Things to Know about using the internet for Education and it’s user policy

The DOE NYC acquired internet acces for their employees,departmental members, studnts and guests, including access to emails. The access is mostly limited to educational purposes.

The kd’s online privacy issue is sort of an agreement between website operators, teachers and parents. Operators must have parents’ consent when collecting or using a child’s personal information. The teacher can act as a go-in-between for the parent, that is, they can give consent in place of the parent by the parent’s authority. Website operators must allow the parents to access their children’s information, teachers must ask to see such information. Teachers should view whether sites require students to give personal inforamtion and how much, before letting the child use them. Parents do not have the right to opt students out of use of the internet. According to the DOEs acceptable use policy AUP, the Department reserves the right to govern accss and usage of the internet but all parties involved,  namely students, teachers, departmental employees and guests.  The department also reserves the right to terminate usage of the internet and email for any reason. To control how the internet is used by various parties the department installed internet filtering software. As far as student usage goes the system has default filtering levels form kinderdergarten to 12th Grade, with variations at 5 grade and 8 grade. The filtering is according to the students internet usage needs and educational requirements. It is modified to age consistency and educational goals.

It is very important for teachers to understand the issue of the Acceptable Use Policy and Online Privacy, because they need to protect the welfare of the child when they are away from their parents. The teacher has responsibility for the child during school and for the things that the child can access or put on the internet, in terms of personal information. Teachers also need to understand this policy so that they can stay on top of what the children are doing, they should learn more about the filtering to see what level of accessibility their students should have.

How to

I learned sometime ago that many people can’t tie a Tie so I decided to create this video to teach people how to look good in that shirt and tie.

Plate Tectonics Powerpoint

Plate tectonics

This powerpoint document is designed to teach 9th grade students about the movement of tectonic plates. It depicts how plates move on the earth’s surface and the results of those movements. It provides an understanding into the formation of the continents and the various oceans. At the end of the presentation students should be able to identify the various tectonic plates and the features created by their movements.

Exploring the joys of teaching through the incorporating of technology in the learning process

Why do we teach? This is a question that many teachers ask themselves. The answer to this question can be presented in many forms; to prepare learners for the ever changing world ahead, to obtain a salary, to have a meaningful profession, and sometimes for the more obvious reason, simply because we love to teach. Take your pick, but whatever the reason, the main idea is to ensure that the learners receive and understand the content. Rhizomatic learning is a way of thinking about learning based on structured ideas. Rhizomatic is a concept that is self-replicating with multiple and interconnected ideas. It, like the learning process is continuous, it has no beginning or end. According to Dave Cormier’s study on the topic, as he looks at why we teach, he points out that he wants the learners to know more than him at the end of the course. He teaches to try and organize their learning journeys. Learning should aways be continous and before we can effectively deliver a lesson we must look at the various needs and learning abilities of the learners. Only then can we prepare a lesson that will meet their needs, but how it is delivered is another factor for successful learning. The world is becoming more technologically advanced, so our techniques should be developed to meet those advancements. This is the stage for 21st Century learning. Many children born in this generation in a house with even the smallest bit of technology, learn to use it by the age of 3. I once heard a professor say that his son was doing more on the computer at 3 yrs old than he knew. I know of an autistic child who can take a simple smart phone and in a few minutes figure out how to change the wallpaper, play the music and set the ringtone. Guess its true what they say, autism speaks. We as educators need to harness these childrens abilities and nuture it so they can develop on what they know and do more with technology than we can imagine. I sit on the subway or in other public places, that children frequent and most times they are carrying some electronic device. We look at this as them keeping themselves entertained, but maybe if we look closer we may see that it could be a need for help. This can be seen in the video “A vision of K-12 students today”.  Many of those learners may have learning disabilities but yet they are able to use technology. As educators we need to learn how we can use that technology to create successful learners. This may require us to become 21st Century learners as well, reiterating the concept of Rhizomatic learning. Learning is continuous.

A vision of K-12 students today

21st century learning matters

The video allures to the fact that times and technology are changing, and in order to prepare students for this, teachers need to rise to the task. For teachers to meet this challenge, they must first learn about how the 21st century has changed and what tools they need to effective deliver a lesson. For students to survive in the changing world they need the right guidance. Teachers also need to be 21st century learners to effectively teach children how to prepare for the technological changes.

Introduction

This blog is a look into the study of Education and how multimedia can be used to deliver it effectively, it addresses Philosophical and sociological aspects of teaching and learning. Found withing this study is the need to conduct field studies which are usually done in schools. The general area of study in this education  course is Geology . Geology encompasses various areas of earth studies as it is part of earth science studies. Below is a field study video of one of the areas of earth science to give a better idea of how a field study can be conducted.