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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Digital Literacies: Social Learning and Classroom Practices
Chapter 6: "Debates about the educational worth of video-gaming and virtual world gameplay have recently attracted considerable attention (p. 97)."
I am somewhat confused about this particular quote. I am not quite sure what gameplay they are exactly referring to. I do agree that some games are not meant for children and does not teach them anything. However, there are some games that actually teach children and gets them involved.
Chapter 7: "From this perspective, it may be that the new generation of teachers is well placed to develop innovative uses of new technology in the classroom (p. 115)."
I agree with this 100%. Today's generation of teachers are well prepared to utilize technology in the classrooms. There are so many things that technology can be used for and can make learning FUN! Some students do not have access to computers at their house. Any chance they have to use it at school is a joy for them! As a new teacher, I do feel capable of teaching my students more about technology. I plan to utilize blogs in my classroom instruction this coming year.
Chapter 8: "A key assessment task was the completion of a 'digital portrait' of a learner (p. 133)."
This digital portrait that they are referring to is really neat. It was interesting how they created it and how some people had never constructed their own PowerPoint. I would have thought that many people had used a PowerPoint prior.
Chapter 9: "Resisters see new literacies, including visual practices, as interfering in the difficult and increasingly assessed business of print literacy practices (p. 147)."
In life, people are always going to arguing with one another and can't agree. This is the same with conventional print practices and new literacies. In my opinion, there are advantages to both. Students need to be well educated in both areas in order to function in today's society.
On a weekly basis, I use excel to type our sheep/cow records into the computer. This is a practice I learned how to use in the middle school. Students can do so many things with technology; we just have to teach them!
I am somewhat confused about this particular quote. I am not quite sure what gameplay they are exactly referring to. I do agree that some games are not meant for children and does not teach them anything. However, there are some games that actually teach children and gets them involved.
Chapter 7: "From this perspective, it may be that the new generation of teachers is well placed to develop innovative uses of new technology in the classroom (p. 115)."
I agree with this 100%. Today's generation of teachers are well prepared to utilize technology in the classrooms. There are so many things that technology can be used for and can make learning FUN! Some students do not have access to computers at their house. Any chance they have to use it at school is a joy for them! As a new teacher, I do feel capable of teaching my students more about technology. I plan to utilize blogs in my classroom instruction this coming year.
Chapter 8: "A key assessment task was the completion of a 'digital portrait' of a learner (p. 133)."
This digital portrait that they are referring to is really neat. It was interesting how they created it and how some people had never constructed their own PowerPoint. I would have thought that many people had used a PowerPoint prior.
Chapter 9: "Resisters see new literacies, including visual practices, as interfering in the difficult and increasingly assessed business of print literacy practices (p. 147)."
In life, people are always going to arguing with one another and can't agree. This is the same with conventional print practices and new literacies. In my opinion, there are advantages to both. Students need to be well educated in both areas in order to function in today's society.
On a weekly basis, I use excel to type our sheep/cow records into the computer. This is a practice I learned how to use in the middle school. Students can do so many things with technology; we just have to teach them!
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Analyzed Young Person Interview
Hanging
Out
Me: "How does your use of computers reflect friendship driven practices and facilitate social interaction?"
Noah: "Since our county is so spread out and we do not have cell phone service, I rely on my computer to chat with my friends through Facebook Messenger. We can talk about what we plan to do on the weekend or if we need help with homework."
Messing Around
Me: "How does the use of computers provide you with informal learning opportunities to develop tech savvy skill sets?"
Noah: I would not consider myself to be tech savvy but I have learned short cuts such as when I am working on a paper. I know to hit (ctrl v ) to paste. I am pretty good at making power point presentations.
Geeking Out
Me: "Have you developed a particular interest or highly specialized skill sets as a result of your use of computers at home and school?"
Noah: "I am good at following cattle and sheep markets. I regularly check New Holland the South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange. This helps me to market my animals; I know what I should be receiving for them. I would like to start a blog about our farm someday."
Schooling
Noah is a very smart kid and currently has a 4.0 GPA. While he does not use technology to mess around as some teenagers do, he is very studious. His father stresses the importance of getting good grades so this may have something to do with it. He does not like to read books; he said that he would much rather be on the computer looking up sheep or cattle.
"This makes it problematic to assume that young people are equally and actively engaged in social networking activities (p. 85)."
"However, we believe that the social and technical affordances of blogs can be beneficially exploited for learning (p. 89)."
Me: "How does your use of computers reflect friendship driven practices and facilitate social interaction?"
Noah: "Since our county is so spread out and we do not have cell phone service, I rely on my computer to chat with my friends through Facebook Messenger. We can talk about what we plan to do on the weekend or if we need help with homework."
Messing Around
Me: "How does the use of computers provide you with informal learning opportunities to develop tech savvy skill sets?"
Noah: I would not consider myself to be tech savvy but I have learned short cuts such as when I am working on a paper. I know to hit (ctrl v ) to paste. I am pretty good at making power point presentations.
Geeking Out
Me: "Have you developed a particular interest or highly specialized skill sets as a result of your use of computers at home and school?"
Noah: "I am good at following cattle and sheep markets. I regularly check New Holland the South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange. This helps me to market my animals; I know what I should be receiving for them. I would like to start a blog about our farm someday."
Schooling
Noah is a very smart kid and currently has a 4.0 GPA. While he does not use technology to mess around as some teenagers do, he is very studious. His father stresses the importance of getting good grades so this may have something to do with it. He does not like to read books; he said that he would much rather be on the computer looking up sheep or cattle.
"This makes it problematic to assume that young people are equally and actively engaged in social networking activities (p. 85)."
"However, we believe that the social and technical affordances of blogs can be beneficially exploited for learning (p. 89)."
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Changing Literacies
Chapter 4: "Of all the wikis active online, Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia, is far and away the most famous (p. 69)."
I utilize Wikipedia regularly throughout the week. Some teachers in high school always told us not to use it because it wasn't a valid resource. However, if you carefully read the material, you can tell if it is correct or incorrect. I like Wikipedia because it is easy to navigate and often has pictures.
Chapter 5: "Although there are variations in format, blogs share a range of common features that make them quite easily recognizable as blogs (p. 85)."
Prior to this class, I had no experience with blogs. I had heard talk about blogs but really didn't know what the purpose of one was. This class has opened my eyes and allowed me to see the advantages of creating blogs. Since we raise cattle and sheep, we are always looking at ways to increase our profit and our genetics. Many different farms throughout the US not only have websites, but blogs as well. They tend to update their blogs every 1-2 weeks with events going on at their farm. All the blogs that I have viewed do seem to be set up the same way and easily recognizable as blogs.
Chapter 6: "The idea that digital technology might help to motivate reluctant learners and provide more meaningful contexts for literacy has captured the attention of an increasing number of educators (Merchant, 2007b) (p. 95)."
I particularly enjoy this quote. I remember when I student taught and had a student who would not do ANYTHING. I simply thought he was lazy and didn't want to be in the class. However, when we begin working on a unit project on the computer, he completely had a different attitude. He told me that he would much rather do stuff on the computer instead of worksheets/bookwork. This is a prime example of how technology can alter reluctant learners.
While reading this week, it has really showed me how valuable technology is in the classroom. I now feel certain that I can incorporate some of this into my classroom. I could very easily take my students to the computer lab on Fridays and have them to update their blog. This will allow the students to express themselves; it will also allow for them to use technology instead of doing boring worksheets, book work, etc.
I utilize Wikipedia regularly throughout the week. Some teachers in high school always told us not to use it because it wasn't a valid resource. However, if you carefully read the material, you can tell if it is correct or incorrect. I like Wikipedia because it is easy to navigate and often has pictures.
Chapter 5: "Although there are variations in format, blogs share a range of common features that make them quite easily recognizable as blogs (p. 85)."
Prior to this class, I had no experience with blogs. I had heard talk about blogs but really didn't know what the purpose of one was. This class has opened my eyes and allowed me to see the advantages of creating blogs. Since we raise cattle and sheep, we are always looking at ways to increase our profit and our genetics. Many different farms throughout the US not only have websites, but blogs as well. They tend to update their blogs every 1-2 weeks with events going on at their farm. All the blogs that I have viewed do seem to be set up the same way and easily recognizable as blogs.
Chapter 6: "The idea that digital technology might help to motivate reluctant learners and provide more meaningful contexts for literacy has captured the attention of an increasing number of educators (Merchant, 2007b) (p. 95)."
I particularly enjoy this quote. I remember when I student taught and had a student who would not do ANYTHING. I simply thought he was lazy and didn't want to be in the class. However, when we begin working on a unit project on the computer, he completely had a different attitude. He told me that he would much rather do stuff on the computer instead of worksheets/bookwork. This is a prime example of how technology can alter reluctant learners.
While reading this week, it has really showed me how valuable technology is in the classroom. I now feel certain that I can incorporate some of this into my classroom. I could very easily take my students to the computer lab on Fridays and have them to update their blog. This will allow the students to express themselves; it will also allow for them to use technology instead of doing boring worksheets, book work, etc.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Interview With Noah-15 Years Old
"At every turn, digital technologies and texts keep us on the correct route, entertain us and connect the millions of us in Hong Kong, and around the world, in an intricate informational and multimodal web. (p.2)"
"First, I believe that social networking sites motivate learning (p. 29)."
"Many new technologies provide routes to playful activities, that is, to recreational, experimental and informal pursuits (p. 31)."
Digital Texts In and Out of School
Introduction: "We believe that new teachers must be prepared to teach in schools that are embedded in a world where technologies, particularly portable digital technologies, are changing the ways in which we make meanings and engage with each other (p. 3)."
I agree with this particular quote completely. Teachers should be very familiar with technology; we rely on technology more and more each day. Students are very familiar with technology and we must keep learning about technology. If we do not implement technology in our classroom, our students will be suffering when they enter the real, working world.
Chapter 1: "In terms of the household study, in which twelve households participated, a majority of the girls were under age 8, and although some had tried videoing, they were not engaged with the camcorder in the way the older boys were (p. 17)."
I am somewhat confused about this. I would like to know more about why girls are more shy as compared to boys. Is it because the girls were more sheltered? I know that in some cultures the girls are very sheltered and not allowed to do the same things as the boys. Maybe this could be the reason.
Chapter 2: "Fourthly, with digital texts becoming increasingly multimodal, we now need to broaden our notion of what it means to be literate and include image production and analysis as part of normal procedure in the literacy classroom (p. 29)."
I am not sure if I completely agree with this. I do agree that digital texts is becoming multimodal and changing the regular classroom. However, there are many CSO's that must be covered throughout the year. Most of the time, teachers are struggling to get these all covered and taught. If we add image production and analysis, that will take up valuable time. I feel these are things students could learn in a technology/business class.
Chapter 3: "Tom and Sam describe how friends create images for themselves through their profile pages to try to look 'cool' or 'sexy' (p. 55)."
I agree that this is very true. Even my personal friends on Facebook take pictures that I do not necessarily agree with. I would never imagine taking these sort of pictures of myself. I do not feel that Facebook is the place to put these inappropriate pictures.
The readings are reinforcing the way I use technology in the classroom. The barriers for me is funding. Our county is very poor and we do not have the ability to purchase all of this new technology. We simply have to use what we have and be thankful for it.
Carrington, V., & Robinson, M. (2009). Digital literacies: Social learning and classroom practices. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications.
I agree with this particular quote completely. Teachers should be very familiar with technology; we rely on technology more and more each day. Students are very familiar with technology and we must keep learning about technology. If we do not implement technology in our classroom, our students will be suffering when they enter the real, working world.
Chapter 1: "In terms of the household study, in which twelve households participated, a majority of the girls were under age 8, and although some had tried videoing, they were not engaged with the camcorder in the way the older boys were (p. 17)."
I am somewhat confused about this. I would like to know more about why girls are more shy as compared to boys. Is it because the girls were more sheltered? I know that in some cultures the girls are very sheltered and not allowed to do the same things as the boys. Maybe this could be the reason.
Chapter 2: "Fourthly, with digital texts becoming increasingly multimodal, we now need to broaden our notion of what it means to be literate and include image production and analysis as part of normal procedure in the literacy classroom (p. 29)."
I am not sure if I completely agree with this. I do agree that digital texts is becoming multimodal and changing the regular classroom. However, there are many CSO's that must be covered throughout the year. Most of the time, teachers are struggling to get these all covered and taught. If we add image production and analysis, that will take up valuable time. I feel these are things students could learn in a technology/business class.
Chapter 3: "Tom and Sam describe how friends create images for themselves through their profile pages to try to look 'cool' or 'sexy' (p. 55)."
I agree that this is very true. Even my personal friends on Facebook take pictures that I do not necessarily agree with. I would never imagine taking these sort of pictures of myself. I do not feel that Facebook is the place to put these inappropriate pictures.
The readings are reinforcing the way I use technology in the classroom. The barriers for me is funding. Our county is very poor and we do not have the ability to purchase all of this new technology. We simply have to use what we have and be thankful for it.
Carrington, V., & Robinson, M. (2009). Digital literacies: Social learning and classroom practices. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications.
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Digital Native Stand Alone Presentation
Digital Natives-Michelle Wilfong
More presentations from Michelle Wilfong
For my Digital Native PowerPoint, I wanted to really focus
on today’s youth and elaborate on things that they deal with on a daily basis.
Since I work with high school students, I see what students are doing in
classrooms with technology. Prior to doing this activity, I can honestly say
that I did not know what the term, “Digital Native” meant. I hope that people
who view my video will have a glimpse as to who/what a digital native actually
is. It seems as though technology is always changing and improving; as
educators, we must learn how to incorporate this into our classroom. There are
so many different ways this can be done! It may be somewhat time consuming but
we need to challenge our students and prepare them to enter the real world upon
completion of high school. However, we must remember that not every student has
had the opportunity to work with technology. As educators, we need to show them
how to use valuable programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Friday, July 1, 2016
Beyond Digital Natives
Chapter 10: Bearne et al. reported that "very young children show expertise in on-screen reading, even when homes have no computers" (2007, p. 11), because the ways in which such texts are handles is now embodied within a culturally valued discourse. (p. 151)
I was very astonished at this finding. I personally do better when I am reading from actual paper instead of a computer screen. Some may find this to be odd but I would much rather have a book in hand instead of a digital textbook. I am amazed at the fact that children are showing expertise in on-screen reading. However, they are probably already accustomed to it from their digital video games.
Chapter 11: These results support the notion that technology is highly accessible and therefore potentially well-integrated into young people's lives. (p. 171)
I agree with this particular quote. While I live in a very rural area, we have three computer labs in our school. These labs are open to students before school, during lunch and all day long. Students are always able to come in and use the computers. We also have a mobile lab that allows for students to actually check out lap tops and take them home overnight. If a student needs something, they can probably ask the technology specialist and they will have it.
Chapter 12: We identify digital natives as a population, and not a generation, of young people who use technology in relatively advanced ways. (p. 188)
This is a nice statement that is found in the final chapter. It is important to remember that not all people who were born in 1993 (the year I was born) are technology savvy and utilize it on a daily basis. However, there are many digital natives in today's world! I never would have imagined that I would be using technology to further my education entirely online!
*I wasn't able to create a Meme because the site would not work for me. I plan to upload this in the near future! However, my plan was to have an image of a sunset with the words, "Children are the future; we must introduce and utilize technology at school."
I was very astonished at this finding. I personally do better when I am reading from actual paper instead of a computer screen. Some may find this to be odd but I would much rather have a book in hand instead of a digital textbook. I am amazed at the fact that children are showing expertise in on-screen reading. However, they are probably already accustomed to it from their digital video games.
Chapter 11: These results support the notion that technology is highly accessible and therefore potentially well-integrated into young people's lives. (p. 171)
I agree with this particular quote. While I live in a very rural area, we have three computer labs in our school. These labs are open to students before school, during lunch and all day long. Students are always able to come in and use the computers. We also have a mobile lab that allows for students to actually check out lap tops and take them home overnight. If a student needs something, they can probably ask the technology specialist and they will have it.
Chapter 12: We identify digital natives as a population, and not a generation, of young people who use technology in relatively advanced ways. (p. 188)
This is a nice statement that is found in the final chapter. It is important to remember that not all people who were born in 1993 (the year I was born) are technology savvy and utilize it on a daily basis. However, there are many digital natives in today's world! I never would have imagined that I would be using technology to further my education entirely online!
*I wasn't able to create a Meme because the site would not work for me. I plan to upload this in the near future! However, my plan was to have an image of a sunset with the words, "Children are the future; we must introduce and utilize technology at school."
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