NETS Power Point (NETS I & III)

For this assignment we used used Microsoft PowerPoint and created a PowerPoint showing our proficiency in the program. We created a PowerPoint that focused on the NETS for Students Standards and created activities and ideas of how we would meet that standard in our own classrooms. We then showed them to a couple peers and graded each others PowerPoints.


ED 422 Powerpoint

Powerpoint Rubric (NETS III)

We worked, as a class, to create a rubric for the PowerPoints we would be making in class. We created a point system and gave them new titles such as "rad" to make it more fun for students.

Journal 6: Interactive WhiteBoards (NETS III & V)

     Interactive whiteboard(IWB) are computers and projectors. The project will project the computers screen onto the display board and using a finger, or pen, etc the user can control the computer. They control things like which button to click, scrolling, and anything you would do on a normal computer. For your computer you must download the software to make it work along with the tool used to control it. It wouldn't work for a normal desktop hooked up to a projector like in our college classrooms.
     After researching more about this tool on the discussion forums on classroom20.com I learned a lot more about what they are and what these boards are being used for in the classrooms. One of the major "likes" of this program is that the teacher is less in front of the students talking at them and more on the sidelines doing guided teaching where the students are at the center of the room using it. Teachers are also using it a lot for interactive games for math and it helps get the students more engaged even when they aren't the ones up at the board. It also helps a lot with the science classes at many schools by being able to search for pictures of things as just one example. Another HUGE factor to consider is that many school districts who have started using IWBs are starting to see increases in the test scores of their students. Really, school should be all about the students and to see them learning more, retaining more, and doing better on tests is very important.
     I learned that some people find they can do the same thing as these IWBs with computers, projectors, and a wireless sketchpad which is a lot cheaper than the IWBs. I also read an argument that with IWBs it is harder to discipline and control the class as well because you don't want to limit the amount of fun the kids are having learning, but there still needs to be limits when they get rowdy. I think some of these arguments against the IWBs are only relative to the people using or not using them. It is all about personal preference.