Friday, October 3, 2014
Youtube
When you think of technological teaching tools youtube might not be the first thing that you think of. However, youtube holds a special place in my heart as I feel that there is not much you cant learn from youtube. With its wide range of videos you can view a video that teaches you to count or a video that shows the reproduction of cells. Just recently I had an entire class lecture for Cell Molec that consisted of watching youtube videos. We where able to see how the topography of the mitochondria was done as well as see a cell produce proteins and send them into the extracellular matrix. The extend of knowledge gained from these videos would not have been the same as if we were simple reading about it.
As a teacher I don't see a single subject in which youtube might not be incorporated. The possibilities are endless.
youtube.com
As a teacher I don't see a single subject in which youtube might not be incorporated. The possibilities are endless.
youtube.com
Notability
Is an apple application that works for ipads and macs, it
combines handwritten notes, drawings, photos, and recordings. My favorite part
of this is that it lets you write directly on top PowerPoints and then it lets
you email the notes. This works a little
bit like the livescribe pen (see post #1), unlike it the notability app does not need to be
charged and does not depend on having a notebook. I don’t see any additional
functions outside of those that it shares with livescribe as a teacher but I think
it does have extra function for students. Like is said you can write directly
on top of PowerPoints as well as other document types. In addition it also lets
you add extra pages in between. I like the idea of PowerPoints for the
classroom when teaching non math subjects, however, I do feel like they are not
extremely engaging. I have seen teachers who give students their PowerPoint
with blanks on them and I think it is a great idea. Fill in the blank
powerpoints makes it so that students need to show up to class as well as
actively listen. The reason I went on this ramble is that notability works
great for this type use.
http://www.gingerlabs.com/
Spellingcity
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Spelling city is a great way to engage students in spelling
and vocabulary . I love that students
get over 30 games to practice their words. I like the option of custom word
list and preset word list, as well as the student progress tracker. Overall I
think this website is great because students not only get the spelling or
vocabulary practice but they also get to practice typing which is great for
younger students. The website is also
great because it allows for differentiated learning and works for any different
learning styles. The premium version run
at about $40 for a full year and access for 25 students.
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I would use this program for homework as well as practice. I
could also see this being used so that the kids always know where their
vocabulary or spelling words are. While I would use this for homework I do not
think it would substitute handwritten assignments all together. Studies show
that the act of writing is more beneficial for long term knowledge than
typing. The website also allows for
students to take their test and it self-grades. I don’t think that I would use
that portion of the test because I don’t entire trust test on the computers as
there are many ways to cheat. MathXL
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MathXL
is an online applycation which provides personalized instruction and practice
for math in the middle and high school levels. It works hand in hand with
Pearson math books and allows teachers to create edit and adding homework and
tests.
This is a product that can be hit
or miss in my opinion. I think that it is amazing in that it allows students to
obtain lots of practice as well get feedback right away. The negative side in
my opinion is that it rounds in really erratic ways an students get the
question incorrect for rounding one way in one question and when they round in
the same manner in the next they get it wrong as well. Another downfall is that
this is on the expensive side, I would not make students purchase this unless I
was a hundred percent committed to using it.
Overall I would use this product for homework but not for testing again
because of the problems with rounding. I like this product for practice because
it also gives the students reports on their weakest sections and allows them to
get extra practice. I can also see my self
offering this as an extra credit opportunity .Livescribe Smart Pen 3
LiveScribe Smart Pen 3 works along
side of the livescribe dot paper to capture everthing that you write alongside
with recordings. In addition the smart
pen features Bluetooth which allows the pen to pair with tables or phones to
send the notes almost instantaneously.
Running at 149.95 for the pen
about $10 for a pack of ink the LiveScribe
dot paper notebooks run around 15 for a three pack of one subject notebooks.
Link one will take you to the website.
This pen would be a great addition
to the classroom as it would allow the taking and email of notes. The notes
could also be posted on websites or blogs so that they are easily accessible to
all students. One of the best features of the pen is that it can record at the
same time that you are writing. After you are done you can replay the recording
by putting your pen on the paper. By setting the pen on a portion of your notes
the recording forwards to what was being recorded at the second that the part
of the note was being written. This allows students to go back on lectures for
information they might have missed while they were writing notes. See link 2
for an example. From a student’s perspective the pen would also be advantageous
because it would allow for the keeping of notes without the need to carry a notebook;
in addition the notes would be accessible from various locations. Perhaps one
of the best attributes of the pen is the ability to keep notes long term. It
would completely eradicate the need to keep old notebooks.
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