Visualization With Technology

I think that visualizing with technology is great. By reading chapter 9 on visualizing technology I learned more about visualizing with technology, and all of those tools that I saw and read about can be very helpful in and out of the classroom. you can use these tools anywhere whether it be school, home, or work. I think that these visualization tools are ways to help students reading comprehension and it gets the students more interested and engaged in the lesson. Also, in reading chapter 9 it talked about different visualization tools like sketch cast. Sketch cast is a tool that makes movies of what one draws and says while drawing. this tool would be great for younger kids, because they could make a picture of their mothers for Mothers Day. Another tool is a tool we use all the time video cam recorder we use this tool to capture live performance of our kids or any special moment. So I feel that visualization with technology is very helpful in and out of the classroom and we use some type of visualization tool everyday whether we know it or not.

I think that visualization with technology has great impact on the learning process, simply because by using these different tools it is making the students more knowledgeable and making their reading comprehension better. another impact is that it gets the students fully engaged in their lesson because it is hands on and the students are doing it on their own and working independently. Visualization with technology can be used for many purposes. For example, you can use these tools for just about every subject in school. Chapter 9 also stated that visualization tools have been developed for science especially chemistry, but you can use it for math, you can use geometer's sketch pad for geometry, reading, and other subjects as well. So visualization with technology has a great impact on the learning process.

Podcasting

What I learned about podcasting? I learned a lot about podcasting. First I learned exactly what podcasting is. Podcasting is a method of distributing multimedia files such as audio programs or music videos. POD means (Personal On Demand). I actually learned a lot about podcasting and I found it to be very interesting. I never really thought about using podcasting nor did I care about learning what it is and what it does, but after watching the video on podcasting it was very interesting and helpful information. I am very interesting in using it in the future for my classroom. the good thing about podcasting is that it works on just about any device and you can create a show and subscribe to a show any where in the world. You can use podcasting can be used in the classroom by recording classroom expectations at the beginning of the school year, classroom lectures, testing review sessions, and record classroom discussions. these are some of the things you can do with podcasting in your classroom that would be very helpful and beneficial.

How is podcasting different/similar to web 2.0? Well to me it is not much of a difference I mean they all do different things and they are all helpful beneficial tools to use in and out of the classrooms. I do not think that one is better than the other each one does exactly what it needs to do to get the job done. they are all very important tools and devices and I am so glad I am taking this class because I have learned so much that I knew I would have not learned if I had not taken this class.

No I do not own a iPod or MP3 player. If I did own an ipod I would use it in my classroom to enhance students learning in many different ways. For example, you can use them in reading groups or in small groups math activities. You can use ipods for many different reasons in the classroom. Some advantages of  online communication tools are: flexibility-accessible 24x7, and place as long as you have internet connection, leveling: people who usually don't speak up can say as much as they like while "loud" people can not interrupt, and documented- unlike verbal conversation, online discussion is lasting and you can always go back and read it over again. Some disadvantages are: Text-based- predominantly relies on inputting text which can be challenging for those who don't like to write or have poor keyboard skills, no physical clues- without facial expressions and gestures or the ability to retract immediately there's a big risk of misunderstanding, and inefficient- it takes longer than verbal conversation and so it's hard to reply to all the points in a message, easily leaving questions unanswered. These are just my opinion on online communication skills.