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Using Technology to teach in the Class room. Group 9 By: Brooke Norene Jackson- Black Board distance learning Jessica Ann De La Vara - Smart Boards Jewl Rae Carrizosa - Blogs Patricia Feild Garth- Web Portals. Blackboard.
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UsingTechnology to teach in the Classroom Group 9 By: Brooke Norene Jackson- Black Board distance learning Jessica Ann De La Vara- Smart Boards Jewl Rae Carrizosa- Blogs Patricia Feild Garth- Web Portals
Blackboard • Blackboard: a course management product utilized in a majority of distance learning courses • Functions : • Displays: • Syllabi’s and course content • Grades and announcements • Organizational tasks • Classroom statistics • Calendar • Online drop box for assignments • Online quizzes • Class discussions
From The Chalk Board to the SMART board • 1853- Chalkboards in classrooms • West Point Military Academy • White boards replace Chalkboards • 1990- SMART board technology invented and patented • 2001- SMART boards- part of its first classrooms • 2009- School Districts receive 500+ SMART boards • Considered “The Future of technology in the classroom”
Similar to a on-line diaries or journal • Free to create • Probloggers: • Different types of Blogs: • Personal • Genre Blogs (political, fashion, travel ) • Corporate • Media Blogs (Photoblog, linkblog) Blogging: A personal website that an individual creates that others are able to comment on http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging-for-beginners-2/
Blogging… Uses in the Classroom: • Networking • Students post questions • Students work together outside of classroom • Teachers communicate with students and colleges • Helps teachers relate to students • Students view other classmates responses • Gives students advantage of publishing own work
Web Portals/ Website content management • Uses in the classroom: • Helps schools create web based learning • Collaborate space among faculty, students, and parents. • Organize tasks • Lesson plans • List assignments • Take attendance • Post grades • Create a web based community • Teachers interact • Share lesson ideas
Web Portals Cont. • Benefits of web portals: • Facilitate and update learning • Parents and students more engaged in students academic progress. • Manage and organize administrative tasks • Teachers and administrators collaboration
Works Cited • http://dl.odu.edu/tools/blackboard.shtml • http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2009/09/08/20090908ar-smartboard0908-ON.html • http://www.isrl.illinois.edu/~chip/projects/timeline/1801wojenski.htm • http://smarttech.com/ • http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging-for-beginners-2/ • https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/avee/blogstoteach/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog • http://www.microsoft.com/education/solutions/k12portals.aspx • http://www.atlantainternetmarketing.net/2009/09/07/back-to-school-10-terrific-web-apps-for-teachers/ • http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Portal_CMS_Systems