Day 27

Today in class I watched a demonstration on how to use steps in finding out whether a website is real or not. ISTE 4. A-advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. This will help me make sure my students are using proper real information. I do not want my students constantly reading wrong information. If they read it enough, it will start to stick.

Day26

Our class presented different things they can do with a smartboard. I was shocked to find out that people can actually disect a frog via smartboard. I like this a lot because you do not have to use frogs in a classroom. I think that is rather gross, but who knew that we would eventually be able to disect things on a computer.

Day 25

The question of the day, "Are smartboards worth the investment?" I believe yes it is. These boards are easily moved from room to room. They are more useful for some subjects than others, but if I think back and at some point in every class I took in high school it would of been cool and necessary to use a smartboard at least for one lesson. I believe it brings the class together to work productively and it can be easily organized.

Day 24

We are working with a smartboard. A smartboard should be in a lot of classrooms. They are so useful helpiong kids be active in class and also a better way teaching, in my opion. A smart board falls under the ISTE 2 D. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching. Letting students go to the smart board and I can help them from my desk, plus we can us the whole computer at the same time.

Day 23

"Interactive whiteboards can enhance any lesson and entice students to learn. With the use of whiteboards, teachers can develop many creative ways to capture students’ attention and imagination" (Reardon 2002). I believe that it helps you see what the student is thinking as he or she works through problems. It makes it one of the best tools in the classroom.

Day 22

Students are developing the 21st century skill of Productivity & Accountability-
Manage Projects, when they as they complete WebQuests. The students set and meet goals, even in the face of obstacles and competing pressure. They also prioritize, plan and manage work to achieve the intended result.

Day 21

WebQuest is going to help in classrooms a lot. You no longer have to worry about a website giving your students wrong information. With WebQuest you make your own website and you add other websites that you choose. This will help it be more clear for students in the future and not get so mixed up by reading the wrong information online. This falls under ISTE 3-a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.

Day 21

I am excited to get to learn about using something like WebQuest . I will be able to make web pages for different chapters I will be teaching and and my students could use them to study from home or during class. They will be able to interact with the web page using the links and activity's. This falls under the ISTE-NETS 1B. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.

Day 20

We are going to be making changes on a Web Quest that we found. I found one called, "That Was Then, This is Now." The changes I will be making is using more interesting pictures. The pictures on there are plain and this Web Quest is made for younger students. I want to make the pictures look fun so my kids are not bored with it. I am going to also add more links. There are only a couple links and the kids will need to be able to keep exploring if they want to and this Web Quest really doesn't give them the option.