Photo sharing could be used in much the same way as social bookmarking with same risk. Students could access photos that pertain to a certain topic and post them. The risk of this is the possibilty of students finding and sharing photos that are inappropriate. I think that with the current blockers that school systems have that this issue could be somewhat controlled. The biggest risk would be for high schools. Many high school students can figure out how to beat the system ( if you know what I mean!)
4) In reading Chapter 2, what similarities and what differences did you identify between the process the authors describe and the processes you have used to develop educational lesson plans? If you have not developed educational lesson plans, were there aspects of the process described in this chapter that you found particularly surprising, useful or unnecessary?
I first want to share that I had never thought of the term instructional design until this book. The word that has been used is curriculum design. Teachers are constantly being asked to revamp curriculum to fit the needs of the GLCE's or to fit the state standards. The curriculum changes so often that the ADDIE approach looks good on paper, but is sometimes difficult to achieve. This five step process can be extremely time consuming in a classroom of young children where they are not yet independent learners. One has to think about how to collect the data in a way that is developmentally appropriate and time effective. Many times we have so much to teach, that we skip some of the steps to fit everything in.
It is my hope that the use of technolgy can help us achieve these steps more efficiently! I would like for the mindset of educators to be that when they hear the word Instructional Design,that the use of technology is a given, not an extension of the title.
3 comments:
Laura,
This could be a good tool to use to share pictures between families. I know this year when I went on a field trip we had so many pictures being taken that all of the parents wanted to be able to share with each other. Online sharing could be a great tool to share all of these pictures and a great way for me to get more pictures because each year I do a picture slideshow each year. My only fear would be if parents would not be ok with their children being posted for all parents to see. How could we manage this part of the sharing? Perhaps a permission slip?
Jennifer
I think a lot of people obviously are concerned about privacy and inappropriate pictures being shared. I am not sure what can be done to ease those concerns. Maybe only allowing pictures posted of subject matter and not people. But as you say some students may break just break this rule. You make a good point about how fast things change in education. I think that means we need an effecient way to deal with and adapt to those changes.
Anthony Vitto
Laura,
I have kids who show me how to get past blocked pages so I can access stuff for school!! Aren't kids great?!
You are absolutely right about having so much to teach and not enough time to fit it all in. I, tot, am hoping that educational technology will help. I just see such a shift in what it is that kids need to know in order to be marketable, that some of this old curriculum is dragging us down.
I know technology will help.
Chrissy
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