Dr. Miller is a teacher at Rutgers University, he is discussing how writing and reading has changed throughout the years and how technology is helping change this. He is letting us know that technology is bringing together previous writings and new technology to help students and teachers understand the material a little better. Dr. Miller is explaining how that many books, articles, and newspapers are all starting to use technology to get through to their readers. Many times on the Internet when you are looking for information, you are often presented with many different types of media that have the information that is needed. Many times there will be pictures, YouTube videos, links to other articles, and even sometimes you can find a podcast. Dr. Miller is letting us know that with the use if technology you can find information that might be changing instantly and will constantly be updated. Dr Miller shows how he and other teachers that he was collaborating with were able to make a presentation and a lesson through Google Docs and all teachers that were involved were able to add and change what they wanted. He makes a good point of when someone is using technology in the class they need to make it beautiful so that people will pay attention to it and really know that you are serious about whatever it may be that you are presenting. Dr. Miller finishes up by saying that we need to develop learning/ teaching strategies for implementing technology in a classroom setting.
THE NETWORKED STUDENT BY WENDY DREXLER-
This video was very interesting. I felt as though it was explaining our class. Miss Wendy explains how the teacher was needed because they are the ones who will teach the student how to use different tools to build their personal learning network and how to get more information on any subject if they are not fully understanding something. This video gave an excellent explanation as how to build your learning network from the very beginning with the first step as how to look up information on the web and to make sure that it is valid. The teacher is there to motivate and clear up any information or help that is needed from the students. With the motivation from the teacher the students can begin to use many different applications to help manage all the information they are collecting from all over the Internet. I tunes U is mentioned in this video for a while, i believe that it is an important tool that can be very helpful and that many people overlook. Many of the lectures that are on there can help you further understand a topic that you may be studying or that you just might have lots of interest in. You might find a lecture from a professor that might explain the material in a better way so that you understand a bit more. By the 21rst century student setting up their own blog, they are able to share their thoughts about any topic and others are able to comment and give feedback on whatever may be written. Overall I believe this video was done very well. I could hear the speaker very well and the drawings were very clear and easy to understand. I liked this video very much.
You are not getting any comments because your assignments are always late. The semester is about over!
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