May 25, 2012
I can't believe that this unit is finished all ready. I've learnt so much in the past few months. There would be too much to write down in this one blog but I'll try and put as much as I can.
I can say now that I have made a website and am pretty proud of the work I've accomplished. I've researched new social networking sites and know how to use them. I've created a wikispace for the first time, and made my own authentic task. There is a lot more things I've learnt such as screen captures, hyperlinks, adding photos, referencing, adding files to my website, using google scholar, using yola and there is a lot more. The most important lesson that I have learnt in this unit is I am NOT afraid of technology, I'm now excited to explore and research new technologies!
This unit is absolutely fantastic in relation to teaching. Teachers that are confident to use technology in their classrooms are going to have a huge advantage when teaching students. I believe that when I become a teacher technology will be a major part of my teaching career.
The help that we receive in this unit is so helpful. Having the LMS site and the companion website make the unit so much easier to understand. I'd like to thank the lecturers and tutors for all the help they have given us in this unit. I've loved this unit and have learnt more then I ever thought I would.
Posted by Chloe.
May 24, 2012
I have to say I can't believe that exams are going up already. We have now been given our six potential exam questions, I think that after some good researching I should be ok with these. The exam doesn't seem so scary now. The questions are:
1. Imagine you are team teaching with another teacher and you are planning a joint lesson in a curriculum area using technology. The other teacher wants to create a PowerPoint presentation to deliver to the class, and then ask students to fill in an onli...
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May 23, 2012
I was really nervous about presenting my PowerPoint in class. I was hoping that I had done it alright and completed all the requirements. After the presentation I was pretty happy with what I had and the nerves finally calmed done. I was so happy to have it all finished. The PowerPoint was a bit scary for me because I'm not the most creative person and the narrations scared me a lot because I had never done it before. And then lastly I had to upload it to
Author Stream I was worried that I wa...
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May 18, 2012
I have now completed Assignment 3a and will use this blog as a way of discussing my progress. I finished all my pages on my wikispace and was happy with them. One of the difficulties I had that was extremely frustrating was wikispaces changing the layout and font I used, however I managed to work around it. My
wikispace can be located at the link.
When creating my PowerPoint I found it hard to meet the five minute mark. I found that this problem was because I was working on my own and couldn'...
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Posted by Chloe.
May 6, 2012
So I've been working away at assignment three. The topic I have chosen is the solar system for year fives. I've found this topic very useful to do this assignment, I've been able to find a lot of helpful and informative information. This assignment is definitely the hardest we've done all semester as it has the most components, I've had some difficulties as my partner is sadly unwell and I've taken the role of making sure the assignment is moving along at the correct pace.
In relation to the a...
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Posted by Chloe.
April 27, 2012
I have finished assignment 2 and I'm quite happy with what I turned out with. I put a lot of effort into this and believe that my resources will be quite interesting. I had some trouble towards the end with the summarising of my resources. Some of them were so informative! However I was happy with what I came out with. I wanted to make my website look more professional (as I said in my bog before) and I believe that I have done that this time. I have hyperlinks, photos, good information. So h...
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Posted by Chloe.
April 26, 2012
So I've finally made some progress on Assignment 2. I had a few little problems on the way with technology. I had a bit of difficulty added pictures onto my webpage. However after some patience and determination I've managed it and I'm quite happy with what I've came out with. I've found it really interesting looking at all these resources as there are so many different types that I never knew about on all topics. So I believe that I will finish this Assignment today...hopefully if technology...
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April 25, 2012
After some trouble finding certain resources I made the decision to expand my topic. So instead of having the topic question
Using Technology to Teach the Solar System I've changed it to a question that is easier to find resources. My new topic is
Using Technology to Teach Science in the Classroom. This is a much better topic to use; I've found some excellent sources that I can use in Assignment 2. So now I'm going to write up my report and work on how to make my page look more professional. ...
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Posted by Chloe.
April 23, 2012
I have found that Endnote is a fantastic tool. It is so easy to use and makes referencing so much easier. I found most my resources using the
Murdoch Library Page which helped to find my book, article and conference paper.
Because of Endnote I can now find resources and put the information straight into Endnote which will allow me to use it in the future. What is also very good about Endnote is the fact that you can reference a number of resources not just books and websites. You can reference...
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Posted by Chloe.
April 21, 2012
So Assignment 1b is finally finished and submitted and I'm now working on Assignment 2. I've found this task extremely enjoyable. The topic i chose was 'Using technology to teach the Solar System in the classroom' the solar system is a fantastic and interesting topic to work on. So far I have used the cool tools for schools website which is an excellent site for people trying to find reliable sources. I've found numerous amounts of information on my topic that is going to be fantastic for my ...
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