Creating a Webpage!!!

Creating a webpage can be easy if using weebly. You create your own page and can add any content which you wish. You can change the design and add photos where needed. This can be a useful tool for teachers as they can create a website with students work on it and update it reguarly. This way students can see teachers notes and the teacher can post work from home.

What is a WIKI???

Wikis are a way for people to create and edit information on the internet. They are fairly complex to make so teachers will have to instruct students step by set how to set them up. They can be useful for students who have to do group assignments as they can write there essay online and other students can go on and edit and add the assignment. However if security precautions are not followed anybody can edit the topic. Somebody can go onto the page and change the entire content of the assignment leaving the students with nothing; or another student could print it and hand it in thinking that another group member had edited it, handing it in and failing due to plagiarism. Wikis are lots of work and will probably take more time and effort to create then to do the actual assignment. More information on wikis can be found our site

Why Mind Map?

Mind Maps are important in the education system as they are a way for children to develop ideas. By using mind maps when a student is asked to complete an assignment they can create a plan based on what they need to write. They can go onto www.bubbl.us and create a simple mind map in order to construct their ideas so it is simple to create an essay. The student would start by placing the topic in the middle of the mind map. By doing this the student can branch out with the main ideas related to the topic. For example if they were to be doing an assignment on students they could branch out to main sub topics associated with students. These could assist of adolescents, learning, sport and many more topics. From there they can go on to create ideas that relate to subtopics, for example if they were to branch off from adolescents they could add puberty, body consciousness and becoming adults. From this they can create paragraphs on each constructing the essay. Mind mapping will be an important element for students throughout their education.

I find that bubblus is an easy is an easy site to use and I believe children in Generation Z are so technologically minded that they will not have any trouble using the site. This will make it easy for students to use at school and teachers won’t have to give too much information on how to use the site. I believe that teachers will find that many students will be able to work in the program better then they can.

Webpage

Hey everyone I have just created a webpage talking about this course and what it offers in the first three weeks of this course. The URL is www.s0194678.weebly.com. Go online and check it out.

Wikis

To everybody in my group. I created a wiki for us to use and modify for Managing E-Learning and uploaded a logo and wrote on it. It can be found at tarnah.wikispaces.com. We can use this wiki and edit and change it as a group if you would like however it is not the best wiki as I am not advanced in technology so feel free to start a new one if you wish just let me know the site.

Students

All students are different and to be able to work with them in the classroom we must understand why they act the way which they do. The following concept map gives a breif description of students.

Why blog?

A blog is a web journal which people can access on a day to day basis. They can be informative and allow discussions on a diversity of topics, however they are often just personal opinions about life matters. Blog functionality has become important in the 21st century as technology has advanced and many people communicate using sites such as facebook, myspace, twitter and blogspotter. It is important to be able to use blogs in the field of education to keep up to date with technology; to view public opinions about the education system and to network and share innovative ideas with other teachers.
By keeping up to date with technology, we will be capable of understanding technological advancements. It is important to keep up with these advancements as students will use technological tools in assignments. By understanding these skills we can read the assignment, understand the about of work the student has put in to it and may be able to assist them if they have problems.

Using blogs to view public opinions about the education system, we can see the how society feels about the system. Opinions on changes in curriculum can be seen and many of the opinions based in blogs will be similar to the opinions of our students’ parents. By understanding what parents are thinking about the education system will give us a chance to respond when confronted by a parent in regards to a touchy subject.

We can also use blogs to network with other teachers and exchange innovative ideas which will improve the classroom. By exchanging teaching strategies with other teachers we will be able to improve the classroom and establish the best possible way to teach our subjects so that our students are benefited. We can also talk about uncomfortable situations which we are placed in, in a school environment, for example what happens if a fight breaks out in front of you.

Networking has become an important in the 21st Century as the internet has become our main source of information. By understanding technological advancement and how to blog, I believe, we will be able to better ourselves as teachers.