Thursday, December 6, 2012
Blog Post 13
My partner and I used Google docs for our project 15. She and I created our lesson on there. We also shared our ideas on what we were going to do. At first, we were throwing around ideas and we both decided that none of those would work. Finally, we created a lesson that we could agree on. We decided to use an English standard from the Mobile pacing guide. It was 4 standards in one. We were both happy with our final product.
We also used Google chat and email to talk about project 16. We came together on Google chat to come up with the idea for the project. After we decided on a project idea we just talked over email and during class. We loved our idea for project 16 and we hope that everyone else does too. We wanted to create something that would help future students understand EDM 310.
We also used Google chat and email to talk about project 16. We came together on Google chat to come up with the idea for the project. After we decided on a project idea we just talked over email and during class. We loved our idea for project 16 and we hope that everyone else does too. We wanted to create something that would help future students understand EDM 310.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Final Report on PLN
The final report of my PLN is, I have enjoyed creating this webpage. I wish this was a project done at the beginning of class right before we started our C4T because I have added some great sites to my page that I got from the C4Ts. I am glad I have somewhere I can keep up with these contacts because they will be great future references. I believe this is something I will continue to add to.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
C4T
On November 16th Steve Wheeler wrote on Next Generation learning. He talks about learning 1.0 (before social media) and learning 2.0 (after social media. He main focus was what is to come,3.0 learning. 2.0 is what we are doing now learning through social media. It is not what you know,it is who you know. Society learns as a whole collaboratively. My comment to him was how I am excited about the possibilities that 3.0 learning has to offer and how 2.0 learning has already taken us a long way.
On December 2nd Richard Byrne wrote on his blog Free Technology for Teachers about a site called Mysteries of Vernacular. This site is about the history and nuances of the English Language. The explains that the concept is the same as Words of the World. He talks about the site and how eventually it will have a video of each letter of the alphabet. He talks about how you can use this site in the classroom to combine history and language arts. My comment was to thank him for sharing this site because I will be able to use it when I am writing lesson plans that call for integration.
On December 2nd Richard Byrne wrote on his blog Free Technology for Teachers about a site called Mysteries of Vernacular. This site is about the history and nuances of the English Language. The explains that the concept is the same as Words of the World. He talks about the site and how eventually it will have a video of each letter of the alphabet. He talks about how you can use this site in the classroom to combine history and language arts. My comment was to thank him for sharing this site because I will be able to use it when I am writing lesson plans that call for integration.
Progress report on Final Project
My group came up with an idea for the final project. We are working on revising our script and we are practicing our lines. We have put a lot of work into this project and we hope that it will be a success. Our project is for students who are coming into EDM310 next semester. Our video includes things we have learned through trail and error in hopes that it will help future students have a successful semester.
C4K Summary November and December
Nicholas is a student in Mr.Boylen's class in Iowa. He is in the 8th grade and his post was on a book that he read called Hatchet. He summarized the book by saying the lead character in the book came from a divorced family and he was going to Canada. On his way to Canada, the pilot has a hear attack and dies. The plane crashed and the boy was left to survive on his own. My comment to him was that it sounded like a interesting book and I would like to read it. I asked him if the boy was rescued and that I may check that book out because it seems like it is interesting.
Nellie is a student in Mr. Comettie's high school history class, in Robertsdale, Alabama. Her post was on a historical figure's death bed, what would they say. Her post was on Marie Antoinette and she went into detail about her life and reign. Her last paragraph was on what she thought she would say. She talked about how she feels that she would have a lot of regrets. My comment to her was how I couldn't recall a lot about Marie Antoinette until reading her post. I told her how I agreed with her on how Marie Antoinette would have a lot of regrets in her life time.
Mrs. Nelson's class in Daphne at East Elementary in the 4th grade. Their blog post was on their field trip to Montgomery. I watched the video on Rosa Parks. They had many pictures of her and pictures of Martin Luther King Jr. You can tell that they enjoyed their field trip. My comment to the class was that I enjoyed watching the videos and that I hope they enjoyed their field trip.
Nellie is a student in Mr. Comettie's high school history class, in Robertsdale, Alabama. Her post was on a historical figure's death bed, what would they say. Her post was on Marie Antoinette and she went into detail about her life and reign. Her last paragraph was on what she thought she would say. She talked about how she feels that she would have a lot of regrets. My comment to her was how I couldn't recall a lot about Marie Antoinette until reading her post. I told her how I agreed with her on how Marie Antoinette would have a lot of regrets in her life time.
Mrs. Nelson's class in Daphne at East Elementary in the 4th grade. Their blog post was on their field trip to Montgomery. I watched the video on Rosa Parks. They had many pictures of her and pictures of Martin Luther King Jr. You can tell that they enjoyed their field trip. My comment to the class was that I enjoyed watching the videos and that I hope they enjoyed their field trip.
Blog Post 13
Back to the Future
The video by Brian Crosby was very inspiring. In the beginning of the video he displayed a survey that he took on his class. When he revealed the answers from his class, I was quite astounded. I was thinking to myself that a 4th grader should know what city they lived in. You would think that something as important as a student's home phone number would be something that they would be taught at home by their parents or at least in Kindergarten. After seeing the answers from his class survey, I was in a state of shock when he showed us what his class was capable of doing. Mr. Crosby's class actively blogs and they have their own class flicker and wikis. As I watched Mr. Crosby's slideshow of the things that his class has done, the thought I had was; this is the teacher I want to be. I want to engage my students in cool activities like he has done. The hot air balloon and the tin can caught the attention of students and they were able to learn in a fun and exciting way. I hope that I will be able to use technology in the way that he has to engage my students in a higher level of learning.
A Vision of Students Today
This video is compiled by students at Kansas State University from a survey taken from 200 students. This survey was compiled on Google docs and was edited by these 200 students 367 times. This survey was then made into a video about the students today. Some of the things on this video that caught my eye were; 26% of the reading assignments that are made are relevant to life , The average student is in $20,000 of student debt and this year students will read 2300 web pages and 1281 Facebook profiles. This video makes you realize how much technology is changing the world. As a student, I was thinking that some of these answer would have been my answer if the question was asked to me. As a future teacher, to know that most of my students would be doing other things on their laptops while I am teaching is crazy and to know that some students pay for college and don't even show up to suck air is nuts to me. However, this is the day and age we live in. I am very hopeful of the future because I do believe that technology will help inspire students to stay in school and to show up because of the exciting ways you can learn.
The video by Brian Crosby was very inspiring. In the beginning of the video he displayed a survey that he took on his class. When he revealed the answers from his class, I was quite astounded. I was thinking to myself that a 4th grader should know what city they lived in. You would think that something as important as a student's home phone number would be something that they would be taught at home by their parents or at least in Kindergarten. After seeing the answers from his class survey, I was in a state of shock when he showed us what his class was capable of doing. Mr. Crosby's class actively blogs and they have their own class flicker and wikis. As I watched Mr. Crosby's slideshow of the things that his class has done, the thought I had was; this is the teacher I want to be. I want to engage my students in cool activities like he has done. The hot air balloon and the tin can caught the attention of students and they were able to learn in a fun and exciting way. I hope that I will be able to use technology in the way that he has to engage my students in a higher level of learning.
A Vision of Students Today
This video is compiled by students at Kansas State University from a survey taken from 200 students. This survey was compiled on Google docs and was edited by these 200 students 367 times. This survey was then made into a video about the students today. Some of the things on this video that caught my eye were; 26% of the reading assignments that are made are relevant to life , The average student is in $20,000 of student debt and this year students will read 2300 web pages and 1281 Facebook profiles. This video makes you realize how much technology is changing the world. As a student, I was thinking that some of these answer would have been my answer if the question was asked to me. As a future teacher, to know that most of my students would be doing other things on their laptops while I am teaching is crazy and to know that some students pay for college and don't even show up to suck air is nuts to me. However, this is the day and age we live in. I am very hopeful of the future because I do believe that technology will help inspire students to stay in school and to show up because of the exciting ways you can learn.
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