Sunday, March 2, 2014
Module 8 - 1: Animoto
Create a digital storytelling project tied to National Technology Standards as well as Common Core Standards using Animoto. Your project should be a minimum of two minutes in length. Include a link to your finished product in your blog.
Module 7 - 4: Google Apps
In your Blogger blog, reflect on the use of Google Apps in schools with students as well as professional development with other educators. Also reflect upon your experience using Google Apps with your classmates in this course.Make sure to share the graphical results of your survey with the class in your blog post as well.
My experience using Google Apps within the classroom, and outside of the classroom varies drastically. During my teaching experience I have never had the opportunity to truly use Google Apps within the classroom. My school does not currently use, support or encourage the use of Google Apps, however, this will be changing for the upcoming school year. Although Google Apps is not used by the school district where I work, as an educator I am still able to use Google Forms as assessment tools, and Google Sites to create web quests, in addition to teaching students how to use Google for basic functions such as searching.
Outside of the classroom, I use Google frequently for my personal, professional and educational reason. For my graduate work, numerous teachers have required the use of a Google Blog, also known as Blogger. I have also had the opportunity to use the presentation, excel and document sharing features within Google Drive. As a student, I have had the opportunity to use these resources independently, and in a group setting. Having the experience to use these tools in a group project allowed for educators to analyze, review and familiarize themselves with how these tools could be used to assist student group collaboration.
Google can act as a great Professional Development recording tool due to the multiple features within the Google Apps. Educators can use Google Sites to build and maintain a website to record professional development. By using a Google Site educators could add in other professional development features such as a file recording professional development hours, examples of student assessments, or a blogger used to reflect on technology/google experiences. Using Google Sites as a professional development tool also allows educators to expand their knowledge pertaining to resources that students will also eventually be using in and outside of the classroom.
Using Google resources can also allow educators to increase professional development opportunities by increasing communication and collaboration opportunities. By communication features, or shared documents educators can collaborate and provide feedback at different times, allow educators who may not have a physical time to meet, an opportunity to work collaborative towards a common goal. Using these features also can increase opportunities for teachers to edit, revise and create new curriculum.
A distinct advantage of using Google Apps for education is the allowing students the ability to access school and class resources by using the internet instead of requiring students to use a USB or physical data sharing device. Allowing educators, and students the opportunity to access resources inside and outside of the classroom helps create a more consistent classroom, allowing students to access the same materials and resources in and outside of the classroom. This can help create a centralized location for class or school resources, and can help eliminate students from having multiple logins and passwords for different websites. Overall, Google Apps for Education can provide unique learning opportunities within the classroom, while also allowing students and teachers access to resources and tools that are also used outside of the classroom. Using resources that can be serve multi-functions is helping to teach students life skills, helping to create better digital learners.
Nevin, R. (2009). Supporting 21st Century Learning through Google Apps. Teacher Librarian, 37(2), 35-38.Retrieved March 10, 2014 from http://www.editlib.org/p/70574.
My experience using Google Apps within the classroom, and outside of the classroom varies drastically. During my teaching experience I have never had the opportunity to truly use Google Apps within the classroom. My school does not currently use, support or encourage the use of Google Apps, however, this will be changing for the upcoming school year. Although Google Apps is not used by the school district where I work, as an educator I am still able to use Google Forms as assessment tools, and Google Sites to create web quests, in addition to teaching students how to use Google for basic functions such as searching.
Outside of the classroom, I use Google frequently for my personal, professional and educational reason. For my graduate work, numerous teachers have required the use of a Google Blog, also known as Blogger. I have also had the opportunity to use the presentation, excel and document sharing features within Google Drive. As a student, I have had the opportunity to use these resources independently, and in a group setting. Having the experience to use these tools in a group project allowed for educators to analyze, review and familiarize themselves with how these tools could be used to assist student group collaboration.
Google can act as a great Professional Development recording tool due to the multiple features within the Google Apps. Educators can use Google Sites to build and maintain a website to record professional development. By using a Google Site educators could add in other professional development features such as a file recording professional development hours, examples of student assessments, or a blogger used to reflect on technology/google experiences. Using Google Sites as a professional development tool also allows educators to expand their knowledge pertaining to resources that students will also eventually be using in and outside of the classroom.
Using Google resources can also allow educators to increase professional development opportunities by increasing communication and collaboration opportunities. By communication features, or shared documents educators can collaborate and provide feedback at different times, allow educators who may not have a physical time to meet, an opportunity to work collaborative towards a common goal. Using these features also can increase opportunities for teachers to edit, revise and create new curriculum.
A distinct advantage of using Google Apps for education is the allowing students the ability to access school and class resources by using the internet instead of requiring students to use a USB or physical data sharing device. Allowing educators, and students the opportunity to access resources inside and outside of the classroom helps create a more consistent classroom, allowing students to access the same materials and resources in and outside of the classroom. This can help create a centralized location for class or school resources, and can help eliminate students from having multiple logins and passwords for different websites. Overall, Google Apps for Education can provide unique learning opportunities within the classroom, while also allowing students and teachers access to resources and tools that are also used outside of the classroom. Using resources that can be serve multi-functions is helping to teach students life skills, helping to create better digital learners.
Work Cited
Nevin, R. (2009). Supporting 21st Century Learning through Google Apps. Teacher Librarian, 37(2), 35-38.Retrieved March 10, 2014 from http://www.editlib.org/p/70574.
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