Technology Jedi

Be gentle! I am beginning to write my Philosophy of Educational Technology. This is going to be a process that is long going, because even after I finish writing it now, things will change and it will be an ever changing statement. My thoughts are probably jumbled, scattered, and poorly written, but it is just a 'rough draft'. I used   Teaching Philosophy Layout as a skeleton idea of my essay. ROUGH DRAFT Title: Technology Foundation in Education        Thesis- I believe each child is unique and special, they each bring strengths into the classroom which build the classroom environment into an environment conducive for learning. A learner-centered classroom is the best environment for students to learn, as each child learns differently. Through experiences in the classroom students learn how to problem solve and it forms a strong foundation to the students climb to success. As an educator, my task is to create engaging lessons, guide...

Teaching Philosophy Many years ago I worked with my campus to come up with a campus philosophy. This was a good activity and though it was a bit of work, it really brought our focus in and was very helpful.  I've been wanting to create my own for years, but as life would have it, one thing after the other has prevented me, until now. As part of my technology classes we are actually going to create our own! I know this will be a long process, but with the help of my peers and professor I know I'm going to have a great philosophy written up. Here are some links I'm looking at as I begin to gather my thoughts on this subject: Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology Teaching Philosophy Statements

Well, I've done it! I made my first Podcast. First thoughts, my gosh I sound sleepy! Lol! It's just tiredness, moving is exhausting.  Anyways, some thoughts. Yeah, have a script written out...really helpful. I've never done well reading from a script, but it helped to keep me from wondering, which I can do from time to time, especially when tired.  My professor provided the following links that I found helpful: Kirk's 8 rules of an Effective Podcast Best Podcasts for Educators and Teachers in 2012 Podcast with iTunes   *Note: I hate iTunes... Some links that I found helpful were: How to make a Podcast: A step by step guide, by Buzzsprout Podbean *note this is where I setup my Podcast.  Considerations in a Flipped Classroom in a Title 1 School: Download this episode (right click and save)

Before my course in Social Media, I had only a limited amount of experience with blogs. I'd kept up with a friend's Total Eclipse Blog and how to prepare for it and I have a cousin who blogs, and I've kept up with her posts.  My mind was reeling on what a wiki was and the differences between them. After reading my course textbook "Social Media in the Classroom" I had a much better grasp at the differences between the two.  I would like to mention, a number of articles involving wiki's and blog's covered the ESL classroom. As a certified ESL teacher, I instantly realized that these teaching tools are extremely useful in the ESL or ELL curriculum.  , Wiki vs. Blog Descriptor Wiki Blog Has three different models yes yes WYSIWYG- what you see is what you get yes, like word dashboard to edit Editable by collective individual only Restore option yes ...

Assignment 1 Name: Christie Burton                                              Course: 6312 Digital Learning Environments.   Search Term: Computer based instruction Total number of results from the UHV library: 8,333 Total number of results from Google Scholar: 905,000 Total number of results from ERIC: 98,834 Methods used to narrow the search: I added in parenthesis with the term public schools to narrow down into my particular field of interest Method used to find more related articles: Changing terms or looking for news articles List other resources that you could use for your search: Being a teacher I lean towards lessons/activites,  I’ve gotten many great lesson ideas from Pintere...

Begin transmission... This is first post to my journey in becoming an Instructional Technologist. My mission is "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before" Wait, that's Star Trek and Captain James T. Kirk said those words. Ah, close enough As a public school teacher of 17 years, I've worked closely with the technology department at my campus. I've decided to obtain my Masters in Instructional Technology and become part of that team. I hope you enjoy following my journey as I learn more about technology and how to enrich learning in a digital environment.  End transmission...