day 28

i would let my future students use black board to help provide them with basic background information, as a starting point for a research paper. For instance, If I were teaching The Scarlet Letter, and assigned a three page paper, I would let them use Wikipedia to learn about early colonial America so as to provide them with a basis for their paper. I would not allow them to site Wikipedia, because my goal would be to prepare them for college and in college we don't site Wikipedia.

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Day 27

here's a link to the website I chose to validate.

The website is not a credible source of information because the tree octopus is clearly a fictitious creature. The domain is .net, making it a personal site, and the identity of the author is not clearly identified. There are no reviews or authentications posted by experts. And in one of the photos you can clearly tell that the tree octopus sited is a fake stuffed animal.

Day 26

Today I learned then when searching on the internet for information it is important to be cautious becoming misinformed. When viewing a website check it's domain to determine whether or not it is a .com, .org, or .not. If it's a .com the website is selling something. If it's a . org, the website is representative of an organization and will present the organization perspective. If it is a .net, it is a personal site that will contain the opinion of whoever's site it belongs to. This knowledge allows me to promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility through digital etiquette responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.

Day 25

In my opinion Mimio Smartboards are too complicated and cumberson a device. The same results can be accomplished with a simple powerpoint or less technologically sophisticated, a chalk board. When my group tried to get the smartboard to work it took us almost two class periods to get it to work. In my experience the more sophisticated and more expensive the technology, the greater the margin of error.

Day 24

Working with a Mimio Smartboard allows teachers to exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations. Teachers also model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.

Day 23

The SMART Board interactive whiteboard supports interaction and conversation in the classroom; it helps with the presentation of new cultural and linguistic elements.

One teacher stated that the smarboard engaged their primary students in literacy learning. The teacher was able to interact with the class, demmonstrate, model, and manipulate what was on the board by touch. The teacher was not confined to, or focused on, a computer that separated them for the class.