Thursday, October 30, 2014

Project #10 Teacher Interview

Blog Post #11

Brian Crosby, a teacher from Nevada, talks about how he uses technology in the classroom with back to the future. Every student has a blog. Instead of the standard 20 question test, Crosby asks the students to embed the video into their blog and give an explanation. He asks the students to set goals for themselves. While the students also build a learning network to collaborate with one another. Celeste, a student with Leukemia, attends class everyday through Skype or a similar application. This allows her to be a normal student while at home fighting cancer.

Mr. Paul Anderson describes for us what blended learning is for us.  He describes that online, mobile, and classroom is mixed with the learning cycle which is engage, explore, expand, explain, and evaluate. Blended learning cycle is the combination of both. Allowing the students to grade each others work and get involved allows for more learning. Anderson talks about having a good question, investigate, video, collaboration, review, and summary quiz. He uses the method for students to better understand the material with the blended learning cycle.

Same Pane shows us what it takes to be a super digital citizen. He demonstrates what it takes to be a good digital citizen. A digital citizen chooses to act safely, respectful, and show responsibility. Pane reminds the students to not give out any information to strangers on the internet. Using a website the students are able to design and create their own digital citizen. After creating this the students must write a narrative while building a comic of a digital citizen saving the day from people not being careful while using the internet. This allows the students to write narratives, analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to text, and ask and answer questions.

In this video, project based learning describes using projects because it increases engaged learners. It gives the students a deeper understanding of the material. Students use technology as a tool to bring the content to life.

PBL program at Roosevelt Elementary provides a video explanation of PBl. Using project based learning allows students to show they fully understand the concept. This also encourages public speaking skills. Starting the student at a young age with public speaking will eliminate this fear as the student ages. It allows the students to make decisions and form presentation.

Making thinking visible  is also a book that deepens the minds of students while deepening the depth of understanding.

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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Blog Post #10

Ms.Cassidy provides a video of how her first graders use technology here. This video lets the students walk us through some of the technology based assignments used in their classroom. They use logging to help improve their writing and reading skills. This also gives the students encouragement to keep writing. Ms. Cassidy provides a webpage the students can access links to games and Ms. Cassidy's blog. They also use wikis, Skype, and nintendo d.s. to collaborate in the classroom.
I love the idea of blogging in the classroom. This allows the students to improve their reading and writing skills without actually knowing. This gives them confidence when their peers leave comments on a post. It lets the student know that they can write and to keep trying. In my classroom I will have a class webpage that has assignments, links. and anything I can find that pertains to the curriculum. I want my students to have 24/7 access to information they need to help them be a better student and prepared for class.
Technology in the classroom has so many benefits. It not only allows the children to learn at school but they have access from almost anywhere with a laptop to learn. Having an audience is very beneficial because the student is not only writing for the teacher, but they are writing for their peers as well. The class page as mentioned above allows the student access all the time. They can see what was missed if they are absent. It provides links to learning websites.
During interview #3 Cassidy talks about having the students create a school Facebook page. I really liked this idea. This allows the students to be updated and have another resource to get in touch with classmates. You can also find interview #1 and interview #2 where Cassidy talks about technology in her classroom.


technology in education



C4K October

Javon

He likes food very much. 


My comment: 
I am a student in EDM310 majoring in Elementary Education. I love your blog post. You had left the title out, but it makes it mysterious as to what you wrote about. We all love food. What kinds of food do you like? Do you also express an interest in cooking? Me, I personally like anything to do with pasta or chicken. I love to cook, it brings out my creativity side. Well hope you get out and try some new foods.


Sincerely,
<a href="http://holtpaulaedm310.blogspot.com">Paula Holt</a>





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Madison Rose did not have a blog post when I checked on Oct 13,2014. I will keep checking during the week.

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Alex,
  He feels that we shouldn't have homework because it kills trees.





Hi Alex,

I am Paula Holt, a student in EDM310 at the University of South Alabama. When I was in school I hated homework. As I got older, I realized that homework was a tool to help me study and refresh what I had learned that day. Would you mind having homework on the computer versus pencil and paper? I thought the shirt you found was cute. Definitely an eye catcher. I hope you can see that homework is to help you not hurt you.



<a href="http://holtpaulaedm310.blogspot.com">Paula Holt</a>


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Today I have learnt about compass directions. I now know how to read a map and find locations. I am able to follow directions and find places. I can place symbols on a map.



HI Aliyah,
I am Paula Holt a student in EDM310 at the University of South Alabama. Being able to read a map and place symbols is very rewarding. This means you will never be lost, as long as you have a map. Can you figure out what direction South Alabama is from your location? Keep up the good work. 

<a href="http://holtpaulaedm310.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-10-05T19:19:00-05:00&max-results=7">Paula Holt</a>



Comments 4 Kids

Project #12 Part A

SMART board basics.



Saturday, October 18, 2014

Blog Post #9


What Can Teachers and Students Teach Us About Project Based Learning?


As teachers it is our job to teach others the common core curriculum. Seven essentials for project based learning is a great article that teaches provides the seven essentials for PBL. The seven essentials are a need to know, driving question, student voice, 21 st century skills, inquiry, and feedback. Tony Vincent created this video to help teachers understand what project based learning is to teachers. It's a fun video to get you pumped about incorporating PBL into your curriculum. Ideas for PBL can be obtained from your PLN and trial and error by yourself. It's important that teachers have PLN's so they can share their experience while learning about what others have done and like. A group of teachers at  Sammamish High School in Washington got together to discuss their trial and errors and opinions on PBL. They tell what works for them and what doesn't. Creating relationships with your coworkers are a great way to tackle the new way of teaching. These sites are a great tool to use when you start incorporating PBL.  It is great source to put in your PLN. It gives you ten sites and describes each one of them. These sites are mostly for group work and allows students to do as group. 


Students give their ideas and what they like to do during class time. This gives the teacher ideas on what majority of their students like and are interested in. Kids enjoy getting rewards for doing great on an assignment. These students express their motivation in the classroom. They discuss what they like and what their teacher does to help motivate them on learning. PBL is for the kids so why not direct it around what interest the students. Students give us ideas on what they are interested in and what they want their classroom to be like everyday. 



It's a New Idea

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Blog Post #8

    Randy Pausch's  last lecture kept your attention for the entire hour. He was very inspirational and exciting to watch. After watching the last lecture, I have established some inspiration to never give up. As teachers we are enablers to help young children achieve their childhood dreams. We enable the dreams of others. Leadership is a great quality to have. Always remember that "Everything that can go wrong will go wrong, but at the end of the day a lot of people had fun" said by: Randy Paush. He also mentions in his lecture to try new things. When you do something enough it ends up becoming a part of you. As a professor, always mention to your students that they did good on an assignment but there is always room for improvement. Push your students to be the best they can be and over time people will surprise you. This allows the student to push themselves further than they dreamed of going. It gives them a reason to be the best they can be. As a teacher we get so caught up in day to day life that we tend to lose the child like wonder. Randy made it clear that we should never lose our child like wonder with this being said we can relate to our students and open our own imagination becoming an imagineer.
    As a learner Randy inspired me to always bring something to the table. Focus on others besides yourself and help will come. Never give up. As a learner you should cherish feedback good or bad. Feedback allows you to mold your weakness and receive advice from an outside party. When you screw up and no one says anything that means everyone has gave up and thats a bad place to be according to Randy. Allow people to help you. You can't get there alone. Always tell the truth. Apologize when you screw up. These are ways Randy mentions to allow people in. Remember that loyalty is a two way street. Most important thing is to just simply have fun in what your doing. Learning a hard lesson is always better when you are having fun. Be open to try new things you never know you may find a new hobby you love. When you are questioning authority you should always respect it.

The best advice as a teacher and learner I got from the last lecture is...
Brick walls are there for a reason and they let us prove how badly we want things.

The best girl advice was from Ceil, she mentions that...
The best dating advice is to ignore what men say, but to watch what they do on the first date.

Don't Bail

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Implications and Teaching Opportunities for Camera Use in Teaching and Learning.

   While the first iphone was introduced in 2007 only 7 years ago, that doesn't seem like a long time ago. Wrong! This could be the difference in one having a smart phone for 7 years or one having a smart phone their whole life. According to Emarketing 21.4% of the population has smart phones and most use it in someway every day. Incorporating technology into learning can have many benefits. Most people use it everyday why not put it to good use rather than spying on your enemies through social media for hours a day. Allowing teachers and students to have phones or access to internet opens for broader learning abilities. Communication between a teacher and student is almost close to 24/7 and the response is near instant. While having a smartphone with a camera gives the students an opportunity to take pictures and have a visual to look at while reviewing the lesson. Smartphones also allows teachers to have access to their PLN network they have created. It allows the teachers to take pictures of assignments and provide examples of interesting projects they have came up with in the classroom to share with fellow educators. Teachers can also tweak assignments to what works best for them and make note instantly so they wont forget. Technology in the classroom is changing the way all educators teach. Are you ready for the change?

   Having a smartphone or tablet in the classroom can be very beneficial. Having a smartphone or tablet opens opportunities that weren't available a decade ago. Everyone having access to internet can allow everyone to create a blog and share ideas for everyone to see. This boost communication through out the classroom and provides different opinions on work rather than just the response of the teacher. This also gives the students access to school work whenever they want. As times are changing there are numerous websites that help teach a lesson. Discovery Education, for example, allows the students to create a board on a topic. Once the student has created this board you can screenshot it and the students will have it available for access at all times. An easy assignment students can do at all times is to set their ipad up to record them reading and they can play it back and listen to them and fix any mistakes if there are any. Tablets give the students access to many educational games and that makes learning fun. The teacher having a tablet has access to her PLN at the palm of her hand and can provide new activities in blink of an eye if needed. This also gives the teacher knowledge of technology and to better help her students understand.


   I like the idea of having tablets or smartphones in the classroom, but children should know the appropriate time to use them. I feel the student can take pictures of their work in progress in the classroom and take home and show their parents. This also allows the students to take pictures with friends. I would love to go back and be able to capture my childhood at school and have memories now. My best friend in my life now has been with  me since K5 and we have one picture at that age together. I would love for all of my students to be able to create a scrapbook at the end of the year showing all the events and new friends made. 61% of population feel having a camera on their smartphone is very important.


Ipad and three iphones

Monday, October 6, 2014

C4T #2

Math in the Middle by Christy.


Keeping it all together. 
In this post she explains how you can keep all your resources into one. How you can use one website to keep up with notifications by 3 other sites. This website is called flipboard. It allows you to link up to 3 websites to your blog. It also provides easy collaboration with others. Livebinders is also another great website to keep all your information stored.


This post was really helpful to me, because I usually have all my paperwork scattered around. This post gave me some options to use to keep all my stuff organized. It opened my eyes that there are more ways to stay organized than in a binder.






Happy Halloween
Her class was unable to have a Halloween party. She figured the day would be stressful enough. She had a worksheet related to math with candy taped to the back of the assignment. She felt this would keep the students quiet and busy working. 



My comment:

I love this idea. It gives the students a treat while they are working on a worksheet. Candy usually keeps them quiet until it runs out. Extra candy is key. I hope this was a great tactic for you and that you are able to use again this year.


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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Project #13 Group #4

This assignment allows the students to pick any element on the periodic table. They then have to research that element and express all the characteristics in a creative way. This allows them to have a free mind and be creative.
 

The rubric  for this assignment can be found here.

uranium and facts about uranium

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Blog Post #7

   The classroom is constantly changing. As a child my classroom consist of pencil and paper and the teacher doing her best with the dry erase board to explain the lesson to us. Times have changed and most classrooms have a SMART board and access to the internet. The way I grew up learning is totally different than the way it is now. To prepare myself for my future classroom I will need to build my PLN as much as I can and continue for it to grow. I will also need to make myself knowledgable of the latest technology and PBL assignments I can create to better my teaching.
    My strengths are that I am always looking for a new of different way to approach things. I love learning new ideas and different aspects of assignments. My weaknesses would be that I am not patient enough to fully listen to instructions because I think I know everything already. I have to teach myself that I should be more open to learning all the ways to approach ideas. Another weakness of mine is that I tend to give up on things when I can't figure them out and just moving on to something different.
   I need to be more open minded on trying new things and getting the full description before I venture out on my own and think I know what I am suppose to be doing.

During my school time we always listened to a recording of a book. The person usually sounded just like a robot, as if they have practiced for years. Michelle Bennett created a youtube video that explains how I , the teacher, can record myself and play for the students. This is a great idea and the student can relate to the book as if I am reading it to them at that moment. She also explains how you can make a QR code for the sound you have recorded. When using word document this allows the student or teacher to record something and have the student be able to listen to it at home. You record yourself speaking at record mp3 then you get the link and copy and past it to qr code monkey and this generates the code. You can then place into word document and print and then you can have access to code. Most use their smart phones to access this code.

Ipad reading center is a great way for students to read material and then have it read back to them. This increases memorability. The student will pick any book and set their ipad up so that it can record them. The student will then press record and begin reading the book they have selected. Once they have finished they will stop recording and then play it back and make sure they did not make any mistakes. By doing this the student first reads the book, has it read back to them, and then will it is reading back to them they are following along making sure they didn't make any mistakes. This is a great way to incorporate technology into your lesson plan.

Poplets is a great project for kids to do to learn more on the book or whatever it is the book is about. Having the students create a poplet allows them to really dig for information on the chosen topic. The students create this "web" on their ipad. This allows them to save the information and have with them at all times. The poplet consists of the main topic in the middle of the page almost like a web. It then branches off and you give details pertaining to the topic. This is a great assignment to help kids develop typing skills and it also allows them to pick out the most important information on a topic.

The AVL for kindergarten students allows the students to research a topic and it provides a video or audio on that subject. The video demonstrated a great PBL activitiy for the students. They were to research a topic draw a picture of that object and then write a sentence on what they learned about that object. This gives students both ways of learning through technology and hands on.

Discovery Education board building is another great tool to allow students to research topics. Discovery Education allows students to create a board providing a title and facts about the topic. This is a great activity to get students involved and excited about learning. They get to use their ipads and once again the information can be stored so that they can recall it at anytime. All the information gathered in creating the board gave the student enough information to write a narrative. This helps improve writing skills as well.

These second grade  students from Gulf Shores Elementary would like to share their board. This is a great way to let the whole class see individual boards. By projecting them on the SMART board the whole class can see at once. This also helps boost public speaking skills for the student. Here is one more board being shared by second grade students.

Dr.Strange interviews two teachers from Baldwin County Schools. They talk about imovie and avl. They talk about how the students really love interacting with their ipads and making movie trailers. Michelle says that the students really get involved in the editing process while making the trailer. This gives the students fun projects but they are also learning while doing. The AVL allows the students to look up information. This information they can use to put in the movie trailer. Great resource to use in my future classroom.

We all become learners.  As a teacher we are always learning new ways to do things. The students surprise us. This is a great video explaining how the students teach the teachers and making us all become learners. Reminds me that I don't know everything.

student surrounded by books with email,html,Facebook, etc. words above her head