March 18tth Exit Slip

Today we talked about the impact that technology has on young children. Jeff talked about how his daughter at the age of one is definitely interested in technology and knows that when you take a picture with a camera that you can see your picture on the back of it. I know exactly what he was talking about because every time i used to see my boys doing something cute I would pull out the camcorder and they would freeze and stop what they were doing. I liked the epals site that Kathleen talked about in her chapter review. I like that it gives you an option to connect to classrooms around the world. There is also a place to post your classroom grade and topic for other classrooms that are working on the same topic can see you and form a relationship between the two classrooms together through discussions. I like the video conferencing topic too that was discussed. The suggestion of having a children author to skype into the classroom and discuss how they wrote the book with your classroom.

Like
video conferencing- some are free, fun for students to interact with others around the world
podcast and radio- students can record info to share with others with the class
instant messaging- instant answers and communication
social networking sites- fun and interactive and students love them
discussion boards- easier to formulate a thought since you have time to respond

Dislike
video conferencing- some are very expensive and you need to take the time to learn the tool
podcast and radio- could be a little unsafe and it is possible for them to find inappropriate information
instant messaging- hard to govern
social networking sites- harder to regulate conversations that are on task
discussion boards- not real interactive

Weather we would use these tools: I like the majority of these tools and would like to figure out a way to incorporate them into my future classrooms. Some I am a little unfamiliar with and would like to learn more before I state exactly weather I would use them or not. According to the discussion in class I think that the majority of these tools are easily incorporated into the classroom with a little practice and planning.

Learning more about our podcast assignments was very helpful. I think that it is going to fairly east to use the audacity tool to make a podcast. I look forward to exploring this tool when I get home and see what I can create.