1. What is educational technology literacy?
The capability to utilize technology to improve teaching and to increase student learning; because technology is continually changing, it is essential that literacy skills be frequently updated.
2. What impact does NCLB have on educational technology standards?
Educational technology has impact on No Child Left Behind Act because by the end of eighth grade students should be technology literate. Having the students be technology literate will improve academic achievement.
3. What is certification? What role does technology literacy play in certification and licensure?
A certification all teachers must have by the state to be employed as educators. Each state has different requirements for teacher licensure and certification. These state requirement include specific technology requirements. There are courses in educational technology that are often recommend for certificate renewal.
4. What is the difference between state and national certification? How is technology literacy incorporated in each?
One difference between state and national certification is that state has specific technology requirement and national there is no direct technology requirement. In a way technology literacy is still incorporated in national certification because to obtain National Board certification teachers must use multiple methods and pathways in their approach to teaching. This is how educational technology literacy assists educators in accomplishing the level of competence to be granted their national certification. State certification has technology requirements.
5. How and for what purpose did ISTE establish NETS? What standards are currently in place?
ISTE in 1998 released a document called Technology Foundation Standards for Students which was from their its new project called National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). Its purpose was to promote school improvement in the U.S. by generating a series of national standards that could be applied to assist the use of educational technology by administrators, students, and teachers. The standards are basically that teachers and administrators should be knowledgeable users of information and technology tools common to Information Age experts.
6. How have states used NETS for furthering the advancement of educational technology?
School districts use NETS standards to direct their efforts to guarantee that their students and teachers accomplish technology literacy. With this knowledge of technology students can build on their learning, communication, and life skills.
7. What is NCATES? How have NETS standards changed college programs through NCATE adoption?
The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education is a official body that is accrediting teacher education programs. It has adopted their own NETS standard requiring teacher education programs which include experiences to better help understand the use of technology. Colleges have changed their educational program so that they could incorporate technology classes into the college students degree so that they better understand the use of technology for academic and administrative tasks.
8. What options do preservice teachers have to achieve technology standards? How do they differ from options offered to inservice teachers?
Preservice teachers have the option to use NCATE guidelines which are required that colleges of education include courses what have to do with the use of technology for instruction, assessment, and professional productivity. Some programs have added an educational technology course and other require alternative technology focused coursework. In these courses they help the educator learn to integrate technology into lesson plans. Then there is the option of NCLB (Title II, Part D- Enhancing Education through Technology) which basically is to improve student achievement through technology.
For inservice teacher educational technology standards are generally included directly or indirectly into annual professional evaluations. Teacher’s options can either return to a college to take the required courses that have to do with educational technology or they can participate in workshops to obtain the same knowledge.
9. How do corporations provide training resources for teachers? Give examples.
There are a few ways in which corporations provide training resources for teachers. One would be online training like ADOBE, APPLE, INSPIRATION SOFTWARE, MICROSOFE, and WebCT. Another would be to get help from a media specialist which need to know almost everything about technology and the growing information.
10. What unique technology training is required for noninstructional educators? Why are they different?
Library Journal and School Library Journal is a tool for media centers and for media specialist. Who need to be very knowledgeable of technology because they are going to have to assist students with seeking information that they won’t be able to find in books. They need to be able to keep up with the latest improvements in student scholarly research.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Chapter Four Question # one
1. After considering the various types of digital technologies presented in this chapter, what three pieces of equipment do you think you would most want for your future or current classroom? Explain why you selected these three and how you would use them for teaching and learning.
As everyone knows by now I want to become an elementary school art teachers. My first piece of equipment that I would love to have for my classroom would be a digital camera. I would want my camera to have Mircodrive so my students and I can take hundreds of pictures before we have to download them to the computer. Digital cameras have a small LCD screen on the back of the camera so you can see what you have just taken for a picture. Having the students being able to see if their photo came out the way they wanted it is important. Its important because they are going to be working with that image. This would be great for my art room because my students can actually go outside or inside and take pictures of things that they actually would want to work with. Either it being a simple drawing or a collage.
Another great piece of equipment that I would LOVE to have would be a graphic tablet. This device allows you to use a stylus (a pen-shaped device) with an electronic pad to draw diagrams and also allows you to create artwork!!! Its almost like a key board typing words onto your computer screen but it’s a plastic board that that you can draw on that shows up on the computer screen. This would be such a wonderful tool to use in my art work. My students could draw original images, enhance computer-generated images and photographs. The students would have so much fun and then can create graphic designs and incredible digital artwork.
My last request would be a Scan converter. These devices display computer images to the entire class on a large classroom television monitor. This would be great for my classroom cause I can display artist work large so that the class can see what famous artist have done throughout history. It will give my students ideas, inspire them, show them the wonders of art history, and no one will even have to leave their seats or complain that they can’t see!
As everyone knows by now I want to become an elementary school art teachers. My first piece of equipment that I would love to have for my classroom would be a digital camera. I would want my camera to have Mircodrive so my students and I can take hundreds of pictures before we have to download them to the computer. Digital cameras have a small LCD screen on the back of the camera so you can see what you have just taken for a picture. Having the students being able to see if their photo came out the way they wanted it is important. Its important because they are going to be working with that image. This would be great for my art room because my students can actually go outside or inside and take pictures of things that they actually would want to work with. Either it being a simple drawing or a collage.
Another great piece of equipment that I would LOVE to have would be a graphic tablet. This device allows you to use a stylus (a pen-shaped device) with an electronic pad to draw diagrams and also allows you to create artwork!!! Its almost like a key board typing words onto your computer screen but it’s a plastic board that that you can draw on that shows up on the computer screen. This would be such a wonderful tool to use in my art work. My students could draw original images, enhance computer-generated images and photographs. The students would have so much fun and then can create graphic designs and incredible digital artwork.
My last request would be a Scan converter. These devices display computer images to the entire class on a large classroom television monitor. This would be great for my classroom cause I can display artist work large so that the class can see what famous artist have done throughout history. It will give my students ideas, inspire them, show them the wonders of art history, and no one will even have to leave their seats or complain that they can’t see!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Chapter Eight Questions
CheyeAnne Williams
Instruction Technology
Week 8: Chapter 8 questions 1-10
October 28th, 2007
1. What online resources are available to assist educators in researching areas of interest? Describe each.
Online Professional Organizations: This websites are great for educators because they can offer a central repository of relevant and useful resources. On these website they also can offer addition useful websites to help with that certain area of focus. These websites are awesome for teachers, professional associations, content-area groups, and technology groups.
Web logs: These are virtual online spaces that support the posting of information and personal commentary on the web. They provide a great place for one-way communications and they can become a powerful interactive writing tool. Students can post their ideas, stories, and thoughts; then their peers can reply to them. Teachers can do the same. It’s a great way to get the whole class involved in the subject matter.
Governmental Sites: These sites are from the U.S. Department of Education and they are for educators. They are websites with abundant resources that don’t have false information. They are usually not .com, they are usually .edu or .gov.
Education Portals: Educational portals are resources found at portals many include teachers’ guides to the internet, lesson plans, audio clips, video clips, net events, art libraries, educational games, information on schools, and also instructional resources available for each grade level.
2. What is a PDF file? What advantage does it offer over files in HTML format?
These are files that have been saved in Adobe Acrobat format. This is a conversion software package which allows the user to save publication precisely as it looked on the printed page version. This software maintains all the information and detail that would be lost in the HTML format.
3. What is a web log? How might it be used for teaching and learning?
Weblogs or “blogs” are virtual online spaces that support educational learning. They are for posting information, ideas, stories, and personal commentaries on the web. They provide a great place for one-way communications and they can become a powerful interactive writing tool. Students can post whatever the teacher allows that their peers and reply to their postings and vice versa. It’s a great way to get the whole class involved in something that most of them will find extremely fun, entertaining, useful, helpful, educational, and also they would want to write better because they know that their peers and teachers will be reading and responding to it. It’s also a great way to get new ideas and positive feedback.
4. How are government educational sites of value in terms of resources? How do they differ from commercial and organizational sites?
Government and educational sites are sites from the U.S. Department of Education and most state departments of education. These sites (.edu, .gov) have correct information about current educational news, national standards, programs, grants, research, links to other federal agencies, and a wide variety of publications and reports available by mail or download.
Commercial and organizational sites could have been created by anyone. They could just be complete wrong, wanting to sell you their idea of what they “think” is write, a joke website, or anything. You have no idea if their information is legitimate.
5. What types of classroom management and academic tools are available via the Internet? Briefly explain how each tool might help you in your classroom?
Classroom management tools are tools that you can download that can assist you in the tasks required for your classroom. These software can create online or paper tests, they can grade things for you. You can make your own tests and have the internet grade them for you and send them back to your students. Also there can be textbooks online for you. Electronic grade books let you store and easily average a students grade.
Academic tools are great for students and are most likely free. There are worksheet generators of many types that help you make interesting student activity worksheets. You can make crossword puzzles, word searches, math exercises, flash cards, and many other exciting things. Connection gateways are websites that offer users the opportunity to communicate with each other. For educators it’s a great way to get ideas and to share yours.
6. How can a classroom web sire improve communications with students, parents, and community?
Students know that everyone will be reading and looking at their post so they are going to want it the best they can get it. Also after they had written something that they are really proud about they are going to want to see what others had to say about it. Either it being that they loved their post, ways on making it better, or agreeing with them. Through classroom websites there is so many communication going on. There is teacher-student communication, student-student communication, and also helpful communication about areas that students are having issues with. These website contain the students assignments, grades, questions that other students have asked, ideas, tips, other helpful websites, the schools websites, student and teacher emails. There is so much communication going on in these classroom websites and its also fun and educational for all.
7. What are web authoring tools? What types are available to educators?
Web authoring tools are available to make a classroom website easier. These tools can range from very easy to more challenging for the teacher. It focuses on the teachers level of their computer skills. The types that are available are word processors, desktops publishing software, and dedicated web development software.
8. How many new web sites added to the web? What resources do teachers have to do so?
To put new web sites onto the web you need to move your collection of web site files to a web server. The web server connects a network to the web and stores web files for others to look at. You need to upload it to a web server. Now many schools are providing space on their web servers just for the teachers use. If this is a case then you would just need to had your site to the school’s server.
9. What is an acceptable use policy? What impact does it have on the use of the Web in the classroom?
The acceptable use policy (AUP) basically expressive the ways in which the internet can be used by students. Since the Internet can be abused so easily.
10. Contrast the issues of privacy and filtering when using the Web in the classroom. What are the responsibilities of a teacher in each of these areas?
When having students work or images be present on your classroom website then the teacher must be carefully not to include and of the student personal information, like the students name. It is best to have a guardian’s permission before going ahead and posting student stuff on the internet. People that aim to harm children target these websites and go from there. So it is extremely important to know the rules and consequences.
Obviously the internet is not the cleanest thing and there are millions of sites that are not appropriate for children. it’s the school’s responsibility to limit access to such web sites. Schools use filtering software that checks the site before allowing it to be displayed. Its all about the safety of the students in school.
Instruction Technology
Week 8: Chapter 8 questions 1-10
October 28th, 2007
1. What online resources are available to assist educators in researching areas of interest? Describe each.
Online Professional Organizations: This websites are great for educators because they can offer a central repository of relevant and useful resources. On these website they also can offer addition useful websites to help with that certain area of focus. These websites are awesome for teachers, professional associations, content-area groups, and technology groups.
Web logs: These are virtual online spaces that support the posting of information and personal commentary on the web. They provide a great place for one-way communications and they can become a powerful interactive writing tool. Students can post their ideas, stories, and thoughts; then their peers can reply to them. Teachers can do the same. It’s a great way to get the whole class involved in the subject matter.
Governmental Sites: These sites are from the U.S. Department of Education and they are for educators. They are websites with abundant resources that don’t have false information. They are usually not .com, they are usually .edu or .gov.
Education Portals: Educational portals are resources found at portals many include teachers’ guides to the internet, lesson plans, audio clips, video clips, net events, art libraries, educational games, information on schools, and also instructional resources available for each grade level.
2. What is a PDF file? What advantage does it offer over files in HTML format?
These are files that have been saved in Adobe Acrobat format. This is a conversion software package which allows the user to save publication precisely as it looked on the printed page version. This software maintains all the information and detail that would be lost in the HTML format.
3. What is a web log? How might it be used for teaching and learning?
Weblogs or “blogs” are virtual online spaces that support educational learning. They are for posting information, ideas, stories, and personal commentaries on the web. They provide a great place for one-way communications and they can become a powerful interactive writing tool. Students can post whatever the teacher allows that their peers and reply to their postings and vice versa. It’s a great way to get the whole class involved in something that most of them will find extremely fun, entertaining, useful, helpful, educational, and also they would want to write better because they know that their peers and teachers will be reading and responding to it. It’s also a great way to get new ideas and positive feedback.
4. How are government educational sites of value in terms of resources? How do they differ from commercial and organizational sites?
Government and educational sites are sites from the U.S. Department of Education and most state departments of education. These sites (.edu, .gov) have correct information about current educational news, national standards, programs, grants, research, links to other federal agencies, and a wide variety of publications and reports available by mail or download.
Commercial and organizational sites could have been created by anyone. They could just be complete wrong, wanting to sell you their idea of what they “think” is write, a joke website, or anything. You have no idea if their information is legitimate.
5. What types of classroom management and academic tools are available via the Internet? Briefly explain how each tool might help you in your classroom?
Classroom management tools are tools that you can download that can assist you in the tasks required for your classroom. These software can create online or paper tests, they can grade things for you. You can make your own tests and have the internet grade them for you and send them back to your students. Also there can be textbooks online for you. Electronic grade books let you store and easily average a students grade.
Academic tools are great for students and are most likely free. There are worksheet generators of many types that help you make interesting student activity worksheets. You can make crossword puzzles, word searches, math exercises, flash cards, and many other exciting things. Connection gateways are websites that offer users the opportunity to communicate with each other. For educators it’s a great way to get ideas and to share yours.
6. How can a classroom web sire improve communications with students, parents, and community?
Students know that everyone will be reading and looking at their post so they are going to want it the best they can get it. Also after they had written something that they are really proud about they are going to want to see what others had to say about it. Either it being that they loved their post, ways on making it better, or agreeing with them. Through classroom websites there is so many communication going on. There is teacher-student communication, student-student communication, and also helpful communication about areas that students are having issues with. These website contain the students assignments, grades, questions that other students have asked, ideas, tips, other helpful websites, the schools websites, student and teacher emails. There is so much communication going on in these classroom websites and its also fun and educational for all.
7. What are web authoring tools? What types are available to educators?
Web authoring tools are available to make a classroom website easier. These tools can range from very easy to more challenging for the teacher. It focuses on the teachers level of their computer skills. The types that are available are word processors, desktops publishing software, and dedicated web development software.
8. How many new web sites added to the web? What resources do teachers have to do so?
To put new web sites onto the web you need to move your collection of web site files to a web server. The web server connects a network to the web and stores web files for others to look at. You need to upload it to a web server. Now many schools are providing space on their web servers just for the teachers use. If this is a case then you would just need to had your site to the school’s server.
9. What is an acceptable use policy? What impact does it have on the use of the Web in the classroom?
The acceptable use policy (AUP) basically expressive the ways in which the internet can be used by students. Since the Internet can be abused so easily.
10. Contrast the issues of privacy and filtering when using the Web in the classroom. What are the responsibilities of a teacher in each of these areas?
When having students work or images be present on your classroom website then the teacher must be carefully not to include and of the student personal information, like the students name. It is best to have a guardian’s permission before going ahead and posting student stuff on the internet. People that aim to harm children target these websites and go from there. So it is extremely important to know the rules and consequences.
Obviously the internet is not the cleanest thing and there are millions of sites that are not appropriate for children. it’s the school’s responsibility to limit access to such web sites. Schools use filtering software that checks the site before allowing it to be displayed. Its all about the safety of the students in school.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Changing Lives
I didn’t realize how important assistive technology was for disabled people. Everyone knows how rapidly technology has grown but with that so has assistive technology. Although not many people know about this type of incredible technology. This type of technology changes lives of many people and also makes their dreams come true. Students with disabilities are extremely smart but with their lack of movement or speech they can’t express their intelligences as easy as we do. With the right assistive technology they can get through to the world and share their brilliant minds. With these technologies they can take test, speak, move better, communicate, and even play music (special horn with touch pads and hand made arms to play the piano)! University of Michigan helps students get the assistive technology they need. The younger they are at learner about these assistive technologies the quicker they will master them. Once they have mastered them later on they can then focus on the curriculum and the material of school work. Technology changes their lives and makes a better future for them!!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
What I know about Assistive Technology
Hi everyone!! Hope all is going well. My topic today is "what I know about assistive technology." Well, I'm not to sure and have never done any research but I'm going to give you my educated guess. Knowing the word Assistive, meaning, helping someone using tools or other different ways to get information and material across in a way that the individual better understands the concept. Technology meaning a device that helps people better assist their time in a more efficient and faster way. I believe that assistive technology is a way of helping others understand information so that they can preform better in their daily tasks.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Blogs In My Future Classroom
My future career goal is to become an Art teacher. Throughout my whole life art has taken up a huge part of my heart. I love everything about it and I believe that art can solve anything. One major reason why I want to become an art teacher is because I want my students to be able to express what they are feeling through their works of art. It’s a great way to get your feelings, emotions, stress, and what you care about out so the whole world can see. Students keep so much built up inside them that they should be able to have a way of letting it all out. There are so many ways that art can express and I want to teach that to elementary school kids.
Blogging would be a great tool for my students in the art room and at home. My students would be able to post their art work on their web page and also write a paragraph or so on what their art piece means to them. Or maybe what they were feeling at the time they started their project. This allows their classmates and teacher to really get to know one another and also respond to them. They would be allowed to put their art work from school and home on their page. Write what they want about their work. Also they would write ideas on what an interesting project might be. Things they want to learn more about in class. The might also put poems or their own writing up and people could respond to those as well. As a teacher my assignment for blogging would be to have each student post a piece of their work or idea on their website each week. Then to respond to at least three of their classmates work.
I would recommend my student to really try and get involved because I believe that they would really get into it. Even if they didn’t get into blogging it still would be a great experience and they would at least come out of it with new ideas and thoughts. I also would recommend my students to not be negative about others work. Art work is never bad; it’s just understood in a different way. A huge thing to tell your students is that you need to be carefully not to give out any of your major information. Like your address, full name, SSN, and other personal information. Tell them that this is not completely private.
Blogging would help my students see other people’s view and opinions. They would be able to express themselves in a way that makes them feel proud. Also blogging allows my students to get future ideas and thoughts on other projects them might want to explore. Their writing would become better because since they understand that other classmates will be viewing their writing, they would want to proof read it more. On web logs students would be able to check what the assignments are and the emails for teachers and classmates. There also would be no excuses in not being able to turn in or lose your homework!
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