Get Your Students Hired
We have a school "portal" where students can access all relevant information about a class , get emails and up-to-date grades. works well when students use it. They are taught to use it upon entering.
We have a school "portal" where students can access all relevant information about a class , get emails and up-to-date grades. works well when students use it. They are taught to use it upon entering.
I teach App design, so Photoshop is an awesome technology, and smart phones are great to understand how Apps work.
1) Availability of internet access in the classroom which provides immediate answers to questions that arise and for which I don't have an answer.
2) Drug guides that can be accessed with android phones and tablets.
I have used YouTube videos in a Career Development course that I have taught. I also used small group activities that needed to use the Internet to find specific information for their field of study.
These sources provide up-to-date material in students' specific fields of study for young adult learners and keeps them engaged in the class.
I agree that technology is relevant and it helps you and your students become successful. You become a better instructor and your students turn into more inter-active learners. As we get older we become afraid of technology. I'm learning to embrace it and sharpen my skills.
Courtney,
I have found YouTube to be a popular choice for culinary educators- thank you for sharing! As a novice, I have viewed demos posted by the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), I find the videos on their channel to be very well made and informative.
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Yours in learning,
Theresa Schmitt
Karen,
I find my students and younger faculty members are on Instagram and Twitter, yet their posts link to their Facebook account, so they are essentially posting messages on all three social media outlets at once. You hit the nail on the head when it comes to text messages as well. It is my experience that students are not checking email as often as they were just a few years ago and when attempting to reach a student regarding an urgent matter, I will send a Facebook message or send a text via Google voice with a number specifically set up for work purposes (https:/
I found this article on line that addresses your comment about sending text reminders to students: http:/
Wishing you continued success in the classroom,
Theresa Schmitt
In teaching pastry and baking, I like to utilize YouTube and find relevant videos that I believe reinforce the subject to my students. I do not use it often, maybe once or twice a month, however it is beneficial to see other people doing the same technique, or someone doing the technique differently but with the same results.
Remind 101 sounds like it might be the program I referred to in my earlier post. I just did not know the name. I will look into it to see if there is a subscription fee.
Although I have not researched it myself, an educator I know mentioned that at a recent training she learned that the average age of Facebook users is 55. Interestingly,a 55 yr. old facebook subscriber myself, and the parent of 20 and 22 yr. olds, that sounds consistent with what I am hearing and seeing. The school-aged young adults are abandoning facebook in droves-because their parents and grandparents are on it. Snapchat and twitter, and several other services I am not yet well-versed in, are increasingly popular with students. Thus, I wouldn't spend too much time strategizing implementation of appropriate monitoring for the use of facebook as an educational tool. I do believe in learning how to "speak their language," but "they" definitely do not want us "in their worlds." Middle-school aged students I work with in my parish youth ministry speak often about a service their school utilizes to allow reminders about assignments, tests, activities, etc. through texting. My dentist's office has also recently implemented a patient reminder service (at the cost of $400/month) that incorporates text, email and phone reminder notifications. This frees up time for a staff member to work on insurance, billing, etc.. This system is working with students and is helping my dentist prevent lost revenue from missed appointments. Personally, I do the same with the calendar in my smart phone. I set up events and schedule several reminder notifications for each. Wouldn't it be great if assignments created with due dates in a portal assignment page automatically likned to a text reminder/notification systm?! It is pervasively apparent that many students rarely check their emails, and do not even want school email transmitted to their phones, so other options should absolutely be considered and facilitated.
Social media in general seems to be a powerful tool as students are heavily involved and therefore the exposure is excellent.
I have developed a Facebook page for my students and have them research and post articles/websites relevant to the topic we are discussing to the page. All students must then comment on each post. This introduces students to learn not only from the different articles, but also from the comments from their peers.
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MyMathLab.com has been helpful for many of my math students. There are learning tools such as seeing an example worked out or going step by step through a problem with assistance and immediate feedback from the software. This has been beneficial for those who need additional guidance working through concepts.
MyITLab training tools for computer applications has also been useful. In training mode, students who are already familiar with a concept can work independently through a task. However, if they get stuck, there is a "hint" feature that guides them through that part of the task. For those who are new to the concepts, there is an animated demonstration, along with voice narrative, that will show the user what to do to complete a task.
We also have a Polyvision Board (a form of smart board) in the classroom where I teach math. Using the combination of the board and annotation feature in PowerPoint, I can save all of the notes and sample problems worked out in class. I can then make this electronic version of the notes available for students. Those who are absent can still see the sample problems. Even those who are in attendance can download everything as part of their review for a quiz or test.
I have used facebook, polyvore, and remind101 regularly in my classes as well as I fully utilize the school's portal system.
Nicole: I think Facebook is an interesting medium and should be integrated into education, but it would take a lot of monitoring. I also use MyFoundationsLab for Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. I think these programs are very effective if used properly.
The technology that I have found to be the most relevant and successful in engaging learners is SMART Boards. This has been particularly useful with our remedial/developmental students.
I teach at a technical College so I generally find all technology useful to some point. Power Points get the baseline information out, research via web based information reinforces and simulation brings it to reality.
Playing on their natural curiosity, we investigate different ingredients or bits of information either on google images or on their smartphones. Being able to see the things we are talking about helps them to get engaged.