Personal Learning Space

How Interesting!

amyjobson86 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:54:05 +0000

I have found out so much from this subject. I had no idea about SMART boards within classrooms before this subject began. I would often hear my peers talking about pracs they had, where they used a SMART board. I however, had no idea what one was and how it worked. Now that I know what one is and how they work, I am very excited about the prospect of doing a prac or teaching with one in the future. I think the up and coming generation of teachers will be able to learn how to use the interactive board faster than teachers who have used a white/black board all their lives because ‘technology is a natural part of our lifestyles and is integral to our existence’ (Gee, 2006). I do think that SMART boards are creating new and exciting opportunities for both teachers and students within the classroom.

Gee, J. (2006). Interactive Whiteboards As Part Of The Learning Experience. Scan, 25, 16-19. Retrieved February 18, 2008 from Aplus Full Text Database.

Interactive Learning Generation

amyjobson86 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:35:26 +0000

Source:www.childrenslearninginstitute.org/images/chi…

I thought this image was very interesting as it shows just how much children love to draw and write on the black/white board. It is difficult to do this with a whole class on a normal board. The interactive whiteboard really does stimulate children and does allow all children in a class to be interactive!

Trafalgar Public School

amyjobson86 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:50:27 +0000

Michelle has found a great site that demonstrates schools that podcast and vodcast. It is a great site and it looks like the children at Trafalgar Public School really have a lot of fun making their podcasts and vodcasts. The Digitak Dan site is also great and is very interactive. I can see how it would really appeal to children!

The SMART Board And Learning Styles

amyjobson86 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:42:04 +0000

Source:cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=79403&rendTypeId=4

This is a podcast on SMART Boards.

smart-boards.mp3

Primary Resources and Smartboards

amyjobson86 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:12:24 +0000

I found a great website today. It has some great interactive activities that cover all KLA’s and can be effectively used on a SMART board that children will love. It has activities that cater to all ages in primary school. It looks at ways in which children can sort shapes, numbers and letters, do procedures such as ‘How to make a cup of tea’ etc.

This website is a very hand-on site that is highly educational and fun for children. It does not have to be used on a SMART board, however would probably work better.

Check it out!!!

Primary Resources

Sharing Is Caring

amyjobson86 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:29:33 +0000

As an educator in primary schools it is so important to share resources, not compete with other teachers and support one another with technology in the efforts to put the children’s learning needs first. Using technology is really about utilizing new and improved resources to make improvements on different areas of our lives and the children’s lives that we teach.

James Hollis states that this is happning right now, he likes to call it ‘Sharing Technology’. Sharing technology with others allows teachers and students to access resources that have never before been available! For example we can quickly and esily access teachertube, wikipedia, google etc.

We as teachers can now share our thoughts, expertise, techniques, experiences, software programs, ideas, reflections, websites, hopes, visions etc. We can do this because technology makes it so easy for us.

It is just incredible where tehnology is taking us!!!

The Three X’s

amyjobson86 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:01:35 +0000

Source: www.jpprufino.com/…/2007/11/internet.jpg

I agree with the article Scott read. I also believe that some of the most important skills we can foster in our children are; eXploring, eXressing and eXchanding.

I do really feel that the internet is an incredible source for exchanging ideas and publishing students work. I agree with Scott’s articl, in that perhaps students could email a published piece of work rather that than printing and perhaps students could share their work with their friends!

The internet really does have enormous amounts of potential for learning within the classroom!

Why Use ICT in Learning

amyjobson86 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:48:13 +0000

Source: www.six.somerset.gov.uk/…/Suite%20scene2.jpg

I feel that learning with ICT offers students a world of opportunity: global communiction with peers and an engagement i rich, relevant tasks based on real situations. It is important as it requires students to develop and apply critical literacy skills.

Students learning definately has to always be at the centre and I feel that ICT is a way in which student learning is enhanced! ICT skills, however, are best developed when used in the broader learning context. I found that having to complete a rationale for our LAMS assignement to be of good value as it made me think about why and when we would use ICT in the classroom. It is important to use ICT only when it is appropriate and will support the students learning!!

Podcasting

amyjobson86 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:46:21 +0000

I definitely agree with Michelle, in that podcasts better equip students with their reading and writing skills. It helps children think about what they are saying and writing, knowing that people all around the world are going to see it/hear it. This is very beneficial to the child’s learning and creative thinking.

It is incredible to think that podcasting is PUBLISHING where children’s work is ‘out there’ for the world to see and consume!

Learning

amyjobson86 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:09:08 +0000

I agree with Krizzia in that learning is an individual journey of discovery in which one is supported by so many near and far. I also believe that learning never stops!