We are half way through the course and we sure learned alot. I couldn't believe all the things in the review class. We did websites, wikis, blogs, conferencing, podcasting, and reviewed old technology.
I think everyone appreciated Colby, Danny, and Kelly's video presentation. I thought they used a multiple of different technologies such as: video, overhead, chalkboard, white board, role playing and music. It was refreshing, honest, and entertaining. It is so accurate to life as well. When Colby is saying that Kelly is so excited, but boy was he bad: it shows how different people can read things differently. Also when Colby was trying to explain to the guys what was going on in his head the guys didn't get it. This shows how communication can get lost through translating processes. It also showed that Colby didn't do any followup question to make sure the guys were on the same page as he was. Often people feel they did a good job explaining things, but the audience may be assimilating the information differently and going off on to a totally different tangent. Unless the speaker clarifies with the audience that their own meaning has gotten across, the speaker cannot assume people understand the point he is making.
In psychology we took that different experiences and lessons make up how a person thinks. Colby looked up all the information on Bach but Kelly and Danny obviously had no clue where he was in the learning continuum. So what seemed perfectly clear in Colby's head didn't translate clearly to the other guys. This is where using different technical styles to get your point across would help the audience. Using powerpoint, slides, schemas, and diagrams to explain how each step relates to each other helps different learners to pick up on different schemas. The guys did a great job in introducing different teaching methods for different learners. They used different technology to captivate their audience as well.
Great Job guys.
They did relate things well through the video.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
pencil as a technology
I think technology can overwhelm the past but it cannot erase the past. When you view futuristic films many portray people back in the stone age with no running cars or water and no electricity. If this should happen computers, modern buildings, and most amenities will be useless. But not the pencil.
You can pick up almost anything to write in the dirt. You could use a finger, stick, rock, or a pencil. But you cannot fix a computer (or at least I can't if I am that only person left on the Earth.
You can pick up almost anything to write in the dirt. You could use a finger, stick, rock, or a pencil. But you cannot fix a computer (or at least I can't if I am that only person left on the Earth.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Mankato, Minnesota
Recently in class we were evaluating websites and were asked to visit http://descy.50megs.com/Emankato/mankato.html. I have provided the link so that you may also visit this incredible sight.
Mankato Minnesota
I really liked the website. It reminded me a lot of the movie Forrest Gump (which I also really liked). The website took many world wide renown places or events and added to their own town. During the flooding season they compared it to Venice, Italy. They even had a US president (Bush) fishing in the middle of a street. Mankato has it's own pyramids, Atlantis, Mountains, Aquarium,and of course the End of the Internet. I forwarded this site to my husband for our next vacation spot and I hope to meet some of you there.
The site must have taken an incredible amount of time and energy to build; (I wonder if it has copyrights?) The thought that people have and do take the time to build sites for the curiosity of others is incredible. Even looking up the pictures takes time, but almost every picture has a write up. I can't even open my email everyday never mind make a website. It had over 17 different links of which some were meticulously detailed. The site even had legitimate links. We were told that a professor wrote the site to teach people to evaluate what they read as true.
I think students of all ages need to evaluate everything they see and hear. I reminded everyone I spoke to about the commercial about the House Hippo living in your house. I really liked that commercial. My children and I looked for our House Hippo the first time we seen the commercial. I told them that my house must be very clean because we didn't find any: they were disappointed. They also pointed out that we do have Hippo (not Dust) bunnies. It was a great learning tool for my children to learn not to believe everything they hear no matter how real it looks.
See hippo link to view the advertisement.
House Hippo
Some of favourite movies at home are fake documentaries. One is about Dragons and the other is about the Death of Paul McCartney.
The fact is there are people out there willing to go to great lengths to fabricate stories either for pleasure or as a menace. Do you remember some of the great hoaxes? If not visit this next link.
Hoax or Real?
When siting references students must remember to acknowledge who the audience is. Who is the author trying to address.
Who wrote the reference? Was it someone knowledgeable and do they sight their sources. Can you find a couple of more collaborating sources?
Does the website seem legitimate, free from errors with current links. Is there a date of production and a date last edited?
It is a peer-reviewed article. Did someone critique the website? Do other people link to the sight?
These are a few of the things you can do to make sure that the source is reliable. Remember not everything produced is fact. It could be fact-based but that does not make it reliable. Be do-diligence when siting source just to be safe.
Mankato Minnesota
I really liked the website. It reminded me a lot of the movie Forrest Gump (which I also really liked). The website took many world wide renown places or events and added to their own town. During the flooding season they compared it to Venice, Italy. They even had a US president (Bush) fishing in the middle of a street. Mankato has it's own pyramids, Atlantis, Mountains, Aquarium,and of course the End of the Internet. I forwarded this site to my husband for our next vacation spot and I hope to meet some of you there.
The site must have taken an incredible amount of time and energy to build; (I wonder if it has copyrights?) The thought that people have and do take the time to build sites for the curiosity of others is incredible. Even looking up the pictures takes time, but almost every picture has a write up. I can't even open my email everyday never mind make a website. It had over 17 different links of which some were meticulously detailed. The site even had legitimate links. We were told that a professor wrote the site to teach people to evaluate what they read as true.
I think students of all ages need to evaluate everything they see and hear. I reminded everyone I spoke to about the commercial about the House Hippo living in your house. I really liked that commercial. My children and I looked for our House Hippo the first time we seen the commercial. I told them that my house must be very clean because we didn't find any: they were disappointed. They also pointed out that we do have Hippo (not Dust) bunnies. It was a great learning tool for my children to learn not to believe everything they hear no matter how real it looks.
See hippo link to view the advertisement.
House Hippo
Some of favourite movies at home are fake documentaries. One is about Dragons and the other is about the Death of Paul McCartney.
The fact is there are people out there willing to go to great lengths to fabricate stories either for pleasure or as a menace. Do you remember some of the great hoaxes? If not visit this next link.
Hoax or Real?
When siting references students must remember to acknowledge who the audience is. Who is the author trying to address.
Who wrote the reference? Was it someone knowledgeable and do they sight their sources. Can you find a couple of more collaborating sources?
Does the website seem legitimate, free from errors with current links. Is there a date of production and a date last edited?
It is a peer-reviewed article. Did someone critique the website? Do other people link to the sight?
These are a few of the things you can do to make sure that the source is reliable. Remember not everything produced is fact. It could be fact-based but that does not make it reliable. Be do-diligence when siting source just to be safe.
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