Week 14 blog Free speech and the future of technology in education

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/27/emma-sullivan-sam-brownback-kansas-tweet_n_1115006.html?ref=education

We have learned of many different ways to incorporate technology into our classroom, and that is great, but how do we prepare for such incidences.  This could have been a class assignment (I don't think it was, but for sake of argument let's say it is) asking students to tweet about their experience on the field trip.  I think this situation brings up many great questions about the future of technology in the classroom.  It's limitations, how we implement it, and the students right to free speech.  Where does the school's power end and the students home life begin.  Does this cause a disruption in your class, or just a great teaching opportunity?

week 11

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57634636@N00/6314711841/

For my post I found a teachers blog in Canada.  She had a fun and dynamic blog.  It appeared that she utilized many different types of technology in her class.  I learned from the blog it can both be a tool for help students but it also looked like a great place to brag about your students and also for grading purposes.  It seemed as though Mrs. Cassidy spent a great deal of time on her post.  Some videos looked really slick.  I'm not sure my comment added much, I just commented that the project looked like fun and thanks for sharing.

Week 10 Bloom's Taxonomy

For the week 10 blog we were to look for an article on Bloom's Taxonomy.  I decided to use Wikipedia, the collaborative online encyclopedia website.  I felt this an appropriate article because it requires the use of the cognitive domain.  To post something one must go through the different levels of knowledge outlined in the cognitive domain.  From simple knowledge of terms and concepts to synthesis to evaluation of statements made by others.  This collaborative learning style, writing on blogs or podcast, requires the full use of Bloom's Taxonomy.  That is why technology projects of this kind are vital to the learning process because they ensure the cognitive domain is fully engaged.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy