evaluate uses of technology?
I think that using some web based technologies in this course helped me realize their effectiveness in the classroom. I began using Google Sites to create a class webpage and many of my students have found it to be a very useful classroom resource. I have also integrated a Google Calendar for my class (learned in CEP 810) and I have been able to help many of my co-workers use this same resource.
How have you met your own personal goals for learning about technology integration?
Do you have any new goals?
I have continued my goal of learning new programs that I can use in my classroom. I want to continue to find new technologies that I can use in my class to help students learn. An additional goal is to find a way to have students collaborate online. I have the means for their collaboration, but I need to find the right lessons, and motivation for them to spend time out of school thinking about school.
What are your plans for reaching your new goals and your long-term goals after this course is over?
As long as I am in this Masters program, I will continue my goal of learning about new technologies and learning strategies. After this program is over though, I will continue to utilize resources that I have learned about in this course that will help me in my classroom. Resources such as MCAUL Space, MERLOT and other websites that I have found will help me reach these long term goals of gaining further knowledge.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Michigan Merit Curriculum
For our latest assignment, I read the Michigan Merit Curriculum Online Experience Guideline Companion Document. This helped me learn about online learning and it's usefulness in my classroom.
One of the technologies that is an online experience that I'd like to use with my students would be a videocast/podcast. What I'd like to do is begin to tape my lectures and then upload them to my class website so students can download links to what I talked about in class. This could be very helpful to students who miss my class - or to students who just want to hear everything again. I think that lecture is something that kids either get or they don't - and it's difficult to make up - even if the students have the notes. Missing out on stories, anecdotes and information cant be made up by just copying down another student's notes.
What's great about video or podcasts is that it would help me teach just about any lesson. If I were able to record instruction, students would be able to play it back, or download it anywhere
I think there are many teaching strategies that you could use - and they all differ depending on what online technology you use. If you create a podcast, you could provide guided notes. If you had a webquest, you could provide the students with questions to answer. If I used a blog, I could have my students comment on it, and read the posts of others and agree or disagree. The possibilities are limitless, like the technologies that are available.
I think some technologies that may be harder to use would be Moodle and Blackboard. At our school, we have issues with large sites and download times aren't too fast. I hate getting involved with programs that make students log in. It always seems to take forever.
One of the technologies that is an online experience that I'd like to use with my students would be a videocast/podcast. What I'd like to do is begin to tape my lectures and then upload them to my class website so students can download links to what I talked about in class. This could be very helpful to students who miss my class - or to students who just want to hear everything again. I think that lecture is something that kids either get or they don't - and it's difficult to make up - even if the students have the notes. Missing out on stories, anecdotes and information cant be made up by just copying down another student's notes.
What's great about video or podcasts is that it would help me teach just about any lesson. If I were able to record instruction, students would be able to play it back, or download it anywhere
I think there are many teaching strategies that you could use - and they all differ depending on what online technology you use. If you create a podcast, you could provide guided notes. If you had a webquest, you could provide the students with questions to answer. If I used a blog, I could have my students comment on it, and read the posts of others and agree or disagree. The possibilities are limitless, like the technologies that are available.
I think some technologies that may be harder to use would be Moodle and Blackboard. At our school, we have issues with large sites and download times aren't too fast. I hate getting involved with programs that make students log in. It always seems to take forever.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Wiki's!
In our latest session, we learned about Wikis. For this unit, I made a wiki, and also added something to wikipedia.
Here are some examples of things that I have done in this session.
1.) Create a wiki - http://www.nmssocialstudies7.wikispaces.com/
2.) Added NMS to Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Middle_School
Here are some examples of things that I have done in this session.
1.) Create a wiki - http://www.nmssocialstudies7.wikispaces.com/
2.) Added NMS to Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Middle_School
Thursday, February 10, 2011
UDL LAB
I just finished learning about the UDL Lab, which enlightens teachers to potential barriers in their classroom. There are many things you might not think of when creating a lesson. The lesson might be instructional, engaging, and hammer home benchmarks, but there still might be problems with it.
Using the UDL checklist, educators are able to identify barriers in their instruction and provide means around them. Below are a list of barriers, and what I've done to take them out of my plans.
I've inserted it as a picture to provide for best readability.
Using the UDL checklist, educators are able to identify barriers in their instruction and provide means around them. Below are a list of barriers, and what I've done to take them out of my plans.
I've inserted it as a picture to provide for best readability.
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