What most made you say, or think, “that’s so neat?” Why? [from chapter 31] What was your favorite activity of the semester and why?
Advanced performance tracking sounds pretty cool. I know plenty of people who would love to get their golf and/or tennis swing analyzed. The use of the microhydraulic capability glove that makes smaller and smaller corrections as you improve is a great supplement to the performance tracker. I wonder if you could save the analysis and improved results on a disc that you could play over and over at home? Of course, if it really works then you wouldn’t need to watch it over and over. On the down side, I got a little scared about all the super-hyped parents who would use it to create the next Tiger Woods out of their two-year-old. For a world language teacher, how cool would it be to have a student use it to learn the correct pronunciation of certain L2 words? The better the student’s pronunciation the less the microhydraulic capability glove would have to work! A great tool for world language teachers who don’t ever seem to have enough time to check on individual speech!
I love the idea of Dr. Warwick’s implant for those people who are disabled. What a great idea to help them lead a more normal, independent life! As for educational purposes, I’m not quite sure how they could be used except for maybe as a pocket-translator that would be automatically accessed when needed. Hmm… that could possibly put me out of a job.
Applying artificial intelligence’s I-PUSH learning environments would be a cool application for second language learning. Setting up different tutorial scenarios for students to work on at different times, or multiple times, would allow teachers to have more time for hands-on help with others who need it. If the I-PUSH tutorials had voice/pronunciation recognition, students’ verbal abilities could increase dramatically. Being able to provide one-on-one, or three-on-one, verbal help is one of the most difficult things to manage in a time-constrained classroom. Adding simulations on top of this would be phenomenal! Imagine a student negotiating the virtual Paris Métro system. They would have to use correct vocabulary (taught beforehand by the teacher), correct pronunciation, correct grammar to negotiate the subway system and reach the correct destination. Any mishaps would also provide a learning experience. Students would learn (hopefully) from these mistakes and not repeat them the next time they utilize the simulation I-PUSH tutorial. They could repeat it as many times as necessary to learn what they are supposed to. This would be WAY better than the contrived “conversations” that students have to do now.
My favorite EDT 5410 activity was the creation of my own website. I’m so proud of the fact that I did it all by myself with only a couple of minor problems. Currently, it seems to be the most useful thing. Adding pages, and information to my pages, is quick and easy to do. It is something that all students can access (even if through the public library’s computers) and use.
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Haha I liked your fun response to this chapter because it was kind of a fun chapter.
I don't think we are far off on implementing artificial intelligence in education, especially in the world of online classes. It wouldn't take much programming to say if this student gets a 70% or lower on a certain assignment then assign review work these topics. Of course as the teacher I would have to create these assignments, but honestly I already have a lot of these review assignments created.
It would be nice for students to have the ability to have their pronunciation of words and sentences checked by a computer. We have students who take online language courses but it is difficult when no one else at the school speaks that language to help them out.
Donna,
I had some of the same thoughts as you when it comes to the performance tracking application and overzealous parents or coaches. Could something like this technology widen the gap between the well funded and the not-so well funded school districts?
Your ideas about technology implants helping the disabled are very good. I did not think of those possibilities and the help it could provide to individuals to live a more independent life.
Nice job,
Jeff Tyler
My last class we were able to go through simulations, and it was fun and I can still remember them. They were how to handle different situations so you can live a balanced life. I actually think back to how things should be handled and it can affect how I might deal with a certain situation.
The creation of the website was also one of my favorites. As web page design teacher I was impressed how easy Google made it. I think teacher could make some pretty solid websites for their class and it is good see you didn't have much difficulty with it.
Also, I could see many golfers paying big bucks for a swing like Tiger. I think combining cybernetics and advanced performance tracking could make this a reality.
I don't think it would only be good for students to have the ability to have their pronounciation of words and sentences checked out, I think I could use it as well!
Donna,
I am also proud of myself for my accomplishments with my websites and blogs. To be quite honest, I didn't think that half of the stuff that we needed to do would be as easy as it was.
Don't get me wrong, I have struggled, but some of it was my own fault. It was hard to try to do the assignments so quickly; knowing as little as I do about technology. So I spent most of the night playing with the applications and trying to get things to link correctly.
I hope that now, I will continue to improve on my technological skills and go back and do some of the things I didn't get a chance to. For example, I will go back and create a podcast instead of writing about it.
Wish me luck!
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