Insights

This course of study has been relevant all the way from the beginning. What I mean is that it brought us into contact with real technological devices and services that we can apply here and now. Therefore, every activity that we made had a purpose, and such a purpose was accomplished successfully.

I am sure I can apply what I have learnt along this course in my following classes, and as a teacher in the future tasks. I thank the teacher and the classmates for their input and performance. I wished there were more courses like this one in the university.

Refer To Our Wiki

In the following Wiki you can find the topic regarding Multiple Intelligences developed. It constitutes a rich source to get involved in such an important area of education.

Multiplicity of Intelligences

Evaluation Rubric

This type rubric may be used to evaluate an assignment in which students must use technology

Evaluation Rubric

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Educational Software’s Research and Presentation

The purpose of this type of educational software is to make the learning experience more meaningful and pleasant for the students, hence an example to do so through Google Earth's Software.

Google earth

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References

Youtube's Introduction to Google Earth

Google Earth Online

Educational Videos

Videos are essential when they come to modern ways to educate people, they can become a crucial part in today's classrooms linked to the vast use of technology, hence here are some of them.

Virtual Classrooms

Claroline.net

Foreword

Today there are many virtual classrooms in the world and its usage is expanding rapidly because they are very convenient and practical. This work will concentrate on Claroline.net which is one of many that exist in the vast internet world. Claroline.net is `` an Open Source eLearning and eWorking platform allowing teachers to build effective online courses and to manage learning and collaborative activities on the web. Translated into 35 languages, Claroline has a large worldwide users’ and developers’ community.`` (Claroline.net, 2010). To understand better what this all means ``the online learning space where students and instructors interact`` (Imperial, 2010).

Characteristics/Activities you can do

• Write a course description
• Publish documents in any format (text, PDF, HTML, video...)
• Administer public and private forums
• Develop learning paths
• Create groups of students
• Prepare online exercises
• Manage an agenda with tasks and deadlines
• Publish announcements (also by e-mail)
• Propose assignments to be handed in online
• See the statistics of the users activity
• Use the wiki to write collaborative documents

Advantages

· Hosting

· Credibility (The platform is used in more than 80 countries and is available in more than 30 languages.)

· Claroline is compatible with GNU/Linux, Mac OS and Microsoft Windows

· Easy to access

· Effective solution to set up an eLearning system

· Make available pedagogical contents and documents

· Carry out collaborative projects in your organization

Disatventages

- You have to download it

- It does not chat.

- You have to pay

Specific Tools

• Write a course description
• Publish documents in any format (text, PDF, HTML, video...)
• Administer public and private forums
• Develop
• Email

Pedagogical issues

According to its own official website these are the pedagogigal reasons for its existence ``Claroline is based on pedagogical principles coming from the literature on the added value of the technologies for training. Since 2000, Claroline development teams have been focusing on the code stability and the development of features in line with the user's needs. The main concern of the developers is not to build up a large number of new features, but to concentrate upon a few elaborated tools concerning the pedagogical approach and the interface offered to the users. Besides, a large worldwide community of users and developers contributes to Claroline's development and diffusion extensive`` (Claroline, 2010).

For further complete information & Customization

http://doc.claroline.net/en/index.php/Main_Page#How_to_customize_Claroline_layout_.3F

comparisons With blackboard:

- Both of them are virtual

- Both of them have forums

- Both of them have credibility

- People who use it can get reliable information from both of them

- Lots of interaction

Recomendations

· The installation process should be easier

· More interctive help

Conclusion

Virtual classrooms are the education of today and the future. All people must learn how to use them and make the best of them. They will constitute the main tool for students and teachers around the world in the education to come.

Bibliography

Claroline. (2010). Community Worldwide. Recuperado el 2010, de Community Worldwide: http://www.claroline.net/worldwide.htm

Claroline.net. (2010). Claroline.net. Recuperado el 2010, de Claroline.net: http://www.claroline.net/index.php?lang=en

Imperial. (2010). Imperial. Recuperado el 2010, de Imperial: www3.imperial.ac.uk/ict/services/teachingandresearchservices/elearning/aboutelearning/elearningglossary

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How People Learn

This topic is about innovation education and the use of technology thereof.

People learn mainly by doing and in collaborative learning. The following characteristics are important to consider when preparing a class especially regarding technology.

· The context of the school

· The values of the students

· The environment of the school (Urban & Rural)

· The age

· The willingness to acquire knowledge and share it

· The culture

· The innate capabilities that all humans have to learn and improve upon that previous knowledge

· The resources available (human and economic)

· The openness to reflect on knowledge already digested or in the process

· The beauty of getting people to discover new and fascinating knowledge

Human beings have an innate capability and desire to learn and most people like to share knowledge with others. Every person can learn, but what is needed is willingness, some resources and capable facilitators to guide students in the process.

References

Sugatra Mitra

Multiple Intelligences

Human beings are complex and they have more than just the traditional intelligences that scientists thought of. The following is an analysis of the different intelligences present in the classroom according to Gardner, this will be helpful for any one interested on education.

Please click on the map and then zoom it out..

Internet English Activities and/or Games

This is a list of preferred websites having online games or activities that will help the teachers develop a better performance in general and specifically in class for the betterment of the student and the education process

Reading

Games to learn new vocabulary

Manythings.org

A collection of stories easy to read

Manythings.org

Audio books

English Proverbs Activity

English Language : Prose - comprehension

Listening

A dictionary that has the pronunciation

Songs

Interactive Listening Exercises

Listening quizzes

Listening in context

Speaking or Pronunciation

Miscellaneous

How to say a word correctly

IPA

Accent reduction

Listening the alphabet

Writing

Sentence Master Games

Essays activities

A guide for students in Higher Education

Submit original stories and poems

An online writing community

With the previous list of websites a teacher should be able to enhance his/her assets regarding the use of technology and thus he/she will improve the knowledge in the students.

Learning, education and technology

Fifteen or twenty years ago nobody or very few people would have imagined the ways humans learn today and how technology affects them directly or indirectly, especially information technologies. The following writing presents some of the features as best as possible regarding this technological impact in today's education and learning process.

The 3 phases of education technology
Phase one includes a dynamic presentation with computers and it uses also a lot of digital visual aids. In phase number two regular text books are replaced by electronic books and the students can have access to a vast array of information such as the www. Regarding phase number two, here the student is not merely a passive recipient of information, but he himself creates and publishes new knowledge as he or she is motivated by the use of technology. In this last phase communication, collaboration and creation come into place. Even thou these phases seem separate they can be combined.

Today, how people learn revolves around technology, especially the newer generations. All around us is permeated directly or indirectly by technology. Nowadays people cannot do much without it, most persons would feel lame without the internet, or the cell phone and its messages.

As the reading pointed out `` Technology by itself does not guarantee learning``, a student can be surrounded by all technological advances , but if no one teaches him/her how to use it accordingly then he/she will not learn at all, but instead might incur into misusage of it.

The knowledge on how to use technology today has to be into every person`s mind, but not only the use thereof but how to use it appropriately. Technology itself is neutral (not good nor bad), meaning that it will be good if given an appropriate use, but destructive if given an inappropriate one. So, nowadays especially teachers and parents need to know how to use all the technological assets in an appropriate manner. Therefore, they can be able to teach the kids how to take great advantage of it, because if they do not know how to use it wisely, who can teach them?

Unfortunately today most people lack critical thinking and they just think that all in the internet is reliable or acceptable and then they become merely receptors of information that in many instances is filled with junk and superficiality. We seem to have become trashcans just opening ourselves to a huge array of stimuli and information that really affects our behavior and, sad to say, in many cases for bad. We have not only to know how to use technology, but I think the most important part has been belittled, which is that someone has to teach us how to analyze and respond to this new era of vast information.


References
http://www.vtaide.com/png/ERIC/Learning-Tech.htm

Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching

The following information regarding instructional technology has a paramount importance in today's teaching process, every teacher nowadays should be acquainted with at least the basics about it.

Technology

It is the practical application of knowledge to solve real problems through the design of practical tolls and machines.

Instructional Technology

It is the use of technology (all about it) as means to support education.

Technology for Learning

It is tthe training that people get to be able to use technology to teach others.

Educational Technology

It is the use of technology correctly to enhance the teaching and learning process, and to know where to locate it.

Some benefits: easy to access, wide participation, improves students writing skills.

Rationale Elements

1. Motivation
2. Unique Instructional Capabilities
3. Support for new instructional approaches
4. Increases teachers productivities
5. Required skills for informational age

The Seven principles

1. Encourages contact between students and faculty: this one should be implemented at all costs to develop an environment of trust.
2. Develops reciprocity and cooperation between students: so peer tutoring takes place among other good activities.
3. Encourages active learning: learning by doing or constructivism.
4. Give prompt feedback: so the students get better and motivated.
5. Enphasizes time on task: so the activities take place successfully.
6. Communicates high expectations: so the students try to give their best.
7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning: multiple intelligences come into place here.

This information should be the applied in every classroom, so that the learning process becomes a more effective on and the students of today can become efficient in the challenges of tomorrow.

References

Twinisles

Win7dl

Merriam-Webster

Worddiq

Strategies to use Internet effectively

The following presentation has for objective to show adults how to surf the net effectively and how to make the best of it. Today the use of the Internet is a must in any school and should be learnt by every teacher.

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Useful videos

1- Teaches how to use Google

How to use google search like a professional user. Tips & Tr

2- Teaches the basics on how to use Internet for senior citizens

Teaching Senior Citizens To Use The Internet

3-Teaches specifics on how to manage the browsing history.

How to Use an Internet Web Browser : How to View & Delete Browsing History on Internet Explorer

I am

I am Sender Quesada, a person that is in the path towards the perfect Truth and Bliss and that has an open mind and attitude to explore any possible situation from the simple to the complex, from the rudimentary to the highest technology in order to attain them and in order to separate, visualize and distinguish between false and true education, amongst poor and higher ways to become educated.

I studied Agroecology and I am passionate about nature and all that has to do with sustainable living and self sufficiency related to the correct use of the natural resources.

I expect from this course to give all that I can and to cooperate in the enrichment of others and myself through an active performance and through the knowledge from my teacher, classmates and from the availability of technology and its power thereof.

References

Google Images