Amanda’s Blog (Amanda Hess)
http://amandascqu.blogspot.com/
May 6, 2010 5:26 AM Re: power point sound
Amy’s Learning Journal
http://amysjournaling.blogspot.com/
April 18, 2010 12:03 AM re: love the photos
Unfortunately I failed to record the postings I have made to my peers blogs.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Blog Synopsis
The age old image of a teacher standing at the front of a class teaching is becoming a vision of the past. Students need learning managers to be technology savvy to enable them to be engaged in their learning experiences and achieve positive learning outcomes. Technology is an evolutionary development that will continue to evolve. As we move into the 2000 epoch we need to be aware that Society has experienced many changes since the idea of schooling first came about. The change from industrial base to knowledge base society has had an enormous impact on the socio-economic profile. The school system still operates under long held traditions of an industrial based society, causing mindset constraints. This also helps us see the need for a disruptive mindset to take place. To be workplace ready, futures oriented and prepared to cope with a knowledgeable and creativity-based economy. There is a need for learning managers /teachers to possess a new mindset to approach education in the 2000’s epoch.
As stated in Kearsley and Shneiderman’s learning engagement theory. “The fundamental idea underlying engagement theory is that student’s must be meaningfully engaged in learning activities through interaction with others and worthwhile tasks,” (Kearsley and Shneiderman, 1999). E-learning facilitates the use of information communication technology to effectively engage our students in meaningful learning experiences.
We as Learning Managers need to ensure we are giving our students the best possible chance to obtain the desired learning outcomes in an environment that enables students to feel that they have some control over their learning journey. This brings us back to Kearsley and Shneiderman’s learning engagement theory “relate, create, donate” (Kearsley and Shneiderman, 1999) focusing on collaboration, creativity and contribution. These attributes will enable students to be futures oriented with high order thinking skills, thus able to cope with life outside of school.
Being aware of the socio-economic diversity facing students in an ever changing world makes our task even more challenging. Students come from a wide variety of backgrounds including, socio-economically advantaged/disadvantaged, religion, cultural, those with learning disabilities etc… as long as we remain aware of the fact that all students are capable of achieving desired learning outcomes, hopefully we will engage our students and achieve those outcomes.
As Learning Managers we need to provide a student centered approach to our teaching in order to achieve a healthy academic rapport with our students. This rapport is important if we are to get to know the learning styles of our students. Knowing students learning styles will help us to tailor the learning experiences to each student.
Using blogs in the classroom would also enable Learning Managers to get to know their students better. If students were asked to blog their learning journey, Learning Managers would be informed of the students attitudes and perceptions of what he/she is being taught. With an aim to being student focused and futures oriented, the insight from this knowledge would allow Learning Managers to create engaging learning experiences, which used pedagogic strategies to ensure learning outcomes are achieved for all students.
Wiki’s are a fantastic opportunity for students to collaborate and could facilitate whole class group discussions/suggestions/ideas. Students can contribute without feeling inadequate or being singled out, thus allowing students to feel accepted by teacher and peers alike. Wiki would encourage creative thinking while engaging students in classroom tasks that relate to students interests and goals. Using wiki students are able to collaborate on the task requirements and what is expected in relation to learning experience outcomes, giving students clarification. Learning Managers would be able to provide positive constructive feedback to students whilst ensuring the students are remaining on task. Helping students recognize that they have the ability to reach the desired learning outcomes.
Using interactive whiteboards in the classroom enables Learning Managers to engage their students using technology that is relevant. Students are technology savvy from a very young age and are capable of relating their learning experiences to the real world via technology. Interactive whiteboards enables students to perceive the task as relevant helping them to develop and understand positive attitudes and perceptions within the learning journey. This encourages students to push the limits of their knowledge and ability by encouraging creative thinking and the ability to acquire and integrate knowledge. Students would also gain the skills to plan appropriately, identify and use resources available to them, helping them to use their knowledge meaningfully and to extend and refine that knowledge. It is therefore imperative that Learning Managers use this technology to the fullest potential.
Other e-learning tools such as Voki, , Flickr, picnic, power point, you tube etc…all provide endless possibilities. Voki is a very creative way to tell a short story, weather you are a student or a teacher. Students could present their Voki as an introduction to an oral presentation or Learning Managers could use it to introduce the next block of work. Students are able to use this tool easily, it is extremely user friendly.
Flickr could be used to show a students learning journey through building an on-line photo album. Learning managers would need to acquire appropriate permission to display photographs of students on the internet. Students would be able to post photos of various learning experiences including classroom activities, camps, outings, and interests while giving a description of what the images represent.
Picnik enables students to enhance their photo’s adding personal touches (create) posting images to Flickr or a blog etc… (donate) relating to personal experiences on their learning journey (relate).Students are able to verbalize their perceptions of their images encouraging declarative knowledge. Asking students to comment respectfully/constructively on their peers images will encourage students to use their critical thinking skills, ensuring students are aware of these skills.
You tube is another great resource as the possibilities of use are endless. Students could use you tube as a means of creating and presenting their work, providing them with a whole e-learning experience. This work could be meaningful to an organization, company, person/persons etc… outside of the school, or reflect the interest of the student/class. Learning Managers are able to use you-tube as a means of demonstration, introduction, research and general class presentations.
Information communication technology facilitates all aspects of engagement.
Undertaking Managing E-learning as part of my learning journey, I have realized how invaluable technology can be. I have been extremely frustrated by some aspects of the technology and totally elated by others. Had I had the tuition that suited my preferred learning style I would have coped a lot easier with the learning experiences. I feel that my learning outcomes would also have benefited. I can honestly say that I felt meaningfully engaged and that my tasks were worthwhile. The addition of collaboration for assessment purposes made me feel that I was not alone in the way I was feeling. I trust that this assessment of my personal learning journey will help me to become a better Learning Manager, having experienced an engaging, challenging learning journey.
Throughout this journey I have contacted my lecturer in regards to links not working correctly. With my peers I have discussed course content, collaborated on assignments, as well as expressed my frustrations and elation's. I have left hopefully constructive comments on some of my fellow student’s blogs, collaborated via wiki and mahara. This course has a lot of content and I found that I was spending a lot of time looking at the new technology introduced in the course. Having gained the knowledge to use this technology I feel I would be able to use it to its fullest potential, providing I remain up to date and futures focused with a new mindset towards Learning Management. Upon the completion of my Bachelor of Learning Management I would want to possess the skills and attributes to be able to engage my students and create positive learning outcomes for those students, by being knowledgeable, work place ready, adaptive, innovative, creative, student centered, using technology, having high order thinking skills, evaluation/critical reflection skills, being willing to accept change and become a lifelong learner. Learning managers of the future will need the skills to create a pedagogical performance to achieve desired learning outcomes.
Being futures oriented and workplace ready in collaboration with capability are things we as future Learning Managers need to achieve. We have the opportunity to achieve these goals and become the teachers of tomorrow.
References
Kearsley, G. & Shneiderman, B. (1999). Engagement theory: A framework for technology-based teaching and learning.
As stated in Kearsley and Shneiderman’s learning engagement theory. “The fundamental idea underlying engagement theory is that student’s must be meaningfully engaged in learning activities through interaction with others and worthwhile tasks,” (Kearsley and Shneiderman, 1999). E-learning facilitates the use of information communication technology to effectively engage our students in meaningful learning experiences.
We as Learning Managers need to ensure we are giving our students the best possible chance to obtain the desired learning outcomes in an environment that enables students to feel that they have some control over their learning journey. This brings us back to Kearsley and Shneiderman’s learning engagement theory “relate, create, donate” (Kearsley and Shneiderman, 1999) focusing on collaboration, creativity and contribution. These attributes will enable students to be futures oriented with high order thinking skills, thus able to cope with life outside of school.
Being aware of the socio-economic diversity facing students in an ever changing world makes our task even more challenging. Students come from a wide variety of backgrounds including, socio-economically advantaged/disadvantaged, religion, cultural, those with learning disabilities etc… as long as we remain aware of the fact that all students are capable of achieving desired learning outcomes, hopefully we will engage our students and achieve those outcomes.
As Learning Managers we need to provide a student centered approach to our teaching in order to achieve a healthy academic rapport with our students. This rapport is important if we are to get to know the learning styles of our students. Knowing students learning styles will help us to tailor the learning experiences to each student.
Using blogs in the classroom would also enable Learning Managers to get to know their students better. If students were asked to blog their learning journey, Learning Managers would be informed of the students attitudes and perceptions of what he/she is being taught. With an aim to being student focused and futures oriented, the insight from this knowledge would allow Learning Managers to create engaging learning experiences, which used pedagogic strategies to ensure learning outcomes are achieved for all students.
Wiki’s are a fantastic opportunity for students to collaborate and could facilitate whole class group discussions/suggestions/ideas. Students can contribute without feeling inadequate or being singled out, thus allowing students to feel accepted by teacher and peers alike. Wiki would encourage creative thinking while engaging students in classroom tasks that relate to students interests and goals. Using wiki students are able to collaborate on the task requirements and what is expected in relation to learning experience outcomes, giving students clarification. Learning Managers would be able to provide positive constructive feedback to students whilst ensuring the students are remaining on task. Helping students recognize that they have the ability to reach the desired learning outcomes.
Using interactive whiteboards in the classroom enables Learning Managers to engage their students using technology that is relevant. Students are technology savvy from a very young age and are capable of relating their learning experiences to the real world via technology. Interactive whiteboards enables students to perceive the task as relevant helping them to develop and understand positive attitudes and perceptions within the learning journey. This encourages students to push the limits of their knowledge and ability by encouraging creative thinking and the ability to acquire and integrate knowledge. Students would also gain the skills to plan appropriately, identify and use resources available to them, helping them to use their knowledge meaningfully and to extend and refine that knowledge. It is therefore imperative that Learning Managers use this technology to the fullest potential.
Other e-learning tools such as Voki, , Flickr, picnic, power point, you tube etc…all provide endless possibilities. Voki is a very creative way to tell a short story, weather you are a student or a teacher. Students could present their Voki as an introduction to an oral presentation or Learning Managers could use it to introduce the next block of work. Students are able to use this tool easily, it is extremely user friendly.
Flickr could be used to show a students learning journey through building an on-line photo album. Learning managers would need to acquire appropriate permission to display photographs of students on the internet. Students would be able to post photos of various learning experiences including classroom activities, camps, outings, and interests while giving a description of what the images represent.
Picnik enables students to enhance their photo’s adding personal touches (create) posting images to Flickr or a blog etc… (donate) relating to personal experiences on their learning journey (relate).Students are able to verbalize their perceptions of their images encouraging declarative knowledge. Asking students to comment respectfully/constructively on their peers images will encourage students to use their critical thinking skills, ensuring students are aware of these skills.
You tube is another great resource as the possibilities of use are endless. Students could use you tube as a means of creating and presenting their work, providing them with a whole e-learning experience. This work could be meaningful to an organization, company, person/persons etc… outside of the school, or reflect the interest of the student/class. Learning Managers are able to use you-tube as a means of demonstration, introduction, research and general class presentations.
Information communication technology facilitates all aspects of engagement.
Undertaking Managing E-learning as part of my learning journey, I have realized how invaluable technology can be. I have been extremely frustrated by some aspects of the technology and totally elated by others. Had I had the tuition that suited my preferred learning style I would have coped a lot easier with the learning experiences. I feel that my learning outcomes would also have benefited. I can honestly say that I felt meaningfully engaged and that my tasks were worthwhile. The addition of collaboration for assessment purposes made me feel that I was not alone in the way I was feeling. I trust that this assessment of my personal learning journey will help me to become a better Learning Manager, having experienced an engaging, challenging learning journey.
Throughout this journey I have contacted my lecturer in regards to links not working correctly. With my peers I have discussed course content, collaborated on assignments, as well as expressed my frustrations and elation's. I have left hopefully constructive comments on some of my fellow student’s blogs, collaborated via wiki and mahara. This course has a lot of content and I found that I was spending a lot of time looking at the new technology introduced in the course. Having gained the knowledge to use this technology I feel I would be able to use it to its fullest potential, providing I remain up to date and futures focused with a new mindset towards Learning Management. Upon the completion of my Bachelor of Learning Management I would want to possess the skills and attributes to be able to engage my students and create positive learning outcomes for those students, by being knowledgeable, work place ready, adaptive, innovative, creative, student centered, using technology, having high order thinking skills, evaluation/critical reflection skills, being willing to accept change and become a lifelong learner. Learning managers of the future will need the skills to create a pedagogical performance to achieve desired learning outcomes.
Being futures oriented and workplace ready in collaboration with capability are things we as future Learning Managers need to achieve. We have the opportunity to achieve these goals and become the teachers of tomorrow.
References
Kearsley, G. & Shneiderman, B. (1999). Engagement theory: A framework for technology-based teaching and learning.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
week 7
You tube has so much potential! I feel that using this technology would enable me to engage my students at a greater level. If I were to stand at the front of the class and drone on about how to do things, I am sure that my students would lose interest quickly. Using you tube to demonstrate a skill allows me to replay any part a student may have difficulty with as many times as I like.
Google earth was very interesting, as it allows you to look at so much. The technology is amazing, you can look at any country, city, town, streets, galaxies, oceans, mountains, canyons etc...not only in the sense of seeing a picture, but being able to manipulate a 3d image in order to gain information about the particular place you are looking at. Students could create a virtual tour of thier school to show to pen pals in another country. The research possibilities are also endless, geography, geology, global warming, oceanic movements, space, astrology etc...
Wikipedia was interesting to say the least. This would be a fantastic site if the information was reliable. I would encuorage students not to use this site for research purposes only, but rather a starting point. The useful part was to be able to create a word bank or a mind map of information to follow up research using reliable sources. Being able to edit this site allows room for error, although if students found that they had information that is worth adding, it would allow the students to donate their learned information.
Slideshare has not been one of my favourite learning experiences. I found it frustrating to use, although I must say, that I would like to learn how this technology works as I feel it would be a valuable resource in the classroom. Students would be able to create slide shows in order to show knowledge and understanding of learning experiences. They would be able to submit their work via a blog if that were the preferred method.
I felt Incompetech was a good site to use to teach students about stealing other people's work. I also downloaded a piece of rock music titled 'Zap Beat' I could use this music as an upbeat way to do some brain exercises in class. I found this book 'Brain Gym Teacher's Edition'
(By Paul and Gail Dennison) rather interesting. http://www.braingym.com.au/index.php?page=cart&cart_section=product&cart_product_id=574
Google earth was very interesting, as it allows you to look at so much. The technology is amazing, you can look at any country, city, town, streets, galaxies, oceans, mountains, canyons etc...not only in the sense of seeing a picture, but being able to manipulate a 3d image in order to gain information about the particular place you are looking at. Students could create a virtual tour of thier school to show to pen pals in another country. The research possibilities are also endless, geography, geology, global warming, oceanic movements, space, astrology etc...
Wikipedia was interesting to say the least. This would be a fantastic site if the information was reliable. I would encuorage students not to use this site for research purposes only, but rather a starting point. The useful part was to be able to create a word bank or a mind map of information to follow up research using reliable sources. Being able to edit this site allows room for error, although if students found that they had information that is worth adding, it would allow the students to donate their learned information.
Slideshare has not been one of my favourite learning experiences. I found it frustrating to use, although I must say, that I would like to learn how this technology works as I feel it would be a valuable resource in the classroom. Students would be able to create slide shows in order to show knowledge and understanding of learning experiences. They would be able to submit their work via a blog if that were the preferred method.
I felt Incompetech was a good site to use to teach students about stealing other people's work. I also downloaded a piece of rock music titled 'Zap Beat' I could use this music as an upbeat way to do some brain exercises in class. I found this book 'Brain Gym Teacher's Edition'
(By Paul and Gail Dennison) rather interesting. http://www.braingym.com.au/index.php?page=cart&cart_section=product&cart_product_id=574
U tube
I am currently working with a year 9 special education home economics class. This u-tube presentation would be a great way to show my students the steps required when following a reciepe. It has step by step, easy to follow instructions. Being a u-tube presentation, if a student had difficulty grasping a particular step, I could replay that part as many times as necessary.
Reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btuQoGSSY3M
Monday, May 3, 2010
Take 2
This is my second attempt at uploading a power point presentation. Unfortunately slideshare does not support animations or sound (http://getsatisfaction.com/slideshare/topics/hi_i_have_a_pps_which_contains_animation_and_music_imbegded_in_the_presentation_the_slide_show_was_also_set) In order to upload this power point a second time I have chosen to go with authorSTREAM as mentioned in the link above. Unfortunately using authorSTREAM I could not get the sound to load. I have also been unable to use 'Synchronisation Workspace' in slideshare to enable the sound. I have managed to create an audio to go with this power point so I will continue work on this issue.
As you can see I have chosen to do a power point on a place I have visited. If my learning experience required students to create a power point using their own images, I would demonstrate using a piece of work that was similar to what I expected from my students.
I have again been working on getting sound to my power point, but to no avail. Apparently I would have to remove the animations for slideshare to work and authorstream has poor instruction for this task.
I am extremely frustrated by the amount of time wasted on this activity. I feel that the technology here is limited and the site has been difficult to navigate. the instructions on our course description advised that we use 'Synchronisation Workspace', I could not locate this application, I also found this site hard to navigate. Uploading the power point was the easy part, trying to do anything with it was the frustrating part. Again user or program?
Thursday, April 29, 2010
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.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Crystal Castle Mullumbimby
Check out this SlideShare Presentation:
Crystal Castle Mullumbimby
View more presentations from Trish Lovett.
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.
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.
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