Thursday, 29th August, 2013
Before the
Seminar Series in Technology in Education course began students were emailed
and asked to have for the first class:
- Laptop
- Course outline (hardcopy)
- A saving device
- Headphones with microphone
- Speakers
- Registered onto ABIIT Moodle website
Students were
asked to create their blog.
Thursday, 12th September, 2013
Students were
sent an invitation to join the class group email created in SkyDrive. This was
to enable communication and sharing of information to and from members in the
class collectively.
Group: Primary Year 1 Day 2013
Muriel,
Jacqueline, Sylvana, K-Anne, Rochelle and Iwa were unable to join the group at
the time due to technical difficulties, then when they were able to the time
span for the group invitation was expired.
Monday, 16th September, 2013
Students were
asked to go to the lecturer’s blog: seminarseriestechnologyineducation.blogspot.com
There they were to answer a learning styles questionnaire, copy and paste the results in a word document and save it on their PC to use at a later date.
There they were to answer a learning styles questionnaire, copy and paste the results in a word document and save it on their PC to use at a later date.
They then:
- Researched information on Digital Native and Digital Immigrant
- Identified which one they were Digital Native or Digital Immigrant based on their learning style
Tuesday, 17th September, 2013
The documents
that students sent via email are their PowerPoint presentation on learning, their
email discussion on Digital Native vs. Immigrant was completed, also their
group discussion on hardware and software and finally the group information on
software.
Thursday,
19th September, 2013
Students:
- Were emailed the Google Drive link to the class address spreadsheet and their activities and assignments spreadsheet progress sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsO7Q0RWRv_7dE5sdVpXVkd4TjdqY1FpNU83UW9teFE#gid=0
- Encouraged to add persons to their Google+
- Asked to Create a New Page on their blogs: Write a short summary of how you intend to utilize your blog in your classroom and why. Say how you think it will improve the quality of your instruction.
Students shared their
information on software via the group email.
Monday,
23rd September, 2013
Students were introduced
to answering survey questionnaires online using Google Drive Form
Technology in Education
Storage Devices
Technology in Education
Computer Basics
However due
to time only two persons answered one on
Technology in Education Role of
Technology in Education
At the end of
the lesson on that day the students covered the following:
Topic: Computer Basics
Activities/Tasks: Answer questions on online Google Docs form
Abilities/Skills: Research Skills, Critical thinking and Problem Solving Skills
Conclusion: Instruction was given via Technology, the Computer and each
other were the resources used.
Wednesday,
25th September, 2013
Students were introduced to Web Apps
and the Cloud. They finished creating their blogs.
Monday,
30th September, 2013
Students were sent the
following to assist them in their class via the group email:
Video on choose who can read and edit your blog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=42Ow2nDRYOM
Therefore On
Monday, 30th September Students
completed the following:
- Add persons as contributors to their blog (including the lecturer)
- Posted on each group member’s blog
- Commented on the posts made by their group members
- Copy and paste their initial blog post and the post made by their group member along with the comment they made
- Made a print screen of their blog and pasted it in a word document
- Pasted the URL for their blog under the print screen for the reader to identify their blog
Wednesday,
2nd October, 2013
Students were encouraged to visit
Teacher
Education Blog: http://teachereducationtechnologyeducation.blogspot.com/
- To view the video in ‘How to create a podcast’
- To visit the other teacher trainees blog
Monday, 7th October, 2013
Students
received instruction via a resource person. This lesson they created a podcast
as a class and explored how to record their own voices to form a podcast in groups.
Monday, 14th October, 2013
Introduction
to The Assure Model Lesson Plan and the use of a Movie Maker non-example video
Wednesday, 16th October,
2013
The Assure
Model Lesson Plan and Movie Maker video creation presentation
Monday, 21st October, 2013
Continuation
on Assure Model Lesson Plan and Movie Maker video creation presentation
As a group students started to create an Evaluative Tool for the lesson.