Interviewing Tips Narrative
Interviewing Strategies is the name of our
website. Our website is designed to teach a student all they need to
know about the interviewing process from the first step to the last
step. The cover letter, resume, interview, and thank you letter are all
important, and each of these is covered in our website. We have an
interactive wiki, blog, and survey included in our website. Wikis
and blogs provide opportunities for questioning texts, thinking
critically about an author's message, and synthesizing across diverse
perspectives. Wikis and blogs also encourage deeper cognition by
allowing the student to continously conceptualize bits of information
one after the other, quickly moving from simple comprehension into
higher stages of cognition, and making the information more meaningful
to the student. Incorporating technology into lessons is very important
in the 21st centrury.
Most business education classes have the
advantage of usually having computers in their classroom, which assists
with technology always being right at the student's fingertips.
Technology can be used in a variety of methods in the classroom.
Websites, basic document processing, aand other strategies are easily
implemented into lessons. Sites that allow teachers and students to
edit, share, bookmark, share weblinks, and create online learning
environments are referred to as "Web 2.0" or the "Read/Write Web"
(Pitler, Hubell, Kuhn, & Malenoski, 2007, p. 149). Benson &
Samarawickrema (2009) state for students not familiar with Web 2.0
technologies, teachers may need to design high levels of dialogue and
structure to support studnents. Group interaction is required when
using social software such as blogs, wikis, networking services
(Facebook & MySpace) and virtual worlds.
With guided practice a teacher can demonstrate
how a particular computer function works, and then allow students to
demonstrate the skill. The teacher would then provide feedback,
encouragement, and reinforcing activities to accompany the new
learning. Stitt-Gohdes (2002) stated the frequency a teacher
demonstrates a skill, provides feedback, and reinforces the skill with
the student will determine how successfully a skill is able to move
from short-term memory to long-term memory.
Gorder (2008) found that teachers are getting
better at using technology to help with delivering instrcution, but are
not doing so well with actually integrating it into student learning.
This is exactly why we integrated a blog, wiki, and survey into our
website. These allow students to actively participate in their
learning. However, teachers need to know the material being
taught well. Brabec, Fisher, & Pitler (2004) stated that lesson
plans should primarily focus on content and strategy, then on the
support role of the technology to be employed. Further teacher training
and sufficient planning time may be required to satisfy the needs of
the instructors in order to meet the needs of the students.
Wagner (1992) claimed, "the educational technology
that can make the biggest difference to school and students is not the
hardware, but the process of designing effective instruction"(Chen,
Calinger, Howard & Oskorus, 2008). Technology should be protable,
to allow students access from anywhere, and have the ability to support
large numbers of students at one time. It should help to build
scaffolding for students to build their knowledge on. It should allow
students to interact with others and learn about other cultures. The
technology should provide a learner-focused environment. Hazari, North
& Moreland (2009) stated that "...technology can facilitate more
active student learning in the classroom, and appeal to multiple
intelligences, and different learning styles."
The introduction of Web 2.0 and similar
instructional opportunities to the classroom has opened many wonderful
doors to learning in recent years. However, as with most new processes
come several new challenges including the instructional design theory
that incorporated the use of these new technologies in learning. Design
theory as described by Snyder (2009), is goal oriented and focuses on
how to accomplish a specific task. How instructors devise lessons that
properly utilize the technology can produce challenges.
There was a time when educators where the only
experts on particular subjects, but now students are able to reach far
beyond the classroom to find the answers to questions by use of the
internet. Research shows that web based instruction, although not
suitable for every aspect of learning, is becoming the preferred way of
learning information. Teachers make the information available by
utilizing e-mail, electronic workbooks, internet, weblogs, and RSS
feeds to stay up to date with changes. According to Bernard, Abrami,
Lou, Borokhovski, Wade, Wozney, Wallet, Fiset & Huang (2004) web
based learning allows the student the opportunity to learn anyplace and
anytime because the traditional classroom setting in non-existent. The
study performed also indicated that those students who were taught
using web based tools did better than those taught in the traditional
classsroom. Incorporting technology with instruciton allows the teacher
more flexibility with teaching subjects, interactivity with the entire
class and a unique way of delivering the information to the students.
We hope you enjoy our website and learn a lot.
After studying our website, you should be able to create a perfect
cover letter, resume, and thank you letter. You will be fully prepared
for any interview. There are many companies out there that charge you a
fee to create a well designed resume, cover letter, and thank you
letter. We hope you learn enough form our website to create your own
without any help. The interviewing process is tricky and you are judged
by your appearance the minute you walk through the door. We hope you
enjoy our website and review it frequently for tips on interviewing
strategies.
References
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