Friday, September 28, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Website Evaluation
Dog Island is a company that takes dogs free of charge that the owner does not want back. If the owner wants their dog to stay for a little vacation then the cost is substantial. I felt the web-site was pretty straight forward.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Double Entry Journal #5 Beyond Google and the “Satisficing” Searching of the Digital Native
1. In your opinion, what did the author meant by “digital natives?”
Answer: People who grew up with the technology; either they were born during or after the digital age began.
2. What is Eisenberg’s definition of information literacy?
Answer: Information literate is when one accesses information efficiently, and evaluates information critically, and uses information accurately and creatively.
3. What are the stages of Eisenberg’s “big six” model?
Answer: Eisenberg's "big six model" has the stages of (1) task definition:Identify the information problem and identify the information needed. (2) information seeking strategies: determining all possible sources, and selecting the best sources (3) location and access: locating the sources and finding the information from the sources (4) use of information:extracting relevant information from what is read or heard (5) synthesis: organizing and presenting the information and (6) evaluation:judge the effectiveness and efficiency of the process.
4. Are search engines like Google beneficial at all, and how are search engines affecting students internet search behaviors?
Answer: Search engines like Google are beneficial for surface learners but a deep and surface approach to learning, is encouraged by educators. Students are using Google for the initial searches and as a student draws deeper into a search they will use scholarly articles.
5. Do you think today’s students are sophisticated enough to fit the “Digital Native” definition?
Answer: People who grew up with the technology; either they were born during or after the digital age began.
2. What is Eisenberg’s definition of information literacy?
Answer: Information literate is when one accesses information efficiently, and evaluates information critically, and uses information accurately and creatively.
3. What are the stages of Eisenberg’s “big six” model?
Answer: Eisenberg's "big six model" has the stages of (1) task definition:Identify the information problem and identify the information needed. (2) information seeking strategies: determining all possible sources, and selecting the best sources (3) location and access: locating the sources and finding the information from the sources (4) use of information:extracting relevant information from what is read or heard (5) synthesis: organizing and presenting the information and (6) evaluation:judge the effectiveness and efficiency of the process.
4. Are search engines like Google beneficial at all, and how are search engines affecting students internet search behaviors?
Answer: Search engines like Google are beneficial for surface learners but a deep and surface approach to learning, is encouraged by educators. Students are using Google for the initial searches and as a student draws deeper into a search they will use scholarly articles.
Answer: Yes, I think most students are sophisticated enough to fit the "Digital Native" definition. Students send a large part of their day using digital technologies, cell phones, computers, video games, etc. Non-traditional students are digital immigrants meaning we were not taught at an early age to use electronics. We are many times playing catch up to the new technology that is always changing and advancing.
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How do you relate to this chapter?
Answer: I am a digital immigrant. Blogging and using the many apps. available is sometimes challenging, but manageable. I want to learn all that I can so that when I have a class of my own I will be abl
Friday, September 14, 2012
Double Entry Journal #4 Code of Best Practice in Fair use for Media Literacy
1. What is the difference between Media in Education vs Media Literacy Education?
Answer: "Media in Education is the process through which individuals become media literate - able to critically understand the nature, techniques and impacts of media messages and productions. Teachers have always used texts, audiovisual and digital material , to convey facts and information, and as a venue for entertainment".
Media literacy empowers people to be both critical thinkers and creative producers of an increasingly wide range of messages using image, language, and sound. Media refers to all electronic or digital means and print or artistic visuals used to transmit messages.Literacy is the ability to encode and decode symbols and to synthesize and analyze messages.Media literacy is the ability to encode and decode the symbols transmitted via media and the ability to synthesize, analyze and produce mediated messages. Media education is the study of media, including ‘hands on’ experiences and media production. It is the educational field dedicated to teaching the skills associated with media literacy. "Media literacy education may occur as a separate program or course but often is embedded within other subject areas, including literature, history, anthropology, sociology, public health, journalism, communication, and education".
2. What social bargain is at the heart of Fair use?
Answer: The social bargain is for the public's gain, not so much the producer's gain. We, as a society, encourage the creator to create new material, but give them limited protection once the information is out there. We want them to give it to us, so that we can have "new culture." Yet, this also allows for other "creators" to take that work and build on it. That's the bargain.
"The bargain is this: we as a society give limited property rights to creators to encourage them to produce culture; at the same time, we give other creators the chance to use that same copyrighted material, without permission or payment, in some circumstances."
Answer: "Media in Education is the process through which individuals become media literate - able to critically understand the nature, techniques and impacts of media messages and productions. Teachers have always used texts, audiovisual and digital material , to convey facts and information, and as a venue for entertainment".
Media literacy empowers people to be both critical thinkers and creative producers of an increasingly wide range of messages using image, language, and sound. Media refers to all electronic or digital means and print or artistic visuals used to transmit messages.Literacy is the ability to encode and decode symbols and to synthesize and analyze messages.Media literacy is the ability to encode and decode the symbols transmitted via media and the ability to synthesize, analyze and produce mediated messages. Media education is the study of media, including ‘hands on’ experiences and media production. It is the educational field dedicated to teaching the skills associated with media literacy. "Media literacy education may occur as a separate program or course but often is embedded within other subject areas, including literature, history, anthropology, sociology, public health, journalism, communication, and education".
2. What social bargain is at the heart of Fair use?
Answer: The social bargain is for the public's gain, not so much the producer's gain. We, as a society, encourage the creator to create new material, but give them limited protection once the information is out there. We want them to give it to us, so that we can have "new culture." Yet, this also allows for other "creators" to take that work and build on it. That's the bargain.
"The bargain is this: we as a society give limited property rights to creators to encourage them to produce culture; at the same time, we give other creators the chance to use that same copyrighted material, without permission or payment, in some circumstances."
3. Why is Fair Use more important today?
Answer: Fair Use is more important today because of the information that is readily available through internet. The flexibility and of Fair use and the importance of obtaining the information for free makes more information available to essentially anyone.
"Fair use is flexible; it is not unreliable."
4. What are the two key questions judges use to determine Fair Use?
Answer: 1.Did the unlicensed use “transform” the material taken from the copyrighted work
by using it for a different purpose than that of the original, or did it just repeat
the work for the same intent and value as the original? 2. Was the material taken appropriate in kind and amount, considering the nature
of the copyrighted work and of the use?
5. A teacher shows a movie of The Lion King and asks students to notice how the animals in the movie reflect racial stereotypes? Is this Fair Use? Why?
Answer: Yes, becasue of the Fair Use Law a teacher can use material in the classroom as long as the teachers goals or purposes is for what it is necessary for the education goal. "Educators should choose material that is germane to the project or topic, using only what is necessary for the educational goal or purpose for which it is being made. In some cases, this will mean using a clip or excerpt; in other cases,the whole work is needed. Whenever possible, educators should provide proper
attribution and model citation practices that are appropriate to the form and context."
6. Which principle relates most strongly to the digital story you created in class? Explain
Answer: We have not been assigned a digital story.
7. Are there limitations to the amount of pictures, length of music, or video that can be used in a multimedia project?
Answer: The principles are all subject to a “rule of proportionality.” "Educators’ and students’ fair use rights extend to the portions of copyrighted works that they need to accomplish their educational goals—and sometimes even to small or short works in their entirety. By the same token, the fairness of a use depends, in part, on whether the user took more than was needed to accomplish his or her legitimate purpose. That said, there are no numerical rules of thumb that can be relied upon in making this determination."
8. Do you need to request permission from the original creator in order to use copyrighted material in multimedia project for school related assignments?
Answer: "You do not have to ask permission or alert the copyright holder when considering a use of materials that is protected by fair use".
9. Should educators try to change the policies in their school when they are not in line with Fair Use doctrine?
Answer: "If you need to exercise your fair use rights to get your work done well, in ways that your system’s rules don’t foresee, that’s a different story. In that case, the code may help you to change the rules! Many school policies are based on so-called negotiated fair use guidelines".
10. What common myth about Fair Use surprised you the most?
Answer: "If I'm not makeing any money off it, its fair use. (And if I am making money off it, it's not".) I thought I would be able to use any material I wanted in the classroom as long as I or the school was not charging for the material.
http://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/
http://www.medialiteracyweek.ca/en/101_whatis.htm
Answer: 1.Did the unlicensed use “transform” the material taken from the copyrighted work
by using it for a different purpose than that of the original, or did it just repeat
the work for the same intent and value as the original? 2. Was the material taken appropriate in kind and amount, considering the nature
of the copyrighted work and of the use?
5. A teacher shows a movie of The Lion King and asks students to notice how the animals in the movie reflect racial stereotypes? Is this Fair Use? Why?
Answer: Yes, becasue of the Fair Use Law a teacher can use material in the classroom as long as the teachers goals or purposes is for what it is necessary for the education goal. "Educators should choose material that is germane to the project or topic, using only what is necessary for the educational goal or purpose for which it is being made. In some cases, this will mean using a clip or excerpt; in other cases,the whole work is needed. Whenever possible, educators should provide proper
attribution and model citation practices that are appropriate to the form and context."
6. Which principle relates most strongly to the digital story you created in class? Explain
Answer: We have not been assigned a digital story.
7. Are there limitations to the amount of pictures, length of music, or video that can be used in a multimedia project?
Answer: The principles are all subject to a “rule of proportionality.” "Educators’ and students’ fair use rights extend to the portions of copyrighted works that they need to accomplish their educational goals—and sometimes even to small or short works in their entirety. By the same token, the fairness of a use depends, in part, on whether the user took more than was needed to accomplish his or her legitimate purpose. That said, there are no numerical rules of thumb that can be relied upon in making this determination."
8. Do you need to request permission from the original creator in order to use copyrighted material in multimedia project for school related assignments?
Answer: "You do not have to ask permission or alert the copyright holder when considering a use of materials that is protected by fair use".
9. Should educators try to change the policies in their school when they are not in line with Fair Use doctrine?
Answer: "If you need to exercise your fair use rights to get your work done well, in ways that your system’s rules don’t foresee, that’s a different story. In that case, the code may help you to change the rules! Many school policies are based on so-called negotiated fair use guidelines".
10. What common myth about Fair Use surprised you the most?
Answer: "If I'm not makeing any money off it, its fair use. (And if I am making money off it, it's not".) I thought I would be able to use any material I wanted in the classroom as long as I or the school was not charging for the material.
http://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/
http://www.medialiteracyweek.ca/en/101_whatis.htm
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Double Entry Journal #4 - The Fine Line Between ADHD and Kinesthetic Learners
Quote: " Increasing numbers of youngsters are routinely placed in trials of Ritalin, without first ruling out other factors that could be causing apparent ADHD symptoms. A kinesthetic learner may not need medication so much as innovative teaching methods."
Response: In the classroom it is important to use several teaching methods in order to benefit all learners. Why is it that as educators we do not learn what type of learners we have in our classroom, first? It seems that knowing how to teach would be as important as what we teach.
It is terrible that educators label children as having ADHD, I really think that when teachers step into the medical field of diagnosing, it becomes very dangerous for the students. Ritalin is a drug that can cause many side effects, some as severe as convulsions, migraines, dizziness, drowsiness, and Tourette's syndrome.
I know a child that was diagnosed by the teacher, of a private school, as having ADHD. The parents took their child to the doctor and the doctor placed the child on Ritalin. The child behaved in the classroom but hated taking the medicine because he felt so tired and did not want to engage in activities with the other students. The parents, saw changes in their child and demanded the doctor take their child off Ritalin. When the teacher became upset, the parents took their child out of private school and placed him in a public school. The child had absolutely no problems, with the new teacher. When the parents went to parent-teacher conference, they were bracing themselves for the horror stories that the teacher would inevitably say. The teacher told them that she was not having any problems with their son. That she needed to keep him busy, but that he was a delight to have in her classroom. The parents knew that they made the correct decision in taking their child off of Ritalin and out of a classroom that was not equipped to handle different learners.
Technology, such as a computer loaded with educational software can be used to help Kinesthetic learners by keeping the child busy and using hands on learning that help them stay focused. Not only would a computer help the student stay focused and busy, but using technology would better enable students to use their (hands on approach), by which Kinesthetic learners, learn the best.
I really think that educators have the right to discuss behavioral and learning problems with parents and to make recommendations to help with their education, but when a teacher plays doctor that becomes very dangerous. And as parents, we should have the right to find a school and teacher that is knowledgeable in their field and practices different learning techniques to reach their child's needs.
http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/reviews/parenting_books/adhd_misdiagnosis.html
http://school.familyeducation.com/learning-disabilities/treatments/29434.html
Response: In the classroom it is important to use several teaching methods in order to benefit all learners. Why is it that as educators we do not learn what type of learners we have in our classroom, first? It seems that knowing how to teach would be as important as what we teach.
It is terrible that educators label children as having ADHD, I really think that when teachers step into the medical field of diagnosing, it becomes very dangerous for the students. Ritalin is a drug that can cause many side effects, some as severe as convulsions, migraines, dizziness, drowsiness, and Tourette's syndrome.
I know a child that was diagnosed by the teacher, of a private school, as having ADHD. The parents took their child to the doctor and the doctor placed the child on Ritalin. The child behaved in the classroom but hated taking the medicine because he felt so tired and did not want to engage in activities with the other students. The parents, saw changes in their child and demanded the doctor take their child off Ritalin. When the teacher became upset, the parents took their child out of private school and placed him in a public school. The child had absolutely no problems, with the new teacher. When the parents went to parent-teacher conference, they were bracing themselves for the horror stories that the teacher would inevitably say. The teacher told them that she was not having any problems with their son. That she needed to keep him busy, but that he was a delight to have in her classroom. The parents knew that they made the correct decision in taking their child off of Ritalin and out of a classroom that was not equipped to handle different learners.
Technology, such as a computer loaded with educational software can be used to help Kinesthetic learners by keeping the child busy and using hands on learning that help them stay focused. Not only would a computer help the student stay focused and busy, but using technology would better enable students to use their (hands on approach), by which Kinesthetic learners, learn the best.
I really think that educators have the right to discuss behavioral and learning problems with parents and to make recommendations to help with their education, but when a teacher plays doctor that becomes very dangerous. And as parents, we should have the right to find a school and teacher that is knowledgeable in their field and practices different learning techniques to reach their child's needs.
http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/reviews/parenting_books/adhd_misdiagnosis.html
http://school.familyeducation.com/learning-disabilities/treatments/29434.html
Double Entry Journal #3 - Key Pad Solutions
Quote: "And so it is rather bizarre that the first widespread change in how people spell English words appears to have come from a group of (largely) young people sending text messages to one another with cellular phones and other electronic devices."
Response: I really do not know why it seems bizarre that young people are sending text messages to one another with cellular phones and other electronic devices. I think it is a necessity to shorten words when texting. The keyboard on a phone is so small, until technology is better it is easier to abbreviate.
When one talks to their peers, one uses language understood by each other. As long as ones texting is understood by the receiver, I do not understand why a third party would think it bizarre.
Also, texting is done many times while doing other things; such as studying, watching TV, playing video games, etc. It is a new shorthand that bureaucrats did not invent and educators have not taught in schools for 30 or 40 years.
Our English language is constantly changing; even when traveling in the United States, there are many different dialects. For instance, when Sarah Palin from Alaska ran for Vice-President in 2008 she was criticized for not knowing enough about policy and diplomacy; but also many in the media criticized her dialect including her choice of words.
Technology and language is constantly evolving. It is up to our educational institutions to keep up with technology and learn to use it in classroom.
http://web.ku.edu/~idea/northamerica/usa/usa.htm
How to build a blog on your cell phone.
http://lifehacker.com/243276/alpha-geek-10-cool-cell-phone-tricks
Response: I really do not know why it seems bizarre that young people are sending text messages to one another with cellular phones and other electronic devices. I think it is a necessity to shorten words when texting. The keyboard on a phone is so small, until technology is better it is easier to abbreviate.
When one talks to their peers, one uses language understood by each other. As long as ones texting is understood by the receiver, I do not understand why a third party would think it bizarre.
Also, texting is done many times while doing other things; such as studying, watching TV, playing video games, etc. It is a new shorthand that bureaucrats did not invent and educators have not taught in schools for 30 or 40 years.
Our English language is constantly changing; even when traveling in the United States, there are many different dialects. For instance, when Sarah Palin from Alaska ran for Vice-President in 2008 she was criticized for not knowing enough about policy and diplomacy; but also many in the media criticized her dialect including her choice of words.
Technology and language is constantly evolving. It is up to our educational institutions to keep up with technology and learn to use it in classroom.
http://web.ku.edu/~idea/northamerica/usa/usa.htm
How to build a blog on your cell phone.
http://lifehacker.com/243276/alpha-geek-10-cool-cell-phone-tricks
Friday, September 7, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Double Entry Journal 2 How Can Emerging Technology Support Visual Learners, Auditory Learners, and Kinesthetic Learners?
Many children in the United States have play stations and xboxes before they can read. It seems they can learn very fast how to manipulate around a haunted house and find a special door that will unlock new levels of their game. Simulation and manipulating a character is fun and imaginative."According to many researchers, children can learn more effectively when they play video games than when they read books."(BBC News 2000)
As they grow they can find new games with bigger challenges.
Video games are also used in the military to teach soliders flight simulation and learn combat readiness.
I believe it is a no brainer that video games should be used to help educate. Auditory learners can listen to instruction, the visual learner has the video and the kinsetic learner have the hands on exercise. Videos can teach all types of learners; but the challenge is the teacher must catch-up with the students. Maybe the teacher could learn something too. Maybe the teacher can become the student, and the student learn without realizing they are learning. Everybody wins!
"Look at video games, not because games that are currently available are going to replace schools as we know them any time soon, but because they give a glimpse of how we might create new and more powerful ways to learn in schools, communities, and workplaces—new ways to learn for a new information age".
(David Williamson Shaffer, Kurt R. Squire, Richard Halverson, James P. Gee; 12/2004)
http://www.academiccolab.org/resources/gappspaper1.pdf"Let me suggest five "levels" in which learning happens in video and computer games. I’ll call these the "How," "What," "Why," "Where," and "When / Whether" levels of game learning".
(Marc Prensky)
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20What%20Kids%20Learn%20Thats%20POSITIVE%20From%20Playing%20Video%20Games.pdf
Monday, September 3, 2012
VARK Questionnaire Results
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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Favorite Teaching Quote:
"Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength of the nation." -- John F. Kennedy
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