Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Flat Classroom Student Summit
My name is Sandeep and my flattener was Web 2.0. For the final project, I was asked to make a video on what I think will be the future of Web 2.0. What inventions and innovations will exist in let's say, 20 years? Perhaps 50 years? Well, lets first talk about what exactly is Web 2.0. Web 2.0 is the second generation of the world wide web (WWW) which allows users to communicate and collaborate online. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter and YouTube are all examples of web 2.0. In creating this video for the final project, I myself had to utilize some Web 2.0 tools. I used sites such as YouTube to get music and Google to do research.
In the beginning of the year, we were asked to join a bunch of sites and to remember their usernames and passwords. We had to sign up for Evernote which is an online note-taking site, Edmodo: Facebook for educators and students, and blogger: to blog our information. In doing so, our teacher had asked to create a spreadsheet on Google doc so we would remember all of our usernames and passwords. This is an example of web 2.0. This tool has made our lives so much easier.
However, problems did occur along the way. Many times, the internet wouldn't work. Sometimes, we didn't save our work and programs would freeze and close on their own. When aksed to put a outsource video request on the project site, we did not get an immediate response back. Also, many kids faced problems in downloading their outsource video from the ning. Luckliy, my contributor (S/O to Michaela Chesin) had posted her outsource video on Youtube and all I had to do was convert that video using a Web 2.0 tool to something that was compatible for Windows Movie Maker.
Overall, I really enjoyed this project because it was something that I have never done in the past. By flattening the walls of our classrooms, we opened up many opportunities to communicating and collaborating with students from other schools, not only in the nation, but also overseas. Some of the changes i would love to see for the Flat Classroom Project next year would be to give specific directions to upload the final video. Many students in my class were confused as to where to post their video. Also, many students work on their own pace, some work faster than others, so posting deadlines made it harder for students who worked slower or those who were still figuring out how to use Web 2.0 sites. The project was a great success at the end and hopefully, future students will get a kick out of it as much as we did.
P.S. Please watch my video to learn more about Web 3.0.
( "The Future of Web 2.0 - Web 3.0" http://youtu.be/UMGUUsQc1r4)
In the beginning of the year, we were asked to join a bunch of sites and to remember their usernames and passwords. We had to sign up for Evernote which is an online note-taking site, Edmodo: Facebook for educators and students, and blogger: to blog our information. In doing so, our teacher had asked to create a spreadsheet on Google doc so we would remember all of our usernames and passwords. This is an example of web 2.0. This tool has made our lives so much easier.
However, problems did occur along the way. Many times, the internet wouldn't work. Sometimes, we didn't save our work and programs would freeze and close on their own. When aksed to put a outsource video request on the project site, we did not get an immediate response back. Also, many kids faced problems in downloading their outsource video from the ning. Luckliy, my contributor (S/O to Michaela Chesin) had posted her outsource video on Youtube and all I had to do was convert that video using a Web 2.0 tool to something that was compatible for Windows Movie Maker.
Overall, I really enjoyed this project because it was something that I have never done in the past. By flattening the walls of our classrooms, we opened up many opportunities to communicating and collaborating with students from other schools, not only in the nation, but also overseas. Some of the changes i would love to see for the Flat Classroom Project next year would be to give specific directions to upload the final video. Many students in my class were confused as to where to post their video. Also, many students work on their own pace, some work faster than others, so posting deadlines made it harder for students who worked slower or those who were still figuring out how to use Web 2.0 sites. The project was a great success at the end and hopefully, future students will get a kick out of it as much as we did.
P.S. Please watch my video to learn more about Web 3.0.
( "The Future of Web 2.0 - Web 3.0" http://youtu.be/UMGUUsQc1r4)
Monday, April 29, 2013
Flat Classroom Project Keynote Speaker
The other day in class we were asked to watch a video that a keynote speaker had posted on our project page. The project is called the Flat Classroom Project where we communicate and collaborate with students from other schools around the world to discuss how and why the world is getting flatter. The speaker in the video discussed some very important points such as how technology can be used not only for entertainment but also in a learning environment. Once we watched the video, our instructors had asked us to answer four very essential questions: "what technology tools do you use for fun that can be used in education to communicate and collaborate, how are the 21st Century Skills that digital natives possess and educators promote being addressed in the Flat Classroom project you are in, in what ways do the communication and collaboration experiences that you are using in your Flat Classroom project prepare you for your future, and how can you use your existing communication and collaboration skills, as well as your expectations of immediate responses, to improve your participation in your Flat Classroom project?"
Technology has become so widespread that it is found everywhere and everyone utilizes it. Some of the devices I use on a daily basis is my iPhone and iPad. The use of portable devices have pretty much gotten rid of the traditional computers. Although, computers are still used in schools or in libraries, more and more of these public places are switching to tablets because of portability and cost. The tools I use everyday would include e-mail, social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, YouTube, and others. Not only are these tools used for fun but can also be utilized for educational purposes. In my class of Digital Communication Tools, we use Twitter on a daily basis. We communicate with our teacher by tweeting at her. YouTube can be used to share informational videos with students in the class. Thousands of hours of videos get uploaded every day on YouTube. Although, most of the videos should not be shown in schools, others are very informational and can fit what the instructor is teaching in class. A lot of web 2.0 tools have been created to enhance learning. Sites such as Edmodo which is like Facebook but for teachers and students are being used so communication is easier. Evernote makes taking notes faster and easier than ever before. By taking notes online, we not only save trees by cutting on paper, but make our lives easier because everything is stored online where we can access it anywhere, anytime without the fear of ever losing anything important. There is an Evernote application that can be download for apple and android devices.
The 21st Century skills that the Flat Classroom Project promotes are the communication and collaboration skills. These skills are needed everywhere and with everyone. Through the flat classroom project,we learn how to communiacte with students in a different state and a different country. The project makes it possible for us to commnicate safely and to collaborate with each other to solve problems. We, the students, are leaning things we may have never learned if it wasn't for the project. We know how to communicate safely and to only post appropriate things.
This project is great when it comes in terms to preparing us for the future. For many of us, we will hold a job in which we will be required to communicate with people whom we have never seen or talked to and those people will be working on a project with us as a team. And most probably, they will be in a different state or country. The communication and collaboration skills are prepping us for our future careers. We will have to communicate and work with our teammates overseas in order to solve a problem and we will need great communication skills to talk them. Whether it be learning a new language or having correct grammer, we will be required to have these in order to guarantee a success of the project and to keep our jobs.
The current skills I hold are necessary in the Flat Classroom Project. When someone sends me a request or messages me a question, I should be ready to give them an immediate reply so that the next person does the same. The Flat Classroom Project is like facebook. We can chat and post and become friends with other memebers. The live chat in the Ning is a great Web 2.0 tool which lets us communicate with students from other schools quickly. I can use my current skiils in order to share ideas and to give solutions to other students who are facing porblems wiht the project. I can also use my current video making skills with the final video and to also help classmates and other students on the Ning if they're facing problems. Typing skills are also a huge plus for this project. The faster I type, the faster things get done thus allowing me to give back an immediate reply.
After answering the questions and watching the video that the keynote speaker posted, I have learned quite a few things about technological skills. The Flat Classroom Project has been great in terms of prepping us for our future careers. It also helped us improve our communication and collaboration skills when talking to someone online. I hope that this post has helped all of the readers in terms of what we're learning and how important projects like the Flat Classroom are to students.
Technology has become so widespread that it is found everywhere and everyone utilizes it. Some of the devices I use on a daily basis is my iPhone and iPad. The use of portable devices have pretty much gotten rid of the traditional computers. Although, computers are still used in schools or in libraries, more and more of these public places are switching to tablets because of portability and cost. The tools I use everyday would include e-mail, social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, YouTube, and others. Not only are these tools used for fun but can also be utilized for educational purposes. In my class of Digital Communication Tools, we use Twitter on a daily basis. We communicate with our teacher by tweeting at her. YouTube can be used to share informational videos with students in the class. Thousands of hours of videos get uploaded every day on YouTube. Although, most of the videos should not be shown in schools, others are very informational and can fit what the instructor is teaching in class. A lot of web 2.0 tools have been created to enhance learning. Sites such as Edmodo which is like Facebook but for teachers and students are being used so communication is easier. Evernote makes taking notes faster and easier than ever before. By taking notes online, we not only save trees by cutting on paper, but make our lives easier because everything is stored online where we can access it anywhere, anytime without the fear of ever losing anything important. There is an Evernote application that can be download for apple and android devices.
The 21st Century skills that the Flat Classroom Project promotes are the communication and collaboration skills. These skills are needed everywhere and with everyone. Through the flat classroom project,we learn how to communiacte with students in a different state and a different country. The project makes it possible for us to commnicate safely and to collaborate with each other to solve problems. We, the students, are leaning things we may have never learned if it wasn't for the project. We know how to communicate safely and to only post appropriate things.
This project is great when it comes in terms to preparing us for the future. For many of us, we will hold a job in which we will be required to communicate with people whom we have never seen or talked to and those people will be working on a project with us as a team. And most probably, they will be in a different state or country. The communication and collaboration skills are prepping us for our future careers. We will have to communicate and work with our teammates overseas in order to solve a problem and we will need great communication skills to talk them. Whether it be learning a new language or having correct grammer, we will be required to have these in order to guarantee a success of the project and to keep our jobs.
The current skills I hold are necessary in the Flat Classroom Project. When someone sends me a request or messages me a question, I should be ready to give them an immediate reply so that the next person does the same. The Flat Classroom Project is like facebook. We can chat and post and become friends with other memebers. The live chat in the Ning is a great Web 2.0 tool which lets us communicate with students from other schools quickly. I can use my current skiils in order to share ideas and to give solutions to other students who are facing porblems wiht the project. I can also use my current video making skills with the final video and to also help classmates and other students on the Ning if they're facing problems. Typing skills are also a huge plus for this project. The faster I type, the faster things get done thus allowing me to give back an immediate reply.
After answering the questions and watching the video that the keynote speaker posted, I have learned quite a few things about technological skills. The Flat Classroom Project has been great in terms of prepping us for our future careers. It also helped us improve our communication and collaboration skills when talking to someone online. I hope that this post has helped all of the readers in terms of what we're learning and how important projects like the Flat Classroom are to students.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Digital Citizenship
Dear Bloggers,
My Name is Sandeep and I created this blog for a class in Valley High School called Digital Communication Tools. The purpose of this blog is to inform readers what digital citizenship is and how to act like good citizens online. Digital Citizenship is the act of using technology in a proper, ethical manner in which no one gets harmed or otherwise; cyber bullied. For the first unit in Digital Tools, we learned how to be good citizens online. We learned what to post/tweet and what not to. We learned through examples that what you post online can and will affect your career in the future. We also learned that you should never plagiarize. Always cite your sources and give credit to whomever the information you obtained belongs to. Whenever someone wants to copy or share someone else's work, make sure they have a creative commons license Whatever you have done, posted online gets saved and is called your digital footprint.
Since the beginning of this unit, I made sure what I posted was appropriate and nothing that would get me in trouble. I also tweet very carefully and appropriately. If I were to rate myself on scale of 1(terrible online ethics) to a 10(outstanding online ethics), I would give myself a 9 out of 10. Although there may be a few tweets here and there that aren't ethical, I try my hardest to be careful of what I put on the web.
For the final project of this unit, I created an infographic using Piktochart on cyber bullying. I included loads of stats and also the different ways in which cyber bullying occurs. Make sure to comment your thoughts on the infographic.
My Name is Sandeep and I created this blog for a class in Valley High School called Digital Communication Tools. The purpose of this blog is to inform readers what digital citizenship is and how to act like good citizens online. Digital Citizenship is the act of using technology in a proper, ethical manner in which no one gets harmed or otherwise; cyber bullied. For the first unit in Digital Tools, we learned how to be good citizens online. We learned what to post/tweet and what not to. We learned through examples that what you post online can and will affect your career in the future. We also learned that you should never plagiarize. Always cite your sources and give credit to whomever the information you obtained belongs to. Whenever someone wants to copy or share someone else's work, make sure they have a creative commons license Whatever you have done, posted online gets saved and is called your digital footprint.
Since the beginning of this unit, I made sure what I posted was appropriate and nothing that would get me in trouble. I also tweet very carefully and appropriately. If I were to rate myself on scale of 1(terrible online ethics) to a 10(outstanding online ethics), I would give myself a 9 out of 10. Although there may be a few tweets here and there that aren't ethical, I try my hardest to be careful of what I put on the web.
For the final project of this unit, I created an infographic using Piktochart on cyber bullying. I included loads of stats and also the different ways in which cyber bullying occurs. Make sure to comment your thoughts on the infographic.
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