The Last Day (12.5.2011)

  We kept going the presentation about the Web2.0: Bubblesnaps, Animoto, Voki, Current.com, SpellingCity, and Edublogs. Their presentations was nice and informative, so I enjoyed watching those presentations. I think Voki is fun for students to make their own as if they customize their character and give it a voice. Moreover, Voki can speak the various languages. I remembered the short video that young kids had been interviewed how they use Voki as the educational tool. The kids recognized what they wrote down after they played the voice. For example, some students knew that they needed periods or missed a spelling from the sound. It is a great program for the language learners. Similarly, other programs seems to be practical and useful.   

  It was the last day to take the Fall Monday ED2255. I am glad to learn about technology in America. I know that I have lots of spaces for learning the educational skills. As the one part for improving my skills, I learned how to use some programs for students, parents, and teachers and why the programs help for. I believe that the technology is necessary in the classroom after I was taking the class. The importance of the technology cannot be ignored these days. 

ED 2255 (November 28, 2011)

This week's class focused on web2.0 presentations, so seven students went over their presentations: Mixbook, Facebook, Twitter, Digital Photo Story, Engrade, 30 boxes, and wordle. There are lots of technology to help a teacher as an educational tools. However, the web2.0 still has controversial issues to use it. Fox example, students can assess personally a teacher's Facebook as we talked about in the class. How a teacher handles this? If a teacher opens an account for the purpose of her class, it would be fine. In other words, students can assess nothing but the class materials. 

I think that "Digital Photo Story" is helpful for kindergarden kids as projecting pictures every kids to see them in class. As with traditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a particular of view. Both a teacher and students use the frames which are set up on the website. When students create their slide show to tell their story, they can improve their writing skills, show creativity, and have a voice. Likewise, other web 2.0 has lots of benefits when to bring in the classroom.  

ED 2255 (November 21, 2011)

      I am impressed again about technology. Even though I literally know that technology is helpful to live comfortable, and I think that there is no limit to develop technology. I learned about tools for physical disabilities, language learner, and early child. Bridget and I sat in front of a intellikeys keyboard. We talked about the name, how it works, and who is that for as an instructor posted on the board. We who which already used to use a normal keyboard had a difficulty figuring out usage of the intellikeys. Afterwards, all classmates shared the tools what they had and the instructor added some comments. Also, we watched two video documentaries which are showed two physical disabilities used similar technological tools for a child learning and for a woman paying bills and communicating with her husband. I remembered the child said, "The tool is my life." Without the tool, the child cannot learn even if she desires to learn and is smart; whatever she motivates, she is going to be frustrated not to use her hands freely like a normal child. In our future, I believe that all physical disabilities have no barrier to compete with a normal person because of technology.       

14 November 2011

Today we watched a podcast which students had made when they went to go school trip. This was so memorial including their episodes. The podcasting can deliver recorded lectures, news and information to students as well. Nowadays, the most students are interested in the use of iPods and have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using computers, video-games, digital music players, and all the other toys and tools as digital natives. Therefore, the podcasting encourages students engage in class discussion, field research and independent projects.  

As we in our ed2255 class are education major, we had instruction how to make a podcast. Using the GarageBand program, we learned editing from the samples on the program. I did split up the part and removed an unappropriated interval like a cough. Then, I combined naturally the remained two parts. Afterwards, my group picked a fun topic, Philadelphia Cheesesteaks, and we took roles what to do for or podcasting.

ED 2255 (November 07, 2011)

  Because we did not have class last week, we went over the quiz which was take-home. There was no surprise on the quiz, but it was complicated a little bit for me, and other peers seemed to be easy. Also, we talked about the desktop publishing. While I was creating my start of the year newsletter, I realized what kinds of information students and parents need for the school and for my class. My newsletter was customized for the 12th math class showing the school policy, classroom policy, dress code, materials, and etc. It was interesting to think about classroom policy and to find the useful websites for both students and parents. Throughout today's class, I could organize my ideas by discussing what contains in a newsletter and a brochure to communicate with students and parents.   

ED 2255 (October 24, 2011)

    What I learned from today's lesson is five criteria for evaluating web pages: accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, coverage. I read the rubric which includes evaluation of Web documents and how to interpret the basics. If I check the five elements step by step, I would know whether I can trust a specific Web page or not. I will consider which web pages are trustful as the educational tools. The useful tip for me is to check the domains such as .edu, .gov, .org, or .net. Usually, those domains keep updated-date and are free to obtain information. After we discussed the given web pages from the instructor, we did class activity in groups. The groups evaluated the sites from the list, so we found the most best and the worst web pages. Each student in our group took a role four or five web pages, and investigated each work individually. Afterwards, we gathered to pick the best one and the worst one. It was hard for me to choose because there were some great ones. Likewise, another classmate was thinking which one was more worse then the other one. Lastly, all groups went out in front on the class and presented what they chose and why they chose the one. It was fun to recognize and analyze various web pages and to share with other groups.        

October.17.2011.

After going over "Desktop Publishing. ppt", the teacher explained the assignment of making a school newspaper. Instead, I made one-page newspaper about me, and all of students went around in the classroom and then we shared about forms, forts, and graphics. I liked looking at the classmates' newspapers. Although I did not read all trough, I enjoyed to look the graphics. 

This Monday web 2.0. presentation starts. The brave three students did well, and I felt they were prepared and knowledgeable about their webs. From them, I also learned about ZOHO, Flicker, and Wikispaces which are useful tools for teachers. Especially, I remembered that ZOHO helps to give students a quick quiz, and the results come out immediately. I really want to try it in my future class.