In the ever evolving world of education we teachers rally behind new technology as it aids us in reaching just one more individual in need of our instruction. Long gone are the days of single slide projectors, say hello to the new and improved digital Whiteboard, E-Learning with an iPad, Web 2.0, and the kind of gadgets you only saw on the magic school bus. This blog will be a review of tools for teachers in 2015 where we’ll discuss who might benefit from these tools, the benefits of these tools, when we might use these tools, and how these tools will enhance our instruction to make it easier and more effective. Teachers Tools 2015 Tech Review
Kindle is such an amazing tool for teachers and students alike. When I was in grade an high school I grew up carrying home 30 or more pounds of books and paper just go get confused, loose, and probably develop scoliosis. While not all books are going to be on kindle, and not all students will have an iPad to read them on, the ones who do will benefit. On my phone I have a copy of Kahlil Gibran's the prophet in kindle format, I also have a copy of the constitution, some Shakespeare, and Edgar Allan Poe. If you can put learning material son the same platform that is used to access video games, visual entertainment, and social correspondences, then the opportunity to get a neophyte to read or interact with their own education is a great benefit to student and teacher alike.
Another Web 2.0 tool I use daily and see as more of entertainment than education is Ted. Ted talks cover everything from quantum physics to history lessons. This is a phenomenal resource for finding ways to integrate expert opinions with other medium into a classroom. As a student I recognize that I need to be told things twice, while writing them down, highlighting them, and later typing them and eventually singing them, so in an effort to help students who also would love to learn if only they had the attention span and interaction I'll prove that with resources like ted talks.
The second location I visited while on the virtual road was Mount Rushmore. Now Mt. Rushmore and I have a long history of me wanting to visit it. Also when I was just a child it was my dream to grow up and professionally pick all of their buggers, but that's a story for another day. Unfortunately I had to hop a virtual fence to proceed past the presidential trail, but once I did it was an interactive and relaxing attraction. This trip is full of content, and obviously I'm biased in my opinion of preferring this location but there was so much interaction that it was more of an adventure than a passive tour. For my specific learning types being in control not just of traversing my trips, but also controlling the kind of entertainment provided really helps me to learn and retain the experience. TL;DR |
First I gathered an image of clouds and layered an image of wrinkled paper over top with a hardlight filter. Second I selected a portion at the bottom of the image used a gradient, and proceeded to include my twitter handle. I then added text effects of drop shadow and outer glow to make the text more visible. Continuing, I created quotes in mspaint and saved them as a png. I brought them up in pixlr and removed the background, I then added text effects to them. Finally I added a cleaver quote. I then found that wingdings uses the " as a pen, so I attributed the quote accordingly with that symbol. |
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My name is David and I'm a non traditional student at IUS.
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