Podcasts allow teachers and students to share all kinds of information with anyone at any anytime. Podcasts can be produced by students for use by other students or their friends, by teachers for use by their students, and by universities, corporations, education consortiums, and the government to provide resources and professional development for teachers and students.
You can create a podcar for a lesson or a block of instruction. Even when a student is absent, he or she can download the podcast of the recorded lesson. Teachers can create podcasts to communicate curriculum, sample tests, assignments, and other information to parents. Teachers using a podcast can create vocabulary or foreign language lessons (such as the ones on iTunes), book talks, music performances, interviews, and even student presentations. Podcasts are great to use for education the possibilities are endless.
Almost all of the NETS-T standards could be applied to using podcasts in classroom. However, a couple of standards that I think would apply best included standard #1, which is to facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity. Under this standard, section (a), (b), and (c) could all be used in podcasting. Podcasting is all about engaging students in digital tools and resources, student creativity and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. You could also apply standard #3, which is model and digital-age work and learning. Under this standard, section (a), (b), and (c) could all be used in podcasting. Podcasting can be used to collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members; it can be used to communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students and peers. Podcasting is an influential piece of technology that can be a very helpful educational resource.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
National Educational Technology Standards
I can use three of the International Society for Technology in Education and National Educational Technology Standards and apply them to the production software we learned in class. The first standard is under the category of Facilitating and Inspiring Student Learning and Creativity. Under section C, which is to promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. This standard wants teachers to use some type of tool, in order to reveal and track students’ progress and understanding. I would use Microsoft Excel to meet the needs of this standard. By using excel, I was able to create grade sheets and graphs. This software allows me to reflect on students’ progress and growth. I can show my students’ conceptual understanding, thinking, planning and creative processes by using the excel spreadsheets.
The second standard is under the category of Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. Under section A, to design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. In my opinion, this standard wants to use technology to increase student learning and to stimulate students’ minds by being creative. If the technology you use is creative, it will increase students’ awareness and involvement in the subject. I’m able to use Microsoft Power Point to support this standard. You can incorporate relevant subjects into Power Point and make it interesting to view. By adding bright colors and dark backgrounds, using pictures in the place of words, and even using videos will promote students will to learn.
The last standard is again under the category of Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. Under section B, which is used to develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to peruse their individual curiosities and become active participants I setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress. This standard wants teachers to be able to use a type of technology that allows students to participate in the classroom. Students’ should be able to make a list of what their goals are and what they’re learning, they should be able to monitor their progress. This standard can be meet by using a Microsoft Word. Microsoft can help create templates for students to track their grades. After each test, students’ can record their scores on a grid. At the end of each day, students’ can recap on everything they learned. Lastly, at the start of the school year each student can set goals for what they hope to achieve by the end of the quarter. By using Microsoft, you can give each student templates for the goals above. You can make them a grid to graph their test scores, and you can print them out a goals
The second standard is under the category of Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. Under section A, to design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. In my opinion, this standard wants to use technology to increase student learning and to stimulate students’ minds by being creative. If the technology you use is creative, it will increase students’ awareness and involvement in the subject. I’m able to use Microsoft Power Point to support this standard. You can incorporate relevant subjects into Power Point and make it interesting to view. By adding bright colors and dark backgrounds, using pictures in the place of words, and even using videos will promote students will to learn.
The last standard is again under the category of Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. Under section B, which is used to develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to peruse their individual curiosities and become active participants I setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress. This standard wants teachers to be able to use a type of technology that allows students to participate in the classroom. Students’ should be able to make a list of what their goals are and what they’re learning, they should be able to monitor their progress. This standard can be meet by using a Microsoft Word. Microsoft can help create templates for students to track their grades. After each test, students’ can record their scores on a grid. At the end of each day, students’ can recap on everything they learned. Lastly, at the start of the school year each student can set goals for what they hope to achieve by the end of the quarter. By using Microsoft, you can give each student templates for the goals above. You can make them a grid to graph their test scores, and you can print them out a goals
Thursday, October 9, 2008
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