Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Project #10, PLN progress report 1
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Blog Assignment #8
Richard Miller
This is How We Dream Part 1 and 2
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Richard Miller is a very exciting and smart man. He talks about how technology is our future and shows us that there are many benefits to using multimedia.In these videos he shows us that writing has changed. We now have a worldwide way of communicating as we write. The old way was using pen and paper and now we have word processors, ipads, iphones, laptops, ect... We now use laptops with internet service instead of going to the library. We can now add pictures, videos, and sound in our writing. He encourages us as educators to stay on top of technology to help educate our students. It is a day to day learning process because technology is changing so fast.
Blog Post #2 by Carly Pugh
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Carly suggested an assignment for EDM310 in her post. She suggested that students of EDM310 make a YouTube playlist with their favorite videos. She showed how YouTube can be a great resource for teaching. She also said that "good teachers teach by example." I think that there are many great videos to watch on YouTube that can help in the classrooms. I think that some of these videos can be very helpful in planning lessons and demonstrating experiments to the students.
EDM310 for Dummies
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This is a funny video for EDM310 students to watch. It strongly suggest that you need to do your work on time and not procrastinate on assignments. EDM310 has a lot to offer that can help you in the future with projects. I have learned a lot from EDM310 that will help me in the classroom from making power point presentations to adding pictures, videos, and links to either a blog, website, or email. I think with technology changing so fast as educators we need to be able to stay with the times.
Learn to Change, Change to Learn
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Scavenger Hunt 2.0
This was an assignment that was suggested by Justin Cometti, who was an EDM310 student at South Alabama in the Fall of 2011. The assignment is to look for 5 things, but only choose 3 to do for our post.
Edmondo is a very useful resource. It is very similar to Facebook and Twitter. You can create and post assignments and their due dates. You can send and receive messages from students and parents. You can also use Google docs. Prezi is also a very useful tool to use and it is FREE! You can use it to turn normal boring slides into colorful and entertaining presentations. I created a poll at Polleverywhere.com.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
C4T #3
What Ed Said
Post #1
Post #1
Edna Sackson works at International Baccalaureate PYP school in Melbourne, Australia, as a Teaching and Learning Co-coordinator. I commented on her October 1, 2012 post on 20 ways to think about your class blog. Edna likes to encourage learning based on her school’s learning principles by promoting the use of class blogs. She feels that the blogs are mainly used to communicate with parents and to share the learning that takes place at school in the lower levels. As students mature and get into high school, the class blog can be so much more than that just a way to communicate with parents. Edna posted the following thoughts:
"I think that a class blog is not (just)…
- A place to post questions, worksheet style, with an expectation that all students will respond.
- A space for teachers to assess and comment publicly on students’ writing.
- A sort of online vacuum, into which students’ writing is sucked, never to be seen by anyone.
- A compulsory homework assignment.
- Something managed entirely by the teacher, who makes all the decisions as to what will be posted and when.
- An occasionally used alternative to writing on paper.
(With apologies if you use your blog successfully in some or all of these ways!)
Some questions to consider…
1. Do you teach students how to write meaningful comments that promote conversation?
2. Do you set aside time every day to check for new comments and discuss the comments that come in?
3. Do you encourage your students to respond to each other and whoever else comments?
4. Does your blog roll include other class blogs within your own school and are your students actively engaging with these?
5. Do you encourage your students to comment on class blogs at schools in your own and other parts of the world?
6. Have you and your students considered ways to involve their grandparents and retired people they know as a potential audience?
7. Do your students have ownership of the layout and theme of your class blog?
8. Do you frequently discuss the potential audience and purpose of blog posts?
9. Do you model good writing for your students by blogging yourself? ( A collective in-school blog doesn’t require a great time commitment).
10. Do you regularly read and comment on other teachers’ blogs and discuss your learning with your students?
11. Do you encourage students to take photographs of great learning experiences and share their reflections with the world?
12. Do you have a visitors map or a flag counter and check them every day with your class to see who has visited and where they are in the world?
13. Have you considered a class Twitter account to share learning and tweet your posts to other classes?
14. Have you thought about blogging as authentic writing, rather than another separate thing you have to fit in?
15. Do your students choose where to post their writing and thinking, with the blog as just one option?
16. Have you exposed your students to great blogs (not just class ones) so that they can discover what makes a blog appealing and interesting?
17. Have you helped your students see how blogging is different from other writing? Can they drill down to the essence of something, add images and use hyperlinks?
18. Do your students see the blog as an additional place to share and provoke thinking, and to make thinking visible?
19. Is your blog a place to continue the learning conversation from school to home and back?
20. Are you working on building a learning community which includes yourself, students, parents and other learners in your school and the world?"
On October 7, 2012 I posted the following: My name is Amber and I am a student at The University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. I am taking EDM310 and we are required to follow different blogs posted by teachers and students and then leave comments on their most recent post. You can follow my class blog at EDM310blogspot.com. I see a lot of teachers that have a class blog, but they are not being followed by parents and the students are not using them except for when they are at school. I know that where my kids go to school, many of the parents can not afford a computer at home. Some of the teachers blog and others do not blog at all. I think that class blogs are very useful, but I see that they are not for everyone. I do feel that the more we teach the younger kids the more it will become a part of everyday life. You have to just keep trying and never give up.
On October 17,2012 Edna Sackson posted "Snippets from the SOME." She posted on how she interacts with students from across the world in other classrooms. She tells about how the students are learning and having fun while doing so. She did notice the students behaving different one day and realized they were more serious and quiet because their teacher was in the back of the classroom watching, but when she was not there they were more relaxed and laughing and they really enjoyed Ms. Sackson. I posted on October 20,2012 that I thought it was great that she could contact with students from across the world.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
C4K Summary September
C4K #1
My first C4K was on a 5th grade girl, Hannah who attends Point England School and she loves to play basketball. Hannah's blog. Hannah is in Mrs. King's 5th grade class in room 13. Ms. King's 5th grade class blog. Hannah posted about basketball on Tuesday, September 18, 2012. She said that they get to play different sports each term and basketball is her favorite.
I commented on her posted on September 23, 2012. I told her my name and that I was a college student in the United States and that I am studying to become a teacher. I told her that I thought it was great that she like to play basketball and that we use to change sports every term to when I was in school. I encouraged her to keep it up!
My first C4K was on a 5th grade girl, Hannah who attends Point England School and she loves to play basketball. Hannah's blog. Hannah is in Mrs. King's 5th grade class in room 13. Ms. King's 5th grade class blog. Hannah posted about basketball on Tuesday, September 18, 2012. She said that they get to play different sports each term and basketball is her favorite.
I commented on her posted on September 23, 2012. I told her my name and that I was a college student in the United States and that I am studying to become a teacher. I told her that I thought it was great that she like to play basketball and that we use to change sports every term to when I was in school. I encouraged her to keep it up!
C4K #2
My second C4K was on a third grade Science class and their hands-on lesson. Ms. Capps and her third grade class enjoy their Science lesson with hands on experiences. They are studying rocks and they hold them, take measurements, make observations, and are having fun while learning. I commented that I thought it was great to have the kids so involved with hands on experiments. My kids seem to take away more from the lesson when it is more hands on and not just reading the text.
Blog Assignment #7
The Networked Student by Wendy Drexler
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This was an interesting video put together by Wendy Drexler's class to show connectivism. This class is based on being text book free and teaches students how to build their network and to take advantage of every learning opportunity. It is designed to teach the steps and tools for researching and it gives students a way to share their research with others.
"Why does the networked student even need a teacher?" This question was asked and was responded in the video by saying that the student does the research, but the teacher is their to help them build their network. The teacher is there to give guidance and teach them how to ask for help respectfully. The teacher is suppose to help them learn the difference between good and bad information.
Some of my favorite classes have been the hardest ones that I have taken, but I learned the most from them. One of them was American History and the professor was amazing! He would stand in front of the class and tell the story, it was up to the student to take notes on what they thought was important. This was great for working on listening and comprehension skills. We also had a research topic and we were required to write a paper. My favorite professor of all time would be Dr. Barry Corona and his Chemistry classes. Dr. Corona was amazing and extremely smart. His classes were taught by in class lectures, but he taught the material with a personal life experience with each lesson. Both professors gave the material needed for the class with their in class lectures, but it was their personal experiences, their stories, and class discussions that made these classes awesome and memorable. These were both very hard and challenging classes, but they made me want to work harder.
I feel that teachers need to play a big part in the classroom experience, not just be there for support. I think it is great to have so many tools available to learn from, but not as the soul teaching source. As a parent, I would be concerned if my child came home and this is how they were expected to learn everything. With this style of learning the parent becomes the teacher and not all parents have the time or knowledge to help their child. We spend our tax dollars to help fund teachers, not supporters. As a teacher I will encourage my students to learn and use tools to help their learning opportunities, but I will be teaching the material in the classroom. They will be able to use these tools to further their knowledge outside of the classroom.
A 7th Grader's Personal Learning Environment
This 7th grade student has done an amazing job with her PLE. She seems to be very responsible and enjoys having the freedom to choose her assignments to work on. I think that there are many students that will have a hard time keeping up with all of this and this will challenge many students. I can not compare my PLN to her PLE because I am just getting started. She is an amazing student and has done a great job!
watch video here
This was an interesting video put together by Wendy Drexler's class to show connectivism. This class is based on being text book free and teaches students how to build their network and to take advantage of every learning opportunity. It is designed to teach the steps and tools for researching and it gives students a way to share their research with others.
"Why does the networked student even need a teacher?" This question was asked and was responded in the video by saying that the student does the research, but the teacher is their to help them build their network. The teacher is there to give guidance and teach them how to ask for help respectfully. The teacher is suppose to help them learn the difference between good and bad information.
Some of my favorite classes have been the hardest ones that I have taken, but I learned the most from them. One of them was American History and the professor was amazing! He would stand in front of the class and tell the story, it was up to the student to take notes on what they thought was important. This was great for working on listening and comprehension skills. We also had a research topic and we were required to write a paper. My favorite professor of all time would be Dr. Barry Corona and his Chemistry classes. Dr. Corona was amazing and extremely smart. His classes were taught by in class lectures, but he taught the material with a personal life experience with each lesson. Both professors gave the material needed for the class with their in class lectures, but it was their personal experiences, their stories, and class discussions that made these classes awesome and memorable. These were both very hard and challenging classes, but they made me want to work harder.
I feel that teachers need to play a big part in the classroom experience, not just be there for support. I think it is great to have so many tools available to learn from, but not as the soul teaching source. As a parent, I would be concerned if my child came home and this is how they were expected to learn everything. With this style of learning the parent becomes the teacher and not all parents have the time or knowledge to help their child. We spend our tax dollars to help fund teachers, not supporters. As a teacher I will encourage my students to learn and use tools to help their learning opportunities, but I will be teaching the material in the classroom. They will be able to use these tools to further their knowledge outside of the classroom.
A 7th Grader's Personal Learning Environment
This 7th grade student has done an amazing job with her PLE. She seems to be very responsible and enjoys having the freedom to choose her assignments to work on. I think that there are many students that will have a hard time keeping up with all of this and this will challenge many students. I can not compare my PLN to her PLE because I am just getting started. She is an amazing student and has done a great job!
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Blog Assignment #6
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture was given at McConomy Auditorium at Carnegie Mellon University where he was a professor. Due to cancer, he was told he had three to six months to live and he gave his last lecture on September 18, 2007. His lecture was about having dreams, achieving them, and helping others achieve their own dreams as well. Randy Pausch was a very enthusiatic and inspiring professor during his lectures and he still maintained a positive outlook. Throughout Pausch's lecture he talks about what people need to know in order to achieve their dreams and how to help others.
Pausch learned valuable life lessons and through his own experiences he was able to help others. He mentioned a football coach who held practice one day without even bringing a football to the practice. He wanted to teach the same skills to all of the players because not everyone on the team is going to touch the football during a game. Pausch believed that leadership is a skill. He believed that we should not just hear words, but that we should watch the actions of others.
Randy Pausch said that books were becoming a thing of the past because of new technology there are now virtual worlds. Pausch encouraged the use of technology in our schools. He said we should find ways to teach difficult material in fun ways. He thought we could teach a lesson while at the same time they were learning something completely different and they were enjoying themselves. Pausch said that we should always encourage kids to dream.
Pausch said we need to encourage kids to dream and to set the bar high. As parents, teachers, coaches, and friends we need to "help others," "listen," and "find the best in everybody." We should teach them to not complain about things, but to work harder. We should teach them that things happen for a reason and not to give up, but find a way to get over that "brick wall." Finding a way to get over that "brick wall" will just show people how much you want to reach your dream.
As teachers, Pausch said that we need to critique students in a way that they realize we are there to help them achieve the dreams. He said it is not always what you say, but how you say it. Pausch says it is ok if we do not know the answer, but we should help them find it. He said we should "focus on others not yourself" and as teachers that should be our goal. He made a very inspiring and encouraging lecture to those to help others and dream!
Pausch learned valuable life lessons and through his own experiences he was able to help others. He mentioned a football coach who held practice one day without even bringing a football to the practice. He wanted to teach the same skills to all of the players because not everyone on the team is going to touch the football during a game. Pausch believed that leadership is a skill. He believed that we should not just hear words, but that we should watch the actions of others.
Randy Pausch said that books were becoming a thing of the past because of new technology there are now virtual worlds. Pausch encouraged the use of technology in our schools. He said we should find ways to teach difficult material in fun ways. He thought we could teach a lesson while at the same time they were learning something completely different and they were enjoying themselves. Pausch said that we should always encourage kids to dream.
Pausch said we need to encourage kids to dream and to set the bar high. As parents, teachers, coaches, and friends we need to "help others," "listen," and "find the best in everybody." We should teach them to not complain about things, but to work harder. We should teach them that things happen for a reason and not to give up, but find a way to get over that "brick wall." Finding a way to get over that "brick wall" will just show people how much you want to reach your dream.
As teachers, Pausch said that we need to critique students in a way that they realize we are there to help them achieve the dreams. He said it is not always what you say, but how you say it. Pausch says it is ok if we do not know the answer, but we should help them find it. He said we should "focus on others not yourself" and as teachers that should be our goal. He made a very inspiring and encouraging lecture to those to help others and dream!
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