Teaching with
Educational Websites and Other Online Resources
1. How
are information management technologies such as booking marking, social book
marking, and information alerts useful to teachers?
All three of these information
management technologies are useful to teachers overall because they are what
enable educators and students to build their own information electronically. Book
marking, is when you have all your” favorite” websites linked at the top of your
internet page, so that it becomes easy to access. This technique is definitely a
great tool for teachers because they can categorize favorite links depending on
the specific topics, to make it easier to find when it is time to teach lessons.
When it comes to doing group actives, Social book marking is very beneficial
for teachers because they can use it in groups to exchange and when organizing
and sharing information with the whole classroom. It also lets not only
teacher, but also the students to share resources that they are particularly
working on. As for information alert, I personally think it is extremely useful
when teachers are planning a particular lesson or subject. Due to the fact that
it notifies you when there are newfound materials that can be used based on the
lessons topic.
2. Tech
Tool 6.2 - Social Book Marking
I personally really enjoy this
social bookmarking tool. The concept of becoming a part of an online community
and gaining from everyone’s information is a great advantage. When I first
learned about Delicious I was excited and felt that it’s a great tool for
people to sort, organize, and gather together important as well as useful information all in one place.
This web-based social bookmarking tool can be used to view other teachers
accounts and also helps you note certain websites you have looked at. Being able
to use “tags”, is a whole new idea for me, but as I read about Delicious and
how to use tags, I am becoming more open to becoming a part of it. These tags
can help us teachers go back to specific pages that we have saved in a new and
easy way. Everything you have on your delicious account can be sent to friends
and other teachers who would like to share your ideas to their students! In my
everyday life at work, Delicious would help remind me where certain ideas and
web-pages are based on my lesson plans with just a click of a button.
This chapter discussed the
importance of information management and how teachers can incorporate all the
important and valuable sources with their students. It elaborates in detail
about how book marking, social book marking and information alerts are great
and useful tool to help enhance a lesson plan. Which to me, is something that
all teachers should look deeply into, these certain tips can make our teaching
stress-free. Along with book marking, social book marking and information
alerts, this chapter also discusses web guest and virtual field trips. It showed
me how great it is to be able to travel around the world without leaving the
classrooms through online audio, videos and pictures. Information management is
not a choice; it is an obligation to have in a class in order to have well
functioning student and teacher engagement. By considering these sources, you
could be organized and feel more comfortable with technologies new tools.
Fantastic video embed - look at the skills you are putting into place so 'easily' these days! :) Hope you continue to find social bookmarking a valuable tool - it really has excellent potential for organization and learning. :)
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