Podcast Reflection #12: EdTechWeekly #186

I believe that it is quite apparent that one of my favorite podcast is EdTechWeekly. In this podcast, they talk about a program were it webs together all items that connect people. You can use your Facebook account, e-mail, twitter and just about anything. Once webbed, they create these clusters or nodes. It color coordinates the nodes so that it is easier to identify the groups. They talked about going to a first time conference where they learned about this program. He stated that 100 people were here at the conference and they listened to 15 presentations a day. It was talked about using this program at learning analytics to look at at-risk students.  The draw back from this program is that everyone using it has to use it the same. If they change how and why the use it for, it will mess up everything. The nodes will not be connected the same as before. To me, this sounds like a good program once the kinks get worked out.

Comics in my classroom

COMICS!!!! What a great idea for students to do in class. It takes an average lesson, to a great lesson. It allows the students to express their personalities. When I am wanting my students to expressed what they learned throughout the lesson, I could have them create a comic. It is seriously such a fun activity!!!! :)

Podcast Reflection #11: EdTechWeekly #190

EdTechWeekly, oh how I love you! Dave Cormier and John Schinker are so great to listen to. This podcast was perfect for me. I DO NOT like twitter!!! Why in the world would a grade school have all the teachers tweet? Twitter is such a horrible thing to me. They are talking about forcing people to use the twitter, I feel that way about this class. I do not want to tweet and the fact that I have to upsets me. Dave Cormier said that you cannot force people to do this. So this grade school wants the parents to follow the teachers on twitter. What happened to e-mail? I love e-mail or snail mail, I won’t complain. Ahhh, I just do not like twitter.

Podcast Reflection #10: It Simply Isn't the 20th Century Any More Is It?: So Why Would We Teach as Though It Was?

Professor Steven Heppell talked about the evolution of technology. It is crazy to think of just how far we have advanced in the technology world. I still remember having a green screen Apple computer. I thought that we were the coolest person ever. Now your cell phones are just mini computers in our hands. The power that one smart phone has more power than an entire school in the 80’s according to Heppel. Then I begin to think, is all of this technology good? We were able to live without it before, and now look at our economy. People are losing their jobs to robots. So the main question is, how much technology is enough?

Podcast Reflection #9: EdTechWeekly #191

In EdTechWeekly, they talked about technology in the classroom. There was an article wrote in Read Write Web about what students felt that technology held back education. The article stated that the Internet filter and no mobile devices were holding back their education. I personally feel that allowing cell phones in school, especially grade school, is wrong. Students can learn without their cells phones. Call me old fashion, but I stand true to my beliefs.