tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74018628401872936742024-03-19T04:57:58.106-07:00tfcblogTechnology for ClassroomJunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-22941022154910905992009-05-20T06:24:00.000-07:002009-05-27T18:27:25.894-07:00Finding My Way (Personal Mastery: Schools That Learn)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLup0ZKDXfGDNfzB26EQTT8QnZyeVozs2JazlcUYetC9H55sjIXuAdUVEHfY_lpgWwyWXPJHWCYf8NhfYQyrQVftc1rKgP7r_pcH4hxs1Y7Qh4mpHD7f4FYco7XfSzauZaFvBDeHO4U08/s1600-h/406586491_e4e34201b7_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLup0ZKDXfGDNfzB26EQTT8QnZyeVozs2JazlcUYetC9H55sjIXuAdUVEHfY_lpgWwyWXPJHWCYf8NhfYQyrQVftc1rKgP7r_pcH4hxs1Y7Qh4mpHD7f4FYco7XfSzauZaFvBDeHO4U08/s320/406586491_e4e34201b7_m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340368273030559842" border="0" /></a><br />Finding My Way…<br /><br />One day, when I was driving to visit one of my friends in New Jersey, I got lost. I stopped a couple times to ask people. Luckily, I met a nice family at the gas station. With their help, I arrived at my friend’s house easily. I get lost not only on the road but also online sometimes.<br /><br />When people ask about things, others naturally respond, “ google it.” The Internet has been around and has a lot of resources people can find for any purposes in their daily lives. However, how can I find my way to get what I need without getting lost following hyperlinks and spending so much time? Many people share the feeling of overwhelming to have so many possibilities with the hyperlinked information. It seems like we all have to be researchers and analysts in every day tasks. Can we have some kind of discipline to manage our time effectively and to find the right information?<br /><br />Especially, in this evolving society with technology and new life styles, Personal Mastery is a vital discipline, which is one of the Five Disciplines from the book called Schools That Learn. “Personal mastery is a set of practice” that learners are encouraged to seek and sustain their interests and dreams “while cultivating an awareness of the current reality around them.”<br /><br />This practice is very valuable in current education system as well. Student-centered learning is one approach to reshape the learning environment suitable for the new generations and the current society adapted with computer technology. That is focused on students’ needs and considered many social and human behavior developments. This learning approach requires learners to lead their own learning followed by their interests. Furthermore, in this learning process, learners are supposed to set their goals of learning, plan and choose practical activities to individualize their learning processes. This new approach of learning is very convincing in a way that seeks more of students’ ardent interests; however, the role of student on both personal mastery discipline and student-centered learning approach is obscure or very broad for a student to carry on without appropriate guidance by who are more experienced. Especially in a student-centered learning setting, recommended teacher' roles are a facilitator and a mentor or a coach to help students learning.<br /><br />People’s lives are sequences of experiences and akin to driving to the destination where the people want to be. Although personal mastery is generally occurs through “solo reflection,” teachers or coaches’ attentive guide and shared experiences would be precious to students when they have no sense of direction.<br /><br />photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabrisalvetti/" title=""><b>fabrisalvetti</b></a>Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-54710591460901366602008-06-05T20:28:00.001-07:002009-05-26T22:24:28.532-07:00Saving Lives<object height="323" width="512"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.2"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="id=8180591&vid=2815239&lang=en-us&intl=us&thumbUrl=http%3A//us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/i/bcst/yp/60minutes/417/65852639.jpg%3Fx%3D158%26sig%3DQgFtTLNflCWnAULoedRmyw--&embed=1"><embed src="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="id=8180591&vid=2815239&lang=en-us&intl=us&thumbUrl=http%3A//us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/i/bcst/yp/60minutes/417/65852639.jpg%3Fx%3D158%26sig%3DQgFtTLNflCWnAULoedRmyw--&embed=1" height="323" width="512"></embed></object><br /><br />Valuable discovery to save lives!<br /><br />Nutritionists innovated food for malnourished children that doesn’t require refrigeration, water, cooking and it has minerals and vitamins. Student can discuss other solutions to eradicate World Hunger.<br />I can't imagine what is like to live in a place where people have no electricity, water, and food.Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-48071108935879216342008-05-28T08:22:00.000-07:002009-05-26T22:26:01.655-07:00Human rights report released<object height="323" width="512"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.2"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="id=8008686&vid=2757298&lang=en-us&intl=us&thumbUrl=http%3A//us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sch/cn/v/v7/w917/2757298_216_164.jpeg&embed=1"><embed src="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="id=8008686&vid=2757298&lang=en-us&intl=us&thumbUrl=http%3A//us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sch/cn/v/v7/w917/2757298_216_164.jpeg&embed=1" height="323" width="512"></embed></object><br /><br />Emerging Powers for World Peace!<br /><br />This news video reports on a dark side of our society. Many people may not want to talk about it because it is sad. However, I found that the issue this video points out is something we can use to bring global awareness into the classroom. We could discuss further the causes and the impacts of this issue as well as what solutions we could implement in order to create a peaceful society.<br /><br />This video emphasizes a significant aspects of social study. “Human rights and freedom” – This news report brings attention to the importance of sharing visions, collective leadership as well as the necessity of courage and commitment in realizing the human rights that the United Nations adopted 6 decades ago.Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-13063951295348228152008-05-25T09:04:00.000-07:002008-05-25T09:19:54.838-07:00Dean Kamen: New prosthetic arm for veterans<!--cut and paste--><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="VE_Player" align="middle" height="285" width="432"><param name="movie" value="http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/DEANKAMEN-2007_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="wmode" value="window"><embed src="http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/DEANKAMEN-2007_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window" name="VE_Player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="285" width="432"></embed></object><br /><br />Video work: Excellent<br />Audio work: Excellent<br />Overall content quality: Excellent<br />Film quality: Good<br /><br />Honoring the Human Spirit!!!<br /><br />Thanks to Dean Kamen and his team, veterans have a new outlook in adapting the use of technology. As more schools have made assistive and adaptive technology available for students, this video is a great example uplifting the aid of human spirit.<br /><br />Dean Kamen's innovative design in the prosthetic arm and improving human life is highly respectable. His meaningful use of technology and innovations inspired me with insights in the possibility of a new hope.Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-85997938530132074362008-05-24T21:46:00.000-07:002008-05-25T09:19:02.622-07:00Talks Ross Lovegrove: The power and beauty of organic designVideo work: Excellent<br />Audio work: Excellent<br />Overall content quality: Excellent<br />Film quality: Good<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Awe Inspiring organic design!!!"<br /><br /></span>This video can be a good motivational source for students especially the learning objective is to promote creative thinking and the process of development.<br /><br />Ross Lovegrove is truly creative and knows how to express his emotions into those unconventional movements of fluid designs and philosophical beauty.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><!--cut and paste--><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="VE_Player" align="middle" height="285" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/ROSSLOVEGROVE_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="wmode" value="window"><embed src="http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/ROSSLOVEGROVE_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window" name="VE_Player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="285" width="320"></embed></object>Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-1231669997726408502008-05-04T06:52:00.001-07:002008-05-04T09:18:25.523-07:00Speed limitWe have a speed limit on the road for safety.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8334096@N07/2462014101/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/2462014101_8fed19efb6.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="334" width="500" /></a><div class="flockcredit" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: x-small;">Blogged with the <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;" target="_new" title="Flock Browser">Flock Browser</a></div>Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-86405153368176261202008-03-07T14:44:00.000-08:002009-05-26T22:28:43.460-07:00Which Technologies will shape education in 2008?After powerful web2.0 tools and other web applications were born, individual participation in web publishing has increased. This is especially true for those who grew up with computers who use them so naturally. Imagine, how much content is published online daily, audio, video, flash animated content, and other content produced collaboratively are easily created by using web2.0 tools. Current education is adapting to use these new online technological tools in teaching and learning. I wonder about whether or not we are too focused on trying out new tools rather than the content of the subjects.Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-25059724985999507052007-12-12T14:47:00.000-08:002007-12-12T14:48:28.087-08:00CognitivismCognitive learning environments focus on helping students encode information meaning fully to long-term memory so that it can be easily retrieved. What methods could you as a teacher use (with or without technology to support you) to facilitate this process?<br /><br />I pondered over and over about information processing. For the reason that it involves three key elements unifying all learning development; encoding, storage and retrieval of sources. In cognitive view of learning, I questioned either course modules or chapters can be developed to help learners.<br /><br />Often found that it is hard to understand the information it is first introduced. It is easier for students to remember if practiced using the multi-sensory approach. This can be done with problem-solving practice quizzes or games. Both working memory and long-term memory are always active when the learner is in the process of learning. In recent years, there are more and more interactive quizzes and games to help students with cognitive learning skills. For example, military has been using this technique for long time.<br /><br /><br />On the production side of educational materials, cognitivism is vital in scaffolding and designing effective learning modules. In computer technology, there are tremendous improvements on web application, such as, web 2.0 and multimedia web applications in the last 2-3 years. It allows learning to become easier and faster in processing knowledge or information. Furthermore, increasingly teachers adapt to using technology tools or multimedia resources to help with their teaching. Many of math teachers are using quizzes as part of their pedagogy and others are adapting interactive quizzes with graphs, graphics, and audio. These interactive quizzes are embedded to their online course materials.<br /><br />Not only are these well-designed digital forms of activities helping students to engage in their learning, but it also helps reconstruct knowledge for them to apply in other contexts. As a foundation, cognitive in today’s teaching environment is exciting because it includes embedded audio, movies, flash games and a vast variety of learning resources.Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-52820053951785353212007-11-12T07:47:00.000-08:002007-11-12T07:49:26.060-08:00Constructivism and Open Learning EnvironmentIn Jonassen's Constructivist Learning Environment, the use of criteria of evaluation in some college classes, teachers can construct their pedagogy more efficiently in delivering their curricula. In this discussion, I would like to share some views in Constructivist Learning Environment theory, which includes goals in reasoning, critical thinking, and use of knowledge materials.<br /><br /> In a Journalism class I attended, students started with discussing today’s top news story, and given or chosen a category such as international, local, business, etc. When they are telling the news, the teacher help to improve their story telling in organizing the information, describing the story according to 5 W’s and H (Who, What, Where, When, Why and How). This enhances each writer’s ability as a prelude to active brainstorming session in writing assignments. In addition, the teacher's lecture takes a part then students start to write their stories or journals based on their homework and teacher reviews and coach providing feedback or commenting. Besides all of these activities or learning, they are also introduced to use current technology or software to layout their story and share with others. This class has contained with some of points from Jonassen's CLE; providing related cases and resources, activity, coaching with feedback, reflective questions, motivational prompts, hints and helps.<br /><br /> As a thought, in college today, faculty and students focus on dedicated subject area in depth with class projects. The nature of art classes is creating new forms or art using their own or existing tools and current technology, such as, painting, digital imaging, multimedia design, sculpture. The graphic arts classes I have taken are learner-centered, where students bring in their own concepts, and start from there they find tools to learn visual communication skills, artistic skills, and technical skills to develop their own art pieces. In OLEs, teachers provide support with technological tools and technical resources, which is crucial to guide students’ learning. Thus, Scaffolding is a necessary element in OLE to support students' learning. The four elements would include: Conceptual scaffolding would help students' brainstorming stagy, metacognitive scaffolding would help students' critical thinking, procedural scaffolding would help students' ability to process their learning and applying tools and skills, strategic scaffolding would guide students' idea or concept enrichment.<br /><br /> In Constructivist and Open Ended Learning Environment, mapping and constructing process or strategy of teaching and learning can be more flexible as we apply new technology. It is in the hands of teacher who paved the way to the student’s success by using preferring methods and tools in today’s learning environment. A good model of instructional design for class in general would be balance between constructivist and Open Ended Learning depending on the subject.Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-82157599765586383142007-11-05T08:06:00.001-08:002007-11-05T08:10:17.884-08:00Global Warming<object wmode='transparent' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' data='http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/472f371e3c2509ce' quality='high' height='250' width='432' id='W472f371e3c2509ce'><param value='transparent' name='wmode'/><param value='http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/472f371e3c2509ce' name='movie'/><param value='' name='scaleMode'/><param value='all' name='allowNetworking'/><param value='always' name='allowScriptAccess'/><param value='' name='flashvars'/></object>Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-46157418786486555982007-10-22T08:35:00.000-07:002007-10-22T08:57:45.765-07:00Learning new technology and applying to our classEveryday, I learn something new in technology from my TEAM and at my workplace. I often think of how amazing the internet tool has grown so far. I've been more involved in configuring desktop applications as well as web applications for college class use. Often, I hear professors saying how overwhelming it is to incorporate new technology into their class. For example, using discussion board, they started have problem managing time with other communication tools such as email.<br /><br />As I've been working with them over 2 years setting up online course and discussion topics and managing the discussion space etc,. After joining TEAM, posting blog and interacting with others with online communication tools has redefine my learning experience. However, the good news is that I have started to redefine all the tools we use, and helpful for my work as well. Let's keep going...Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-87377046163946492222007-10-15T20:32:00.000-07:002007-10-15T21:14:56.493-07:00Group F Peace Project: PPT!<div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_e_w"><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/ssplayer2.swf?doc=group-f-peace-project3524-1192506138926090-1"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/ssplayer2.swf?doc=group-f-peace-project3524-1192506138926090-1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none" align="absmiddle" alt="SlideShare"/></a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/hjung/group-f-peace-project3524" title="View 'Group F Peace Project3524' on SlideShare">View</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload">Upload your own</a></div></div>Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-20486113112236192172007-09-23T17:02:00.000-07:002007-09-23T17:07:23.545-07:00ReflectionsTo say "You can't live without the internet", and sacrificing it would lessen one's ability to live a functional social life, in communication, in productivity, or perhaps survival. And without access to this technology will render limited capacity in growth and development in our daily life.<br /><br />I believe, social network websites are the most powerful way to engage with others and to mingle or share information of interests. As we share stories, photos, videos and thoughts in our life.<br /><br />Over the past two years, I have provided support to college faculty members in applying new technology and related software programs for improvement to their classes. <br /><br />I am hoping to learn integrating new web applications/tools, and apply this knowledge effectively towards a teaching and learning environment in today's educational system.Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7401862840187293674.post-19015345709826059372007-09-16T14:38:00.001-07:002007-09-17T06:10:46.083-07:00Welcome to tfcblog!Welcome to the Technology for Classroom Blog!Junghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017576831893680149noreply@blogger.com1