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WWW does stand for World Wide Web; it stands for Whatever, Whenever, Wherever.
No individual completely fits the profile of a generation, but research shows that people born between a rough set of dates actually do share many characteristics.
1925-1945: Traditional or Silent Generation - Grew up through hard times - Belief in common goals - Respect for authority 1946-1964: Baby Boomers - Optimistic - Idealistic - Value education 1965-1979: Generation X * NOT easily categorized! 1980-1990: Net Generation (Generation Y – old label) - First true cyber generation - Generation of web surfers 1991 – NOW: iGeneration - iPhone, iPad, iPod, iTunes, Wii, and so on. - They have a need to multitask
Just as we don’t think about the existence of air, kids don’t question the existence of technology and media. The average iGeneration teenager sends 3,339 texts a month and only makes 191 phone calls during the same period. Two years ago, those numbers were nearly equal. To members of the iGeneration a cell phone is not a phone, it’s a portable computer to tweet, surf the web, and of course, text.
So what, the iGeneration is immersed in technology. Their tech world is open 24/7. We need to take advantage of their love of technology and refocus how we educate them.
“Making the Most of Your Class Website” is an article taken from “Educational Leadership” Feb. 2011 edition. In this article Lemoyne S. Dunn breaks down the four levels of a class website. The five levels are types of websites and how you are planning on using it. Level one is Static. This is a website that doesn’t need changing and updating. It often contains basic class information such as, the teacher’s name, class rules, class schedule, and etc. Level two is Semistatic. Semistatic is a website that needs periodic updating. You may need to update special events coming up and this may be done several times or a few times each month. Level three is the Supplemental Resource. This level of website has teacher-created resources such as study guides. There may also be outside resources such as games, videos and the course textbook. Students and parents typically use this once every two to six weeks. Integral Curricular is a level four website. This type of website has two way communication along with all of the other information in a level three website. The last level of website is a level 5 which is Pedagogical Memory. Some characteristics of this type of website include having the students have a very active role in it, a place for collaboration and solving problems. In addition they may use this as a way to turn in homework.
Overall, this article expresses that class websites are important, but can serve for many different purposes. I feel that by reading this article it has allowed me to come up with what my purpose of the website would be. It has enlightened me to create a website that is at the level three. I want to create a way to communicate with parents and allow them to be informed about our classroom. In addition, I want to be able to give them a look into our classroom, by posting pictures from our everyday activities. I want to create a website that also provides educational games and resources for parents and for the children. I feel that this will be just one more way to increase my home to school relationship
Using Websites Wisely In the Using Websites Wisely article Julie Coiro and Jay Fogleman gave some examples of websites that are great resources for lesson planning. That is why they are resources, they are not the entire lesson, the sites that they created were to enhance the lesson not to revolve the entire lesson around. The first step is to know what you want the students to understand when the lesson is over, once you have the goals of the lesson then you can start scouring the websites for relevant information. The article finished up talking about working meaningfully online by concentrating on key learning goals and performance based skills, design activities to make online work more meaningful and worthwhile.
Reflecting with students about how these tools can enhance their understanding of challenging concepts in your curriculum may encourage them to seek out other web-based instructional systems.
Teaching the iGeneration
ReplyDeleteWWW does stand for World Wide Web; it stands for Whatever, Whenever, Wherever.
No individual completely fits the profile of a generation, but research shows that people born between a rough set of dates actually do share many characteristics.
1925-1945: Traditional or Silent Generation
- Grew up through hard times
- Belief in common goals
- Respect for authority
1946-1964: Baby Boomers
- Optimistic
- Idealistic
- Value education
1965-1979: Generation X
* NOT easily categorized!
1980-1990: Net Generation (Generation Y – old label)
- First true cyber generation
- Generation of web surfers
1991 – NOW: iGeneration
- iPhone, iPad, iPod, iTunes, Wii, and so on.
- They have a need to multitask
Just as we don’t think about the existence of air, kids don’t question the existence of technology and media. The average iGeneration teenager sends 3,339 texts a month and only makes 191 phone calls during the same period. Two years ago, those numbers were nearly equal. To members of the iGeneration a cell phone is not a phone, it’s a portable computer to tweet, surf the web, and of course, text.
So what, the iGeneration is immersed in technology. Their tech world is open 24/7. We need to take advantage of their love of technology and refocus how we educate them.
“Making the Most of Your Class Website” is an article taken from “Educational Leadership” Feb. 2011 edition. In this article Lemoyne S. Dunn breaks down the four levels of a class website. The five levels are types of websites and how you are planning on using it. Level one is Static. This is a website that doesn’t need changing and updating. It often contains basic class information such as, the teacher’s name, class rules, class schedule, and etc. Level two is Semistatic. Semistatic is a website that needs periodic updating. You may need to update special events coming up and this may be done several times or a few times each month. Level three is the Supplemental Resource. This level of website has teacher-created resources such as study guides. There may also be outside resources such as games, videos and the course textbook. Students and parents typically use this once every two to six weeks. Integral Curricular is a level four website. This type of website has two way communication along with all of the other information in a level three website. The last level of website is a level 5 which is Pedagogical Memory. Some characteristics of this type of website include having the students have a very active role in it, a place for collaboration and solving problems. In addition they may use this as a way to turn in homework.
ReplyDeleteOverall, this article expresses that class websites are important, but can serve for many different purposes. I feel that by reading this article it has allowed me to come up with what my purpose of the website would be. It has enlightened me to create a website that is at the level three. I want to create a way to communicate with parents and allow them to be informed about our classroom. In addition, I want to be able to give them a look into our classroom, by posting pictures from our everyday activities. I want to create a website that also provides educational games and resources for parents and for the children. I feel that this will be just one more way to increase my home to school relationship
Using Websites Wisely
ReplyDeleteIn the Using Websites Wisely article Julie Coiro and Jay Fogleman gave some examples of websites that are great resources for lesson planning. That is why they are resources, they are not the entire lesson, the sites that they created were to enhance the lesson not to revolve the entire lesson around. The first step is to know what you want the students to understand when the lesson is over, once you have the goals of the lesson then you can start scouring the websites for relevant information. The article finished up talking about working meaningfully online by concentrating on key learning goals and performance based skills, design activities to make online work more meaningful and worthwhile.
Reflecting with students about how these tools can enhance their understanding of challenging concepts in your curriculum may encourage them to seek out other web-based instructional systems.