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New assignment for Technology.  Working hard.

Bernard

Week 3

Drill and practice software provide exercises in which students work example items, usually one at the time, and receive feedback on their correctness. Example software is drills in history and geography concepts: http://tutorial.teachtci.com 

Tutorial software is an entire instructional sequence on a topic, similar to a teacher's classroom instruction. Example software would be linear tutorials which gives the same instructional sequence of explanation, practice, and feedback to all learners regardless of differences in their performance.
U.S. government tutorials: http://congressforkids.net

Simulation software is a computerized model of a real or imagined system that is designed to teach how the system works. Example software would be physical simulations which allow users to manipulate things or processes represented on the screen. Social Studies simulations: http://www.socialstudiescentral.com/?q=content/online-interactive-simulations


Instructional games software add game-like rules and/or competition to learning activities. Example software Jeopardy game-maker and library: http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy

Problem solving software may focus on fostering component skills in or approaches to general problem-solving ability, or provide opportunities to practice solving various kinds of content-area problems. Example software would be Memory challenge: http://www.criticalthinking.com

Week 2

It is my OPINION that Wikipedia should not be a source for students to use when doing research for any history project. A project for history requires information that is fact and that can be proven. The main problem with Wikipedia sites is that some times the information provided is not cited so there is no way to check the accuracy of the information and whether or not the author of the article plagiarized, which would lead a student to unknowingly plagiarize. Another problem I have with Wikipedia is that a lot of times it includes others opinions about a topic rather than fact. I have determined this on several different topics using creditable sites that refuted what was put on a Wikipedia article. I do not believe these sites need to be dismissed completely, but for a student writing a research paper in history, Wikipedia sites would not be the best source in which to gather facts about their topic.

Week 1

Hello, sorry so late but I guess late is better than never. My name is Bernard Karabin and I live in Dothan, Alabama. I have been married to my wonderful wife for almost twelve years now. We have three children, two girls and a boy. I have been in education for eight years now with half of those being served in the same school. I am currently teaching at Northview High School, where I teach U.S. I and U.S. II. Looking forward to taking the necessary steps to achieving my masters.

My Life These Days

In the busy, crazy life we lead I have found time to go back to school to get my masters.  This weeks assignment we had to use create a concept map, a Glog, make a video and "free choice" with technology.  So here are my thoughts on each one of these.

Concept Map - This is the second time doing a concept map.  I love doing this and think it is a great tool to use in the classroom.  My concept map

Glogster -   This is new technology for me.  I had never heard of it and it was very difficult to navigate in the beginning.  In the end, it turned out to be a pretty neat tool for the classroom.  Take a look at my creation.  http://nardok.edu.glogster.com/worldwariiglobalstruggles

Animoto - This little tool is pretty neat.  Once I figured out exactly what to do it was easy to put the slides together and create a 30 second video.  I could see this as being a good technology assignment in the classroom.  My video: World War II

Free Choice:  We had different options for this part of the assignment.  I decided to go with Blabberize.com.  This was definitely the most fun out of the four.  It was a little tricky but once I got the hang of it I really enjoyed it.  This option you picked a picture and made it talk.  I am not sure how to work it into my class assignments but think it would give learning a different outlook.  Because I chose to do World War II for my assignment, I decided to pick FDR, Hitler and Churchill.  Each one gave a small biography of their life.  Below are my three talking pictures:

Blabberize.com - viewing: Winston Churchill
Blabberize.com - viewing: Adolf Hitler
Blabberize.com - viewing: Franklin D Roosevelt

All these were fun learning experiences.  I have learned more about different technology available for educators and hope to have an opportunity to incorporate in my classes.

Until later,
Nardo