Week 8 Assignment 1

Week 8 Assignment 1

Gloria Nuckles

This week’s blog post addresses three technologies I found beneficial that address digital citizenship, ethics, and netiquette. The first technology that will be discussed is URL: http://www.isafe.org. This website addresses digital citizenship education to children on how to use information without abusing it. I selected this technology as a resource for adult online learners to use personally and professionally. Within the correctional learning environment, I will introduce this technology to offenders who will discharge within six months. The information will provide the ex-offenders knowledge of a factor important for their children. Additionally, I will inform my colleagues and friends about this vital technology. Bruce R. presented this information in the Week 7 blog:

The second URL/technology that provides significant information was obtained from Nicole W. BrainPOP (brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship).  This site presents a variety of subjects, and one of its topics is digital etiquette, online safety, and cyberbullying. I have an interest in obtaining information regarding digital etiquette/cyberbullying and the site, although intended for children, adults will benefit from the topics. It is imperative that adults have digital etiquette to educate children to appropriate technology communication.

In the adult correctional learning environment, I will add this information to other digital etiquette websites and present a list of resources to adult offenders. Additionally, I will contact the local library and have the resources available to computer patrons.

The Final URL from Cedric B. was presented in Week 7, Digital Citizenship Blot. The URL: http://www.icdlasia.org/about-icd/digital-citizen-tablet-fundamentals. Digital Citizen Tablet Fundamentals (DCTF) introduces learners to concepts that are related to using a table. The use of the tablet must be responsible and respectful. My concept of tablets is limited, and this website would provide novice tablet users key concepts. As a potential online instructor, I foresee tablets being used in higher education. Having knowledge of tablets and their connection to digital etiquette, I would recommend students to read the site and practice the skills on their tablets. Additionally, I would add the website to my list of resources for adult offenders preparing to re-enter society.

Finally, the blog assignment was extremely beneficial toward preparing to become an effective online instructor and classmate that went the extra mile, providing vital information.

References

BrainPop (n.d.) Digital Etiquette, brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship

Digital Citizens Tablet Fundamentals – ICDL – International Computer (n.d.) http://www.icdlasia.org/about-icdl/digital-citizen-tablet-fundamentals

isafe – http://www.isafe.org

Week 7 Assignment 1

Week 7

Assignment 1

Having the position of an online learner and potential online instructor, I have a responsibility to be informed about knowledge surrounding digital citizenship, ethics, and netiquette.

Investigation produced two technologies/articles that provide vital information regarding ethics in digital information technology. The first, URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/526401/.  Laws and ethics can’t keep pace with technology. This article by Vivek Wadhwa states there are regulatory gaps exist because laws have not kept up with advances in technology. The article states that there is confusion with “what is ethical, let alone what the laws should be, in relation to technologies such as social media. I selected this article for the vital information regarding the history of laws and ethical practices. A point of interest regarding how medical sensors are connected to smart phones, information about our physiology and health is transferred to the public domain. The question arises where is the line drawn on what is legal – and ethical? As an online instructor, I would assign online learners this article to read. Additionally, I would share this article with colleagues to enhance their knowledge.

The second URL: http://cyberbullying.org/advice-for-adult-victims-of-cyberbullying. Within an online classroom, one would assume online learners would be immune from cyberbullying. Perhaps not. This article provides information that cyberbullying is not just an adolescent problem. I selected this article to enlighten my knowledge of adult cyberbullying. Within my online class, if cyberbullying occurs, I have legal and moral responsibilities to protect my online student. At the beginning of my online class, online learners will read about Netiquette using Ribble, M. (n.d.) Nine element: Nine themes of digital citizenship and articles about cyberbullying. I will provide an anti-cyberbullying contract for online learners to sign. I will have discussed this plan with administrators and colleagues.

Within the online learning community, ethics, laws, and cyberbullying cannot be ignored. Online instructors have a responsibility to provide their online learners an abundance of information.

References:

http://cyberbullying.org/advice-for-adult-victims-of-cyberbullying

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/526401/

Week 6 Assignment 1

Week 6 Assignment 1

The blog assignment for this week enabled me to research open and distance education technologies. I selected the following two technologies that provide adult education vital benefits.

The first technology is http://www.distance-education.org/articles/135-Completely-Free-District-Education-Courses. This website provides an abundance site that offers a large number of free courses and courseware. The courses are provided by credible universities: Utah State University, Notre Dame, MIT, Berkeley, and Brigham Young University. I selected this site in that it provides the online learner a wide variety and description of a variety of topics/courses. Within my present professional environment I will provide offender students a copy of the courses. This will provide the offender students an educational tool to utilize when released. Additionally, I will select a course, enroll, and present my experiences to the adult offenders.

The second URL is https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ICT-inEducation/The-Uses-ICTs-in-Education. Examples of ICTs - print, audio/video cassettes, radio, computers, the Internet – may be used for presentation and demonstration. This site was selected to provide me further knowledge of ICTs benefits in education. I highly recommend online learners and educators to read this information. Within the correctional classroom, I will provide the offender students copies of the article. This information will provide offender students who want to pursue online learning with concrete information about the benefits of ICTs. Within my potential online classroom, I will recommend online learners read the article.

This blog assignment provided additional tools toward my becoming an effective online instructor.

Week 5 Blog Assignment

The blog focus for this week was to investigate games, simulations, and virtual environments. I have chosen http://www.lumosity.com and http://braingames1.aarp.org as the websites that will enhance adult learning.

The first website, Lumosity, has free games and the opportunity to subscribe monthly, yearly, or lifetime. I subscribed for one month for $11.95. I think this is an excellent investment toward honoring my brain skills and giving potential online adult students valuable brain activities. Lumosity provides, in addition to free games, a full training program with a subscription. The games are designed by scientists that challenge a variety of skills. Also, adult online learners have available 25+ mobile Lumosity games for Android, iPad, and iPhone. I selected this website for the challenging games and its availability for mobile devices. In the adult online learning environment, Lumosity would be used as an ice-breaker and team activity.

The second, AARP, provides free brain challenging games for adults. I never associated AARP with online gaming, and discovering this site provided me additional opportunities to test my brain abilities. The games are designed to promote memory attention and visual-spatial. Within the adult online learning environment, I would assign games weekly, and the games would be utilized as ice-breakers. I highly suggest investigating these websites.

References

  http://braingames1.aarp.org

 http://www.lumosity.com

Educational Technologies

Week 4

Assignment 1: Educational Technologies Blog

The focus of this week’s blog is mobile learning technologies and how adult learning will be enhanced through the use of mobile phones, smartphones, iPods, iPads, tablets, etc.

The course text stated that “some K-12 schools have decided to embrace mobile devices into the classroom for instruction” (Bonk, 2009, p. 303). Mobile devices and learning apps in the learning environment are slowly breaking down the walls of the traditional classroom. Within my professional environment, usage of computers is minimal. Every week my technology knowledge expands. Researching this week’s assignment, I located the following technology although not necessarily “new” has the potential to transform how online adult learners obtain information.

The first URL: http://louisville.edu/delphi/resources/emerging-and-mobile-technologies This website introduced me to:

File Sharing

One app every educator and student should have on any device is DropBox [link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8], which is a free file hosting service. This storage app permits an individual to store data in the “cloud,” providing the ability to access the files from anywhere. The files may be moved from a computer to the device or vice versa. I selected this technology in that I envisioned how useful this app would be for the online learner and educator. Within my potential online class, I could create folders that the online learners could access at any time from their smartphone, tablet, or computer.

The second URL: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/emerging-technologies This website offered technology courses that commence November 28, 2016, to January 9, 2016. The title of the course: Emerging Technologies from smartphones to IoT to Big Data specialization. The lectures focus on the specifications, hardware modules, and OS (Operation System), iOS and Android that enable smartphones to perform various feathers and functionalities. The lecture covers the specifications of the Samsun Galaxy 56 Edge, LGG4, and the iPhone 6 Plus. Discovering this website, I experienced excitement. In addition to smartphone knowledge, cloud computing, and Internet of Things (IoT) & Augmented Reality (AR), emerging technologies are discussed. IoT is a new emerging technology domain which will be used to connect all objects to the internet for remote sensing and control. I have a responsibility to be informed about various aspects of technology. Within the online classroom, I could utilize Drop Box to provides lecture notes from the courses [I intend to sign up for a course] to the online learner. Additionally, I would provide online learners the website and encourage them to participate.

In conclusion, as a potential online educator, the information provided tine blog is contributing to my effectiveness and expertise of various technologies.

References:

Bonk, C. J. (2009). The world is open: How web technology is revolutionizing education.

            San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

http://theconversation.com/do-mobile-devices-in-the-classroom-really...

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/emerging-technologies

http://www.securedgenetworks.com/blog/4-Benefits-of-having-mobile...

Week 3 Blog Assignment

Week 3 Assignment 1

The first social networking technology I selected is Duolingo, http://www.fluentin3months.com/duolingo. Duolingo is a free language-learning app that offers 11 completed language courses for English speakers. For example, as an English speaker, you can learn Spanish with over 40 million other learners, Italian with 10 million learners, or even Irish, with just over 1 million learners. To use Duolingo, you set up a profile, choose your target language, set your weekly goals, and you are ready to learn a new language.

I selected this technology in that it is an excellent example of personalized learning. The course text mentioned learning a new language online using “Kan Talk, Spanish Pod, or LiveMocha. Duolingo appears to be more user-friendly.

Two examples of how Duolingo will be incorporated into my professional practice.

Within the online learning community, I may sue Duolingo as an icebreaker. The second utilization of Duolingo is collaborating with 2 to 3 other online instructors to learn the same language and post our experiences on a blog.

Edmodo is the second technology I chose. www.slideshare.net/justinhanger/whiat-is-edmodo www.youtube.com/watch?V=nHtwgZEHs

Edmodo is a free online networking application for teachers and students. It is a safe and controlled environment appropriate for schools. Unlike Facebook, Edmodo explicitly deals with school and teacher concerns about social networking for students. I selected Edmodo in that I can envision sharing this information with local teachers. Additionally, as an online instructor, I may be able to implement this safe and controlled technology within my online classroom. Communication between students can not be anonymous or private, which is a positive not found on Facebook.

References

Bonk, C. J. (2009). The world is open: How web technology is revolutionizing education.

            San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Week 2 Blog Assignment

Week 2 Assignment

Researching the multimedia websites, I decided to post the URL http://www.ven.org/general_learner/multimedia_resources.html Utah Education Network. My reason to select this website is the multimedia resources for educators and students provides access to websites with numerous resources educators can use in multimedia presentations. Within my present professional practice, following guidelines for copyright and usage, I will utilize presentations created with Microsoft PowerPoint. Another example of how I may incorporate technology from the multimedia website is to explore Think Port: Think Classroom, Online Clips. I intend to share the information with adult male correctional offenders.

Pew Research Center http://www.pewinternet.org/2012/05/18/the-future-of-gamifciation

I selected this website to gather further information about gamification. The website stated that gamification as one of the top 10 technology trends for 2012. Within the correctional classroom, most offenders think of online gaming strictly as entertainment. I plan to transform online concepts into the correctional classroom. I will share my outcome through this blog. Additionally, I will provide the adult offenders with online learning information that may promote someone to enroll in online classes and encourage their children.