Week 9

What are some ways you can tell that you have successfully integrated technology into your lesson?
I believe you can tell you have successfully integrated technology into your lesson by seeing how it relates. If it enhances the learning to the lesson or relates to the lesson objective well then it is successful.

What do you feel technology should accomplish in order to be a legitimate addition to your lesson?
It should use interaction. It should be attention getting. It should expand their knowledge on the subject and help them become enthusiastic about learning.

What indicators can tell you whether or not you have chosen an appropriate technology for your lesson?
I think if it is easy enough for the students to use. I think it also needs to follow the lesson and add to the knowledge on the subject.

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Week 9

• What are some ways you can tell that you have successfully integrated technology into your lesson?

I can tell if I used the technology successfully if the students attention is on the lesson and they are able to understand and learn from it.

• What do you feel technology should accomplish in order to be a legitimate addition to your lesson?

It should definitely support the lesson that I am trying to teach the students. It must follow what we are learning about and only add more education on the subject, not take away.

• What indicators can tell you whether or not you have chosen an appropriate technology for your lesson?

I would say the attention of the students and if it is supporting the subject matter.

Week 8

• What are some of the problems with learning TPACK skills?

It requires a lot of knowledge such as interdependent content, technological, and pedagogical knowledge

• What is the main idea of the article?

The main idea implementing TPACK into activities that are planned into the curriculum that follows what they are teaching.

• What are some of the ideas in the article that led you to your main idea?

It talks about how teachers goals are to have learning activities that go along with their curriculum. It talks about how they can do this.

• What are some reasons that this article might be important for you as a teacher?

It would be importatnt for me to learn the importance of using TPACK in my classroom and as part of my curriculum.

Week 7

i. What is the role of technology in creating dynamic experiences for your students?
Technology brings a whole new view to the students. It creates interaction and variety in the classroom. It makes things more interesting and more exciting to learn about.
ii. What are some ways that technology might actually detract from student learning?
Technology could detract from student learning if it is too dynamic. It could just be too complicated for the students to understand or use. Therefore, it would just be a nuisance instead of interactive.
iii. What are three examples of effective technology use that you have used or experienced?
I feel that the digital story technology is definitely beneficial and would be a productive learning source for students. I also feel that just simple technology such as a computer is effective for the students because it helps them have hands on experience. I also feel that movies on a projector is successful as well because it grabs the students attention where they will be more receptive to what is being taught.

Week 6 Response

1. I feel that there are other good sensory experiences that would complement the use of a virtual tour. I feel like videos posted on the locations would be very attention-getting to the students. I also feel like posting pictures of the actual location would be beneficial as well. It would be neat to have different smells from that location that are common. It would be nice to bring in objects that they could look at and touch that are found in that specific location. You could also bring in food that is from there as well! This would be very fun for the students.

2. WWII Holocaust- I thought it was very informative, but just not enough variety amongst the different locations.

Celebrations around the world- I think this was really neat! I loved how they took you straight into the room where the Declaration of Independence is located.

7 Wonders of the World- I think this was my favorite one. It was very attention getting and informative about each wonder.

3. I think the upsides of creating a virtual tour is it is definitely different than the normal day-to-day routine. It is very fun and interactive. The students can learn hands on and get a feel for what the location is really like. The downsides would be teaching the students how to use Google Earth for the virtual tour.

Pros and Cons of Digital Storytelling

I loved this assignment! I think that would be useful in the classroom. It was neat that you could put any pictures and music you would like and narrorate. This would make it so entertaining for your students to watch. I would say one of the cons is doing all of the work to get it put together. It is definitely worth it though!