SmartBoard NETS

THere are clear advantages to using SmartBoards in the classroom. As I said previoulsy SmartBoard Demonstration our group was able to demonstrate how this technology can be used to make ideas more concrete. We were able to use the boards to model an atom. Other groups showed that the boards could be used to clarify directions during an activity, such as a disection. The use of these boards meets ISTE standard 2. When creating a lesson employing a Smartboard a teacher is designing and developing digital-age learning experiences.

Digital Storytelling NETS

Students participating in the creation of a digital story are practicing multiple teaching standards. By using technology creatively to develop their story they meet standard 1. When they collaborate by continuing of critiquing each others stories they meet standard two. These students are experiencing first hand how technology facilitates the exchange of information and ideas.

NETS Credibility

In class today, the teacher discussed credibility of webpages. We watched two student-made videos and viewed a PowerPoint. She showed us how we can verify a source. The PowerPoint linked to several examples of sites which were not credible. Learning this information will meet NETS standard 3. Understanding web page credibility demonstrates understanding of global social issues and responsibility in an evolving digital culture.

NETS Skype

Our teacher has partnered our class with a fifth-grade class to allow us to practice the use of technology in education. Earlier this week, she posted a list of questions from the other class. Each person was assigned a question to research. In class today, we used Skype to webcam with the fifth-grade class to communicate our answers to them. This assignment met ISTE standard 1 by using technology to facilitate student learning. It also met standard 3 as it allowed us to communicate relevant information and ideas to students.

NETS Google Doc Survey

In class, we used Google Docs to create surveys that could be answered by the other student. We each put two questions on our surveys covering many different topics (music, sports, school). My survey asked about literary preferences. We then used the results to construct a graph which we posted to our blogs. This activity demonstrated ISTE standard 3 by allowing us to collaborate with our peers to collect and analyze information.

NETS Facebook Group

On our fourth day of class we were instructed to join a group on Facebook.com. The group, Web 2.0 and Schools, was created by the instructor to facilitate discussion about the use of technology in the classroom. During the class period we were instructed to read and comment on two things she had posted on the groups wall, an article about informal language online and a video about technologies effects on our generation. The informal language article became important when she told us that we could use less formal language on the Facebook group, as we were all probably used to doing. In out responses to her posts we would be able to use texting shorthand and sarcasm. This assignment met ISTE standard 3 by allowing me to demonstrate fluency in new technology and collaborate with my peers.

NETS Classroom 2.0

As part of the technology course we were instructed to join a webpage known as classroom 2.0. This is a networking site devoted to implementing web 2.0 technology in the classroom. In joining this site I met ISTE standard 3 by demonstrating fluency in networking technology, and by seting up an account with which I will communicate information and collaberatw with peers.

NETS Wordle

Our first assignment for the Instructional Technology course was to text message words that came to mind when we thought about California to a polling website. These words were collected and used to create a Wordle. At the same time, a sixth grade class in California created a Wordle about West Virginia. This quick activity demonstrated ISTE standard 2 (Communication and Collaboration) as it allowed our classroom to work together to collect information and then communicate that information to another class.

West Virginia Wordle