“How to Fight the New Bullies”
By Rosalind Wiseman
This article talks about the issues and threats that students deal with online. With the wide array of communication through the internet also comes new problems, and for teens, the issue is rising dramatically. Since sites such as mySpace, You Tube, and Facebook, children all too often deal with being bullied online. While IMing, or text messaging, students feel invincible. They are not dealing with anyone face to face, and can even be anonymous, while at the same time are able to pass it around faster than word of mouth. This causes students to say things that they would never confront someone with. The person who is threatening others doesn’t have to worry about what the other person thinks, or how anyone reacts to the comment, so sometimes the bully doesn’t even know they are wrong.
What is a cyberbully?
A cyberbully is someone who uses email, instant messaging, cell phones, text messages, photos, and videos in order to humiliate and threaten others. Cyberbullying can be very damaging because it is a vicious circle between students. Once a rumor is spread and gets started, who know where it has gone, and who else has sent it anywhere.
What can parents do to help stop cyberbullying?
Parents should establish rules and consequences with their children when it comes to technology and keep the computer in a family room, not a child’s bedroom so the information is not private. Teach children to establish passwords and not to share them and also keep a filtering system on the computer. Monitor what your child is doing on the computer and while not “spying” or “overreacting”, know what they are getting into and what they are interested in.
3.11.2007
Journal #4
“From Toy to Tool”
By Liz Kolb
This article discussed ways to use a cell phone as a learning tool instead of a “toy”. Teachers all across the country feel like cell phones are a distraction when it comes to learning, but when used in the right way, they can enhance students’ learning capabilities. An audioblog is “similar to a podcast; it is a voice message from a phone that immediately posts to a blog site. Gabcast.com is a site that allows students to produce audioblogs such as interviews, at no cost, and have it immediately posted to their blog site.
What are some advantages of using audioblogging?
Audioblogging can have great potential in the classroom. Students can actively engage in certain activities and participate in group blogging activities as well. Many students already own cell phones so it is an easy to use resource. Students will learn to use cell phones as a resourceful tool instead of a “toy”.
What are some risks involved in audioblogging?
Privacy issues, cost issues, and copyright issues are all involved with the use of audioblogging. On blogger.com, every blog is open to the public which means that there is no privacy to what is posted. Cost is an issue in only some situations. Gabcast is free and only uses cell phone minutes but if you want to block your posts from outsiders it will cost you to upgrade. Teachers also may chose to pay for a cell phone plan in order to ensure that students can use extra minutes and have a way to audioblog. The last issue is copyrighting. Students need to be aware of the copyright issues on certain types of music, interviews, etc. This knowledge will be used throughout their lives, so it isn’t a bad lesson to combine with the audioblogging. Remember, for years now, students have been bringing cell phones to class whether they are allowed or not. This could be a great way to give your students the opportunity to use their cell phones in a positive way, and give them the responsibility to bring their phones into the classroom.
By Liz Kolb
This article discussed ways to use a cell phone as a learning tool instead of a “toy”. Teachers all across the country feel like cell phones are a distraction when it comes to learning, but when used in the right way, they can enhance students’ learning capabilities. An audioblog is “similar to a podcast; it is a voice message from a phone that immediately posts to a blog site. Gabcast.com is a site that allows students to produce audioblogs such as interviews, at no cost, and have it immediately posted to their blog site.
What are some advantages of using audioblogging?
Audioblogging can have great potential in the classroom. Students can actively engage in certain activities and participate in group blogging activities as well. Many students already own cell phones so it is an easy to use resource. Students will learn to use cell phones as a resourceful tool instead of a “toy”.
What are some risks involved in audioblogging?
Privacy issues, cost issues, and copyright issues are all involved with the use of audioblogging. On blogger.com, every blog is open to the public which means that there is no privacy to what is posted. Cost is an issue in only some situations. Gabcast is free and only uses cell phone minutes but if you want to block your posts from outsiders it will cost you to upgrade. Teachers also may chose to pay for a cell phone plan in order to ensure that students can use extra minutes and have a way to audioblog. The last issue is copyrighting. Students need to be aware of the copyright issues on certain types of music, interviews, etc. This knowledge will be used throughout their lives, so it isn’t a bad lesson to combine with the audioblogging. Remember, for years now, students have been bringing cell phones to class whether they are allowed or not. This could be a great way to give your students the opportunity to use their cell phones in a positive way, and give them the responsibility to bring their phones into the classroom.
Journal #3
"Video in the Age of Participation"
By Glenn Bull
This article discusses the wide world of video streaming online today. There are so many resources that are available to students and teachers that we don’t take advantage of. There are live digital videos, educational videos connected to teaching standards, and editing services to allow you to fit the video to your curriculum. We as teachers and future teachers need to start incorporating the large world of video on the internet into an effective teaching tool for our students.
What are some ways to incorporate online videos into the teaching curriculum?
The Discovery Education United Streaming Website provides videos that connect to different learning objectives and activities. Other sites to retrieve classroom-oriented videos are Annenberg Media (http://www.learner.org) and PBS (http://www.pbs.org/teachersource).
How can you use video editing services in order to fit your teaching standards?
Discovery Educator’s Network provides a way to edit and remix unitedstreaming content that is licensed for students and teachers. Only one-tenth of the unitedstreaming users participate in the remix program. It is a great way to edit the videos to fit your content and then republish them for other teachers to use. Next Vista is also an established site used to edit and share videos along with new Web 2.0 sites that are beginning to share videos. All these efforts are made for teachers to incorporate technology in the classroom, now it is up to us to use our resources.
By Glenn Bull
This article discusses the wide world of video streaming online today. There are so many resources that are available to students and teachers that we don’t take advantage of. There are live digital videos, educational videos connected to teaching standards, and editing services to allow you to fit the video to your curriculum. We as teachers and future teachers need to start incorporating the large world of video on the internet into an effective teaching tool for our students.
What are some ways to incorporate online videos into the teaching curriculum?
The Discovery Education United Streaming Website provides videos that connect to different learning objectives and activities. Other sites to retrieve classroom-oriented videos are Annenberg Media (http://www.learner.org) and PBS (http://www.pbs.org/teachersource).
How can you use video editing services in order to fit your teaching standards?
Discovery Educator’s Network provides a way to edit and remix unitedstreaming content that is licensed for students and teachers. Only one-tenth of the unitedstreaming users participate in the remix program. It is a great way to edit the videos to fit your content and then republish them for other teachers to use. Next Vista is also an established site used to edit and share videos along with new Web 2.0 sites that are beginning to share videos. All these efforts are made for teachers to incorporate technology in the classroom, now it is up to us to use our resources.
Journal #2
"Breathing Fire into Web 2.0"
By Justin Hardman
This article discusses Hong Kong’s internet capabilities in their schooling. MyDragonNet accomplishes the ever-so demanding need for teachers’ online communication as well as ways to communicate to students, students to communicate to other students, curriculum mapping, online portfolio management, and after-school activities and information. The design of myDragonNet was created by an HKIS school technology coordinator, David Elliott and Associate Principal Karen Moffat. The idea eventually lead into the looks of Web 2.0, and comes from the belief that schools should seek to work within and exploit this power of interacting online. “By providing an educational environment that mirrors that of the real world, myDragonNet supports the school’s goal of preparing students for the varying literacies that they need in our networked world.”
What were the three components that teachers needed in their web-based system?
Teachers needed a way to improve their communication for themselves and their students to support classroom activities and classroom and group management. They also needed provide curriculum mapping, resource repository, and archive resources (curriculum development). And last but not least, they needed it to serve as an online portfolio management system to support student and teacher reflection with a longitudinal review of their learning.
What are some advantages of the online portfolio system?
The electronic portfolio allows students and teachers to save, share, and showcase their work while at the same time, acting as an archive for everyone’s work in order to analyze the progress of the school as a whole. Teachers also have the option of gathering the outstanding work and showcasing it for other students to follow as examples.
By Justin Hardman
This article discusses Hong Kong’s internet capabilities in their schooling. MyDragonNet accomplishes the ever-so demanding need for teachers’ online communication as well as ways to communicate to students, students to communicate to other students, curriculum mapping, online portfolio management, and after-school activities and information. The design of myDragonNet was created by an HKIS school technology coordinator, David Elliott and Associate Principal Karen Moffat. The idea eventually lead into the looks of Web 2.0, and comes from the belief that schools should seek to work within and exploit this power of interacting online. “By providing an educational environment that mirrors that of the real world, myDragonNet supports the school’s goal of preparing students for the varying literacies that they need in our networked world.”
What were the three components that teachers needed in their web-based system?
Teachers needed a way to improve their communication for themselves and their students to support classroom activities and classroom and group management. They also needed provide curriculum mapping, resource repository, and archive resources (curriculum development). And last but not least, they needed it to serve as an online portfolio management system to support student and teacher reflection with a longitudinal review of their learning.
What are some advantages of the online portfolio system?
The electronic portfolio allows students and teachers to save, share, and showcase their work while at the same time, acting as an archive for everyone’s work in order to analyze the progress of the school as a whole. Teachers also have the option of gathering the outstanding work and showcasing it for other students to follow as examples.
Journal #1
"Professors Adjust Their Methods in Order to Reach Technology-Savvy Generation"
By Eleanor Yang Su
In this article, Yang Su writes about the increase of technology in the classrooms and the different ways that teachers can incorporate technology into their lessons. After reading this article, it is clear that technology can either help or hinder students’ education. Beth Simon, a professor at UCSD struggles to keep 140 students’ attention. With the rise in technology throughout the “Millenials”, multitasking becomes a necessity. The majority of college students, while completing their homework, are also carrying out three to four other tasks simultaneously. These tasks may include talking on the phone, text messaging, instant messaging, browsing popular websites, etc. Other students, while in class, chose to bring laptops in and use them to their disadvantage by ignoring the lecture or class activity and browsing the web, checking email, and instant messaging.
What are two ways to incorporate technology into the classroom?
If the resources can be provided, many college professors use devices such as electronic clickers in order to submit answers, or web access and text messaging services. For schools that do not have the resources, or for grades K-12, it is important to set up their technological knowledge in a positive way. We need to always be reinforcing the advantages and disadvantages of the internet and continue to incorporate email, web access, and blogging through classroom activities. It is very important to engage students in the classroom with technology and not only entertain them.
Is multi-tasking an advantage or disadvantage?
Multitasking, though seeming to be a complete advantage is a disadvantage as well. Research shows that while multitasking, you are much more likely to have errors and actually take longer to complete a task. It is coming down to “quantity over quality” in this world today. If making constant mistakes, eventually quantity wont matter, and though students see this multitasking as an advantage right now, sooner or later our mistakes will catch up to us and we will realize that quality is more important.
By Eleanor Yang Su
In this article, Yang Su writes about the increase of technology in the classrooms and the different ways that teachers can incorporate technology into their lessons. After reading this article, it is clear that technology can either help or hinder students’ education. Beth Simon, a professor at UCSD struggles to keep 140 students’ attention. With the rise in technology throughout the “Millenials”, multitasking becomes a necessity. The majority of college students, while completing their homework, are also carrying out three to four other tasks simultaneously. These tasks may include talking on the phone, text messaging, instant messaging, browsing popular websites, etc. Other students, while in class, chose to bring laptops in and use them to their disadvantage by ignoring the lecture or class activity and browsing the web, checking email, and instant messaging.
What are two ways to incorporate technology into the classroom?
If the resources can be provided, many college professors use devices such as electronic clickers in order to submit answers, or web access and text messaging services. For schools that do not have the resources, or for grades K-12, it is important to set up their technological knowledge in a positive way. We need to always be reinforcing the advantages and disadvantages of the internet and continue to incorporate email, web access, and blogging through classroom activities. It is very important to engage students in the classroom with technology and not only entertain them.
Is multi-tasking an advantage or disadvantage?
Multitasking, though seeming to be a complete advantage is a disadvantage as well. Research shows that while multitasking, you are much more likely to have errors and actually take longer to complete a task. It is coming down to “quantity over quality” in this world today. If making constant mistakes, eventually quantity wont matter, and though students see this multitasking as an advantage right now, sooner or later our mistakes will catch up to us and we will realize that quality is more important.
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