Digital Blog #F Chapters 6 and 12

For this assignment, we were given chapters 6 and 12 to look into and choose three other concepts, and to write about what we think of these concepts and how they will impact our future classes. The concepts that I chose this time were: Information Alerts, e-Newsletters, and RRS Feeds, Social Bookmarking, and Taking Virtual Field Trips. 

The first concept I chose was Information Alerts, e-Newsletters, and RRS Feeds, because I believe that these could have been very helpful when I was in school. Teachers can be able to email parents about assignments, as well as students and keep them updated with them. These could help increase students learning because it will guide parents to check their emails, and make sure students do their work. I believe this will be helpful in my class because I will be able to know that parents are going to the able to get the notifications, as well as students and help them prepare for quizzes and tests as well. 

The second concept I chose was Social Bookmarking, because students are able to bookmark from one user at a computer to a community of users on many computers. This is common around the united states almost like being able to view many computers on one single monitor. This will be helpful towards my class because it will give students who are doing a project to bookmark one site and the rest of their partners will be able to look into the bookmarks and be on their way with a click of a button. 

The third and final concept that I chose was Taking Virtual Field Trips, because this is an actual cool idea, or form of taking "trips". Virtual Field trip to me would mean looking at places on a big screen while taking notes and keeping the video and thoughts in your head. This gives students the idea of the place you chose and do not really need to be there. Also the Virtual trip can help students study and work on projects while other, can just come to class and work on it with me. This will be helpful towards my class because we can take many trips to places without having to actually be there, and i can also test my students on what we learned on our trip. 

In conclusion, these three concepts will influence my class in the future because we need to types of technology, because technology is the future. 


Resources:


Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

 Bencosme, P. (n.d.). Digital Blog F by PBENCOSME - ToonDoo - World's fastest way to create cartoons! Retrieved April 24, 2016, from http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/10010888 

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