Week 15 Post 3 The Power of ICT

We used to know that ICT tools is a source of tools that help us and our children in this 21st century. Through today’s sharing by our lecturer, I learned and aware that ICT makes a great impact in special need children’s life. I came to realised the power to ICT which is inclusive of every individual.

There are 2 videos that I would like to share. The first video is about a boy who has celebral palsy but still interested to create and edit videos, do web design and communicate using the internet with the people around. His ability did not stop him from his interest. He can be found on Twitter.

Week 15 Post 2 New journey educator

Today, I have realized that how ICTs become so important in society nowadays, it is impacting everyone. Of course, there will be pros and cons as well. As educator, although I have learned that integrating ICTs to support children’s learning is important, but I still believe that it always need a balance in using ICTs and traditional way when planning lessons.

Technology’s Impact on Learning

ICT tools for Education

Supporting learning with ICTs in Pre-School Setting

The semester has come to an end, it is my last prayer that I will pass this course with a flying color result.

Week 15 Post 1 Are you good teacher?

Strange enough, my last semester in BECH did not ask us to reflect on this matter “What is the definition of a good teacher” (maybe we are expected to know this much earlier)

If I am to describe the profession or quality of a teacher I would say a good teacher is one who brings interests in children’s learning, understands the unique qualities of the child, respect their individual differences, accept their families, prepare, organize and strive to produce children of critical thinkers, shows patience and responsibility in the job

week 14 post 3 Technology integration planing

There are variety of models and frameworks in EDC 3100. Technology Integration Planning (TIP) is one of the models which designed to guide teachers.

What is TIP model?

“The Technology Integration Planning (TIP) Model was designed to give teachers a systematic way to address the challenges involved in integrating technology into teaching (Roblyer, 2003). By carrying out the steps in each of the model’s five phases, teachers perform a set of planning, implementation, and assessment activities that help assure their technology use will be both efficient and successful in meeting the needs they have identified” (Wiencke and Roblyer, 2004 as cited in Jones, 2013).

Week 14 Post 2 blown from google

Do you think Siri from Iphone is cool? Which you can command a phone to do something.

Here is something cooler and mind blown technology from Google named Google Glass! It looks like a pair of spectacle and you wear it like a spectacle. You can command the Google Glass to do things like take a picture on the spot. Just say “take a picture” and it will capture a photo.

You can record what you see without holding it, because you are wearing it. It’s hands-free!

You can even connect to your friends and show them live events!

You can get direction from it as well!

More.. more and MORE!!!

All you need to do is command and Google Glass will do it for you. It’s hands-free, everything happen in the small little glass. It’s so compact and convenient. Watch this video and you will find out a lot more amazing things that Google Glass can do!

Week 14 Post 1 how tablet help in childrens education

Young children are increasingly using tablets as well as smartphones and other devices with touch screens) in early education settings and with family members. This raises important questions, such as when and how these devices can be used with young children.

Intentional choices: Selecting the right tool for the task

Whether choosing a traditional or a new tool, such as a tablet, teachers need a clear understanding of

• how the tool can meet identified educational and life goals for a child or for a group of children; 
• the functions of various tools;
• how to monitor children’s engagement and progress, and adjust tasks accordingly;
• and the children’s interests and preferences—individually 

Week 13 Post 3 Ipad/Ipod in classroom

Many schools around the world are implementing technology into classroom, iPads or iPods is one of the devices. The device that changed everything is now changing the classroom where learners have another level of learning experience. iPads inspires creativity and hands-on learning with features that can’t find in any other educational tool – on a device that learners are and will explicitly engage and participate in or use. iPads/iPods allows learners to engage with content in an interactive ways, find information in an instant, and access an entire library wherever they go or do. 

Week13 Post 2 Can ICT manage children behaviours?

CT is definitely the language of this generation. Children are born into this ICT era and they love ICT naturally. By considering this nature of today’s generation, I find that ICT integration is a way to manage children behaviour. Children tend to be more engaged in lessons when ICT is integrated as they are eager to play the tool. As it is one of their favourite activities, adding and withdrawing ICT integration can be one of the reinforcement. I have tried using computer time as a reinforcement to manage children’s behaviour and the result is satisfying. For example, computer times is cancelled as the consequence for misbehaving in the class

Week 13 Post 1 What educator said about ICT

Educators feel that ICT is an integral part of the learning process. Language learning ICT resources have been perceived as that which offers support and consolidated learner’s proficiency in language (Hawkins, 2002). Educators have also argued that the use of ICT in classroom puts into use the applications that are developed with changing times and technological advancement (Lankshear, & Snyder, 2000). This actually helps to prepare students for their future careers. 

Week 12 Post 3 Interest Camera

In my previous learning experience I had realized what an immense impact a ICT component such as a Camera would contribute to a lesson plan. I had understood that the use of ICT has brought a different dimension to my perception in the methods of using the camera and the perspectives as a result of the pictures take. The ability to introduce such a device captured the attention and interest with the children. They had a great time learning the functions of the camera so they could take photos of their peers and their surroundings.

Week 12 Post 2 Practicum

I have already started my professional experiences going smoothly. i had lot of fun with my children , they able show more interest in my lesson which i prepare for them.Throughout my learning experience in this course, I have looked many sites, blog and do some reading too. I was aware that many great web site like games, online for the children to use for their learning. When, I busy surf internet for getting some ideas for lesson, I have discovered interesting 

Week 12 Post 1 Still facebooking

 Do you know of anyone who does not have a facebook account? Yes, I do. However, I can say that in my circle of friends, I do only know one of them who does not use Facebook for social networking. Facebook is known as the largest social media around the world. The founder, Mark Zuckerberg started it up since year 2004 and it is constantly updating until today.

Get into this page to have detail background of Facebook.

What I do like about Facebook?

1. It help me to get back in contact with the old friends or the long lost friend

2. Absolutely helpful during this course, where our lecture created a EDC3100 group so that she or rather all of us could share any interesting sources, urgent matter or things related to assignments

3. We get to share interesting videos, links that are meaning and interesting.

4. Get the fastest news, it is even faster than the TV news report.

Week 11 Post 5 Magic Box

Magic Box". Half teaching tool, half toy, the box is designed to teach children about modern technologies in a playful way.

The Magic Box is proving very popular with children of different age and learning abilities, who can operate the device with an electric pen or with a mouse and keyboard, and learn new skills in a fun and stimulating environment.The Magic Box was developed by Prague-based firm Projektmedia, who specialise in computer equipment and mounting interactive boards for schools, which proved to be unsuitable for younger children who are naturally more accustomed to playing on the floor.

Week 11 Post 4 Preparing for professional experiences

Its time to start my profession experience and finally this will be the last professional experience for me. 

-I must know the school contexts

-Available ICT resources in school

-Student needs

-Planning the lesson to teach or children

-choosing few theme and topic to teach

I felt easy for me to  create the lesson for children because i doing practicum in the same school were i working, i have already know what is student, what type of lesson to deliver them and how to integrated ict in their leaning 

Week 11 Post 3 Vintage Technology

                                   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkuirEweZvM

I found this video in my friend post http://sannaahmad87.wordpress.com/page/2/ .It is  funny to watch the children guessing . So I went on YouTube and searched for the video and found another gem  .Itis very confuse to see them when their communicate in phone.Thinking back how I used my phone, I feel that it was so cool and I love it. The children in the video said it was so complicated and I thought back why I didn’t feel complicated during the time I used it. 

Week 11 Post 2 what is ICT on today onwards?

The successful integration of ICT in lesson indeed made the lesson interesting and improve the quality of learning for the children, and of course there are failure times as well with the ICT. However what is it from here on-wards. As practical comes to an end quickly, and tomorrow being the last day in school. I was wondering what will I be doing with ICT, how will I use it to the max to integrate learning in the future. Along side with Neeno, we had implemented a few combined ICT lesson. She strikes out one important point of how ICT can be used in capturing attention before the class. With the guidance from the mentor, I come to see that ICT can indeed be used for

Week 11 post 1 Topic of interest ICTs and Early Childhood

Throughout my learning experience in this course, I have looked many sites, blog and do some reading too. I was aware that many great web site like games, online for the children to use for their learning. When, I busy surf internet for getting some ideas for lesson, I have discovered interesting and useful web resources for the children. There one web site might help children to present their work, you might want to check out- storyboard generator andItch-A-Skitch-an online game .

Furthermore, while I preparing lesson for my professional experience, my mentor suggest me to use listening device to make the children able to get the instruction clearly and at the same time, easy to manage the classroom.children might show more interest.
Here is the link for teacher to know the need for children to use headphones-Engaging Early Years Foundation Stage children in computer-based play: A guide for practitioners

Week 10 Post 3 Planning of Assignment

Today class Ms.Kim explain to us about approach to planning ICT integration.How we going to involve the ICT integration in each and every lesson.she taught us what ICT to put in lesson , how to make more interresting and how children can attracted to the activities.Plus she ask us  to provide a simple and clear explanation of how you will appraoch the  planning of ICT integration in the lesson.

Assignment 3 break up to 4 parts which is:

Part A: Learning Journal

Part B - Preparation and Planning

Part C - Lesson Plans

Part D - Evaluation and lessons learned

%	Title	Description
5%	Learning journal	As per assignments 1 and 2
10%	Preparation	500-1000 words. A description of your Professional Experience context and how you plan to integrate ICTs into the lessons you teach.
5%	Lesson plans	5 of the lesson plans you taught on Professional Experience, including reflection.
20%	Evaluation and lessons learned	1000-1500 words. Evaluating your ICT integration on Professional Experience and identifying lessons you've learned for next time.

Week 10 Post 2 lego robotic

Lego Robotics seems so fun to work with, but it is usually used with children from Grade 5 onwards. The Lego Mindstorms NTX offers a wide range of activities you could use it for especially in your classroom. This video below shows how to incorporate these with the younger age groups of Year 1 & 2 students with the help of the Year 6 students who will fix it up and work together. It is not suitable for the younger age group like those in Foundation year for it would be too complex to understand. Recently when I was watching Running Man, a Korean TV Variety Show, I found out that this is the Top 5 toys that children want for their Christmas present!! If I were a child of their age (year 5 onwards) I think I would love to try my hands at it too!

Week 10 Post 1 How Interactive White Board help in classroom

Interactive whiteboards are an effective way to interact with 

digital content and multimedia in a multi-person learning 

environment. Learning activities with an interactive 

whiteboard may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manipulating text and images

• Making notes in digital ink

• Saving notes for later review by using e-mail, the 

Web or print

• Viewing websites as a group

• Demonstrating or using software at the front of a 

room without being tied to a computer

• Creating digital lesson activities with templates, 

images and multimedia

• Writing notes over educational video clips

• Using presentation tools that are included with the 

whiteboarding software to enhance learning materials

• Showcasing student presentations

                                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQF8lkPiIHU