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.

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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Aliyah,

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>

Project #12 Part A

SMART board basics.

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. 

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.

Book Commentary Project #9 Group 4

Topic #8

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.