Blog Post 5

The iSchool initiative
The ischool initiative is a youtube video that incourage schools and students to use the iphone to help teach the ischool. the ischool would be build on apples itouch platform.The ischool could save the school and tax payers a lot of money. The ischool will cut down on the cost of copy as well as text books. Also every type of materal that you will need in class can be found on the ischool.No need for paper and pens. This program remind me of EDM310 because it is ran without paper or pens.
A few app that are already available to teachers and students on the iphone are;email,world wiki,Formulae,Recorder, Calendar and Classic. Email can be used to help teachers, students and parents communicate with each other.The email app also allow students and parents to keep up with assignments and due dates. World wiki can be used in social studies to find maps and globes. formulae is another great app that can be used to locate all math and science formulas.Iphone has a record that allows stuents to record lecture and share them with others. Calendar is another app that allow students to write down important due dates and assignments.classic is am cool app that let students read textbooks online.

Each of these apps could help change the way school is taught.These apps could save the school a lot of money and help same the environment at the same time. school wouldn't have to waste a lot of money proving textbook in each subject for each child. Children could could use apps online to view most of their textbooks.Many of these apps can be used to help student interact with their teacher away for the school.these apps could come in handy if the student forgot how to do something or was absent for school.
Travis Allen's ZeitgeistYoungMinds
In February 2011 a revaluation was started by travis allen. A nonprofit organization started that encourage school to use ischool to teach students. He has a team of 25 students that go around the world inspiring other to embrace I school.I believe that ischool will be welcomed by many schools and students. ischool would make learning and being organized easier for most students.I school would make learning relent and fun for all students.
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir
Jennifer Chambers found this awesome video, Eric Whitacre's "Virtual Choir". My reaction to this video was quite interesting, because the sound was beautiful, the involvement with 185 people was astonishing, to me as well. To actually know that none of these people knew each other is also interesting. Eric Whitacre's deserves great recognition for this well thought of performance via internet. The virtual choir demonstrates the great distances that technology can reach through learning via music.
Teaching in the 21st Century
Kevin Roberts, has a informative video called, "Teaching in the 21st Century" it explains what it means to be a 21st century teacher.The video goes in to great detail about Bloom's Taxonomy and how education has changed today because information can be found any where, any time, and at any place. However, we as teachers are responsible for discerning if the information is relevant, challenging, and engaging. In addition, that is what it means to be a 21st century teacher.Mr. Roberts believes that teaching can change due to the information provided.. I am certain that things will change for me as a future educator because it will no longer be knowledge getting crammed in one ear and spilling right back out of the other. The students will actually have to put in efforts on projects and assignments instead of throwing things together at the last minute. I will require my student to explain and know what things mean.
Flipped Classroom
Katie Gimbar is a math teacher who came up with an online program to help all of her students learn at their own pace.She was not meeting the needs of all of her students. She was teaching only to certain students. Student who understood the lesson were board and other kids that didn’t understand stop trying. She flipped the classroom by changing the way that she taught. She created online videos that allow student to preview the lesson being taught. Students could learn at their own pace. Questions could also be posted if a student got lost. This is a great way to help obtain extra help without feeling embarrassed. Many students get embarrassed by others and will not ask question if they don’t understand something. Students that master the lesson can move forward to the need lesson so that they are not board. Online video can used to make sure every student learn. As a future teacher I believe that all teachers should use programs like these to make sure that all students in their class learn the material.
I could use online videos as a teaching aid to help me reach the students that don't get it in class.My doing this I can ensure that each student learns at their own pace and are able to past my test.