Week 5 Reflection

Engagement Activity 1:

http://racheldahl.wikispaces.com/Powerpoint

Engagement Activity 4:

Prezi:
http://racheldahl.wikispaces.com/Glogster+and+Prezi

Glogster:
http://racheldahl.wikispaces.com/Glogster


Engagement Activity 5:

Instead of providing visual examples of how and where I use the Group 4 Technologies I will just give bried overviews on what I find useful with each resource and how I believe they can be used to promote good pedagogy and as an effective learning tool.

The learning games and activities that are available on Education Queensland are invaluable with the opportunities they provide to children that may not have access to such activities or experiments in their school, or have difficulty understanding "normal" teaching lessons and find it easier to explore new concepts through a technological demonstration. For teachers, these tools give teachers the opportunity to show children an extra dimension of the topics they are learning and a fresh perspective on consistently represented facts.

Adobe Flash Player, I find very useful when converting different articles and programs, as well as its easy to follow and navigate around. Although there is not many uses for developing individual programs with Adobe for children, its still good to have available when working in the school room. Some extensions of it may be considered to complex for younger children to use.

Google Earth is a fantastic educational resource and would be possibly one of the most useful, free online resources for children to use in their classroom that is also easy for them to follow. Its uses arent restricted to just Geography and Maths, but opens up wide ranges of different topic sources from the environment to literature. Exposing children to this explorative tool will not only increase their cognitive skills but improve their social diversity and understanding of the world around them and for teachers that are working in these environments can only benefit from this exposure as well.

Google Docs's is an excellent tool for students that are working in groups but more importantly for students or teachers working and learning in rural or isolated areas. These such tools indicate that different socio economic groups are being considered in technological development as well as providing alternative methods of using it.

Dipity is an excellent learning tool that provides children with the chance to work along side modern technology and work with methods that, I consider, essential with basic educational aspects. Timelines are something that every child should understand and be able to create as well as us effectively to portray information to peers and educators. This interesting alternative is a great way to involve them in exciting learning.