The technology that stood out to me the most at the Sports Psychology lab are the glasses. This could be very beneficial for an elementary school to invest in to gain results as to what certain students look at during a lecture and if it relates to their success in the classroom. With this type of technology, teachers would possibly be able to place students that have wandering eyes in certain parts of the classroom to help them focus more.
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According to Vanderbilt University: Center For Teaching, there are six categories of Blooms Taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Through these six categories, Powerpoint presentations can support student learning. These presentations give students the knowledge and topics needed for each lesson, and making sure they can recall information of that given topic. With Powerpoint, students are able to comprehend the information given and possibly go back to make sure they comprehended all of the material. These teachers can use presentations to make the students apply the information to "abstractions" through activities. I will be able to analyze their comprehension results of the information through the activities given and possible quizzes. I, as the teacher, will use open-ended questions within my presentations to make these students think outside the box and use the synthesis technique to build on their prior knowledge. Lastly, I will evaluate the student's learning at the end of each presentation with a graded assignment that directly related to the presentation.
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The website I believe will be most helpful for me to stay informed of technology trends is The Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). The "Educational Leadership" tab has tons of resources and has monthly articles on ways to stay informed on technology trends. This month's article talks about how to make a lesson plan more interactive through technology and change it from a "lesson plan" to a "learning plan."
The website you posted is a great resource! I also really liked the glasses in the sports psych lab! It was really cool to try to do things that I normally do, but with an odd visually impairment.
ReplyDeleteNice job linking to your source for your Bloom's Taxonomy chart!
ReplyDeleteI really like the website you chose to help stay updated with the technology trends. I'm pretty sure we found an app that helps make lesson plans, and keeps them with you so you can update them as you go. Cool post!
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