Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Last C4T
Teachernz
Comment #1:
The blog talked about the PACT program thing and how it would be a terrible idea. I was really confused about what they were talking about. They used really big words and I could not follow what was being said. I commented and just said thank you for this information!
Comment #2:
The blog post talked about how a 9 year old kid mad a Doc ( I'm guessing in Google ) and has been tweeting with parental permission. I think that's so cute. They talk over Twitter, too. I commented and said that I was really proud of that student for creating a doc and tweeting! And that I wished I had learned to do that stuff when I was that age.
Comment #1:
The blog talked about the PACT program thing and how it would be a terrible idea. I was really confused about what they were talking about. They used really big words and I could not follow what was being said. I commented and just said thank you for this information!
Comment #2:
The blog post talked about how a 9 year old kid mad a Doc ( I'm guessing in Google ) and has been tweeting with parental permission. I think that's so cute. They talk over Twitter, too. I commented and said that I was really proud of that student for creating a doc and tweeting! And that I wished I had learned to do that stuff when I was that age.
Final PLN Summary
PLN Summary
So, this semester I have realized I'm terrible at remembering things. I have a hard time remember times and where I leave my keys and park my car. That has nothing to do with my PLN except that it helps keep me organized and if I do forget something, I can always go back to it. I found a website called SpringPad it's pretty awesome. I can make a notebook for each category. I could make one for school and for students. It's just really cool. I also use Pinterest a lot. Since I follow a bunch of the teachers and school stuff, I've been getting a lot of cool ideas for my future classroom. Of course everyone is on Twitter and SnapChat, Facebook, and other social media. I like that on YouTube we can make our own playlists. That's pretty awesome and I'm so glad I know about it now. I always find really cool stuff on there and never know how to find it again. Since we can make playlists, I'll be adding a lot of educational videos to it for future references. I believe my PLN has come a very long way and I'm super proud of it. I think this class has helped a lot with making me have to be self-motivated and have to manage my time wisely.
So, this semester I have realized I'm terrible at remembering things. I have a hard time remember times and where I leave my keys and park my car. That has nothing to do with my PLN except that it helps keep me organized and if I do forget something, I can always go back to it. I found a website called SpringPad it's pretty awesome. I can make a notebook for each category. I could make one for school and for students. It's just really cool. I also use Pinterest a lot. Since I follow a bunch of the teachers and school stuff, I've been getting a lot of cool ideas for my future classroom. Of course everyone is on Twitter and SnapChat, Facebook, and other social media. I like that on YouTube we can make our own playlists. That's pretty awesome and I'm so glad I know about it now. I always find really cool stuff on there and never know how to find it again. Since we can make playlists, I'll be adding a lot of educational videos to it for future references. I believe my PLN has come a very long way and I'm super proud of it. I think this class has helped a lot with making me have to be self-motivated and have to manage my time wisely.
C4K Summary
Aubrey W.
She wrote about where she's from and what it's like in her city. She asked some questions at the end of her blog and I commented back and said, "Hey Aubrey! I live in a small town in Alabama. We have cows and lots of land. The closest thing we have to an attraction in Alabama football and Alabama Adventure. It has rollercoasters and a waterpark. I enjoyed reading your blog!"
Logan
He talked about his Easter weekend and everything he did. I went camping and saw fire dancing and explored and saw wildlife. He was in an egg run on Easter. He also went to the movies and saw the Croods. I replied and said he had an exciting and busy weekend and that it sounded like fun. I said I wanted to learn how to fire dance and I told him to keep up the good work.
She wrote about where she's from and what it's like in her city. She asked some questions at the end of her blog and I commented back and said, "Hey Aubrey! I live in a small town in Alabama. We have cows and lots of land. The closest thing we have to an attraction in Alabama football and Alabama Adventure. It has rollercoasters and a waterpark. I enjoyed reading your blog!"
Logan
He talked about his Easter weekend and everything he did. I went camping and saw fire dancing and explored and saw wildlife. He was in an egg run on Easter. He also went to the movies and saw the Croods. I replied and said he had an exciting and busy weekend and that it sounded like fun. I said I wanted to learn how to fire dance and I told him to keep up the good work.
Blog Post #14
CourseSmart
The article talks about how the program works and it gives the details of how it's used in a classroom with Mr. Guardia. It's being implemented by schools like Texas A&M San Antonio, Clemson, and Stony Brook University. A few people said it was like Big Brother all over again. Because some classes are virtual, the teachers don't know if the textbooks are being read or not, so this company put some technology together to make it where the teachers will know if they open their books.
As a teacher, I sort of like the idea. It would help me keep up with my students' progress and really be able to see if they're reading what I ask them to read. On the other hand, I could just give a pop quiz and see if they're reading or not, too. It would show if someone was having a rough week or if someone was cramming the night before. I don't see how it's any of my business what my student's do, though. As long as they're making good grades, I should stay out of their personal lives.
As a student, I would absolutely HATE this!! The teacher doesn't have to know my business. If I want to take notes on a piece of paper then I should be able to. I'm paying to go to school. It's by my own choice. We have Big Brother everywhere we go, and I don't think they should be in our textbooks that we pay for. Just thinking about them putting something into our books makes me mad. I'm not a big fan of reading textbooks. Actually, the books that I've bought while I've been at South have all gone unused except for 3. And that's for this semester. Last year, I used one book. As a student, I think learning should be more interactive with each other and not all in a textbook. Life isn't black and white. I know math should be in a book because that hardly changes, but some stuff could be taught in a whole different way than some textbook. I just really don't like that idea.
Questions for the teacher:
Do you like this technology?
Do you think it would work for 30 students, 300 students?
Is this program really necessary?
What are the pros and cons of using it?
Is it more beneficial to you or to the students?
How do you interpret the information?
Will you want to use this in the future?
Questions for the students?
Do you like this technology?
Will you open your textbooks more?
Does the fact that you're being watched, make you nervous?
Does it bother you that you don't have a say in what type of books you buy?
Would you prefer not to have textbooks?
Has reading your books helped you on your quizzes?
If the school you're in now chose to incorporate CourseSmart into your textbooks, would you change schools?
For the comment on the website, I'd probably say: "This seems like a great idea, but in reality it's putting more work on the teachers. They have to keep up with that score as well as grades. Students are already being watched, told what to do, adding this CourseSmart to their textbooks will not help them. Some will continue reading their books and some will change their study habits. Students stay stressed about school as it is, adding this to the equation just piles on the load. It's an awesome idea, but I wouldn't buy it.
The article talks about how the program works and it gives the details of how it's used in a classroom with Mr. Guardia. It's being implemented by schools like Texas A&M San Antonio, Clemson, and Stony Brook University. A few people said it was like Big Brother all over again. Because some classes are virtual, the teachers don't know if the textbooks are being read or not, so this company put some technology together to make it where the teachers will know if they open their books.
As a teacher, I sort of like the idea. It would help me keep up with my students' progress and really be able to see if they're reading what I ask them to read. On the other hand, I could just give a pop quiz and see if they're reading or not, too. It would show if someone was having a rough week or if someone was cramming the night before. I don't see how it's any of my business what my student's do, though. As long as they're making good grades, I should stay out of their personal lives.
As a student, I would absolutely HATE this!! The teacher doesn't have to know my business. If I want to take notes on a piece of paper then I should be able to. I'm paying to go to school. It's by my own choice. We have Big Brother everywhere we go, and I don't think they should be in our textbooks that we pay for. Just thinking about them putting something into our books makes me mad. I'm not a big fan of reading textbooks. Actually, the books that I've bought while I've been at South have all gone unused except for 3. And that's for this semester. Last year, I used one book. As a student, I think learning should be more interactive with each other and not all in a textbook. Life isn't black and white. I know math should be in a book because that hardly changes, but some stuff could be taught in a whole different way than some textbook. I just really don't like that idea.
Questions for the teacher:
Do you like this technology?
Do you think it would work for 30 students, 300 students?
Is this program really necessary?
What are the pros and cons of using it?
Is it more beneficial to you or to the students?
How do you interpret the information?
Will you want to use this in the future?
Questions for the students?
Do you like this technology?
Will you open your textbooks more?
Does the fact that you're being watched, make you nervous?
Does it bother you that you don't have a say in what type of books you buy?
Would you prefer not to have textbooks?
Has reading your books helped you on your quizzes?
If the school you're in now chose to incorporate CourseSmart into your textbooks, would you change schools?
For the comment on the website, I'd probably say: "This seems like a great idea, but in reality it's putting more work on the teachers. They have to keep up with that score as well as grades. Students are already being watched, told what to do, adding this CourseSmart to their textbooks will not help them. Some will continue reading their books and some will change their study habits. Students stay stressed about school as it is, adding this to the equation just piles on the load. It's an awesome idea, but I wouldn't buy it.
Blog Post #13
Blended Learning Cycle
Mr. Paul Anderson talks about his classroom and how it became blended. His approach is the QuIVERS approach. It stands for Question, Investigation/Inquiry, Video, Elaboration, Review, and finally, Summary. I see it as something like the method you use when you use the scientific method. He wants his students to have a question or wonder about something and then want to figure out the answer- which would be the investigation part. His review is awesome because he has videos for them to watch, some are even live. The summary is a quiz, that's timed to make sure they understand the information before they move on to the next chapter or subject. The students can take it a few times until they get the score they want, but they can't take it so many times that they don't have to study or anything.
I like his approach a lot. In the comments on YouTube, it says he uses some program, Moodle, to keep his classroom organized and scheduled correctly. I like that, too. I think this QuIVERS is a good way to make sure you stay on track with your students. It's also super organized and it'll show the students exactly what you expect out of them throughout the school year. I might just use it in my classroom.
Brian Crosby
He's a pretty cool guy. I like him and I sure wish I could have been in his classroom. He seems like he's really in it to teach the children and because he cares about their futures. I loved his idea of the balloon camera. I would have loved to be able to do something like that. I bet the pictures were amazing. It's crazy how he got so many responses from all over the world. It made me happy to see that he included Celeste in his classroom like that. It was super cute how all of his students pretended to be sleeping when he introduced her. I like that he can have fun with his students and not lose control of the classroom. They still have respect for him and everything. I bet those students will take whatever they learned in his class with them where ever they go.
Mr. Paul Anderson talks about his classroom and how it became blended. His approach is the QuIVERS approach. It stands for Question, Investigation/Inquiry, Video, Elaboration, Review, and finally, Summary. I see it as something like the method you use when you use the scientific method. He wants his students to have a question or wonder about something and then want to figure out the answer- which would be the investigation part. His review is awesome because he has videos for them to watch, some are even live. The summary is a quiz, that's timed to make sure they understand the information before they move on to the next chapter or subject. The students can take it a few times until they get the score they want, but they can't take it so many times that they don't have to study or anything.
I like his approach a lot. In the comments on YouTube, it says he uses some program, Moodle, to keep his classroom organized and scheduled correctly. I like that, too. I think this QuIVERS is a good way to make sure you stay on track with your students. It's also super organized and it'll show the students exactly what you expect out of them throughout the school year. I might just use it in my classroom.
Brian Crosby
He's a pretty cool guy. I like him and I sure wish I could have been in his classroom. He seems like he's really in it to teach the children and because he cares about their futures. I loved his idea of the balloon camera. I would have loved to be able to do something like that. I bet the pictures were amazing. It's crazy how he got so many responses from all over the world. It made me happy to see that he included Celeste in his classroom like that. It was super cute how all of his students pretended to be sleeping when he introduced her. I like that he can have fun with his students and not lose control of the classroom. They still have respect for him and everything. I bet those students will take whatever they learned in his class with them where ever they go.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Progress Report for Final Project
This is what we have so far! We're going to make a movie!
Survival Guide to EDM310
Top Ten Must Knows
10. Go To Class
9. Have the proper equipment
8. Making Positive Comments
•C4K
•C4T
•C4C
7.Working with others
•be open
•be friendly
•do your share
6. Think for yourself assignments
•blog post assignments
•project assignments
•activity assignments
5. Don't procrastinate
4. Open up about 9 hours to do the work
3. Be open to working with new technology
•green screen
•SmartBoard
•2. Be able to write grammatically correct
•Give example of typing a poor post
•Give example of typing a great post
1. Stay positive because Dr. Strange is here to help you not Fail you.
• A teacher who pushes is a teacher who cares.
Survival Guide to EDM310
Top Ten Must Knows
10. Go To Class
9. Have the proper equipment
8. Making Positive Comments
•C4K
•C4T
•C4C
7.Working with others
•be open
•be friendly
•do your share
6. Think for yourself assignments
•blog post assignments
•project assignments
•activity assignments
5. Don't procrastinate
4. Open up about 9 hours to do the work
3. Be open to working with new technology
•green screen
•SmartBoard
•2. Be able to write grammatically correct
•Give example of typing a poor post
•Give example of typing a great post
1. Stay positive because Dr. Strange is here to help you not Fail you.
• A teacher who pushes is a teacher who cares.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Blog Post #12
We all have dreams and goals. We've had them since we were young. Our parents and friends would always ask us what we wanted to be when we grew up and they would ask why. My answer to that was, "just because." In this blog post, write two or more paragraphs telling about what you wanted to be when you grew up and why. Also, tell if that has changed and if it did, why you think it changed. If it's still the same, are your reasons for wanting to do it still the same? Follow the requirements in Writing a Quality Blog Post.
When I was younger I wanted to be a teacher. Starting in preschool, I would line my dolls and horses up and teach them. I even went as far as having my mom and grandparents sit around in the living room and listen to me. I would sing and sing for hours, making them clap and sing with me. No one knew where that was going, but they still let me do it. I would have "routines" made up and perform them on the trampoline and they would have to sit there and be quiet. I wouldn't let them talk. We have hours worth of home videos of me doing this. I think with them letting me "teach" them, they supported me and encouraged me. In first grade, I would go to the teacher supply stores and buy (my mom or granny would buy) gradebooks and those grading card things. I LOVED to pretend I was a teacher. By fourth grade, I had teacher edition textbooks, a podium, and a markerboard. If you didn't have one of those then you couldn't be a great teacher. By middle and high school I started really thinking about what I wanted to do. I changed my mind probably a million times and by the time I graduated, I had no idea what I wanted to do. The first two years of college, I wanted to be in communications or just major in English since that was the one thing I was good at. My boyfriend at the time convinced me to do nursing. He said it was good money and that I was smart enough to do it. Whether I really wanted to do it or not, I convinced myself he was right. I applied to the nursing program and got accepted. However, that summer really opened my eyes to what I would have to do for the rest of my life and NO I didn't want to be a nurse. So, here I am, waning to be a teacher again.
It changed, but only briefly. I know that God made me to be a teacher and I was silly for not following my heart to begin with. I am so excited to be a teacher and I can't wait! I'm not doing it for the money or health benefits. I'm doing it because I love kids and because seeing a smile on their face will make my day ten times better.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
C4K Summary for March
Camila
Camila was writing a letter to Ormie. He's a pig and wants some cookies. He likes to dance, too. She was giving him some hints about what he should have done. She added a PS and said to share some cookies with his friends. I commented and said an escalator was definitely safer than an airplane. And sharing cookies is always a good idea. I told her to keep up the good work!
Eva
Eva made a character to self blog post. She said she was like Dovewing because she noticed little details most people didn't. She said she worried about things, too but they were different things. She also said they were different because she was a person and Dovewing was a cat. I said I was the same way and that I worried about things, too. I told her it would all be ok. Then I said great post!
Cooper
Cooper posted about making a video of making cool basketball shots. He said he made a shot with one hand, two hands, and even underhanded. He said sometimes it took more than one take to get the shot right, but it was still cool. He said he made it for Genius Hour. I tried to watch the video, but it wouldn't load. It would have been cool to watch though. I commented and said that it was probably a cool video and I wish I could have watched it.
Camila was writing a letter to Ormie. He's a pig and wants some cookies. He likes to dance, too. She was giving him some hints about what he should have done. She added a PS and said to share some cookies with his friends. I commented and said an escalator was definitely safer than an airplane. And sharing cookies is always a good idea. I told her to keep up the good work!
Eva
Eva made a character to self blog post. She said she was like Dovewing because she noticed little details most people didn't. She said she worried about things, too but they were different things. She also said they were different because she was a person and Dovewing was a cat. I said I was the same way and that I worried about things, too. I told her it would all be ok. Then I said great post!
Cooper
Cooper posted about making a video of making cool basketball shots. He said he made a shot with one hand, two hands, and even underhanded. He said sometimes it took more than one take to get the shot right, but it was still cool. He said he made it for Genius Hour. I tried to watch the video, but it wouldn't load. It would have been cool to watch though. I commented and said that it was probably a cool video and I wish I could have watched it.
Blog Post #11
Watching the Skpye conversation and the video of the kids, it really opened my eyes even more to see that teachers are really trying to get the kids to use technology. The world is changing everyday and we must adapt to the changes. I thought it was so cool that the EDM310 class got to Skype with Ms. Cassidy!
Ms. Cassidy has her students do blogs and she even has a webpage for them to use. I like how she said she got really into technology when she received those 5 computers. I know that must have been a blessing! It would be for the teachers of Fayette for sure. By using those blogs, the students have to use correct grammar and type it as well. I also like that she doesn't allow her students to use their last name on their blogs. No one wants a creeper!
The wiki was pretty interesting. I think I'll allow my students to use a Wiki. I like that you can use it to do research about other countries and find useful information on there. That would be a good group or individual project. I saw that they looked up rituals and traditions. EDM310 even made a wiki! That's really cool because they could use it.
The students getting to use Skype will probably change their whole outlook on life and the world. I wish we would have had that opportunity when we were kids. We didn't even have cellphones, much less get to talk to people around the world! I'm so glad Ms. Cassidy is letting her students do that because they will always remember those times they got to talk to kids all over the place. I know I would. I hope when I'm a teacher that I can use Skype as effectively as she does. That would be very beneficial to the students as well as to me.
The Nintendog is a bit much for me. I don't know if I would use that as a teacher. I would like to use more face to face skills to teach math and all of those types of skills. It's a good concept and I'm sure the students love it. I'm just not a big fan.
Ultimately, I think she is a great teacher and I hope I can incorporate technology into the classroom as well as she does. I hope whatever school I work in at least has a computer lab. Seeing all of these teachers using technology so easily makes me excited for the future. I'm glad they are open to change and actually willing to change for the students benefit.
Blog Post #10
Adventures in Pencil Integration
This picture was so confusing the first 1492098050234 times I read it. I finally decided to read the comments people posted in response to it and I understand it a little better now. It's making fun of the Mac vs. PC commercials. I think this would be a lot funnier if I got the Mac vs. PC commercial. I like the guy's blog though. He responds to the comments he gets and everything. To explain this comic would be to say, you buy a cheap pencil, you have to deal with what you get. There's some kind of quote for it but I can't remember it at the moment. But if it's cheap, it'll most likely break. If it's expensive, it might be worth it in the long run to spend that much money on it. Maybe it won't be such a hassle to deal with and maybe it won't break.
Christian Teacher
Why were your kids playing games?
Being a Christian Teacher. That's exactly what I want to be. I LOVED reading his post. It gives me hope out there that I can be who I am as a Christian and still be a great teacher. I love how he said he sees God everyday in school. How cool is that? God really is everywhere. Pray may have been taken out of schools, but God is just as present now as He was when we had prayer. Reading this makes me more excited than ever to become a teacher! Being a Christian teacher is exactly what he says it is: " It's about acting justly, loving mercy and walking humbly with God." Micah 6:8. No, I'm not going to be one that's not open to new idea and I'm certainly not going to be a stick in the mud about things.
Don't teach your kid's this stuff please?
Well that certainly wasn't what I was expecting. Scott McLeod is known as one of the best leading academic experts on K-12 technology leadership issues. He is currently the Director of Innovation for "Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency 8" in Iowa. He is also the co-creator of the video "Did You Know?" that I previously blogged about. He also wrote his own book called What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media.
His post was a witty, sarcastic poem that outlined the way society views technology. I'm sarcastic and I barely caught on to what he was doing. I think he's trying to get the point across that technology is good and useful. Technology is a great aspect to learning, and if used in the right, academic way, it can be very influential on a student's academic journey. Today, we use technology in more ways than we even realize on a daily basis. If we prevent our students from being able to use these resources, how can we expect them to survive in the real world, especially now?
In Scott McLeod's post, he outlines many of the cons that administrators, teachers, and parents give about the use of technology. He says that we "shouldn't" allow students to get on social networks because of cyber-bullying, or we "shouldn't" allow students to search the web because they will look at porn. These negatives are so overly used it is irritating. In my opinion, bullying will occur no matter what in any student's academic career. If it's not through the internet, it will be through whispering in the halls and pointing fingers or ganging up on someone at lunch. It will happen. It always does. It's happened to me before and I still struggle with bullying now. It's all part of life.
This picture was so confusing the first 1492098050234 times I read it. I finally decided to read the comments people posted in response to it and I understand it a little better now. It's making fun of the Mac vs. PC commercials. I think this would be a lot funnier if I got the Mac vs. PC commercial. I like the guy's blog though. He responds to the comments he gets and everything. To explain this comic would be to say, you buy a cheap pencil, you have to deal with what you get. There's some kind of quote for it but I can't remember it at the moment. But if it's cheap, it'll most likely break. If it's expensive, it might be worth it in the long run to spend that much money on it. Maybe it won't be such a hassle to deal with and maybe it won't break.
Christian Teacher
Why were your kids playing games?
Being a Christian Teacher. That's exactly what I want to be. I LOVED reading his post. It gives me hope out there that I can be who I am as a Christian and still be a great teacher. I love how he said he sees God everyday in school. How cool is that? God really is everywhere. Pray may have been taken out of schools, but God is just as present now as He was when we had prayer. Reading this makes me more excited than ever to become a teacher! Being a Christian teacher is exactly what he says it is: " It's about acting justly, loving mercy and walking humbly with God." Micah 6:8. No, I'm not going to be one that's not open to new idea and I'm certainly not going to be a stick in the mud about things.
Don't teach your kid's this stuff please?
Well that certainly wasn't what I was expecting. Scott McLeod is known as one of the best leading academic experts on K-12 technology leadership issues. He is currently the Director of Innovation for "Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency 8" in Iowa. He is also the co-creator of the video "Did You Know?" that I previously blogged about. He also wrote his own book called What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media.
His post was a witty, sarcastic poem that outlined the way society views technology. I'm sarcastic and I barely caught on to what he was doing. I think he's trying to get the point across that technology is good and useful. Technology is a great aspect to learning, and if used in the right, academic way, it can be very influential on a student's academic journey. Today, we use technology in more ways than we even realize on a daily basis. If we prevent our students from being able to use these resources, how can we expect them to survive in the real world, especially now?
In Scott McLeod's post, he outlines many of the cons that administrators, teachers, and parents give about the use of technology. He says that we "shouldn't" allow students to get on social networks because of cyber-bullying, or we "shouldn't" allow students to search the web because they will look at porn. These negatives are so overly used it is irritating. In my opinion, bullying will occur no matter what in any student's academic career. If it's not through the internet, it will be through whispering in the halls and pointing fingers or ganging up on someone at lunch. It will happen. It always does. It's happened to me before and I still struggle with bullying now. It's all part of life.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Summary Post C4T Teacher #3
Diane''s Digital Discoveries
She put a link on her blog to go to a website about image editors on the internet. There was Instagram, Phoenix, Google's Creative Kit, etc. There were some that I didn't know about and I learned a lot about them. Each one just gave an overview of each editor. I commented and said thank you for these tools. I said that I would use them in the future on my photos.
Diane put a link to "12 Most Picture Perfect Ways to Ensure You're Legally Using Online Photos." This was just telling some ways that people get in trouble by using someone else's pictures on the internet. The site said that just because everyone else is doing it doesn't mean that you should. I just said thank you for these wonderful tips and that I had no idea we could get in trouble for using someone's picture.
She put a link on her blog to go to a website about image editors on the internet. There was Instagram, Phoenix, Google's Creative Kit, etc. There were some that I didn't know about and I learned a lot about them. Each one just gave an overview of each editor. I commented and said thank you for these tools. I said that I would use them in the future on my photos.
Diane put a link to "12 Most Picture Perfect Ways to Ensure You're Legally Using Online Photos." This was just telling some ways that people get in trouble by using someone else's pictures on the internet. The site said that just because everyone else is doing it doesn't mean that you should. I just said thank you for these wonderful tips and that I had no idea we could get in trouble for using someone's picture.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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