Education Technology 2

Ed Tech 2 Day 3 The Odds are Even😰 Black-out Poetry      I’ve tried to write a poem somewhere in my youth (so this means that, that was really way long time ago ). Mostly for trying to express my feelings for my then girlfriend (she’s my wife now).  When Prof. Olivar laid the two option for the activity last meeting, I said, well I’ll try something new tonight, instead of doing a comic strip from a magazine cut-out let’s find out if I could come-up with a poem from a newspaper article. As soon as I read the article that I was supposed to grab the lines for my poem, regret started to flow in. This is not easy I said, who in the world come up with this idea?      The article was about how a Japanese military officer in World War 2 that saved then President Osmeña from execution when the officer refused to carry out the order. I couldn’t think of any other theme for my poem other than something that talks about the military. Almost everybody...

Ed Tech 2 day 2              Aha! It just hit me and made me realize, this Online class that our Prof. required us to do is our very first practice teaching. Even though we’re not doing it face to face with our students, we’ll have to do it in a way that learning is delivered efficiently to our students.          Last term, MOOC was one of the topics that our group were assigned to report, an Online class at its very format. The number of students that this kind of teaching/session can reach is immeasurable. A single recording of a lesson can be played multiple times, at the most convenient time to the learners, at the most comfortable condition that they could possibly in, and up to the moment that the lesson could be obsolete or may need to be updated, how cool is that? Talking about not having to repeat things over and over again. Topic??? Hmmm.. Wait!! Account first..

Ed Tech 2 Day 1 Hello! It’s been many weeks since the last time that I had an entry here at my blog and now, this and the succeeding blogs will be for Ed Tech 2. I can honestly say that I enjoyed Ed Tech 1, mainly because not like the other subjects, for the second term, we are doing and engaged on the works in an unconventional way. We were able to use MS Excel and PowerPoint to do a game show, then got to shoot our own video presentation. Even this Blogging is something that I did not understand and have thought of, but now I‘m writing and composing this as if we are talking. The whole class felt uneasy when Prof. Angie Olivar started calling us one by one regarding her comment on our Blogs for Previous subject, specially our Video presentation. The very word that I felt in the atmosphere at the classroom that moment is “criticism”. But as the discussion go and sensing our professor’s good intention and the way she delivered her comments to our works and what we have to improv...

EdTech Day 6       Once again, learning can be fun and rewarding. Our group’s (6 th ) 4 hour preparation ahead of the start of the class paid off when we somehow pulled our PowerPoint quiz/game show presentation successfully. We managed to perform well and enjoy the whole experience while learning. Ena and Carol Hosted the game, KC kept the score tally, Keno monitored the players and me on the game technicalities. We were all thankful to be blessed with minimal to almost no mistakes.      Taking turns, working together as a group or individually answer the other team’s PowerPoint and Excel games gave us time to learn competitively. Different game mechanics and quiz formats continuously engage the class to participate. The worth of the prices didn’t matter much because we really did enjoy what we’re doing. Imagine that at a group of shy kids or at a bored High School class. Tapping on the competitive, playful and reward hungry nature of huma...

Presentation Techniques The only time that I saw Ma’am Olivar use a chalk on the board was on our Arts App Class when she needed to draw and write the instructions for our task that evening. I don’t recall other than that instance or in any other class had the need. Why? Because our teachers doesn’t have to write on the board anymore. The lessons on all of our BTTE subjects have been delivered to the class by means of a presentation, most common form is in PowerPoint. Composed ahead, maybe from the previous BTTE classes and batch. The ease that technology and the Software is amazingly utilized not only for the students but also for the instructors. Having the knowledge, skill and creativity to use this bring today’s educators and speakers closer to the generation they’re at. I used to dodge chalk and its eraser thrown at me back in the days when Mrs. Agno on our Filipino class in high school catches me doing something else instead of listening. Sometimes it zing through my ear o...

EdTech 1 Group Reporting Day 4           Copyright ,Fair Use and plagiarism, Netiquette and Cyber bullying, Digital Divide and Addiction, Ubiquitous Learning and Wearable Technology,3D Environment and Virtual Reality and Massive Open Online Content.           With all the tech and advancements in teaching employed on today's teaching, standing in front of the class is still the most important method of delivery to the students. Being prepared and knowing the lessons to be thought is part of teaching but lets face it, how a person stand, speak, move, and explain the lesson will enhance attention and greatly motivate audience to learn.           Our group introduced and discussed MOOC on our report. While on the class, I realize that maybe in the future, like in MOOC classes that the instruction and the instructor is recorded. I also learned on our report that being in the field of the subject doesn't nessess...