Module One's Assignment
For most of us, technology is a way of life. We get up and turn on our electronic devices which connect us to the outside world in the blink of an eye. In the field of education, current technology that has emerged in the last few years that has shaped learning has been student response systems or e-voters. For the past six years, I have had the opportunity to work with both SMART Boards and Promethean Boards. While the both have their strengths, one thing they have in common is their ability to be compatible with student response systems (e-voters). With the SMART Board, students had the ability to cast their votes on a variety of assessments. They also worked in tandem with programs like Study Island. After the assessments were given, I was able to synthesize the data to guide the next day’s instruction. With the Promethean Board, if I pre-programmed the questions and the correct answer, then a bar graph would appear on the screen which showed the percentage of students who chose which answer.(A,B,C,D) The correct answer would be in green and the wrong answers would be in blue, so they got immediate feedback to their responses. Then we were able to discuss their responses. I was also able to import their answers into an excel document which gave me a running record of their assessments.
E instruction (2012) has now updated their student response systems and now
offers a package which includes an interactive slate for the teacher, student
response systems, and an a set of interactive slates for student groups.
For most of us, technology is a way of life. We get up and turn on our electronic devices which connect us to the outside world in the blink of an eye. In the field of education, current technology that has emerged in the last few years that has shaped learning has been student response systems or e-voters. For the past six years, I have had the opportunity to work with both SMART Boards and Promethean Boards. While the both have their strengths, one thing they have in common is their ability to be compatible with student response systems (e-voters). With the SMART Board, students had the ability to cast their votes on a variety of assessments. They also worked in tandem with programs like Study Island. After the assessments were given, I was able to synthesize the data to guide the next day’s instruction. With the Promethean Board, if I pre-programmed the questions and the correct answer, then a bar graph would appear on the screen which showed the percentage of students who chose which answer.(A,B,C,D) The correct answer would be in green and the wrong answers would be in blue, so they got immediate feedback to their responses. Then we were able to discuss their responses. I was also able to import their answers into an excel document which gave me a running record of their assessments.
In the past problems associated with these devices were the life
expectancy of the batteries; they now power down automatically if left on for
too long. From time to time, they did
freeze up, and I had to shut down the assessment and reboot the test, or the
students had to reboot their devices. Assessments
had to be multiple choice only, true-false, or yes/no questions. However, it does provide immediate feedback
for both the instructor and the students.
It offers 26 different reports, including an item analysis and an
standards analysis. With the original
set of e-voters, I had the ability to track their answers as they were taking a
quiz. Students could progress at their
own pace if they all had a hand held copy of the quiz; that way, they would not
have to wait for the problem on the screen to change. They were quite user
friendly for the students. They were all
pre-assigned, so when the kids walked in the door, and saw the bag on the desk,
they knew to take one to their desk. With
the new device, e instruction has tried to streamline their new devices. You
can now sync them with the new Common Core Standards by downloading the
standards from the company’s database. They are also compatible with ExamView
and in some cases (depending on your grading program), you can download their
scores into your grading program.
Dr. Thornburg (2009a) reminds us that the landscape of educational
technology is in a constant state of flux.
Whether it’s through the use of flash drives, SMART Boards, net books,
or IPads, the fabric of education is changing due to the influx of
technology. No longer are we satisfied
to use computers just as a means of gathering information and for entertainment.
We want to touch it, to talk with it, and to interact with it.
References:
Einstruction (2012). Retrieved on September 12, 2012 from http://www.einstruction.com/products/student-response-systems#cps-pulse-tab
Thornburg, D. D. (2009a). Current trends in educational technology. Lake
Barrington, IL: Thornburg Center for Space Exploration.
Susan,
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Emerged Innovation Current Trends in Educational Technology - Dr. David Thornburg
One current technology that has emerged in the past two years is the use of Tablets PCs such as Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy, Coby Kyros and many more. There are several useful applications, benefits to society and many features especially in the field of education. They are:
1. Provide eReader functionality to replace hardback textbooks.
2. Internet access for conducting research.
3 Wifi access for mobility.
4 Small and portable in a sleave or carrying case.
5 Various productivity applications.
Concerning children in K-12 grades this digital device enables them to stay connected, explore and learn many educational fields.
What problems or challenges have been associated with this technology?
Initially it was the cost of the device but the prices are coming down. These devices are easily stolen so insurance and other security measures must be taken.
However not all of these devices provide USB ports which would provide additional storage and file backup capability.
There is a complete list of Tablet PCs, the features, sizes and cost found at the URL:
http://www.nextag.com/The-Tablet-PC
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ReplyDeleteDevices that do not have usb ports may use internet cloud storage such as google docs. Internet clouds are also an emerging technology.
Jeff
Jeff,
DeleteSometimes I do not have access to the Internet and need to backup a file. The Cloud is only good for being connected to the Internet.
Val
Susan,
ReplyDeleteI too have used the Promethean Activ Board. The immediate feedback from the voters helped me to determine what students were grasping the concepts. I would periodically arrange the voters by number and I was the only person that knew what numbers went to each student. By keeping each voter a secret students did not feel ashamed when they answered questions. Also I was able to make up questions on the fly. That helped with my preperation. The only bad thing with Promethean was it always had to be multiple choice. I really liked that technology. With all that being said, I was using this technology eight years ago. My question would this technology be considered emerged.
Great Blog,
Jeff
Jeff- In my current school, it is still emerging I have some teachers with no data projectors and some with no SMART Boards. Very few have the evoters and slates.
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Timeline of the Transistor Innovation and Products
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1947 Transistor created by Shockley, Bordean, Brattain
1948 Transistor public announcements.
1949 First functional Type A transistor for product use.
1950 First transistor radio developed.
1951 Western Electric (AT&T Company) licensed 30 companies to manufacture transistors.
1952 First experimental transistor for TV receivers. Raytheon produces hearing aids using transistors.
1953 Total transistor production is 1,000,000 units.
1954 First all transistor radio. Bell Labs. Develops high frequency diffused based transistor. IBM uses transistors in calculator. General Electric developed transistor for military use.
1957 Transistors are combined to form semiconductors.
1958 Transistors are used to create U.S. Explorer satellite.
1959 Texas Instrument develops the first commercial Integrated Circuit (IC).
1960 The first working laser was demonstrated in May by Theodore Maiman.
1962 First trans-Atlantic satellite broadcast via the Telstar satellite.
1963 The first geosynchronous communications satellite, Syncom 2 is launched.
1963 First trans-Pacific satellite broadcast via the Relay 1 satellite.
1963 Touch-Tone telephones using transistors is introduced.
1963 Video recorder The Nottingham Electronic Valve company produced the first home video recorder called the "Telcan".
1964 The first successful Minicomputer, Digital Equipment Corporation's 12-bit PDP-8, was marketed.
1967 PAL and SECAM broadcast color television systems started publicly transmitting in Europe.
1968 The first public demonstration of the computer mouse, the, video conferencing, and teleconferencing.
1969 Arpanet, the research-oriented prototype of the Internet, was introduced.
1970 The daisy-wheel printer invented.
1971 The dot-matrix printer invented. The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason. The microprocessor invented by Faggin, Hoff and Mazor.
1972 The word processor invented.
1973 The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
1975 The laser printer invented.
1976 The ink-jet printer invented.
1977 Magnetic resonance imaging invented by Raymond V. Damadian.
1978 The artificial heart Jarvik-7 invented by Robert K. Jarvik.
1979 Cell phones invented. Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray, and Walkmen invented.
Enhances: What does this technology do that is new? The transistor paved the way for future development of all digital products based on the timeline including the digital computer.
Obsoletes: What does this technology replace? The transistor replaces vacuum tubes that were used in radios and TVs etc.
Retrieves/Rekindles: What does this technology bring or retrieve from the past? The transitor upgraded the quality of TVs and radios and enabled color TVs to become popular.
Reverses: What would replace this technology or what would it cause to occur? The transistor evolved to become integrated for use as semiconductors, integrated circuits and eventually microprocessors which are in all digital devices.
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