2017년 12월 30일 토요일
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Final Presentation
Parent letter & classroom Management is missing!
Keep working joyce!
by Joyce (Me!)
troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Projector: Why does the image display on my laptop but not through the projector?
If the image displays on your laptop but not on the projection screen, you must activate the external display. Doing so tells the computer that it should output its display to the screen. To activate the external display, press and hold the “Function” key on your keyboard (usually to the left of the Space Bar and labeled “Fn”) while simultaneously pressing the appropriate “F-key” along the top of your keyboard. Below are some common F keys by vendor:
I-pad
Rebooting: Rebooting means to restart the app, wi-fi, and/or the iPad. Turning the device or app off and back on is like sleeping for the devices, and it solves more than half of the problems that arise. There is a difference between closing an app and turning it off. Closing involves pressing the home button or going to another app, while turning it off requires double pressing on the home button and swiping up on the app that you wish to close. Locking the device by pressing the power button once is also different from turning the device off by holding the power button for approximately 3 seconds. Make sure to reboot by turning off the apps and iPad.
Connecting a Windows-based laptop to the LCD projectors
Before you begin, make sure the projector and laptop are turned off, and connect the VGA cable. This is the cable which is connected to the cabinet. Connect the other end of cable to the laptop's VGA (monitor) port. Tighten the screws on both connectors to make sure they are fastened securely.
Connect ethernet cable to access the Internet if desired. Turn on projector before turning on your laptop. If computer image does not show on screen, press either Fn+F7, Fn+F5, or Fn+F8. The correct key combination will depend on your laptop's manufacturer and model, and may still be a different combination than those listed here.
Connecting an Apple laptop to the LCD projectors
Before you begin, make sure the projector and laptop are turned off. Connect the VGA cable. This is the cable which is connected to the cabinet. Connect the other end of cable to the laptop's VGA (monitor) port. Tighten the screws on both connectors to make sure they are fastened securely. (You will likely need an adapter to connect the VGA cable to your laptop. Classroom Support DOES NOT supply these)
Connect ethernet cable to access the Internet if desired. Turn on projector before turning on your laptop. Open the control panel on the laptop. Select monitor. Set monitor to mirror. This will enable you to see the image on both your computer screen and the LCD projector.
No Sound
There are so many reasons why sound stops working. Usually it’s one of three issues: 1) Volume is muted, so unmute it. A cousin to that is that many times, the volume is low, so all you have to do is turn it up. 2) Headphones are plugged in, which means you can’t hear sound through the speakers. Unplug them. 3) The computer bumped sound out of the operating queue. Maybe your system resources are low. Who knows. All you have to do is reboot.
I Erased My Document/Text
This is where I am a hero for at least a day -- maybe longer. Sometimes, students highlight their 20-page document to change margins (or who knows what) and accidently delete the entire document. No worries. Ctrl+Z (hold Ctrl and then push Z) will bring it back. That Undo shortkey goes back 200+ steps in case it happened a long time ago.
Keyboard Doesn’t Work
Anytime a piece of computer hardware appears to not work, I check first. With the keyboard, push Num Lock on the right side. If the Num Lock light goes on/off, the keyboard is working. If it doesn’t, replug cord into back of tower or reboot. Most of the time, that’ll fix it. Sometimes, your keyboard really is broken and you need a new one.
Mouse Doesn’t Work
Like with the keyboard, check it first. Move it around to see if the cursor moves. If it doesn’t, do the same as you did for the keyboard -- replug cord into back or reboot
References
https://library.du.edu/services/classroom-support/tips.html
2017년 11월 15일 수요일
App Practice: Inclusive
The world is changing constantly, and people have felt plenty of anxiety because of the uncertainty of their future. I was born in 1981 and was called Gen Y. Generation Y (born after 1980) are digital native generation transforming traditional communication to whole new era of technology. I was so grateful that I knew how to enjoy life without machines, I enjoyed the wind, the sun, the ocean, Music, and even the dirt.
For past 10 years, I refused to use any of apple company products, any apps, smart TV, and ETC though I had enough money to buy them. My idea was so simple, "live naturally, don't add artificial flavors in your life."
However, before I recognize, the changes of the world have suppressed way beyond my knowledge. I tried to ignore the speed of these new technologies by not giving any interest. But as soon as I entered Gordon college for education, it was obvious that I should not avoid the fact of reality; it is 21st century, and it is critical for new generation adapting technology to their education environment. We have to prepare for the massive unemployment sweeping the country by the artificial intelligence-based system society. We need courage to face this unfamiliar environment of future.
Educators have to try hard to predict or at least have a sense for the changes to come in near future for our students. If we are teaching some information that students can simply type in google search and figure it out, their times to learn something valuable for their future might be wasted. I'm not saying all those basic skills are not important, but teachers should be more flexible using positive effect of technology in their classroom. One of the positive effect of technology integrated classroom is that it can be much more inclusive environment.
As an ELS student myself, I could express better, and learn more using apps that I've learned through this Edu 614 class. Like wings to fly exploring the world, every app and lessons that I've practiced through the class provided me a great view of possibility of near future education. From a basic skill of Google doc with Google slide to Fulbaroo, Edshelf and more, I want to introduce them for my students who are having a hard time to express themselves. For students who have physical and mental limitations, assistant technologies will be provided to improve the functional capabilities so that they can feel much comfortable to communicate.
one of my favorite youtube channel is Special books by Special kids. Every child has a different story and whenever I learn about the limitation they have, I try to figure out any tool or technology that they might need to achieve their goals. For this specific assignment, I want to focus on devices for blind or visually impaired people.
Here is a story of a computer programmer who is actually blind. He explain how he has been studied and using technologies to learn.
APH (American Printing House) is one of the nonprofit organization creating educational environment for blind people. They sell products like the Orbit Braille 20 for reading, or Graphit for graphs.
Two most important devices for visually impaired students need are alternative input devices like touch screens, modified keyboards, and joysticks, which can direct senses, or Speech-to-text apps for writing.
Facebook and google also updated their iOS apps to provide more inclusive environment for visually impaired people, more study about this section required.
Technology Article for diverse learner (PDF)
References
http://www.alphr.com/health/1003140/the-technology-helping-blind-people-to-see
http://www.aph.org/
http://blitab.com/
http://aipoly.com/
https://www.teachthought.com/technology/15-assistive-technology-tools-resources-for-students-with-disabilities/
As an ELS student myself, I could express better, and learn more using apps that I've learned through this Edu 614 class. Like wings to fly exploring the world, every app and lessons that I've practiced through the class provided me a great view of possibility of near future education. From a basic skill of Google doc with Google slide to Fulbaroo, Edshelf and more, I want to introduce them for my students who are having a hard time to express themselves. For students who have physical and mental limitations, assistant technologies will be provided to improve the functional capabilities so that they can feel much comfortable to communicate.
one of my favorite youtube channel is Special books by Special kids. Every child has a different story and whenever I learn about the limitation they have, I try to figure out any tool or technology that they might need to achieve their goals. For this specific assignment, I want to focus on devices for blind or visually impaired people.
Here is a story of a computer programmer who is actually blind. He explain how he has been studied and using technologies to learn.
APH (American Printing House) is one of the nonprofit organization creating educational environment for blind people. They sell products like the Orbit Braille 20 for reading, or Graphit for graphs.
Two most important devices for visually impaired students need are alternative input devices like touch screens, modified keyboards, and joysticks, which can direct senses, or Speech-to-text apps for writing.
Facebook and google also updated their iOS apps to provide more inclusive environment for visually impaired people, more study about this section required.
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Facebook, and google chrome also updated their
References
http://www.alphr.com/health/1003140/the-technology-helping-blind-people-to-see
http://www.aph.org/
http://blitab.com/
http://aipoly.com/
https://www.teachthought.com/technology/15-assistive-technology-tools-resources-for-students-with-disabilities/
News article for the future jobs
Will AI Revolution Lead to Mass Unemployment?
BY JOHN BARNETTApril 24, 2017
Artificial Intelligence-based systems and chatbots are taking every industry by storm. As much as they are playing an important role in making tasks and processes better, their effect on human-centered jobs and capabilities in the workplace has become a major debate.
Artificial intelligence-based systems and chatbots are taking every industry by storm. As much as they are playing an important role in making tasks and processes better, their effect on human-centered jobs and capabilities in the workplace has become a major debate. The jobs that most of the people are currently doing, may get obsolete or automated sooner than you think.
A few months ago, a statement from Elon Musk broke the Internet, where he said AI-powered systems and automation technologies are going to replace most human jobs very soon. He also suggested that all countries may have to adapt universal basic income programs for their citizens to cope with the aftermath of this revolution.
At this time, we all need tech enthusiasts and language programmers to create algorithms that automate the processes. Even the AI systems are based on languages and programs coded by humans and designed by humans. However, this is where AI has an edge. An AI-powered system has an ability to reach a singularity point where it becomes able to program itself, learn itself and implement itself. At this point, what role will humans play?
Is AI there to replace human jobs eventually?
This bold step has already been taken by Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance in Japan. The company stated that by the end of March, 34 of its employees will be replaced with an artificial intelligence system that can calculate payouts on policyholders. Although this may look like just a tiny cost-cutting technique by a company, it has a much deeper impact. It raises the question of what will happen to the future of employment.
From the perspective of a company, a computer does not look forward to a handsome paycheck at the end of every month; however, having a computer to work for you is not free either. To hire a computer as your employee, you have to bear development costs and also compare that cost with the total amount you would eventually be saving. Fukoku Life Insurance brought in an AI which costed them £1.4m, but the company's experts say that it would be saving £1m yearly. In addition to just the development and procurement costs, like any other machine, your AI would also need routine and unplanned maintenance. The company reported it costs about £100k a year.
The figures look good from a financial perspective, but many questions still need to be answered. Most important (from a company’s point of view) is the quality of a product, especially because the company is a service provider, and their product is not a tangible commodity. Whether AI can give a satisfactory quality of service or not must be the deepest concern for service companies. Would programmers be able to code the compassion into the machine? This can also be a debate.
However, there is another factor: the social acceptance of the fact that a person would lose a job every time a machine is assigned to perform his or her task. The growth of human jobs with the increase in AI-based platforms is not that significant, which might raise a few eyebrows. Soon, we can expect a number of organizations emerging from the need to regulate this change. Also, we are likely to face greater resistance from the people who are at the risk of losing their jobs.
Which jobs are vulnerable to AI revolution?
In a widely acclaimed study, Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne found out the probability of automation for 702 jobs, and found that 47 percent of employees in America are at high risk of losing jobs because of automation and AI. Their study warned the employees working in transport and logistics (taxi drivers and courier drivers are to be replaced by self-driving cars and car-pools), office support staff (security guards and front-desk officers to be replaced by computerized check-ins and securities), and sales and customer support staff (cashiers, telemarketers, call-center assistants, clerks are to be replaced with chatbots and machines).
The study also stated that “recent developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence will put a substantial share of employment, across a wide range of occupations, at risk in the near future.” Some other studies also noted an equivalent figure of 35 percent for the workforce for the United Kingdom (where more people work in creative industries less susceptible to automation) and 49 percent for Japan.
How does the future look?
Are we heading towards a future where automation will make employment a scarcity? "We are expecting 500 billion objects to become connected to the Internet, and this automation is going to hollow out middle and working class jobs," explained Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup's Latin America business, while speaking at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif.
But this is just one side of the story. AI will also create new jobs in the field. Self-driving cars may need drivers for emergency rides. More tech developers to create chatbots for every industry and most of all more AI-trainers to train chatbots to act like a human. Like websites, all the systems needs to be maintained and constantly updated. No matter how advanced and super-efficient AI may become, some jobs are always done better by humans, including doctors, therapists, hairdressers and personal trainers. An analysis of the British workforce by Deloitte highlighted a profound shift over the past two decades towards “caring” jobs: the number of nursing assistants increased by 909 percent, teaching assistants by 580 percent and care workers by 168 percent.
On one side, there are techies who say that machines and AI are ready to take all the jobs. On the other side, there are economists who say that AI revolution or any new technology always create more jobs than they destroy. Well, the real answer lies somewhere in between. Artificial Intelligence will not lead to mass unemployment, but it will shake up the foundation of many companies that rely on outdated technologies, which will result in huge losses and then layoffs. Those companies that will embrace it, will disrupt the industry and speed up the existing trend of computer-related automation which will enable their employees to learn new skills more quickly than in the past.
Photo credit: Willyam Bradberry/Shutterstock
2017년 11월 8일 수요일
Assessment for 21st century
Assessment for 21st century
Assessment for 21st century should be comprehensive, and various sources and techniques are required. Assessment itself need to be authentic learning experiences for students that it can be expanded not just a test to check their knowledge by teachers but a technology enhanced tool for their personal learning strategy with instant feedback by peers or by themselves. So the formative assessment is a big part of learning environment in 21st century education.
2017년 11월 1일 수요일
App Practice: Students as Global Citizen
App Practice: Students as Global Citizen
The Definition of Global Citizen is a someone who sees himself/herself as being part of an emerging world community and whose actions help define this community's values and practices.
2017년 10월 23일 월요일
App Practice: Student Researcher
For the class Edu 614, one of my goal is to be proficient in Google features, and this is such a good opportunity to dig more into G suite for this assignment "Apps for student researcher".
Google Docs for Student researching
Many teachers felt the Google Docs Research Tool was very useful for their classes they had been used this tool daily basis. However, unfortunately, Google recently changed one of their best feature "Research tool" in Google Doc to "Explore tool". People are trying their best to fit in this situation, so do I.
This is a NEW simple how-to-use method.
- Students can use Explore tool by clicking the star-shaped icon in the bottom-right of Google Docs pages. Teachers can utilize this tool by providing essential questions for students so that they can research their answers using the searching engine within Google Docs.
- Also, students can start their document by using Google Keep, which is also on a toolbox in Google Docs. There is a "Keep notepad" button on a toolbox, and simply by dragging Keep-notes that were already found, students can make a quick outline of their paper.
- Google Docs also provides Google advanced search operators, students will be able to find more accurate articles for their document. Clicking a quote icon while searching the "Explore tool", students can make an easy footnote.
- For the last, students can use a citation feature by "Adds-on" the Paperpile or easyBib.
https://www.safesearchkids.com/
http://www.kidsclick.org/
http://www.kidrex.org/
https://primaryschoolict.com/
https://www.factmonster.com/
https://www.kiddle.co/
https://scholar.google.com/
https://www.refseek.com/
https://www.wolframalpha.com/
http://www.sweetsearch.com/
I have an assignment for my other class, English Arts, and I want to figure it out whether the technology integrated lesson really works.
you can see the the lesson plan by clicking board down below.
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2017년 10월 18일 수요일
App Practice: Students Scribe
<Students Scribe>
"The Apps for using scribe" means using technology to write documents, especially as collaborative works. In the book "Who owns the learning?", the author Alan November introduced the Digital Learning Farm, which showed effective ways to integrate technology with education in the classroom. If students engage more by creating tutorials for other students, collaborating with scribing will increase their participation by producing shared notes. These are the benefits offered by the process of creating shared notes.
- Students will be better at synthesizing information into ideas
- Students will learn important skills in collaborating, communicating, organizing, writing and critical thinking.
- Students will enjoy producing shared notes.
As a bad hand writer myself, I've always struggled to make the note neat as possible, but still I felt it was not enough to show to other people. However, after I took this Edu 614 course, I poured out my energy to create something new, better and beautiful to use and was amazed by the possibility of technology for students. Note-taking will be a great project that everyone can participate, and every voice will be heard.
However, there are one thing I've concerned about taking a note using apps. I wrote something on the blog page, I felt it was more like making a magazine then note-taking. I could see the comments, but it was like grading by other people. If a teacher want to use technology as a scribe tool in the class, he/she needs proper apps, and a skill for that app.
The Youtube video that professor Seavey posted ""Why Chris Penna Uses Google Docs vs. Wikis for collaborative writing" I was convinced using Google Docs is better for me then wiki for students using as a scribe tool. Chris Penna said, wiki is more like a web page rather then a document.
Ex) First, Students will make drafts of their writing using Google Docs in their literature class. To show how to use Google Docs, I'll use my son's readers response journal for his class.
In the classroom, a teacher will use Google classroom in his/her Google Drive.
Clicking the "NEW" icon, the teacher will see the Google Docs.
If they can't finish their work in the class, they can do it at home, adding more details. If the teacher wants to check who are participating and did their works, there is "See version history" section.
With dates, times, and Students' work history, the teacher can check and provide comments or reinforce about parts of the lesson.
After they make their finals, try to use Voki classroom app, if possible,
2017년 10월 9일 월요일
App Practice : Student Tutorial
Student Tutorial for the App
Voicethread for Presentation
<Click the picture above to read the document by Jihye Won>
This is an example video that I made for students Tutorial using app.
I used Screencast-O-Matic to capture my computer screen while I was using Voicethread for the assignment.
A first video that I've ever made, and you can see lots of mistake, but I really enjoyed these new technology tools. I also could see the possibility of the technology integrated class.
Voicethread for Presentation
This is an example video that I made for students Tutorial using app.
I used Screencast-O-Matic to capture my computer screen while I was using Voicethread for the assignment.
A first video that I've ever made, and you can see lots of mistake, but I really enjoyed these new technology tools. I also could see the possibility of the technology integrated class.
Thank you for watching this video!
2017년 9월 30일 토요일
App Practice : Teacher Admin Tasks
<Click above to see How a teacher can use Google Classroom for Admin Tasks>
Apps for education
The List of Educational apps
For me,
Apps are like Pokemon-balls that I should be trained to find right one for my own purpose and have skills for using proficiently.
<Click balls down below for the List>
Tips!
Before swimming in the ocean of apps!
The number of available apps in the Google Playstore is 3.3million apps in September 2017, and many of them claiming they are made for educational purpose. As a mom and also a student, It is hard to find time figuring out each app are just right for my own use.
One tip I found useful to check apps efficiently is using app-review sites like Graphite, which is like Yelp(customer report) for educational apps, games and websites. This site is financially supported by Bill Gates, and teachers can use this site with no-charge. Or, simply check Apple AppStore for reviewing apps.
2017년 9월 29일 금요일
The Growth Chart by Jihye Won
<Click above for Growth Chart>
2017년 9월 27일 수요일
Digital Promise
Digital textbooks open a new chapter
South Korea, one of the world's highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum.
By 2015, it wants to be able to deliver all its curriculum materials in a digital form through computers. The information that would once have been in paper textbooks will be delivered on screen.
South Korea's Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Ju-Ho Lee, said that his department was preparing a promotion strategy for "Smart Education", focusing on customised learning and teaching.
The project, launched during the summer, will involve wireless networks in all schools to allow students to learn "whenever and wherever", as well as an education information system that can run in a variety of devices including PCs, laptops, tablets and internet-connected TVs.
He said the government would support an open content market containing a variety of learning materials, aimed at keeping up quality while keeping down costs.
"Smart Education will change how we perceive textbooks," said Mr Lee.
"The transfer from the traditional paper textbooks to digital textbooks will allow students to leave behind their heavy backpacks and explore the world beyond the classroom."
Tech-friendly teenagers
The intended benefits include extending the choice of subjects for students in rural areas who previously have lacked specialist teachers and to make it easier for pupils to study from home.
South Korea's teenagers should be particularly receptive to such educational technology.
An Organisation for Economic Co-ordination and Development (OECD) international assessment found that 15-year-olds in South Korea were the most competent users of digital technologies in a survey of 16 developed countries.
They were best at evaluating information on the internet, assessing its credibility and navigating web pages.
South Korea's pre-eminence has not come about by chance.
Unesco has documented the way that South Korea has carefully controlled the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education.
The government has understood the importance of having formal standards, so that systems can work with each other and quality can be assured.
The United States, alarmed by its relative international educational decline, is now also increasing the resources it devotes to digital learning.
But its move appears to be an acknowledgement of a lack of joined-up thinking in the past.
President Barack Obama's "Digital Promise", announced last month, involves a new national centre to advance technologies that can supposedly transform teaching and learning.
The remit is "to determine quickly what is working and what is not, and transform today's fragmented learning technology market, paving the way for the widespread use of learning technologies that deliver the best results for students, parents, and teachers".
Teaching gap
"With more than 14,000 school districts, and an outdated procurement system, it's difficult for entrepreneurs to break into the market, and it's also tough to prove that their products can deliver meaningful results," the White House said.
Given the way education in the US is so highly devolved there are bound to be continuing questions over how much the initiative can achieve.
Another question is whether technology in the classroom is what really makes a difference.
A study by the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University found that digital technology in the classroom might help to engage pupils in their learning and could save schools money.
But the Achilles' heel - commonplace with educational technology - was the teachers. They felt they needed far greater training in how to integrate the resources into their lesson plans .
"The sad truth is that students can learn just as badly with a class full of computers, interactive whiteboards and mobile technology as they can with wooden desks and a chalkboard," said science and ICT teacher David Weston, founder of the consultancy Informed Education.
There might be enormous potential for software or gadgets to engage and challenge students in new and imaginative ways.
"But unless there is a focus on developing the teaching expertise to support this then you run the risk of wasting time, money and opportunity," he said. And it may be that technology is seen as a way to achieve cost savings by - to put it crudely - replacing teachers with robots.
Digital tutor
Setting out its Digital Promise ambitions, the White House said: "For years, researchers have been working on developing educational software that is as effective as a personal tutor."
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Preliminary results from a US military "digital tutor" project suggested the time needed to become an expert in information technology could be reduced from years to months, said the White House.
"Achieving similar results in subjects such as math would transform K-12 [primary] education." It certainly would.
And although children tend to be quicker on the uptake than their teachers where anything with a screen is involved, this cannot be taken for granted.
The OECD's study of the technology-friendliness of 15-year-olds highlighted crucial differences between printed and digital texts, with their non-linear navigation.
"Individuals who develop the skills needed to use these texts efficiently and effectively will be at an increasing advantage in accessing higher education, finding and succeeding in a well-paid job, and participating fully in society."
So policy makers must guard against creating a new "digital divide" between those who could and who could not use these new technologies, it warned.
Big Brother?
But is there a bigger, darker concern about such a centralised digital curriculum? If you put all your educational eggs in one digital basket you might hatch a monster.
An unscrupulous government could relish the fact that everything a child learns is controllable through one, easily manipulated, digital portal.
BBC
Such fears have been examined in the novel, The Book, by M Clifford. The US author presents a dystopian civilization in which all information is accessed through an e-reader. The people discover that the digital content has been subtly altered by a corrupt government.
"There is something about paper that commands trust," Mr Clifford said. "And reading is very personal. A bonfire of books used to make us cringe because it represented the destruction of that trustworthy bond."
In an increasingly paperless society, we can trust the technology, but questions need to be raised when governments are involved, he says.
"The scare for me was always the subtlety. The delicate manipulation, one word at a time, to alter someone's perception of the truth.
"Not only is there a fear of changing historical record, but of tailoring someone's perspective on the world. If you think that what you are reading is authentic, then your guard is lowered and you accept it as reality."
He debunks his own dark scenario - but has doubts. "As we've seen, the world is becoming more interconnected on an individual level and so it is unlikely that factual information could be so widely altered. We are probably safe.
"But the fact that it could happen without anyone knowing is the real nail-biter."
Gary Eason
Career:
:: Since 2010:
- Higher education consultant (with MediaFHE)
- Picture commissions, licensing and print sales via garyeason.photography
- Photorealistic classic aviation pictures at flightartworks.com
:: Founding editor BBC News website's education section, 1998
:: BBC network news and current affairs reporter, 1991
:: BBC radio news and current affairs producer, 1983
:: Shropshire Star reporter, columnist and sub-editor, 1980
Specialties: Education (all phases). Sailing. New media.
