The NETS for Students I can most relate to my educational experience for this week is Technology Operations and Concepts. Until this week in my life I always ignored the Print Screen key on my keyboard. Performing functions such as Control + V to paste a screen shot onto a Word Document and Control + S to save it made me feel really “techy” and savvy. This particular NETS says that students should be able to use technology systems and be able to choose the most efficient system to use to complete the required task at hand. Now that I know what the Print Screen key is for I honest to goodness do not what I did before it was in my life! This NETS also includes the ability to transfer current knowledge to the learning of new technologies. I think this is important when learning any new technology. For instance, just being able to alternate between the screen for the website I was evaluating and the screen with my Word Document in progress was an ability that really helped me complete my assignment in a timely manner.
I am really enjoying reading Derek Bruff’s blog “Teaching With Classroom Response Systems.” I have not had the luxury of working with Clickers with any age of students but I would like to be able to use that technology. The Tweets from students using Clickers shed some insight into how frustrating it can be for them to purchase the clickers only to have the professor unable to properly use the system. I would not want to be that instructor! I also do not think I like the idea of using the Clickers as merely a way to take attendance. However, being that children as young as kindergarten are learning and being assessed through the use of clickers and programs such as Mouse Mischief I really think that this is a technology I would like to promote and teach in my classroom. I checked out the Mouse Mischief blog to see how other teachers were using this technology in their class and found it really interesting. I understand that they are promoting a product but at the same time, most of us are always ready for fresh, inspiring teaching ideas. I mean, they have a Facebook following so there must be something to this! The ability for my students to manipulate drawings and create designs with the use of a program like Mouse Mischief means I am nurturing more than one kind of intelligence in my classroom. While they have a visual to use, they are also able to manipulate their work through hands-on interaction with the program. I also like the idea of using Mouse Mischief to poll the class on anything they might find interesting to discuss. I can see this working in even a class of kindergarteners. It’s just my opinion but there is no debate or discussion quite like the ones that take place between the five and under set! I am including a link to the Mouse Mischief blog site.
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