I have to admit that taking this ETEC 524 is beyond my expectation. I have learned both the theory and the practice in using technology to meet my objectives.
Aha#1 - Concept map is the visual presentation that helps me to create the meaning of the ideas clearly.
Aha#2 - Educational technology philosophy is the main reflection that plays as the commitment in educational career. I say that it is the contract that I would love to follow. Teacher is the person who will affiliate learners to achieve their goals with various methods. I really appreciated with the philosophy I have written.
Aha#3 - Wiki space is the powerful way that I will use to communicate what I have in mind with the learners who sometimes coping with difficulty in the course. This allows each other to become co-workers. The access to the Wiki allow democracy to exercise in education.
Aha#4 - E-portfolio is the paperless solution in education. I find that e-portfolio will help me to keep the students' works systematically. Also, blogger can be the place to keep assignment neatly.
Aha#5 - Technology project is the showcase that I can combine different tools in the lesson plan. As an English teacher in the future, it is enjoyable to keep up with technology to motivate learning language with entertainment and engagement.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Week 5:
Multimodal Essay
https://sites.google.com/site/sunchaietec524/social-studies
This project will be teaching English with technology. Learner will create multimodal essay which combines the essay writing in the traditional way and the multimedia such as sound, images, and video to enhance the meaning of the idea.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Week4: Blog Reflection
Interview with Sunshine on the Net Generation
Interviewer: Hi, Sunshine! you have got a really cool name. Is this you real name?
Sunshine: Well, actually my first name goes by S-u-n-c-h-a-i but it can be pronounced like Sunshine in English, so I kind of like it this way. Ha..ha. I am a person who was born in the GenerationX around the 70s.
Interviewer: Tell me about you literacy, are you more comfortable composing documents online than longhand?
Sunshine: When I write most of the text, I feel more comfortable typing on the keyboard because of my writing can be rearranged as much as I can. Sometimes, the backspace key encourages me to type what I really or not really intend to write.
Interviewer: Have you turned your "remembering" (phone numbers, meetings, and so on) over to a technology device?
Sunshine: Umm..I am not sure that I am totally techno person. Totally, I do remembering phone numbers over the phone by asking a person to send a missed call and keep it in the phonebook, I mean the cellphone's book not the paper one. It would be sad if I lost the cellphone someday because I have never backed up somewhere else at all. Oh, keeping appointment and important dates I still use the post-it note sticking on the refrigerator like the traditional way.
Interviewer: Let talk about meetings, do you do meeting over the laptop or PDA?
Sunshine: I don't think I have gone so far to that stage. When I have a meeting with the classmates, we usually set up the appointment over the e-mail and send to each other to meet in person at the school or library. Most of the activity that can be called a meeting is usually done in e-College when I take the online course. Each week the instructor will set up the discussion board to have students response to the topic of the week. I like to communicate this way because it more like chunks of speech like we are talking. You know what, I usually like to compose the response in e-college like the essay because I still see it as writing for academic.
Interviewer: Are you constantly connected? Is the Internet always on whether you are at home or work? Is your cell phone always with you?
Sunshine: I would have to admit that I am a net addict. This is the bad habit that sometimes ruins my life and time. I am trying to get rid of it. No, I should say "try to manage the online time" would be more appropriate. Most of my online time is the bedtime when my wife and children cannot disturb the concentration. Facebook is now my most connected and addicted net activity. Whenever I come back home, the first web I will access is Facebook.com. Luckily that I haven't got iPhone yet, otherwise I would be more than this. I still use the T-mobile refill cellphone in order to limit the cost on phone bill not more than $20/month because I am a student without job, every dollar has to be limited.
Interviewer: How many different activities can you effectively engage in at one time?
Sunshine: Let's see... when I read a paper book I hardly concentrate alone on more than 15 minutes and I like to write, highlight, and draw picture from what I am reading in the same time. On the electronic reading, I spend less than 5 minutes on a single page and like to click around to read different page. The ability of hypertext allows me to extend the interest on a certain thing. When I browse the net, I usually open pages in a new tab to keep on previous pages and new pages altogether on the same window and switch them around. When I read, I will have other other noises turned off such as TV, radio, and children. I am not like other people who are multitasking.
Interviewer: Do you play video or computer games?
Sunshine: Nope! I am not a big fan of any video games but I sometime play some, like Solitaire or Zuma. It was long time ago when I play them.
Interviewer: Thank you so much for you time. I hope you will do good in studying in America.
Sunshine: With my pleasure, thank you for having me.
Interviewer: Hi, Sunshine! you have got a really cool name. Is this you real name?
Sunshine: Well, actually my first name goes by S-u-n-c-h-a-i but it can be pronounced like Sunshine in English, so I kind of like it this way. Ha..ha. I am a person who was born in the GenerationX around the 70s.
Interviewer: Tell me about you literacy, are you more comfortable composing documents online than longhand?
Sunshine: When I write most of the text, I feel more comfortable typing on the keyboard because of my writing can be rearranged as much as I can. Sometimes, the backspace key encourages me to type what I really or not really intend to write.
Interviewer: Have you turned your "remembering" (phone numbers, meetings, and so on) over to a technology device?
Sunshine: Umm..I am not sure that I am totally techno person. Totally, I do remembering phone numbers over the phone by asking a person to send a missed call and keep it in the phonebook, I mean the cellphone's book not the paper one. It would be sad if I lost the cellphone someday because I have never backed up somewhere else at all. Oh, keeping appointment and important dates I still use the post-it note sticking on the refrigerator like the traditional way.
Interviewer: Let talk about meetings, do you do meeting over the laptop or PDA?
Sunshine: I don't think I have gone so far to that stage. When I have a meeting with the classmates, we usually set up the appointment over the e-mail and send to each other to meet in person at the school or library. Most of the activity that can be called a meeting is usually done in e-College when I take the online course. Each week the instructor will set up the discussion board to have students response to the topic of the week. I like to communicate this way because it more like chunks of speech like we are talking. You know what, I usually like to compose the response in e-college like the essay because I still see it as writing for academic.
Interviewer: Are you constantly connected? Is the Internet always on whether you are at home or work? Is your cell phone always with you?
Sunshine: I would have to admit that I am a net addict. This is the bad habit that sometimes ruins my life and time. I am trying to get rid of it. No, I should say "try to manage the online time" would be more appropriate. Most of my online time is the bedtime when my wife and children cannot disturb the concentration. Facebook is now my most connected and addicted net activity. Whenever I come back home, the first web I will access is Facebook.com. Luckily that I haven't got iPhone yet, otherwise I would be more than this. I still use the T-mobile refill cellphone in order to limit the cost on phone bill not more than $20/month because I am a student without job, every dollar has to be limited.
Interviewer: How many different activities can you effectively engage in at one time?
Sunshine: Let's see... when I read a paper book I hardly concentrate alone on more than 15 minutes and I like to write, highlight, and draw picture from what I am reading in the same time. On the electronic reading, I spend less than 5 minutes on a single page and like to click around to read different page. The ability of hypertext allows me to extend the interest on a certain thing. When I browse the net, I usually open pages in a new tab to keep on previous pages and new pages altogether on the same window and switch them around. When I read, I will have other other noises turned off such as TV, radio, and children. I am not like other people who are multitasking.
Interviewer: Do you play video or computer games?
Sunshine: Nope! I am not a big fan of any video games but I sometime play some, like Solitaire or Zuma. It was long time ago when I play them.
Interviewer: Thank you so much for you time. I hope you will do good in studying in America.
Sunshine: With my pleasure, thank you for having me.
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