Leading the change

On the K12 online conference- leading the change: there's something going on here that you need to know about was informative. there was one statement that really hit me that I never really thought of. Mind changing is world shaping. We want students to use their minds and to help shape the world. We need to teach them how to use technology and be creative. Technology can really help students learn and has had a huge impact on learning. classrooms are much different now than they used to be. there are computers in every classroom and teachers use the internet for all kinds of things. One other thing that was mentioned that surprised me was that there are very few classes and workshops for teaching instructional technology.

kicking it up a notch

The K12 online conference 2008- kicking it up a notch was very interesting. I learned a lot and it made me think about technology more. Teachers spend a lot of time trying to teach students to reading and to be able to comprehend what they read. Literacy is important and a necessary life skill, but teacher need to realize that children are not reading books like they used to and they do not read books that they are supposed to. If there a movie made from a book the student will most likely try to do their project off of the movie instead of reading the book. Writing is used to teach reading comprehension just like video production is used to teach media literacy. Students learn similar step of literacy and use critical thinking when making a movie. They have to plan and make story boards before they can start filming. Students need to make notes on the story boards and change it. They can then shoot the film. After it is finished students need to edit the film and take out what is not needed and move around footage to make it just right. They then have their end product it is just like writing except for using technology. Everything that a person does when creating a movie supports the telling of the story just like details in a story when writing. Movie making is a way to keep students engaged and interested. Students do have to do a lot of higher level thinking to create a finished movie. Students can also learn about the history of movie making. This video podcast was very informative and using video literacy in the classroom is an excellent idea.