Here are the notes from this past week in class:
We discussed answers to the following
question: What is meant by the term Technological Literacy?
As you read Warschauer's Chapter 2: Models of Access… Devices,
Conduits and Literacy this week, be sure to focus on the
following:
What skills are needed for teachers' technological literacy?
What skills are needed for students' technological literacy?
What competencies do teachers need for competence with digital/technological social studies literacy?
Be sure to be able to identify 9 areas of competency:
general computer knowledge, file management systems, system maintenance, word processing skills, communication skills, web skills, databases, spreadsheets, presentation skills.
In class, students used Microsoft Word
drawing tools to create a semantic map to address Students'
Technological Literacy and Teachers' Technological Literacy.
Word drawing tools are a valuable component to the Word
application and knowing how to utilize these elements can help
to enhance classroom instruction.
In class, we also discussed whether
students consider themselves to be
a 'digital native' or a 'digital immigrant'. We discussed that
elementary students come to classrooms with either a digital
native perspective or a digital immigrant perspective to
technology.
How have the expectations of literacy changed? In class, students
independently took some time to view and read the
following website:
http://webpages.charter.net/ljloeffler/Futurist/id7.htm
What competencies do your students (future students) need for competence with digital/technological social studies literacy? This is the "net generation".
How can we merge social studies literacy with technological literacy? Consider: How would we know that a student has competence with social studies literacy? How would we know that a student has competence with technological literacy? What model can you create to show your ideas about this?
In class, we began to view different sites to identify ways that sites can be organized and formatted. View the following websites:
Miss Gandolfo's Fifth Grade Website: http://staff.springbranchisd.com/gandolfl/5th/New.htm
Mrs. Tabereaux's Fifth Grade Website:
http://www.stcharlesbloomington.org/sites/ltabereaux/
Mr. Gill's Fourth Grade Website:
http://www.cgill.net/
Mrs. Pohlmeyers’
Kindergarten Website:
http://www.mrspohlmeyerskinderpage.com/
Mr. DeVore’s Sixth Grade Website:
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mattdevore/
Mrs. Borkowski's Second Grade Website:
http://www.manning.k12.ia.us/Elementary/teachers/Borkowski/
Be sure that you have established webspace on the Cortland server. Please go
to
http://web.cortland.edu to do so.
In class we also reviewed the Children's
Social Studies Website Review and Analysis assignment. An
electronic copy of this assignment description is located in the
assignments section of this website for your reference.
Students will have time to work independently on upcoming
assignments next week as I'll be away at Camp Huntington in
Raquette Lake, NY with an undergraduate class. Therefore, it's
important that students email me their assignment next week.
I'll see you on the 27th. That's all for this week!
Keep reading,
keep learning and keep coming to class! ~Kim
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