Richard Miller's two videos were about using technology in general. He made a fantastic video of him with his mac. In the first video, he demonstrated how he was using his mac to write his paper or journal about the one year anniversary of the killings at Virginia Tech. He said that in writing this, he never once went to a library and rented a book for any of the information, however he did go online and found it at the drop of a hat.
His next video is called this is how we dream. It is a part two of the first video. In this he uses his mac once again to this time demonstrate how material and information on the internet can change instantly and is updated quickly and efficiently. He describes a type of educational system of using this information and using it from online, and even though he says that he supports a system like this, he is aware of how difficult it is. He does however also forsee a time when these technologies will be used in such a way as he is describing.
I believe that i would be willing to try some of these ideas and write with multimedia as an attempt to incorporate technology into my classroom as a teacher. And i do believe that soon enough, like he believes, this type of educational system will be implemented.
I think that it would be interesting to create videos of how things work. Videos that are instructional while at the same time being hands on type learning. And in watching the 2 required videos i have found that the main points are dont procrastinate and dont blame your problems on the teacher. And also i want one of those books!
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2009/07/20-interactive-whiteboard-resources-for-teachers/ is a link to the opposing view. The teachers who didnt like smartboards gave us a few examples of what smartboards do and how they arent much different than older modes of technology already in the classroom. These teachers also complain how smartboards dont make teaching in the classroom any easier. This post i put up gives a list of 20 resources provided by a smartboard and how they help, if used properly, to make things easier for the teacher.
Hey Cody,
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that you are willing to try something that not many people seem interested in. The writing with media could be something that all teachers see as a wonderful tool to create lessons and research new lessons to add to their class.
Also, here are a few comments on making your post easier to read: Make sure you are using the correct punctuation in your posts. Try to separate your subjects and have titles on those subjects. Make sure you know how to create links to web pages and videos.
Keep on blogging,
Stephen Akins
I once thought that Smartboard were useless, but then I came to the conclusion that it was not the Smartboard, it was the teacher. Some teachers just use the Smartboard like they used the old technology. I think you have to create activities were the students interact with the Smartboard.
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