Chapter 8 and 9

Teachers act as designers everytime they get ready to put together a lesson. When a teacher puts a powerpoint together or an acitivity there is some level of design that takes place.

iStopMotion is a type of software that allows students beginning at the elementary level to create their own animated movies and time-lapsed recordings. This software allows students to work on frame by frame editing.

Digital storytelling is used for students to develop a story on paper, then use a camera to shoot the video, later using the footage to put together the digital project on a certain type of software. I believe this assingment could work in the classroom. The digital storytelling would teach the students good orginizational skills.

The Fathom dynamics statistics allows highschool students to visualize large data sets. The software can help with geographical pattern awareness.

I believe that just watching television cannot teach a person how to do anything. A lot of people learn how to do things by acutally being hands on. Using these different types of softwares is always going to be the better choice so that everyone can experince how to do things on their own.

References:
Reference
Jonassen, David H. Meaningful Learnign with Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008
 Jonassen, David H., and David H. Jonassen. Meaningful Learning with Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.

Voice Threads in the Classroom

I would definetly use voice threads in my classroom. I love the idea of being able to use the voice thread and the different things that you can do and put it to all different subjects. Students will be able to interact in many different ways and be in control on every aspect on the website. The teacher would be able to give assigments to their students.

Voice threads will allow a student to comment five different ways. You are able to comment by telephone,web cam, text, microphone and file upload. Students can draw on the picture as they are commenting. A voice thread allows students to do a live chat session. They are able to meet while not being in the same room. Group projects can be done so much more easier and with less stress.

Voice threads are a wonderful assest to the classroom. Teachers can engage their students for all subjects. The voice threads give students 5 opportunities to comment on the website.

Week 11: Lesson Plan

The three principles that I would select, that I believe is important to education would be multimodial principles,discovery principles and practice principles. Multimodal principles is good to use in the classroom because meaning and knowledge is built up through images, symbols and abstract design. Discovery principles is good to use because it allows the student to experiment and make discoveries. Finally, the practice principle gives students the time to practice the same subject repetitively.

 I would use the quiz games for my class the students would only be able to do the quiz. Anything that is involved with technology will allow students to become more active and hands on with the assignment.

Principles are good to use in the classroom, because different people learn differently. A teacher should always be aware of the way their students learn.


References:
1. Jonassen, David H., and David H. Jonassen. Meaningful Learning with Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008. Print.