I consider myself very technology savvy and especially with the internet. I have been using the internet since the beginning of American Online. The quiz was eye opening and made me pause about sources I have used in the past on research papers for my bachelors degree. I know the past couple of years I have only used peer reviewed journals.
The implications for the future of students is already happening because so many students believe everything they have seen and read on the internet. I see this more with high school students who only get their news from gossip and facebook.
Unfortunately, I do not like the Delicious tool for organizing my bookmarks. I could see using the tool if I had more than 50 bookmarks. I organize simply by school and those for business separately.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Week 4 E-portfolios
A tenet of AFL that I relate to most is AFL should focus on how students learn. I have worked with many students that are just amazing, but fail every test because various of various issues. If there was a focus on how they learn instead then these students could be successful.
The potential for portfolio assessment is immense and I wonder why schools are not using them in every class. A student can grow and succeed in school when given the opportunity to do a portfolio.
The creation and development of my own portfolio is exciting and I can see that this process will be a challenge. I have already learned so much since beginning graduate school. My writing for various research papers has slowly increased in scope and depth and will only get better.
https://sites.google.com/site/mirtzportfolio/
The potential for portfolio assessment is immense and I wonder why schools are not using them in every class. A student can grow and succeed in school when given the opportunity to do a portfolio.
The creation and development of my own portfolio is exciting and I can see that this process will be a challenge. I have already learned so much since beginning graduate school. My writing for various research papers has slowly increased in scope and depth and will only get better.
https://sites.google.com/site/mirtzportfolio/
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Week 3: Wiki Creation
I have not ever created a wiki, so this was a new experience. I have worked with teenagers for over ten years as a mentor. The past two years has been especially difficult because of the high unemployment rate among teenagers. Many young adults do not have the skills necessary to market themselves in the job market. I have created a wiki that will contain ideas for resumes, internship opportunities and motivation. I work with several successful entrepreneurs that will assist with resources to add to the wiki.
The advantages of wikis are numerous and especially because it is not just information from one person, but collaboration makes a wiki successful. A disadvantage would be that possible different writing styles of various pages could be hard to comprehend for some readers. Students of today will use a technology and be engaged if we give it to them and let them be creative.
https://emerald-ideas.wikispaces.com/
The advantages of wikis are numerous and especially because it is not just information from one person, but collaboration makes a wiki successful. A disadvantage would be that possible different writing styles of various pages could be hard to comprehend for some readers. Students of today will use a technology and be engaged if we give it to them and let them be creative.
https://emerald-ideas.wikispaces.com/
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