Integrating Technology In the Classroom!! Final Project

Feel free to view my final project for ETSU MEDA3570! I hope you enjoy!

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Veteran Teachers learning New Technology

Because the world is becoming more technologically advanced, veteran teachers as well as upcoming teachers need to stay as up to date as possible in their technology knowledge. This means staying at pace with what your students know about technology. Since I will be an upcoming teacher, i will be teaching children that are now called "Digital-natives", meaning that they are well versed in the ways of advanced technology because they have had it around them since they were born. Many schools have seen a major increase in the student usage of cell phones, and digital cameras in the classroom. As teachers, we have to ask ourselves, "Are these devices honestly a bad idea for the classroom, or can we use them for the greater educational good?"
There are many ways to teach new innovative technology to students, but teachers have to be on board in learning how they function and work. The following are examples of technologies that can have a positive impact on education:

email,
search,
texting and instant messaging
blogs
wikis,
the Wikipedia
podcasting
polling devices
networking
digital cameras/video cameras
cellphones

If teachers can jump on board with these new technology features, and embrace their existence, many veteran and upcoming teachers can use new technology to raise the intellectual levels of their classrooms.

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The Exciting World of Volcanoes!!

http://questgarden.com/79/33/0/090330132519/

Wikihow Aritcle "How to Apply Amazing Looking Eye Make-Up in a Minute or Less

This is the link to my Wikihow article! Hope you all enjoy!

http://www.wikihow.com/Apply-Amazing-Looking-Eye-Make-up-in-a-Minute-or-Less

Social Bookmarking

I believe that Social bookmarking is a great way for both students and teachers to share websites with each other. It can be frustrating to find a great website and have to email to all of your friends or coworkers. This way, you can do everything in one spot, and not have to jump back and forth. Saving time in the classroom is always a great idea. This can also be a great way to develop lesson plans. Suppose you are doing a lesson on dinosaurs, but you felt like something was missing. You can go to your del-ici-ous account and see if your fellow teachers or even your friends have anything interested tagged about dinosaurs. You can tag your findings as well and help somebody out in the long run. Social Bookmarking is a teacher God-send!

Wikipedia Article Change

After going the ETSU for three years now, the one thing that I wish this school had is a football team. I think that without a football team, we really lack in our school spirit. Yes, we all love and support our other athletic sports teams, but to me, football brings out all the families, not only currently obtained by ETSU, but Alumni as well. So, I decided to look up East Tennessee State University on Wikipedia and see what it said about football. To my surprise, there was hardly anything said, just basic facts really. So I decided to add my opinion into the mix by adding a short paragraph on the recent survey taken in 2008 by the students on the thoughts of revitalizing the ETSU football team. I added... "In 2008, ETSU conducted a student wide survey on bringing football back to the campus, with revitalization complete by the end of the 2010 academic school year. Although the survey showed a declination of student interest in bringing football back to campus, ETSU officials are still brainstorming ideas on how to bring the program back without student frustration or fees."

I added this on Sunday, March 15th and I will check tomorrow to see if Wikipedia allowed the change or not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tennessee_State_University#Football
Check under FOOTBALL