Sunday, March 2, 2008

Class 9 Readings (3/20/08)

Teaching Today

This was basically a web search engine. I have very little to say about this article. I think that Google is still better then the search results provided by this search engine.

Class 8 Readings (3/6/08)

When the BOOK? When the Net?

The primary aspect of this article was to explore the ways of searching online information and the terms used to find more specific information on a given topic. The article was written by a person that obviously dose little computer work and even less online resource hunting.

Using Technology to Enhance Literacy Instruction

This article is about finding way to use technology in the class room to help enhance education. They also go over different ideas and uses of programs and conventional teaching strategies and help to find ways that it can be implemented into the classroom. The article also touches on the idea that technology in the classroom can be a hindrance if not used productively.

Class 7 Readings (2/25/08)

Technology: A Catalyst for Teaching and Learning in the Classroom

The fact is that we use technology everyday in our lives. With out it, we are lost. Everything from banking, right down to buying groceries at the supermarket uses a computer to calculate the transaction. The world we know revolves around some form of modern technology, except one, education. The big question is why not education. Well, the first thing we must consider is that education is a very large idea, covering many different areas. As advanced as technology is, we still have not been able to replace teacher intuition with computer fuzzy logic. We are starting to use it as a resource but even that is slow.

Integrating Technology into the Classroom using Classroom Instruction
that Works

This article provided a great amount of online resources and links. This was more of simply a resource guide than anything else. It also provided different ideas for the implementing of web and tech based ideas and resources into the lesions and classroom.