Saturday, July 18, 2015
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Final Part of Blog Assignment #5
I have used my PLN alot throughout EDM 310. I made it my homescreen for Firefox. I made links to my gmail, blogger, youtube, and the class blog. It is so much easier to use the PLN instead of typing in the different addresses for each website. I am glad I was taught about PLN because this will really be helpful through out my teaching career. 
C4Ta #4
Summary of Post #1: Post #1 was about what are the best ways a teacher can demonstrate leadership in the classroom. She showed in the beginning how she received her information. She then broke down leadership into four components. The four components are model, experience, share, and trust. She went into detail on each component of how it is important in leadership.
My Comment to Post #1:I am a student EDM 310. I love the 4 components you broke leadership down into. This will be very helpful in my classroom.I love the strategies you used to make the leadership role important. I agree with you completely 100%. I am so glad I was able to read your post and cannot wait to read more.
Summary of Post #2: Post #2 was about Reflection on Anne Frank. This was a very interesting blog. She went and got to see Anne Frank's house and made connections of how a teachers would enjoy the visit. She talks about the different things the museum let you walk through and what all is in the museum. She then goes into details about the ideas and questions that she had while walking through the museum. To finish the blog post, she gives important factors of writing.
Comment on Post #2:I am a student of EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I enjoyed reading this post. I have always enjoyed reading and learning about Anne Frank. I cannot imagine being able to go visit her house. I am glad you shared this post, and I was able to read it.
My Comment to Post #1:I am a student EDM 310. I love the 4 components you broke leadership down into. This will be very helpful in my classroom.I love the strategies you used to make the leadership role important. I agree with you completely 100%. I am so glad I was able to read your post and cannot wait to read more.
Summary of Post #2: Post #2 was about Reflection on Anne Frank. This was a very interesting blog. She went and got to see Anne Frank's house and made connections of how a teachers would enjoy the visit. She talks about the different things the museum let you walk through and what all is in the museum. She then goes into details about the ideas and questions that she had while walking through the museum. To finish the blog post, she gives important factors of writing.
Comment on Post #2:I am a student of EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I enjoyed reading this post. I have always enjoyed reading and learning about Anne Frank. I cannot imagine being able to go visit her house. I am glad you shared this post, and I was able to read it.
Blog Assignment #14
In the article Teaching Our Children Can Be A Profession by Joel Klein, Joel list multiple factors that need to be changed about the profession. Here are a list of the ones he addresses:
1. Pick From The Best A solution he came up with for this is: first, better academic training for prospective teachers; second, new approach to recruiting teachers; third, make changes on how to reward teachers.
2. Seniority Distraction He solution to this factor is that multiple changes need to be made. One being that if a layoff should occur, the least effective teacher needs to be laid off instead of the most recently hired teacher. He would also recommend the evaluation of the performance of the prospective teachers.
3. Radical Change He solution to this is simple. He believes that the teachers should police their own profession.
I agree with pick from the best solution Joel has come up with. This solution shows no favoritism and is helpful for every new teacher coming into the field. I, myself, will be a new teacher coming into the field. I would hate to not be able to get a job I want because they are looking for experienced teachers.
I also agree with the seniority distraction solution. This solution would keep old teachers from getting lazy later in the years. I would not want to loose a job when I know a fellow teacher is ready to retire and not really teaching according to the plan that is in play.
I somewhat agree with the radical change solution. I think teachers should have some say so in how they teach each lesson, but I do think that we need some kind of guidance from the principal. I think if each teacher policed their own profession, there would not be unison in the school systems.
I really enjoyed reading this post. This article made me have a completely different outlook on the profession I have chosen to receive my degree in.
1. Pick From The Best A solution he came up with for this is: first, better academic training for prospective teachers; second, new approach to recruiting teachers; third, make changes on how to reward teachers.
2. Seniority Distraction He solution to this factor is that multiple changes need to be made. One being that if a layoff should occur, the least effective teacher needs to be laid off instead of the most recently hired teacher. He would also recommend the evaluation of the performance of the prospective teachers.
3. Radical Change He solution to this is simple. He believes that the teachers should police their own profession.
I agree with pick from the best solution Joel has come up with. This solution shows no favoritism and is helpful for every new teacher coming into the field. I, myself, will be a new teacher coming into the field. I would hate to not be able to get a job I want because they are looking for experienced teachers.
I also agree with the seniority distraction solution. This solution would keep old teachers from getting lazy later in the years. I would not want to loose a job when I know a fellow teacher is ready to retire and not really teaching according to the plan that is in play.
I somewhat agree with the radical change solution. I think teachers should have some say so in how they teach each lesson, but I do think that we need some kind of guidance from the principal. I think if each teacher policed their own profession, there would not be unison in the school systems.
I really enjoyed reading this post. This article made me have a completely different outlook on the profession I have chosen to receive my degree in.
Friday, July 10, 2015
Blog Assignment #13
Blog Post 13
For blog post 13, watch the following videos about social skills.
a.Social Skills Training: Resolving Disagreements (2:17)
b.Developing Social Manners/Educational Training Video (10:16)
Now answer the question: What did you learn about social skills by watching these two videos?
After watching the two following videos, I learned that in order to resolve disagreements everyone needs to use the best social skills the can use in order for everyone to understand each other. I also learned that you have to use social courtesy in order for people to be friendly to you. No one will be friendly to a unsocial person. Always think of how you would like for people to use their social skills in order for them to communicate with you.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Sunday, July 5, 2015
C4Ta #3
Summary of post #1: Karl Fisch's blog post was about the way teachers do not think deeply about the time they have with children. Through this blog post he writes to the administrator to bring to her knowledge that teachers should think more deeply about the time they spend with students.
My comment post #1: I agree with everything that was said in this blog post. I am so glad I was able to read it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks so much for a great post.
Summary of post #2: The second blog post I read was very similar to the first one. The only thing that was different was the fact that it was not about the time they spend with students, but the classes they actually teach.
My Comment post #2: I am glad I was able to read this post. This really opened my eyes on how we do not think deeply enough about the classes we teach. I previously read your post about time. They both are great articles. Thanks for the post.
My comment post #1: I agree with everything that was said in this blog post. I am so glad I was able to read it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks so much for a great post.
Summary of post #2: The second blog post I read was very similar to the first one. The only thing that was different was the fact that it was not about the time they spend with students, but the classes they actually teach.
My Comment post #2: I am glad I was able to read this post. This really opened my eyes on how we do not think deeply enough about the classes we teach. I previously read your post about time. They both are great articles. Thanks for the post.
Blog Assignment #11
Back to the Future by Brian Crosby was a great video to watch and to teach other teachers how technology can be used now in the classrooms. I learned from this teacher that technology is okay to incorporate into the classroom. I also learned that you can teach other classrooms the same experiments you did through the internet. Mr. Cosby taught a classroom of kids how to do the coke can crush experiment through the internet. Children also enjoy learning more when you incorporate technology into your lessons.
Blended Life Cycle by Paul Anderson. This article is a great resource to teach instructors how to teach using the blended life cycle. Before this video, I had never heard of the Blended Life Cycle. I really enjoyed learning about the cycle though. He uses the acronym quivers to make sure he touches all parts he needs to.
Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritchhart. He teaches instructors how to make their students better thinkers. His main point to making students better thinkers is to make sure they see a different perspective on all the different ways of the world.
Teaching Digital Citizenship by Sam Pane. Through this video teachers can learn how to teach children to be safe on the internet. I love how he made his lesson so interactive with the students. They seemed like they were excited because it was so interactive.
Project Based Learning teaches us how to use project based learning throughout our lessons. This video also gives examples of students learning through project based learning, and it seems like they learn a lot clearer than when they don't use project based learning.
Roosevelt Elementary's PBL program is a cute video students put together to show how they used project based learning. You can tell throughout the video all the students were super excited to share. I love seeing students excited to learn.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Special Blog Assignment
iPad Learning Studio
iPad Learning Studio was a great resource to show what all the iPad can do. This resource went into detail about exactly what the iPad can do in each subject. There was not a subject that this Google Slide presentation did not cover. I definitely hope I get a classroom with iPads, and if not then I am going to push to have them in my classroom. IPads could help kids tremendously because all kids play with them why not let them learn while doing so.
Visual Thesaurus
The Visual Thesaurus resource would really help the children in the subject of language arts. This resource could also help them with their writings. They could type which word they were trying to type and see if there is a synonym for the word. This could also be on the iPads if I have them in my classroom.
Google Earth
Google Earth will help in the History section. I am interested in Google Earth because it is interesting to see where everything is located on the earth. Students would have this on their iPads as well and be able to see where each country is located. This would help with the test of the world that come in History subject.
Common Core and Teacher Preparedness
The Common Core and Teacher Preparedness resource really blew me away. I am always wanting to read about different concerns about the common core, so reading this was perfect for me. I already subscribed the newsletter because this will be very helpful in my classroom. This is will able to tell me if I am prepared for my lesson or not.
WolframAlpha
WolframAlpha resource interested me because it will help in the Math subject, and I love Math. I will download this app to the children's iPad as well in order for them to be able to use this when learning scientific notation or even just to add numbers together.
Storybird
Storybird resource interest me because I love to read children's writings. I think this resource would be helpful in the classroom because the kids could use their iPads to create stories, read them back to the other class, and eventually going through publishing.
iPad Learning Studio was a great resource to show what all the iPad can do. This resource went into detail about exactly what the iPad can do in each subject. There was not a subject that this Google Slide presentation did not cover. I definitely hope I get a classroom with iPads, and if not then I am going to push to have them in my classroom. IPads could help kids tremendously because all kids play with them why not let them learn while doing so.
Visual Thesaurus
The Visual Thesaurus resource would really help the children in the subject of language arts. This resource could also help them with their writings. They could type which word they were trying to type and see if there is a synonym for the word. This could also be on the iPads if I have them in my classroom.
Google Earth
Google Earth will help in the History section. I am interested in Google Earth because it is interesting to see where everything is located on the earth. Students would have this on their iPads as well and be able to see where each country is located. This would help with the test of the world that come in History subject.
Common Core and Teacher Preparedness
The Common Core and Teacher Preparedness resource really blew me away. I am always wanting to read about different concerns about the common core, so reading this was perfect for me. I already subscribed the newsletter because this will be very helpful in my classroom. This is will able to tell me if I am prepared for my lesson or not.
WolframAlpha
WolframAlpha resource interested me because it will help in the Math subject, and I love Math. I will download this app to the children's iPad as well in order for them to be able to use this when learning scientific notation or even just to add numbers together.
Storybird
Storybird resource interest me because I love to read children's writings. I think this resource would be helpful in the classroom because the kids could use their iPads to create stories, read them back to the other class, and eventually going through publishing.
Blog Assignment #10
In Cassidy 13 Part 1, Ms. Cassidy talked about how her children use blogs, videos, and wikis throughout the school year. About 5 years ago from when this Skype video was taken, Ms. Cassidy was giving 5 computers for her classroom. At that time, she did not have technology incorporated into the her classroom. She said she quickly realized that incorporating the computers she was given would be helpful. She begin by making a center with the computers, and the kids were able to post on their blogs while they were in the center. Towards the end of the video she talks about how she became more interested in technology through her online network, her Twitter account, and nings.
In Cassidy 13 Part 2, Dr. Strange ask Ms. Cassidy where she would recommended new teachers like myself to begin. I really liked her answer because she said just start on what you are interested in. That was really encouraging for me. For the rest of this video, she talks about the importance of a PLN. I have started a PLN in EDM 310, but I have not used it on a regular basis. I will use this technique for when I become a teacher because I need to be able to have all the sites I visit regularly right on one page.
In Cassidy 13 Part 3, Dr. Strange's students get to ask Ms. Cassidy questions they would like to know the answer to. Most of the questions were about blogging. I will most definitely use a class blog in my classroom. My blog will be a way to communicate not only to my students but also to my parents. Using a class blog could bring a little bit of problem. The problems could be that kids will post off topic post. I will keep an eye on every blog post that a student post and make sure that it is appropriate and according to topic. A major benefit to using a class blog is that you will not have to waste paper by sending home a newsletter. All information will be communicated through the class blog.
In Cassidy 13 Part 2, Dr. Strange ask Ms. Cassidy where she would recommended new teachers like myself to begin. I really liked her answer because she said just start on what you are interested in. That was really encouraging for me. For the rest of this video, she talks about the importance of a PLN. I have started a PLN in EDM 310, but I have not used it on a regular basis. I will use this technique for when I become a teacher because I need to be able to have all the sites I visit regularly right on one page.
In Cassidy 13 Part 3, Dr. Strange's students get to ask Ms. Cassidy questions they would like to know the answer to. Most of the questions were about blogging. I will most definitely use a class blog in my classroom. My blog will be a way to communicate not only to my students but also to my parents. Using a class blog could bring a little bit of problem. The problems could be that kids will post off topic post. I will keep an eye on every blog post that a student post and make sure that it is appropriate and according to topic. A major benefit to using a class blog is that you will not have to waste paper by sending home a newsletter. All information will be communicated through the class blog.
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