Thursday, January 10, 2013
Tech Integration Video on Youtube
Sorry, here's the link to the Video: Integrating Technology into Classrooms(YouTube):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cxyH1qgKZQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cxyH1qgKZQ
Self Introduction
Hi Everyone. My name is Melanie Mamhot and I am currently attending Leeward Commnity College online. I am currently juggling two jobs as an Educational Assistant in Special Education at Honoka'a High and Intermediate on the Big Island of Hawai'i. My second job is right after school at the middle school campus as a tutor for our Uplink Program.
I choose to attend Leeward because of its ease with the online Teaching program. I recently put my mom in a nursing home due to her illness advancing and before February of 2012, I was juggling work, school, and caregiving, as well as other extracurricular activities outside of school. I am also a strong advocate for finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease. This past year has certainly had its share of trials and tribulations for our family. It forced me to look inside of myself and to really start to assert myself and to come out of my shell.
The technology I like right now is learning my Iphone. I am so not tech savvy and our students as well as some of my family laugh at me as I am learning. My old Pantech AT&T phone broke a few weeks ago, and I upgraded to a Iphone. Just the basic, I told the salesperson, as he even laughed at me.=) I figure, as long as the phone can dial out and receive calls and texts, then I'm fine with it. I'm not too keen on doing the Apps and learning all that, but I think with our ED 279 class, and with all the technology going on in schools, I figure I can't close myself off of learning new ways to communicate. Especially if Teaching is what I really want to do. I like the Iphone because when you take photos, and video, it is so clear and precise. I also love the ease of receiving texts and how fast its transmitted back and forth.
In a group, I am shy to express my opinion, but I am learning how to be more assertive and to speak my mind. With what I have been through these past months of 2012, I have learned to step up and speak out. I am also a keen observer, a strong reader, and I like to think of things and let it process before it sinks it. I also like to plan, and write things down and out several times in advance before executing the assignment.
Here at Honoka'a High and Intermediate, I have worked with teachers who use Khan academy to engage their students: http://www.khanacademy.org. Also, I found a link about integrating technology on an Edutopia website: http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-guide-implementation.
Back when I worked in the middle school section, I worked with a science teacher that had her students work in groups and on a field trip, they tested the pH of the Kalahuipua'a Fish Ponds at Mauna Lani Bay. The testers were inserted into the water, and information transmitted into the computers and laptops that the students brought with them. Also after the field trip, the students used Mac computers to create brochures of the pH results and also of the plants that were found on that particular field trip.
Our students are very lucky. They can create presentations with I-movie maker, create powerpoints, and brochures using computers. In our Special Education program, our District office has grants that purchase Specialized Smartboards where our students can interact with the teacher using text messaging, and other programs that allow teacher student interaction. Pretty highly successful considering that all students learn at different rates and at different methods. Technology has given us those options of teaching our students that there are different ways in which ideas and learning can take place.
I choose to attend Leeward because of its ease with the online Teaching program. I recently put my mom in a nursing home due to her illness advancing and before February of 2012, I was juggling work, school, and caregiving, as well as other extracurricular activities outside of school. I am also a strong advocate for finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease. This past year has certainly had its share of trials and tribulations for our family. It forced me to look inside of myself and to really start to assert myself and to come out of my shell.
The technology I like right now is learning my Iphone. I am so not tech savvy and our students as well as some of my family laugh at me as I am learning. My old Pantech AT&T phone broke a few weeks ago, and I upgraded to a Iphone. Just the basic, I told the salesperson, as he even laughed at me.=) I figure, as long as the phone can dial out and receive calls and texts, then I'm fine with it. I'm not too keen on doing the Apps and learning all that, but I think with our ED 279 class, and with all the technology going on in schools, I figure I can't close myself off of learning new ways to communicate. Especially if Teaching is what I really want to do. I like the Iphone because when you take photos, and video, it is so clear and precise. I also love the ease of receiving texts and how fast its transmitted back and forth.
In a group, I am shy to express my opinion, but I am learning how to be more assertive and to speak my mind. With what I have been through these past months of 2012, I have learned to step up and speak out. I am also a keen observer, a strong reader, and I like to think of things and let it process before it sinks it. I also like to plan, and write things down and out several times in advance before executing the assignment.
Here at Honoka'a High and Intermediate, I have worked with teachers who use Khan academy to engage their students: http://www.khanacademy.org. Also, I found a link about integrating technology on an Edutopia website: http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-guide-implementation.
Back when I worked in the middle school section, I worked with a science teacher that had her students work in groups and on a field trip, they tested the pH of the Kalahuipua'a Fish Ponds at Mauna Lani Bay. The testers were inserted into the water, and information transmitted into the computers and laptops that the students brought with them. Also after the field trip, the students used Mac computers to create brochures of the pH results and also of the plants that were found on that particular field trip.
Our students are very lucky. They can create presentations with I-movie maker, create powerpoints, and brochures using computers. In our Special Education program, our District office has grants that purchase Specialized Smartboards where our students can interact with the teacher using text messaging, and other programs that allow teacher student interaction. Pretty highly successful considering that all students learn at different rates and at different methods. Technology has given us those options of teaching our students that there are different ways in which ideas and learning can take place.
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