BLOG POST #C

Chapters 5 and 7

E-BOOKS AND E-READERS

Technology has advanced throughout time and will continue to advance as time goes on. It's a fact that has been accepted in education. Which is why we are now starting to see more E-books and E-readers. regular books have started to become audio books and exams have gone from paper to electronic. The online world had become a great tool in classes bringing the e-book and e-reader. The E-book has allowed many student receive an online copy of a book than a hard copy. May people find this convenient! (I'm one of those people!) As time goes on, these tools will advance and become more and more proficient. Although there are still problems with these methods I honestly believe that they well improve with time.

ELECTRONIC NOTE TAKING

Since I spoke about e-books and e-readers, I felt like bring up the idea of electronic note taking. Electronic note taking is a convenient way of taking school notes. It gives the student the ability to find their notes anywhere at any time. Before, writing note by hand were much more tedious. With electronic note taking, note taking becomes easier to manage and makes it much easier to send to classmates. They can be easily used to compare with homework assignments which can be easier than written notes. It's a easy and convenient way of keeping your notes where they're suppose to be.

PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING

Since the creation of the internet, plagiarism has,sadly, been more evident. The convenience of looking online and finding something similar to what you need makes things much more convincing to doing. In the textbook, it shows the different strategies that can be used to enforce authenticity and 

emphasize the wrong in plagiarism. Overall, Plagiarism is wrong and isn't tolerated in a classroom setting and that should be clearly presented to students from a beginning.

Sources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Digital Blog Post #B

Chapters 2 and 3

RESPONDING TO INNOVATION AND CHANGE

If my memory doesn't fail me, I touched this topic a bit in my last blog post. I speak of it again because I feel very strongly about it. As educators, we need to continue growing in every aspect possible. Technological advancements will never cease so our understanding in the subject shouldn't either. Not all technological advancements can be beneficial to the entirety of the education of the students but it is the job of the educator to learn of the advancements and determine their effectiveness. If there is any way of ever improving the learning of even just one student then we need to be aware of the option. In the textbook, the idea of the Rodger Innovation curve was presented as a way of determining the response to change in students. I believe that if proven to be effective in a classroom setting as it is in a business setting than it could be a great tool.

USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE TEACHING

We use this on a daily basis nowadays. Before, everything was written on overheads, chalkboards, and paper, now, we can receive PDF files, emails, and PowerPoints that produce similar, if not better results than the previous tools. The new tools being introduced into the learning environment has helped both students and teachers. The students are able to receive feedback in better time than before, many tools are found online and are often easier to access than previous tools. PowerPoint has taken the idea of notes to another level. Teachers are allowed to reach both student and parents easier through email. Administration of a course is a lot made simpler through the web tools.

below is a cute cartoon that shows the use of a PowerPoint in a classroom setting:

STUDENT-CENTERED TEACHING

In the textbook, student-centered teaching is described as the approach of teaching the student in a way that he or she can use the lesson in a real-life situation. It is used to bring the student to a point where he is questioning things he or she never took the time to question. I, personally, fell like I would like this approach the most. The point of teaching a student is not only for an exam, you teach with the goal of the student learning and retaining the material taught. As a student, the only way I honestly remembered anything was applying it to a similar day-to-day experience. I don't feel like i'm the only one. Material is retained through two things: repetition and how relateable it is to the one learning. This approach of teaching is leaning more towards the students future an his or her's ability of using the given information in the future.

CONCLUSION

Overall, these two chapters bring out the options that technology give teachers when it comes to teaching. Teaching tools have become more flexible and individualized to the individual learning the material. It makes things easier to both the student and the teacher and that is something that can not be taken for granted. As technology advances, so should our knowledge on it.


Resources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.