The
tools that I have further explored are Glogster and Jog the Web.
What I
liked about Glogster was the creativity it allowed for learning to develop
through bits and pieces of information that can be scattered on the glog for
students to learn by investigating. The one thing I didn't like about it was
the limited space for information to be added, it forces you to narrow down the
information and the tools you use creating a learning style that a few may only
pick up on. You have to be cautions about putting too much on your Glogster
otherwise it will look to busy and students wouldn't have the interest to use
it as will as putting to less of learning material on it.
Last,
but not least Jog the Web was my most favorite of the tools that I have explored. This
web-based tool allows me to create a list of websites all on one page that
students could navigate through while learning the objective it was created
for. This tool also allows the creation of multiple Jogs that can tie in with
one another. This tool can be use by the teacher and the students to create and
collect information that is usefully to learn from. I really don’t have any
dislikes for the tool so far and this is the one I selected to continue to
reflect upon.
When
searching the web you can come across a lot of information that will help you
gain knowledge in the reason of your search. I am a Math/P.E. teacher and both
of these content areas can have benefit to the students with all there is to
learn in these subjects. I will reflect on the math content because it provides
an easier understanding on what should be learned. This lesson I will use to show
creativity with this tool will be three-dimensional shapes, TEKS Grade 8 Mathematics 111.24 (b)8(A)(B)(C), and how it might
fit with the TPACK model of integration.
What this technology is and how to
use it is very simple. With this web-based tool students can search for
websites that builds on their understanding of 3-D shapes and all that is
associated with them, ex: definition, surface area, volume, faces, edges,
vertices, nets, etc. With the collect of websites a series of synchronous
guides can be created so that it can be used as reinforcement when the students
need help learning the objectives. The affordance of this tool allows for its
pedagogy to be easily understood. This teaching method of using a collect of
websites to learn from can help students develop an understanding of 3-D shapes
in a self-learning environment that they have created. I’m going to finish with
allowing you guys to check out the link I have below.
3-Dimensional (3-D) Shapes
Students
can not only use this tool as a guide in developing reasoning to understand 3-D
shapes but as a refresher for quizzes and tests. Class collaboration is another
use were students can add content when they find that it may be useful to their
peers. Learning about Proportion, Probability and the Pythagorean Theorem are
all objective areas that the students could use this tool to collect
information that they understand to improve their educational development in
mathematics. Never the less this can fall in that category of lifelong learning
that can be looked upon far after their education career.
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