I attended and participated in the Lynda online class of ipad's in the classroom. This course was about apps for all levels of students and educators. Ranging all the way from Pre-school to grad school. It touched on classroom management tools like Edmodo and Class Dojo as well as student note management like Evernote and Notability.
I believe since ipad's prevalence is growing in classrooms it is now almost necessary that technology should be like a fluent language required of teachers. The website is extremely easy to navigate and it makes finding what you need to learn really easy. The instructor speaks on the video screen, shows the app and ipad on the screen, and has the dialect typed out below. It is extremely useful because you can take notes throughout the courses and write important side notes about a specific video to look back or reference to later. Each app and section of this course was useful.
For example, it displayed Class Dojo and taught me how to use the app to it's full potential including, mass email messages, grouping the class, customizing the awards and much more. Another app it included the Periodic table and how allow student to interact and physically see the element in it's true form, its symbol and electron cloud ect... Lynda allowed me to complete a full well put together list of materials for teaching as well as student learning. In my high school that I attended ipad were a required tool for all students to have.Let me tell you every teacher needed help using them and setting up textbooks and classroom settings on them. It was a little scary to see. The tech guy was overwhelmed, the teachers lost and confused, while we (the students) proceeded to go on Twitter, Pinterst and Temple Run. The ipad really became a distraction rather than a tool. So as a teacher, I never want to put a tool into the child's hand without properly showing them how to use it. Lynda included quiz's throughout the video's as well as a Certificate of completion at the end.
I never got to do a Lynda Tutorial but your description of it is here great. I loved that you used snippets of everything that was going on while you were attending and participating in this tutorial.
ReplyDeleteI have never participated in a Lynda classroom, but it seems like you did an amazing job on figuring everything out and actually participating in it. In today's world, most schools that can afford it usually do have some kind of tablet, whether it is an ipad or chrome book, in the classroom for each student to use. Technology is going to end up taking over most of the classrooms for students as young as first graders. I believe as long as the teachers know how to use all the software and apps correctly, and use it to their advantage to actually teach the kids with that kind of software, it will end up helping the students in the long run. Teachers need to be properly trained in this kind of technology. Good project!
ReplyDeleteI love that you described the actual Lynda website not just the online class. I agree with you that our teachers need to be well educated on different and newer types of technology.This website has tips for using iPads in the classroom: http://www.ipadbootcampforteachers.com/11-teaching.html
ReplyDeleteIt seems to be quite informational.