| This week we looked at engrade, which is very helpful for our media class for us to locate our grades. It is a very easy and free way to access grades and at the same time not have them be public. It's easy to access for teachers and makes them from papers, grade books, binders, and other inconvenient things. Communicating through engrade with my students and their grades would be very effective and also easy for them to access at home. I would keep them updated and they would be able to see what they are missing, and can take care of any problems with me as soon as they see something wrong. Students can also access an online attendance sheet through engrade to also help them stay caught up. It would also be very helpful with communicating the students grades to their parents also, instead of them being in the dark with scoring, projects, in-class assignments, and homework. They will be able to stay caught up with the progress of their child, and also help their child stay caught up. Parents can also contact me if they see any problems also with the grades and scoring of their child. Teachers are also able to post online assignment calendars for students and parents to view to also help them stay current. Teachers can easily safely connect with students and parents online to answer questions in a private and SPAM-free environment. Engrade could be a very popular thing, and is nice for children to be able to stay current with their scores and what is going on with their grades on a daily bases. I also love that it's their own, it's not public and use private for the student, cause grades can be a very touchy subject. Like we did for class it's a great idea to have the students go home and view their engrade, sign it, have a parent sign it and turn it back in for points. It's a great incentive, but yet they are benefiting from it. Video-Did You Know 3.0 This video clips are so interesting because as the years go on technology becomes more and more advanced, which also advances occupations for all the people through out the world. It was funny to see that I fell under or will fall under the category of having 10-14 jobs by the age of 38. I have switched jobs so much, but once I get my occupation that will all change. It is so interesting to see how people use and depend on technology so much for communication and other means in their life. My space is a program that expanded at such a rapid rate I think for the good and the bad. It is interesting to think who or where people went to ask the type of questions they ask google just a few years ago. We definitely are living in exponential times. I would have to agree that text messaging is out of control now days, but it's just going to keep expanding. Internet is definitely a faster and more efficient way to communicate to the world, which is a great advantage we have now days. Technology is definitely out there and growing at a very rapid rate. It is a dominate feature in our lives. |
Monday, March 9, 2009
Reflection
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