Archive for November, 2008

iMovie

November 17th, 2008

As we were working on iMovies in class I was interested in this topic as I really didn’t grasp the concept very well. So I did a little bit of researching and came across this fantastic site about what we can do with iMovies. It really broadened my knowledge and horizons with what we can [...]

My passion and dreams PODCAST

November 17th, 2008

Have a listen to my first podcast! jasmine  

Response to Emma’s post on Pedagogy, Innovation and e-learning in Primary School

November 17th, 2008

I found the article Emma blogged about very interesting as the article is based on a study about using computers as a tool. It was invoking to find that most schools proposed using ICT to support the learning of children with special needs. This was mainly due to the fact that it gave students the [...]

Technology use in Tomorrow’s Schools

November 17th, 2008

As we all are aware, students and teacher have increasing access to the limitless amounts of informaiton on the World Wide Web these days. Means (2000) writes an article on what we have come from, word processing software to internet, hand held devices..how will it look in the future for our students?  I agree with [...]

Final Mind Map

November 16th, 2008

Please click on it to enlarge =)

Reation to Soda’s blog: Neitquette?

November 16th, 2008

Netiquette? After reading Soda’s blog about new terminology about technology it has raised my awareness. It shows that I definetely need to be updating my technological terms and information through newspapers, journal articles and insightful information! A few new terms I learnt: SHOUTING: caps lock means IM SHOUTING! FLAMING: is when someone is giving negative [...]

‘The screen is too small!

November 16th, 2008

As a follow up to the previous post. Another article by Marc prensky ‘But the screen is too small!’. I concur with the author as the digital age is upon us and in our classrooms. He talks about all the advantages of mobile phones in students lives and how it will affect inside the classroom. As [...]

Reaction to Nicole’s Post

November 16th, 2008

I found the two articles by Marc Prensky ‘What can you learn from a cell phone-almost anything’ in Nicole’s blog extremely interesting. This is due to the fact that the issue is relevant to our teaching strategies in the classrooms in our pacticums and also to learn to use modern technology to the fullest. The article [...]

E-Learning Pedagogy in the Primary School Classroom: The McDonaldization of Education

November 10th, 2008

I came across this journal as it caught my attention. The article takes a critical look at the perils and promises of e-Learning. The article provides a more radical outlook than a conservative outlook, which made it intersesting to read. This is due to the reason that I’ve been rading scholarly papers for e-Learning and I [...]

Cyber Bullying- No way! Reaction to Soda’s Post

November 5th, 2008

Cyber bullying..what does the first thing that springs into your head? Well.For me. Many words came into my space and thoughts. Mobile phones, nasty SMSing, sending photos that were taken and the person was unaware of, calling friends to start rumours etc etc. After reading Soda’s blog (Andrea) it inspired me to read the article [...]