Hello
Everyone,
After doing some more research on blogs, it seems to
me that it's nice to start off with a good hello before you get in to what you
are going to talk about. Kind of makes you feel as though the blogger is
acknowledging that the reader is here and is able to start now.
So here we go…
The
concept of electronic note taking is something that can be used for anyone not
just teachers and students. It is something that can take us back through time
and efficiently save everyone time. During my first semester in college I had a
professor whose test and quizzes were note based. For me this was something
very difficult because I never thought of myself as a good note taker. I would
ask other students in the class, how are you doing so well? How do you know
what to write? Their answers would be "If the professor says the sky is
blue, that is what you write. You need to write down everything he says."
This was hard for me until I discovered OneNote, which is discussed in the book
as a resource for electronic note taking. You are able to record and reference the
recording to a couple words. This made it possible for me to not focus so much
on writing but focusing on listening and actually learning.
Tech Tool 5.2 "Customizing Your Web Browser with
iGoogle". With me being the very busy person I like to have everything at
my fingertips. When I open my computer half of the time I don’t even know where
to start, and with iGoogle I am able to customize my google search page to all
of my frequently visited places. As a teacher I'm sure my life will not slow
down one bit and this tool will continue to be useful to me in whatever stage
in my life. You can also add to-do list which is a God sent because like I said
I'm usually lost on where to start and this can help keep your life in order. I made a Lino but for some reason I couldn't figure out how to embed it so here is the link.
This last concept that stood out to me was teaching
students to recognize the URL. Although I knew there were different URLs I have
never realized how many there actually are. And also never realized how
important it was to know the difference in where your information was coming
from. URLs help pick out how generally credible a source is.
- · .com- is a broadly speaking site or a site that has a commercial purpose.
- · .biz- (an extension of .com) mainly for people with the intentions of selling promoting or advertisement.
- · .org- for nonprofit organizations
- · .gov- is only for government agency sites
- · .net- is for network providers
- · .edu- is for universities and colleges
- · .mil- is for military organizations
- · .info- is for organizations providing general information
- · .k12- is for schools within the United States
- · .sch- is for schools outside of the States
- · .ca , .uk , or .nz- are web addresses for other countries in the world
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| Creative Common Photo by Sam Azgor |
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O'Loughlin, Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA. Pearson Education, Inc.
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