The three articles were interesting in the fact that they had all discussed different points of views between databases and the web. It is amazing how more and more educational facilities are trying to become paperless. We as students are experiencing that here at CSUSM since we are now just about as paperless as it gets. This in a way drives me crazy because I like the fact of physically handing in my papers and physically getting them back. Web CT is great and all but there's nothing like having the real thing in your hand. Oh well...we are just trying to save the environment.
This brings us into how grand databases can actually be. Not only are they paperless, but they can store large amounts of detailed info on many individual people or items. This will be great when we get into the classroom, we can use databases to keep ourselves organized with all of our students. This is great for the students as well. I never learned about any of this type of thing when I was in school. Now there are programs out there that are made so user friendly that it is said that kindergartners will soon be using databases. The age that kids start becoming technology smart is becoming younger and younger. Kids won't even be able to spell but they will be setting up databases.
However, I found that I can really find a use for using a database in my classroom. I really want to keep track of all of my students. This will also help me to organize data in terms of grades, age , learning styles, favorites (foods, colors, etc.). I can do sooo much with this type of program. I am definitely excited to involve this technology into my classroom. I never knew that there were programs out there like "InspireData" that makes the database system so easy to use and user friendly. Thank goodness technology is constantly growing!!!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Wiki Wiki......
Filamentality link: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listworldbise.html
Ok, so I thought that the whole Wikipedia thing was pretty nifty. I had no idea that people could just go in and change things though, and all this time I was thinking that it was a reliable source. Even though people can go in and change the info I still have not seen anything crazy like people just making up lies or stories, at least not anything obvious anyways. This could be bad in the fact that anyone can change things but it can also have advantages such as keeping the information up to date. This is especially good when it comes to anything medical or technological.
I also thought that it was such a neat feature how it can be used to create a web page collaboratively with others. This might make group work a lot easier to handle. This is nice because no one has to meet up and things can easily be changed and reverted back if things aren't to everyones liking. It is hard enough to get together so this can save everyone a lot of time. This will definitely be a grand tool for most of us since we are entering the teaching field. We can use this in our classroom or with our colleagues. We can keep parents up to date or even just each other. I had no idea that Wikipedia had so much to offer. I just thought that it was an on line encyclopedia.
Now on to the reading. It's crazy to think that technology still is not being learned about in schools, hence the digital gap. This is where schools need teachers to bring in and incorporate technology in the classroom. This is very important. Kids should feel that computers are more than just an extra, or a reward for doing something good. Computers should just be integrated into the curriculum regardless if you have three computers or three hundred computers. There needs to be a way that children are more involved and comfortable with technology. It is the way that our society has come dependent on. If students have to share a computer then so be it, but we as future teachers need to make that a goal to make sure to integrate technology in the classroom. It is a must!
Ok, so I thought that the whole Wikipedia thing was pretty nifty. I had no idea that people could just go in and change things though, and all this time I was thinking that it was a reliable source. Even though people can go in and change the info I still have not seen anything crazy like people just making up lies or stories, at least not anything obvious anyways. This could be bad in the fact that anyone can change things but it can also have advantages such as keeping the information up to date. This is especially good when it comes to anything medical or technological.
I also thought that it was such a neat feature how it can be used to create a web page collaboratively with others. This might make group work a lot easier to handle. This is nice because no one has to meet up and things can easily be changed and reverted back if things aren't to everyones liking. It is hard enough to get together so this can save everyone a lot of time. This will definitely be a grand tool for most of us since we are entering the teaching field. We can use this in our classroom or with our colleagues. We can keep parents up to date or even just each other. I had no idea that Wikipedia had so much to offer. I just thought that it was an on line encyclopedia.
Now on to the reading. It's crazy to think that technology still is not being learned about in schools, hence the digital gap. This is where schools need teachers to bring in and incorporate technology in the classroom. This is very important. Kids should feel that computers are more than just an extra, or a reward for doing something good. Computers should just be integrated into the curriculum regardless if you have three computers or three hundred computers. There needs to be a way that children are more involved and comfortable with technology. It is the way that our society has come dependent on. If students have to share a computer then so be it, but we as future teachers need to make that a goal to make sure to integrate technology in the classroom. It is a must!
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