tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84479524260157652202024-03-13T10:25:54.056-07:00Aaron Routon's Professional Education PageAaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-37282417825673751062009-04-24T16:05:00.000-07:002009-05-03T14:47:12.918-07:00IEP<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/uploaded_images/Blogging-771047.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 161px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 102px" alt="" src="http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/uploaded_images/Blogging-771047.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Technologically advance your class by using a Blog</span><br /></div>As a teacher, I am always looking for new tools to help me engage students. Recently I found a new tool that greatly increases student interaction: the blog. I have been Incorporating blogging into my English and history classes and it has produced some great results (to read the results continue reading to the end of this post). I educated myself about how to effectively use a blog in my classroom and what follows is what I discovered.<br /><ul><li>I can post yearly class resources like our class syllabus, rubrics, and parent-letters.<br /></li><li>I can easily post weekly and daily assignment including projects, reading schedules, and writing reflections.<br /></li><li>I can provide students with links to online resources that can help them in their work.<br /></li><li>I also found out how organize different class periods by using the different pages function.<br /></li><li>I also learned how to limit access to the blog by incorporating passwords OR limiting viewers of the blog.<br /></li><li>I also learned that I enjoy being able to personalize the appearance of the blog.</li></ul><p></p><p>To view our class blog: <a href="http://shsblockpotrzuski.wordpress.com/">click here</a> (Note- I have placed some sample resources under the tab "Mr Routon's College Class," and the rest of the blog is our class's primary blog)<br /><br /></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">One way to introduce and use a class blog</span><br /></div>I’ve included some lesson plans detailing one way to introduce my students to blogging. This approach blends English (with persuasive writing), history (using the topic of slavery) and technology. Click the following links to see the lesson plans:<br /><ol><li>students will do a <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_51j9792x4n&hl=en">scavenger hunt</a> on the class blog to gain familiarity.</li><li>students will learn <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_52fvt7rmdc&hl=en">how to post</a></li><li>students will learn how to write <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_53gfqwnmg4&hl=en">peer comments<br /></a></li><li>students will complete a <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_54fp23gsgb&hl=en">self directed assignmen</a>t using the several blog resources<br /></li><li>students will post <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_55ff2gp9d3&hl=en">persuasive writing piece</a>, citing blog resources <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_55ff2gp9d3&hl=en"></a><br /></li><li>students will <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_56chp343gj&hl=en">create an online resource</a> and link it to the class blog</li></ol><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Reflection on Blogging:</span><br /></div>Blogging is a great tool that educators should be using in this technological age. I have found that a blog is a wonderful tool for me to be able to post daily assignments and class documents. Students can use the blog as a resource to find class information and a blog can provides for students for independently work. Finally, as a language arts teacher, I have found that the quality of student work has improved when using a class blog. When we use the blog, my students answering the questions more thoroughly and write in greater length. Also, when we use the blog, students spend more time reading. They are curious to see what their friends wrote and enjoy being self-guided as they can view every student's thoughts.<br /><br />Learning to use a blog can be cumbersome because each blog-host is different and it takes time to learn each different blog template. It takes a while to learn the features, but in the end, I was pleasantly surprised with how much control I had as the blog mediator. I was able to set security features to limit access to the blog. I was also able to add many different multimedia features and improved the look and function of the blog. I heartily recommend using this classroom technology to engage today’s students. For my full report: <span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_57fztkv7nn&hl=en">click here</a></span>.Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-73794501316865518702009-03-30T19:26:00.000-07:002009-03-30T19:33:15.157-07:00Social Webs
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<br />Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-13437365202438778172009-03-30T13:10:00.000-07:002009-03-30T15:49:19.086-07:00Internet ResourcesInternet resources are and awesome resource to me as a teacher. The following are the sites I use most:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://webenglishteacher.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 68px; height: 68px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SdEoZZOBD0I/AAAAAAAAACo/jE-In2Hz2k8/s200/webenglishteacher.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319077051632783170" border="0" /></a> A great site for lesson plans and ideas<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://teachers.net/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 56px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SdFKasAufNI/AAAAAAAAADA/Mtdex-m3leE/s200/teachersdotnet_logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319114457252527314" border="0" /></a>A great site for lesson plans and professional chat boards- user friendly<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 83px; height: 63px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SdEo4F16BsI/AAAAAAAAACw/WDvN2oeiJ4c/s200/rubistar.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319077579007329986" border="0" /></a> A great resource for an assessment tool<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SdEpT4jbNAI/AAAAAAAAAC4/aBIBZApbn7Q/s1600-h/youtube.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 87px; height: 65px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SdEpT4jbNAI/AAAAAAAAAC4/aBIBZApbn7Q/s200/youtube.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319078056476488706" border="0" /></a>A great tool to help student engage in content<br /><br />To read my full description <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_48n7xdfvd2">click here</a>Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-28813387877946034822009-03-24T13:12:00.000-07:002009-03-24T14:15:53.603-07:00My Digital Story Telling: Facebook<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SclMn_-wdRI/AAAAAAAAACg/dGNp109JFoc/s1600-h/facebooklogo2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SclMn_-wdRI/AAAAAAAAACg/dGNp109JFoc/s200/facebooklogo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316865085160846610" border="0" /></a><br /><br />While walking the halls of the school I teach at I hear students talking more and more about something I am unfamiliar with. More and more people are signing-up and logging on to Facebook to communicate. People are networking with old friends, sharing pictures, sending gifts, playing games, chattings and learning what their friends are doing all by being on Facebook. I didn't know much about Facebook and so I did some investigation and this is what I learned...<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw8sTuyZXZoDv3wV4wT4iZVF1OYGInVr5yI7wMlM21F2q_XKfCMqQKFPTvbv-Sc91Nyog-b0kgAgZu68Wrzjw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />To view in a larger window- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ5uZau2_Qk">click here</a>Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-51334162799331639822009-01-28T07:32:00.000-08:002009-01-28T07:36:07.828-08:00Learning in the Digital Age<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CAaron%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Aaron Routon: aaronrouton@hotmail.com: 1/28/09
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<br /><b><span style="font-size: 15.5pt;">“Learning in the Digital Age” </span><span style=""> </span>by </b>Ted S. Hasselbring and Margaret E. Bausch
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<br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This article totes the value of using technology in the classroom as a tool for students who are struggling. <span style=""> </span>Classrooms are integrating who have learning disabilities, which makes it more difficult to teach students with varying abilities.<span style=""> </span>Technology is producing more and more tools that can be of enormous benefit to teachers and to students.<span style=""> </span>In this article Hasselbring and Bausch acknowledge that technological tools are being implemented to help special needs children but many more students could benefit from these tools if teachers provide these resources to students who have minor learning disabilities.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Computer software and computer hardware can help struggling students access the content of their peers and free teachers from tutoring time.<span style=""> </span>The article speaks specifically of a program generically called “text to speak” in which students will put the “reader” over the desired text and the computer will read aloud the words.<span style=""> </span>Students can follow the reader and gain in comprehension, in word recognition, and in fluency.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Implementing such tools will help struggling students keep up with their classmates and improve their confidence.<span style=""> </span>Technology can help in the problem area of reading /writing and reduce student stress and increase student confidence.<span style=""> </span>These tools are to be used as mediation and tools to help remedial students.<span style=""> </span>Many people with learning disabilities can be helped, but it is up to the classroom teacher to implement these newly available technologies.<span style=""> </span>Limited resources places extra burdens on teacher and teachers must self-educate in order to implement these new tools that can help struggling students.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>
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<br /></o:p></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Integrated classrooms need to give tools to help students with learning disabilities perform at grade-level</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Studies have found that implementing “text to speak” programs have helped students be able to read at grade level without help from teachers or peers</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Other technology based programs focusing on visually presenting vocabulary context improves comprehension in students of all ages.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Computer programs can help struggling students write easier by using a word predict option.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Classroom teachers are the ones who need to seek out the training in order to help the struggling student.</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>
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<br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I have mixed reactions to what the authors say.<span style=""> </span>I think that teachers have a responsibility to teach all students in ways that they understand.<span style=""> </span>I see integrated classrooms as a positive thing which does in turn raises the demands of classroom teachers.<span style=""> </span>I can see how using these new technological tools can be advantageous for both the student and the teachers.<span style=""> </span>But I think that there are many students who have learning disabilities who need to learn how to overcome their disability. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I am leery of over-diagnosing students and telling kids they have a learning disability because I was one who would have been classified as learning disabled (specifically a reading disability). <span style=""> </span>I found school to be frustrating until a teacher made me feel competent by working with me putting her trust in me.<span style=""> </span>After that I worked harder to overcome my struggles and now I see that as an advantage.<span style=""> </span>I had to learn how to learn.<span style=""> </span>I worry that if we provide students with artificial tools we risk two things: give students a complex of “learning disabled,” and giving them a crutch that they grow to depend upon.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">In short, I think that these tools should be used sparingly and students should be “weaned” off of them a.s.a.p. (as to not create a dependency).<span style=""> </span>Developing student confidence is crucial, but teachers need to prepare students for a world that will not provide assistance.<span style=""> </span>Teachers and students need to work together to help the students become independent and competent.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-51090786333954650742009-01-20T18:56:00.000-08:002009-01-20T19:01:26.502-08:00"The Overdominance of Computers"Aaron Routon: aaronrouton@hotmail.com: 1/20/09<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">“The Overdominance of Computers” by Lowell W. Monke</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overview of article</span>.<br /><br />In this article Lowell Morke argues that schools pressure to include technology into the curriculum supersedes the wisdom of how to include technology into the classroom. He feels that modifying curriculum to conform to changes in technology can omit other valuable aspects. He argues that as technology increases, educators need to help students in personal interactions, develop abstract thinking capacities, and find meaning in life.<br /><br />Morke also sites studies that suggest that increasing time with computers and technology may not be beneficial developmentally for students. Studies show that young students respond well from personal interaction and face to face teaching. Early educational TV and computer programs demonstrate skills but lack the human contact vital to children. Also, a recent world wide study found that 15-year-old students who had more access to computers had lower all test scores (they found that computers became an academic distraction rather than a motivation).<br /><br />Lastly Morke emphasized that students need to be guided on how to manage technology wisely. He believes that children develop in stages and therefore the technology should be made available to them at the appropriate time (just as you would not give young children all the alcohol they want).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reference Points:</span><br /><br />• With a key stroke students can now inflict pain/ or damage work sitting away from their subjects<br />• Students need to develop concrete experiences interacting with the world around them so they have a better context of what is happening in the digital world<br />• Increasing screen time and decreasing face-to-face interaction may retard some aspects of development in children<br />• It is crucial that schools help students develop their distinctly human capacities such as hope, compassion, trust, respect, a sense of belonging, moral judgment, stability, community support, parental care, and teacher competence and enthusiasm that keeps so many students imprisoned in ignorance.<br />• Educators need to be concerned with how to provide students adult relationships, unstructured play, music, art, nature, and hands on lessons<br />• We need to let kids develop naturally and not diagnose, medicate, and use external tools to address the latest trends<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection:</span><br /><br />I think that Morke makes an excellent point. I feel that technology is a constant buzz word and a topic of which educators are often unaware. The result is pressure for students to know and operate the latest and greatest technology… BUT when do we teach students what is appropriate. Just as we teach kids about drugs and their affects on the body and don’t hand out drugs, we also need to teach students how to use technology wisely.<br /><br />I think technology is bringing us many wonderful things but with it also comes some horrible things. Gambling, pornography, fraud, and deception are vices which are now more readily available to people of all ages: but what are we doing to help students learn how to navigate these aspects of the web. In my experience we are doing very little (because we are relatively new to the technology scene as well) and leaving students to find out on their own. This is a huge disservice to this and future generations. Children need guidance and we are to guide them.<br /><br />A couple times Morke’s extreme points and examples may have lost him some credibility with average readers but I believe his points are still very valid. I think we as educators need to proceed with caution and help teach these children the important lessons we received about how to be human and about kindness, respect, wisdom, and moderation.Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-17392490065889720622008-12-09T22:30:00.000-08:002008-12-09T22:47:01.227-08:00Philosophy of Education<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/ST9kw8h0VpI/AAAAAAAAACA/I-uYBA3fsZM/s1600-h/dancing+feet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/ST9kw8h0VpI/AAAAAAAAACA/I-uYBA3fsZM/s320/dancing+feet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278048080345978514" border="0" /></a><br />Learning happens when 2 people work together.... the teacher and the student. Both people have to work together.... it takes two..... just like dancing. And just like dancing, education requires a leader and a follower. The leader is the teacher who invites, guides, and demonstrates the moves (new material). The follower is the students who accepts, trusts, and engages. Then this happens- Magic happens and students learn. For my full philosophy in video form, please click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOUCp00-LiQ"><span style="font-size:180%;">here</span></a>.Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-400875934080767182008-11-10T14:28:00.000-08:002008-11-10T15:09:54.334-08:00Energy Project Evaluation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SRi_OFq-1zI/AAAAAAAAAB4/ossf3dFwJz8/s1600-h/bike+commuting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SRi_OFq-1zI/AAAAAAAAAB4/ossf3dFwJz8/s320/bike+commuting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267170012971325234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Final Energy Project thoughts:<br /><br />My findings were a good representation of someone living in a small community (like a college) but what about more average people. What about people who travel in larger circles? Or what about people who spend more money on their cars? This project needs replicated to fit the lifestyles of more people. I think if more people tried this experiment (possibly with larger radius), we'd get a better understanding of the average person and their expense on commuting. I think the average person would have to bike a larger radius.... but hey.... isn't that a good thing anyway. Thanks for taking time to read, the following are self-evaluations of my <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pMM3Oyom8YPDV7T6BKt49ZQ&hl=en">presentation</a> and my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAi6qGIXQg">video</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Presentation</span>: 88 out of 100<br />Good things:<br /> -Content interesting and well organized<br /> -Conclusions offered viewers options<br /> -Data was defined and gathered well<br />Needs improvement:<br /> -Too many variables<br /> -When vehicle is needed to transport more<br /> people or objects than only the driver<br /> -What effect will ice have on both driving<br /> and biking?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Video</span>: 88 out of 100<br />Good things:<br /> -Delivery and tone was comfortable<br /> -Hand motions added<br /> -transitional phrases helped<br />Needs improvement<br /> - read off of Power Point too often<br /> -speed was fast<br /> -intonation was not variedAaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-54976335811197143692008-11-03T11:22:00.000-08:002008-12-15T10:44:32.880-08:00Energy Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SQ9UEr_HVHI/AAAAAAAAABQ/EOqx_KfD0gA/s1600-h/IMG_0074.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SQ9UEr_HVHI/AAAAAAAAABQ/EOqx_KfD0gA/s200/IMG_0074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264518928923055218" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CAaron%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 268435456 0 0 -2147483648 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:897938333; mso-list-template-ids:1735674328;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:; mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I live in a small town and driving is expensive so I did an experiment to calculate how much time and money I'd save by riding my bike everywhere in a 2 mile radius. The full presentation and results can be found by clicking here.
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<br />About my experiment:
<br />I have an inexpensive car, drive very little, have cheap insurance, and work on my own car. I also pedal fast and the price of gas was based upon a rate of $4.39 per gallon.</span><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">My findings
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I traveled an average of 50 miles per week and 23% of my miles were outside of a 2 mile radius.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This means that I can use my bike for most of my transportation. (I base my final figures on my lifestyle and a complete and detailed power point presentation math can be found by</span> <a href="http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=ddrrn6k6_17dndb45cm&hl=en">clicking here</a>.
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">My calculations:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc" style="font-family:verdana;"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">my <b>car</b> costs about <b>$2700</b> per year to operate.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">Riding my <b>bike</b> costs me about <b>$350</b> per year.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">The <b>time</b> spent commuting on a bike and in a car is almost <b>equal</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Biking</b> is more economical and equals a <b>savings</b> of about <b>$8.50 per hour</b>.</span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >For raw data and figures,<a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pMM3Oyom8YPDV7T6BKt49ZQ&hl=en"> </a><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pMM3Oyom8YPDV7T6BKt49ZQ&hl=en">click here</a>. </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >You can watch me give this presentation by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAi6qGIXQg">clicking here</a>. </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ></span><o:p></o:p></p> Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-28632795500640905932008-10-06T14:52:00.000-07:002008-10-06T15:11:12.766-07:002 Mile Biking Radius: Energy Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.terrapass.com/images/blogposts/bike-commuter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.terrapass.com/images/blogposts/bike-commuter.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />With the energy crisis we know that rising fuel costs make it more expensive to own a car and we must look for alternate ways to save energy. Think BIKE…. Congress did. Congress just passes an economic bail-out plan which includes employers receiving a $20/month tax credit for every employee who commutes to work. (Estimate what you spend on commuting fuel <a href="http://www.bikecommuters.com/gas-saving-calculator/">HERE</a>. Estimate the total amount you are spending to drive per mile <a href="http://www.edmunds.com/apps/cto/intro.do">HERE</a>)<br /><br />For this project I will investigate for one week the benefits and costs of riding bike instead of driving a car for any distance within two miles of my house. I live in Sitka Alaska where the weather is rainy and I know that riding a bike means ride in poor conditions and therefore my analysis will include two dependant factors: time and money.<br />For this analysis I will assume 3 things<br /><ul><li>time - it takes more time to prepare, travel, clean-up when using a bike</li><li>money- it takes more money to operate a vehicle</li><li>exercise- 20 minutes of exercise 3X's a week improves health</li></ul>I will spend one week traveling by car tabulating total time and total distance traveled.<br />I will spend the next week biking and tabulating total time and total distance covered.<br />I will publish my results in my next blog entry.Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-22811209279871786742008-09-22T18:43:00.000-07:002008-10-06T13:51:03.609-07:00Anthro-Technology Report<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SNhh-Sgr7_I/AAAAAAAAABI/t6jA-dBwnLg/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FfbH7RfDAMQ/SNhh-Sgr7_I/AAAAAAAAABI/t6jA-dBwnLg/s320/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249053088449032178" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CAaron%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p.western, li.western, div.western {mso-style-name:western; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;">My assignment was to figure out the <span style="font-weight: bold;">technology culture at </span><st1:place style="font-weight: bold;" st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Sitka</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<span style=""> My approach:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style=""> </span>Research school <span style="font-weight: bold;">documents</span>:<span style=""> </span>I found every piece of literature that the school and district published regarding technology and computers.<span style="">
<br /></span></li><li><span style=""> </span>Researched on <span style="font-weight: bold;">web</span>.<span style=""> </span>I knew that SHS had MAT students in the past and I read their reports "anthrotech" reports.<span style=""> </span>I based interview questions and my list of interviewees off of that report.<span style=""> </span>I also asked the school secretary, librarian, and my mentor teacher who I could talk to about technology.</li></ul> <p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I learned a lot.<span style="">
<br /></span></span></p><ul><li><span style=""> </span>I learned that teachers are <span style="font-weight: bold;">increasingly using technology</span> in the classroom because technology makes life better</li><li>Lack of training and the lack of stream-lined hardware/software make it <span style="font-weight: bold;">difficult</span> to fully utilize available resources.<span style="">
<br /></span></li><li><span style=""></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Students</span> are increasing turning to technology for recreation, for communication, and for socialization.<span style="">
<br /></span></li><li><span style=""></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teachers</span> can be bridge builders connecting people as technology stratifies generations and socio-economic groups.<span style=""> </span></li><li>Teachers must know and use available tools of technology in order to prepare today’s students for the unknown future. </li></ul>
<br />You can see details in <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrrn6k6_0hb2z2mhf&hl=en">The Full Report</a>
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<br /></a>Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-25031172637636883852008-09-01T16:03:00.000-07:002008-09-01T16:12:54.321-07:00Article Review: “Tools for the Mind” by Mary BurnsAaron Routon: aaronrouton@hotmail.com: 9/01/08<br /><br />“Tools for the Mind” by Mary Burns<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overview of Article.</span><br />The lull in enthusiasm for using technology in the classroom could be linked to the ineffective use of technological tools. Technology has the capability of helping students develop high-level thinking skills but educators are utilizing technology for students only as a low-level “show and tell” aid.<br /><br />Current education trends fixate on the visual display aspect of technology and as a result students primarily use technology as a way to research or present their work. The higher level thinking skills of synthesis and evaluation are not needed in this process.<br /><br />Educators should push students to develop these skills. There are technological tools which can help this process (spreadsheets, databases, and GIS programs), but educators need to focus more on content and developing critical thinking skills. Teachers need to use technology to improve content knowledge, curriculum, instruction, and assessment.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reference Points:<br /></span><ul><li>1.) Today educators have a narrow focus on technology at the expense of the more important pillars of learning—cognition, instruction, assessment, and curriculum.</li></ul><ul><li>2.) In all the excitement about new ways of teaching with technology, educators may have neglected to pose the most fundamental question: Are students really learning?</li></ul><ul><li>3.) Education has an over-reliance on conceptually easy kinds of software—lower-order applications that, although engaging, focus on simple cognitive tasks.</li></ul><ul><li>4.) Technology alone cannot move students to higher. My own experience in classrooms indicates that students generally use lower-order applications that offer few opportunities for problem solving, analysis, and evaluation.</li></ul><ul><li>5.) PowerPoint does not lead students to delve deeply into the writing process or wrestle with complex and conflicting conceptual information.</li></ul><ul><li>6.) Internet use is intellectually passive. Students generally use the Internet as an electronic textbook, often without questioning, validating, or evaluating the information they find.</li></ul><ul><li>7.) Teachers must learn to use other tools to help engage students but higher-order tools, for the most part, are not as user-friendly or visually appealing.</li></ul><ul><li>8.) Teach critical thinking first and technology later. The technology community needs to focus on the role of computers as learning tools.</li></ul><ul><li>9.) Teachers need to use technology to focus on content knowledge, curriculum, instruction, and assessment.</li></ul><ul><li>10.) Spreadsheets, databases and Geographic information systems (GIS), are useful tools in helping students develop high-level thinking skills in using technology.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection: </span><br />I think this is very accurate. I think we as educators fixate on the ability of technology to aid in presentation. Presentation of material is just part of the learning process. We need to again focus on developing those critical thinking skills.<br /><br />In the classroom, we need to continue to help kids develop these skills and not focus so much on the presentation (which can come easier to students than to teachers). This is far more difficult for students and teachers and teachers need to be given tools to teach these things.<br /><br />Teachers need to be trained how to use these new tools. These tools are often more difficult to use but they need to be utilized in teaching content. Computers have a great potential to be a learning aid and we need to utilize them as much as is appropriate in helping student develop higher-level thinking skills.Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-70892769093373950002008-08-23T17:24:00.000-07:002008-09-01T16:00:53.057-07:00Article Review: “The Educator's Guide to the Read/Write Web” by Will RichardsonAaron Routon: aaronrouton@hotmail.com: 8/23/08<br /><br />“The Educator's Guide to the Read/Write Web” by Will Richardson<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Article Overview:</span><br />This article was written in two parts- part one describes some tools on the internet that schools can use to enhance learning, and part two describes how those tools can be used in today’s changing classroom. Developing technology is changing how students interact with what is written, requiring readers to become judges of information<br /><br />Part one of the article describes the following: Weblogs or blogs, wiki, furls, and podcasts. All of these are internet tools where people can publish and post information. Blogs are sights anyone can post any information. Wikis are a collaboration of information by many anonyms authors. Furls are programs which collect information customized to a specific user. Podcasts are published sound bites people can record. All of these tools make it easier for anyone to put information on the internet.<br /><br />The second part of the article describes how classroom teachers’ role needs to shift from content expert to knowledge guide. The author sites that students can now use the internet to interact with people who have more expertise than the classroom teacher. Teachers role now should be two fold: help guide the search for information, and to help students learn what is appropriate.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reference Points:</span><br /><ul><li>1. To be literate in the age of the Read/Write Web means to skillfully manage the flood of information now available.</li></ul><ul><li>2. Now that anyone with an Internet connection can publish and disseminate content with no editorial review process, consumers of Web content need to be editors as well as readers. We need to help students make a judgment about its authenticity and relevance of sources. We must teach students how to actively question and evaluate published information instead of passively accepting it as legitimate.</li></ul><ul><li>3. Students need to understand the many ways in which they can appropriately share ideas and creations online and teachers need to model how to communicate with experts and how to publish their own work</li></ul><ul><li>4. Schools have traditionally demanded that students work independently and produce content mainly for their teacher. We should encourage such collaboration and outreach. Current tools have increased our ability to collaborate with others and also expanded audiences. Also school work does no longer needs to be discarded following the school year…. It could be posted for others to see.</li></ul><ul><li>5. Schools need to think through the potential privacy and safety implications that go along with widespread publishing of student-created content.</li></ul><ul><li>6. Teachers must also show students how to deal with inappropriate content that they may come across during their Web travels.</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection: </span><br />This article means that teachers will need to adapt. There are many tools to aid in teaching content and many resources students now have access to. We should utilize these resources and help students learn how to utilize these new tools.<br /><br />The changing technology is changing how our students view information. Now students question everything. When I was in school something was true because it was written in “The World Book” encyclopedia. Now Wikipedia takes over and students question the authentency of everything written. Now students are skeptics and are not what things are really facts. This can be good, but we will need to help direct students to some things which are concrete. Most students operate well in concrete terms and so much subjectivism could be very confusing and emphasizes our roles as mentors.<br /><br />I think the two ideas that I will use most from this article are the ideas of blogging and creating our own classroom text book.Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-78654523700535050962008-08-21T23:41:00.001-07:002008-08-21T23:55:49.627-07:00Futuring<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Grading student video projects posses difficulties</span> because of because of encouraging artistic license but the following areas will be assessed:<br />• A thorough display of conceptual competence<br />• Supporting details presented<br />• Presentation is engaging and enhances viewers understanding<blockquote></blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"School Train"</span><br /></span><span>+ meets each 3 requirements but the presentation<br />- a little distracting (depending upon intended audience).<br />*** Over all- very good</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><blockquote></blockquote><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Hannah- Fox Becomes a Better Person"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span>+Person meets all three requirements<br />+and is easy to follow for the viewers.<br />+dress, music, artwork, and intro<br />- First picture of fox.<br />*** Over all- excellent.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><blockquote></blockquote><br /></span><span>There are many possible impact of technology speculated in the short narrative <span style="font-weight: bold;">“<span style="font-style: italic;">epic2015</span></span>.” The piece suggests that in the future Google and Amazon will combine to become the news mogul <span style="font-weight: bold;">which personalizes the news for every subscriber</span>. Following that in the year 2015 people will use their mobile media devices to <span style="font-weight: bold;">broadcast themselves</span> across the internet airwaves. Such speculations would have <span style="font-weight: bold;">big impact on the classroom</span>.<br /><br />• Personalized news means that students would not be hearing the same news…. There would be more information, but the information would be based on preference, and there fore all students would not receive the same “news.”<br />• Personal broadcasts means students would increasingly open their lives on the internet where <span style="font-weight: bold;">face to face interaction would decrease and postings would increase</span>.<br />• <span style="font-weight: bold;">Student lives would also be more available to strangers</span>. Either security for these “pod-casts” will increase or students open their lives up to anyone who wants to look.<br />• <span style="font-weight: bold;">Social impact of postings decreases accountability</span>. Students can present themselves however they want<br />•<span style="font-weight: bold;"> More convenient</span>. Like the cell phone- these broadcast will make life more convenient and create more free time. Planning may be less tedious too.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">“Sabrina’s Journey”</span> can be a model for something that I do with my students because it is a piece of self- disclosure. I work in language arts and these pieces are valuable. Creating a piece like this demonstrates:<br />• Theme<br />• Supporting evidence<br />• Writer’s voice<br />• Value of person</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-43785059831312373372008-08-21T23:36:00.000-07:002008-09-01T16:03:01.578-07:00Article Review: "Listen to the Natives"<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CAaron%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Arial-BoldMT; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:auto; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:606471004; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:495624020 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Aaron Routon:<span style=""> </span><a href="mailto:aaronrouton@hotmail.com">aaronrouton@hotmail.com</a>:<span style=""> </span>8/21/08</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">“Listen to the Natives” by Marc Prensky</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Overview of article. </b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> In “Listen to the Natives” Marc Prensky suggests that schools need to adapt current teaching strategies to be more inclusive of technology.<span style=""> </span>He states that students today are different today than in the past largely due to the influence of technology.<span style=""> </span>His belief is that if teachers do not adapt, education will be ineffective.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> Prenksy advises that teachers must be engaging in order to be relevant to students.<span style=""> </span>The article focuses on impact of technology on students and on how students will learn best.<span style=""> </span>Prensky suggests strategies that incorporate the internet and cell phones in classroom communication. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">The author focuses on teaching becoming more individualized and self-guided by the students.<span style=""> </span>He states “w</span>e also need to select our teachers for their empathy and guidance abilities rather than exclusively for their subject-matter knowledge.”<span style=""> </span>Prensky believes teachers roles should shift from being directors of information to being learning partners with students.<span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Reference Points:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Students today are “digital natives” having been raised with modern technology where many adults were not “born into technology” and had to learn it later in life.<span style=""> </span>The idea is that technology for students today is second nature and that parents and teachers find it more difficult</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Prensky believes that teachers need to engage students with things they relate to in order for learning to be optimal</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">The idea of “gameplay” where learning is fun in hopes to keep students motivated to learn.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Teachers should stray from “herding” and<span style=""> </span>attempt more one-on-one personalized instruction OR self selected learning groups where students can connect with any person world wide to be a partner in group learning.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">The use of cell phone technology in the classroom should bee locked at as an asset rather than a liability.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Educators need to teach students to be programmers or their learning and work with available technology to accomplish goals.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">The goal of education should be to teach students to filter knowledge and maximize the features and connectivity of their tools.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Unless schools conform to using technology, they will become archaic, outdated, and irrelevant to students.</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Reflection:</span></b><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> I find that student engagement is a fine line for education to walk.<span style=""> </span>I want students to be engaged, but I feel it would be a disservice to students if education fell into the entertainment trap.<span style=""> </span>School should prepare students for life and by feeding into the entertainment model, I fear that students will lose interest and motivation once something becomes hard work or boring.<span style=""> </span>Most people will need money someday and they will do it by working a job that might be hard or boring.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">I also feel that the author ignored economic stratification brought on by such attempts to education.<span style=""> </span>What happens if a student doesn’t have a computer at home, or a cell phone, or an MP3 player.<span style=""> </span>It seams that this article ignores those students who do not have the financial resources to keep current.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">I do like the possibilities that this article brought up- teaching can be very interactive and self guided on many levels.<span style=""> </span>Students will benefit and be motivated to learn when they have more choices- this mirrors learning later in life.<span style=""> </span>Cell phones and the internet make larger learning communities possible and gives many more opportunities.<span style=""> </span>I do believe that teachers should use these things as tools but also instill in students a good work ethic and should guide students in positive social skills.<span style=""> </span>As educators we want to teach life skills.<span style=""> </span>Technology is a skill that people will need to survive, but education should also be well rounded.</span></p> Aaron Routonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15314391996748567425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8447952426015765220.post-30853166066608591592008-08-18T13:52:00.000-07:002008-08-18T13:54:46.426-07:00A little about me....<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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