Frustrated!

How frustrating is it, when you cannot access a site that has been recommended for educational purposes? It makes me feel inadequate when it comes to the task at hand. If I were in a teaching environment, using this technology, I would feel that I had wasted my students time if a site did not work properly. How frustrated would students be, if they spent most of thier lesson trying to access information that was not available? I find that a lot of time spent on-line could be wasted waiting for sites to load. Only to discover this web site has expired or this site is unavailable at this time etc... Don't get me wrong, information communication technology is a wonderful tool. We can certainly keep up with the times using this technology. Students of the 21st century are definitely up to date with this technology and would be the first ones to teach us how to use it. If we are to be honest, we are all learners in life.

Crystal Castle Mullumbimby

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After uploading this presentation, the animations and sound seem to not be working. Also the wording is misplaced and distorted. I am wondering if it a case of user or program that has caused these problems. I will investigate and hopefully rectify this problem.

Flickr and Picnik

I have decided to upload the before and after photo so that anyone having a look at it can see the great job picnik does of enhancing phots. I found these sites so much fun! I was surprised at how easy it was to change, enhance, correct, chop, re-colour photo's etc
Flickr and picnik are amazing, kids would have a ball on these sites! As far as learning tools, I think that incorporating this technology into a lesson plan would be beneficial to all students.
Students could use photographs to keep an online diary of their learning journey, they could document their family history or just have a lot of fun changing the way they look in their photo.
Again the possibilities are endless.

wow lets catch up!

I can't believe how much is involved in E-Learning! I am having fun learning all this new technology but I am so frustrated by it at the same time! I am having trouble uploading my power point presentation or creating a link. I am sure that when I figure out how it works, I will be very confident, but at present I feel very frustrated!!! I can envisage my future students being frustrated if they were asked to preform a task...and I as their learning manager were not fully up-to date with the technology I am using...failing to keep them engaged! When using technology it would be imperative to be comprehensive with the technology used. Technology is already in our class rooms, as most private school students have a laptop. Public school students are yet to receive theirs(surprise, surprise) We do have a couple of classes at the public school I work at that have laptops but I feel that the technology is wasted. We have projectors in every class room, but our school could not afford the cables to connect teachers to the projectors and therefore they are useless. The few interactive whiteboards that our school has are extremely under used due to the lack of technology elsewhere in the school. I feel that this transition period that we are facing will eventually catch up to technology, but unfortunately it will be at the expense of our current students. Some of the current teachers are aware of the importance of technology in the classroom, but others are so unaware of the changes in society , let alone technology that they are oblivious to the fact that their students require more interaction with technology.Lets face it kids today are technology savvy. To become learning managers of the 21st century we will need to acquire the skills and attributes to engage our students. These skills and attributes will definitely involve being technology savvy! There are so many applications suited to involving students in engaging learning experiences, that as a learning managers we would be spoilt for choice! Video, voki, power point, u tube, skype,web cams,pod casts, facebook, i chat the applications are endless!!! Children of tomorrow will be workplace ready and futures oriented, with high order thinking skills. We as learning managers will help them achieve the desired learning outcomes using up-to date information and technology!
To engage my students with what I have learned recently I feel that the possibilities are endless. I would hope to engage my students in choosing what they are interested in and modeling a learning experience around what excites them. I know that not all students would be enthusiastic about the same things, but encouraging them to have a go may spark interest that drives them towards a positive learning outcome. Keeping in mind that not all students learn in the same manner. Being student centered is not a hard task! I feel that if you listen to your learners and take time to get to know them, you would find it easier to accommodate their learning needs and abilities, producing positive learning outcomes for all.
cheers
Trish

week 5

Power point will be a useful tool that will easily enable students to work collaboratively on projects that are meaningful outside of the classroom. In order to support students in their learning journey we need to provide learning experiences that enhance and support student's social development and participation. Student's need to feel that they have contributed in a meaningful way to the learning process to obtain positive learning outcomes and a sense of personal achievement.
As a student, I felt that I had achieved a great deal by the time I finished creating my power point presentation. The presentation was fun and easy to create, I found the most challenging thing was to come up with an idea. Putting music to the power point was a little challenging, as I had difficulty finding the right process to make the music play across all of the slides. Once I had found this feature it was relatively simple to achieve. I feel that my digital immigrant status restricts me on occasion, although it was certainly engaging. (I just hope I can upload it for you all to watch)
Cheers Trish