The three concepts that caught my attention in this chapter is Electronic note-taking, Teaching Students About Internet Searching and Evaluating Online Information.
Electronic note-taking is my favorite thing to do in class. I use either my phone or my ipad to take notes in class or while I am reading and I find something important I highlight it and paste it on my notes. Back in High School I had to carry around my bookbag with a notebook for each class and I hated carrying so much stuff around. I had a locker but there was time that my classes were far apart and I didn't had time to go to my locker. The textbook states that "the ability to access notes from multiple devices is very valuable for teachers who spend so much of the day moving quickly from class to class" (Maloy, 2013). So it is not just for students that this is useful it is also for the teachers.
Teaching students about internet searching is a very important concept in this chapter. Students need to learn that not everything they see online is true. They need to be careful who they share their information and how to look up information. "Google is now one of the most visited Internet Sites worldwide". I use google and youtube to search everything" (Maloy, 2013).
Another important concept that I found very useful is Evaluating Online Information. There is so much information available online and since anything can be easily created students have to check the validation of the information they are going to use because sometimes it is misinformation, malinformation, messed-up information and useless information. I was taught in high school in computer class on the different kinds of URLs and how to recognize them. "Teaching students clear web research guidelines is essential to creating a classroom community of well-informed, thoughtful web users" (Maloy, 2013).
Comic created on toondoo.com
Resources:
Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.
Another great visual with your created comic (in this case, ToonDoo)! Since it was directly related to the first concept, it would be best to embed it right after or right before that concept discussion. I'm impressed that you have so quickly adapted to using a mobile device for all of your notetaking - that often comes a bit slower for some students/teachers - but what a great advantage to be able to do 'anytime, anywhere'! :)
ReplyDelete