Igoogle Start page

At first I had no idea how to make an igoogle start page. I kept looking through the moodle for this class and did not find a thing on it. So, I did what I usually do when I'm confused, I google. I googled "how to create an igoogle start page". It brought me to the site I needed. It took all of 30 seconds to make my own igoogle page. I made it with a beach scenery. I love the beach! After that I downloaded Jing. After the process of downloading, I got confused again on what was next. Somehow I figured it out and the "sun" appeared on the top of my computer. I called it a sun because it is yellow and is at the top in the middle of my screen. I pressed the sun and pressed on the "t" and captured the imagine. I then copied it and put it into Microsoft word. Then I saved it in PDF and sent it in to be graded. After all the confusion I was able to do it correctly and figure it out!

DIIGO

Diigo has many parts such as: my library, my network, my groups and community. I like how I can have my own library and include webpages, note and even photos! I did not save anything, but maybe one day I will. The friends part reminds me of having facebook. You can see if your friends are on diigo and search them. The groups and communities parts are similar to friends.
I do not think I would use this in my classroom one day. I feel it is too much for an elementary child to use. I want to teach elementary, so I think they would not be able to comprehend it too well.

voice of the net generation

It seems computers for this student is very helpful. She uses it for many reasons, from personal to school usage. Computers are used in classrooms, such as blogs. She uses blogs to post her ideas on what was read and done in school or found in websites. Email is also used for students. She used email to send her science project to someone in Australia to preview it and see if it is good. That is called peer review, getting ideas on something using the Internet. It is fast and easy. She is able to look for information online and then place it on a personal page.
I thought this video was good because it demonstrated how students and computers really work well with one another. Students are able to ask opinions of others in different countries and get rapid feedback. I like the idea of a blog and posting your findings there because it is open for others to view as well. Peer help can also work in that aspect.

NETS-S

After reading NETS-S, I came to see that all six standards are different yet similar to one another. I like communication and collaborations because it allows students to communicate freely and openly with one another. Putting peoples ideas together is helpful because it can open the eyes of another who might not have thought of the idea. Using the computer to spread ideas is good due to that one idea can be spread to many people in a fast pace. I also like research and information fluency. Researching information on the Internet on different sites gives people many options to finding the desired information needed. Also processing data and finding out results and reporting them is a great thing that computers do. Those two standards are my favorite.
I feel I am able to reach each of those standards. They are easy enough to understand and also parts that I am familiar with now. At this moment I know how to communicate with computers and research information. The only thing I might want to work with is how to process data and reporting results. I am not the best at that, just yet! With practice I think I can be.

Net generations readings

Students from previous generations are different from net generation students because net are children who were born with technology and computers. These students know how to use computers better than an adult does. Computers can be found in almost all households and years ago there might have been one computer at home. Some homes did not even use computers. Computers can be found anywhere and it is truly impossible to find a business or home that does not contain one.
Computer usage can cause some minor problem for teachers. One possible issue might be how fast a teacher responds to a students question. Yes, email is made to make communication quick, but that does not always that a response will be automatic. Teachers should establish the rule that a email can be written, but that does not mean it will be answered right away. Giving a student a time frame such as allow at least a day to hear back is a good idea. Students will use computers to obtain most information for research. Yet that is the easiest and fastest way, it will take away from finding information through books and usage of libraries. Teachers can also incorporate more usage of computers in the classroom is possible. This will be especially helpful for the baby boomers who are teachers!

Difference between types of literacy

There are a few types of literacy. Computer, information and integration literacy. Each is different to one another.
Information literacy is the ability to understand a problem when one occurs and start to investigate assemble information, gather information, process and apply the information and work towards a solution and see if it is effective in the whole process.
Computer information is ability to use computers and technology in wide ranges. That works along side of knowing the hard and soft ware of a computer. It also shows how comfortable a person might truly be with a computer and technology. Anything that has to do with computer from printing to just typing is knowing computer information.
Integration literacy is being able to use your knowledge, but also with the help of computers. Knowing how to use different websites, instead of just one is always helpful. All websites give additional information and might be more useful than the first one. It is also important to site the information found on these websites.
The literacy of the future will be very different from now. Now a days we use the computer for almost every aspect. I can only imagine what the future will hold. Classrooms might have computers conduct a lesson instead of a teacher. Technology will just continue to grow and that might cause a problem because technology could take over human jobs more then ever.

wdydwyd

This site was interesting. I did not know what wdydwyd meant, but then I figured it out. Why do you do what you do. That's a funny question because many people probably ask themselves that same question each and everyday. I know I do, but I always find a reason to why I do something. I am getting a bit overwhelmed with all the websites!!!