Respond to Day1 Blog Prompt:
- How does the Essential Question resonate with your goals and needs?
- How can technology be used most effectively to support and assess student learning?
- How do you feel about the training so far? What have you learned, what are your goals for the next two days, and what do you need to achieve those goals?
If time permits, review the responses of your colleagues and create your own blog page.
I like many of the innovative options we've been exploring in the Intel workshop, but I'm still trying to conceptualize how this will 'revolutionize' the way I teach and/or prepare future teachers.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the learning activities and self exploration.
ReplyDeleteVery informative workshop. Useful pieces include essential questions and concept mapping!
ReplyDeleteSince many of us have experiences with various types of technology, most likely, this faculty review will not revolutionize our teaching, but may instead be additive to it. For some classroom teachers, it will be additive as well, depending on experience level.
ReplyDeleteI especially enjoyed the reasoning/showing evidence tools -- they have much potential across disciplines and grade levels. I look forward to seeing how others utilize these tools!
ReplyDeleteI really got a lot out of today's workshop. I was speaking about my university assessment course and how it was missing some key elements of assessment. The assessment tool and survey pointed out some of the course weaknesses. I can now incorporate the assessment tool in the course which will enable our preservice teachers learn how to integrate technology while learning about assessment.
ReplyDeleteThe entire workshop will definitely help me teach teachers how to integrate and use technology. The ability to use the tools (with demos,samples, and trial use) will definitely demonstrate that there is no reason to fear integrating technology once teaching begins nor is there the excuse that it is time consuming. This is very easy and doable and most important taught before they enter the classroom. My next concern would to see how many of them actually are able to implement it immediately. I look forward to tomorrow's workshop.
1) practice and examples of essential questions will be helpful for the students. Some students never seem to "get it". 2) I think that technology is effective with supporting learning, but I still have reservations about technology for assessment. I will be very excited to see how some of these items work. It is a little different with the P-K to Grade 2, as our focus is slightly different.
ReplyDelete3) This training has allowed me to see how wiki's and blog's work. I have been invited and reviewed wiki's before, but I have always had trouble adding information, so have never had the full experience. I feel that the First 4 modules support what I already teach in class on Unit planning, so this will benefit my students.
Goals: To learn and practice more with the 2.0 technologies. Understanding how to integrate this with Early Childhood Preservice teachers.
1. Students find it very difficult sometimes to come up with good essential questions. We learned about effective information to give them, and effective activities to use to help them think through their units and come up with essential questions. I appreciate not having to come up with these activities myself.
ReplyDelete2. The big picture has to be "what am I supposed to teach?" Then I can ask "What strategies and tools can I use to most effectively teach that?"
Technology is a tool and a vehicle. Only after we have thought through our pedagogy can we use technology to support that teaching. The same thing is true of technology and assessment. Technology does not guarantee better student learning and better assessments. At most it can make it easier or more interesting.
3. I have found it very rewarding so far. I have some background and prior knowledge, and the fast pace is exactly right. I want to get a start on my unit in the next 2 days.
I felt very comfortable with Modules 2&3 and 4 (somewhat) I suppose in part due to the instruction today and also due to my previous Intel course. I am still quite a bit foggy on Blogs and Wikis. I feel that it would be much more helpful to me as a complete novice in these two tools if you could spend just a little time the language/definitions e.g., Followers---what's that?) I think this will make it more intuitive for me.
ReplyDeleteI am definitely going to use Wikis in my doctoral course and use some of the tools in Units that students will be creating in two other courses (UG/G).
Overall, today's session has challenged and engaged me in ways that I think promote higher level thinking:)
The essential question fits perfectly with my goals and needs. I think if I help teachers understand how to use the various technology resources and know how to incorporate them into their teaching and student activities, they will make a great impact on student understanding and demonstration of their learning.
ReplyDeleteI found the training very useful; I learned a great deal of technology resources that I can infuse into my instruction to improve pre-service or in-service teachers' effectiveness in the classroom. I need to develop an effective technology unit if possible as an example for my students.
I found the taxonomies, the resource tools, and focusing on higher order cognitive thinking strategies confirming.
ReplyDeleteI think a couple of you have raised the question of whether or not any of this will "revolutionize" how we all teach. My experience tells me it will not, but that it has the potential to "improve' how I can engage my students and help them think "deeper" about their own learning.
ReplyDeleteI think the "tools" allow me to engage students that I never may have reached before.
Yes, I agree. After reading several posts, I think my use of the word "revolutionize" was too strong. I do not necessarily expect a computer application to revolutionize my teaching.
ReplyDeleteI do, however, look for four things in any technological advancement I bring into the classroom:
1. It must be reliable, seamlessly applicable, and easy to use.
2. It must have a variety of uses... even perhaps, some universal applications that I or students will want to use for purposes other than merely class assignments.
3. It must significantly enhance my student engagement, both with me and with each other.
4. It must not impede students' natural social development or their propensity for interaction.
Essentially, I like many of the learning options I'm seeing with the Intel materials, adn I will undoubtedly use them in one manner or another.
Note to self: Once you post a blog, you cannot go back and correct spelling or grammar mistakes. Now I know what that 'preview' button is for!
ReplyDeleteI thought I posted yesterday. I thought today was a good day. I got some ideas for two of my courses. I see how I can incorporate Module 1 in my 601 course and the course planning guide in my 602 course.
ReplyDeleteI like Mike's list. Concerning interaction and communication - I teach Weekend College and I find that the wikis help students interact when they don't see each other often
ReplyDeleteStill confused about setting up profile for blogging. Is Blogspot and Blogger the same? They keep sending me to each other.
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