Comments on: My K12 21st Century Christmas List http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=220 Each TechnoTuesday Tue, 07 May 2013 01:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kerry Gestier http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-228 Kerry Gestier Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:08:58 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/12/01/my-k12-21st-century-christmas-list/#comment-228 Hi Cathy,
love your wish list – got me thinking too.
Jeannette Davies from Wollongong (Australia)has some terrific ideas on using mp3 players with students. Read more @
http://www.ceo.woll.catholic.edu.au/home/audio/
Cheers,
KerryG :)

]]> By: Frank Moore http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-227 Frank Moore Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:59:19 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/12/01/my-k12-21st-century-christmas-list/#comment-227 Catherine,

If you have $125.00 go to amazon.com and look for a Flip Video Camcorder: 60-Minutes by Pure Digital (ASIN: B000ONFQ2K) . It may be just what is needed for your teachers and students.

Frank

]]> By: technotuesday http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-226 technotuesday Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:50:05 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/12/01/my-k12-21st-century-christmas-list/#comment-226 Brian–yes a terabyte internal would be nice, and I think I saw that too. But it would mean opening my laptop–not sure I am skilled enough. My 20year old son wants one too for a computer he is rebuilding. It has all opensource everything on it, and he’s quite pleased. I want an external since I never know what computer I am going to be working on…but now that I think about it this might be the perfect Christmas gift for Mom too, since she loves her digital camera. She got a projector last year so she could show her pix at family get togethers. Im worried that she is filling up the harddrive with pix.

]]> By: Brian Crosby http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-225 Brian Crosby Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:45:35 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/12/01/my-k12-21st-century-christmas-list/#comment-225 Cathy – my wish would be for a terabyte hard drive for my laptop … which really is a wish since there is no such animal. But I sure would love that much space (even 500gb would be really nice). Having one computer that I can put everything on (And back-up somewhere) is just REALLY convenient – I do that now but even my 160gb drive is pushed to the limit unless I constantly dump video projects.

]]> By: diane http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-224 diane Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:44:07 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/12/01/my-k12-21st-century-christmas-list/#comment-224 Cathy,

Wonderful list – wish I had enough technical knowledge to contribute to it!

My list will have to a bit less concrete:

1. Bottom-up PD with flex time for personal growth

2. An atmosphere of collaboration on all levels, from administrators/teachers to teacher/student to student/student

3. Less emphasis on “protecting” and more on “educating for safety”

diane

]]> By: technotuesday http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-222 technotuesday Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:05:16 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/12/01/my-k12-21st-century-christmas-list/#comment-222 Paula,
I have given a lot of thought to having mp3 players available to check out. Last year I had roughly 30 PlayAways to check out. Kids were not overly impressed with them–and I think it was because the did not look or act like an mp3 player. Don’t get me wrong, some did enjoy them, and a lot of teachers did check them out w/ speakers for an audio “read aloud” for their class. I even made an mp3 chapter by chapter of The Report Card for school use (it wasn’t available for purchase–and I did one book to see how hard it would be to do…lot of time commitment). But the playaways just did not fly off the shelves. Students had to pay $1.00 for their own earbuds, and that could have had something to do with it. But I think it was more like the overall appearance of the player. I think if it had been an actual mp3 player that looked cool like what they see in stores, they would have been more popular.

I talked with my principal at CMS about mp3 players, explaining that all could hold subscribed podcasts (like ones two teachers at my school are making, one I’m making that is just school news type stuff), other educational ones (like Grammar Girl) and one audiobook of their choice from our collection, and then they will be more popular. It might also encourage students to explore podcasting as a vehicle of learning and personal self expression….

My principal is very much in favor of this. As a part of our PBIS program (rewards for appropriate school behavior) we have drawn names for two ipods this school year. I am even dabbling with offering students the ability to come and get an audiobook for a set amount of time if they already have their own ipod or mp3 player. Still have reservations though, b/c I haven’t fully explored copyright here. But I honestly feel we MUST meet the kids in today’s world where they are at, and they are so ready for audiobooks in their newest format–mp3.

Who knows, maybe Playaways are more appropriate for middle school. But I want to meet the needs of todays students. I read just today that teaching keyboarding is now considered a waste of time b/c the computers we’ll use in less than 10 years will probably have no keyboard, but instead touch screens. WOW. How do we prepare for that?
–
Cathy

]]> By: Paula http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-221 Paula Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:42:47 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/12/01/my-k12-21st-century-christmas-list/#comment-221 Curious – I have read about libraries checking out mp3 players, and have even considered possible application with Special Ed, but our school does not allow students to have them – so that kind of limits the use/checking them out idea. Then there is always the cost factor, too.
So do you plan to use them with audio books, or how? Paula

]]> By: KWillsonyshs http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=220&cpage=1#comment-223 KWillsonyshs Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:44:42 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2007/12/01/my-k12-21st-century-christmas-list/#comment-223 I personally like the JoinIn Turning Point student response system. Easy to use…another toolbar in PowerPoint.

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