Sunday, April 29, 2012

EDITORIAL CARTOON ANALYSIS




EDITORIAL CARTOON ANALYSIS
1. What is the event or issue that inspired the cartoon?
          Classrooms are not as high tech as the children in them.

2. Are there any real people or places in the cartoon? If not, what images are portrayed in the cartoon?
          no, a classroom with children.

3. Identify the specific artistic techniques used in the cartoon (i.e., symbolism, analogy, exaggeration, labeling, and irony). What is the artist trying to show the reader by using these techniques?
          exaggeration- to show the reader how little technology is in the classroom.

4. What is the cartoonist's point of view about the topic portrayed in the cartoon? Give examples to support your interpretation.
          The cartoonist's point of view is that the students are high tech, so the classroom should have more technology in them. Ex- a student is holding a book and acting like he doesn't know how to turn it on like a computer.

5. Is this cartoon persuasive? Explain why or why not.
          The cartoon is more persuasive than aggressive, so I would have to say yes because its not saying that we have to have technology in the classroom. It is showing that technology would be helpful.

6. What other techniques could the artist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive?
          Have a teacher suggest that technology is needed, because to many people think that children now days use technology way to much.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Your Role- Efficiency Expert


Your Role
_X_Efficiency Expert
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___Affiliator
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___Altitudinist
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___Technophile
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Your Impressions
WebQuest
Strengths
Weaknesses
John Wikes Booth

 Overall it teaches a lot about John Booth and his escape route.


It takes up a lot of time and is a long process; you might loss a few students because of the length.

Landfills

This project has a steady pace that will keep a student’s attention.


This project would be faster if there was a map of the site appraisals and then a description.

Ancient Egypt

 The timing of this project is a good pace and will keep students moving forward. Having a rubric was a plus because they will know what to do in a set time.

The process might go faster if the teacher assigned the “expert topics” to each student, if they can’t decide.
Creative Encounters

 Overall for each step, this webqeust is a good pace.


 This webquest is overall time consuming.

Poetry of War

 With this webquest, having it over a weeklong task the  efficiency is good


 This webquest might be more time consuming for students that don’t have computers.

Double Entry Journal #11

Three things that I learned from the video "Thinking Creatively: Teachers as designers of Content, Technology and Pedagogy Part 1"

1.Teaching with technology is a wicked problem.
2.Pedagogy means teaching.
3.wicked problems require creative thinking

Double Entry Journal #10

Quote
"new technologies have the potential, if properly designed and used, to help people develop as creative thinkers, so that they are better prepared for life in the Creative Society."

Response
I was surprised to find out that there are many ways for children of today to learn and use technology to be creative and to create their own projects. I am amazed about how the world is changing to how children are advancing in the use of technology and how an 8yr old could out type or even out smart me with technology.
In this video Tom Peters explains how the education system is cutting creativity. (Peters, 2007)

Source
Peters, T. (2007, March 08). Educate for a creative society. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_w4AfflmeM