While reading through the open content and mobile computing sections I saw so many wonderful alternatives to traditional textbooks and expensive resources that I would love to include in a classroom; however, seeing that the models are for a college level classroom it is confusing as to which tools would be best for an elementary school setting, and how quickly students should be introduced to these types of resources. I think that one of the best resources to use would be open content textbooks, and creating open content projects as a class. Using this would support individualized learning and allow children to explore what methods work for them. An open content project would support community building as well as teaching students how to use resources with discipline and respect.
1. what resources would you select to introduce elementary students to this type of technology?
2. define open content, and describe one way you would use it in a classroom.
3. What is the one technology to watch from the Horizon Report that you think would be easiest to incorporate into a classroom?
For question #1 what article is this from?
ReplyDeleteQuestion #2. Open content is online content that can be modified by anyone.
One way that I would use it in a classroom is by teaching them how to use the internet and determine the difference between a reliable and unreliable source. just like the article says, "the most important is that its use promotes a set of skills that are critical in maintaining currency in any discipline — the ability to find, evaluate, and put new information to use."
Question #3. In the article, it talks about how, “Michigan University's Introduction to Teaching Course ⎯ which serves nearly 650 freshmen and transfer students ⎯ use mobile devices to access reference material, respond to professors' questions, and take polls during class.” I think that the ipod would be the easiest to incorporate in the classroom because students could access information like they did at Michigan University and they could also listen to books being read to them or teacher lectures that are uploaded to them. I think that these are only a few of the many ways that the Ipod could be incorporated into the classroom
1. In a young grade, I would have the students become familiar with using computers. If students learn and are good at technology at a young age then they will become very smart with it as it is always advancing!
ReplyDelete2. Open content is an online resource of information. Open content may one day take over the use of textbooks because it gives the students the information that they need to understand and the students have to use their ability to find the information. I would use this in my classroom for another way for students to explore information. The internet can have excellent information, however, wrong information can be found too!
3. I believe netbooks would be an excellent technology to have in the classroom. The students can get lots of information of these netbooks in as little as a few seconds. Also, cellphones have the neatest apps these days. For example, the history application “walking through time” displays historical maps of many years ago!
1) I would introduce the computer/internet in my classroom. It is such a useful tool and most classrooms have a computer, so if it's there might as well use it as much as you can.
ReplyDelete2) Open content is content online that is open for anyone to see and use as a resource. The internet is great, but some of the information out there isn't always correct. A good way to use this would be having the students distinguish the correct from the incorrect. Also they could make a mini project, by using an incorrect source and correcting it with a correct source.
3) Netbooks, and laptops are great and the easiest to use for the classroom. If the classroom can't get to the computer lab, then they can have the laptops or netbooks in their classroom to use for research.