April 25 Blog Post

Comments4Teachers 10 & 12

I commented on dragonsinger's blog. The two post I read were Classroom management and WikiEducator vs. Wikispaces. Both good articles. She, I think it is a she, has tons of videos and pictures of her class! It's a really neat site.

Survey

I did a survey about college at South. I asked them their majors, what there first choice was, why they came to south. The majors where 40% Secondary Ed, 36% Elementary Ed, 16% Special Ed and 8% other. Most of them where Juniors or sophomore. 48% said South was their first choice. There was many different reasons stated for coming South.

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Google Earth

Project 8 Teaching someone using technology

Comments4Teachers 7, 8 & 9

I did this comments for teachers was Bud Talbot. I picked three of his post that I liked. They were all about different things, but all partaning to teachers. Teachers need to build a relationship with his or her students. A teacher can know everything about there subject, but fail to teach a child. Teachers need to use the students hobbies to help them learn. Next is twitter, where as at first I disliked twitter. I am begining to thank that it will be great for teachers. It is useful in keeping students open to all views and ideas.

Interview with Manuel Vital

Project 14

Chelsie, Paola, Brittany and my Project 14 video.

Podcast

Click here to listen to Brittany, Paola, and mine podcast!


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April 18 Blog Post

Well I wasn't sure what to talk about. I didn't know what to pick. Well I decide on something that I like, but am not really fond of. I know real confusing. I like blogging. It's a neat way to get your feeling out. However, for this class it makes it stressful. But lets get going.

First I'm going to talk about the blogging for the class. I think it's fun sometimes. Sometimes it hard for me to get to a computer with internet or I'm real busy studying for a test that I have to take. I enjoy the blogging. But every time I write a blog I feel like I'm writing a paper. The spelling and grammar have to be perfect. It has to be so long. It has to include pictures and links and etc..

Second reading other's blog: Comments4kids, Comments4teachers, and Comments4classmates. I think this is awesome. I love reading others blogs. The Comments4kids I'm a little indifferent about. I could take it or leave it. The Comments4classmates are nice sometimes, especially when I'm not sure exactly what to post about. The Comments4teachers is really good, because some of them make blogs of what works for them and what doesn't. It's nice to be able to read tips and fact from some great teachers, ones that normally I wouldn't ever meet.

Racing

Skype

To start off I love skype. I would even pay to use skype, not very much, but I would pay. I have used skype to talk to my partners about the podcast and other projects. I even use it to talk about work for other classes. I think skype is a neat tool, that I will continue to use well after this semester is over!

Comments4Kids Week 14

Their post was about the snow. They had a snow day and only two people came to school. I wished we had snow like the did. Click here to see their picture.

Comments4Kids Week 13

Osana wrote a blog about the camp she went to. She went out in a canoe. She said it was cold and that she was really nervous. But she learned how to use the paddles the correct way and had a good time.

Comments4Kids Week 12

I had Shyla's blog. She drew this wonderful picture. Of her at the zoo with the tigers!

Comments4Kids Week 10

Jessica wrote a haiku about a gator. It said,

"In the dark, cold swamp

The sly gator waits for prey

Eyes see left and right"

I thought it was cool.

Comments4Kids Week 9

They blogged about what they did that day. They had read tons of stories and even made a quilt about one of them. The story was about Wilma Rudoloh. It was realy neat. Click here to visit their blog.

April 11 Blog Post

I watched the two videos. And first off those little kids can sing very well. I was impressed. And I thought it was neat that they got to sing live. The second video about the Zax. This is an excellent video of how things don't slow down jut cause you do. Education needs to realize that just because it is still doing things the old way; doesn't mean everyone else is. I think it is important to keep up with technology, especially in education. We are training children to grow and a get good jobs; so when we get old and are on social security there is some one to pay it. Now of course most people don't really think of that, but it's true.

On the second part of the assignment: I'm some what confused. I'm not sure what exactly I'm supposed to be writing. I have tried to figure it out and still no clue. Any comments on what I am supposed to do would be greatly appreciated!

March 28 Blog Post

This was a great video by Dan Brown. I did read the post by Morgan, but after watching that video it just did not compare. I mean here is a guy that quit school, because it was interfering with his education. I have never thought about the vaule of education. How it has decreased over the years. I believe that Dan is right if Schools don't change, that they will be left behind. And I think that would be horrible. We needs school. Not so children can learn random facts, but to teach them how to find them and help them when they are stuck.

Now I could never quit school my parents would kill me. But I understand why Dan did. I feel the same way about so much he said. I have bought tons of books only to leave them in the wrapper. I would say 90% of my classes have been done by powerpoint. It needs to change to keep up with the times, and as teachers we need to make sure it happens!

April 4 Blog Post

Dear Kaia

This is awesome. To see how Kaia is using technology is amazing. I love how her dad is getting her involved in not only technology but learning in general. She will be so far ahead when she starts school. Hopefully by the time she gets in school that teaching has changed. The way teaching is now she will not stay on this track.

I love how classes can see what is going on in children. As teacher we need to remember that children can learn to use technology. They just need the right help and we must never give up on them. All children want to learn, it's the teachers job to help them!

March 12 Blog

ALEX is a database of lesson plans created by teachers. It is split into all different subjects. Also teachers can upload and save their own lesson plans. This program makes finding a different lesson plan easy.

I think that this is awesome for teacher, new teachers especially. With the database teachers can search through all the different lesson plans and find the best one for their class. Also with the ability to upload and save your lesson plans. This is great teachers can access their lesson plans from any computer.

ACCESS

ACCESS is a program in with students can take a class that is usually not offered at their school. This help students a smaller schools be able to get the same education as students as students is big, well-funded schools. The schools systems can save money by having less teachers, teaching more classes. It also makes being able to teach classes in different places all around the world at the same time with the same teacher possible.

This is a great program. Except for the fact that teachers will be needed less and less. Technology is taking jobs away from teachers. I know technology is great and is helping make teaching more accessible to more students. But eventually teachers will not be needed and with means less jobs. It makes education more accessible to students in poorer schools. It's great now, but what will it hold in the future.

PLN Post 1

Developing my PLN was a little harder then I thought it would be. I joined twitter and to be honest I don't like it. It's really difficult to understand. Now I use Facebook and I have a few teachers on there that I am friends with. I have asked them questions and advise.