Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Project #3: Option #2- Tutorial for Students
OUTBREAK AT THE WATERS EDGE TUTORIAL
Part 1: Outbreak at the Water's Edge is an interactive online game developed by the University of Minnesota that helps people to better understand the principles of Epidemiology and how is works. This game depicts the scenario of a disease outbreak. The game takes you through the process of identifying the location of the disease, possible causes of the disease, and the factors that have contributed to the disease. This game is great because it makes an otherwise boring and difficult to understand principle- Epidemiology- fun for students. This game is an active learning activity that will help the students to internalize the concepts of disease spread. The game takes about 30 minutes. There are several instructions along the way that make the game very easy to follow.
Part 2: Tutorial
Part 3: Reflection
For my project, I created a tutorial explaining how to play the "Outbreak at the Water's Edge" game. The tutorial is a video of myself explaining how to play the game and showing the students how to do it on the computer screen. While recording this video tutorial for my students, I actually learned the technology for creating this type of video myself. I went through a good portion of the game and explained the steps of starting up the game, tips for playing the game effectively, and what the full assignment they were supposed to turn in involved. I learned a lot making this tutorial and actually had fun with it. I think the students will have fun too!
Part 1: Outbreak at the Water's Edge is an interactive online game developed by the University of Minnesota that helps people to better understand the principles of Epidemiology and how is works. This game depicts the scenario of a disease outbreak. The game takes you through the process of identifying the location of the disease, possible causes of the disease, and the factors that have contributed to the disease. This game is great because it makes an otherwise boring and difficult to understand principle- Epidemiology- fun for students. This game is an active learning activity that will help the students to internalize the concepts of disease spread. The game takes about 30 minutes. There are several instructions along the way that make the game very easy to follow.
Part 2: Tutorial
Part 3: Reflection
For my project, I created a tutorial explaining how to play the "Outbreak at the Water's Edge" game. The tutorial is a video of myself explaining how to play the game and showing the students how to do it on the computer screen. While recording this video tutorial for my students, I actually learned the technology for creating this type of video myself. I went through a good portion of the game and explained the steps of starting up the game, tips for playing the game effectively, and what the full assignment they were supposed to turn in involved. I learned a lot making this tutorial and actually had fun with it. I think the students will have fun too!
Blog Post #10: Reflection
I have learned a great deal of very useful things in the class. For most of my life, I have considered myself pretty "technology impaired". After this course, however, I have learned how to make blogs, record and upload videos, make websites, make videos, and all sorts of useful things. I think that knowing how to use all of these technologies will definately make me a better teacher. I will be better able to use technologies to enhance my teaching and help my students to learn and grow. I think I will definatley have a class blog that I will require students to use and comment on. I also think that a video assignment might be very beneficial. I have all sorts of ideas flowing at this point! I think the lesson that confused me the most was the one on all of the copyright laws. I am still pretty confused about some of those. For instance, am I allowed to use songs and other things to make videos to show in my classroom? Would that be okay because it is for educational purposes or would I still only be able to use 10% of each song? I guess my biggest question would have to be, Why are copyright laws so stinking ridiculous? Haha, but I guess that question may never be answered and,if it is, it probably won't help me out any :)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Blog Post #9: Project 3 Proposal
Target Audience: 10th Grade Health Students
Technology: Outbreak at the Water's Edge
Learning Activities: Outbreak at the Water's Edge is an interactive game made by the University of Minnesota that teaches some how the basics of epidemiology. I will make a tutorial of how to play the game and then require my students to play the game at home and bring me a list of things they learned, what the cause of the disease was, where the cause was coming from, and what contributed to it.
Technology: Outbreak at the Water's Edge
Learning Activities: Outbreak at the Water's Edge is an interactive game made by the University of Minnesota that teaches some how the basics of epidemiology. I will make a tutorial of how to play the game and then require my students to play the game at home and bring me a list of things they learned, what the cause of the disease was, where the cause was coming from, and what contributed to it.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Blog Post #7: Synchronous Chat/Video
For my synchronous video experience I used Google Talk/Video and Video chatted with my husband who is on an internship in Colorado right now. We have actually been familiar with "web-caming" as we call it for quite some time. My husband, Jon, bought me a web cam when we first started long distance dating between Provo and Rexburg. We used it to help us not miss each other quite as much with the distance for a year while we were dating long distance. That is one of my favorite features of the video chatting experience. Being able to see the face of the person you are talking to helps to make it feel like they are closer than they really are. You also have a visual picture which makes things a lot nicer. The difficulties we have experienced are that, depending on internet speed, there are sometimes disruptions in the chat stream or echos in the background. Also sometimes the microphone part won't work unless we hook everything up in a certain order.
I think there are plenty of ways that video chat can be used in education. For instance, in highschool I actually took 3 different college courses from Utah State that were through Synchronous Video. The Professor broadcasted from Utah State and we could watch him on a video in our school in Idaho and respond to him through microphones- kind of like it was a normal class. Also, it could be a way to get in touch with students or to have home visits with their parents without having to actually drive to everyone's houses.
I think there are plenty of ways that video chat can be used in education. For instance, in highschool I actually took 3 different college courses from Utah State that were through Synchronous Video. The Professor broadcasted from Utah State and we could watch him on a video in our school in Idaho and respond to him through microphones- kind of like it was a normal class. Also, it could be a way to get in touch with students or to have home visits with their parents without having to actually drive to everyone's houses.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Blog Post #6: Copyright
"How can fair-use benefit you as a teacher?"
Fair-Use is such an important principle when it comes to teaching. It means that I can use parts of copywrited videos and texts for educational purposes in my classroom. If fair-use did not exist, I would have to come up with all of my own original materials and videos to go beyond the scope of the textbook to teach my students. Being able to use outside resources without the fear of being sued or having to pay a lot of money is a great tool for education. There are so many great resources out there that are great for teaching our students and fair-use expands our possibilities greatly! I still wouldn't be able to use large amounts of copyrighted material and it would depend upon the source and the value of the source. Also the fact that I would be using it for non-profit educational purposes means that I would most likely be protected under the law.
Fair-Use is such an important principle when it comes to teaching. It means that I can use parts of copywrited videos and texts for educational purposes in my classroom. If fair-use did not exist, I would have to come up with all of my own original materials and videos to go beyond the scope of the textbook to teach my students. Being able to use outside resources without the fear of being sued or having to pay a lot of money is a great tool for education. There are so many great resources out there that are great for teaching our students and fair-use expands our possibilities greatly! I still wouldn't be able to use large amounts of copyrighted material and it would depend upon the source and the value of the source. Also the fact that I would be using it for non-profit educational purposes means that I would most likely be protected under the law.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Blog Post #5: Making Movies
I have always been a fan of using movies in the classroom. Movies have the ability to capture the attention of students and get messages across in way that a teacher could never do without this technology. Movies can incorporate many different learning styles into one lesson. Personally, movies affect me far more than words alone. Just last week we watched a video on the effects of drunk driving and it really impacted me. The combination of music and visual images along with the statistics was very powerful.
I think that incorporating videos into the classroom is a great tool for teachers. It can be both a great teaching and great learning tool. Movies are attention getters and that is great for teaching in middle and high school settings. Movies have the ability to make the students care more.
I had to make a couple of videos for my college english class my senior year of highschool. I remember it being a lot of complicated and confusing work but it was very satisfying when the end project turned out well. I still have those videos today and have to laugh when I watch them. It was me and my three best friends making a movie about gender roles and the stereotyping of women. Haha, it was good times :) I just hope I find movie making a little easier this go around!
I think that incorporating videos into the classroom is a great tool for teachers. It can be both a great teaching and great learning tool. Movies are attention getters and that is great for teaching in middle and high school settings. Movies have the ability to make the students care more.
I had to make a couple of videos for my college english class my senior year of highschool. I remember it being a lot of complicated and confusing work but it was very satisfying when the end project turned out well. I still have those videos today and have to laugh when I watch them. It was me and my three best friends making a movie about gender roles and the stereotyping of women. Haha, it was good times :) I just hope I find movie making a little easier this go around!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Project #1 I FINISHED MY WEBSITE!!!
I finally finished my website and I think it looks pretty good! Hooray! I think I included everything that is required so hopefully I didn't miss something. This was a very good skill to learn!
http://sites.google.com/site/mrsdayshealthclass/home
http://sites.google.com/site/mrsdayshealthclass/home
Monday, February 1, 2010
Blog Post #4: Personal Learning Networks
Personal Learning Networks are a great way to stay informed, involved, and to stay active in life-long learning. I explored the websites freetech4teachers, another sight that lists content for K-12 teachers, and the ItunesU applications. All of them seem like they will be great tools in my personal learning network. The great thing about the first two sights I explored was that they are incredibly applicable to my future career as a teacer. Both allow me to connect with others to share content ideas and to use new technological ideas in my classroom. I like how freetech4teachers keeps me up to date with the newest technologies being used in the classrooms. ItunesU is a great way to stay connected with latest event in the world through a variety of podcasts.
I added the sights for freetech4teachers and the K12 Content one to my blog through the use of a new gadget. This new gadget is called Websites I Like and allows me to put links to my favorite websites directly on my blog. Should be pretty handy dandy!
I added the sights for freetech4teachers and the K12 Content one to my blog through the use of a new gadget. This new gadget is called Websites I Like and allows me to put links to my favorite websites directly on my blog. Should be pretty handy dandy!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Blog Post #3 Lifelong Learning
Lifelong learning is an essential part of not only this life, but the life to come. In the Doctrine and Covenants, it states that whatever intelligence we gain in this life will rise with us in the resurrection. Learning is a vital part of Heavenly Father's plan for us. The quotes all discussed how important learning throughout our lives is. It brings light into our lives and drives away the power of the adversary. We should be constantly making efforts to learn both spiritual and secular truths.
RSS feeds are an extremely useful tool that will help me in my lifelong learning. One way that RSS feeds can help is by helping me keep up to date with the latest health information. I can subscribe to sites like the CDC and WHO and recieve the newest health reports available.
RSS feeds are an extremely useful tool that will help me in my lifelong learning. One way that RSS feeds can help is by helping me keep up to date with the latest health information. I can subscribe to sites like the CDC and WHO and recieve the newest health reports available.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Blog Post #2: Project Proposal
For my projects, I will do those that are outlined on the website and will complete them by the following dates:
- Project #1: February 10, 2009
- Project #2: March 10, 2009
- Project #3: April 7, 2009
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Blog #1
Setting up this blog was, fortunately, a lot easier than I expected. I have never had a blog before and don't consider myself very technologically savvy, but it went quite smoothly. I watched the tuturial in one browser while I followed the instructions in another. I just paused the instructional video after each instruction and completed the task in the other browser. I think that having this blog will actually be pretty fun!
I hope that this class will give me a wider range of skills and capabilities relating to technology that I will be able to use in my classroom. We live in a technology era and, as such, technology is a great way to reach one's students on a level that they are more likely to understand and be interested in. I hope that by the end of this class I will feel a lot more comfortable using multiple modes of technology.
I hope that this class will give me a wider range of skills and capabilities relating to technology that I will be able to use in my classroom. We live in a technology era and, as such, technology is a great way to reach one's students on a level that they are more likely to understand and be interested in. I hope that by the end of this class I will feel a lot more comfortable using multiple modes of technology.
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