Blog Post #6

Conversations with Anthony Capps 

    The conversations with Anthony Capps were very inspirational. Project based learning is incorporating projects into the lesson plan. Anthony mentions in the video Project Based Learning Part 1 that project based learning is normally used at the end of a lesson to see if the student actually learned what he or she is suppose to. Capps implies that is not the case of PBL that you should inquire projects during the lesson as method of resources to allow the student to participate while retaining the information. I am a more hands on learner myself. I love doing projects on new things, at the end when I am done I feel I have developed a new skill and expanded my knowledge.
    PBL Part 2 provided us with a project that all kid love. Capps asked his students to write a script as if they were a child in Afghanistan while incorporating cultures. One student's parents served our country in Afghanistan and didn't want their child to learn about the horror stories that exist oversees. Capps allowed this particular student to do a science project instead of completing the culture one. This will happen to us eventually and Capps did the right thing. It is important to please the parents while meeting the standards provided by each state in the learning process. Icurio is a website that has pulled information and made it child proof for them to access and search what it is they are looking up. This is used like a search engine for the students. This website also allows for storage so you can keep everything stored. This is also away to keep everything organized.
    Visual learning is one of the many ways I like to learn. If I can see it and have something to relate it to I am more likely to remember it or even elaborate on it. Discovery Ed provides you with illustrations to go with just about every subject to help you provide that visual learning to your students. The students can also use this as a search engine. The site also gives the students a video to watch and have another resource and not just the teacher. It also brings the text to life according to Anthony Capps.
Providing tips for future teachers is a great way to be added to someone's PLN. Tips for Teachers offers beneficial tips to future educators. John Strange offers that you have got to be interested in learning yourself. You need to be constantly learning to help understand different strategies to help your students learn on different levels. Capps says you need to be interested in learning as a hobby. You should be wanting to make lesson plans or discover things to add to your curriculum even when you are not on the clock, hard work. Enjoy what you do. The video Dr.Strange and  Capps has put together gives you tips from an educator and an educator who has just started.
    Technology is slowly being incorporated into the classroom. Technology should be a source to help the students learn, not the curriculum itself. Use Tech Don't Teach It is a great video explaining how technology can be incorporated in the classroom.

My Book Trailer

This is my book trailer on The Birthday Box by: Leslie Patricelli.

C4K Summary September

Ilisa is year 7 and was able to help the year 2 girls around the cross country course. Lee is classmate was helping the year 1 girls which happend to be the same course as Ilisa's age group. Lee and Ilisa are rivals and Lee has beat Ilisa in the race for years. Today, was Ilisa's day. He was going to challenge Lee and finally win. Once the race was almost done Ilisa felt the fatigue but pushed though. In the end nor Lee or Ilisa won, they ended in a tie. Ilisa Blog is very interesting and impressive to be such young age.

My opinion was the pushing through to the very end is rewarding in itself. Most people would have gave up and quit, but he didn't. Even though it was a tie he was a winner in my book. Being friends and enemies is what it's all about. Friendship off the course only calls for more competitive feelings on the course.



Jordan B expressed how they were going to make a mark in the world by ending hunger. She feels that every one should have at least  3 meals a day. She also expresses that when you are hungry you make irrational desicions and do not think straight.
Jordan B. Blog


World hunger exists everyday. It is all around us if we know it or not. People like her will make a big improvement in this world by trying to fix what shouldn't have to be. Thinking irrationally is a side effect of being hungry. You don't think right and you may end up doing things unintentionally.



Hard work is more important than talent. She expresses that hard work can get you far in life such as good grades and a good job. By having a talent it can teach you to try new things. By using hard work it helps you to find out what you are good and bad at. Having a talent is like a hobby. By working hard you will earn what you get.



Hard work is very important in anything you do, if it's your talent or not. To achieve your set goals you need to provide hard work to make the reward that much sweeter. Talent is a hobby because normally your talent is what you are good at and enjoy doing.
Chloe's Blog

Blog Post #5 PLN

My PLN progress is slow, but I am learning quick and finding new resources. I joined the FEA Future Educators in Action group here at the University of South Alabama. I hope to gain life long friends and different opinions on styles and teaching techniques. I am on twitter if you would like to follow me. I have followed a few of my professors and slowly building up my resources on twitter. I also like to watch and analyze my teachers just to see how they do things and if I would like to apply that to my classroom. Youtube provides great examples if you ever have a question and need an explanation. In my opinion the best resources out there are your fellow teachers. You are both in the education field two minds are better than one. I have also ordered some books off the internet to help further my knowledge on teaching. Interacting and talking to current teachers is also great way to help build your curriculum and get ideas.

Project #3 Presentation

Project #7 (Sentence & Passion)

My Sentence Is...

My Passion Is...

Search Engines

WolframAlpha is a great search engine to practice math problems. You simply type the problem you have and it generates the answer along with more facts on answer. WolframAlpha is a great study tool if you seem to be struggling in mathematics. This search engine seems to work well with numbers.

Bing is also a great search engine site. It allows you to search whatever you are interested in and pulls up the answers fast. It provides you with current news and also allows you to watch videos and search images.

The search engine that doesn't track you is known as Duck Duck Go. In this search engine you can adjust the language settings and layout to suit what is best for you. You can make this your primary search engine. It provides you with news, images, videos, and even a stopwatch if needed. All while ot tracking you.

Dogpile is another great search engine. It allows you to access the white pages, images, video, news, and shopping. This search engine has all the best search engines piled into one.

IXQuick is the world's most private search engine. This engine provides results from the top 10 best search engines. You can also search privately with ensure full privacy.

Lycos in this search engine it allows you to search, play online games, provides email, weather, news, and more. This engine also allows you to browse the internet and shop.


A source that uses Lycos is called HotBot. This engine allows you to search the web. It also keeps you up to date on the news and weather.


Another great search engine is Excite. On the homepage has many links to help you browse. If you want to book a flight you can, read the news, and also search the web.