674+Discussion+Questions

674 Discussion Questions

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What do you know about using technology with students? What do you want to know about using technology with students? =====

Particularily with young students (18-19 year olds) they are very engaged with technology in fact it seems this is how they are programmed to learn. They've had computers since they were very young, various gaming systems and now IPods and Smart Phones with all the latest technology. I want to learn how to engage various ages with technology, my class can have students who are young as well as a returning adult who have less technology experience. How can I create a balance that engages all ages.

==**__Discussion Question 2 - completed during Weekend One__ **==

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Look at the Essential 21st Century Skills List - Select one skill and discuss how you already meet this skill via your current instruction. =====

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Accountability and Adapability - Most of the classes I currently teach are on-line classes, so each student has specific assignments and due dates but they have the flexibility to work on these assignments when it's most practical for them. For each of the assignments they are given a grading rubrics so they understand up front what is being reviewed for each assignment so they can, if they choose to, turn in a high quality work based on what is expected.=====

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Select another Essential 21st Century Skill that you may NOT already touch upon and project how you might be able to meet that need in future instruction. =====

Because of the type of classes I teach, I feel the communication skills is not utilized to the extent I would like. Many times student do no understand a topic in the chapter, even though I have a written explanation many times this is not enough for the student (perhaps they are more visual learners). So I would like to incorporate video with screen shots with the problem areas. 

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Find a TeacherTube/YouTube video that you could use for instructional purposes and copy and paste the address of the video for others to view. Explain how you would use this with your students. =====

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Please find a video that you have not yet used before in your classroom. NOTE: Since there are so many videos to choose from, please avoid any repeats. View two other students’ videos. =====

The You Tube video is about diversity in the world and how people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds can come together to help each other. []

This video could help my classes understand the dynamic of a classroom and how each student has something to contribute that we can all learn from. I like to take the atmosphere of a classroom into consideration when conducting a class and that atmosphere is an essential part of learning in a classroom. The environment a class is taught in helps determines the success of the lessons and the students. All students are different, and it is important for all students to respect each other in order for class objectives to be met. As a teacher it is important that I am able to create an atmosphere of tolerance, acceptance, and caring in the classroom in order to provide a comfort level for each student to freely participate.

==**__Discussion Question 4 - to be completed Saturday/Weekend Two__ ** ==

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To complete the KWHL- what have you learned from the readings, activities and discussions from this course about using technology with your students? =====  At the beginning of the class, when the instructions where to cover the whole book in the second day that was a little daunting, until we broke it down by chapters. I honestly feel this is a great style to learn. Each student taking a chapter to summarize and reporting out on the key points was a great learning format. Personally, I don’t think by reading the chapters myself, I could have gotten so much information out of them. Which leads me to another one of the activities that I thought was very helpful. The learning styles activity and how important that is in our own learning as well as our teaching. The Claymation activity was a great cooperative learning project, coming up with an idea, each taking a portion of the project to build and combining the efforts in the movement and photograph. It was a very rewarding activity even though it was short; it was definitely a new experience. The variation of a learning activity made this a very fun learning activity. A technology area I really didn’t envision learning until now. So much information was gathered from the web sites as well as the discussions, there is a wealth of knowledge from everyone. I still need to go back and review more of the websites, to learn from as many of these as I possible. The activity of rewards, even though the students I have are older, I can incorporate, for instance, bookmarks of shortcuts for Word and Excel that the students can keep in their books as a small gesture of keep up the great work. Sometimes I’m finding the older students need the reassurance of a job well done just like the younger students do. 