Today we watched a video of a lesson in a business class using computers. It involved net worth, capital revenue, etc. I believed that Hungerford had many different good qualities in his lesson. He went over the directions while the students were doing the project that way he could help them as he went along. He was able to go to the students who were having trouble and point out what they had to do, what they had to click on, etc. Another great quality was that he asked the questions and gave them time to respond. Many teachers if they ask questions they usually do not wait long enough. This easy strategy was able to get the students involved while allowing them to show what they know. After asking the questions, he would either ask for examples or he would provide examples which would then allow for the students some real-life situations.
In a business, people need to know how to use many different types of software and programs. Hungerford used many different types of technology. He had his students use a program that helped show the business type of information (net worth, capital revenue, etc) needed and was able to create their own "business." Also, they were able to upload their project to the web and use excel spreadsheets. Most people do not know how to do these types of tasks.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Poor Scholar's Soliloquy Reflection
Reading The Poor Scholar's Soliloquy By Stephen M. Corey was an interesting piece. It was about a boy who had trouble in school with all subjects, but when he is interested in something, like his uncle's trucks, he can compute mileage, explain directions when they are driving somewhere, write letters to farmers making very few mistakes, etc. He goes on and describes different things that he cannot do in school, like find the width of a highway if a pole falls across it and has certain lengths on each side of the highway, he cannot name the presidents, he cannot write very well (the piece that we read), etc.
Throughout this piece he talks about each subject that he struggles with, but then gets off topic and describes something he is interested in. The strange thing is that the part he describes what he is interested in, he also relates it to the subject that he is talking about. It shows that he does understand parts of the subjects from school, but if he is not interested in it then he is simply confused. He is not mentally slow or deficient, but simply bored.
This relates to teachers today because no matter what happens in your classroom, you will always have someone who struggles with learning the material. The best thing that you can do for your student is to try to relate it to something that the student is interested in.
Throughout this piece he talks about each subject that he struggles with, but then gets off topic and describes something he is interested in. The strange thing is that the part he describes what he is interested in, he also relates it to the subject that he is talking about. It shows that he does understand parts of the subjects from school, but if he is not interested in it then he is simply confused. He is not mentally slow or deficient, but simply bored.
This relates to teachers today because no matter what happens in your classroom, you will always have someone who struggles with learning the material. The best thing that you can do for your student is to try to relate it to something that the student is interested in.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Classroom Collages
In class we watched a movie, "Smile. You're on Central Camera," about a technology class creating collages with pictures of the students in them. The floppy disks and the software that they were using showed how outdated this video was. The video was good, however, due to the fact that the teachers covered many different topics about using the collages, the pictures, posting things on the internet, etc.
The teacher had to explain what they were doing with the collages they were making and then had to discuss the ethical parts of posting the pictures on these collages. The students were not going to harm any of the students by distorting the images. The students were going to post these collages online so the teacher discussed safety about posting things on the internet, like not putting the first and last names of the people in the pictures and of themselves for creating the collage.
The teacher had to explain what they were doing with the collages they were making and then had to discuss the ethical parts of posting the pictures on these collages. The students were not going to harm any of the students by distorting the images. The students were going to post these collages online so the teacher discussed safety about posting things on the internet, like not putting the first and last names of the people in the pictures and of themselves for creating the collage.
Introduction
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My name is Samantha and I am a student at NMU. My passion is helping others. I am a secondary education mathematics major with minors in physical education and English. I am starting my fifth year in college this coming fall semester. This summer, however, I am enrolled in two education classes. I created this blog for one of those classes, ED483 which involves technology in the classroom.
My name is Samantha and I am a student at NMU. My passion is helping others. I am a secondary education mathematics major with minors in physical education and English. I am starting my fifth year in college this coming fall semester. This summer, however, I am enrolled in two education classes. I created this blog for one of those classes, ED483 which involves technology in the classroom.
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