Chapter 7 talks about how educators should evaluate technology for whether it would be useful in a class or not. It gives a some ideas on where to look for sources such as catalogs, published evaluations, and even the recommendation of a colleague. Things to look at when evaluating educational technology would be content, the availability for technical support, whether the techonology can be used on many different academic levels, and how easy the technology is to use. The chapter also gives a second rubric for evaluating web-pages based on who the author is, institutional affiliation, the purpose of the site, whether it is biased, the content, how challenging it is, whether it is appropriate for students, how current the information is, and also how the website is present either as easy to navigate or impossible to move around on. The chapter also talks about how to integrate technology into the classroom either by one on one student involvement with the computer or by having multiply computers in the classroom.
Since last class, I learn a lot more about Word. I'll honestly say that I'm not sure how well I will remember it all for the skill check let alone for while I am a teacher but I do hope to retain the information. I didn't know that one program could do so much.
In general, I've been very busy with school. I'm glad I've been able to keep up with my homework thus far and I hope to be able to continue doing so even as my courses intensify in work load. Oy, ten page papers are not fun.
2 comments:
Agreed..writing ten papers are not fun..but when it is on a topic you are passionate about, then it becomes fun to do..
Keep practicing what you learn, that's the sure way to keep things in memory..out of sight, out of mind..practice always makes perfect..
I also have learned a lot about Word from this class.. I had no idea how much that program was capable of.
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