February 21, 2010 Blog Assignment

Dr. Christie's site:

I chose podcast only because it was the subject most foreign to me. I understand it now. Its only another name for a video just compatible to an I Pod. I was not aware of the pitfalls nor was I aware of the materials used for a podcast. I especially enjoy photo's and know that I am able to display photo's during a podcast is awesome. Podcast is a creative way of displaying the contents of a curriculum and in this day in educational age, I feel as if this is a tactile way of engaging your students.
I was unaware of copyright situations alongside potential influence against educational curriculum towards personal gain from the benefits of podcast. Podcast make structured curriculum available outside of class time. The videos engage the students to get involve and assists with the content misunderstood. It's an awesome way for educators to get involved and to further engage the students to become equally involved.

I tunes University:
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i Pod's in Instruction

IPod is instruction is a curriculum I took great pleasure in learning about. I especially enjoyed how it was a helpful tool for special need kids. It restored self-esteem and a way to learn a difficult content and gain understanding. The IPod enables the ability to replay materials when not understood and lacking an essential element to the curriculum. Students are able to listen to educational audio files while walking the mall or watching an educational video while sitting at the doctor's office. The audio version available with an IPod helps those students with hearing and cognitive disability.

Duke University began a first year IPod generation for entering freshmen. I challenge the concept only by stating although the IPod's are preloaded student are tech savy and will find a way to erase Duke's content and reload the IPod with what is of more of interest.Click Hereto read the article about Duke University first generation of IPod's. I feel that the IPod's were useful to Jr. and Sr. honor students. Those students deserve the perks and at the time in their collegiate career one can appreciate the advantages of an IPod both academically and personally.

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V.Day[February 14, 2010] Blog Assignment

Wikipedia
Wikipedia will never be a trusted source site. I was always told by college professor's not to use this as an reference and never quite understood why. I thought until this homework assignment that it was a great source of reference. From the two articles and podcast I understand that someone can always edit information. The only thing that will change as time progress is the history to whom make the wiki information changes. I would pose a question if I was ever present during this conversation. Who established Wikipedia and why was the source open to individual edits?

"What I've Learned this Year"
Awesome summary of a first year teacher. It made me recall my first year of teaching and he actually thought more in depth than me. Curriculum should be student based. It makes it more enjoyable for the class and a joy for you the teacher. Interaction and absorption is what we as educator's crave. I love that my students trusted me. They told me more things that at times I did not want to hear.
Communication is a great tactic to absorb yet in a realistic world not all adults know how to communicate. Some people take directness as a superior attack instead of a mature attempt to solve a situation. There are no perfect teachers is what this blogger summarized. I agree. Teaching is a craft and each student, each year, each school is a different project to conquer. Overall, I loved this blog. No matter the task this teacher realizes his career was not at all about him. It was all about what would he contribute to the future of this world.

February 7, 2010 Blog Assignment

100 Ways to use your Ipod to Learn and Study better was intriguing. I knew Iphones were capable of a lot but I had no idea I could study from my phone or even better my five year old could learn to read from my phone, which he loves. I still have difficulty learning from the pod casts or their purpose. I hope to learn more as my group and I develop our very own pod casts.
A Worldwide Audience for six year old's was interesting. I could see how children would like to interact with other kids via internet simply because my son adores while enjoys a computer. I could see the kids learning to speak different languanges and the diversity of ethnicity. Yet, my question is how do the educators equally engage the parents to become involved?

January 31, 2010 Blog Assigment-Podcasts

Thus far I am in the beginning Podcast and honestly it sounds much like a guy talking his every move and discussing different sites such as dim dim.com which is an eating site. It almost sounds much like an audio twitter. At this point I am a tad bit lost and hearing him say more about his coffee and soup.
Now I am listening to teacher's podcast and I am still at a lost. It sounds like educator's discussing technology and traditional classrooms. I gone step out and proclaim pod cast's are audio documentation or audio notes. Individuals are moving away from writing and making audio documentation. Do I assume correct?
Oh snap, I have an I phone and according to the teacher's podcast there is an app. Wooohooooo! Now I only have to have Dr. Strange or Mr. Sullivan to enlighten me of the purpose for Pod-cast's. Is it for recording.
The teaching with smart board I thought would do some explaining for me however it did not. I am very tactile and visual. I still assume that pod-cast's are audio tutorial, audio notes or whatever one may need it to be.This will definitely require a lot of questions on my part and I plan to submit my question to my instructors via twitter.