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Educational uses of technologies. Beyond the web: the broad range of educational uses of new technologies The Bruce & Levin taxonomy. Bruce & Levin taxonomy. Based on Dewey’s four impulses of children Inquiry Communication Construction Expression. Your questions. questions.
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Educational uses of technologies • Beyond the web: the broad range of educational uses of new technologies • The Bruce & Levin taxonomy
Bruce & Levin taxonomy • Based on Dewey’s four impulses of children • Inquiry • Communication • Construction • Expression
Your questions • questions
Exemplary educational uses of the web • For teachers • For students
Categorization Task • Pick two of your exemplary educational web sites (one for teachers; one for students) • Send me an email message: • Where do they fit in the taxonomy? • What resources are needed to do them? • What instructional goals might they accomplish?
Categorization Teams: 15 minutes Jean • Dave Andrea • Dinah Kim • Ann Shawna • Kristi Jennifer • Donna Su • Stephanie Liz • Lisa Colleen • April Joanne • Joyce Annie • Jodi Carla • Mary Sharon • Dan
What makes for a good personal web page? • Let’s look at some of the ones you selected. • General features to have: • General features not to have:
Design guidelines • One screen in size if at all possible (with links) • Careful and planful use of animation • Care with colors and backgrounds
Personal web pages • Who is your audience? • What are your goals? (what do you want the people that look at your personal web page to have learned from viewing your page?)
Your personal web page • Who is the audience? (are there multiple audiences? If so, multiple personal web page!) • What do you want them to learn from viewing your web page? • What do you want to accomplish with your web page? (inquiry, self-communication, construction, expression uses)
Other personal web page uses • Portable bookmark file • Web weaving • Job seeking • Community building
eportfolios • Exemplars of own best work • Create your own web page with eportfolio elements (or if you have one already, add eportfolio elements)
eportfolios with students • Michelle Jacobs’ project
Next class meeting • Not tomorrow, but Thursday, same time, same place • Office hour: after class on Thursday
Lab time • log into TAPPED IN, establish an account, and explore it with guest access • find an exemplary “room” in TAPPED IN and send me its name, a short description, and why you find it exemplary
Lab time (cont.) • Claris HomePage for modifying/creating web pages (for those who aren’t already using some other web editor) • Create or modify a personal web page for yourself. You can use a “template” if you’d like. • Retake pictures :-( with new camera :-)
Reading for next class • read “Technology in Action” by John McSweeney on integrating technology into the classroom http://glef.org/learnlive/book/technology/mcswen1.html • email me one or more questions about this reading to address in class • In the same message, email me one or more questions about integrating technology into your curriculum that Kim Harris might address
Break time! • Meet back here in 15 minutes: