Use this survey to assess the quality of my Prezi assignment. Using Google Docs, I created a survey form to help evaluate my Prezi assignment. This assessment encorporate NETS II and V for educators.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Journal # 10- "Being the Change She Wants to See in the Schools" (NETS I, III,V)
Fingal, D. (2011, March/April ). Member profile: being the change she wants to see in the schools. Learning & Leading , 38(6), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Member_Profile_Being_the_Change_She_Wants_to_See_in_the_Schools.aspx
Education is obviously in need of a technological re-boot as technology continues to grow and broaden. Libraries across the country have started to re-construct into state-of-the-art facilities. Librarians in charge of these libraries are great leaders and innovators for students. One person can make a difference, and Shannon McClintock Miller greatly demonstrates that. She has devoted herself to education and has provided many students with an outstanding education.
Shannon Miller is the district teacher librarian and technology coordinator at the Van Meter Community School in Iowa. She also co-teaches a personal learning network class with a principal from Philadelphia through Skype. She was the main reason that every student at her school, grades 6-12, now have laptops. She trains students on how to network with online tools like Twitter, Facebook, Animoto, and of course Skype. She cares about the interests of her students, as she oversees a digital photography club online called Club Click. This club allows students to gain resources for photography and collaborate with one another as members share a genuine interest in photography. She has motivated many teachers and students to step out of their comfort zone and become contributors. As if everything she has already done is not enough, she has created a website with helpful updated resources for other educators. She also makes herself available to anyone who needs assistance with technology over the weekends and when she is not teaching. Teaching is not only her passion, it is her life.
Shannon loves what she does and she proves that one person can easily make a difference in life. Teaching is her passion, and she will do anything to improve the student education experience. She credits her great success to the collaborative, creative, and respectful community that she is apart of. If she did not have great collaboration with her administrators and fellow educators, she would not be as successful as she is today. It is very important to collaborate and connect with your educational community, as that connection can pave the way for change.
1. How can we connect with Shannon Miller?
Shannon Miller currently runs a technological librarian website, http://tinyurl.com/yyde2gw, that can povide access to great resources that she uses. She also blogs which can be found on her website as well. She is very welcoming and assits anyone that might need help. She is a great leader.
2. What is the best advice that we can learn from Shannon?
Shannon contributes her success to staying connected and collaborating with her peers. Educators should work together to help education change, as it takes a universal change to really impact education. Her passion also guides her through her work and contributions, which can show that passion is important to have in education. All educators must have a passion for the job, as that is how change starts.
3. How can we promote change and innovation in education?
Educators should all connect with PLNs. This is a great strategy to gain new resources and to collaborate with other people who share your passion. Educators need to work together and not remain in solitude. Educators like Shannon who participate in a collaborative, supportive environment have more incentive to bring about change. PLNs need to be promoted in education for educators/administrators to work together and create solutions. Our education system is in dire need of change, and people like Shannon began to act out with collaborative support from her PLNs.
Education is obviously in need of a technological re-boot as technology continues to grow and broaden. Libraries across the country have started to re-construct into state-of-the-art facilities. Librarians in charge of these libraries are great leaders and innovators for students. One person can make a difference, and Shannon McClintock Miller greatly demonstrates that. She has devoted herself to education and has provided many students with an outstanding education.
Shannon Miller is the district teacher librarian and technology coordinator at the Van Meter Community School in Iowa. She also co-teaches a personal learning network class with a principal from Philadelphia through Skype. She was the main reason that every student at her school, grades 6-12, now have laptops. She trains students on how to network with online tools like Twitter, Facebook, Animoto, and of course Skype. She cares about the interests of her students, as she oversees a digital photography club online called Club Click. This club allows students to gain resources for photography and collaborate with one another as members share a genuine interest in photography. She has motivated many teachers and students to step out of their comfort zone and become contributors. As if everything she has already done is not enough, she has created a website with helpful updated resources for other educators. She also makes herself available to anyone who needs assistance with technology over the weekends and when she is not teaching. Teaching is not only her passion, it is her life.
Shannon loves what she does and she proves that one person can easily make a difference in life. Teaching is her passion, and she will do anything to improve the student education experience. She credits her great success to the collaborative, creative, and respectful community that she is apart of. If she did not have great collaboration with her administrators and fellow educators, she would not be as successful as she is today. It is very important to collaborate and connect with your educational community, as that connection can pave the way for change.
1. How can we connect with Shannon Miller?
Shannon Miller currently runs a technological librarian website, http://tinyurl.com/yyde2gw, that can povide access to great resources that she uses. She also blogs which can be found on her website as well. She is very welcoming and assits anyone that might need help. She is a great leader.
2. What is the best advice that we can learn from Shannon?
Shannon contributes her success to staying connected and collaborating with her peers. Educators should work together to help education change, as it takes a universal change to really impact education. Her passion also guides her through her work and contributions, which can show that passion is important to have in education. All educators must have a passion for the job, as that is how change starts.
3. How can we promote change and innovation in education?
Educators should all connect with PLNs. This is a great strategy to gain new resources and to collaborate with other people who share your passion. Educators need to work together and not remain in solitude. Educators like Shannon who participate in a collaborative, supportive environment have more incentive to bring about change. PLNs need to be promoted in education for educators/administrators to work together and create solutions. Our education system is in dire need of change, and people like Shannon began to act out with collaborative support from her PLNs.
Journal #9- "Not Your Grandmother's library!" (NETS I, II, V)
Perez, L. (2011, March/April). Feature article: not your grandmother's library!. Learning & Leading , 38(6), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Feature_Article_Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Library.aspx
A library is a very important necessity in school. Libraries provide students with proper research to support their curriculum and needs in school. With technology expanding, libraries of the past will no longer be efficient to support student's needs. Several schools across the country have stepped up and supported new and innovative libraries. This is a trend that will hopefully expand across the country, as technology is now a requirement in school.
Several librarians and technology teachers have created innovative state-of-the-art libraries for their schools. Joyce Valenza, author of an award-winning library tech blog, has created a great library for Springfield Township High School. This library identifies the latest technologies and resources to support her students. Because of this great library, 90 percent of students at Springfield Township High are college bound. A great library can really affect the students in a great way. Wendy Stephens, a librarian at Buckhorn High School, is right behind Joyce. She is preparing all of her students for our current technology and our future technology advances that we will soon see. She is preparing her students for the future.This library has computers, laptops, and video cameras for the students to use at their leisure. She credits the great collaboration with her fellow administrators for the great library that she was able to create. Charter schools are following in their footsteps as well, as Monarch Academy also provides a state-of-the-art library for their students. There are other leaders out there as well paving the way for their students, and the key success for this building trend is getting and staying connected. Collaboration is highly important and provides support that can only be obtained if you get connected with collaborators. PLNS can be greatly useful in this aspect.
Students use libraries to complete homework and classwork, and resources that libraries provide are highly important to students. If students are not provided with up-to-date resources, their success in school can be greatly hindered. State-of-the-art libraries are now needed in our society as technology keeps expanding and re-inventing. Some educators have paved the way for other schools, and getting connected to these educators can provide resources to create these libraries throughout the country. Everyone needs to collaborate and stay connected to help promote this great step for education.
1. With education currently facing budget cuts, how can we get enough money to build and re-construct these innovative libraries?
Although education is suffering from budget cuts, our education is based off of No Child Left Behind. This means that our education is based on test scores and how well students perform. If students are not equipped with proper resources to use, they will score lower on tests. The government would not want that to happen, so to jump start this process we can rally to the government with petitions to make them aware of what is needed to better the education system. The government can then budget more money to education and more money from taxes or lottery funds can be devoted to education. Although it might not happen, it is worth the effort.
2. How can we promote internet resources if most computers in school libraries are blocked?
With the building and construction of innovative libraries, these librarian leaders are aware of great resources for students to use. Several of these librarians even use Youtube, which is mostly blocked, to support educational lessons. Again, we need to connect with one another to rally and prove that computers should not be blocked as much as they are because it prevents access to great resources. These librarians who have created these innovative libraries have promoted more access to resources as well.
3. How can these libraries promote college bound students in school?
As previously mentioned, the library at Springfield Township High has great resouces for their students. The students at this school are 90 % college bound, which can greatly be attributed to the library. This is because the library is preparing students for their future with technologically advanced resources. Having access to these resources provides students with more preparation and assets to attend college.
A library is a very important necessity in school. Libraries provide students with proper research to support their curriculum and needs in school. With technology expanding, libraries of the past will no longer be efficient to support student's needs. Several schools across the country have stepped up and supported new and innovative libraries. This is a trend that will hopefully expand across the country, as technology is now a requirement in school.
Several librarians and technology teachers have created innovative state-of-the-art libraries for their schools. Joyce Valenza, author of an award-winning library tech blog, has created a great library for Springfield Township High School. This library identifies the latest technologies and resources to support her students. Because of this great library, 90 percent of students at Springfield Township High are college bound. A great library can really affect the students in a great way. Wendy Stephens, a librarian at Buckhorn High School, is right behind Joyce. She is preparing all of her students for our current technology and our future technology advances that we will soon see. She is preparing her students for the future.This library has computers, laptops, and video cameras for the students to use at their leisure. She credits the great collaboration with her fellow administrators for the great library that she was able to create. Charter schools are following in their footsteps as well, as Monarch Academy also provides a state-of-the-art library for their students. There are other leaders out there as well paving the way for their students, and the key success for this building trend is getting and staying connected. Collaboration is highly important and provides support that can only be obtained if you get connected with collaborators. PLNS can be greatly useful in this aspect.
Students use libraries to complete homework and classwork, and resources that libraries provide are highly important to students. If students are not provided with up-to-date resources, their success in school can be greatly hindered. State-of-the-art libraries are now needed in our society as technology keeps expanding and re-inventing. Some educators have paved the way for other schools, and getting connected to these educators can provide resources to create these libraries throughout the country. Everyone needs to collaborate and stay connected to help promote this great step for education.
1. With education currently facing budget cuts, how can we get enough money to build and re-construct these innovative libraries?
Although education is suffering from budget cuts, our education is based off of No Child Left Behind. This means that our education is based on test scores and how well students perform. If students are not equipped with proper resources to use, they will score lower on tests. The government would not want that to happen, so to jump start this process we can rally to the government with petitions to make them aware of what is needed to better the education system. The government can then budget more money to education and more money from taxes or lottery funds can be devoted to education. Although it might not happen, it is worth the effort.
2. How can we promote internet resources if most computers in school libraries are blocked?
With the building and construction of innovative libraries, these librarian leaders are aware of great resources for students to use. Several of these librarians even use Youtube, which is mostly blocked, to support educational lessons. Again, we need to connect with one another to rally and prove that computers should not be blocked as much as they are because it prevents access to great resources. These librarians who have created these innovative libraries have promoted more access to resources as well.
3. How can these libraries promote college bound students in school?
As previously mentioned, the library at Springfield Township High has great resouces for their students. The students at this school are 90 % college bound, which can greatly be attributed to the library. This is because the library is preparing students for their future with technologically advanced resources. Having access to these resources provides students with more preparation and assets to attend college.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Journal 8- " Point/Counterpoint: Should Schools Be Held Responsible for Cyberbullying?" (NETS III, IV, V)
Bogacz, R, & Gordillo, M. (2011, March/April). Point/counterpoint: should schools be held responsible for cyberbullying?. Learning & Leading , 38(6), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Point_Counterpoint_Should_Schools_Be_Held_Responsible_for_Cyberbullying.aspx
Bullying has always been a serious problem in schools. With the development of technology, bullying has developed as well. The newest form of bullying, referred to as cyberbullying, is making its way through schools and damaging students in the process. A student is being cyberbullied when he/she is being harrassed by other students through the internet (social networking sites, email, instant messaging, etc.). With this problem on the rise, people are beginning to question how much responsibility schools should have with this serious epidemic.
The reasons why schools should are responsible are pretty obvious. Students spend a lot of time at school, about 5 days during the week. With that said, cyberbullying affects the students involved, which can greatly affect the school environment. Teachers need to be aware of cyberbullying and they need to educate their students on it's damaging effects, and most importantly how to prevent it. Administrators need to take bullying seriously and enforce necessary consequences. Parents of course need to be involved and be fully aware of their children, monitoring them in the process. Students of course are very important with this issue and they need to be educated to stand up for victims and prevent it from happening. There is a lot of people that can be held responsible in the school system for cyberbullying, as they all hold responsibility to educate the students about this serious issue.
There are also reasons why schools should not be held responsible. Students can be going through exterior issues outside school that sometimes the school can not help or prevent. The responsibility then transfers to the parents or family members of the student to constantly be aware of their children/family member. Parent's have the most authority and knowledge of the student, which only makes sense that parents should be held responsible.
Cyberbullying is as serious issue, and the question of responsibility is always lingering. In reality, everyone needs to be aware of cyberbullying and do their part to help prevent it. In most cases, schools and family are responsible for it. Everyone should be held responsible who did not do their part to help prevent it. Everyone needs to be involved and most importantly educated. This has already caused some fatalities, as suicide rates have increased.
1. Why do students use cyberbullying when they can just do it at school?
Most students who cyberbully are physically defenseless and therefore hide behind a computer screen. When students are able to hide behind a computer screen, they gain more confidence and power to affect their victims. This is because they are too afraid to confront them in person.
2. How can parents properly monitor their children?
In order to properly monitor their children, parents need to gain access to social networking passwords, email passwords, and screennames that they might use. Parents can then log on to their accounts every once-in-a-while to see if anything inappropriate is going on. Parents also need to be aware of their children's friends, and where they go when they leave the house.
3. What should a student do if their teacher is not taking them seriously when they try to tell them about prospective bullying/cyberbullying?
A student should tell another teacher or an administrator. Teachers and administrators have a duty to take bullying seriously and if someone is not doing their part, the student is greatly affected. The best administrator to go to often times is the principal, because they hold the most authority for the school.
Bullying has always been a serious problem in schools. With the development of technology, bullying has developed as well. The newest form of bullying, referred to as cyberbullying, is making its way through schools and damaging students in the process. A student is being cyberbullied when he/she is being harrassed by other students through the internet (social networking sites, email, instant messaging, etc.). With this problem on the rise, people are beginning to question how much responsibility schools should have with this serious epidemic.
The reasons why schools should are responsible are pretty obvious. Students spend a lot of time at school, about 5 days during the week. With that said, cyberbullying affects the students involved, which can greatly affect the school environment. Teachers need to be aware of cyberbullying and they need to educate their students on it's damaging effects, and most importantly how to prevent it. Administrators need to take bullying seriously and enforce necessary consequences. Parents of course need to be involved and be fully aware of their children, monitoring them in the process. Students of course are very important with this issue and they need to be educated to stand up for victims and prevent it from happening. There is a lot of people that can be held responsible in the school system for cyberbullying, as they all hold responsibility to educate the students about this serious issue.
There are also reasons why schools should not be held responsible. Students can be going through exterior issues outside school that sometimes the school can not help or prevent. The responsibility then transfers to the parents or family members of the student to constantly be aware of their children/family member. Parent's have the most authority and knowledge of the student, which only makes sense that parents should be held responsible.
Cyberbullying is as serious issue, and the question of responsibility is always lingering. In reality, everyone needs to be aware of cyberbullying and do their part to help prevent it. In most cases, schools and family are responsible for it. Everyone should be held responsible who did not do their part to help prevent it. Everyone needs to be involved and most importantly educated. This has already caused some fatalities, as suicide rates have increased.
1. Why do students use cyberbullying when they can just do it at school?
Most students who cyberbully are physically defenseless and therefore hide behind a computer screen. When students are able to hide behind a computer screen, they gain more confidence and power to affect their victims. This is because they are too afraid to confront them in person.
2. How can parents properly monitor their children?
In order to properly monitor their children, parents need to gain access to social networking passwords, email passwords, and screennames that they might use. Parents can then log on to their accounts every once-in-a-while to see if anything inappropriate is going on. Parents also need to be aware of their children's friends, and where they go when they leave the house.
3. What should a student do if their teacher is not taking them seriously when they try to tell them about prospective bullying/cyberbullying?
A student should tell another teacher or an administrator. Teachers and administrators have a duty to take bullying seriously and if someone is not doing their part, the student is greatly affected. The best administrator to go to often times is the principal, because they hold the most authority for the school.
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