Catching Up
By Anita McAnear
This article is about summer time and what the author uses summer time for in addition to the new programs that the Learning & Leading site has to offer for the upcoming school year. At first McAnear states what she uses summer for- catching up. I use it to forget all that happened the year before and rest my brain. There is no need for use to spend the time we have to relax doing things that stresses us out. She also talks about a new researched-based program for teachers has arisen and how it will make large advances in the use of technology in the classrooms. McAnear lists three articles that she believes are the most effective articles from that year. She feels like "Electronic Editing" by Leigh Zeitz is a very important article for teachers that are not extremely computer savvy to learn the basic tools the computer offers.
Q1: Why was this article written?
A1: Maybe to assess the previous months articles and the contributions authors have made to the website. On the other hand, it could have been a signing off article for the author.
Q2: What do you use summer time for?
A2: I use it for complete relaxation. The only commitment I have is to my job other than that I will spend most of my time at the beach or laying around. Can't wait!!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Post #7
The ABCs of Privacy Practices for Educators
by Melissa Dark, Clewin McPherson, and Joanne Troutner
In this article, Dark, McPherson, and Troutner assess the privacy issues that we all encounter while using the internet. Teachers face issues of privacy even without the internet- for instance when they leave the classroom, they must trust their students aren't going to go into their computers and change grades or into the files in the room and take anything. There are also issues of privacy in regards to other students. Students are typically not invited to know grades or situations pertaining to other students. Medical information is also stored in computers within a school district as well as social security numbers and those files need to be kept private, too. These are important issues and it is imperative to protect information throughout the district. In order to do this, using complex passwords is a step. Capital and lower case letters, as well as numbers making the password longer than 8 characters for each password.
Q1: Is total privacy on the internet really possible?
A1: I don't think so. It is always possible for someone to hack into a system because there is always someone out there that is ahead of the curve. There can be someone reading exactly what I am doing right now!
Q2: What happens when a student is able to retrieve all of the information that teacher has access to because he or she left the computer logged in?
A2: I think this is inevitable. Teachers can't be thinking about logging out of a computer at all times especially in an emergency situation. I forget to log off of my computer all the time.
by Melissa Dark, Clewin McPherson, and Joanne Troutner
In this article, Dark, McPherson, and Troutner assess the privacy issues that we all encounter while using the internet. Teachers face issues of privacy even without the internet- for instance when they leave the classroom, they must trust their students aren't going to go into their computers and change grades or into the files in the room and take anything. There are also issues of privacy in regards to other students. Students are typically not invited to know grades or situations pertaining to other students. Medical information is also stored in computers within a school district as well as social security numbers and those files need to be kept private, too. These are important issues and it is imperative to protect information throughout the district. In order to do this, using complex passwords is a step. Capital and lower case letters, as well as numbers making the password longer than 8 characters for each password.
Q1: Is total privacy on the internet really possible?
A1: I don't think so. It is always possible for someone to hack into a system because there is always someone out there that is ahead of the curve. There can be someone reading exactly what I am doing right now!
Q2: What happens when a student is able to retrieve all of the information that teacher has access to because he or she left the computer logged in?
A2: I think this is inevitable. Teachers can't be thinking about logging out of a computer at all times especially in an emergency situation. I forget to log off of my computer all the time.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Blog Post #6
Remixing Chemistry Class
By Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams
This article is about a group of teachers that started a program using podcasting. The teachers film their lectures and make them available to students. These podcasts can be given to students that missed a class, or to students in the event of an absent teacher. Podcasts are also being used as homework. The teachers give the students a podcast of a lecture so that students can use class time for labs and other hands on work with teacher assistance. So far the podcasts have been proven to be helpful to students.
Q: How do all students get the technology to play the podcasts?
A: I'm not sure how all studnet will get the technology. Hopefully these podcasts can be played on a basic TV or computer
Q: Is it worth it to have the lectures as homework instead of other activities to test the students knowledge?
A: I disagree with this aspect. I don't think students should replace homework with podcast lectures. Homework shows teachers what they need to revisit in future lessons and how well their students are learning the material. I think the activities used as homework completed in class with teachers assistance is not necessarily effective.
By Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams
This article is about a group of teachers that started a program using podcasting. The teachers film their lectures and make them available to students. These podcasts can be given to students that missed a class, or to students in the event of an absent teacher. Podcasts are also being used as homework. The teachers give the students a podcast of a lecture so that students can use class time for labs and other hands on work with teacher assistance. So far the podcasts have been proven to be helpful to students.
Q: How do all students get the technology to play the podcasts?
A: I'm not sure how all studnet will get the technology. Hopefully these podcasts can be played on a basic TV or computer
Q: Is it worth it to have the lectures as homework instead of other activities to test the students knowledge?
A: I disagree with this aspect. I don't think students should replace homework with podcast lectures. Homework shows teachers what they need to revisit in future lessons and how well their students are learning the material. I think the activities used as homework completed in class with teachers assistance is not necessarily effective.
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