Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Changing Literacies; Changing Pedagogies
Chapter 7:
" Student-teachers are likely to learn about what might be possible from the models they encounter, and there was no evidence here that any had encountered practices that could be described as transformative."
First off in this chapter I could really relate to the pre-service teachers and their experience with digital media and practices. I felt that the book was describing me. The I stumbled on this part of the text. I looked back at when I was a student teacher. The first host teacher I worked with was very old school and their was no digital practices what so ever in her classroom. With my second host teacher, I saw some new digital skills being implemented into her classroom. She was also a younger host teacher and that is why I think I saw more technology into her classroom. If new teachers are being hosted by older teachers not using these digital literacies then how are they to be used or see them used.
Chapter 8:
" In many ways the school's context has changed radically over the last decade, but at the same time we can see that the school fumbles in its response to this development, and remains static and protected against technology, even if the students 'bathe' in technology on their leisure time."
I agree the school setting has change drastically from what it use to be. Its gone from paper/pencil, books, and chalkboards to computers, Ipads, and Smartboads etc... We have all this technology around us and it seems that the young is using technology more outside the school setting. When I was in high school not too long ago, we had computer labs, laptop carts, and all this technology and I can probably count on both my hands how many times I got to use those computers throughout my four years. We are just letting this technology that can do great things collect dust or use it for something like testing. Do we really want our youth to think that the technology in school is only used for testing?
Chapter 9:
" When it comes to popular social practices with visual texts among youth, including video gaming, web surfing, and now, uploading short films and television shows to video iPods, it is often unclear to educators what stance we might take."
I have always been a visual person being an art teacher and all. I usually will look at a picture or image to figure what I am suppose to do before reading a bunch of instructions or text. I feel that our youth are like this as well. There can never be too many visual aides. When it comes to teaching verbal instructions aren't always enough. Some students need step by step examples or visual aides where they actually can see what they are suppose to do next.
My Illuminated test is on the chapter 7 quote I chose. If our new teachers coming in aren't experiencing digital media as a student teacher then the cycle will never break. I could not get authorstream to work for this Illuminated text so I just added it in a link.
" Student-teachers are likely to learn about what might be possible from the models they encounter, and there was no evidence here that any had encountered practices that could be described as transformative."
First off in this chapter I could really relate to the pre-service teachers and their experience with digital media and practices. I felt that the book was describing me. The I stumbled on this part of the text. I looked back at when I was a student teacher. The first host teacher I worked with was very old school and their was no digital practices what so ever in her classroom. With my second host teacher, I saw some new digital skills being implemented into her classroom. She was also a younger host teacher and that is why I think I saw more technology into her classroom. If new teachers are being hosted by older teachers not using these digital literacies then how are they to be used or see them used.
Chapter 8:
" In many ways the school's context has changed radically over the last decade, but at the same time we can see that the school fumbles in its response to this development, and remains static and protected against technology, even if the students 'bathe' in technology on their leisure time."
I agree the school setting has change drastically from what it use to be. Its gone from paper/pencil, books, and chalkboards to computers, Ipads, and Smartboads etc... We have all this technology around us and it seems that the young is using technology more outside the school setting. When I was in high school not too long ago, we had computer labs, laptop carts, and all this technology and I can probably count on both my hands how many times I got to use those computers throughout my four years. We are just letting this technology that can do great things collect dust or use it for something like testing. Do we really want our youth to think that the technology in school is only used for testing?
Chapter 9:
" When it comes to popular social practices with visual texts among youth, including video gaming, web surfing, and now, uploading short films and television shows to video iPods, it is often unclear to educators what stance we might take."
I have always been a visual person being an art teacher and all. I usually will look at a picture or image to figure what I am suppose to do before reading a bunch of instructions or text. I feel that our youth are like this as well. There can never be too many visual aides. When it comes to teaching verbal instructions aren't always enough. Some students need step by step examples or visual aides where they actually can see what they are suppose to do next.
My Illuminated test is on the chapter 7 quote I chose. If our new teachers coming in aren't experiencing digital media as a student teacher then the cycle will never break. I could not get authorstream to work for this Illuminated text so I just added it in a link.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Digital Literacies: Social Learning and Classroom Practices.
Chapter 4:
"The evidence assembled for this chapter suggests that while increasing numbers of teachers are aware of wikis and are making use of them in classroom contexts, they are not yet using them in ways that reflect the array of practices and attitudes identified with participatory culture."
I do agree that teachers are more and more taking advantage of using wikis and technology, but still are not using them in the ways they could be used. I am even guilty of it myself. I used technology in the classroom, but I do not use it to its fullest extent. I think that counties try to teach new things to introduce into our classrooms, but teachers either do not take advantage of the workshops or just choose not to use them in their classrooms because they are use to how they teach and they do not want to change.
Chapter 5:
" The cautiousness of these teachers is understandable; the time they spend with pupils in class is limited and they need to be confident about materials they introduce and to understand these text and their context."
It is very important for teachers to understand their material and technology. If we do not understand, we cannot teach the material successfully. If other teachers are like me, we tend to stay away from things we don't know, but wish we knew how to do new things to introduce it into our classrooms.
Chapter 6:
"The world itself consists of a number of interconnected zones that are lifelike and familiar- in fact they are often modelled on real- world objects.
This quote reminds me of the game, Sims. These worlds are places you can be whoever you create and you go through real life problems. People, especially young people can learn from games like these ones where they go through worlds go real world problems.
"The sequential and chronological characteristics of the blog format suggest how it can be useful in capturing such things as the development of a narrative, the design and implementation of a project, the progress of research, emerging processes, the aggregation, of links or references, and observations or reflections which develop over time."
The implementation of blogs in the classroom can have so many positive effects and I brought out some key points to a blog in the classroom.
"The evidence assembled for this chapter suggests that while increasing numbers of teachers are aware of wikis and are making use of them in classroom contexts, they are not yet using them in ways that reflect the array of practices and attitudes identified with participatory culture."
I do agree that teachers are more and more taking advantage of using wikis and technology, but still are not using them in the ways they could be used. I am even guilty of it myself. I used technology in the classroom, but I do not use it to its fullest extent. I think that counties try to teach new things to introduce into our classrooms, but teachers either do not take advantage of the workshops or just choose not to use them in their classrooms because they are use to how they teach and they do not want to change.
Chapter 5:
" The cautiousness of these teachers is understandable; the time they spend with pupils in class is limited and they need to be confident about materials they introduce and to understand these text and their context."
It is very important for teachers to understand their material and technology. If we do not understand, we cannot teach the material successfully. If other teachers are like me, we tend to stay away from things we don't know, but wish we knew how to do new things to introduce it into our classrooms.
Chapter 6:
"The world itself consists of a number of interconnected zones that are lifelike and familiar- in fact they are often modelled on real- world objects.
This quote reminds me of the game, Sims. These worlds are places you can be whoever you create and you go through real life problems. People, especially young people can learn from games like these ones where they go through worlds go real world problems.
"The sequential and chronological characteristics of the blog format suggest how it can be useful in capturing such things as the development of a narrative, the design and implementation of a project, the progress of research, emerging processes, the aggregation, of links or references, and observations or reflections which develop over time."
The implementation of blogs in the classroom can have so many positive effects and I brought out some key points to a blog in the classroom.
Blogging inside of the classr...
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Friday, July 17, 2015
Analyze Interview
Hanging Out:
My young person used the computer or Ipad to be on Facebook or be on Youtube looking for music both I feel are friendship or social driven practices. On Facebook, it is a social media. This is where young people spend a lot of their time going through their news feeds, messaging their friends, etc... With my young person, she seems to really be into music. I never see her without her Beat headphones and some source of music player. I know that her best friend is also into music so I feel that this going on Youtube searching for music is a hobby that is shared by her and her friends.
Messing Around:
With my young person she messes around on the computer by searching for music and being on Youtube. I feel that you have to be comfortable learning your way around Youtube to find what you want to hear. Also with owning a smart phone. She learns new skills without even realizing it.
Geeking Out:
I do not feel that my young person knows any specialized skills. I do feel that she can use a computer or Ipad to do general things such as researching, typing, etc...
Schooling:
My young person did mention that she has learned mostly what he knows about the computer at school and for assignments its usually writing papers, testing, or researching. She said that its always the same thing and becomes kind of boring. She would like to use the computer for other things that can be school related, but feels that teachers would not allow her too.
"The cautiousness of these teachers is understandable; the time they spend with pupils in class is limited and they need to be confident about materials they introduce and to understand these texts and their context."
Using technology can be boring in school because like my young person said it is only used for certain things, not really new things. Teachers need to know their stuff and be okay with teaching it which I feel a lot of teachers are not always confident.
My young person used the computer or Ipad to be on Facebook or be on Youtube looking for music both I feel are friendship or social driven practices. On Facebook, it is a social media. This is where young people spend a lot of their time going through their news feeds, messaging their friends, etc... With my young person, she seems to really be into music. I never see her without her Beat headphones and some source of music player. I know that her best friend is also into music so I feel that this going on Youtube searching for music is a hobby that is shared by her and her friends.
Messing Around:
With my young person she messes around on the computer by searching for music and being on Youtube. I feel that you have to be comfortable learning your way around Youtube to find what you want to hear. Also with owning a smart phone. She learns new skills without even realizing it.
Geeking Out:
I do not feel that my young person knows any specialized skills. I do feel that she can use a computer or Ipad to do general things such as researching, typing, etc...
Schooling:
My young person did mention that she has learned mostly what he knows about the computer at school and for assignments its usually writing papers, testing, or researching. She said that its always the same thing and becomes kind of boring. She would like to use the computer for other things that can be school related, but feels that teachers would not allow her too.
"The cautiousness of these teachers is understandable; the time they spend with pupils in class is limited and they need to be confident about materials they introduce and to understand these texts and their context."
Using technology can be boring in school because like my young person said it is only used for certain things, not really new things. Teachers need to know their stuff and be okay with teaching it which I feel a lot of teachers are not always confident.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Digital Texts in and Out of School
Introduction:
"They question what capabilities and understandings the latest generation of recruits from bringing their own personal encounters with digital cultures to their development and training as teachers, and how it is possible for the territory of curriculum development to engage with digital cultures."
This quote popped out at me in the introduction because I am a teacher and I feel that it is so important to know how to use technology and know what your students are using technology for. I do not think myself as a technology savvy human being. I would actually have to say that I struggle with it. I mean I know how to use the basic stuff, but when it comes to the more advance things that are becoming more popular. I struggle. That is why I think it is key that counties make teachers take so many hours of professional development. Also, not all teachers are the same, just like students. We have different experiences with technology that can be helpful to bring to a school system. I know that if I have trouble I always ask the teachers around me to help me with figuring a program or a piece of technology.
Chapter 1:
"Arguing that game players are developing different approaches to learning, Downes writes, 'computing environments, through their interactivity, readily afford these approaches and therefore reinforce this pre-disposition towards exploratory modes of learning."
I found this quote and I really liked running into it since I took a class for my class about video games, video gamers, and learning. I remember how we looked into how generations today are into video games and when they play educational games information seems to stick because they are learning and not even realizing it. They are also learning while having fun. As a teacher we should not always teach the same way. We should try to find ways to teach that excite the student like through video games. Even not really being a gamer myself, I would rather do an educational game at school than a worksheet or paper/ pencil assignment.
Chapter 2:
"I believe current classroom practices which focus mainly on individualized learning need to learn from what I and others have noted about online learning collaboration: that each individual can achieve more by interacting with others."
I have to say that it is very important to have learning where collaboration is taking place. Everyone can learn from the people around them, from young children to adults. A lot of times if we have struggling students in the classroom a teacher pairs them up with a stronger student in the class to help them learn or understand better. With adults I know a lot of the time we go to one another if we are having issues with technology or how to handle a situation or event that is occurring. It I just good to have people to bounce ideas off of because they may have better solutions that you really haven't thought of.
Chapter 3:
" The creation of a child's profile page can be viewed as a form of text production that occurs beyond these institutions, and that differs from curriculum- directed text production."
Many young people have their own social media pages such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat etc.... The list really can go on and on. It is a way to socialize and have something that truly is like an online scrapbook. Some things are very positive about social media, but it also has its negatives. A lot of the time I feel that I see more and more younger people on social medias that really do not meet the age requirement and then they see inappropriate or are engaging in inappropriate behavior. Some parents can not see this because they can set their profiles to private or have a password. We just need to as parents be aware that our children should not have social media sites until they are old enough or they know what they should or should not do.
Below is my Illuminated Text. I decided to focus on video gaming and learning. I felt that chapter 2 really stood out for me and since I have had a masters class that focused on this topic I feel really strongly about it.
"They question what capabilities and understandings the latest generation of recruits from bringing their own personal encounters with digital cultures to their development and training as teachers, and how it is possible for the territory of curriculum development to engage with digital cultures."
This quote popped out at me in the introduction because I am a teacher and I feel that it is so important to know how to use technology and know what your students are using technology for. I do not think myself as a technology savvy human being. I would actually have to say that I struggle with it. I mean I know how to use the basic stuff, but when it comes to the more advance things that are becoming more popular. I struggle. That is why I think it is key that counties make teachers take so many hours of professional development. Also, not all teachers are the same, just like students. We have different experiences with technology that can be helpful to bring to a school system. I know that if I have trouble I always ask the teachers around me to help me with figuring a program or a piece of technology.
Chapter 1:
"Arguing that game players are developing different approaches to learning, Downes writes, 'computing environments, through their interactivity, readily afford these approaches and therefore reinforce this pre-disposition towards exploratory modes of learning."
I found this quote and I really liked running into it since I took a class for my class about video games, video gamers, and learning. I remember how we looked into how generations today are into video games and when they play educational games information seems to stick because they are learning and not even realizing it. They are also learning while having fun. As a teacher we should not always teach the same way. We should try to find ways to teach that excite the student like through video games. Even not really being a gamer myself, I would rather do an educational game at school than a worksheet or paper/ pencil assignment.
Chapter 2:
"I believe current classroom practices which focus mainly on individualized learning need to learn from what I and others have noted about online learning collaboration: that each individual can achieve more by interacting with others."
I have to say that it is very important to have learning where collaboration is taking place. Everyone can learn from the people around them, from young children to adults. A lot of times if we have struggling students in the classroom a teacher pairs them up with a stronger student in the class to help them learn or understand better. With adults I know a lot of the time we go to one another if we are having issues with technology or how to handle a situation or event that is occurring. It I just good to have people to bounce ideas off of because they may have better solutions that you really haven't thought of.
Chapter 3:
" The creation of a child's profile page can be viewed as a form of text production that occurs beyond these institutions, and that differs from curriculum- directed text production."
Many young people have their own social media pages such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat etc.... The list really can go on and on. It is a way to socialize and have something that truly is like an online scrapbook. Some things are very positive about social media, but it also has its negatives. A lot of the time I feel that I see more and more younger people on social medias that really do not meet the age requirement and then they see inappropriate or are engaging in inappropriate behavior. Some parents can not see this because they can set their profiles to private or have a password. We just need to as parents be aware that our children should not have social media sites until they are old enough or they know what they should or should not do.
Below is my Illuminated Text. I decided to focus on video gaming and learning. I felt that chapter 2 really stood out for me and since I have had a masters class that focused on this topic I feel really strongly about it.
Learning Through Video Gaming
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Saturday, July 11, 2015
Media Ecology and Learning Case
I decided to interview my cousin. She is 15 years old and just entering high school in the Fairmont area.
Ask your young person to choose a pseudonym for you to use in the writing of your case.
•Do you have a computer /iPod/MPC playerWii/ ect....?
•What kinds of things do you use the computer for?
•What is your favorite thing to do on the computer?
•How did you learn to do that?
•What are some other things you use the computer for?
•What is your favorite game? Why?
•Do you know other people who do this?
•How do you use the computer at school?
•How would you like to use the computer at school?
•Do you think teachers would let you use the computer to do those things? Why? Why not?
•Anything else you would like to tell me?
Me: For this interview you need to choose a pseudonym or nickname for me to use in my case?
You can use Skybug. That has been my childhood nickname.
Me: Do you have a computer /iPod/MPC playerWii/ ect....?
Skybug: What I can think of is I have a IPhone, computer, Xbox, Wii, IPod, and IPad.
Me: What kinds of things do you use the computer for?
Skybug: I use it for a lot of things. I use it to complete homework, looking things up, music, and getting on Facebook, but I use my IPad more than my computer.
Me: What is your favorite thing to do on the computer?
Skybug: Probably my favorite thing to do is get on YouTube and search for music.
Me: How did you learn to do that?
Skybug: At school
Me: What are some other things you use the computer for?
Skybug: I can't think of anything else.
Me: What is your favorite game? Why?
Skybug: I don't have a favorite game. I am just not into games anymore.
Me:How do you use the computer at school?
Skybug: I use it to write papers, research for assignments and testing.
Me: How would you like to use the computer at school?
Skybug: I guess to have a little bit more freedom and to have teachers show me things I don't know how to do on the computer.
Me: Do you think teachers would let you use the computer to do those things? Why? Why not?
Skybug: I doubt it. I feel teachers want assignments certain ways and if you don't do them that way it will show in your grade.
Me:Anything else you would like to tell me?
Skybug: No, I don't think so.
Me: Thank you for letting me interview you. I appreciate it.
Ask your young person to choose a pseudonym for you to use in the writing of your case.
•Do you have a computer /iPod/MPC playerWii/ ect....?
•What kinds of things do you use the computer for?
•What is your favorite thing to do on the computer?
•How did you learn to do that?
•What are some other things you use the computer for?
•What is your favorite game? Why?
•Do you know other people who do this?
•How do you use the computer at school?
•How would you like to use the computer at school?
•Do you think teachers would let you use the computer to do those things? Why? Why not?
•Anything else you would like to tell me?
Me: For this interview you need to choose a pseudonym or nickname for me to use in my case?
You can use Skybug. That has been my childhood nickname.
Me: Do you have a computer /iPod/MPC playerWii/ ect....?
Skybug: What I can think of is I have a IPhone, computer, Xbox, Wii, IPod, and IPad.
Me: What kinds of things do you use the computer for?
Skybug: I use it for a lot of things. I use it to complete homework, looking things up, music, and getting on Facebook, but I use my IPad more than my computer.
Me: What is your favorite thing to do on the computer?
Skybug: Probably my favorite thing to do is get on YouTube and search for music.
Me: How did you learn to do that?
Skybug: At school
Me: What are some other things you use the computer for?
Skybug: I can't think of anything else.
Me: What is your favorite game? Why?
Skybug: I don't have a favorite game. I am just not into games anymore.
Me:How do you use the computer at school?
Skybug: I use it to write papers, research for assignments and testing.
Me: How would you like to use the computer at school?
Skybug: I guess to have a little bit more freedom and to have teachers show me things I don't know how to do on the computer.
Me: Do you think teachers would let you use the computer to do those things? Why? Why not?
Skybug: I doubt it. I feel teachers want assignments certain ways and if you don't do them that way it will show in your grade.
Me:Anything else you would like to tell me?
Skybug: No, I don't think so.
Me: Thank you for letting me interview you. I appreciate it.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Digital Natives
This video is to describe what a Digital Native is and to help people know about Digital Natives. Digital Natives are people that have grown up with technology and digital media around them. They are more comfortable with it, but that does not mean they know every aspect of it. Digital Immigrants are people that did not always have technology in their lives and it has to be learned. It is sometimes harder for them to learn, but not always. We just need to remember technology is always changing around us and we need to keep up with so we can educate ourselves and our children.
Digital Natives (3)
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Thursday, July 2, 2015
Beyond Digital Natives
Chapter 10
" However, even among the small cohort discussed in this chapter, it was clear that the children had different responses to digital technology, especially in relation to its perceived place within the school discourse."
Every child is going to learn differently. With anything that is being learned it is being learned in different ways. Some children may get the material right away, but some it takes a different approach or longer to learn. We have all been a student in school, we have been on both parts of the spectrum. The student that gets it right away and the student that struggles and doesn't understand. We are not robots that learn the same way and that is why teachers need to mix it up and teach different ways. If we learned all the same way teaching would be easy and our children today wouldn't need extra help sometimes. We wouldn't have students that struggled or fell behind.
Chapter 11
Today's students have not just changed incrementally from those of the past... A really big discontinuity has taken place. One might even call it a singularity- an event which changes things so fundamentally that there is absolutely no going back."
I have to agree with this quote. Younger generations today are way different in most every aspect than older generations. Older generations care about tradition and held on to that knowledge. I feel that today's young people don't really care about where we came from and how to do things like cook, can foods, sew, grow a garden etc... Why learn these things if you can pop something in the microwave, go buy food or clothes from the store. They are not important like before. I find it sad and I love learning these things from my grandparents. I also think that the morals of this country is going down the drain. Our children know things they shouldn't way too early and feel comfortable with sharing that with people. You hear cuss words like they are nothing and we are so use to it that it goes in one ear and out the other. Older generations morals were a big thing unlike today.
Chapter 12
" In this chapter, we make the case that the sum of these changes in youth media practices can be good for teaching and learning, but that they are not without complications."
With technology rapidly growing and changing. We have it all around us especially in our school systems which can be a great thing because we can make learning fun by introducing material in new ways that interest the students today, but there are things that can happen with technology. There are some things on the internet that are not appropriate and children try to go on these sites so school systems have to block the sites. Some sites are great, but people use them in inappropriate ways. For example, I am a fan of Pinterest. I get a lot of idea for my class on the site from art projects to classroom management because someone misused the site, it is blocked from being used at schools. When e use technology, we as parents and teachers need to be aware of what students look up and how technology is being use. We need to let students know how to use technology appropriately.
My meme is of our students as robots. Sometimes I feel that society and people in general forget that every student is different and learns in different ways. Some have learning disabilities and some have no problems at all and always excel in school. Our students will never be on the same level. We are not robots we are human beings.
" However, even among the small cohort discussed in this chapter, it was clear that the children had different responses to digital technology, especially in relation to its perceived place within the school discourse."
Every child is going to learn differently. With anything that is being learned it is being learned in different ways. Some children may get the material right away, but some it takes a different approach or longer to learn. We have all been a student in school, we have been on both parts of the spectrum. The student that gets it right away and the student that struggles and doesn't understand. We are not robots that learn the same way and that is why teachers need to mix it up and teach different ways. If we learned all the same way teaching would be easy and our children today wouldn't need extra help sometimes. We wouldn't have students that struggled or fell behind.
Chapter 11
Today's students have not just changed incrementally from those of the past... A really big discontinuity has taken place. One might even call it a singularity- an event which changes things so fundamentally that there is absolutely no going back."
I have to agree with this quote. Younger generations today are way different in most every aspect than older generations. Older generations care about tradition and held on to that knowledge. I feel that today's young people don't really care about where we came from and how to do things like cook, can foods, sew, grow a garden etc... Why learn these things if you can pop something in the microwave, go buy food or clothes from the store. They are not important like before. I find it sad and I love learning these things from my grandparents. I also think that the morals of this country is going down the drain. Our children know things they shouldn't way too early and feel comfortable with sharing that with people. You hear cuss words like they are nothing and we are so use to it that it goes in one ear and out the other. Older generations morals were a big thing unlike today.
Chapter 12
" In this chapter, we make the case that the sum of these changes in youth media practices can be good for teaching and learning, but that they are not without complications."
With technology rapidly growing and changing. We have it all around us especially in our school systems which can be a great thing because we can make learning fun by introducing material in new ways that interest the students today, but there are things that can happen with technology. There are some things on the internet that are not appropriate and children try to go on these sites so school systems have to block the sites. Some sites are great, but people use them in inappropriate ways. For example, I am a fan of Pinterest. I get a lot of idea for my class on the site from art projects to classroom management because someone misused the site, it is blocked from being used at schools. When e use technology, we as parents and teachers need to be aware of what students look up and how technology is being use. We need to let students know how to use technology appropriately.
My meme is of our students as robots. Sometimes I feel that society and people in general forget that every student is different and learns in different ways. Some have learning disabilities and some have no problems at all and always excel in school. Our students will never be on the same level. We are not robots we are human beings.
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