Nathaniel Drake, Jr.
TECH 507
Annotated Bibliography
Group A
In the Annotated Bibliography assignment my group, Group A, used the Diigo website in order to bookmark and annotate web based resources. It took me a while to get acclimated to using the site. There was a slight learning curve, but once I viewed the tutorial video and played around with the websites through the diiglett I was able to figure out how to use it. I can imagine this would be a great resource for departments in a school, district, or focus group. Teachers can share websites and how they used them in their classes for other members to have an idea of how to utilize the different websites in their classes. The fact that it is web-based makes it global, therefore wouldn’t be limited to local members. Resources can be shared from one end of the world to the other. Can you just imagine the endless possibilities? Even if it is just a matter of teachers sharing ideas just to get the “creative juices flowing”. Teacher can take an idea and tweak it for the students that the come in contact with. There are three sites that caught my attention in this assignment. www.google.translate.com seems to be a great resource across all disciplines, whether it is used as a tool in a foreign language class or as a communication tool. It can be used by students to aid them in simple translations when the language’s dictionary is not available. I myself have used it as a communication tool. I had a non-English speaking student last year and we had a communication gap originally. I would translate musical terms and items, and show her how to use them. She seemed to understand what was going on and was able to perform the tasks I out in front of her. This showed me that the message was being relayed. When I would count off in Spanish she was able to start playing and perform the written dynamics. I have found that the site is more useful with short terms or phrases. The usage gets a little mixed up when you translate more than one line. www.simple.wikipedia.com is a great tool to get kids started on their research. Wikipedia is not a reliable source to cite, but it can be a wonderful start for students when beginning a project. The site puts the information of subject in terms that can be easier to understand. Students can start here with getting a background on the subject matter. If students don’t fully understand what the subject is that they are working on they input it in the search bar of the site and it will give them a background on the desired subject. This can help with writers block or with what to look for once they begin the research. www.webmath.com is a site that allows students to input math problems and see the work that is involved in solving the problem. They can input equations and see step by step how the answer is found. If used correctly they can figure out the work and use it for future assignments and have a command of the type of problem when it arises again. This can be used as reinforcement or as remediation for simple or complex math.
The potential for diigo is amazing; I hope I am able to use this in the future. Hopefully, a circumstance will come along and we can use this at least on the school site level. I can already think of the audience I would like to share it with in the fine arts department in my district.
TECH 507
Annotated Bibliography
Group A
In the Annotated Bibliography assignment my group, Group A, used the Diigo website in order to bookmark and annotate web based resources. It took me a while to get acclimated to using the site. There was a slight learning curve, but once I viewed the tutorial video and played around with the websites through the diiglett I was able to figure out how to use it. I can imagine this would be a great resource for departments in a school, district, or focus group. Teachers can share websites and how they used them in their classes for other members to have an idea of how to utilize the different websites in their classes. The fact that it is web-based makes it global, therefore wouldn’t be limited to local members. Resources can be shared from one end of the world to the other. Can you just imagine the endless possibilities? Even if it is just a matter of teachers sharing ideas just to get the “creative juices flowing”. Teacher can take an idea and tweak it for the students that the come in contact with. There are three sites that caught my attention in this assignment.
www.google.translate.com seems to be a great resource across all disciplines, whether it is used as a tool in a foreign language class or as a communication tool. It can be used by students to aid them in simple translations when the language’s dictionary is not available. I myself have used it as a communication tool. I had a non-English speaking student last year and we had a communication gap originally. I would translate musical terms and items, and show her how to use them. She seemed to understand what was going on and was able to perform the tasks I out in front of her. This showed me that the message was being relayed. When I would count off in Spanish she was able to start playing and perform the written dynamics. I have found that the site is more useful with short terms or phrases. The usage gets a little mixed up when you translate more than one line.
www.simple.wikipedia.com is a great tool to get kids started on their research. Wikipedia is not a reliable source to cite, but it can be a wonderful start for students when beginning a project. The site puts the information of subject in terms that can be easier to understand. Students can start here with getting a background on the subject matter. If students don’t fully understand what the subject is that they are working on they input it in the search bar of the site and it will give them a background on the desired subject. This can help with writers block or with what to look for once they begin the research.
www.webmath.com is a site that allows students to input math problems and see the work that is involved in solving the problem. They can input equations and see step by step how the answer is found. If used correctly they can figure out the work and use it for future assignments and have a command of the type of problem when it arises again. This can be used as reinforcement or as remediation for simple or complex math.
The potential for diigo is amazing; I hope I am able to use this in the future. Hopefully, a circumstance will come along and we can use this at least on the school site level. I can already think of the audience I would like to share it with in the fine arts department in my district.