Week Two Assignment Three: Blogging
Recently I began a technology course at National University. I’ve decided to keep my credentials and need it to clear them. One of our assignments is to find a couple Blog posts in relation to technology and tell educators about them.
Diplomas Don’t Prepare Students for the Real World. ePortfolios do.
So many students seem to be graduating college and struggling to find jobs. Not only is the economy bad but graduates sometimes lack real-world experience. Also, simple references on one’s character isn’t enough any longer. Most companies won’t accept a handwritten resume, everything’s online. Therefore students need to have an electronic portfolio they can send to their prospective employer. The author also goes over the need to have the portfolio belong to the student not the university. “By real I mean, the student, not the school, owns the portfolio.” (The Innovative Educator: Way Out of the Box!, 2011) We should also have students in elementary, middle school, and high school start their ePortfolios now to show their growth.
Second Up-
7 Places & Ways to Find Copyright-friendly Images
I don’t know about you but I love to add images to my presentations in PowerPoint and Smartboard. This blog includes seven sites to find copyright free images for use:
· morgueFile-“The Morgue File photo collection contains thousands of images that anyone can use for free in academic or commercial presentations.” (Mr. Bryne, 2010)
· “William Vann's EduPic Graphical Resource provides free photographs and drawings for teachers and students to use in their classrooms.” (Mr. Bryne, 2010)
· “The World Images Kiosk hosted by San Jose State University offers more than 75,000 images that teachers and students can use in their academic projects.” (Mr. Bryne, 2010)
· “Photos 8 is a great place to find thousands of images that are in the public domain.” (Mr. Bryne, 2010)
· “FedFlix, hosted by the Internet Archive, is a collection of nearly 2000 films produced by the US government during the 20th Century.” (Mr. Bryne, 2010)
· Google-hopefully you’re already aware of this one. Just make sure you have the correct filter turned on when searching for images. (Mr. Bryne, 2010)
· Yahoo!-also make sure to use the filter for Creative Commons. (Mr. Bryne, 2010)
It’s always interesting to hear about places other people have traveled to and see their photos. Lately, my friends haven’t been traveling much. Not enough money and some don’t have jobs. Therefore, this blog discusses a new website Tripline, where you can go to look at other people’s trips or post yours. According to the author “the final product is not only an interactive map, but it’s animated.” (Dembo, 2011) It’s a great resource for helping your students see other countries
Reference List-
The Innovative Educator: Way Out of the Box! (2011, March 9). Diplomas Don’t Prepare
Students for the Real World. ePortfolios do. Message posted to http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/.
Mr. Bryne. (2010, August 31) 7 Places & Ways to Find Copyright-friendly Images. Retrieved
Dembo, Steve. (2011) Tripline: The interface we always wanted for Google Lit Trips… and
more! Retrieved March 12, 2011, from http://www.teach42.com/2011/02/10/tripline-the-interface-we-always-wanted-for-google-lit-trips-and-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+teach42%2Fweblog+%28teach42%29
DISCLAIMER: This blog is an assignment for the EDT 655 course at National University. It is not a real blog.
