lunes, 13 de diciembre de 2010

Insights and Learning Process of this course


Having technological resources during this course was very important and great influences into my learning process, to study any kind of updated information. Being able to have always effective linking information, it helped to have a good direct instruction over the different topics we studied during the semester.

Learning through technological tools allowed me to analyze and improve my knowledge in a fun and meaningful learning approach integrated into diverse subject areas, like constanly working in actualization projects.


viernes, 10 de diciembre de 2010

Wikispace: Multiple Intelligences

This Wiki provides specific and detail information about Multiple Intelligences and how it can be manifested in many different intellectual forms through creative websites, interesting videos, games etc.


Evaluation Rubric

Here is my Evaluation Rubric for an assignment when students must use technology.

Evaluation Rubric

Project Name: Technology Usage

Organization

Poor

Fair

Good

Outstanding

Excellent

Students used primary and secondary research which included factual and interesting information.

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Students included a minimum of 3 different technological resources.

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Students created a running bibliography.

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5

Students focused in a effective topic

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5

Design/Style

Students showed evidence presentation synthesis.

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5

It contains all elements (text, graphics, sound, video, animation)

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The presentation contains all presentation elements ( introduction body, conclusion)

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Instructional techniques required a majority of students to be actively involved

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Multimedia elements are visible, adequate font choices, color schemes, sizes and styles are appropriate.

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Content

Integrated information is relevant and interesting

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Students have used creativity in the design.

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Students have used correct punctuation, complete sentences, grammar and spelling.

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Students showed complete understanding of presented material.

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Critical thinking and analysis was modeled and encouraged.

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Students have used a majority of original, animations, video, graphics, sounds etc.

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Presentation

Presentation was well planned and organized.

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Presentation style was appropriate and effective.

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Students prepared and checked equipment prior to

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Overall creation of the presentation.

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Total: ________

viernes, 26 de noviembre de 2010

Educational Software: Google earth

Check out this SlideShare Presentation: It gives you important details on how was created and how to use this interesting software.

domingo, 21 de noviembre de 2010

Using Videos for teaching Movie Maker

An effective way to have a more interesting class is learning how to use videos in order to enhance the lesson or unit of study. Using this kind of tool can help the class to be more interactive, therefore, the more engaged the students are, the more they will enjoy learning and retaining information from the lessons using this technology.







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jueves, 11 de noviembre de 2010

Virtual classrooms research

Taskstream

TaskStream is package of tools that allows students from school level to College of Education to create an electronic portfolio that can be used to showcase learning achievements.

The following presentation will help you to understand more about this website:


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martes, 9 de noviembre de 2010

Examples of activities designed in the Language Classroom using the Internet (Writing Activity)

The brain becomes more intelligent when we learn something complicated. What makes an efficient brain is its capacity to generate experience and information more concise and more quickly, because there should be a multi-sensory stimulation and sensory sources; the more information, and the more sense, you learn in a better way. Learning must be meaningful, varied, practical and situated. Although nowadays the help of technology can help to customize the studies process as well).

In order to apply good constructivism and critical thinking, it’s important to consider different updating educational tools and programmed activities on authentic real world tasks in order to create a stimulating experience for the student´s knowledge. Always giving feedback, coaching them through the whole learning stages, providing them active learning that will lead to greater retention and higher appropriate level thinking or involvement during the class. Having any technological tool, the students will have an easier way to interact with others pupils for help each other out and as a result, they would be capable to achieve specific goals all together.

As well, it’s important to take into account the teacher’s planning, instruction, and management in order to have an effective lesson. Having an appropriate environment, the teacher could interact with his/her student, being able to control his student’s behavior and facilitating the students’ learning. Even without with the technological tools, we as teachers need to face and realize as you said, we might encounter some setbacks, as a result, an effective strategy can help to support the class and have corrective feedback from the students.