Digital Badge E ch.7

       Problem solving is when you have a situation and you need to find a way to solve it. As teachers we teach students how to problem solve. By using questions, making predictions, testing theories, and revising the based ideas. Problem solving is an activity that is very educational because it teaching students even to use methods like these for the future even in real life events. The three steps in problem solving are understanding the problem, using problem solving strategies, and checking results.





       Understanding the problem as a teacher when teaching and you ask question and students respond you need to make sure students are identifying the type of questions. Also, what to do with question and what they know to answer it. If they are kindergartners you can show examples of what the question is so they can picture what you are asking.
      Also, using problem solving strategies is separating the problems and making sure you understand what to answer first so you can get the correct answer. A math teacher uses this step every day with math problems making sure students are doing are following the steps correctly. This step is also helpful in science doing experiments and writing when students needs to put order in answering the prompt.
        The last step is checking the results. This step is making sure the answer is correct. If the students got an answer incorrect they you as the teacher can always go back and see what step they did wrong. This is were I think using problem solving skills is easy to identify when students make a mistake. And the students can see clearly where they made a mistake and learn from it.


Reference:
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.

Digital Badge D CH.5

          We all know how to use the internet in the 21st century. We have learn to evolve with internet to research or social networks. Teachers have to share their knowledge with their students to make sure they are literacy and digitally updated. As a teacher we need to show students the correct way to use the internet by internet searching, web resources and responsibilities.
           When teachers assign students to do a project the first thing they to is go to internet and search. We as students are very guilty as our first option being to google it. Also, YouTube is another link that is sue to see videos to tell us and explain in video what we don't understand. Those search engines are very popular with these included too ask, Bing, and yahoo.com. The problem when using these websites is how do we know if its true. Students usually just pick the link that is on top of the search engine. A way teachers can help students is by showing them how to assess the tone and language of the website. The misinformation, messed up information and useless websites are everywhere. And students do not know how to tell the difference. So as educators it is important to show them the importance.
           There are other web resources  that can be used such as the school library link, news papers or even website that in .edu. Wikipedia is a website that many educators tell students not use. I believe that this website can be used just to give you information on a topic you don't understand and need some background information on. Not to do the whole research paper on. It does give you some references to websites in the bottom where you can click and start your paper on. Ways to check if the search engine website is correct is by checking these following criteria accuracy, authority, objectively, currency, and coverage. Every student should be taught these criteria when they are looking at web pages.
             Responsibilities for using the internet for using other people information is making sure you don't cheat. One big issue is called plagiarism. Plagiarism is the direct copy and the use of someone else work . Teaching students to cite is very important every time they use words that is not their own and information that there looking at. This a being a responsible person using the internet. There are citations website where the student can put the title or the url they use and citate in the end of their paper.
           Being educators in the 21st century is more than just teaching subjects we also have to teach the correct way to use search engines for information. Showing them responsibilities, web resources and how to search the internet.
            
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Digital Badge C ch. 3

     
             There are many ways to engage students in learning now in the 21st century. A lot of teachers have to get use to the way technology is running the world and how much students will appreciate it if it was used in a classroom. There are ways that the classroom is set up there is teacher centered and student centered.  Also, there are methods on how to engage students while learning.
            Let me describe what teacher centered teaching is that a major focus and energy of a class flows from the teacher to the students. The organization of the classrooms is based on whole group instruction, seat work is individual by rows, there are many assessments based on worksheets and a viewing that learning is hard. This is the kind of teaching that was used before technology. Where there was only a chalk board and work sheets. The only goal that the teacher has to instruct effectively and let the students learn from that.
             In the other hand now that were in the 21st century we should be teaching more student centered. Student centered is when students are actively part of the elements of a class. Some examples that describe this is whole groups, small groups of instruction, assessments are based on projects and portfolios, there is cooperative learning and learning happens when the content being taught is integrated into real world problems and can be used with technology. This teaching style is the best to make sure that students are actually understanding and engaging what your instructing. You are able to create situations that they will need to figure out in a group/technology way.
               With having the correct teaching style then comes ways on how to make sure your method of engaging your students is correct. There are four methods that are actively created to engage. One of these methods is one on one tutoring. They adapt teaching directly to there own ways when using real world problems. Second, is learning groups make students work together and solve problems as a group.They will be able to learn how to communicate with there peers and make decisions. Also, inquiry learning is making students do a project and then make them ask relevant questions. This makes students really understand the topic. Lastly, metacongitive thinking meaning showing students how to examine there own learning methods through self explanations.
              As a teacher you have to think what way you want to make your classroom centered. If its either student centered and teacher centered. Also, there ways on how to engage students on learning. So that every student is able to learn in there own way.

  

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citations

Maloy, Robert W.. Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.

"Student-Centered Learning -- Role of Teacher and Student_ Part 1B.mp4."YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2014. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR4ocKovy28>.

Digital Badge B ch.2

            In  classrooms today there is technology everywhere. Its up to the teacher if he/she wants to use it to engage her/his students in learning. Students when they are not in school are around technology and use either for learning or entertainment. As the 21 century teacher is evolving to teach with technology there might be some barriers in the way such as lack of access, obstacles and skills that a teacher might have.
             Some schools have an issue that is lack of access for technology meaning the teacher has no choice to stick to the old days when we had no technology. Some k-12 schools have technology less available than others and gets replaced or updated less often. In the other hand there are some schools that are raising their ratios of computers  meaning there is a computer for every three children. Those schools that have all this technology even have computers in all classrooms, dvd players, boards that are interactive with students this is because they have fund and budgets to force it to happen. The schools that are not so lucky have to suffer with teacher teaching in not a fun way for students to learn. This affects students because with lack of technology that teacher cant divide the class for smaller groups in different areas.
            Obstacles are always a major reason why teachers have a barrier in the way that they are not going to be able to use technology in a classroom. One of these examples which is seen mostly in middle school and high school when the students switch classes throughout the day is teaching schedules. The teachers that have a schedule that are with a class from 90 to 120  minutes are more likely to use it. The ones that have the class for an hour are mostly likely not to especially if they don't have computers in there class. This is because the teacher has to take the class to a library and by the time they get there and leave its barely no time. Having technology does make it easier to have it in the classrooms.
              Lastly, some different issues that cause a barrier are requirements, attitude and skills. A requirement that creates a barrier is state and educational exams. Teachers feel like they don't have time integrate technology in their time. Also, skills is very important it is obvious that a teacher with less skills in the 21 century is going to provide it less for there students. This is because they don't know how to share it and interact with it. The teacher attitude weather to use it or not is a personal choice that gets transfer to the classroom. When the teachers has a positive attitude towards it there students will learn and use it. When the teacher is oppose to it then the classroom suffers without it.
             Barriers in a classroom are having with the  use technology everyday. Whether it is  by not having technology in the classroom, obstacles in the way or some personal issues. The classroom does get effected.

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Citation

• Maloy, Robert W.. Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.