To develope.
1. Microsoft Outlook. I have never encountered this software. Now I am faced with using to facilitate my work. I feel weak and lost. I am terribly used to using Lotus Notes with prior work experiences.
2. General Internet Savy. Now that I educate students with the use of computers, I find us using the internet quite often. But I need a better understanding of just making sure that what I plan on using for class or what a student plans to utilize is valid. Also, how do I get around some of the firewalls that block legitimate searches. For example, I want to look for a celebrity with the name Brandy... however Brandy is also a liquor thus the search is blocked. How do I know when my students have abused their education process on the internet.
3. Photoshop. Has nothing to do with education. Just interested in using it for personal everyday life. Babies need lots of pictures.
4. Blogs. After hearing how the principal utilized Blogs for his school I am intrigued in learning more about this feature and possibly present this to my administrators as an outreach source.
To Share.
1. Lotus Notes. I have utilized this program for 3 years. If anyone is in a position of using this frequently but unsure of its use I could assist.
2. Gaming Knowledge. There is an online world out there with a language of its own. From chat rooms to chat channels within games themselves. Need direction on entertainment from strategy games to MMORPG's? Feel free to ask.
3. Banking Knowledge and Technology use within the banking system.
This isn't a skill to teach but more a lesson to understanding how finances work with todays technology. For instance laws such as Check 21 and its relationship with the FDIC and your local bank or grocery store. Why is it that the evil banker can seemingly get away with certain things like holds? How does technology affect the consumer in todays market when trying to use a bank. It amazed me when I was a banker at how uneducated 90% of our customers were about how technology was changing the way something as simple as a deposit to their account affected them.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Definition of Educational/ Instructional Technology
According to Wikipedia, "Educational technology is the systematic and creative blending of "idea" and "product" technologies with subject-matter content in order to engender and improve teaching and learning processes." Not satisfied with this I continued further. By interesting accident I crossed an article by Alan Januszewski stating the formaly accepted definition of Educational Technology by the AECT Board of Directors. "Educational Technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources."
Reflecting on both definitions I notice a subtle but substantial difference in the two positions. Based on Wikipedia technology essentially improves the teaching and learning process. One could easily infer that it is improving processes already in place. However, the AECT definition takes the stand that education technology should be the driving force to bring new processes and information not originally available to the education process and even create new ideas of facilitating the learning process as a whole.
What does this mean to me? Both are sound definitions but taking two different views of technology utilization. In my view Education Technology is the utilization of all technological resources to improve and excite the learning process and assist in bringing the community into the learning process they support.
Wikipedia (2006) Educational Technology
Retrieved January 31, 2007, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology
Januszewski, A. (Jan/Feb2005). The Rational and Decision Making Process. TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, Vol. 49 (Issue 1), p45-46. Retrieved January 31, 2007, from Professional Development Collection database.
Reflecting on both definitions I notice a subtle but substantial difference in the two positions. Based on Wikipedia technology essentially improves the teaching and learning process. One could easily infer that it is improving processes already in place. However, the AECT definition takes the stand that education technology should be the driving force to bring new processes and information not originally available to the education process and even create new ideas of facilitating the learning process as a whole.
What does this mean to me? Both are sound definitions but taking two different views of technology utilization. In my view Education Technology is the utilization of all technological resources to improve and excite the learning process and assist in bringing the community into the learning process they support.
Wikipedia (2006) Educational Technology
Retrieved January 31, 2007, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology
Januszewski, A. (Jan/Feb2005). The Rational and Decision Making Process. TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, Vol. 49 (Issue 1), p45-46. Retrieved January 31, 2007, from Professional Development Collection database.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Purpose and Expectations
I have spent seven years in the restaurant industry. I have spent another three years as a banker. Not a single one of these career paths have made me happy. After going through Undergraduate School working towards a BBA in Management, I regret having not pursued a teacher certification instead. My mother was and educator for thirty years before retiring and always pointed me in a different direction. But now I am a teacher. I have finally put my foot in the door that opens to the future I have always desired.
My purpose in this class is to lay the foundation and set me on the path to finally becoming certified as a teacher. I have always desired to obtain a Certification to teach and to pursue a Masters in the education field with the intent to move into the administrative field of education. Of course right now my main focus is the Certification to teach.
I expect to find new avenues of thought and invotion from this course. I hope to apply what I learn to help educate and communicate the values of technology to my students. I was personally surprised when I began teaching technology to my students and found that the entire school was wireless and each student had assigned laptops. How exciting! At the same time how intimidating. I now find it my responsibility to help guide these students into using this technology ethically and to benefit their well being. I expect to learn not just "technical know how" from this course but new theories and inspiration that I may be able to take back to the class room.
My purpose in this class is to lay the foundation and set me on the path to finally becoming certified as a teacher. I have always desired to obtain a Certification to teach and to pursue a Masters in the education field with the intent to move into the administrative field of education. Of course right now my main focus is the Certification to teach.
I expect to find new avenues of thought and invotion from this course. I hope to apply what I learn to help educate and communicate the values of technology to my students. I was personally surprised when I began teaching technology to my students and found that the entire school was wireless and each student had assigned laptops. How exciting! At the same time how intimidating. I now find it my responsibility to help guide these students into using this technology ethically and to benefit their well being. I expect to learn not just "technical know how" from this course but new theories and inspiration that I may be able to take back to the class room.
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