DEJ #2 Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies/Learning Styles

Quote: “For example, the English teachers can use the smart board to help the kinesthetic students to learn vocabulary. English teachers can write words or sentences and the students can edit them (School District of Waukesha, n.d.).Moreover, the smart board can help the auditory learners to learn a word's spelling by adding the word's pronunciation in the lesson. By listening to the words, the students should write what they listen to on the smart board.  Finally, the visual learners can learn better with smart board by using the electronic pens to draw or put some lines, shapes, and pictures.”

Response: Smart boards started to become very popular in the classrooms during my elementary school years, about 12 years ago.  I think that they are genius!  Smart boards are basically like a big touch screen in the front of the class that allows you to navigate throughout your computer through the screen (so you don’t have to be at your computer).  They are huge therefore everyone in the classroom can see them. The quote above tells it all; smart boards are good for any type of learner.  They allow students to actually get involved and teachers can do many different things when using them.  Overall, every classroom should have a smart board because it is easy to use and everyone in class can benefit.


Reference: Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies/Learning Styles. (2011, May 19). In WikiBooks. Retrieved January 29, 2012, from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_Styles


Related Resource:  The video below gives the teachers prospective on using smart boards and also goes over all of the features of a smart board.

DEJ #1 Educational Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade

Quote: “The new classroom should teach the huge array of complex skills that come under the heading of digital literacy. And it should make students accountable on the Web, where they should regularly be aiming, from grade-school on, to contribute to a wide range of wiki projects.” (Heffernan 2011)

Response: Now a days, kids are so into technology. If you were to sit a seven year old and an 70 year old in front of a computer, I’m almost positive the child would know more about how to operate it and what do. Kids in the 21st century are growing up with technology, so they can easily figure out how to work an Xbox, Ipad, etc. So if kids are around technology all the time, why should they not be using more of it in the school systems? Many elderly people mock technology saying they never used it back in the day and because they didn’t use it, that makes it bad. Wrong. There can be many positive usages out of technology. There are so many educational websites and games that can be used in the classroom that are found on the internet or deal with technology.

Reference: Heffernan, V. (2011, August 7). Educational Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade. Retrieved January 29, 2012, from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp


Related Source: The video below talks about how technology can be positively incorporated into the classroom. 

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Hi! My name is Leslie Giordon and I plan on teaching either second or third grade; no specific subject.  I am from Medina, Ohio which was named number one hometown in Ohio for 2011. Wahoo! :) I want to teach in Georgia because I just love it there!  I am currently one of the captains on the volleyball team here at Fairmont State.  When I am older I plan on building a summer camp for children because I went to a couple summer camps when I was a kid and I loved them.  I also plan on becoming a volleyball coach for either a middle school or high team.