I wandered back onto iTunes U and went in the Teacher's Domain through the beyond campus, PBS section. There were a three sections for K-12 learning, by topic, by grade and by free public lecture. I looked at the video's in the "by topic" section.
My least favorite subject is engeneering, so I chose to watch some videos in that topic to see if it would get me interested. I was really impressed, I thought it was really interesting! I watched the video on Engineering for the Red Planet, which was all about how Ayanna Howard makes robots for NASA. She talked all about how she gets to be creative all day at work, coming up with ideas how to make a robot act like a human, so they can do human tasks on Mars. This video was only less than 2 minutes, but I thought this field was really cool, and made me want to learn more about engineering so I could make Robots for mars that act like humans!
Any teacher could use this in the classroom to get kids excited about subjects that they think are boring; I know it worked for me! I thought up of so many projects I could do with my kids after watching the video on the Robot! These are great teaching techniques!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
iTunes U
iTunes U is a university through Apple. If you have a iTunes with your ipod or iphone, it is easy to explore all that iTunes U has to offer the student. If you do not, you can go to http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/itunesu.html and search information about iTunes U. This program can be a great help to the student who is not understanding the information learned in the classroom, or just wants to explore more on the subjects they are learning. It can be used as a study tool as well.
iTunes U provides video downloads that you can watch on your ipod or iphone. They range from a variety of subjects including women's history, creative performance and chemistry to name a few. At iTunes store, you can browse through Universities such as Duke, Central Washington U, and New York Law School. Once a school is selected, you can browse more easily the subjects areas, which have audio and video downloads.
I can see this being a big help for teachers who want their students to do some extra learning. It is easy for students to turn on their ipod and listen to the tracks anytime, doing most anything. However, some tracks are videos which would take a little more time to sit down and watch them.
Just to get an idea of what iTunes U is like, I went to Stanford U through iTunes U and went to the Education subject area and downloaded some audio and video. I had some problems trying to download them, there was an error that kept popping up. Other than that, the downloads are free and mostly easy to get.
iTunes U provides video downloads that you can watch on your ipod or iphone. They range from a variety of subjects including women's history, creative performance and chemistry to name a few. At iTunes store, you can browse through Universities such as Duke, Central Washington U, and New York Law School. Once a school is selected, you can browse more easily the subjects areas, which have audio and video downloads.
I can see this being a big help for teachers who want their students to do some extra learning. It is easy for students to turn on their ipod and listen to the tracks anytime, doing most anything. However, some tracks are videos which would take a little more time to sit down and watch them.
Just to get an idea of what iTunes U is like, I went to Stanford U through iTunes U and went to the Education subject area and downloaded some audio and video. I had some problems trying to download them, there was an error that kept popping up. Other than that, the downloads are free and mostly easy to get.
Ipods at Duke University
At http://cit.duke.edu/pdf/reports/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf I found some interesting information about Ipods, and their different uses. I personally have an ipod that is just used for music and videos; that's all i thought it was good for! At Duke, they use the ipod as a course content dissemination tool, classroom recording tool, field recording tool, study support tool, and for file storage and transfer.
Though there are many amazing ways to use this tool, there are some benefits and problems while using the ipod for those things. Some benefits are convenience and how it is an effective, easy tool to use. The problems are mostly technology problems which include lack of recording quality, and challenges with storage and file sharing, accessing and distributing the files.
Basically, the ipod can be used as a really cool informative tool to help kids study, as it can repeat lectures, and instructions, and it seems like a good idea that has worked for Duke University in many ways.
Though there are many amazing ways to use this tool, there are some benefits and problems while using the ipod for those things. Some benefits are convenience and how it is an effective, easy tool to use. The problems are mostly technology problems which include lack of recording quality, and challenges with storage and file sharing, accessing and distributing the files.
Basically, the ipod can be used as a really cool informative tool to help kids study, as it can repeat lectures, and instructions, and it seems like a good idea that has worked for Duke University in many ways.
180 Days?
From the fishbowl, April 2007 comes "180 Days?" In this blog, Mr. Fisch brings up the topic of creating change in the class room to keep up to date with the 21st century. He says some think it is a problem, and cannot accept change because there isn't enough time in the 180 days allotted to teach extra curriculum.
Mr. Fisch claims however that there are plenty of days, if used wisely. The link is as follows: http://plethoratech.blogspot.com/2007/04/180.html. It describes just how many of the 180 days are waisted, and could be put to good use in teaching things pertinent to the 21st century.
Mr. Fisch claims however that there are plenty of days, if used wisely. The link is as follows: http://plethoratech.blogspot.com/2007/04/180.html. It describes just how many of the 180 days are waisted, and could be put to good use in teaching things pertinent to the 21st century.
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