Blog Journal #7

In chapter 6 we read about curriculum and ASSURE models. Curriculum is what you teach a class and what points they are expected to know at the end of a certain period of time. ASSURE model stands for:

Analyze learners
State objectives
Select Instructional methods, media, and materials
Utilize methods, media, and materials
Require learner participation
Evaluate and revise

This is a process that teachers now use in order to teach a lesson effectively. ASSURE means that you "A" must know who your students are. What is their grade level and how they learn best. Next you have to say what you want the students to learn, for example set a goal for the students. After you must pick some technology to integrate into your lesson and then use those forms of media. In addition you must have your students participate, and then test their knowledge of everything you have taught.

Some skills I have learned since my last class was how to create a website. The last project was the wiki project, and we had to create a web source with information on any topic teaching other teachers how to instruct a certain topic. It was interesting because I had never created a website before. We inserted information, included pictures, created hyper links to additional helpful web sources, created links to previous pages and the home page, etc. It ended up being a very useful tool. Not only is it helpful to teach teachers how to instruct a certain lesson, but it is useful to post information for your students. As a teacher you can create a website that your students can visit for additional help and information.

The internet is a very useful tool. Teachers today can create websites, what we learned to do last class, in order to help students gain additional information online. You can post information that will help students study for a test, it can have links to additional helpful websites, reinforcement information, and many other tools that can help a student learn the lesson. It is a universal tool that can not only be used in the classroom, but can be used at home. If a child forgot a certain piece of information they can look it up on the class website, or they can even possibly check their homework. In addition it is a good way to ensure that your students are always updated with the accurate information. For example there can no longer be any excuses of "I forgot to write my homework down" or "I left my book here in the class room". It will no longer be valid. If a child did either of those two things they would just then go online and get the information they are missing from this website.