What do I know? Well after spending my day following links I feel like I know very little. What I think I have is the ability to figure things out probably from years of doing technical support and the logic class required for programming. What I need is a blueprint for the district where I work to get loaner equipment and permission forms to allow for project based learning resources.
I want to become a model for technology use to the students I teach but, I am apprehensive for two reasons; the first is the lack of technology equipment available to use in my computer lab, the second is that many of my students do not have computer and/or internet access at home. I dislike modeling technology that my students cannot access.
I want to create a wiki to allow access to all the work my classes need to learn including video’s from the blocked web site you tube. I want students to access class materials at: school, home, resource room, library, friend’s house, and any other place they have an opportunity to learn. I want an open access place where both past and present can come to share and learn! Yes, I want my students to access my links and lessons even long after leaving my class. I am hoping that this class will lead me to the options I want for my students.
I share you frustrations with limited technology at your school. We constantly have technical problems at my school. Students frequently lose access to their directories and computer freeze for some student accounts. Our contracted technical support cannot figure out why this happens. I would like to learn about server software so I could understand it, but frankly I have not interest in learning Windows Server 2003 which is the server software my school uses. I am not a fan of Windows.
ReplyDeleteRegarding your problem accessing YouTube at your school, I may have a solution for you. You can actually download YouTube videos if you install the Video Download Helper (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006/), an extension for Mozilla Firefox. The only problem is that you could end up violating copyright laws. I would not worry about being prosecuted but for ethical reasons you may wish to only use content that is licensed for reuse. You can find a lot of reusable content through http://creativecommons.org/