Wii

The Nintendo Wii is a home based vidoe game system. It can be used for the usual recreational part, and it can also be used for an educational part. You can use the regualr games and take different parts of the game and work them into your lesson plan. For example, if you wanted to use the Wii in math classes, you coud use a racing game, and at the end, if you wanted your students to see by how much someone one by, the could calculate the difference between scores. There are also many different ways the Wii can be used in education. I also think that if a teacher were going to use the Wii in the classroom, it would make learning more fun for the students, and they would enjoy it more.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii

Podcast

I did a stress and relaxation podcast fromt he Mental Health Foundation.  The session that I listened to was about a quick fix to stress. They said that this podcast can be listened to whenever  you feel tense and it is a simple and great way to calm your mind and body down. It gave you some key points on how you can reduce you stress during a break at work.  It also tells you different  ways to relieve stress and how to do them.

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/wellbeing-podcasts/

Microsoft Office applications

Microsoft office applications can be used to write word documets, to do spreadsheets and make graphs, to make charts and so on.  It can be used in education because if you know the basics of each application, then it can make making homework papers for your class so much easier.  It can also tak you less time to ge things done after school.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX102855291033.aspx

Twitter

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers. When you send something to your twitter site, it is known as a tweet. Tweets are just like text messages, and they can be up to 140 characters, and then it goes to your twitter page. Anyone can have access to your page, and it makes it easier to communicate with people without emailing them, or if they are in a different class, this also makes it easier to communicate.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

Overhead Projecter

An overhead projector is a form of a projector that displays an image onto a pull down scree, or wall. It is used to make images larger. Usually, teachers will make a transparency ( a clear piece of plactic with a worskeet on it) to let the class see an image enlarged. The overhead can also be used by teachers who just write right on the screen on the projector instead of making a copy of a worksheet.

<http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-overhead-projector.htm>

Technology and Education

UF Mission Statement

RSS reader

You can uss RSS for the students because you can collect all of their work in one aggregator.  This would make it easier to check all of the students work because it would just be in one spot.It also makes the classroom use less paper.

1. I am using the Bloglines RSS user.

2. I have subscribed to 11 feeds:

Bloglines/News

Celbrity Gossip

CNN

Darkgate Comic Slurper

Dilbert Daily Strip

Get Fuzzy

NYT Fashion & Style

PopSugar

SheFinds

The Superficial

TMZ.com

Ziggy

Educational Technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#University_students.27_appreciation_and_contributions

I believe that the Internet is an educational technology because there is alot of informational site ont he internet. I believe that the internet can help my students because it gives them the opportunity to explore more things than just books. Also there are many different kinds of sites that you can look at.

Important People

In response to this article
http://alvintrusty.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/who-is-important-here/

Person 1

Bill Gates

The co-founder of mocrosoft

Person 2

Thomas Edison

First person to connect media to teaching and learning

Person 3

Jimmy Wales

 

Founder of Wikipedia