الاثنين، 26 سبتمبر 2011

Video Games for Better Learning

Video games are one of the valuable learning tools for early age. It is attractive to note that Video games will improve the thinking skills for the student .It is one of the best ways of educational technology. However, students by education programs or games can solve the problems and rich their goals.
Many of students spend a lot of time for playing video games. But, it is necessary from their parents to control them and develop security software on their computers. Also, Parents should replace the entertainment games with educational games which can grow their skills in education.
In addition, teachers must keep this question in their mind. The real question is how children will love the education. The education should be fun and enjoyable since they cannot understand that education is crucial.
 As a teacher I want to use any kind of activity or game that will demonstrate what is require. I hope to find many computer games that help learning process since teacher cannot separate the technology form education at this time.
There is a useful website
http://www.learn4good.com/games/kids.htm
 which has a video games. It has one of the best educational games in math for elementary school.( Double Digits Math Game: Learn Math subtraction & addition).
Another website for computer games is
 http://www.lovingyourchild.com/2010/10/fun-educational-websites-kids-love

السبت، 17 سبتمبر 2011

INTRODUCTION

 Hello, I am checking in for Roll Call.My name is Dalya Qasem.I am from Saudi Arabia and this is my first semester in the Ed Tech program. I had a bachelor's degree in Housing Management from King Abdul Aziz University (KAAU) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. KAAU curriculum is proudly accredited by the American Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET).
| 
| I am married and I gave birth to two boys and I worked as a housewife for a small period of time, taking care of my husband and my children. Also, this current and difficult circumstance did not hold me back from achieving my goal and future dreams of being qualified with higher educational degrees and take on every opportunity the career aspect may offer to me in the future based on my credential. 
| 
| I like many things to do. I like to read story, I like to write, I like to dream.However, I wish the best for all student this semester.
| 
| Sincerely,
| Dalya Qasem

Replace school textbooks with the iPad


Replace school textbooks with the iPad 

When I was young, I always asked myself can we one day replace the textbooks with something different. Why we always carry a lot of textbooks and we just use a few pages daily.
Now, after the Ipad tablet came to life and captured the minds and hearts of young children and adults. Some schools in some countries such as UAE decided to replace the textbooks with Ipad. The basic idea came because we need to equip students by providing the best technologies to serve education. Also, the displayed graphics and the slim design used in Ipad have a primary role in the learning process enhancement. Moreover, the touch screen in the device will help the student highly concentrate.
One of the best features in Ipad which used in class is every student can choose any topic from any source and discuss the ideas with the teacher. Students can easily highlight texts, send it to other classmates, or read comments. Apprentices can also download a lot of applications at the break time games, books or stories. So, they can share with anything that they need in few minutes. In addition, the cost of Ipad for each student is 500$ or less, but it is not too much for a better education.
Technology is one of the valuable and vital things in life. I wonder how life will be without any means of technology that is count between the musts nowadays.

Learning with technology


*      

Learning with technology

*      Description: https://cs89.net.ucf.edu/cs/HEPROD/cache/new/PT_PIXEL_1.gif
Description: https://cs89.net.ucf.edu/cs/HEPROD/cache/new/PT_PIXEL_1.gif
Description: https://cs89.net.ucf.edu/cs/HEPROD/cache/new/PT_PIXEL_1.gif









Description: https://cs89.net.ucf.edu/cs/HEPROD/cache/new/PT_PIXEL_1.gif

     Technology is a vital tool in our life I can't Peruse my future Internet. Internet became a portable library for everyone and an important part of our daily activities. You can search for any word, image or information. Internet will help us to provide more than one way of teaching. It is a big source where there are all the books. students can also find some of the online education programs in different levels. Moreover, it helps to connect with the whole world by a low cost.
     I learn a lot of thing by using internet. I learn that Google and yahoo are an effective search tools help us to find what we need to know .Also it helps us to identify a lot of websites that we never knew before. However, the time for research by goggle much less compared to traditional methods. Also, we can get the views of scientist’s researchers who specialize in various fields in any scientific issue.
     In addition, blogger website makes me know how the people. So,I can communicate with my classmate and my friend, and I can learn from their experiences.
Something I hope to add/I hope to replace school textbooks with Ipad like some schools. The basic idea came because we need to equip students by providing the best technologies to serve education.
I would like to learn more about anew education programs that will help student to get better learning.



الجمعة، 16 سبتمبر 2011

Replace school textbooks with the iPad


Replace school textbooks with the iPad 
 
When I was young, I always asked myself can we one day replace the textbooks with something different. Why we always carry a lot of textbooks and we just use a few pages daily.
Now, after the Ipad tablet came to life and captured the minds and hearts of young children and adults. Some schools in some countries such as UAE decided to replace the textbooks with Ipad. The basic idea came because we need to equip students by providing the best technologies to serve education. Also, the displayed graphics and the slim design used in Ipad have a primary role in the learning process enhancement. Moreover, the touch screen in the device will help the student highly concentrate.
One of the best features in Ipad which used in class is every student can choose any topic from any source and discuss the ideas with the teacher. Students can easily highlight texts, send it to other classmates, or read comments. Apprentices can also download a lot of applications at the break time games, books or stories. So, they can share with anything that they need in few minutes. In addition, the cost of Ipad for each student is 500$ or less, but it is not too much for a better education.
Technology is one of the valuable and vital things in life. I wonder how life will be without any means of technology that is count between the musts nowadays.