tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8450226490984809392024-03-12T22:00:24.268-07:00Educational Technology For You!SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-33347910889981936682013-12-04T08:27:00.000-08:002013-12-04T08:27:08.821-08:00Turn an iPad into a Document CameraFor years I have been wanting a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_camera" target="_blank">document camera</a> for my classroom, but simply couldn't justify the price. I recently discovered how to turn an iPad into a document camera. Below are the step-by-step directions and pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">1) Turn your iPad camera on</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2) Flip the camera direction around so it is capturing you</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">3) Hey look, that's me!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">4) Connect to the Apple TV</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">5) That is what the students see, a projection of what the iPad camera is seeing</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">6) This is what I see, me in front of the iPad camera</span></td></tr>
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It is that simple! It was quick and easy to set up, and now my students can see all the small things. This whole set up may be enhanced with some sort of <a href="http://www.thejoyfactory.com/sites/default/files/u107/tripod%20mount%201.jpg" target="_blank">iPad tripod</a> where I can securely adjust the angle. SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-92201356046806017722013-11-23T12:14:00.000-08:002013-11-23T12:22:07.886-08:00MLTI iPad Apps iBook<br />
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I have attended several meetings and conferences this fall since the roll out of the iPads as one of the devices offered in the state-wide one-to-one program. One of the constant challenges that I have heard from classroom teachers is being unsure what all of the apps that come pre-loaded on the iPad do. Often I have heard suggestions to "just <a href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google</a> the app", but many classroom teachers simply don't have time to look up the 100+ apps. Below is a link an iBook that I wrote in response. Simply put, the iBook is a "just Google it" summary of each app that comes pre-installed on an MLTI issued iPad. I turned to the<a href="http://www.maine.gov/mlti/deployment/ApplePrimary_RFP201210412.pdf" target="_blank"> MLTI RFP</a>, the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/store?cid=wwa-us-kwg-music-itu" target="_blank">Apple iTunes store</a>, and a few other websites for descriptions. <br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5-FwsRX_mHNNG44aS1JUC10aGc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">MLTI iPad Apps iBook</a><br />
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5-FwsRX_mHNN1hnbDVRRTBNZzg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">MLTI iPad Apps PDF</a>SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-81976623180391474782013-11-23T07:45:00.000-08:002013-11-23T07:45:29.531-08:00Digital Docent - The Bridge to Connect Digital Generations<h2>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Digital Docent - The Bridge to Connect Digital Generations</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Recently I have been learning more about and giving <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kapokc-RDtbHx9zXUqraXbGHOY5Oj9K5KCQRQgVVtcw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">presentations</a> on the students who walk into our classrooms every day. A common phrase uttered by teachers is "my students today just can't ______ like they students in the past have". What I have found from my learning is that the students in todays classrooms simply aren't wired the same way students used to be, so that means they don't learn always naturally learn in the same ways. </span><br />
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The students who come to school today are accustomed to interacting with the world in a digital way, they are known as digital natives. <b id="docs-internal-guid-1ff11f8e-bcc2-f945-1d6a-e8d8709ab4ab" style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"They were all born after 1980, when social digital technologies, such as Usenet and bulletin board systems, came online. They all have access to networked digital technologies. And they all have the skills to use those technologies” </span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-1ff11f8e-bcc2-f945-1d6a-e8d8709ab4ab"><span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Born-Digital-Understanding-Generation-Natives/dp/0465018564" target="_blank">Palfrey & Gasser, 2008, pg. 1</a>).</span></b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the flip side, there is a second term used for people are do not interact with the digital world as natively, they are known as digital immigrants. <span style="line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“A person who has adopted the Internet and related technologies, but who was born prior to the advent of the digital age” </span><span style="line-height: 1.5; white-space: pre-wrap;">(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Born-Digital-Understanding-Generation-Natives/dp/0465018564" target="_blank">Palfrey & Grasser</a>, 2008, pg. 346). </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />I would like to introduce a new third term: digital docent. When you go to any museum in the United States the who gives tours is known as a docent. The word docent is from the Latin word <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">docēns, which means to teach. </span>These are the people who grew up on the edge of all of this technology. They can connect with how both the digital natives and the digital immigrants view the digital world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Currently in the education world there are is a huge push to integrate technology into the classroom. The challenge is that many of our current educators are digital immigrants. This isn't a bad thing, it just adds another challenge when trying to integrate technology. The digital docents who are also teachers are essential to ensuring the successful integration of technology. It is their job to act as the bridge between the digital natives and digital immigrants. The digital docent has the capacity to teach as the Latin root of the word suggests both of these groups. The big question is how best to facilitate this teaching bridge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://marcprensky.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Prensky-TEACHING_DIGITAL_NATIVES-Introduction1.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering For Real Learning</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Introduction </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/+Prensky-The_Reformers_Are_Leaving_Our_Schools_in_the_20th_Century-please_distribute_freely.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Palfrey </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465005152/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives</span></a></span><br />
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SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-81672496541566022022013-10-19T05:51:00.000-07:002013-10-19T05:51:06.768-07:00Technology as the Bridge for Customized Learning<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Customized Learning is not a new concept in education. In the 1920’s, Mastery Education was introduced where students could move at their own pace until they had mastered a set of standards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entire textbook series were created in order to allow for this. So why did Customized Learning die out the first time? Money. A school needed to be able to invest in this new series of textbooks. In the 1960’s, Bloom and his protege Block reintroduced the idea of students progressing at a pace that was appropriate for them and demonstrating mastery of a skill. So why did Customized Learning die out the second time? Again, money was an issue, but there was also a resistance to educational reform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is 2013, and Customized Learning in education is here for a third time. What makes it more possible this time? Technology. This is the bridge that allows for Customized Learning to happen in our 21st century digital classrooms. Rather than having to purchase an entire series of textbooks as schools had to in the 1920’s and 1960’s, technology is already at the fingertips of all of our teachers and students. Customization has what it needs to finally be implemented. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are two types of technology use in Customized Learning. First, there is technology to track student progress through the standards that students, parents, and teachers can access. Second, there is technology to demonstrate and facilitate learning. This second type of technology is utilized by students to demonstrate mastery of a standard or to demonstrate an activity that students work through to prepare for standard mastery. Although Customized Learning utilizes technology, it does not replace teaching, facilitating, and guiding from teachers. Students still interact with peers and teachers in a Customized Learning classroom, but technology allows for the facilitation of learning at their pace. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-One-World-Schoolhouse-Reimagined/dp/1455508381" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khan, S. (2012). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The one world schoolhouse: Education reimagined</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. London: Hodder and Stoughton.</span></a></div>
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SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-71452114198897624242013-09-25T16:52:00.003-07:002013-09-25T16:53:59.941-07:0021st Century Skills<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a cross post from <a href="http://www.irishmathclass.com/">www.irishmathclass.com</a>, my <a href="http://www.irishmathclass.com/?page_id=234" target="_blank">classroom blog</a>. Tonight I was getting caught up on email and Internet reading when I cam across this - <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/parent-21st-century-learning-resource-guide?download=txt&key=1380147858&token=999e1a5b421b0a0d8f343364719b3f63" target="_blank">A Parent's Guide to 21st Century Learning</a>. This guide got me to thinking about how important 21st Century Skills are and that it we as educators really need to help educate parents on this topic. </span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">The skills that the students today need in order to be successful in future jobs are not necessarily the same skills that we needed or learned about in school. This new set of skills is referred to as 21st Century Skills. One of the simplest definitions comes from <a data-mce-href="http://www.curriculum21.com/pd/curriculum-mapping/archives/glossary/" href="http://www.curriculum21.com/pd/curriculum-mapping/archives/glossary/">Curriculum 21</a> where they define 21st Century Skills as "<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">skills students need to be successful in the 21st century. They include: cross-curricular skills and learning to learn skills". This doesn't mean that the core content - reading, writing, math, science, and history to name a few are no longer important, it means that students need to learn that and more. They need to learn how to interact with a world that is always changing and will mostly be digital. <a data-mce-href="http://www.p21.org/overview" href="http://www.p21.org/overview">The Partnership for 21st Century Skills</a> has a fantastic overview of 21st Century Skill. The following video summarizes the rapid shifts that are occurring in the world around us. Our task is to prepare our students the best that we can so that they can be critical thinkers and problem solvers. </span></span><br />
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SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-71555067052169770402013-09-17T17:20:00.003-07:002013-09-17T17:20:54.787-07:00Google Calendar Enhancing the Home/School Connection<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since the dawn of time teachers and parents have been trying to make better connections between home and school. When parents ask their child "What do you have for homework tonight" the child either can't remember, or gives the default answer that they don't have any. <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> can help solve this problem. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> is a free online calendar website where you can keep your personal calendar, a shared calendar with a group of people who can all add to it, or a shared calendar with people where online one person can add to it. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As a teacher with a <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> you could create a calendar where you enter assignments and then share this calendar with students and parents. You could also embed the calendar with assignments into a <a href="http://www.irishmathclass.com/?page_id=9" target="_blank">classroom website</a>. Below are the steps for creating a Google Calendar, steps for sharing the calendar with students and parents, and the steps to embed the calendar into a blog or website. In order to create and share a <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> you need to have a <a href="https://accounts.google.com/SignUp" target="_blank">Google account</a> already set up. If you don't have one, <a href="http://click%20the%20drop-down%20arrow%20to%20the%20right%20of%20the%20calendar%20that%20you%20want%20to%20share/" target="_blank">follow these directions</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.1875px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To create a new calendar, just follow these steps:</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit;">1) Click the drop-down arrow to the right of</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My calendars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit;">2) Select</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Create new calendar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit;">3) Enter information about your new calendar</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All of the calendars you create will be listed under <span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My Calendars</span> on the left side of your page. For each of the calendars, you can add, delete, and edit events any time you like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1) </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: normal;">Click the drop-down arrow to the right of</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the calendar that you want to share</span></div>
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SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-84589435504803350152012-02-11T16:39:00.000-08:002012-02-11T16:39:22.423-08:00A Second Look At Second Life (Irish)<br />
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<i>At professional conferences, the keynote speaker is often introduced through the presentation of a short video that focuses the audience’s attention and provides background and insight on the speaker’s topic. This year, you have been given the honor of participating in a distance education conference by introducing the keynote speaker’s address. Your introduction may focus on any aspect of distance education that you find timely and interesting. In order to introduce the speaker, you are required to develop a 5- to 6-minute video on the distance education topic you selected. </i></div>
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Like so many things, technology use exists on a continuum: static to dynamic. Static technologies are those that allow the user to capture information. Dynamic technologies are those that allow the user to generate their own original thoughts. It isn't that one is better than the other, it is more that you need to ensure that there is an appropriate balance of the two. <br />
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If you think of it as the levels of <a href="http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm" target="_blank">Bloom's Taxonomy</a>, through the efficient use of static technology the learner will eventually be able to use dynamic technology. Just as you would never create a lesson that only uses one level of Bloom's Taxonomy, you would also not create a class that uses only one type of technology. SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-85768331520208333772012-01-25T13:38:00.000-08:002012-01-25T13:39:34.520-08:00Engaging Learners In A Digital World (Irish - Module 4)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/433631/strategies_for_enhancing_student_interactivity_in_an_online_environment/" target="_blank">Durrington, Berryhill, and Swafford</a> (2006) stated that "to encourage high student interactivity in an online setting, the learning environment must be supportive, open, and respectful" (p. 191). In the digital world that we live in today technology is a highly integrated part of most people's everyday lives. In order to create the supportive environment that Durrington, Berryhill, and Swafford discussed technology is a critical element to include.<br />
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One project that I have been working on with a coworker is presenting free web 2.0 tools to the staff of the school that we teach at. The goal of the monthly trainings is to show a variety of web 2.0 tools from several different types of use. We have created a <a href="http://www.webtwotools.com/" target="_blank">website</a> that organizes all of the tools by category, gives a brief overview of the tool, provides a few suggestions of how the tool could be used, as well as any helpful resources. The trainings that we have provided have been well received by the staff, and they are beginning to be more comfortable with the technology, as well as utilizing it in their daily teaching. <br />
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Email has become one of the standard ways to communicate through the internet, but there are many other ways to communicate. Communication can occur either in real time, or through postings. Wikis and blogs allow people to make an initial posting, and then receive feedback from others. Skype allows people to communicate in real time through either video chatting or audio chatting. It also allows single people or groups of people to connect with each other. <br />
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The internet has expanded the potential for collaboration through shared documents such as <a href="https://docs.google.com/#home" target="_blank">Google Docs</a>. People can also collaborate in wikis on a common topic. Blogs allow the orignal person to post thoughts on a topic, and then people to collaborate through the comments posted. There are also several graphic organizer websites that allow users to collaborate on ideas. The <a href="https://bubbl.us/" target="_blank">website</a> used to create the embedded graphic organizer is one that allows users to collaborate on a common document. <br />
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Content is a quickly growing area of the internet. According to <a href="http://youtu.be/TQcLRIwSXZU" target="_blank">Did You Know</a> there are 540,000 words in the English language, that is five times the number of words during Shakespeare's time. With this increase in words has also come the growth in the amount of content knowledge. The challenge in the digital world is being able to access all of the content available. <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> is a good resource for an overview of a variety of content. There are many specialized organizations that create and share new content. Many of these organizations also publish journals that are available online. Another place that has a large amount of content is online forums. A forum is a place where people can post a question or problem and then others make comments back. This online forum format helps to create a lot of content in specific areas. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TQcLRIwSXZU" width="420"></iframe>SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-35265285075446780082012-01-08T00:00:00.000-08:002012-01-08T00:00:02.622-08:00The Achilles Heal and Collaborative Projects (Irish - Module 3)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Collaborative, or group projects have always been the Achilles heal of the assessment world. In case you forgot, <a href="http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/achilles.html" target="_blank">Achilles</a> was a mighty Greek fighter who was killed by a fatal arrow wound to the sensitive heal area. Although Achilles was a strong warrior, this weak part of his body ended up being his downside. <br />
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The reason why collaborative projects are the Achilles heal of the assessment world is the challenge that they pose to assess. With many people contributing to the final product it can be challenging to know if the work was done equally, fairly, and represents the thoughts and ideas of the entire group. Although, with careful planning and guidance on the part of the instructor collaborative projects don't have to be the Achilles heal. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Collaborating-Online-Learning-Community-Jossey-Bass/dp/0787976148/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325549806&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Palloff and Pratt (2005)</a> outlined a three step process to support the collaborative process: model, guide, and then evaluate. In the modeling phase the instructor works with the students to show them what good collaboration looks like. During the guidance phase the instructor could meet virtually with the group to determine the roles of the members, the outline for the tasks, and an overall plan for the project. During this phase the instructor is there to guide the group in their mission. The final evaluation phase the is a chance for the instructor to meet with the group as a whole, as well as the individuals to assess the end product. <br />
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One of the largest challenges in a collaborative project is the role of each individual not always having an equal part in the final product. One of the befits, as well as challenges to working collaborative is that everyone brings different skills to the table. Different skills does not always mean that everyone will have an equal amount of time invested in the final product. The role of the instructor when it comes time to assess the product is to determine if everyone contributed their best to the product. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Collaborating-Online-Learning-Community-Jossey-Bass/dp/0787976148/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325549806&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Palloff and Pratt (2005)</a> suggested that in a collaborative project that each individual create a portfolio of their contributions to the product. This portfolio, as well as the group and individual conversations can aid in the assessment of the final product. <br />
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Another challenge to collaborative projects is a member not wanting to network or collaborate in the learning community. When this lack of engagement happens with one member of a collaborative group the entier group and struggle. It is the responsibility of the group to reach out to both the instructor and that group member. The rest of the group should not be penalized if one member of their group does not want to engage and work collaboratively. If the instructor has taken the advice of Palloff and Pratt and worked supporting the group through the three phases of the collaborative process then the chances of having a non-committed group member is less likely to occur. <br />
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<a href="http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/home" target="_blank">The Shift Happens</a> folks have been producing thought provoking videos since 2007, they currently have produced five versions on the same theme. The theme is the globalization and shifts in society. The question I always come back to when watching these is how do we as educators answer to these shifts? Below is the fourth version of their video, published in fall of 2009.</div>
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One of the key points that Shift Happens continues to hit upon is that "individuals have more control, more capacity to create and to connect than in any era in history" (<a href="http://www.elearnspace.org/KnowingKnowledge_LowRes.pdf" target="_blank">Siemens, 2006, p. 72</a>). With the vast amount of information available to humans at their fingertips, learning at this point in history is radically changing. Siemens outlined in the video <i>Future of Distance Education</i> that one of the hallmark characteristics of the identity of distance education is collaborative interactions. With the increased possibilities to connect with other people the potential for collaborative works are at an all time high.<br />
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The Internet is the main engine that has expanded the possibilities to collaborate. Prior to the Internet connecting with others was limited by the network of people that you worked with, or knew. Today, collaboration is limitless. So the potential for collaboration has evolved from the network of people you knew within your own physical space, to the never ending reaches of the Internet. There are social networks where a person can connect with people who share their same interestes. There are countless blogs, forums, and websites dedicated to the most obscure topics. From these blogs, forums, websites, and social networking sites come the potential for collaboration. <br />
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Once the connections have been made via the Internet to collaborate, the people do not ever actually need to meet in person to accomplish their work. Through the use of video conferencing tools such as Skype, or online chat programs such as AOL Instant Messanger, and online collaborative word processing software such as Google Docs a collaborative project can be completed without ever having to meet in person. Prior to the advances of the Internet these collaborative projects would either have to be emailed back and forth through attached documents, or mailed through the postal system. With the advances of the Internet collaboration is literally at a persons fingertips and only limited by the imaginations of the people working together.SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-41287863501656691382011-12-11T16:02:00.001-08:002011-12-19T15:24:25.718-08:00You Say You Want An Revolution? (Irish Module 1)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">You say you want a revolution</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Well, you know</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">We all want to <u>change the world</u></span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">You tell me that it's <u>evolution</u></span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Well, you know</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">We all want to change the world</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">But when you talk about destruction</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Don't you know that you can count me out</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Don't you know it's gonna be all right</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">all right, all right</span></i></span><br />
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The <a href="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/revolution.html" target="_blank">lyrics to the Beatles song Revolution</a> seem fitting when discussing the need to evolve distance education for the next generation. I highlighted the phrase change the world and evolution in the song lyrics because in the situation of distance education there is going to beed to be change in the world in order for distance education to evolve for the next generation. <br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Simonson" target="_blank">Simonson</a> outlined in the video Distance Education: The Next Generation that the concept of distance education is not new. The first form of distance education happend through correspondent courses, and then over time these courses migrated to the internet. <a href="http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/" target="_blank">Sir Ken Robinson</a>, a renowned thinker in education, inovation, and creativity stated during a <a href="http://blog.ted.com/2009/08/12/ted_and_reddit_1/" target="_blank">TED Talk interview</a> in response to the quality of distance education:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">There’s been a tendency in universities to try and cash in on the interest in web-based learning. A lot of them have been dumping programs online: lecture notes, videos of talks, and so on. They’re of variable quality. Some of them are great, and some aren’t. In a way, TED is a great example of how distance learning can work well. TED doesn’t have a formal curriculum. But it has new ideas about getting ideas across in a powerful, condensed way, with high-quality visuals, and then syndicating that. TED has shown us a dramatic appetite for new ideas presented in an interesting way.</span> </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/h113225160w32541/" target="_blank">Moller, Huett, Foshay, and Coleman</a> outlined five impacts for instructional design: 1) quality, 2) needs assessment and measuring outcomes, 3) connecting training, performance support, and the management of knowledge, 4) improved instructional systems methods, and 5) looking again at learning models. These five impact areas that Moller, Huett, Foshat, and Coleman outline are universal to a variety of distance education settings, they are applicable to the business, K-12 education, and college environments. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In order for distance education to meet the five goals that Simonson outlined in the video Equivalency Theory. these five goals are: 1) to provide equivalent education as face-to-face environments, 2) potential increased return on investment, 3) increased convenience for students, 4) increased motivation to learn, and 5) increased access. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I agree with all of the suggestions of Robinson, Simonson, and Moller, Huett, Foshay, and Colman. Without improvements distance education will not be able to live up to its potential. With all of the advances with technology within the last 10 years it is now possible for distance education to provide an equal or improved learning experience to face-to-face learning. But, without the changes outlined then distance education will continue to be for most situations glorified correspondence studies existing in isolation. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We clearly have all of the necessary technology tools, as well as the knowledge about how distance education needs to be improves it is time to stop singing about an evolution and actually start the evolution!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Enjoy ~SJ </span>SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com1Peru, ME 04290, USA44.4856378 -70.429274744.395012799999996 -70.58720319999999 44.5762628 -70.2713462tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-24677705924538461872011-05-18T13:41:00.000-07:002011-05-18T13:41:41.441-07:00Emerging and Sharing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejg8/blogs/IS/GoogleCloudEG.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejg8/blogs/IS/GoogleCloudEG.png" /></a></div>I am proud to admit that I am a technology geek. If there is a new technology product, website, or tool on the market I love to learn how it works and figure out how to include it in my daily life. As a classroom teacher it is my goal to incorporate as many technology applications as I can effectively. When selecting technology for the classroom it is important to find tools that are appropriate as well as useful for all students. It is important to not expose my students to tools that will require them to pay any fees, while also keep their identity safe on the internet. <br />
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Tools that live in a cloud are one of my newest technologies that I try to share with as many people as possible. Cloud computing is an amazingly powerful tool since it is often free - thanks Google, as well as available from any location. Cloud computing meets the requirements of being gender, culturally, and socioeconomically sensitive. There are no fees associated with cloud computing, as long as a person has access to a computer their cloud is at their fingertips. <br />
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For my final project in EDUC 8841 I created a <a href="http://blip.tv/ed-tech-u/cloud-computing-4420192">video</a> on how to utilize the power of the cloud.<br />
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Enjoy ~SJ SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-24270110286985526402011-05-08T17:46:00.000-07:002011-05-08T17:46:40.501-07:00DVD's vs Streaming Video<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have not been a subscriber to satellite TV or cable for over five years. I made the choice years ago to get rid of cable for financial reasons, and have not regretted my decision yet! The only downside to not having television programming is that I cannot always keep up when people are talking about television commercials, or the latest reality TV show. But, I have even found a solution to this. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://cdn.venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/netflix2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="http://cdn.venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/netflix2.jpg" width="200" /></a>Just because I choose not to have cable, does not mean that I don't watch my fair share to TV. I am an avid supporter of Netflix. I have an extensive list of DVDs in my queue, over 100, and have streamed my fair share in a week. I was a member of Netflix before I officially decided to give up cable, and it was one of the supporting reasons why I thought I could survive without cable. As Netflix has enhanced its streaming options, I too have streamed more programs. When it was time for me to find one of the required movie for the module 4, I quickly turned to Netflix. One thought that went through my head was, "what if Netflix doesn't have one of the movie on the list? Where am I going to turn?" Thankfully Netflix didn't let me down. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/ameJIsF4Mfs?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So are DVD and streaming video the next Red Queen, or are they an example of increasing returns? Dr. Thornburg defined an increasing return as "two technologies that hit the market at the same time. By chance, one technology gets locked in and drives the other to extinction" (</span><span style="font-size: small;">Laureate Education, 2009). By this definition, the two technologies would need to hit the market at the same time. DVDs became popular in the mid to late 1990s. Streaming video emerged ten years later. Due to the fact that they did not enter the market at the same time they are not an example of an increasing return.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dr. Thornburg defined a Red Queen as "huge competition existing between two technologies, in the process all other competition is left behind" (Laureate Education, 2009). By this definition streaming video would need to be clearly competing with one source for DVDs. At this point in time Netflix is the leader in streaming video, but there are several other sources. iTunes is one place that you can acquire digital versions of media. Also, at this point in time there is not one source for DVDs. People are still choosing between renting them through several different companies, or to purchase them.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Enjoy ~SJ </span> </div>SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-30203306108255941182011-05-08T16:50:00.000-07:002011-05-08T16:54:26.259-07:00McLuhan Tetrad In AudioI am an avid listener to NPR and <a href="http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/">Prairie Home Companion</a> is one of my favorite programs. Yesterday morning while I was listening to PHC <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Keillor">Garrison Keillor</a> did a rendition of <a href="http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=phc/2011/05/07/phc_20110507_64&starttime=00:04:25.0&endtime=00:09:05.0">Little Deuce Coupe</a> which can be heard <a href="http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=phc/2011/05/07/phc_20110507_64&starttime=00:04:25.0&endtime=00:09:05.0">here</a>. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://greenmachines.us/wp-content/gallery/toyota_prius_2010/toyota_prius_2009_red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="http://greenmachines.us/wp-content/gallery/toyota_prius_2010/toyota_prius_2009_red.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It seems that almost every day I hear someone complaining about high gas prices and how much it costs to run their car. I happily chime in with "Glad I own a Prius" and then tell them my most recent gas millage (which is currently climbing to over 48 mgp!). <br />
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Since one of the themes of the course Emerging and Future Technologies was how one technology takes over for a previous one, I found this song only timely and fitting. In today's society it seems to be more important how many mpg your car gets then how many horsepower the engine has. This rendition of Little Deuce Coupe seemed like an audio version of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan">McLuhan's tetrads</a>. I know the Prius isn't a "cool" car, but it does make a great conversation starter, and it is great on my wallet right now. <br />
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* This is simply a blog post that seemed to fit for the class that I wanted to share. It is not intended for the Module 5 assignment.SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-31266446680671032792011-04-28T07:59:00.000-07:002011-04-28T07:59:08.626-07:00Second Life: A Disruptive Technology<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<a href="http://secondlife.com/">Second Life</a> is a virtual world filled that is populated and created by its users, and was created in 2003 by Linden Lab. Second Life allows users to create a virtual character that interacts in a virtual world. The founder of Lotus 1-2-3, Mitch Kapor stated “<a href="http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20080117162121373">Second Life is a disruptive technology on the level of the personal computer or the internet</a>” (As quoted by Nuthall, 2008). The reason why people are claiming that Second Life has such potential at being a disruptive technology is that it radically shifts how and where people can interact socially. <br />
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Second Life replaces that traditional environment for people to interact in. Through the Second Life world people can attend classes, meetings, stores, and parties. Now people from all over the globe can get together in a virtual environment to interact. In a <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/the_inspiration_of_second_life.html">2008 TED Talk, Philip Rosedale</a> (founder of Second Life) summarized the popularity of Second Life with two aspects: it is a new way to socially interact with information, and since it is a virtual world with images language becomes less of a barrier. <br />
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There seems to be a lot of hype about Second Life in the technology world, but in the real world Second Life does not seem that popular. Personally, I know very few people who have heard of Second Life, never mind use it on a regular basis. It is going to take a many years before Second Life is a fully adopted technology. Once Second Life is a fully adopted technology it is at this point that a new technology could be developed that disrupts Second Life. <br />
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In the academic world Second Life has the potential to offer courses to students who live in rural areas with limited academic offerings. With deep budget cuts affecting academic offerings at many high schools across the country Second Life is an inexpensive option for students to take a larger variety of courses. <br />
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<a href="http://www.searsarchives.com/history/">The Sears and Roebuck</a> company began as a mail order catalog in 1888. Since at that time people bought must of their goods from the local general store they were required to pay inflated prices. Sears and Roebuck were able to offer lower prices through their mail order catalog which featured farm supplies, toys, sewing machines, cars, houses, and just about anything that a person could need. This business expanded until 1993 when it stopped producing its large catalog. Today it prints fewer and smaller catalogs due to the interest in online shopping.<br />
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The Sears and Roebuck catalog and transitions to online shopping is an example of what <a href="http://www.tcpd.org/Thornburg/Thornburg.html">Dr. Thornburg</a> described as a Rhyme of History. Someone once said that "The future will be like the past, only with cooler toys." Although new technologies are invented, these new technologies allow us to go tasks that we used to do, but easier. One example that Dr. Thornburg used in his Rhymes of History vodcast was social networking. Social networking is a rhyme of history because it brings back the concept of a watering hole. The watering hole was a place in a community used by people to not only gather water, but to also exchange news and stories. Social networking sites hold the same purpose today, they allow people to share news and stories in the digital age. <br />
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Online shopping at mega stores such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon.com </a>allow people to accomplish the same task as the Sears and Roebuck catalog did. People can log onto Amazon and browse until their hearts are content. They can read about an endless variety of items, read descriptions as well as reviews from customers. Once a customer finds an item that they are interested in they can either place it in their virtual cart, or my personal favorite place it on your wish list. Placing something on your wish list is the same as turning the corner down on a page that has an item you are interested in. <br />
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It isn't that the idea of dream shopping has died with the lack of print catalogs, it is simply the way that people interact with the catalog has changed. Gone is the thrill of receiving the Sears catalog in the mail, instead we receive email updates on family members growing wishlists!<br />
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As a side note, according to a <a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2010/12/02/catalog_of_dreams/">Boston Globe article</a> if you are interested in viewing all of the Sears catalog pages since 1896 they can be viewed at <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/">ancestry.com </a><br />
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Enjoy ~SJ SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-30180038107756718802011-03-30T15:52:00.000-07:002011-04-03T16:25:05.155-07:00The Reality of Virtual Reality<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/ccmak005.htm">Virtual reality (VR)</a> has advanced dramatically since the days of flight simulators used by the military. VR is currently available in three different types: by placing a helmet over your head to experience a 3-d reality, BOOM - binocular omni-oriented monitor, and a VR theater that the user moves through. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Below is my tetrad on virtual reality.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mQIYdBK_sc4/TZj9I497OFI/AAAAAAAABos/0UgqUVXkEmw/s1600/Slide1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mQIYdBK_sc4/TZj9I497OFI/AAAAAAAABos/0UgqUVXkEmw/s400/Slide1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UriCx08-W5M/TZOztNXY-VI/AAAAAAAABoY/BMsHEZbusTk/s1600/Slide1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Looking at a technology through the lens of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan#Tetrad">McLuhan’s tetrad</a> lens allows me to understand where a technology came from and where it was headed. By understanding this one technology it allows you to see how it fits into the history of other technologies like it. New technologies are created because there is a need for them. By looking at technologies through the tetrad lens it becomes more apparent what the technology needs of society are.</span><br />
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By understanding this four areas of McLuhan’s tetrad then it can aid in technology decisions in the future. If the technology does not make another technology obsolete then it may not be a wise technology to invest in. If a technology does not enhance a technology already available, then it may not be wise to invest in. If the technology does not enhance old ideas, then it may not be wise to invest in. Lastly, if it does not set the stage for future technology, then it may not be a wise investment.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Enjoy ~SJ</span></div>SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-30351285406518151872011-03-11T10:13:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:13:55.821-08:00You Twit Face! No, it isn't the lasted slang word from <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/">urban dictionary</a> floating around the halls of your local high school. <a href="http://www.youtwitface.com/">YouTwitFace</a> is the result of a joke at a dinner party reaching the mouth of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_obrian">Conan O'Brian</a> and then going viral in the summer of 2009. YouTwitFace will be a website where all of the great aspects of <a href="http://youtube.com/">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://twiter.com/">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://facebook.com/">Facebook</a> are all rolled into one website. According to Conan in the year 3000 these three webistes will combine to create one giant time wasting website known as YouTwitFace. <br />
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There is no question that YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are three of the largest wasters of employees time. The question is, what is it about these three websites that people enjoy so much? The ability to watch entertaining short videos? The ability to follow friends and celebrities in 140 characters or less? The ability to update the entire world on the fact that you are wasting your employers time while tending your virtual farm? Yes, these are three reasons why people are drawn to these three websites, the question now is how to get YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook to be a part of students time while being on task at the same time.<br />
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David Thornburg, an award winning futurists, stated (2009) "If we who care about education truly take the time to examine emergent technologies, we can perhaps anticipate some of the changes that can take place in our schools to help students learn more effectively. The sooner we know what may be coming down the line, the more time we have to think about the implications of these technologies, and to plan on their eventual adoption when they do come to the market" (p. 2). It is clear that YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook have emerged and become a regular part of our daily interactions with technology. The challenge with these three websites is not figuring out educational aspects that can be included in the classroom, the challenge is the fear of coming across material that is not appropriate for students. In response to coming across inappropriate material on these three very public websites, similar services have been created that offer social interaction with an educational focus. <a href="http://www.edmodo.com/">Edmodo</a> is a social media website that looks and feels similar to Facebook, but with the protections that a teacher needs. <a href="http://www.teachertube.com/">TeacherTube</a> is a educationally focused video website that is similar to YouTube, but again with the safety protections that a classroom needs. Twitter can be an educationally safe resource as long as the students create accounts specifically for class and are only subscribed to each others tweets. <br />
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Between TeacherTube, Edmodo, and Twitter a teacher can create a safe environment where students can interact using social media. Through including these three websites into the daily classroom a teacher can demonstrate to students that these types of websites are not just for entertainment, but can also be used to collaborate and interact in way educational ways. It also demonstrates a unique way to stay connected with each other, as well as provide a different way to share ideas with each other. These types of connections through the Internet are the types of connections that businesses are trying to create and want their future employees to be able to participate in. <br />
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There are several ways that these technologies could be improved. One improvement would if these three services all being replaced by one website, like the fictitious YouTwitFace. One website would mean one username and password that the students would need to remember, as well as the ability to access all of the resources in one place. <br />
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Enjoy ~SJSJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-90726613448373725262010-11-21T15:40:00.000-08:002010-11-21T15:40:47.578-08:00Cloud ComputingHere is my final project for my most recent course, Diffusion and Integration of Technology on cloud computing. The project required us to create a presentation to convince the board to integrate any technology that we wanted into their daily business.<br />
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Enjoy ~SJSJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-42873631698063530822010-08-11T16:21:00.000-07:002010-08-11T16:22:10.979-07:00Tech NO to Tech YES!Teaching in a state where laptops are in the hands of all 7th and 8th grade students results in a variety of technology comfort with the teachers. Since the integration of the <a href="http://www.maine.gov/mlte">Maine Learning Technology Initiative</a> many models of technology education have been used to create teachers who are comfortable with regular technology integration in their classrooms. <br />
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The model of technology education that I have found the most beneficial with teachers follows <a href="http://www.learning-theories.com/kellers-arcs-model-of-motivational-design.html">Keller's ARCS model</a>. Although I did not know about the ARCS model when implementing it, upon reflection it fits. In the early 80's John Keller developed a four step model to increase motivation.<br />
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R - relevance<br />
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The successful technology education model that I have found with teachers starts with a small group of teachers who want to improve their technoloogy integration. I then sit around with them in an informal and comfortable setting and ask them what types of technology they would like to learn more about. This is the attention stage.<br />
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Once we have decided on a few topics that they want to learn more about I start be doing a simple introduction to the topic. During this initial introductions I try to relate how the technology can be used in both their classroom as well as their personal life. Through this connection to both aspects of their lives I am showing the relevance stage. This shows the teacher that the technology can not only enhance their classroom but also their own life. By getting the teachers comfortable with technology outside of the classroom, I have found that they are more comfortable with integrating it into their own classroom.<br />
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Once they know a few basics about the technology skill we then brainstorm was that it can be used both in their classroom and their personal life. Once we have brainstormed a few each teacher, or small group picks a project that they want to work on. They then have several work sessions where I help them develop their ideas into a tool that they can use either in their classroom or in their personal life. through this process they are working on the third step, confidence. Once they know that they can successfully work the technology in our sessions they are ready to apply it either in their classroom or personal life.<br />
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The final stage, satisfaction through further meetings. I try to check back in with the teacher in a few days or weeks to see how the integration of their new technology skills has gone. At this point it is expected that they are trying the technology independently. At this point I can answer further questions if necessary.<br />
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Through this model, inadvertently designed after Keller's ARCS motivational model I have fond that teachers get more comfortable with new technology skills. They go from Tech NO, to Tech YES teachers!<br />
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Enjoy ~SJSJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-23074271876107827012010-07-25T07:47:00.000-07:002010-07-25T07:47:38.602-07:00Diigo To Blog In One Click!Diigo has a simple feature that allows you to blog about any website that you come across without needing to copy and paste links. If you are a user of Diigo and you like to blog this is a must use feature. Below is a link to the directions in how to set up your blog with Diigo. Once configured (all you need to do is enter your blog address), you can blog about any website by simply clicking send to blog in your Diigo toolbar. This is just yet another priceless feature of Diigo. <br />
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<a href="https://secure.diigo.com/blog_this/config">https://secure.diigo.com/blog_this/config</a><br />
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This second link is in case you want Diigo to automatically blog for you. <br />
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<a href="https://secure.diigo.com/blog_this/config">https://secure.diigo.com/blog_this/daily_blog</a><br />
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How do you think that you could utilize this feature in your classroom or personal life?<br />
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Enjoy ~SJSJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547057310653868190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-845022649098480939.post-84521881156649685412010-07-24T17:41:00.000-07:002010-07-24T17:41:37.786-07:00Cool Cat Tech Tips!<a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/">Cool Cat Teacher</a> Vicki Davis just <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-like-im-living-someone-elses-life.html">posted </a>the most insightful list of twelve healthy online habits. If you are a fellow <a href="http://www.waldenu.edu/">Walden</a> student you might recognize Vicki from a few mentions in weekly vodcasts from EDUC 8847: Instructional Design & Multimedia.<br />
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Here are her 12 tips:<br />
1) Share<br />
2) Respond<br />
3) Comment<br />
4) Link Generously<br />
5) Read (or Listen) Prolifically<br />
6) Distribute Yourself<br />
7) Beware of Flattery<br />
8) Live Life Online AND Off-Line<br />
9) Latch Key Your Legacy<br />
10) Laugh (a lot)<br />
11) Take Every Presentation Seriously<br />
12) Expect Criticism <br />
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Please <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-like-im-living-someone-elses-life.html">click through</a> and read her detailed explanation for each of these twelve tips!<br />
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There are a plethora of digital tools available for learning, and I try to utilize as many of them as I can. The number one digital tool in my 21st century toolbox is my MacBook Pro. Without my laptop I would not be able to connect as easily to many of my other digital tools. I have been reading and writing blogs for several years now. I write two blogs, one professional (this one), as well as a <a href="http://sjbeat.blogspot.com/">personal blog</a>. I also read over 50 blogs, many of which are technology or education related. Another digital tool that I utilize for learning is magazine websites. <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/">Edutopia</a> is one magazine website that allows you to connect with the material on more interactive level. Through the groups, blogs, videos, and community section I haven't found an educational topic not covered. The countless peer reviewed journal articles also add depth to my digital learning network.<br />
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My digital network has only enhanced the ways that I can learn. The instant discoveries of new information only a fingertip way allows for constant learning. I am almost always on my computer looking and reading about any given variety of topics.<br />
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When there is a new topic that I want to learn about I always start with <a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a>. If I am looking for more academic focused results and Google doesn't give me the answers that I want I then check <a href="http://scholar.google.com/">Google Scholar</a>. If I am looking for less academic results then <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a>, an online public editing encyclopedia, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a>, a collection of public submitted videos, or <a href="http://www.google.com/reader">Google Reader</a>, a blog search engine can be helpful. My newest discovery for answering burning questions is <a href="http://en.wikiversity.org/">Wikiversity</a>, which like Wikipedia allows users to collectively edit encyclopedia entries, but all of the topics are focused on education. <br />
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This is how I am "living in a digital world", how do you live?<br />
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