Educational Web Tools of ELITE EDUCATORS in ED 107
computer technology has evolved dramatically over the years and has significantly changed society. As technology advances, it transforms and improves society. Computer-related technology allows for enhancement of social functions previously difficult or impossible to execute.
Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community created by Ludicorp in 2004 and later acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs and social media. Yahoo has reported that Flickr has a total of 51 million registered member and 80 million unique visitors. In August 2011, it reported that it was hosting more than 6 billion images and this number continues to grow steadily according to reporting sources. Photos and videos can be accessed from Flickr without the need of registering an account but an account must be made in order for the user to upload content onto the website. Registering an account also allows users to create a profile page containing photos and videos that the user has uploaded and also grants the ability to add another Flickr user as a contact. For mobile users, Flickr has an official app for iPhone, for Windows Phone 7, and for Android.
Classtools.net by Russel Tarr is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Q. Who are you anyway?
International School of ToulouseA. Classtools.net is the work of Russel Tarr, Head of History at the International School of Toulouse, France and author of the established website www.activehistory.co.uk. Q. Are these resources free of charge?
A. Yes. There is no charge for creating resources with any of these templates. Q. Can I use these resources on my own website, blog or wiki?
A. Yes. Each template can be saved as a stand-alone HTML file or as a Widget that can be embedded into a blog or wiki - as long as it is non-commercial. Please note, however, that downloaded HTML files still need to communicate with the ClassTools server and therefore require a computer to have an internet connection. Q. Can I rely on this website to stay online if I create resources using it?
A. Yes! The site is used heavily by myself, my students and many colleagues and associates around the world, and so there is no way this site is going to disappear! As author of the website www.activehistory.co.uk (now approaching its tenth birthday!) I understand the importance of a website being reliable, durable and stable. Q. If I save a template, how long does it stay on your server for?
A. Permanently. The only exception is for files which are not accessed even once during a 12-month period. At this point they are considered to be dormant and may be removed from the server to clear space. Q. Will my resources be available for anyone to see?
Generally speaking, only if you create a link to the resource from your own website / wiki / blog etc. There is no area on the website where all of the files saved by users are made publicly accessible. However, on occasions I will surf through the server trying to spot some examples of good practice and create links to such files from the help pages for each template. Q. Can I use these resources on my commercial website?
A. If you want to use ClassTools.net templates within a commercial website, please contact me in order to discuss a suitable arrangement. Q. Can I download these templates for offline viewing?
A. The templates need to run "live" from the server, so an internet connection is therefore needed. Q. How do I contact you if I have any further questions?
A. Please use the feedback form. I am always keen to hear from users of the website with their comments, suggestions and ideas!
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor.Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and note services. The software can also be used for personal notetaking. Wikis serve different purposes. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access). For example editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules can be imposed for organizing content. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work."Wiki" (pronounced [ˈwiti] or [ˈviti]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick"
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets". Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July. Twitter rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with 200 million users as of 2011,generating over 200 million tweets and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day. It is sometimes described as the "SMS of the Internet." Twitter Inc., the company that operates the service and associated website, is based in San Francisco, with additional servers and offices in San Antonio, Boston, and New York City. Twitter's origins lie in a "daylong brainstorming session" held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. Dorsey introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group. The original project code name for the service was twttr, an idea that Williams later ascribed to Noah Glass,inspired by Flickr and the five-character length of American SMS short codes. The developers initially considered "10958" as a short code, but later changed it to "40404" for "ease of use and memorability." Work on the project started on March 21, 2006, when Dorsey published the first Twitter message at 9:50 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST): "just setting up my twttr".
"...we came across the word 'twitter', and it was just perfect. The definition was 'a short burst of inconsequential information,' and 'chirps from birds'. And that's exactly what the product was." – Jack Dorsey
Behaviorism-BF Skinner Human Nature is the product of one's environment. Change the environment to change the behavior. Reinforce good behavior, punish bad behavior Behavior Modification Conservatism- Edmund Burke Conservation of cultural heritage preserves the wisdom of the achievements of humankind. Behavior evolves within the conditioning influence of the institutional system, tradition is the repository of a collective social intelligence. Conserve/preserve heritage Constructivism- Jean Piaget Constructivism is an educational methodology which asserts that learners should be taught in a way that allows them to construct their own understandings about a subject. The purpose of the teacher is not to cover material but to help the child "uncover" the facts and ideas in a subject area. Construct new ideas Essentialism - Willaim C. Bagley; Arthur Bestor Essentialists believe that children should learn traditional basic subjects. (Reading, Writing, Literature, Foreign Languages, History, Math, Science, Art, and Music. ) Generally teaches children progressively, from less complex skills to more complex. Schools should transmit the traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge that students need to become model citizens. Focus is on basic skills. Back to the Basics Existentialism- Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche Existentialism rejects the existence of any source of objective, authoritative truth about metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Do not accept any predetermined creed or philosophical system and from that try to define who we are. Aim for the progressing of humanity. Use independent thinking. It engages the student in central questions of defiming life and who we are. Answers imposed from the outside may not be real answers. The only real answers are the ones that come from inside each person, that are authentically his or her own. For the existentialist, there exists no universal form of human nature; each of us has the free will to develop as we see fit. What is real? Idealism - Plato “Stimulate learners to achieve a more vital and fuller identification with the Absolute Mind or the Macrocosm... Students come into a gradually expanding mental awareness that leads to self-definition based on a comprehensive understanding or perspective of the universe.” (Gutek, p21) Striving for the ideal Liberalism - John Locke Liberalism focuses on the individual. Ideas come from experience.Sensation and reflection create learning. Blank slate of individual experience Marxism-Karl Marx Marxism promotes socialism, as opposed to capitalism where one class oppresses another. Education is use d to change society. All for all Naturalism - Rousseau The child should develop in the natural way s/he is designed, guiding the process Natural development of the child Perennialism - Robert M. Hutchins Perennialists believe that one should teach the things of everlasting importance to all people everywhere. They believe that the most important topics develop a person. Philosophy is improtant to study. Studens should learn principles, not facts, teach scientific reasoning, not facts. Teach first about humans, not machines or techniques.. Perennialism focuses first on personal development. Like perennial flowers, great principles repeat Pragmatism - John Dewey “Ideas were to be judged by their consequences when acted on; truth was a warranted assertion, a tentative statement based on the application of hypotheses to solving problems; logic, following the scientific method was experimental; values were experienced within the context of ethical and aesthetic problems and issues charged by the unique features of particular situations.” Gutek, p 77. Scientific problem solving, experiential learning Progressivism - William Kilpatrick Progressivists believe that education must be based on the fact that humans are social animals who learn best in real-life activities with other people. Teachers provide not just reading and drill, but also real-world experiences and activities that center around the real life of the students. Discovery follows the scientific method: 1. Become aware of the problem. 2. Define the problem. 3. Propose hypotheses to solve it. 4. Test the consequences of the hypotheses from one's past experience. 5. Test the most likely solution. "Learn by Doing!" Realism- Aristotle “Cultivate human rationality, the human’s highest power, through the study of organized bodies of knowledge…encourage human beings to define themselves by framing their choices rationally, to realize themselves by exercising their potentiality for excellence to the fullest, and to integrate themselves by ordering the various roles and claims of life according to a rational an hierarchical order.” Gutek, p 41 Rationally real Social Reconstructionism - George S. Counts Education should examine, define the problems and change the social structure of society. Rebuilding Society Theistic Realism - Thomas Aquinas Similar to realism, but God is central God in the core Totalitarianism - Adolph Hitler Totalitarianism is a political system in which a citizen is totally subject to state authority in all aspects of day-to-day life. Government controls education. Total dependence on government Utopianism - Robert Owen A perfect society can be achieved through the education of the young. Perfect society through education
