• Why we should or should not use the Internet in education?
The internet is a valuable resource to teachers today. There are many great things available that would never be available without the internet. For example, a teacher of geology can go online and show in real time earthquake activity. The internet also has access to original sources of literature, music, and historical information. As a drama teacher this would help the students find plays to read that may be checked out of the library and they will be available to them on the internet. Students can see simulations of those things the teacher may be teaching. Students can collaborate with others with just a click of the mouse. The students can also publish what they have done and put it on the internet for others to see. This is helpful to drama because students could put their scripts online for others to see. Lastly there are many teacher resources for teachers to find and help them with their lesson plans and even to find more information about their subject.
• Why we should evaluate the sites we use?
It is important to evaluate the sites we use to make sure we are not providing our students with inaccurate information. There are many sites done by people who are not qualified to give the information yet it is out there for anyone to read. We need to make sure it is reliable and accurate. There is also a lot inappropriate content on the internet. We need to make sure the sites we have chosen do not have anything offensive to our students. We need to make sure there are not links to inappropriate sites too.
• The questions you would ask yourself to evaluate a site.
1. Who is the author/s and are they credible or an expert in their field?
2. Are there citation/bibliography and are they trusted/verified?
3. Does the author say things you disagree with or does it disagree with other things you know/have seen before on other sites?
4. Do the pictures add to the information?
5. Where does the information come from?
6. What does the URL say about the website?
7. What is the intention of the author?
8. When was the site created and is the site kept up to date?
• Ways you can keep your students safe while surfing.
One way we can help our students stay safe on the internet is to teach them the do’s and don’ts. Teach them what sorts of information is ok to give out. Help them to know they shouldn’t respond to offensive or dangerous chats, e-mail and things like that. With this, teach them they should never meet anyone they met online. Invite the students to talk with their parents about rules at home. If we have computers in our classrooms we can put filters on our computers and block sites we know are dangerous. We should tell our students to come to us if something inappropriate comes up while they are surfing .
"We didn't start the Fire" video
I really enjoyed this video. Not only do I like that song but it made the history in the song come to life. I think it is a great example of how teachers can turn their content that may be a little dry into exciting material for their students. With the technology today we can do fun things like this. We can also have our students do projects like this. I can have my students of theatre take a song from a musical and make a film out of it like this, showing pictures from the history of the play and things like that.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
UEN and Did you know 2.0 Reflections
UEN Reflection
In working with the UEN website I have learned a lot about how it can be beneficial to my future classroom. UEN has many great tools for teachers to use to enhance their lesson plans and help to make their curriculum more exciting and fun to teach. One example of this in particular is an interactive that is helpful with my scriptwriting unit I will have to teach. I found a fun interactive to help explain to the students what a setting is. It is called, my imaginary city. With this the students can build their own setting and have that be the starting place for their scripts.
I found UEN very helpful by helping me understand my core curriculum. We can put a link right on the website of all of the standards we need to teach our students. This can be available to anyone visiting my UEN site. I love how inside each of the core curriculum links there are ideas of lesson plans that teachers can use. This is very helpful for me as a new teacher to understand how lesson plans work.
The Pioneer Library is a great tool teachers can use to enhance their teaching. While looking around through Sirs Discoverer I found a neat article about the art of ventriloquism called, “Voice Magic.” This is a very helpful article that can incorporate many of my standards I need to teach, like scriptwriting and voice. I took a look at soundzabound. It had free clips of music that could add spice to any scene or monologue a student would want to perform.
I think the UEN website is a great resource for teachers. It contains a lot of great information for teachers. While I think this is true there seems to be a lack of resources for Drama teachers. I was disappointed while looking through the interactive that there were no theatre specific ones. There were two music, two art and even an architecture but no theatre interactives. However, while looking Pioneer I did find a great recourse that took me to many links while searching under eThemes. As I become more familiar with UEN I am sure I will find more new and exciting things I can use to become a better teacher.
Video Reflection
The video I watched was “Did you Know 2.0.” It made me think of how different the world is now than when I was in Elementary school and Jr. High. Back then there was no internet for the main population of people. In High school I was just learning about it and didn’t really use it much. School dynamics are really changing because of all the new technology. It made me think of where drama is heading. Since almost all the students and people in general have access to a computer and the internet, I wonder if Internet movies and things like that will become more popular and if they will start having award shows and those things for it. This is something as a drama teacher I would need to watch out for and teach the students about.
In working with the UEN website I have learned a lot about how it can be beneficial to my future classroom. UEN has many great tools for teachers to use to enhance their lesson plans and help to make their curriculum more exciting and fun to teach. One example of this in particular is an interactive that is helpful with my scriptwriting unit I will have to teach. I found a fun interactive to help explain to the students what a setting is. It is called, my imaginary city. With this the students can build their own setting and have that be the starting place for their scripts.
I found UEN very helpful by helping me understand my core curriculum. We can put a link right on the website of all of the standards we need to teach our students. This can be available to anyone visiting my UEN site. I love how inside each of the core curriculum links there are ideas of lesson plans that teachers can use. This is very helpful for me as a new teacher to understand how lesson plans work.
The Pioneer Library is a great tool teachers can use to enhance their teaching. While looking around through Sirs Discoverer I found a neat article about the art of ventriloquism called, “Voice Magic.” This is a very helpful article that can incorporate many of my standards I need to teach, like scriptwriting and voice. I took a look at soundzabound. It had free clips of music that could add spice to any scene or monologue a student would want to perform.
I think the UEN website is a great resource for teachers. It contains a lot of great information for teachers. While I think this is true there seems to be a lack of resources for Drama teachers. I was disappointed while looking through the interactive that there were no theatre specific ones. There were two music, two art and even an architecture but no theatre interactives. However, while looking Pioneer I did find a great recourse that took me to many links while searching under eThemes. As I become more familiar with UEN I am sure I will find more new and exciting things I can use to become a better teacher.
Video Reflection
The video I watched was “Did you Know 2.0.” It made me think of how different the world is now than when I was in Elementary school and Jr. High. Back then there was no internet for the main population of people. In High school I was just learning about it and didn’t really use it much. School dynamics are really changing because of all the new technology. It made me think of where drama is heading. Since almost all the students and people in general have access to a computer and the internet, I wonder if Internet movies and things like that will become more popular and if they will start having award shows and those things for it. This is something as a drama teacher I would need to watch out for and teach the students about.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Google Sites and Pay Attention video clip
"Google Sites"
I really enjoyed learning about Google sites this week. Google sites is a wonderful place where teachers can direct their students to go for information they need to know about their classes. I am excited to use this tool for my future classroom. Students seem to always be on the computer and if I can get them to go to the site they will be able to keep up on what is going on in the class, even if they didn’t pay attention in class or just as a reminder. Not only this, but their parents can go on the site and see what is going on in the class.
The announcement tab is a fabulous way to inform students about upcoming events. Since I will be teaching Drama I am excited to have a place to announce auditions for upcoming plays and Drama Club activities and other things like that. Students are always wondering about when auditions are and this will be a handy way to inform them in advance.
The homework and calendar tabs are helpful to the students and parents alike. I can keep it updated and they can look and see what is due and what was covered in class. It may be helpful to the students if they are sick or have to miss class for some reason to go on the site and find out what they missed and keep up with the class work.
I really like the tools page too. I had fun finding links to put on this page. This will be helpful for the students to find good websites for their assignments. I can upload video clips from YouTube of their recent performances and I bet the students would really enjoy watching themselves on the site. I am excited to make a real one for the classroom I will have someday in the near future.
Video clip "Pay Attention"
I really enjoyed this week’s video. It made me think about how I can use technology in teaching theatre. While it was talking about pod casting I thought this would be a perfect opportunity for students to learn and practice their voice-over skills. They could also use the pod cast to recording their monologues or scenes and then listen to how they sound and improve and even help them memorize. Students can also use cameras to make movies or film their plays they are working on. They could make commercials for the plays that are coming out and show them to the school during assemblies. This video made me think a lot more about how important the media tools are to students because they are so familiar with them and enjoy using them.
I really enjoyed learning about Google sites this week. Google sites is a wonderful place where teachers can direct their students to go for information they need to know about their classes. I am excited to use this tool for my future classroom. Students seem to always be on the computer and if I can get them to go to the site they will be able to keep up on what is going on in the class, even if they didn’t pay attention in class or just as a reminder. Not only this, but their parents can go on the site and see what is going on in the class.
The announcement tab is a fabulous way to inform students about upcoming events. Since I will be teaching Drama I am excited to have a place to announce auditions for upcoming plays and Drama Club activities and other things like that. Students are always wondering about when auditions are and this will be a handy way to inform them in advance.
The homework and calendar tabs are helpful to the students and parents alike. I can keep it updated and they can look and see what is due and what was covered in class. It may be helpful to the students if they are sick or have to miss class for some reason to go on the site and find out what they missed and keep up with the class work.
I really like the tools page too. I had fun finding links to put on this page. This will be helpful for the students to find good websites for their assignments. I can upload video clips from YouTube of their recent performances and I bet the students would really enjoy watching themselves on the site. I am excited to make a real one for the classroom I will have someday in the near future.
Video clip "Pay Attention"
I really enjoyed this week’s video. It made me think about how I can use technology in teaching theatre. While it was talking about pod casting I thought this would be a perfect opportunity for students to learn and practice their voice-over skills. They could also use the pod cast to recording their monologues or scenes and then listen to how they sound and improve and even help them memorize. Students can also use cameras to make movies or film their plays they are working on. They could make commercials for the plays that are coming out and show them to the school during assemblies. This video made me think a lot more about how important the media tools are to students because they are so familiar with them and enjoy using them.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Weekly reflection and Video
Everything Google
In class this week we learned all about google and some of its tools. I had never even known a lot of these things existed. It was fun to learn about them. The Gmail documents is something I think could benefit a lot of people. I wish I had known about it a long time ago. For a long time I only had open office and a lot of the word documents couldn’t open up on my computer. With this you don’t have to have word and everyone can use it for free. I think this can help benefit the kids so they can collaborate together on assignments. For example if my students have to write a script they can review each others' scripts and leave comments for them to improve.
The calendar portion of google is a neat way to keep classes and schedules organized. I seem to be on the computer a lot and if I can have my schedule right there telling me what I need to do, that is very helpful. As a teacher I could put my classes in and reminders of due dates and things and help them out that way.
igoogle is another cool tool we learned about. One benefit I can see with this is how you can pretty much put anything on your page you need to get to quick and easy. It can save you time and as a Drama teacher you need all the time you can get!
Video Reflection:
The video I watched was,”Introducing Web 2.0”. It introduced many different websites some of which I knew and others which I need to look into. I didn’t know there were other Wiki sites. I only knew about Wikipedia. It talked about how in this age of media collaboration could be taken to a new level. I think this is true. With the introduction of new media tools people can communicate from any place. As a teacher this can be beneficial to communicate with the students as well as having the students communicate with each other.
In class this week we learned all about google and some of its tools. I had never even known a lot of these things existed. It was fun to learn about them. The Gmail documents is something I think could benefit a lot of people. I wish I had known about it a long time ago. For a long time I only had open office and a lot of the word documents couldn’t open up on my computer. With this you don’t have to have word and everyone can use it for free. I think this can help benefit the kids so they can collaborate together on assignments. For example if my students have to write a script they can review each others' scripts and leave comments for them to improve.
The calendar portion of google is a neat way to keep classes and schedules organized. I seem to be on the computer a lot and if I can have my schedule right there telling me what I need to do, that is very helpful. As a teacher I could put my classes in and reminders of due dates and things and help them out that way.
igoogle is another cool tool we learned about. One benefit I can see with this is how you can pretty much put anything on your page you need to get to quick and easy. It can save you time and as a Drama teacher you need all the time you can get!
Video Reflection:
The video I watched was,”Introducing Web 2.0”. It introduced many different websites some of which I knew and others which I need to look into. I didn’t know there were other Wiki sites. I only knew about Wikipedia. It talked about how in this age of media collaboration could be taken to a new level. I think this is true. With the introduction of new media tools people can communicate from any place. As a teacher this can be beneficial to communicate with the students as well as having the students communicate with each other.
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