Week 2 Assignment

What are some ways technology ideas from Chapter6 can be used in the classroom to support curriculum?

I think it would be a great idea to create blogs, lets say for a reading assignment. If you are doing a book study on a novel, you could create a classroom blog for the student. The students could communicate outside school hours to discuss the book. It would give students a forum to present their own opinions about the literature being studied. I also think it could be a good teaching tool for students to assist other students, maybe they could interpret parts of the literature for each other in a way you as the teacher could not. I think a blog would also be a good way for students to evaluate what they are reading, and realize you have to research your information thourghly because you may be getting false information.

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Are they a waste of students time? and how would I respond to that?
I don't think they are a waste of time. I believe if used prroperly they can be a valuable tool in education.

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How are blogs useful in education? I think blogs could be useful in education to open doors for students to communicate with other students from around the world and beyond their classrooms.

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What do I think about blogs?
I think they can be very useful as long as you understand what your reading. For example, blogs are a good way to spread information, if the information is correct. You must always consider the sources that are blogging.

CopyRight

It's been my experience that teachers don't always have access to all teaching materials needed. Therefore, many teachers share equipment, knowledge, ideas, and copyrighted material. Are they really going to get in legal trouble for sharing this information. And if so, shouldn't the employer also be held accountable for not providing enough material.

My name is Angela Espinosa. I am a teachers aide at a public elementary school. I have worked at my school for the past 9 years. I have worked in every class room on my campus from Pre-k, to 6th grade and even CMC, PPCD, afterschool tutoring and one time I had to help in our cafeteria when one day the kitchen had a small disaster and was unable to cook lunch so we had to make over 700 sandwiches by hand to feed the students for the day.
Our school was newly rebuilt in 2009 so we received completely new technological equipment for our campus. Before our building was about 40 years old and many of our classrooms still had to use chalkboards. Today we have Promethian Boards in every class room. Our computer lab has brand new Macs for students to use, We have audio book devices we assign to students, And some of our classroom have laptops that are issued to students.
I am somewhat familiar with using computers and technology but I would really like to learn as much as I can about what is really out there for teachers to use. I can do simply things, download music, upload pictures, but I don not have a good knowledge of more in depth ways to use technology.