Today's lesson was a bit frustrating! I couldn't believe how slow the internet connection was. I nearly gave up on simply trying to upload and post pictures on the Flickr website, but I didn't. Fortunately, I pulled through towards the end and finished what I had to do. Flickr, a video and image hosting website, was on the agenda for today. The lesson- create an account and upload pictures to create a picture badge to attach on my blogsite. The result is what's posted on the corner of my blog. Neat huh? Well, at least I think so.
If I were to introduce this website to students, I would make sure they're proficient enough to play around with the program. Also, any lesson associated with this program has to be age appropriate. A simple lesson for older students would be for them to create an account, upload photos, and share photos and videos with their classmates. They could post daily, if cameras are provided, a Picture Post of the Day along with a brief description of it.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Zoho
What is Zoho? Well, for those who are unaware of this application, Zoho happens to be an online office suite similar to that of Microsoft's Office Suite. The great thing about Zoho is that it happens to be free; and just like Microsoft, Zoho includes word processing softwares, spreadsheets, databases, project management, invoicing and other applications. Of course, there are advance Zoho applications but they do require a small fee. Today's ed technology class was a day to experience Zoho for ourselves. The class got to divide into four groups: Zoho's Writer, Show, Sheet, and Docs programs. My group got to try out the Zoho Show Program. We had to find out what it was about and how we could use it in the classrooms. The programs was real easy to play around with and was real similar to Microsoft's Powerpoint. It wasn't difficult at all. It's user interface in my opinion was easier as well making it a beneficial tool for students wanting to create their very own presentation. Overall, this was a great program, but caution! You must have a quick internet connection to really appreciate what this had to offer.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Flow Chart
Today's class activity involved using a mind mapping software called "bubbl.us" to create a flow chart of our ideal school system involving technology support staff. The chart posted on the corner is what I had tried to create on my first attempt. The task seemed a little difficult at first, but proved to be not as tedious after a few attempts.
Weblog Post Questions
1) What is the learning outcome or expected goal of your mind-map. In what way will this mind-map improve your students learning of the concept or characterization?
- Being exposed to other types of graphic organizers with the use of technology to organize information is in my opinion the expected goal of the task. Tech exposure and information organization should improve in terms of results when using mind mapping tools.
2) What did you think was the most important lesson you learned from this activity?
- Although most of us are "tech savvy" in the class, I could easily say that we are not familiar with blogging as evidently seen. Helping each other with this unfamiliar webtool was by far, in my opinion, the most important lesson learned from this activity.
3) What did you like or dislike about the software bubbl.us?
Creating flow charts seems a lot easier when compared to other similar webtools. The sharing part though was somewhat confusing. This confusion eventually led to disregarding the collaborative work.
4) What would you do differently next time you do mind-mapping and/or use this tool?
With collaborative work, I would only work with 1 person at a time. That way, this limits the unnecessary confusion with updating mind mapping flowcharts. Also, I would probably need a bit more time dedicated to just learning this specific program.
5) Think of another assignment where this mind-mapping tool could be used?
-Creating graphic organizers and relevant activities.
Weblog Post Questions
1) What is the learning outcome or expected goal of your mind-map. In what way will this mind-map improve your students learning of the concept or characterization?
- Being exposed to other types of graphic organizers with the use of technology to organize information is in my opinion the expected goal of the task. Tech exposure and information organization should improve in terms of results when using mind mapping tools.
2) What did you think was the most important lesson you learned from this activity?
- Although most of us are "tech savvy" in the class, I could easily say that we are not familiar with blogging as evidently seen. Helping each other with this unfamiliar webtool was by far, in my opinion, the most important lesson learned from this activity.
3) What did you like or dislike about the software bubbl.us?
Creating flow charts seems a lot easier when compared to other similar webtools. The sharing part though was somewhat confusing. This confusion eventually led to disregarding the collaborative work.
4) What would you do differently next time you do mind-mapping and/or use this tool?
With collaborative work, I would only work with 1 person at a time. That way, this limits the unnecessary confusion with updating mind mapping flowcharts. Also, I would probably need a bit more time dedicated to just learning this specific program.
5) Think of another assignment where this mind-mapping tool could be used?
-Creating graphic organizers and relevant activities.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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Hello and welcome to my ED480 Educational Technology blog site. Here, you will find information, class work, and most importantly my opinions relevant to this class. Hope you enjoy my blog site.
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