Blog Post #C

         The first thing I found interesting from chapter five was the electronic note taking. This is something I have never heard of before, so it really caught my attention. How cool that you can take notes online wherever you are and study from wherever you are? The ones from the book that I thought was the most interesting were Evernote and Note-Star. With Evernote you can take notes on any type of device. You can use a computer, your smart phone, your tablet, and anything else you can think of. The second one I found most interesting was Note-Star. With Note-Star you can not only take notes, but you can also create sub-topics for research papers, and create printable notes and bibliographies. One that I found while searching Google is Study Blue. This tool allows students to create online flash cards, study guides, and quizzes. They can even share them on social media with fellow classmates when finished!

         The second thing I found the most interesting was Google Goggles. This is a tool by Google that allows students (or anyone) to take a picture of an object or a landmark using the app by Google and whatever you search will pop up. How cool that technology allows us to do these things these days. This will especially be useful for students because if they are not sure of what something is called or what a certain landmark is, then they can use the Google Goggles for help! It is for your mobile device.
         The last thing I found interesting in this chapter was AUP's. AUP stands for Acceptable Use Policies. These policies state the rules that students have to follow when using the internet in schools. They basically state what the students can and can not access. If students still try to and/or succeed in accessing these websites or other things that they are blocked from they face punishments. Some punishments include getting their cell phones taken away, in-school detention, and sometimes even suspension from school in general. AUP's are trying to teach students digital citizenship, which is necessary to teach if technology is being integrated into schoools.

Here is my Wordle that I created for this chapter!

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Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.

Pinder, S (2016, February 15) Wordle Post. Created with Wordle www.wordle.net/create

Google. (2016, February 15) Google Goggles. (Video file.) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhgfz0zPmH4