While reading the "21st century museums:Bringing history to life with Google Cultural Institute", it was interesting reading that different history memories that I learned in class and in the science industry museum. "You can discover 42 new online historical exhibitions telling the stories behind major events of the last century, including Apartheid, D-Day, and the Holocaust. The stories have been put together by 17 partners including museums and cultural foundations who have drawn on their archives of letters, manuscripts, first-hand video testimonials and much more. Much of the material is very moving—and some is on the Internet for the first time". Which is great to actually see on your computer. Seeing it at your home rather than walking. But the only thing that I am against is that will we have any museum's? Will the museum's close down because the Internet is taking away all the exhibits? If so then I am not a fan for this Internet to keep growing. I remember as a child walking into a museum I felt intelligent seeing the old artifacts, the old airplane crafts and actually walking around a museum learning and seeing the past history. Sometimes at the museum there were statues talking about different heroes during a specific time in history. Actually seeing the statue was great, I took a picture of it and showed to my family telling them what I learned at the museum. Personally as a student learning at the museum was a great teaching tool for us. Actually learned what happen during history of the time period, see the actual artifacts that were left or if any were left. Hearing speeches from other historians about the information they learned discovering more about the topic.
With in the Internet I feel that we lose that personal face to face time, yes we can learn so much from the Internet but sometimes actually looking into an exhibit is way different then looking online. There is already a lot of different information about history which is great for us teachers. This is a great tool for history teachers like myself. I could give an homework assignment but in the mean time I would like to go to a field trip with my students letting them explore the museums just like I did. Learn more by seeing the artifact, listening to an historian talk about it at the museums.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
No Parent Talk about the Bees and the Birds.
I find it interesting reading
this app of "The Miracle of Life: A complete educational application, focused on the human body´s cycle of life". What caught my eye looking into the reader blog
of how there is an actual app on your I-pad to know about your human body's
cycle of life. At first, I could not believe that there was an actual app about
this, it sounds crazy but at the same time it is helpful. It can be helpful with
your pregnancy actually knowing and seeing a visual of how your body will act
and happen while your growing your baby inside of you. This app covered
everything within the stages of your body.
The stages are fertilization, gestation, and growth. Fertilization, knowing about the eggs, how everything comes together of making a baby. The gestation is actually understanding if you will have twins, how the heart beat will be within your womb, how the birth itself will be happening. Lastly growth, how your body will be changing when the baby is born and how your body will be changing throughout your life. The video that have posted is actually a great little preview of what the app will be giving an insight of it.
I can remember back in the fifth grade, I had to go on a field trip to Robert Crown; it was the most terrible field trip of my life. I did not know what we were going to see or learn that day but it did leave a scar in my memory. I remember my mother telling me about the Birds and the Bees conversation how it happens and how they make little baby birds and bees. At Robert Crown, I actually saw a video within my class making me feel very comfortable. It was hard understanding what was going on when the boys would be starring and starting to make fun of us girls. I know I felt embarrassed because the boys would just make me feel uncomfortable about my body. With this app on your I- pad, you can watch it whenever you would like, you don't need anyone by you because the app explains it great! I wish this app was around when I was learning about the Birds and the Bees from my mother. It was awkward hearing this story from my mother. I would of like to have this app because I could of really had the grasp of knowledge back in fifth grade, understanding my body. I would of felt great emotionally and physically because I knew what was going on with my body.
If I was expecting a baby I would definitely look at this app. This app helps you actually understand what happens with your baby when it is an egg, to a human being. After I saw this app, I copied this link and emailed it to my best friend who is expecting a baby this December. At first her reaction was, "what is this", I said "try it out it will not hurt you, this app might guide you in prepare safe way to understand what you are going through your pregnancy". My best friend took this app and actually liked it. She feels prepared with her baby on the way. Even though this is a technology app this is a educational app for everyone who needs to know about "the miracle life" that we all experience one day within our lives. If I did not see this reader article, who knows if I would make my best friend feel comfortable about her first pregnancy. I made a difference in her life feeling positive about her delivery of her baby coming in December. She also sent out the app to her sister to be aware of what "the miracle of life" does to your body and being prepared when she is going to expect to have a baby.
You don't need to talk to your parents anymore about the Birds and the Bees. You can just open this app and actually learn about it from the technology app. This app explains is great, has great pictures and you can make the decision when your ready to understand. It is cool seeing that technology made my best friend and I feel comfortable about "the miracle of life". If I did not see this app on the reader, who knows if I would feel comfortable talking about it as I do now unlike when I was in fifth grade learning it. I will probably download this app when I will be expecting my first baby. Check out the link. See if it will help you feel comfortable during your "miracle of life".
The stages are fertilization, gestation, and growth. Fertilization, knowing about the eggs, how everything comes together of making a baby. The gestation is actually understanding if you will have twins, how the heart beat will be within your womb, how the birth itself will be happening. Lastly growth, how your body will be changing when the baby is born and how your body will be changing throughout your life. The video that have posted is actually a great little preview of what the app will be giving an insight of it.
I can remember back in the fifth grade, I had to go on a field trip to Robert Crown; it was the most terrible field trip of my life. I did not know what we were going to see or learn that day but it did leave a scar in my memory. I remember my mother telling me about the Birds and the Bees conversation how it happens and how they make little baby birds and bees. At Robert Crown, I actually saw a video within my class making me feel very comfortable. It was hard understanding what was going on when the boys would be starring and starting to make fun of us girls. I know I felt embarrassed because the boys would just make me feel uncomfortable about my body. With this app on your I- pad, you can watch it whenever you would like, you don't need anyone by you because the app explains it great! I wish this app was around when I was learning about the Birds and the Bees from my mother. It was awkward hearing this story from my mother. I would of like to have this app because I could of really had the grasp of knowledge back in fifth grade, understanding my body. I would of felt great emotionally and physically because I knew what was going on with my body.
If I was expecting a baby I would definitely look at this app. This app helps you actually understand what happens with your baby when it is an egg, to a human being. After I saw this app, I copied this link and emailed it to my best friend who is expecting a baby this December. At first her reaction was, "what is this", I said "try it out it will not hurt you, this app might guide you in prepare safe way to understand what you are going through your pregnancy". My best friend took this app and actually liked it. She feels prepared with her baby on the way. Even though this is a technology app this is a educational app for everyone who needs to know about "the miracle life" that we all experience one day within our lives. If I did not see this reader article, who knows if I would make my best friend feel comfortable about her first pregnancy. I made a difference in her life feeling positive about her delivery of her baby coming in December. She also sent out the app to her sister to be aware of what "the miracle of life" does to your body and being prepared when she is going to expect to have a baby.
You don't need to talk to your parents anymore about the Birds and the Bees. You can just open this app and actually learn about it from the technology app. This app explains is great, has great pictures and you can make the decision when your ready to understand. It is cool seeing that technology made my best friend and I feel comfortable about "the miracle of life". If I did not see this app on the reader, who knows if I would feel comfortable talking about it as I do now unlike when I was in fifth grade learning it. I will probably download this app when I will be expecting my first baby. Check out the link. See if it will help you feel comfortable during your "miracle of life".
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Thoughts on the Tech Tools for Teachers
Throughout the 21st century there are always new ideas or new technology. Technology itself can be overwhelming for everyone. Starting in the 1980's the big cell phones were in starting to become a big if you had a cell phone in your cars. In the 1990's the cell phones were beginning to get smaller with online access. In 2000 and beyond we started with I-pods, I-phones, with all the different apps for us to get involved within our social lives.
In my opinion, we lose the actual face to face conversation with our peers and loved ones. With technology it keeps growing quickly. I need to learn and catch up with it. With teachers, there are so many great tools for us, I just need to learn. We keep learning more and more because our technology is growing faster and trying to keep up us up to date with our students. What I would like to get out of this class is to finally appreciate computers. Have a good relationship of understanding computers. Learn all the different aspect of computers, learn the short cuts and keep learning more technology in education. Computers since I was little, was hard for me to understand. I am used to reading books, journals, letters within actual text books not looking online for them. I feel it is great that technology is easier for us, to save more time. But in reality, I feel that technology is making us cheat more often then actually taking the credit to find the product. I remember my second grade teacher would always give us a Friday award for finding actual books within the library. As a student I felt great actually understanding how to find a book or an author in the card catalog. Now days, students do not know what a card catalog is. My sister and I are eight years apart; she is in high school and is on the computer all day long. She is allowed to have laptops within her classes, typing rather then writing in a notebook for taking notes.
As a teacher, I am realizing that technology is growing quickly and our students are becoming more involved in it. I need to start getting the grasp of technology. My goal in my teaching life is to be a great teacher. If I do not understand technology quickly like my students will, I feel like I will lose my students because I am personally not up to date with them, as I should be. I am used to writing all the time in a notebook, not typing as much. Change can be a good thing but I do like the old fashion education of learning which is paper and pencil.
In my opinion, we lose the actual face to face conversation with our peers and loved ones. With technology it keeps growing quickly. I need to learn and catch up with it. With teachers, there are so many great tools for us, I just need to learn. We keep learning more and more because our technology is growing faster and trying to keep up us up to date with our students. What I would like to get out of this class is to finally appreciate computers. Have a good relationship of understanding computers. Learn all the different aspect of computers, learn the short cuts and keep learning more technology in education. Computers since I was little, was hard for me to understand. I am used to reading books, journals, letters within actual text books not looking online for them. I feel it is great that technology is easier for us, to save more time. But in reality, I feel that technology is making us cheat more often then actually taking the credit to find the product. I remember my second grade teacher would always give us a Friday award for finding actual books within the library. As a student I felt great actually understanding how to find a book or an author in the card catalog. Now days, students do not know what a card catalog is. My sister and I are eight years apart; she is in high school and is on the computer all day long. She is allowed to have laptops within her classes, typing rather then writing in a notebook for taking notes.
As a teacher, I am realizing that technology is growing quickly and our students are becoming more involved in it. I need to start getting the grasp of technology. My goal in my teaching life is to be a great teacher. If I do not understand technology quickly like my students will, I feel like I will lose my students because I am personally not up to date with them, as I should be. I am used to writing all the time in a notebook, not typing as much. Change can be a good thing but I do like the old fashion education of learning which is paper and pencil.
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