Power Point Project

My power point project is going along very well and I have had nothing but help from my partners. The topic we chose to do are power points over is the use of laptop computers in the classroom and the benefits and drawbacks that come with them. I feel my partners are doing a good job and they have stayed in contact with me even outside of class. I think as long as both partners understand the content and are willing to do some work than it is better to work in groups. You can get done faster by splitting responsibility of the project. The only way i can see having a partner as a bad thing is if they don't know the content and such. Then you end up babysitting them and trying to explain everything instead of actually getting the work done.

communication with technologies

I think that it is important for teachers to try and incorporate the technologies that there students use into the class room. Its a way to incorporate education into the students life out side the class room, school, state, country, and world. The benefits to asynchronous communication over face to face is very clear in today's world. Though some people learn and under stand things better in person, there is much we can learn from people all over the world. Being able to communicate with people in different places allows a broader range for people to learn, talk, teach, and live socially. It also helps that you can go back and look at what was said or posted. One of the best things about this is that you can meet and become Friends with people on the other side of the world with out it being a hard process. Online chats and instant messaging are of a great value in the class room when real time communication is desired with a person or group of people that are some where else. Using either of these ways of can increase communication and allow easy collaboration. If these types of communication are use properly then they can be a great benefit and not a distraction. A podcast can be another great way to communicate and distribute information. Podcast is a advantage to some one who may be a better talker than a speller. It can also allow you to learn better if you are more of a verbal learner. I can see how some people might think that podcast are a passive way of communicating since it might be a little slower than messaging, but some things are better off said...

communication with technologies

I think that videogames can help with studying because it relates with what alot of students do for fun. If it is designed right and had the content that is needed to be learned than I dont see how it cant be educational. Other than learning the content that the game, they also learn skills that deal with computers and technologies that can be used with them. This is very helpful in a world of today where every thing is going technological. I agree with the artical on the fact that this can expand the learning enviroment by grouping content from several subjects together. My only question about its effectiveness is how much time will it take up. To me it sounded like it mite take a little while for a student to make a videogame, leading to a less broad knowledge of the subject there making the game about. I dont know if i would let them play every day or not. I think that as long as my kids have been active for an hour or two after school they can have an hour or so playing a game. I have grown up playing videogames and I still do every now and then, so I dont see anything wrong with them. I would not let them play all day though.

personality test

Yes i do think students have different learning styles because of their personality's. I think that the test that i took can help me to be aware of what some of my weakness might be. That way i can focus on them and make myself a better teacher. It would be a great advantage if you could know your students personality types because it would allow you to accommodate them on a more personal level in regards to there learning styles and ability.