Dodge Article
According to Dodge one of the elements from the Focus Five article that I found useful was “Find Great Sites.” In my experience for the content area Spanish, it is hard to find really useful websites that are free and helpful. Often times the best sites require a fee and the free ones are often not very useful or often have links that no longer work. While at the UCET conference I attended a class for Foreign Language Resources where we received information on many useful sites that we were able to use in our webquest.
Another great resource is the Delicious Bookmark tool where you can keep track of all your bookmarks no matter what computer you work on. Since it is web based the convenience of signing in and clicking on bookmarks allows for the freedom from having to use large blocks of time working on a personal computer. With this service you have the freedom to look up information at any time that you have free, that is great.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Reiser Article and Integrated Learning
I believe that the Integrated Learning and the Riser Model would be worthwhile to explore in teaching material to students of any grade. Gone are the days of the teacher lectures and the students absorb material in order to regurgitate on a test. Due to the vast learning styles of students we are obliged as teachers to offer all students a way to grasp a concept or lesson. Today’s students are very aware of technology and can become bored very easily with just reading or being lectured at.
I love the idea of breaking down the interactive modules across all the classes. This helps to engage students in their learning environment to learn to think outside the box. They would no longer segregate classes into one box or another when in this line of teaching they might start thinking about how does this crossover to Math, English, or Foreign Languages. In the Integrated class lesson plans the breakdown such as Life Skills, Curriculum Tie, etc helps the teacher to be able to keep their focus on teaching their content area along with applications to real life. The students again are allowed some creative freedom which helps them to feel like they can engage in the activities because they have a vested interest.
To incorporate modern technologies helps the student to have a voice in how they learn best. Even though some of the strategies may not reach out to each student, every student has an opportunity to be touched by one of the strategies if teachers take into account learning styles and base their curriculum around that in order to engage all students.
Fundamentally we need to incorporate technology into the learning environment in order to help our students become competitive in the global market for jobs. Students will need to know how to think critically through websites, programs and anything else technology throws their way in order to compete with local and foreign markets.
I love the idea of breaking down the interactive modules across all the classes. This helps to engage students in their learning environment to learn to think outside the box. They would no longer segregate classes into one box or another when in this line of teaching they might start thinking about how does this crossover to Math, English, or Foreign Languages. In the Integrated class lesson plans the breakdown such as Life Skills, Curriculum Tie, etc helps the teacher to be able to keep their focus on teaching their content area along with applications to real life. The students again are allowed some creative freedom which helps them to feel like they can engage in the activities because they have a vested interest.
To incorporate modern technologies helps the student to have a voice in how they learn best. Even though some of the strategies may not reach out to each student, every student has an opportunity to be touched by one of the strategies if teachers take into account learning styles and base their curriculum around that in order to engage all students.
Fundamentally we need to incorporate technology into the learning environment in order to help our students become competitive in the global market for jobs. Students will need to know how to think critically through websites, programs and anything else technology throws their way in order to compete with local and foreign markets.
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