Here again ,i'm back to write in my blog . now we have a new course . I think it is away from technology . we have to study ethics and some other topics .i think i miss the aha moment .

The Integrated Technology Project

Last session was really a prime one ,we finally ended our first course . I remember the first session , with all our hestation and fear of the unknown . We didn't know a lot of technological tools . When we first heard the word blog most of us were shocked ( what, how ) then in a smooth way we began to understand ,intereact, collaborate  and our self- confedence was increased because of our instructor ,monitor , controller and assessor Dr. Joyanne  who continued in a reasonable  way to advise us and decide what activity we should do. We didn't feel boring during our sessions because we were eager to listen to our instructor giving us  new visions , and adding a new experience to us. A special thanks for you Dr.Joy. because you widened our scope of knowledge and  with your cheerful character you have  approached us  and our culture .We are pleased to meet you and I think you feel the same . I wish you a happy life. 

The lessons from using technology 

* Technology is changing  the way  we teach and learn.

* Technology opens the door to learn school subjects' skills  in a new way that is impossible in traditional  classroom.

* Teachers must acquire  some skills that help them to use technology.

* Teachers must recieve technological training on how to integrate technology to make lessons better rather than learning technology to acquire technological skills.

* Internet is a powerful tool for enhancing students' understanding and widening their scope of knowledge.

 

Don't repeat your mistakes

We have to be sure and  be accurate of everything we do. Sometimes, we do something and think it is Ok but we discover after a while we didn't do it well because we didn't check on what we have done so we need feedback and assessment  not only in our classrooms but also in our lives.So we have to be attention to everything .
Good luck ! Here is again  the link to  my  podcast


http://www.4shared.com/mp3/PFqdIqAD/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser_students_po.html

 

 

 

 Who are we ?

I videoed these opinions a month ago but I couldn't make them into one video.Now I could do that .Thanks Dr. Joyanne.

In our last session we talked about motivation , some said the Egyptions are  brought up on carrot and stick (if you do something good you will be rewarded (carrot) and if you do something bad you will be punished ) and if there is  no carrot or stick so you will be lazy , nothing will be done .Most of us (old generation )are brought up to be  obedient to our (parents.teachers, bosses and of course rulers) . In this era the new generations don't have these attitudes or values .The time changes , they have  changed   because of the new technology around them they know everything . They get the information from many resources .so they have their own personalities. Do you remember what happened during the Egyptian revolution ?The Egyptian youth didn't obey their elders , they didn't obey their  rulers.They didn't believe the ousted President Mubarak when he talked in a theatric way to us . We belived him but the youth didn't and insisted on their attitude to  the end .In short there is a gap between between our children and us and if we don't cope up with them the gap will be widen .

 My podcast

This is my podcast I uploaded it before on mediafire but now I uploaded it on 4 shared if you like to do the same it is easy but you have to convert the file into mb3by audio converter
this podcast for two students talking about their dreams . I hope you  will enjoy it.
 Here  is the link to the podcast :

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/PFqdIqAD/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser_students_po.html

 If you want to upload your podcast and you don't know try this :

This is the link to video converter

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Audio-Converter.htm

This is the link to 4 shared

http://www.4shared.com/?redirectAfterSignout=true

Is cell phone my best friend or my enemy ?

   Cell phones have advantages and disadvantages . Are they a curse or a blessing ? We all talk about using cell phones in schools as  learning tools . We all know the bad effects of cell phones on our health. However noone can go without them.  Recent  research warns us  about using cell phones all the time and their health hazard .

  .AlthoughI cell phones are banned in our Egyptian schools, each student has one hiding or showing it and they bring them to school everyday.  So bans on cell phones are hard for schools to enforce. Most teachers are still afraid of cell phones in the classroom because they know little about how to use them as a tool for learning
I was aganist cell phones with students in clsassrooms because of their  distraction or problems of cheating . I have changed my opinion in the last three months  for some reasons. First  most students have their own cell phones ,they love them ,they can use them at anytime ,anywhere from any source at any pace . So why can't we use them as tools  for learning . We can integrate their cell phones into learning process so students get engaged more with classroom content .
*Students can  collect pictures,videos and  audio recordings on their cell phones from their daily lives as homework then send them to  the teachers' blogs or making glogs .
*Students can connect to the Internet , document current events while those events are happening,

  Our technology hardware or equipments which exist and already in our schools are out-of -date . At the same time a lot of students already have  high tech devices in their pockets . If we let our students use their cell phones at schools , we will find that schools have equipped with better devices which can  work as calculators, cameras, videocameras, books and notebooks, for example -- at no or low cost to the school.

  We have  reasons for using cell phones in our classes but the main question is how.
 Why don't we  watch these videos ?