http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0DD1038F936A35752C0A964958260&scp=1&sq=multimedia%20and%20animation%20in%20education&st=cse
This article is about the simpleness and affordableness of using multimedia in education. Unlike the older days, computers are really easy to use now. There aren't any complex buttons you have to press. Just by the click of a mouse you can make a lesson plan for the week. Many software CDs nowadays are very easy to install onto a PC. Just put the CD in and it'll install itself. Many teachers nowadays are using slideshows as lecture notes. They post pictures from the internet or from their own computers as graphics for the slideshows. By doing this, students find it a lot easier to take notes. Sometimes they even integrate videos of examples of what they are teaching to keep the students interested.
I believe that the use of multimedia in the classroom is a great way of teaching. It keeps the students interested and focused. There are no limitations in using it. It is very easy to use and very affordable. Many schools provide the teacher with a computer so all they have to do is make the slideshow and project it onto a monitor. When I become a teacher, I plan on using slideshows to lecture my notes. It is much simpler to do than writing out the notes and making
copies of them. It also saves paper.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Blogging
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech/tech217.shtml
A blog entry usually consists of a title, headline, body, post date, comments, tags, and more. One great thing about blogs is that they are almost always customizable. You can select your template which determines how your blog looks, including its layout, which is usually provided by the blogging company you are using. Before blogging, there were other ways for people to communicate online, such as chronicles, diaries, email lists, bulletin board systems, and more. When the internet came about, users wanted a way to communicate with people all over the world. Before the internet, many people had pen pals to mail to every now and then. Today, we can have that with multiple people nearly anywhere. You can create a blog on whatever topic you like, use the template you want, and write in it when you want. In education, blogs can be used to keep the students up to date on homework assignments, test dates, or quizzes. Also in online classes it is a good way to let your students express their opinion on a certain subject and read their peers blog and write their comment on theirs. Blogging is fun, especially if you enjoy writing. It is a great stress reliever, and you can have it any way you want. This is the only blog I have currently. I used to blog a lot in high school but now I don't find the time to do it. Many websites are open to the public free to register such as Blogger or LiveJournal which I used to have personally.
A blog entry usually consists of a title, headline, body, post date, comments, tags, and more. One great thing about blogs is that they are almost always customizable. You can select your template which determines how your blog looks, including its layout, which is usually provided by the blogging company you are using. Before blogging, there were other ways for people to communicate online, such as chronicles, diaries, email lists, bulletin board systems, and more. When the internet came about, users wanted a way to communicate with people all over the world. Before the internet, many people had pen pals to mail to every now and then. Today, we can have that with multiple people nearly anywhere. You can create a blog on whatever topic you like, use the template you want, and write in it when you want. In education, blogs can be used to keep the students up to date on homework assignments, test dates, or quizzes. Also in online classes it is a good way to let your students express their opinion on a certain subject and read their peers blog and write their comment on theirs. Blogging is fun, especially if you enjoy writing. It is a great stress reliever, and you can have it any way you want. This is the only blog I have currently. I used to blog a lot in high school but now I don't find the time to do it. Many websites are open to the public free to register such as Blogger or LiveJournal which I used to have personally.
Virtual Field Trips
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml
Virtual field trips are electronic field trips you take your students on without leaving your classroom. This is a great way to have your students use computers and visuals. Like regular field trips, virtual field trips are designed to be entertaining and educational. Trips range from the simple, such as a photo tour of a famous museum, to extremely detailed and high-tech field trips that offer video and audio segments to make the visit more interactive. Virtual field trips are great to take your students anywhere it is impossible for them to go to like the planets or just to another country way far away from here. You can even take them on a virtual field trip inside the body. How cool would that be? I personally wish these were made when I was in middle school or even in high school. If you really make the virtual field trip interesting and exciting, your students will stay focused and entertained and more than likely will learn something because they actually paid attention.
Teachers can create a virtual field trip using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or a web page.
The teacher chooses various photos and videos that the students will view. After the field trip is over, the students will complete an activity or complete a quiz they will be graded on. You can find many links to different virtual field trips online if you just search it.
Virtual field trips are electronic field trips you take your students on without leaving your classroom. This is a great way to have your students use computers and visuals. Like regular field trips, virtual field trips are designed to be entertaining and educational. Trips range from the simple, such as a photo tour of a famous museum, to extremely detailed and high-tech field trips that offer video and audio segments to make the visit more interactive. Virtual field trips are great to take your students anywhere it is impossible for them to go to like the planets or just to another country way far away from here. You can even take them on a virtual field trip inside the body. How cool would that be? I personally wish these were made when I was in middle school or even in high school. If you really make the virtual field trip interesting and exciting, your students will stay focused and entertained and more than likely will learn something because they actually paid attention.
Teachers can create a virtual field trip using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or a web page.
The teacher chooses various photos and videos that the students will view. After the field trip is over, the students will complete an activity or complete a quiz they will be graded on. You can find many links to different virtual field trips online if you just search it.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Virtual Classrooms
http://www.edutopia.org/high-school-dot-com
A Virtual Classroom is a private online space that teachers can use to support student learning. It is accessible via the Internet, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Just like your face–to–face classroom, a Virtual Classroom is a busy place. Virtual schools make available a world of new courses; from obscure electives to advanced-placement classes; that challenge students intellectually and open up new doors educationally. And, thanks to the anytime, anywhere nature of online courses, students with a range of special circumstances; from health issues to job or family constraints; don't have to fall behind or drop out. Many students take online classes of course that are not offered at their schools. When students begin college, they have experience in being organized and turning in work on time. It prepares them for harder challenges. Some activities presented in an online course online quizzes, online tests, and online discussion boards. This also helps students communicate with their peers and express their opinions.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Streaming Video
http://www.ripbs.org/Education/video_streaming.html
In this article, it explains what streaming is, how it works, and what the benefits are in using it. Streaming video is a sequence of moving images that are sent in over the internet and displayed by the viewer as they arrive. Streaming media is streaming video with sound. With streaming video or streaming media, a viewer does not have to wait to download a large file before seeing the video or hearing the sound. Instead, the media is sent in a continuous stream and is played as it arrives. The user needs a player, which is a special program that sends video data to the display and audio data to speakers. A player can come with a computer software or the viewer can download one straight from the internet such as Window's Media Player, Quicktime, or RealPlayer.
The advantages of using streaming video are that students can access it from any computer with internet access whether it be at home or at school. The streaming video also grabs the students attention which helps to keep them focused in class or while doing homework. I think a good way of assigning homework is to have the student watch the streaming video and have them answer some questions that correspond with the video that make it known that they watched it. As of right now, streaming videos are not a big part of the classroom but slowly but surely it will be a very helpful useful task in teaching.
In this article, it explains what streaming is, how it works, and what the benefits are in using it. Streaming video is a sequence of moving images that are sent in over the internet and displayed by the viewer as they arrive. Streaming media is streaming video with sound. With streaming video or streaming media, a viewer does not have to wait to download a large file before seeing the video or hearing the sound. Instead, the media is sent in a continuous stream and is played as it arrives. The user needs a player, which is a special program that sends video data to the display and audio data to speakers. A player can come with a computer software or the viewer can download one straight from the internet such as Window's Media Player, Quicktime, or RealPlayer.
The advantages of using streaming video are that students can access it from any computer with internet access whether it be at home or at school. The streaming video also grabs the students attention which helps to keep them focused in class or while doing homework. I think a good way of assigning homework is to have the student watch the streaming video and have them answer some questions that correspond with the video that make it known that they watched it. As of right now, streaming videos are not a big part of the classroom but slowly but surely it will be a very helpful useful task in teaching.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Podcasting
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2002571859_podschool20.html
Before writing this blog, I had absolutely no idea what podcasting was. After researching what it was, I was surprised to learn that I podcast practically every but I just never knew I was. Podcasting is "used to describe a collection of technologies for automatically distributing audio and video programs over the internet." In many states, podcasting has become the center of learning in schools. Some schools use podcasts to make online educational radio shows. Other schools throughout the country listen to them and learn from them.
In some schools, instead of confiscating Ipods and other MP3 players like many schools do, they use the MP3 players to listen to books instead of reading them which in a way is bad because the students aren't getting the full effect of reading a good story. In a way also the students tend to argue more when they try to do radio shows because of the sound control problems. Some parents find the radio shows very interesting and exciting because they can hear what their children are studying and actually learn what they are learning.
Before writing this blog, I had absolutely no idea what podcasting was. After researching what it was, I was surprised to learn that I podcast practically every but I just never knew I was. Podcasting is "used to describe a collection of technologies for automatically distributing audio and video programs over the internet." In many states, podcasting has become the center of learning in schools. Some schools use podcasts to make online educational radio shows. Other schools throughout the country listen to them and learn from them.
In some schools, instead of confiscating Ipods and other MP3 players like many schools do, they use the MP3 players to listen to books instead of reading them which in a way is bad because the students aren't getting the full effect of reading a good story. In a way also the students tend to argue more when they try to do radio shows because of the sound control problems. Some parents find the radio shows very interesting and exciting because they can hear what their children are studying and actually learn what they are learning.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Storyboarding
http://www.education.com/activity/article/Storyboarding_Use_pictures_help/
Before this article, I did not know what storyboarding was. Storyboarding is the use of charts and pictures to teach something. Many students nowadays use storyboarding to learn a lesson much easier. According to this aritcle, its when a student breaks down what they are going to write about. For example, in the article the example given is when a third grader has to write a story about a day at the park with their family. The student has a hard time writing about it because he/she doesn't know where to start. The steps that are given in the article are to write different main parts on a piece of scrap paper. Then to write down the "big ideas". The "big ideas" are the biggest things that happened on the trip. Then once everything is written down, the story is ready to be written. The concept of storyboarding is breaking down a bigger idea into smaller parts and writing about them. "When you “storyboard,” you are helping your child with a crucial skill of seeing big ideas with several parts, and then fitting specific supporting ideas within them in a logical way." Teaching your child to storyboard is a crucial part in the ability to write. Many students develop problems in writing short stories in the third grade and sometimes never actually develop a technique in storyboarding.
Before this article, I did not know what storyboarding was. Storyboarding is the use of charts and pictures to teach something. Many students nowadays use storyboarding to learn a lesson much easier. According to this aritcle, its when a student breaks down what they are going to write about. For example, in the article the example given is when a third grader has to write a story about a day at the park with their family. The student has a hard time writing about it because he/she doesn't know where to start. The steps that are given in the article are to write different main parts on a piece of scrap paper. Then to write down the "big ideas". The "big ideas" are the biggest things that happened on the trip. Then once everything is written down, the story is ready to be written. The concept of storyboarding is breaking down a bigger idea into smaller parts and writing about them. "When you “storyboard,” you are helping your child with a crucial skill of seeing big ideas with several parts, and then fitting specific supporting ideas within them in a logical way." Teaching your child to storyboard is a crucial part in the ability to write. Many students develop problems in writing short stories in the third grade and sometimes never actually develop a technique in storyboarding.
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