When reviewing the blog of one of my classmates one thing struck me, she said that technology is not only integrated into the classroom but into everyday life. Now that technology has grown and advanced so much, everything that we do is now on-line. Communicating is done through e-mail and instant messenger, now there is even video chat where you can see the person you are talking to through a camera on the computer. People pay their bills on-line, fill out job applications, even attend classes. Much of everything you could ever want to know or see is on the web. New tracking sites help you keep healthy, they also help you track your spending, how much money you make. You can tithe through church web-sites, even attend church services virtually. This is a world of amazing new opportunities and I want to learn how I can utilize these amazing tools and how to teach others to do the same.
The most important skill for me to learn would be how to edit videos. I think that for my lectures this would be a beneficial skill. I would like to learn how to present information through video and make videos myself so they are personal and relative. This is also a skill that is personally beneficial to me because I would love to learn how to make videos. I am passionate about documentaries and all media that makes you think. I also want to learn how to mix and make music on the computer.
In order to achieve my technological goals I would like to take media related classes at the university. I have friends who attend the film school here at FSU and they know some classes which they recommend I take in order to learn how to edit and film correctly. These classes also teach you how to use the technology and what things you will need to achieve the production value you are looking for.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Using Film to Teach: Blog 9
As a future Secondary English Education teacher, my goals are:
-to make English a fun and meaningful experience
-teach students how to confidently put their thoughts on paper in an artistic form.
-to use film perspective to teach story writing in the classroom.
I think that showing students how to organize thoughts and show emotion without mundane telling you need to visualize it. This is why I hope to teach students about perspective, imagery, mood, tone, etc. through media. I plan on integrating technology a lot within my lectures, group projects, and field trips.
In order to achieve the goals listed above I will need to incorporate using media related topics into the English department. I will use the following site in order to inform the education board about my ideas and give them a layout of how it is relative and important to the subject matter http://www.tii.se/reform/inthemaking/files/p106.pdf. Along with a proposal written by me and this site on media productions I will need to inform them of the media tools I will be using in the classroom. The man tool would be ivideo. All of the related software I would need to create a relative lecture through media would be available through Apple software. Other editing tools might also be required.
I think that technology has come a long way in the classroom but I think there is still more we can do. The culture of today relates and responds greatly to visual instruction and information. If all teachers could come up with a software that is both an editing tool and a recording tool for lectures classes would be much more interesting. In the future I will definitely be researching tools that allow for video in the classroom.
-to make English a fun and meaningful experience
-teach students how to confidently put their thoughts on paper in an artistic form.
-to use film perspective to teach story writing in the classroom.
I think that showing students how to organize thoughts and show emotion without mundane telling you need to visualize it. This is why I hope to teach students about perspective, imagery, mood, tone, etc. through media. I plan on integrating technology a lot within my lectures, group projects, and field trips.
In order to achieve the goals listed above I will need to incorporate using media related topics into the English department. I will use the following site in order to inform the education board about my ideas and give them a layout of how it is relative and important to the subject matter http://www.tii.se/reform/inthemaking/files/p106.pdf. Along with a proposal written by me and this site on media productions I will need to inform them of the media tools I will be using in the classroom. The man tool would be ivideo. All of the related software I would need to create a relative lecture through media would be available through Apple software. Other editing tools might also be required.
I think that technology has come a long way in the classroom but I think there is still more we can do. The culture of today relates and responds greatly to visual instruction and information. If all teachers could come up with a software that is both an editing tool and a recording tool for lectures classes would be much more interesting. In the future I will definitely be researching tools that allow for video in the classroom.
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