Digital Badge #D

Chapter 5 had many great concepts about teaching students to use the internet in appropriate ways, as well as teaching yourself to be fluent with technology.  The three concepts I chose to reflect upon are:

1.) Becoming fluent with technology

2.) Conducting online information searches

3.) Teaching students about internet searching

When it comes to teaching today many teachers have trouble with new technology.  Teachers need to be prepared when it comes to teaching their lesson plans.  There is nothing worse then walking into a classroom to learn and the teacher has no idea what they are doing.  I have had many teachers create power points and then they have no idea how to display them for the class to see.  Teachers need to become fluent with all the technology that they have within there classrooms.  How is a teacher supposed to teach their students about technology when they don't even know how to use it themselves.  This is why many teachers are working toward becoming fluent with all technology they have available to them.

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As a future teacher and a current student conducting online information searches is an important skill to learn.  The internet gives students and teachers access to collections of documents, whereas books only give you access to that particular book.  When conducting online searches you have access to thousands of web pages, articles, links and more to find information on any subject in the world.  By using search engines and keywords you can locate information on anything and everything you want. As a teacher you need to know how to conduct online searches, so that you can provide more information to your students.  By conducting searches on the subjects you are teaching you can add an unimaginable amount of information to your lesson plans. 

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Teachers not only need to know how to conduct online searches but they need to be able to teach their students how to conduct online searches.  As a teacher you need to teach your students how to evaluate each site they visit to make sure the information they are reading is correct.  You also need to help your students by introducing them to websites that are appropriate for each subject, age, or grade.  Show your students what keywords will be helpful or if they should enter full-text when researching.  Teaching your students how to conduct an online search is very important when you are assigning projects.  By teaching them this skill you are insuring that they are getting correct information instead of false information.

I have create a fun game about these three topics and have added the link below 

Chapter 5 Game 


Resources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Scuderi, M. (2014, September 19). Gliffy Editor - Online. Retrieved September 19, 2014, from https://www.gliffy.com/go/html5/6196374?app=1b5094b0-6042-11e2-bcfd-0800200c9a66

Scuderi, M. (2014, September 19). Kahoot! | Play this quiz now! Retrieved September 19, 2014, from https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/0c37c0cf-2453-4cb1-823e-285afd9ca222

Scuderi, M. (2014, September 19). Mochaloca by myleascuderi. Retrieved September 19, 2014, from https://www.canva.com/design/DAA6xWS-yFk/cdtl331hdQ6GJN6TFK_1cA/edit