Chapter 7

The chapter 7 discuss educational software supports and  promotes problem solving and inquiry learning for students from kingdergarten to the twelfth grade. the text book introduce many educational software like Scratch. This is an electronic toolkit that enables students to make their own games, animated stories, and interactive art. I try to play the games from the scratch website, most games I can get the topic and learning information very clearly, I expect most of them are very interesting. I believe the game can attract children's attention in the classroom.

 I remember a game which uses be very popular on iphone, the name is WORDS WITH FRIENDS, building words and get score with your friends, the students can play this game and remember the new words and review the old words, easy to use, easy to play and multiple devices supported.

  The chapter 6 discusses the Education website resource, we can use these website for future teaching. Using the teaching  website we can communicate with other teachers, exchange different teaching idea and problem. The website give us more idea to develop our lesson plan.

  the text book introduces some websites, most of them share the lesson plan, some teachers experience, and  comment. These resource are very useful for us, I got some ideas for webquest.

 I found a website which can supply many patterns of lesson plan and teaching process : Sites for teachers
You can find lesson plan and teacher's video for different level students from this website, like Reading, Mathematics,Science,Social Studies and Writing. And you can also publish your lesson plan here and share your ideas. 



QUESNTIONS

1. How  to connect with students' hobby to teach your knowledge by teaching website?
2. How do you manage your students' computer when you teaching in the classroom?

Chapter 4

Chapter 4 discusses technology integration and educational change to help teachers infuse technology into both classroom instruction and professional work. Technology integration issues and strategies are discussed with ways for teachers to address the persistent problems of the digital divide, digital inequality, and the participation gap. Nowadays, many teachers use new technology in their teaching. when i was studied in ESL class, Dr David often use Youtube.edu to show us the topic by some interesting videos. Depend on the video, we can get the important points about the topic, Most times the students find some new idea and connect with their experience to complete their language skills.


The Technology helps teacher and  students a lots, but educator should have their own standard to make sure the website resource is reliable and clearly.


1. what is standard for online resource?

2. How to use online resource in your lesson plan?


EDU: YOUTUBE

CHAPTER 5

  In this chapter discusses how teachers and students can critically research and evaluate the internet as a teaching and learning environment. The chapter begins with search engines how they work , and how to teach students to evaluate for slant, bias, and purpose of information they locate online.

  this is my favorite chapter, because of the search engines, I often use GOOGLE, BAIDU, WIKI, and YOUTUBE to teach my students. There are lots of information you can find from internet, like video, examples and pictures. But every time, when i display how to use GOOGLE or other search engine, I was so nervous. The search engine always connect some sensitive words, these words will attract younger students, But the students are not mature enough to see. I think we should develop a unique search engine  that avoid all kind of sensitive words and content, like some TV has parents control.


1.what the advantage and disadvantage does student to use search engine ?
2. Do you think wikipedia provide correct information anytime ?

Chapter 3

  The chapter 3 discusses how does teacher use technology to find teaching resource, how to use these resource to make lesson plan, deliver, and assess lessons that engage students and teach academic content while integrating technology into all aspects of lesson development

Web-based lesson development resources

  Verizon Thinkfinity and PBS Teachers are online lesson development resource, teacher can find professional  lesson designing from this website, these two website also provide the renew information on Twitter. 

LINK

    Thinkfinity

  

    PBS

Now i find  lots of interesting APPS from apple apps store, most apps can help students to study new knowledge like playing games. I have a part time job for after school students, to help them finish their home work, I found most of them do not know which is hundred digit and ten digit. So i use apps which name is  current money to teach them. They like money(haha) and study very quickly. But i think students will also use IPAD playing other games. I prefer use WIKIPEDIA or GOOGLE GROUP to teach students. I give them a topic and online resource, they can edited the idea page and study other students idea. 

Chapter 2
I really enjoy about chapter 2 was talking about the new technology to teach students. I believe many students will like the new way to study new knowledge. new technology using new way to practice group work, students can use new technology to create new idea with laptop, internet, photo editing, movie maker and other software. I wish i have these resource when i was in the school. that's great!

Question
1. Do you think tablet should stay at school? because many students use it to play video game, and watch the movie.
2. Do you remember when you begin to touch these new technology, and how did you get benefit from them?