Blog #4

Paragraph 1: Personal Digital Assistants
What are Personal Digital Assistants? How do you use them in classrooms?
     Personal Digital Assistants are also known as handhed devices.  For short they are also reffered to as PDAs.  Many people use them to help organize their daily lives.  Teachers say they are very helpful in the classroom for "instruction and positively impact student motivation."  Personal digital assistants usely run on the Palm operating system and some on windows, but I feel that with the new Android system many classrooms may see a change in they systems.
Paragraph 2: Online Surveys
Why do we use online survey tools? How does it help us in our classrooms? What are 2 good rules for writing good surveys in your opinion?
     We use online surveys to help collect data for different curriculums.  Surveys can help in classrooms by allowing the teachers top learn more about their students, as well as allowing students learn more about themselves.  In my opinion my first rule would be to make the survey questions repeat themselves, but in a different way to ensure more acurate results.  Make many of the questions yes or no.

Paragraph 3: Conclusion
     I feel that technology and school have to go hand and hand with the growth of it in the world and our everyday lives.  I believe that eventually many schools will use less books and more online sources for their teachings.  With the growth of technology and its many uses, many students can access things for class without being in class.  I enjoy the idea of being able to connect with students anytime I am available.




Reference
Jonassen, David H., and David H. Jonassen. Meaningful Learning with Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.