STEM Bridge

Hi Everyone:

It was such a great experience for me to work with all of you the past two weeks. I truly enjoyed it. Check out the sideshow I put together with all of the pictures from the two weeks of STEM Bridge. I hope you have a fantastic summer. Let me know what you think.

STEM Bridge

So, what did you think of the field trip to ARINC?

Enter a comment on this blog about your experience at ARINC. What did you learn about that actually relates to the Cisco curriculum chapter 4?

Also, what was your favorite part of this trip?

STEM Bridge

Greetings STEM Students. I hope you are having a fantastic weekend....... As we prepare for week two of STEM camp, think about the field trip to ARINC we will take on Tuesday. Take some time to to become familiar with ARINC http://www.arinc.com/. Go on-line and do a little research about the company. We will meet several Networking Engineers who will tour us through their 24/7 global data center. I would like you to think of at least two questions to ask focusing on the things we've learned in class. You might want to ask questions about the media, devices, security, ISP, POP, speed, etc.

What questions will you ask? Post some sample questions and share what you have learned about researching ARINC.

STEM Bridge

Welcome STEM students..... Please post your comments to this post on my blog. We have learned so much in such a short time. You are all doing a wonderful job and it's a pleasure to be able to teach you about Computer Networking.

This week, our main focus is learning about ISPs and how we connect to them. We must have a variety of media and devices to be successful when connecting to the Internet. As you think about what we have learned so far, what types of users and organizations connect to the internet through an ISP?

What is the most common media used in today's home to connect to the Internet?

I also introduced you to iEARN and all about telecollaborative projects in the classroom. From the list you viewed, what projects look interesting to you?

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What is a Social Bookmark? How can I use it in the classroom?

As an educator, we are most likely familiar with bookmarks and favorites in the browser we use on our school computer. In no time at all, there can be a lengthy list of unorganized Web sites and folders we frequently use. What if you decided to take the day off and want to create a lesson plan from your home, but don’t have the same Web sites saved on your home computer’s browser? You have two sets of bookmarks/favorites, one is at school saved on your work computer and the other is on your home computer.

Social Bookmarking was created to save and organize bookmarks/favorite onto a Web-based service and not on your browser. Now you visit a Web site, which can be easily accessed from home or school, to retrieve what you need. Instead of looking in folders with various topics, you will now just type a few key word called tags (George Washington, politics, World War II, and so forth.) These sites will automatically be organized alphabetically with sites saved by other users. It will also keep a record of how often you use each tag.

There are several social bookmark sites to choose from, though I recommend using Del.icio.us because it’s easy to use. Del.icio.us is the most popular and best of all it’s free. However, since it does not use filters, it is only recommended that educators use it. Click here for Social Networking step-by-step directions on how to register, use tagging, and view sites.

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