Last Week Blog ......

This is my last blog for ICT. I learned lot in this class. From first day of the class I was worried and little bit scary about all this technology which I have been never used. But after completion of this course I could say I have so many ideas and some good knowledge about technology which I would like to use in my classroom in future. Without technology we could teach the students. But if we have some good and creative ideas and knowledge about technology, so I could connect that with my teaching and that create more interest in learning.

When we use the technology in class, we all know that there so many pros and cons about technology. Sometimes because of more use of technology students never use their creative mind for study and they always try to search the things on google. More use of internet in classroom, that sometimes not grow the mind power. And on other side more use of technology save the time. ICT has become a part and parcel of life. It has become integral part of new era. In online tutoring, the student logs into their tutor through the use of internet at home. The student asks their problem about study to teacher and teacher replies it by writing on smartboard or using document camera.      

There are some other advantages of ICT like, student accept more responsibility for their won learning and its assessment, developing expertise in the process. When we use google classroom and google docs in class that makes easier for assessment. Integrating technology into the classroom is definitely a great way to reach diversity in learning styles. It gives students the chance to interact with their classmates more by encouraging collaboration.

Smart board technology in class is very useful for students as well as for teacher. Smart boards provide new ways for teachers to teach, and student to learn. Visual learners can watch as their tutors use the whiteboards to project visual elements, the boards come with touchscreen capabilities that allow tactile learners to touch and interact with the board. And also audio learners can listen and have discussions. Smart boards allow for integration of various technologies in order to improve the learning experience. It is possible to attach tools such as microscopes, document cameras, and cameras to a whiteboard. There are so many tools in smart board and that are very useful to make quiz, games, some activities, and creative notes for students. We can also upload some video from YouTube for related subject. 

When I taught in college, at that time I never used smart board and technology in my classroom. But I could say that technology in classroom is very useful for teacher as well as for students.

Blog 8.....

              In this week we all are very excited, but with lots work. We have so much assignment for these two weeks. During this week we learned some new things in ICT.

              I never used google classroom in my practicum. In google class I learned about what we can do and how to work on google classroom. I think google classroom is useful in school. Students can attain quiz, they can submit their assignment.

              In this time we have lot technology to use. We just have to check their pros and cons. In classroom if we use more technology then we can save our time and students can learn easily and with interest.

              On other day we worked on e-portfolio and we shared our   e-portfolio with each other. I made my e-portfolio in Weebly. I try to make simple and visual. But I want to play with it more after this term. So I can make my portfolio more perfectly. When we shared our portfolio with each other, at that time I got so many ideas and I cleared my some confusion about Weebly. Wix is also very good and I think more easy compare to Weebly.

               Next week is last week for us. I am very excited for that………. 

Blog 7 for ICT class

Last week in class I enjoyed a lot. Because we watched short film and that was awesome. We tried to put our creativity, ideas, and expressions.

On the first day of the week I learned about mind map. That was my favourite strategy and I always try to use that. But, using some application when we made mind map that was nice. I would like to use that for my lesson plan and for lessons.

Also in that week we discussed about digital literacy and media literacy. We wrote all our thoughts about digital literacy or media literacy on one chart paper.

I also learned about wikispace. We worked in group and that was useful application.

Now we have 2 weeks left. I would like to learn some new things in this weeks….

First week after placement ....

             In first week after placement we all back with some new things which we applied in our placement. On first day we shared our experience about technology which we used in our placement. I used document camera in my placement. Before that I never used document camera. But that was good experience for me because at a time I used notes, z-score table from book, graphing calculator. In smart board that was hard to show table from book and calculator and example at a time. Document camera was connected with computer. So in my biology class sometimes I used document camera and I also show them video from YouTube.

            Also my CT was recorded to her lecture and uploaded that video on the YouTube and Moodle for those students who have absent in the class. Also sometimes students used that video for revision. I like that thing. So I hope in future I would like to record my lecture and that will be good for me for self-assessment and for students too.

             On Tuesday and Wednesday we learned some new things in smart board and I learned so many tools from smart board. In mathematics, we can easily drag to the shape and graph on. In smart board we can record our lecture and then can save it and play it any time. 

Week 5 in ICT....

In last week of before my placement I learned somethingdifferent which I ever did before. We started to make oneshort video in group. We took one video on first day and itwas fun to shoot the video. And on the next day we werestart to edit the video. That was very hard part. When westarted editing at that time we thought we need some morevideo clips. So on third day we meet and shoot the video.We will complete editing after the placement.

Now I am excited for my placement and busy in making lesson plan, material, activities, and lab work. Also I am thinking about how I can use technology in my placement which I learned in ICT class. I will be teaching Mathematics in grade 11 and Biology in grade 12. So I have so much work.

4th week in ICT......

In fourth week in ICT we learned about pixlr, Compfight, photostory, animoto.Which we could use in our classroom with students. I was very excited to make a photostory and that was nice. Photostory is a nice website that allows to pick photos, music and then make it into a video. That’s good idea to make a gift for someone for some nice memories.  I made so many photostory with nice music and with different images and that was awesome.

I think I could use this in my classroom and students can make different project using digital storytelling in math and science class.

Now I have one new task that is video production. I hope it will be fine……..

3rd week in ICT.....

               I got many information about technology in 3^rd week in ICT class. Some technology which I never try that was amazing. I think technology is additional support in teaching. Using technology like tablets, smart board, document camera, computers, iPads and even with their support teacher can make learning more interesting. I would like to use word docs in my classroom. I can make some quiz in that and lots of things too.

                Nowadays technology changes by the minute, and so as a teacher we need to learn technology which are related to curriculum and even for students. In my last practicum I realized that technology are very useful because that improvemore interest in study and also thinking power. Instead of taking only test on paper for assessment, we could use technology for assessment.
 

Second week in ICT.....

In second week of ICT class was awesome. I learned so many things (which I never know…).
On first day of second week I got information about copy right from J. Finch. I didn’t know so many rules for copy right. That was very good information because we as a teacher should know that kind of things. It’s hard to follow some rule. Because in classroom sometimes I need to play some video which are related to math or science class. Also some teachers play music (especially Radio) in class (as a background voice) for students. But I didn’t know we couldn’t play. Well that was first day.
After that I learned so many new technology in class. Like Padlet, Feedly, Diigo, symbaloo, weebly, pearltrees. I thought at that time,’ Oh, I didn’t know anything about those kind of technology.’ But now I could say , ‘Well, I know something about that all and gradually I am learning more and more when I spend some time for that.’ Padlet is useful which I can use in math and science. I think because of that students will be more interested to solve the problems.
I would like to apply this technology in my classroom too. In math classroom technology is very useful. On other side I would say there are some disadvantages of this technology. In classroom using technology teacher can save the time. It can keep students focused for some longer time. Using technology students are more likely to be interested in, focused on and excited for study.
But on the other hand, technology have reduced the creativity of students and they becomes over dependent on them. In Mathematics students need to practice in problem-solving. Well technology has so many advantages as well as some disadvantages. That’s depends on us how we provide that in our classroom for students.
But I want to use some technology in my math class which can save their time and which provide them more interest. Now I am excited for next week of ICT class to learn new things……

First week in class in ICT...

After long rest in summer break. First week in ICT was nice. I got new experience and
fun learning. New things which gives me more ideas, which can be useful in fieldwork.
I am not familiar with Blog, e Portfolios, word splash, but I got good knowledge about that. That resources and technology are useful for teachers. So I would like to learn that all things to get good
knowledge and new experience.