My Presentation

Dr. Alice Christie

Dr. Alice Christie was a teacher for twenty-five years before her retirement. She now applies her time to further student education through technology in various ways. The one primary area I would cocentrate on as an educator would be the realm of technology. Teaching my students how to apply themselves via the internet and creating data of their own insight. Technology is eventually going to overcome material education, books may even become for the most part obsolete for retaining information. I plan on developing with my students a full understanding of how and why technology works to further thier knowledge. Sharing information with other schools and insitutes will also play a major role in my classroom.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is an Internet based encyclopedia database that allows anything to be posted. I personally would never find it relevant to use the system as a reliable source for information. The articles posted by numerous individuals one including Virgil Griffith, have noted changes set to already existing data. Major corporations go back to edit information within the wiki listing. If you can edit information who is to say if it is true or false? For trustworthy information on an actual document or subject matter I would only trust a published encyclopedia. Other material can only be judged by having a reliable source directly from a corporation, business, and even our own government. Trust is hard to come by these days, and I almost have to witness first-hand to believe something.

Who Needs Customer Service?

The Fischbowl blog post I viewed was written in the month of May 2007. It is a response to a video "Ordinary Indignity" posted by a man named David Prouge. The video is about customer service(HP Customer Care) in the modern age. The customer is asked senseless questions, forced to listen to horrible waiting music, and eventually hung up on. Sound familiar? Fisch relates the situation to the education realm. Having people better understand technology and how it works to resolve problems with little or no aid. This is necessary he says to be "technologically literate " which is undoubtedly in the near future. Fisch also states that a better ''customer" aka student "provider" aka school relationship would give students more room to apply themselves and not be discarded as another statistic. Would you want a teacher to reiterate useless questions or inspire and provide you with helpful answers?

Technology Illiteracy

The blog post

"Is It Okay To Be Technologically Illiterate?"

produced by Karl Fisch is an insight to the capabilities of current educators to be able to understand and apply technology in the classroom. He stands his ground on the subject and makes a strong statement that if you are not evolving you are wrong. Karl Fisch believes everyone of educational statute should be accountable for their negligence of technological tools, no matter what position one holds.
I personally completely agree with Mr. Fisch. Educators today should have great knowledge of technology and how to aid not only their students but themselves as well. When I was in high school (1996-2000) computers were the last source for obtaining information basically obsolete. I can think of numerous occasions where they would have been of great use, not just to keep track of my library books. I think every standard Karl Fisch implies should be met and applied in every grade level.

International Class Blogs

In this bog post I will be discussing blog posts of classrooms in other countries.2M Gems is the first blog post from a classroom in Australia. The blog relates to a teacher only known as Ms. M and her students from ages (7-8). The blog is highly similar to other classroom blogs. Students interact with the teacher for current and future projects of the class. She also has lessons plans and due dates for reference. (http://2mgems.blogspot.com/)
The second blog I found is Gary Coyle's Grade 8 Humanities class. Located in New Delhi,India at the American Embassy School. In this blog Mr.Coyle reviews everything his class day by day. Invoking the sudebts responses with polls and voting schemes. He uses allot of visual aid in his presentations as well. Allowing students to acquire information outside the classroom this is a very helpful blog.

Blogging With Class!!

In this blog post I will be discussing the use of blogging in (K-12) classrooms. I searched the web and found countless blog posts. These are a couple I found to be interesting. I hope you enjoy them as well.
The first blog is Mrs. Namara's Class Blog (http://mrsmcsclass.blogspot.com). In this blog teacher Teresa McNamara shares information about her classroom and students and how they interact with blogging. She is a fifth year teacher residing in Queensland, Australia. She essentially uses the blog to keep track of her achievements and to allow students to express their involvement. She also interacts with other blogs and websites.
The second blog (http://mrsd.tblog.com) involves a second grade teacher named Ms. Dudiak. Ms. Dudiak has designed a blog for her reading class students in Maryland. The blog focuses on the students writing activities as well as her response. She explains to the students what a blog is and exactly how it will aid them. The blog also allows Ms. Dudiak to keep contact with students even when the school year is complete. The students seem to interact with the blog posts with much enthusiasm.
In closing, both of these blogs are great examples of technology aiding in the classroom. Sharing information via the Internet has just put its feet in the water. In the near future I'm sure we will all be amazed and asking " What's Next?''

Did You Know?

The presentation of "Did You Know ?" completely blew me away. I had a slight idea that the change to come would be vast but not to this extent. What really grabbed my attention the most was the multiplying of numbers and the education rates of other countries. Technology is growing at an astonishing rate. Almost everyone relies on some form of it to manage everyday life. Soon it will be a necessity.
By the time that I enter the classroom as a teacher things will have changed dramatically. I sternly believe in the views of the video. Educators need to be aware of new technologies in order to prepare themselves as well as students to succeed. As mentioned in the video we have the opportunity as individuals to put the world in every child's hand. I strive to see that happen.