Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, kari maurers Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://karimaurer.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-07-19T11_35_53-07_00 See you there! - kari
Hi everyone, I posted a new episode to my podcast, kari maurers Podcast. Please click the link below to view it. http://karimaurer.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-07-19T12_26_25-07_00 See you there! - kari
Friday, July 17, 2009
Final Post
My Final Post
During the course of the past 4 and a half weeks I have learned many new multimedia and web 2.0 tools. All of these tools will be helpful in both my personal and professional life. Asking to speak on just one is very difficult. They are all exciting and will serve a special purpose.
Thinking in terms of both a classroom teacher and a teacher librarian, I would have to say that accessing our Grant Wood Area’s online resources page is my biggest takeaway. By accessing this page, I will be able to locate instructions on most everything we have learned during this course. Beyond that, I will be able to access information and resources for both a library and a classroom on most any curricular topic in our district. This is a resource that I am really going to try and sell to the teachers in my building. I am going to make a point to model different ways to use this site for both teacher and student. The benefits of teachers being able to access this site, navigate around it and then put the information found on the site to use, will assist with meeting many of our 21st century skill goals. In the process of meeting these goals, we are teaching our students in a manner that speaks to them and that is engaging. Getting teachers to use the information found on this site will also create 21st century learners which will ultimately better prepare them for the world they will be living and working in.
Below I have provided a few examples of different information and resources that a student or teacher can access using our local AEA 10 online resources site. Here are a few of different things you are able to do with this information.
Below I have provided a few examples of different information and resources that a student or teacher can access using our local AEA 10 online resources site. Here are a few of different things you are able to do with this information.
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U.S. Finds It's Getting Crowded Out There; Washington Post (Washington, DC), Marc Kaufman
July 9, 2008 pg.A.1 Lexile Score: 1420 Size: 13K SIRS Researcher
Summary: "Space, like Earth below, is globalizing. And as it does, America's long-held superiority in exploring, exploiting and commercializing 'the final frontier' is slipping away, many experts believe. Although the United States remains dominant in most space-related fields--and owns half the military satellites currently orbiting Earth--experts say the nation's superiority is diminishing, and many other nations are expanding their civilian and commercial space capabilities at a far faster pace." (Washington Post) The "explosion in international space capabilities" as countries like China, Russia and India close in on U.S. space dominance, is reported. Subjects: Astronautics, International cooperation, International Space Station, Space flight, International aspects, Space race, Space research, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Adm., Outer space, Exploration, Global impact
Above is an academic article found on SIRS (also linked to aea online resources site)
Here is a link to Atomic Learning. Check it out! http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/home
Additional information and resources found at this site include:
Additional information and resources found at this site include:
- Atomic Learning: webinars and tutorials for a variety of topics including web 2.0 tools.
- Accu Weather: A wonderful source for all of those 2nd and 3rd grade teachers teaching weather.
- Ebsco and 360 learning for academic resources
- Thousands of videos for grades k-12
- Databases for all grade levels and topics.
Our aea website is such an amazing tool. Not only is it free, but it is provided by educators who know our state curriculum. They put tools on this site that they know are relevant to what is going on in our classrooms and our statewide curriculum (Iowa Core). This site is a must see and use!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Podcasting in the Early Childhood Classrom by Ilene R. Berson
There are a few points that I would like to highlight in this article.
1. "...when students create a podcast for class, they not only learn the content in a creative way, they learn 21st-century communication skills at the same time."
Educators are aware that we need to be teaching 21st century skills to all students k-12 in our schools. We need to move beyond what we have always done to teach content and look to our 21st century skills to teach the same content but in a 21st way.
2. "Even young children who had not yet developed basic writing skills enjoyed telling a story."
People whom work in the field of early childhood education are aware that children are natural storytellers. Even if a child is not yet capable of writing a story, they are more than capable of telling one. Pod casting is a beautiful way for early childhood students to create and tell a story.
3. "Students shift from being passive consumers of technology to producers of content.
This is the end goal. We are trying to create students that are doing and producing authentic intellectual work. Using 21st century skills to teach content engages students (we are speaking their language and telling them that what they are interested in is important). This engagement is what makes them create and produce authentic work.
Overview:
This is a wonderful article for administrators and librarians to use to help explain why using web 2.0 skills are essential. We have to use resources (such as this article) as a "buy-in" for teachers. If we don't convince the teachers, these skills (21st century) will not be taught or used. Technology is appropriate for all ages. It is our responsibility as parents and teachers to educator our young children how to appropriately use technology and become information seekers as well as authentic, intellectual creators.
1. "...when students create a podcast for class, they not only learn the content in a creative way, they learn 21st-century communication skills at the same time."
Educators are aware that we need to be teaching 21st century skills to all students k-12 in our schools. We need to move beyond what we have always done to teach content and look to our 21st century skills to teach the same content but in a 21st way.
2. "Even young children who had not yet developed basic writing skills enjoyed telling a story."
People whom work in the field of early childhood education are aware that children are natural storytellers. Even if a child is not yet capable of writing a story, they are more than capable of telling one. Pod casting is a beautiful way for early childhood students to create and tell a story.
3. "Students shift from being passive consumers of technology to producers of content.
This is the end goal. We are trying to create students that are doing and producing authentic intellectual work. Using 21st century skills to teach content engages students (we are speaking their language and telling them that what they are interested in is important). This engagement is what makes them create and produce authentic work.
Overview:
This is a wonderful article for administrators and librarians to use to help explain why using web 2.0 skills are essential. We have to use resources (such as this article) as a "buy-in" for teachers. If we don't convince the teachers, these skills (21st century) will not be taught or used. Technology is appropriate for all ages. It is our responsibility as parents and teachers to educator our young children how to appropriately use technology and become information seekers as well as authentic, intellectual creators.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Picassa
Ok. On the wiki I had mentioned that I had only worked with flickr. I just downloaded Picasa and played around with it...I LOVE IT. I think it is easier to use than flickr, plus I think there are more things you are able to do with your photos. I just wanted to post about my new favorite toy! I gives this one a two thumbs-up! :)
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Warlick Chapter 1
This chapter talks a lot about information literacy skills. Many of the concepts we read about and discussed this fall during Steve's class were touched on in this chapter. In this chapter the quote "What will our libraries become, when all knowledge is available through personal information devices- anytime, anyplace, a mouse click away?" Throughout the course of this program, I continue to think about this fact. How are our libraries going to look? How can we continue to provide a service to people if they can do it on their own? It is interesting to try and envision our future libraries and recreate the role that traditional librarians have played for over a century.
The good thing is that as you continue to read Warlick, you are able to read ideas and absorb new concepts and suggestions that will help us transform our libraries into 21st century learning areas for all. A place where people can freely access information and contact with other human beings.
The good thing is that as you continue to read Warlick, you are able to read ideas and absorb new concepts and suggestions that will help us transform our libraries into 21st century learning areas for all. A place where people can freely access information and contact with other human beings.
images assignment
Over the past several years I haven't done a very good job of organizing my pictures. When Griffen (my first child) was born in 2001 I took pics, had them developed and then put them in albums which are now in an obnoxiously, large plastic containers taking up valuable space in our storage room. Which by the way, we rarely open up, take out the albums and look at them. A few years back, I stopped getting all of our pics developed. I hated spending the time organizing the pics in albums plus we never even got them out of the container to look at them. My camera soon became overloaded with pics. This made me not want to take pictures anymore. I was in desperate need to be introduced to a photo organizer such as flicker. I have photos of friends, family, my classroom and holiday events that I need to organize. The thing I really like about flickr is that you can edit your photos, organize them into different files, make comments on your pics and send them to other people.
When I viewed different links to other people's uses of flick, it only encouraged me even more to continue with this particular photo editor. I enjoyed viewing a school teacher's classroom site which has used flickr to display what her students are currently working on in her class. I also enjoyed the Smithonians flickr site.
I have yet to use Picassa or any other photo editor. I am hoping that I can get on Picassa this week and compare it to flickr.
The classroom examples and tips on project management that I viewed in our webinar is something that I am anxious to share with fellow teachers. I feel like many teachers that I work with understand that we need to 21st skills to our students. They understand that our students are digital natives and are needing to learn things in more of a digital and interactive way than we did. However, as librarians, I feel we need to provide examples and show them how to teach in this manner. We are all going to have to relearn how to teach to this 21st generation of students.
When I viewed different links to other people's uses of flick, it only encouraged me even more to continue with this particular photo editor. I enjoyed viewing a school teacher's classroom site which has used flickr to display what her students are currently working on in her class. I also enjoyed the Smithonians flickr site.
I have yet to use Picassa or any other photo editor. I am hoping that I can get on Picassa this week and compare it to flickr.
The classroom examples and tips on project management that I viewed in our webinar is something that I am anxious to share with fellow teachers. I feel like many teachers that I work with understand that we need to 21st skills to our students. They understand that our students are digital natives and are needing to learn things in more of a digital and interactive way than we did. However, as librarians, I feel we need to provide examples and show them how to teach in this manner. We are all going to have to relearn how to teach to this 21st generation of students.
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