Online survey tools allow for data collection opportunities across curriculum. Surveys allow students to answer questions based on themselves.The collected results then become the springboard for a classroom discussion conducted by the teacher. Online surveys can be both fun and educational because they can allow for participation outside the classroom with students from neighboring schools or countries. In my opinion, two good rules for online surveys are to avoid long questions and to not appear bias in your phrasing. Both of these can deter a individual from participating.
Implementing a PDA in the classroom is a great educational tool. These systems allow for students to step outside of the classroom and become engaged in their surroundings, or remain in class and participate in the collection of data from a field instructor. As an English teacher, I am not sure how to utilize the PDA, but I do know that online surveys would be a great interactive tool when questioning students on their opinions of various literature.
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I agree with you on the fact that the PDA's are a great tool for the classroom. This is a great way for the students to learn the new technology that is often used in the work force in today's time. The only thing that I can say against these PDA's is that students can always lose focus and having this type of equipment can cause a loss of focus.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that PDA's are great to use in the classroom. They help students become more familiar with technology and help students take notes and complete assignments. However, there can be some downfalls to using them because students might end up playing video games or texting on them. Online surveys are also useful in the classroom. We had to take one in my SED class and it tested our current knowledge over multicultural teaching.
ReplyDeletePDAs can be a great tool for the classroom, but strict guidlines and rules need to be followed. You pointed out that PDAs are a great tool for gathering information in the field and allows the informaion to be easily shared with other students which is a wonderful way to share knowledge. The fact that the information can be downloaded into the computer and expanded on by information from others is also great. It allows for students to be active participants in all types of research and feel they made a contribution that made the projects tangable to them.
ReplyDeleteThe use of surveys by a teacher to the students is also a way for a teacher to understand what a student knows so that the teachers lesson can focus on the areas that students are weaker in. I think that this is a wonderful idea and could be used to enhance the students education and teachers use on time.
Penny I believe you can find ways of using the PDA in an English classroom. Whether finding a program that helps the students see parts of a sentence, or making webs to start the basics for writing a paper. Or interactive mad libs for the students to work on verbs, adverbs and so on. You could also do PowerPoint’s reading projects or books your class is reading together.
ReplyDeletePDA's can be a great tool for the classroom, but I also agree that there should be some guidlines as to what the students can do on the devices. However, I think handheld devices can be an integral part in meaningful learning.
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