1.My Twitter account is under https://twitter.com/#!/jschwartz35
I have learned a lot from this tool in terms of how it can be incorporated into the classroom. When I initially thought of twitter I assumed it was only used to put silly statuses and follow celebrities but when I started using it I began to see its potential. In my Politics class my teacher talked about twitter and its effective use at campaigning for NASA. So twitter can be used to communicate within students and teachers but also to provide information about important topics. It is a great way to get people involved in charities and to promote businesses. Teachers can use twitter to put assignments, post links for students to browse and even pose questions to answer directly on their twitter. I started following important newspapers and media figures who interest me so I can get a little bit more insight into their world.
Twitter was pretty easy to use but I think it would of been easier if I was a teacher and had topics to discuss and share with others. This would be a great tool to use within the classroom because it is incorporating social networks which are popular among youth and getting them engaged in learning with them. I am not sure I would use this in my classroom because I will be teaching young children but I can show them how to use it and its importance in the classroom.
The most difficult part about this assignment was that I was not sure how to display my knowledge of twitter because it is about putting statuses as a way to share information but I was not sure what kind of information I was supposed to display. I overcame this by posting some statuses, following people I think are important and gaining an understanding of the true meaning of Twitter.
The use of this technology has really helped my understand the many tools that can be used to integrate technology and education. Teachers as well as students can communicate with each other on Twitter as well as with many important and influential figures. There are endless possibilities on this social networking site because there is so much information to choose from.
2.The Quizstar account I created is: jackie35 password: ct243
Class:Adolescent Psychology Quiz: Adolescent Diversity: Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity
I really enjoyed this program a lot and I think it will be a great one to incorporate into my classroom. This program is used to create quizzes that students using an account and password can complete online. This is a great way to incorporate internet skills with that of taking a quiz. I could use this program to complete quizzes for the students on different topics we've discussed in class.
This tool was fairly easy to use and it was fun to create questions for an imaginary quiz. They could be multiple choice, T or F and even short answer. I tried to mix up the types of questions so I could show a range of my skills of the program. There were many other features such as setting a timer, number of attempts, creating feedback and directions. I think the most difficult part for me was setting up the students account and making sure the students was signed up for the class. I had to go back and forth between the teacher and student account many times before I mastered that skill. In the end I think it came out great and I am proud of myself that I figured it out. This is a amazing program for teachers to incorporate skills they have learned in the classroom with skills of taking a quiz online. This is an important skill in the day and age because many teachers will use this concept within the course of a students educational career.
3.I believe I have shared with you my VoiceThread through your e-mail but if not this is my account jschwartz176@gmail.com password: jact243
This was a very interesting tool because I was confused at first as to what its purpose was but as I started to play around with the different setting and watched the tutorial on the many effects it has on education. This tool can be used to make videos, picture, text and animation for students and teachers. For students it can be used as a portfolio to display their work, share with others and receive feedback from other students and teachers. This program has a great privacy setting so that only people from the educational field can comment and create voicethreads. Teachers can use this to create videos for students like a digital story or give students projects for them to create. This tool is vast in information and you can use pictures, video, media from many different databases. I would use this tool in my classroom but I think I need to learn more about how to create voice over and what it means for students vs teachers.
I enjoyed using this tool to make a video and I finally figured out how to incorporate my voice which is something I wanted to do in my digital storytelling project. The hardest part for me was making the voice over because I didn't like how my voice sounded but I completed it and I was happy with the outcome.I think this tool was probably the most difficult for me to understand because the only thing I could do was look at videos and make one myself. I saw nothing about creating other types of projects like the tutorial discusses. I really liked how there were many resources on the Internet to choose from and that all my pictures I used loaded onto my VoiceThread without any difficulties.
This tool was a great use of integrating technology and education into the classroom because you can display projects and assignments right on the page and it is safe and effective for teachers and students. It is a great way for students to understand different educational technologies that can improve their skills in computers while learning about a new subject.
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