Thursday, October 30, 2014

Instructional Design Adoption

I am quite familiar with the three types of Instructional Design that are common into the education system that involves an integration of learning systems, computer-based learning, and classroom level technology. I’ve always used gameshows to express those three functions of (ID). The gameshow that I produce cause students to engage in learning systems that students could relate to their lives.I am providing students with real life scenarios that relates to educational learning systems. Like for instance if you show students the steps of learning how to read through in a scenario and then allow the students to evaluate that scenario, answering questions on the promethean board, using the multiple choice method as a way to select the best possible choice when filling in the blanks, critical thinking questions, and compare/contrast. 

I consider this gameshow as a learning system that can impact the way students view reading and how they could possibly help a friend or give the student who actually can’t read proper instructions to learn to read through the interactive game show between teachers, students, and technology. Being able to video record gameshows that are geared toward spreading education through the acts of real life  based scenarios. I think students can relate to a product that is providing educational game, Educational Simulation, drill, practice, and tutorial relative and based on a true event. As a teacher I am sure to make sure that the gameshow is aligned with the state standards with the selected digital technology strategies. 

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Describe A Lesson Plan Using Google Maps for Students

The lesson that I would like to provide to my students is for them to know where three radio stations are located in the city of Detroit, Michigan using Google Maps. After students decide what stations air in Detroit, they will be asked to create a Google Map displaying those locations and sharing with classmates. Once student are able to demonstrate that they are able to find three radio stations that broadcast from Detroit, they will find out how much time does it take to get to the radio station from the school.  The objective is to allow the students to take on adventures that they will have never experience without the instructional technology. In other words, the instructor is familiarizing the students with how tangible it is to pursue careers in the business of radio.


 Once students have selected three radio stations in Detroit they will begin following the step by step instruction packet that describes to the students how to set up a Google Account if they don’t already have a Gmail account. Once students successfully set up a Gmail account, they will share with me their maps of the 3 radio stations in Detroit that they selected. The instructor will also have students indicate the type of format organization/school, station identification along with the location of each chosen radio station.  Upon completion students will choose what radio station they would like to take a field trip too for further studies by the most votes.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Human Peformance Improvement and Podcasting


1.) I believe that when Kaufman defined Human Performance Improvement as a way for people to become successful through the help of other people. I knew his idea of learning information and teaching it is an open communication for the greater good of humanity achievements. This theory is able to be used in my day-to-day professional work as a guide to know the following:

A.) I am learning from the students,

B.) If the students are learning from the teacher and

C.) If the students are learning from each other.

This creates a universal learning experience for all the people by the help from the people. Students are more comfortable dealing with the social norms and if the culture in the classroom is to enter to learn and depart to serve, as a student you become obligated to encourage others to do the same.


2.) The podcast I subscribe to listen to using Windows version of ITunes profile name is TED Talks Education.  It is very good at providing new ideas and technology that can transform mediocre teachers into future leaders for every student can model. The link to the podcast is as followed:


3.) I think podcasting can provide other people with the same or similar experiences to the world of new ideas. It is very hard to be a professional teacher if you think you are the only teacher alive. In order to evolve as a teacher, coach, or student at some point you have to research, study, and reinvent the ideas that other people have demonstrated and valued in their works to the improvement of humanity. As a person, I don’t always know what is going on in the world around me, but as a people I am able to learn from other people. Podcasting is necessary because it gives all people the freedom to learn, teach, and share information on demand.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

LEARNING THEORIES

If I was planning an instructional design for students calculating and comparing cost of various brands of the same product, I would make use of the Behavioral Learning Theory. For instance, I would make sure the students are listening by observing as I ask for one of the students in the classroom to read. If I don’t have the students undivided attention how will they be able to learn the content. I also will apply Cognitive Information Theory to the lesson by asking students how the cost of products relates to real life situations. This gives the students to remember times that they paid more than the item cost and different stores. In addition, it allows students to retrieve long term information if it brings some type of value to their lives. These are two ways I can apply the learning theories to my lesson.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

The History of Instructional Design & Technology

A.)  After reading Chapter 3 in the Trends and Issue book, this devoted time on the history of instructional media. The three possible reason why the use of technology had little effect on the instructional practices employed by teachers for an entire year because of following:

 
Examples


1)  Since the early 1980's history of instructional media has been used as a tool that is displayed to the students. In other words technology does not take the teacher a way from the teaching process, it just adds to the value of what teachers are presenting. 

 

2) From the 20th Century instructional curriculum located in Museums located in the United States indicated that the use of teachers and books were not to be obsolete. Instead, teachers have the antinomy to select the particular media that they want to 

 

3.) Another reason is that instructional films has been used for military personnel since World War II to simulate, evaluate, analyze, and gain familiarity on the procedures to carry out in battles, and what to look for from the opponents. The study showed that Americans were training at a faster pace than their counterparts with the use of instructional videos.  From this study, I am able to believe that the coach, trainer, or teachers have always been using instructional technology as a way too speed up the learning process.

 


B.) Two strategies that could have been applied to help reduce the factors that contributed to minimal effects that the project had on instructional practices are (1) technology savvy teacher, (2)  teachers ability to construct objectives that integrate technology. The reason I believe that technology driven teacher will excel is because they have firsthand experience on using technology to educate themselves. Therefore, they won’t have trouble teaching their practical skills to the learners. Teachers must have effective objectives that can be tested and assessed to be sure that the students are mastering the tools that the teacher use to integrate technology to the learning process.


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