Blog Reflection #7

Final Blog Reflection!

Thank you for seven productive weeks!  Remember how we started this class seven weeks ago?  Yes, your education philosophy.  It is time to reflect on what you have worked on over the last seven weeks and revise your education philosophy.  Please post your revised education philosophy in your blog.  

I plan to create a small book in print including your profile, before and after education philosophy as a memento for this class.  Please email me if you would like to be included. I will only include those that email me with your brief profile and a portrait picture.  My goal for doing this is to give you something that you can show to future employers...it is a good memento for being a member of this class as well.  

Well done! Thank you!  Dr. BH

Blog Reflection Week 6

Blog Reflection Week 6

Review this article Teaching with Technology Podcasting.  Write your reflection after reviewing this article and completing your technology project for this week.  Make sure your reflection will include the answer to these questions:

- What are your thoughts on the future of podcasting in education?

- How will you integrate podcasting in your current classroom?

Blog Reflection 4

Blog Reflection #4

In the chapter, Is it Age or IT: First Steps TowardsUnderstanding the Net Generation, the author sets forth several implications for educating the generations of learners present in higher education today. What many assume about the Net Gen, or traditional learner, is not necessarily true. This group of learners wants to be engaged in a hybrid (face-to-face/online) learning environment with a healthy balance of technology integrated. As opposed to many of the non-traditional students wanting the online environment due to the reality of work, family, etc.

Several questions are posed in relation to technology not just being an age related phenomenon. Ask yourself and answer the following - you may be surprised at your answers.

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Are you more comfortable composing documents online than longhand?

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Have you turned your "remembering" (phone numbers, meetings, and so on) over to a technology device?

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Do you go to meetings with your laptop, iPad, or tablet?

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Are you constantly connected? Is the Internet always on whether you are at home or work? Is your cell phone always with you?

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How many different activities can you effectively engage in at one time?

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Do you play video or computer games?      

What generational category do you fall in or are you a mixture of a few?

This article focused on implications primarily for higher education; however, the characteristics for the Net Gen remain true for students in K12. What and how do we need to change?  

Blog Reflection #3 - Assessment

Blog Reflection #3 - Assessment

I hope this week generated some thoughts on assessment and ways in which we can and should be assessing learning and change - not just in K12, but in higher education and throughout life! Learning is a continuous process and learning=change.

The article you were asked to review, Electronic Portfolios as Digital Stories of Deep Learning, focused on the difference between assessment for learning and assessment of learning and identified 10 research based principles related to AFL - assessment for learning. Which tenent did you most relate to and why? What potential if any, do you see for portfolio assessment? What do you think the creation and development of your portfolio will do for your learning?

Week 2 Reflection

Reflective Blog #2

After completing the MAPping information activity, what are your reactions to your findings? What will you do differently while searching on the Internet for information now? How confident are you with the information you've used in the past (as part of your college career and/or in your profession)?

What are some implications for the future of our students if we fail to teach them these skills in school? After all, the schools may block access to sites, but students still have access at home.

Do you see any advantages for organizing your information via a social bookmarking tool? Which one did you choose to use and why? What are some ways you think you could use these tools in the future?

Reflective Blog #1

Reflective Blog #1

One of your assignments in week 1 was to develop a rough draft of your educational technology philosophy. Copy and paste a copy of that draft as part of your first blog posting. In addition, discuss how this exercise can/will possibly assist you in identifying future technology projects for this class and in other areas. In other words, how is having your philosophy down in writing helpful to you?

At this point, what potential uses do you see for blogging? Stephen Downes' article on Educational Blogging (posted in the technology project assignment area in week 1) was written in 2004. Have we met this potential? What's preventing us from doing so?

November's article, Creating a Culture for Teaching and Learning (posted in the list of week 1 activities) outlines six areas to think about and changes on the horizon with technology and education. Which one stood out to you the most and why?

Try to embed a copy of the concept map you created to explain your understanding/definition of the field of educational technology into your blog.

And finally, what are some of your expectations for this class?