Technological Pedegogical Content Knowledge attempts to capture the main parts of knowledge needed when teaching in a technology integrated environment.
Concept mapping could either be created using the programs Inspiration or Kidspiration. Both programs perform interesting ways of forming a map. You can easily add colour, text and picture objects. By the teacher showing that class a concept map at the beginning of a new topic it shows the students what areas they should learn and understand. Also the teacher could have the students complete a concept map at the end of a section to show what thay have learnt of a specific topic.
These are a very good means of communication in a lesson. They are able to be simply modified to be used over and over when teaching the same lesson to different classes. Though features such as hyperlinks can be difficult to set up they form a good independent learning area that children can view, with certain linked websites that have been previously selected by the teacher.
Points of why PowerPoints are good for teaching:
During our lecture today we learnt about teaching tools which could be used in the classroom. Different hardware products which can be used to document work are:
A more low tech way to record students achievement is to have an indexed A5 folder where each tab can be allocated for a child.
There are several products availble for use through Microsoft Office, these include:
Other software programs avaliable are:
Paper based templates conclude of:
Other specialist software programs available are:
Programs that are able to be used throuh web 2.0 consist of:
All of the above products can be essentail for teachers to use when documenting childrens achievement in work.
This was an intersting and very simple way to create a collaboration of pictures which tell a poem.
To start with we created a sence poem e.g. I see… I hear… I feel…etc. Then once we filled in the gaps we eliminated to beginning phrases. Then went outside and took digital photographs relating to our poem. Back on the computers we uploaded our photos and followed the simple steps in creating our story using the program Photo Story.
There is still a concern about the protection of students from inappropriate websites due to the large amount of internet usage and small amount of safety. Internet usage at home is increasing and most of the time children are unsupervised. It was not until 1990 was internet safety mentioned. One of the biggest concerns is students placing personal details online and having webcam conversations.
98% of Primary Schools have access to the internet. Studying online can easily be distracted by children accidently clicking on the advertisments not knowing that it could lead to pornography or bomb receipe sites.
Two compulsory saftely rules which schools must obtain are:
The skilld produced in 21st century education has provided a new approach to teaching and learning today. Twenty-first century content covers critical thinking, problem sloving, communication, creativity, media, information and literacy. Education taught in the 21st century enables children to be taught a vast amount of skills which they would encounter in future jobs. Twenty-first century education encourages children to work independently and seek resources from outside the classroom.
Within an equipt 21st century classroom you would find interactive whiteboards, data projectors and pods of laptops for students use. Blogs are an up and coming means of communication between the teacher, students and parents. You are able to anounce notices and upcoming events, attach work so that if the child misplaced their homework sheet they could print another one off. Also you can have links to other pages where children could find sites to access for research and parents are able to view how their child is doing and give feedback.
Below is a list of the characteristics found in 21st centruy teaching.
Tim Berners-Lee had a great vision for the internet when he began developing the World Wide Web in 1989. Berners-Lee wanted to make it a place were we could all meet, read and write. He wanted the web to be built by people around the globe linking data, personal experiences and talents.
1993: The Mosaic Web browser came into action and was the first part of Berners-Lee’s dream developed.
Blogs (weblogs): During 2006 a blog tracking service listed around 25 million blog sites containing peoples personal journals etc.
20th century ended with the internet becoming an essential means of communication, connecting people from around the globe. There were text-based newsgroups created where people could share ideas, leave opinions and reviews. At the present time we are in the midst of an explosion of technologies which are happening in different areas of our lives, e.g, journalism, business and politics. “The people who will understand this best are probably only just being born” as quoted by Dan Gillmor.
There is transforamtional changes in store for teachers and students, though education has been slow to pick up on these.
The face of journalism has been changed due to the ease of being able to publish texts, pictures and videos.
Wikipedia: Is a document of information gathered together on a wiki that anyone who has access to the internet can publish and edit.
Digital Natives: are knowledegable and experienced at using computers, cellphones, weblogs etc, theses students have been born into a world of digital gadgets. Adults whom have never heard of such technologies are being out-smarted by children.
Digital Immigrants: Are those such as teachers who did not grow up surrounded by technology, they still print out their e-mails and use phone books to look up numbers.
RSS (rich site summary): is a technology thats allows teachers to subscribe to “feeds”, it reads to be an extremely useful application especially for eduaction.
Online Photo Galleries: When you place your photographs online your not only sharing then with family and friends but your also connecting to a community of photographers who share ideas and experiences.
Safety: Is about being responsible, appropriate and using your common sense. Like most things in like the web has risks yet they can be minimised by being safe, e.g, don’t go publishing your full name and address along with a photo of yourself. Teachers should do a lot of planning before allowing students to roam the internet, they should sort out specific sites which relate to the topic being studied and check that there is no bad language etc on the page.
The Web has gone from being a read only site to a read and write site connecting the world to one place a the touch of a button. Despite the newness of the web interactions such as Weblogs, Wikis, RSS and the likes many teachers and students are using them.
Jenny C 15-3-09
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