Hello readers...
I opened this blog as a part of a course I've been
taking about Learning Technologies for the Classroom... The idea is to write my
reflections about what I've learned while I'm taking it. This time I'm going to
write about Weeks 2 & 3.
During Weeks 2 & 3 I learned about how to evaluate
websites. How appropriate is the information, if it's reliable and relevant
depending on the audience, how easy is to use, and what educational purposes I
can find.
It's important to define what we
want our students to achieve, and give them clear instructions so they can work
easily and complete successfully their tasks. And also it makes our job easier.
I really liked to work with the Lesson Plans. I
created mine, and I have to say this one was my favorite task. It was really
easy for me to do it, but it was like that, because I learned and used all the
tools this course has given me.
I had fun when I had to give my comments on the Harry
Potter's task, because I don't like that movie, but it helped me to manage
myself out of my comfort zone, and also to be prepared for any situation.
About the Search Engines, now I know how to find
information easier, and better qualified. I did some experiments I posted on
the forums, and I was impressed with the thing I learnt.
We had to do an activity called Issue for Based
Research, but I couldn't, because it was a problem with the Moodle Platform.
However I'm going to share what I got from it in this post.
"When students are asked to find specific
information, they just copy and paste the first thing they read on the
internet, without checking where it comes from. They just think: "If this
is on the internet, it must be true!" They don't care about knowing if
this site they're using is safe.
I think the message of this video is to make us
realize what can happen when we don't give our students some guidelines to
evaluate sites and information. They need to know that sometimes the
information published on the internet can misinform and even defame others, so
we have to encourage them to verify the reliability of the source. Make them
understand not to believe everything that is on the internet until they have
corroborated what they're reading, and be completely happy with the
information, and tell them how important is to check the information, and not
only let themselves be impressed just because of the appearance. It is
sometimes helpful to find out more and be sure to see if what they are reading
is true or not.” Sasha.
About copyright I was impressed about the things I read, like the music subject posted on the forum. That was a really shocking aspect, the rest was easy to swallow. To me it was just a matter of respecting other's works.
Finally I have learned a lot thanks to my classmates posts and my teacher, I can have different points of view and grow as a teacher.
Sasha Strange
