Monday, November 29, 2010

Summary C4T #4

I enjoyed my teachers Blog.My first comment was on Wm Chamberlain post.The post talked about how flat Stanley was received in the mail.Stanley has been used for many years for students.It was something new to me.I got the understanding that you can get information very easy when using this project.It is a great project to use in the classroom.I would like to learn more of this tool.Flat Stanley is a handy tool that you can see what others have learn and see new ideas.Great post. It is always great to get new ideas for the future.

Secondly, I comment on the same teacher and this time the blog talked about Netflix.The teacher tells that the library did not have the documentary that needed to to be shown in the class for the students.It is recommend to try Netflix for the classroom room when other items are not provided .I think its good to just try something different.Plus its only nine dollars.I think it would be good to try out.

November and December C4K

I have the privilege to comment on Mrs.Yollis 3rd Grade Class.They did a number of things that were very helpful.They are from California.Some things I saw on the blog were projects they had done and also posters telling others to always stay drug free.I commented on the Hello Song.The students learned it from another teacher that was from Connecticut. There were dance movements and each students had a new way to say hello.They said them in another language.How cool is that? I enjoyed the song.It was awesome to see the smiles and learn as well.

Brandyn
I commented on Brandyn Blog.I liked this one because it gave me a chance to refresh my French.The student was very interesting.She seems to be a very hard worker.She likes to skateboard with friends.She is a very outstanding student.

Thirdly, I comment on a student by the name of Trace.She was using Skype.I told her that this is very good tool to take whole of.It allows you to be connected to friends and family.I also told her that it is great for educational reasons.She had a great blog.

Lastly,I comment on Ms.Naugle's Class blog.I commented on a student by the name of Alexis.She was great a writing.The blog told about the project of the pumpkin.They have to count the seeds in a team. She was very surprised that her medium pumpkin had 300 seeds.They were given seeds to take home to roast.Awesome blog post.!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Additional Assignment #5


We were assigned to read four post by Mr.Spencer .What I got from the first post Teach them to solve for X was basically do what need to be done so that students can learned it.We as teachers do not have to over do something for the students to comprehend.Simply teach it and apply it for knowledge. Sketch Portraits was to me about building relationships with your students.It should be a requirement on your hand to get involved with that student.I believe making sure you understand that student can be helpful in many ways.Communication is a  major thing that needs to be in classrooms.As educators we can not forget that.Build a relationship it makes a difference.He just likes the class for the pencil was more compassion for those that need it.The post was a trust factor that was put in place.The medium shapes the learning very good post and helpful.I think that all these post are great yet you have to make sure you read carefully or you could miss some point.Great work..!!
           

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Blog 13

   Alabama Learning Exchange is something I haven't heard about but it is very useful for education.It is a website that is great for all teachers and students.It has tools that are educational and resourceful to all administrators.It starts at the level for kindergarten all the way to 12th graders.The site has course of study as a  feature that you can  access information by grade levels or keywords.Individuals can browse for all Alabama content   Standards.When clicking on the subjects you can see the objectives as well as lessons plans others have created.It has the grade levels on the columns as well.Another thing available on this site is lesson plans broken down by subjects.There are web-links resources that are handy for teachers, administration,and students.All of this is at your finger tips by just one click.The thing I liked was it has a professional learning feature that shows new updates for news,learning and more practice.It has a feature for special education talking about the guidelines and IDE.When looking for educational tools this is a great site to use.It can give a new foundation for the classroom.It has something for everyone.I think you can learn a lot. Check out the website http://alex.state.al.us/index.php


Access Distance Learning    
ACCESS- Alabama Connecting Classrooms,Educators,and Student Statewide
The site helps individual view the long distance learning.It allows students to gain information from others that can teach what is not given at their schools.Students get to be introduced to others from new backgrounds and new areas.Access offers many classes for students to be able to get ahead as well as for them to be able to graduate. The website offers many opportunities for high school students.The vision is that all are provided equal access to high quality instruction to improve student achievement through distance learning.I think all students should check out this site here is the link.http://accessdl.state.al.us/

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Progress Report Final Project


So far my final project is going well.We all have decided on what days are great to start recording.Anyone is on the same page and have great ideas.The meeting day will be on Thursday November the 11 at two o'clock to put our minds to work.The group has decided to do a movie.I hope that everyone likes it.We have also thought about working together on the rest of everything that is due.So the progress report seems to be at a level of grade A.

Survey Summary

                                                                              I asked students about Fashion and what is means to   them.
                                                                  -  Most people answered that fashion shows ones personality about 67%.
                                                    -50% said they think fashion is being comfortable
                                                        -83% replied that they care about their appearance
                          -Variety of favorite designers
                                                            -39% change their clothes seven times on a daily basis before leaving home.
                            -44% shops monthly while 22% shop every week
                           -Cotton seems to be the favorite fabric 83%
-89% picks clothes on their body shape
                                          -the favorite color seems to be other ,pink,and blue.Blue was 39% and pink was 50%
Many people said that they see fashion everywhere and thats how they choose their style.
  
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Friday, November 5, 2010

Blog Assignment #12

I think a good Blog Post Assignment would be  for students to list goals they want to reach before the end of the semester .Another Post that could go with this one is what motivates you to reach your goals and who inspires you when you fell like letting go.I think its good for students or viewers to see a little inside of the blogger feelings.

My answers would be as it follows: To Graduate from College,Enter the Education Field,Work hard for a stable foundation for my future family,and keep positive.

I motivate myself to keep going when life struggles seems to be over burrowing.I always remember to keep my head high and I know who sits High  above this world. All the things I ask and pray for will be added upon my life with faith in my heart.Thats motivation to me.My mother and family are my support systems and they inspire me when I feel like giving in.I think motivation is the pusher for goals.So keep pushing and keep striving for your destiny.






Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Summary Post Teacher # 3

I was assigned to a teacher from North Island,New Zealand.The name of my teacher was Dragonsinger.She gives information that she is a mother,blogger,and even musician.How about she says she is a computer geek.Dragonsinger tells about the secret passion she has and its teaching is not about feeding information into students brains, yet its creating a place for them to be inspired and being excited about discovery.I totally agree that feeding students somethings hender them from learning in another way.Dragonsinger goal for her students is to leave an impact for them to learn more and to want see what is out there in the world.I explored more with Dragonsinger blog and she does this blog post as a practice of what has worked in the classroom and what has not worked.She wanted to share the information with us and others in her PLN.
Dragonsinger blog is called learning,unlearning,and relearning.She goes on conferences and post links for others to watch .The videos that are post are ways that viewers can see ways to helps students.We have to develop change for them. Dragonsinger also gave a break down of how a normal conference goes for her on a daily basis. I looked at the summary she left and it seem very helpful also fun.She went to the tenth ulearn conference.The conference are a base of new sources and keynotes.I enjoyed her blog a lot of helpful information to use.

Blog 11

Ms.Cassidy approach with technology is awesome.Ms.Cassidy is a first grade teacher in Canada.In the classroom of Ms.Cassidy, she has her students blogging,writing people in other places,and even finding educational games.I love the fact that she did this in video form.I saw how the students came to class getting involved.They were excited to learn and even teach the audience how to do blogs or whatever task they were performing.I would think I would use the blogs in my classroom as a future teacher.The students can work on ways to improve skills as well as the parents keeping up with how the child is doing.I would also use Skype for the students to see who they are learning about and for them to build communication skills with others. Its so much that I would use so that my students will be updated with the change of the world far as technology goes. The impediments that anyone would encounter is the connection or maybe popups sites.Another thing that can happen is the computer could   freeze because of the downloads.Things like that happen.So when they do we use the next best thing and thats our  creative skills.I would use ways that I could still keep the students attention.Students can work on a project or even things that are preparing them for an upcoming video until the sources are handled.The key is to always keep students protected and tell them the ways that computers work at times of difficulty.I enjoyed this blog and Ms.Cassidy she gave many ways that can keep students imagination going on and on for a long time.Check out the video sometime. At this link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvPZtTej0jQ

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Additional Assignment # 3

Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Educational Paradigms

What do you think is the most important thing Sir Ken Robinson says in this presentation
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How do we educate our children to take their place in the economic of the 21st century.I would say we just have to take the changes as they come and teach them the best ways there are.

Is there anything you disagree with in this presentation?Sir Ken Robinson made alot of good points so I dont think I disagree to much.

How congruent are Sir Ken Robinson's positions with those which you are being taught in the College of Education. In other words, where is there agreement? Where is there disagreement?
I think very different because we are told we become wiser as we grow older but in this case the youth develops more knowledge in a early age.We were told just one answer instead of looking the information up ourselves.Now days children know more and give more .I think we should increase with the changes made.Daydream a little more.

What can you do to address the issues Sir Robinson raises?
Never give up and keep learning more.We have to be creative and see ways that we never thought of before.I think even researching more will get more updates for help.

What do you think of the presentation? If you had to do a presentation with others like this, what role on your team would you like most to play?

I really enjoyed this presentation.I thought it gave a lot of facts and information.Robinson created a new way for his audience to take notes.I loved it.If I had to do a presentation like this my role would be organizing and possible thinking of the drawing facts.

Summary October C4K 3-7





Comment#3-My student name was Saadiya from Auckland,N.Z.The students tells about the morning of Ramadan.She wakes up at sunrise and eats a nice warm meal that is rice and meat.She takes care of her sibling  Ahmed while her mother is eating breakfast as well.Saadiya seemed very helpful and responsible. I know it can be hard adapting to a new place but she seem to deal with it well.I enjoyed the post and will be keeping u with more posts.
Comment #4-My student was a six grader.Leanne talks about the visit of her parents on teacher conference day.She tells that the teacher gives her some pointer to work on.One was to have confidence and to work harder on her reports that are given.Leanne also tells what she likes about school which is the friends she has meet and lunch time.I enjoyed the post and will be seeing Leanne process in the class.
Comment #5
 Mr.W seventh grade class.Luke was a student from Tasmania which is in Austria.He is thirteen years.He enjoys the beach and surfing with his cousin regularly.I would like to think that Luke loves family time.School events is something that Luke talks about on his blog.They play football and also go camping.Also Luke tell ways that he finds information easy to find.He tells us the search engine he uses such as Ask,Boogami,and w3catalog.I really enjoyed Luke's blog he is very interesting.I look forward to reading and keeping up with more of his posts.
Comment #6
Mr.Goerend and Mrs.Quam Sixth grade class.They are from Iowa.My student name was Spencer T.I did not find much on his blog. Spencer has two siblings baby brother and sister that live in Maine with his father. I read that Spencer has a new dog and he tells that the dog is pretty boring.I asked him did he did play any tricks with him.I asked other questions to learn more about the student.I enjoyed the information that I did read.
Comment #7
Miss Gilbert Fifth grade class.My student name was Carson.Carson learned about Red Ribbon Week.He tells why the day is celebrated.He learned some information he did not know.I also told him the importance of being drug free and always being different from others.I liked this blog.Carson seemed like a student that likes to get more information to take on to others.

Blog Assignment # 10

An Open Letter To Educators By Morgan Bayda
When comparing my attitude or experience with Morgan Bayda I have to agree with her on somethings.I feel like sitting in long lectures for hours are pointless some days. If I could understand everything the professor said that would be awesome but thats not the case ever.I have had teachers lecture and thats it no interaction with the students at all. I would think long lecture wouldn't be so bad if the professors were creative and kept the students attention.I know I can begin to get a little bored when a teacher drags on and on about the same thing.Mostly when that happen I'm thinking about what I'm going to eat for lunch or dinner my focus should be on the teachers concept of the lesson.I like to learn when new things are provided.

Small classes are great when the course is organized differently.I like when teachers prepare in the lesson where students are interacting with others you tend to learn more.But that happen rarely.The thing about college and classes is a person has to be open to learn and develop communication in class whether in small or large classes.I like to believe that we all could make it work then if we change the classroom ourselves.

At South I have learned a lot because I ask when the help is needed.I have opened new accounts such as twitter, Skype, time toast,and other sites .My teacher is very helpful and wants us to learn. The thing is in this class its a hands on class so you are learning many new things .I found that the things we are doing I did not know about and it helps .When you get teachers that are advanced and think about students the system changes as well. The sad thing is we all will not get those type teachers .

Dan Brown made some good points.I just feel like we all should give education a chance.Education can be changed in the right hands.If we continue to take the path of change thing will be better. Teachers have to be creative and think differently I wish him the best with his decision and everyone knows what is best for them.

I liked this post.New information is always helpful.I am a open minded person so I think about what others have to say.I think future educators should visit the blog it leave you to think about somethings.

Two Questions That Can Change Your Life

These sentences are a goal shot for a direction.It helps you reflect on the day of change in the classroom as a future teacher.I would like to think about my sentence daily to see how I made a difference.The sentence helps motivate teachers to interact in a new way.

My Sentence
"I will teach with a creative style where obstacles are not seen yet the goal is received."

Monday, October 18, 2010

Blog Assignment #9

Mr.McClung "What I've learned This Year"
I really enjoyed this post a lot.Mr.McClung tells about his first year experience as a first year teacher in Noel,Missouri. He talks about how he has grown into a better teacher and what he has learned.He decided to share it.
He states that we should know how to read the crowd.Most of the time we are so focused on how we are viewed by others that we lose our audience which is the students.Mr.Mcclung says that he believed that it was all about him as a teacher. The judgement from his supervisors was where his attention went.  He says that its a common thing that teachers do not make their lessons centered for the students to comprehend. They are so focused on the content and the delivery that it makes.In closing he says in order for teachers to be effective we must like the students drive the instructions.Mr.Clung, goes a little farther  tell us to be flexible.We have to know that no lesson is perfect.When things do not go the way as  planned keep going with a positive attitude and a smile on your face.Teacher can not beat themselves up over an activity that did not go well.Always look for a solution in the problem of the lesson.We have to remember who we are performing in front of in the classroom.

Communication is the best way to solve all problem in the workplace.Mr.Mcclung say that if there is a problem talk it out .Although communication is a hard skill to develop, we should practice it.We need to build a life line with our teachers and students.Mr.Mcclung tells us to be reasonable with our students. Of course we have high expectation for them ,but sometime they do not always live up to them.When student do not live up to that particular standard keep encouraging them to keep going.We can not loose that touch we our students.

Mr.McClung goes on to tell us dont be afraid of technology.He says that we cant be scared to try something new.We will not learn everything the first time we start.The key is to keep trying to develop skills for the classroom and your students.Another, point that McClung points out is to listen to your students.When they are heard you learn more about them.Some teacher do not take the time to listen and that can be a problem.It is important to have that respect for your student and build a relationship with them.Lastly, we are told to never stop learning it is never to late to change the style in the classroom.We have to want more.

I really liked the advice that Mr.McClung gives us .We should never lose focus on our students learning.We need them to be the driver of what we are trying to get them to comprehend.I have to agree with McClung when he says that every lesson will not be perfect, there are going to be many changes and thats life.Communication is a very good skill to have with other and should be develop in the workplace that way we will always know where you stand with an individual. I like that statement. We as teachers and future teachers have to always remember to keep our student focused and confident. I would like to think of it as their overall push helper.Finally, I loved the last point and it says never stop learning that is so true.I will  not allow myself to not want to soak up as much as I can.I want my students to know in the future that my teacher helped me in all the ways she could by changing the style of learning for each student.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Blog Assignment #8

Ricard Miller:This Is How We Dream.







Ricard Miller is awesome.He tells about how he grew up with books being in his household.Ricard said that he has always wanted to have a career with books.He has wrote a book on amazon and recommends that we all should buy it. He is now working on a project that is not about physical hand held books, but books that dealing with the computer web base. It has documents that are visual and he shows how that are useful.The documents are of print,sound,and visual.

Imaginably,he shows things that are not just in paper book,but are also on the computer.He calls them fundamental changes.Ricard shows how the reactions and changes in votes of Obama election can still be seen.The Washington Newspaper and Martin Luther King Jr speech can all be seen online through moving pictures and informational news.I think that is great.Education and even the source of more learning can be found online.

Ricard says that publishing learning online is something that should happen.I agree because the focus will be there and more information.The visual and creativity can draw people into this online book.If it is put together well it get the viewers attention to want more.The ideas of different tasks have to be shown as well. Ricard states that inspiring space has to be available.The dream can be done Ricard says and shall be done.

I really enjoyed this video.Ricard plan is very organized and informational.I would have to believe that when new ideas are placed out there, we should try to look into more of it. I love the fact that Ricard has the idea to put technology online in computer base form instead of just physical books.Somethings need to be visual .Individuals are attracted to things that catch their attention so it should be creative. These resource online are great ways of learning and its free globally.I think its great for students that rather be in there rooms studying more so than in the library.Either way is a source for learning and I am all for new ideas.I would like to be prepared to write with multimedia.Also, my student will as well.


The Chipper and EDM310 for Dummies
The videos are basic overview of how important it is to be on time and work hard.I learned that no matter how many decisions you make you should not give up.These videos gave a way of entertainment to show others how to get the job done.I love it and I caught my self getting in a few laughs time to time.Although life may have some road blocks keep pushing.I think a idea for a video would be a recording of students daily work of EDM such as comments for kids, projects, or even getting help with a step for posting certain blogs.I think a basic break down would be nice to show an audience.

Critiques of SmartBoards
I have to disagree with these educators. I would like the fact that helping my students get involved in the classroom helps us all. I think that learning in new ways farther ones education.The students will be excited about learning new activities.The teacher can even learn with the new development of a smart board.I have not used a smart board, but just the research on how it is a better combination for the students I would use it.We as educators have to want more for our student learning and for them to participate in class.They are learning skills and gaining confidence of material.I have looked at a couple of sites that give games and activities of the use of smartboards.

http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard
http://my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=6128
http://www.blogtoplist.com/academics/blogdetails-17907.html

Instructional 9b.

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