Monday, April 29, 2013
Project #13
In project 15, we used these tools to record the video where we showed our knowledge of smartboards.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Blog Post #14
CourseSmart E-Textbooks
In this blog, there is a new technology that is being explained and spread among teachers in schools at the collegiate level. It's is E-Textbooks. In these textbooks teachers can keep up with what students have read or what they haven't. This provides an oppurtunity for teachers to see certain study habits for students. The spread of this technology has been to eight different schools and is continuing to spread.
I think that this technology at a teachers point of view would be a great piece of technology. I would use it in a lot of different ways such as a grading tool to grade on what the children have read. I could use it to see who has been studying the required readings. This would also let me know why or why not a student is struggling.
My reaction to this new technology would probably make me as a student not want to read but have to read the text book to refrain from trouble with teachers. It would probably increase my study habits and reading habits. It would kind of force it on me but would be a good thing for students.
Well since I'm not a hundred percent sure what this technology has to do with helping or benefiting to students. I would ask the teacher what exactly does this technology do to students grades or how does it effect them. I see how it can help teachers to learn what the student is doing but how does it help the student.
If I were to ask the students anything, it would be about how this technology has effected them as students. I would also ask if it has caused problems with their class average. If I had to add to the comments on this article I would probably ask the question, "How does this technology effect students, I mean does it fail them if they don't read the book for the acquired course?" For years students have not read a book but passed classes with flying colors. Isn't this technology a waste of money?
In this blog, there is a new technology that is being explained and spread among teachers in schools at the collegiate level. It's is E-Textbooks. In these textbooks teachers can keep up with what students have read or what they haven't. This provides an oppurtunity for teachers to see certain study habits for students. The spread of this technology has been to eight different schools and is continuing to spread.
I think that this technology at a teachers point of view would be a great piece of technology. I would use it in a lot of different ways such as a grading tool to grade on what the children have read. I could use it to see who has been studying the required readings. This would also let me know why or why not a student is struggling.
My reaction to this new technology would probably make me as a student not want to read but have to read the text book to refrain from trouble with teachers. It would probably increase my study habits and reading habits. It would kind of force it on me but would be a good thing for students.
Well since I'm not a hundred percent sure what this technology has to do with helping or benefiting to students. I would ask the teacher what exactly does this technology do to students grades or how does it effect them. I see how it can help teachers to learn what the student is doing but how does it help the student.
If I were to ask the students anything, it would be about how this technology has effected them as students. I would also ask if it has caused problems with their class average. If I had to add to the comments on this article I would probably ask the question, "How does this technology effect students, I mean does it fail them if they don't read the book for the acquired course?" For years students have not read a book but passed classes with flying colors. Isn't this technology a waste of money?
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
C4K for April
Connor C. from Mrs. Geldes Class
Connor is from Mrs. Geldes class I'm not sure what grade or what class he is in when he wrote this. He wrote his blog post about Nebraska. I'm not sure if he's from there or what but in his post he wrote that the land was good for farming, they were hardworking farmers, their state bird was the Western Meadowlark,and many other facts about the state of Nebraska. At the end of his blog he wrote the question for viewers and "Where do you live? What animals are there? What are some cities at your state?" For my comment on his blog I answered his question and told him he had written a good blog post and should tell us more about the state.
Libby from Leopold Primary School in Victoria, Australia
In Libby's blog Libby's Latest News, she writes a post called Buddies. According to what I have read it's a system where students in higher grades spend quality time with younger students on certain days of the week. Libby is sharing her buddy Elyssa with a friend named Emma. This system would be a great idea to bring to elementary schools to teach them to care and to help the younger children, and to encourage them also. I told Libby that I thought it was great that she was spending quality with younger children and should always encourage them to keep doing their best.
Connor is from Mrs. Geldes class I'm not sure what grade or what class he is in when he wrote this. He wrote his blog post about Nebraska. I'm not sure if he's from there or what but in his post he wrote that the land was good for farming, they were hardworking farmers, their state bird was the Western Meadowlark,and many other facts about the state of Nebraska. At the end of his blog he wrote the question for viewers and "Where do you live? What animals are there? What are some cities at your state?" For my comment on his blog I answered his question and told him he had written a good blog post and should tell us more about the state.
Libby from Leopold Primary School in Victoria, Australia
In Libby's blog Libby's Latest News, she writes a post called Buddies. According to what I have read it's a system where students in higher grades spend quality time with younger students on certain days of the week. Libby is sharing her buddy Elyssa with a friend named Emma. This system would be a great idea to bring to elementary schools to teach them to care and to help the younger children, and to encourage them also. I told Libby that I thought it was great that she was spending quality with younger children and should always encourage them to keep doing their best.
C4T #4
Melissa B's "The Scholastic Scribe"
The blogpost "Two Turtle Doves" describes the last semester of senior year for high schoolers where they are getting ready for college. They are getting recommendation and have papers written from teachers to write for them, and filling out applications. She describes how big of a struggle it is for teachers to do this for their students and to stop the amount of kids that need this she goes over 10 points where you can keep the GPAs up and make colleges want you.
1. Fewer meetings, just for the sake of meetings. - In her words, "We were told that we need more time to meet with one another, face-to-face. That makes less face time with the kids, but more time talking about how we teach them. Give me a break."
2. Less time talking about how we all need to be friends. - Yes, we know we're all in this together. That's a given. But I don't need to be besties with all of my colleagues in order to get along with them.
3. More focus on academics. - Pretty much explains itself.
4. Less focus on athletics. - Probably a losing battle, but please see Number 3. Also, that's why, I hear, he wears loafers.
5. More "Attaboys." - Give more "good jobs" out to kids, encourage them more expecially since its the last of the year.
6. Additional recognition for those who've fought the good fight - and won. - Give examples of past students of how they made it through the struggle and now have made something for themselves.
7. More of an attempt to recognize that "new" is not always "best." - I certainly understand the new principal's desire to put his stamp on things, but that doesn't need to be accomplished at the cost of besmirching those who have come before him.
8. Additional openness to ideas that are "out there."
9. More of a focus on student and staff safety.
10. More of an effort to try to understand the other guy. - No one's going to hear you if you don't recognize that your opponent has a valid point to make, as well.
"The Scholastic Scribe" - "By The Numbers"
In Melissa's blog, she writes about a situation where she was able to go home early from work one day and was on the last few tests to grade when a student walks in. She asked her help with some things that she has been thinking about. How she took the time to help the student and put her on the right path. This blog reminds me that as a teacher I should always take the time out of my free time to help my future students to always lead them on the right path.
The blogpost "Two Turtle Doves" describes the last semester of senior year for high schoolers where they are getting ready for college. They are getting recommendation and have papers written from teachers to write for them, and filling out applications. She describes how big of a struggle it is for teachers to do this for their students and to stop the amount of kids that need this she goes over 10 points where you can keep the GPAs up and make colleges want you.
1. Fewer meetings, just for the sake of meetings. - In her words, "We were told that we need more time to meet with one another, face-to-face. That makes less face time with the kids, but more time talking about how we teach them. Give me a break."
2. Less time talking about how we all need to be friends. - Yes, we know we're all in this together. That's a given. But I don't need to be besties with all of my colleagues in order to get along with them.
3. More focus on academics. - Pretty much explains itself.
4. Less focus on athletics. - Probably a losing battle, but please see Number 3. Also, that's why, I hear, he wears loafers.
5. More "Attaboys." - Give more "good jobs" out to kids, encourage them more expecially since its the last of the year.
6. Additional recognition for those who've fought the good fight - and won. - Give examples of past students of how they made it through the struggle and now have made something for themselves.
7. More of an attempt to recognize that "new" is not always "best." - I certainly understand the new principal's desire to put his stamp on things, but that doesn't need to be accomplished at the cost of besmirching those who have come before him.
8. Additional openness to ideas that are "out there."
9. More of a focus on student and staff safety.
10. More of an effort to try to understand the other guy. - No one's going to hear you if you don't recognize that your opponent has a valid point to make, as well.
"The Scholastic Scribe" - "By The Numbers"
In Melissa's blog, she writes about a situation where she was able to go home early from work one day and was on the last few tests to grade when a student walks in. She asked her help with some things that she has been thinking about. How she took the time to help the student and put her on the right path. This blog reminds me that as a teacher I should always take the time out of my free time to help my future students to always lead them on the right path.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Blog Post #13
The Blended Learning Cycle
In his video he explains a cycle that he uses when he teaches his science classes. in his video he uses the word Quivers. (and yes as in a bow and quiver that holds arrows)I would compare this to the scientific method. For the first phase of his cycle he uses "Qu" which he uses question. Here you state the question. The next letter is I, which is for investigation which is where you research the information for the question. Next letter is "V", which is video where you watch videos on the subject which you are studying. Next is "e" for elaboration, where you have the information and develop it and put it together to fully understand the previous question. The last is "R" which is for review, which is where you look over what you have done.
My thoughts on the cycle is a great idea, because it can be used for any subject. You can use it to solve math problems, do science projects, or even write a research paper. Everyone could use this to learn on their own. They can use it to find information and learn more about the subject on their own.
In his video he explains a cycle that he uses when he teaches his science classes. in his video he uses the word Quivers. (and yes as in a bow and quiver that holds arrows)I would compare this to the scientific method. For the first phase of his cycle he uses "Qu" which he uses question. Here you state the question. The next letter is I, which is for investigation which is where you research the information for the question. Next letter is "V", which is video where you watch videos on the subject which you are studying. Next is "e" for elaboration, where you have the information and develop it and put it together to fully understand the previous question. The last is "R" which is for review, which is where you look over what you have done.
My thoughts on the cycle is a great idea, because it can be used for any subject. You can use it to solve math problems, do science projects, or even write a research paper. Everyone could use this to learn on their own. They can use it to find information and learn more about the subject on their own.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Blog Post #12
Creating My Own Blog Post Assignment for EDM310
For this week's blog post, I will be creating my own assignment for the EDM310 class. Dr. Strange has went over a ton of things for technology with us, but I think that he should've gave us an assignment for the subject of Math. In this assignment he should have told us to look up different types of technology or anything that would help teachers to teach their students math. If I were the student and I had to do this I would choose a game of some sort to help the kids have fun but learn at the same time. I would list webpages such as:
1. www.primarygames.com
2. www.abcya.com
3. www.cookie.com
Of course the level of education I am going to school to learn to teach for is elementary, so these sights would be perfect for games about math and they would have fun learning. Also if the children have Apple products there are tons of game that they could find and use to help their children learn.
There is technology for math also online. There are different sites that offer worksheets and tests for you to go by such as http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/elemath.html. There are youtube videos such as "Teaching Mathematics with Technology"
For this week's blog post, I will be creating my own assignment for the EDM310 class. Dr. Strange has went over a ton of things for technology with us, but I think that he should've gave us an assignment for the subject of Math. In this assignment he should have told us to look up different types of technology or anything that would help teachers to teach their students math. If I were the student and I had to do this I would choose a game of some sort to help the kids have fun but learn at the same time. I would list webpages such as:
1. www.primarygames.com
2. www.abcya.com
3. www.cookie.com
Of course the level of education I am going to school to learn to teach for is elementary, so these sights would be perfect for games about math and they would have fun learning. Also if the children have Apple products there are tons of game that they could find and use to help their children learn.
There is technology for math also online. There are different sites that offer worksheets and tests for you to go by such as http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/elemath.html. There are youtube videos such as "Teaching Mathematics with Technology"
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Blog Post #11
Ms. Cassidy's 1st Graders
In the video, Dr. Strange and the EDM310 class of the 2010 school year, skyped and talked to Ms. Cassidy and her class blog. She discussed how she started out with a blog and how it came to be in her class. She said that one year her class acquired 5 laptops and she figured this was the starting point of the use of technology in her classroom. She then talked to her principal about a class blog for the children to write their own post and let people around the world see it. She said that she explained to them that they should always be nice and comment nice things, not to write their last names, and to not put pictures of themselves on their blog for privacy reasons. She took the attempt of technology to allow them to learn from others. She wanted them to realized that they can use technology to contact other classes or people to learn from them. She called a biologist to talk with kids on Skype. She wanted them to know that technology was their to learn more they could in the classroom. If I taught the younger children such as K-2 I would use the blogging to help them learn to spell and type sentences. I would allow them to play educational games to learn math, science, and other subjects. The one benefit I could see happening in my future for my kids would be the games on the internet. I believe it would make them more interested in learning because it would be fun and educational at the same time. (coin the phrase killing two birds with one stone)
In the video, Dr. Strange and the EDM310 class of the 2010 school year, skyped and talked to Ms. Cassidy and her class blog. She discussed how she started out with a blog and how it came to be in her class. She said that one year her class acquired 5 laptops and she figured this was the starting point of the use of technology in her classroom. She then talked to her principal about a class blog for the children to write their own post and let people around the world see it. She said that she explained to them that they should always be nice and comment nice things, not to write their last names, and to not put pictures of themselves on their blog for privacy reasons. She took the attempt of technology to allow them to learn from others. She wanted them to realized that they can use technology to contact other classes or people to learn from them. She called a biologist to talk with kids on Skype. She wanted them to know that technology was their to learn more they could in the classroom. If I taught the younger children such as K-2 I would use the blogging to help them learn to spell and type sentences. I would allow them to play educational games to learn math, science, and other subjects. The one benefit I could see happening in my future for my kids would be the games on the internet. I believe it would make them more interested in learning because it would be fun and educational at the same time. (coin the phrase killing two birds with one stone)
C4T #3
Micheal Vaughn's "World Shaker" - 15 iPad Skills Every Teacher and Student Should Know
In Micheal's blog, he is showing educators and students 15 different apps that you can download to your iPad to help with educating and learning. He has shown us apps that create digital stories and eBooks, create videos and audio clips, help improve their reading skill, show how to use Whiteboards, take notes and create written content, create mind maps and digital profolios, share their content, help with homework, and do research on their iPads. For his blog I asked him to tell me of ways to communicate with other students for situations such as group work or questions on different problems they are having with the iPad.
Micheal Vaughn's "World Shaker" - Why we should stop criminalizing practices that are confused with plagiarism?
In Micheal's blog, he is informing us on the reasons why we should stop the decriminalize certain practices now described under the rubric of plagiarism. In his post he posted the titles to four book that he said is a must read for people grappling with these issues. The titles are:
1. “The Little Book of Plagiarism,” by Richard A. Posner, a federal judge, a law school lecturer, and a prolific author, who writes persuasively on issues of plagiarism and copyright infringement.
2. “The Anxiety of Influence,” by Harold Bloom, a legendary scholar and critic from Yale, who considers the patterns of influence that govern how one author learns from another.
3. “Stolen Words,” by Thomas Mallon, a novelist and practical scholar who delves into a long history of literary theft, practiced by some of the most honored authors in the canon of English and American literature.
4. “City Editor,” by Stanley Walker. An influential New York City editor in the 1930s, Walker includes a chapter on the questionable literary and journalistic standards of his day.
The main focus on this subject in the blog is 10 statements:
1. "The so-called act of “self-plagiarism” is not plagiarism." - This statement can be paraphrased as this, "All successful writers “re-purpose” their work for profit and influence, but they should always be forthright with potential publishers on whether the work is brand new or recycled."
2. "So called “patch writing” — as long as it credits sources — is not plagiarism."
3. "Inadequate paraphrasing of a credited source is not plagiarism."
4. "Use of a clever or apt phrase — up to the level of the sentence — is not plagiarism as long as you thought of it independently, even if you find that others have used it before."
5. "Literary allusions — even a mosaic of esoteric ones — are NOT plagiarism."
6. "Boilerplate descriptions of news, history, or background are not plagiarism."
7. "Ghost writing is not plagiarism."
8. "Writing for genres — such as the legal brief or the sermon — in which there is a long tradition of borrowing without attribution is not plagiarism."
9. "Copying from other writers in what are considered collaborative ventures –newsrooms, wire services, press releases, textbook authorship — is not plagiarism."
10. "Copying from or borrowing the general ideas and issues that are emerging as part of the zeitgeist is not plagiarism."
I believe that students in the high school and college level can use this to decipher what is plagiarism to their teachers and peers. They can refrain from plagiarism if they read and follow the main focus of this blog.
In Micheal's blog, he is showing educators and students 15 different apps that you can download to your iPad to help with educating and learning. He has shown us apps that create digital stories and eBooks, create videos and audio clips, help improve their reading skill, show how to use Whiteboards, take notes and create written content, create mind maps and digital profolios, share their content, help with homework, and do research on their iPads. For his blog I asked him to tell me of ways to communicate with other students for situations such as group work or questions on different problems they are having with the iPad.
Micheal Vaughn's "World Shaker" - Why we should stop criminalizing practices that are confused with plagiarism?
In Micheal's blog, he is informing us on the reasons why we should stop the decriminalize certain practices now described under the rubric of plagiarism. In his post he posted the titles to four book that he said is a must read for people grappling with these issues. The titles are:
1. “The Little Book of Plagiarism,” by Richard A. Posner, a federal judge, a law school lecturer, and a prolific author, who writes persuasively on issues of plagiarism and copyright infringement.
2. “The Anxiety of Influence,” by Harold Bloom, a legendary scholar and critic from Yale, who considers the patterns of influence that govern how one author learns from another.
3. “Stolen Words,” by Thomas Mallon, a novelist and practical scholar who delves into a long history of literary theft, practiced by some of the most honored authors in the canon of English and American literature.
4. “City Editor,” by Stanley Walker. An influential New York City editor in the 1930s, Walker includes a chapter on the questionable literary and journalistic standards of his day.
The main focus on this subject in the blog is 10 statements:
1. "The so-called act of “self-plagiarism” is not plagiarism." - This statement can be paraphrased as this, "All successful writers “re-purpose” their work for profit and influence, but they should always be forthright with potential publishers on whether the work is brand new or recycled."
2. "So called “patch writing” — as long as it credits sources — is not plagiarism."
3. "Inadequate paraphrasing of a credited source is not plagiarism."
4. "Use of a clever or apt phrase — up to the level of the sentence — is not plagiarism as long as you thought of it independently, even if you find that others have used it before."
5. "Literary allusions — even a mosaic of esoteric ones — are NOT plagiarism."
6. "Boilerplate descriptions of news, history, or background are not plagiarism."
7. "Ghost writing is not plagiarism."
8. "Writing for genres — such as the legal brief or the sermon — in which there is a long tradition of borrowing without attribution is not plagiarism."
9. "Copying from other writers in what are considered collaborative ventures –newsrooms, wire services, press releases, textbook authorship — is not plagiarism."
10. "Copying from or borrowing the general ideas and issues that are emerging as part of the zeitgeist is not plagiarism."
I believe that students in the high school and college level can use this to decipher what is plagiarism to their teachers and peers. They can refrain from plagiarism if they read and follow the main focus of this blog.
C4K for March 2013
Ian from Mrs. Goerend's 5th Grade Class
On Ian's blog, he posted the difference between an unhealthy meal and a healthy one. For example, for his unhealthy menu he put that he would eat double quarter powder with cheese,premium crispy chicken classic sandwich ,mc flury with rolo ,hi-c orange lavaburst,world famous fries,mc cafe frappe macho and in all he would have eaten 2,826 calories. For his healthy meal he would eat spicy chicken mcbites,minute maid premium orange juice,soft backed sugar cookies,world famous fries,apple slices,dasani water and in all he would have consumed 718 calories. There's a big difference here. The question or suggestion I gave to Ian is to tell how many calories there were on each item in the mcdonalds menu.
Bethany from Mrs. Lentines 7th Grade Class
On Bethany's blog, she described her dog "Lil Bit". She said it was part lab and explained that she didn't see her/him very much because she lives at her grandmas. I simply asked her if she would put a picture of her dog. This would make her blog interesting and everyone would see what her dog looked like she was talking about.
Heremaia
Heremaia wrote her blog about Easter. She explained the real meaning of Easter, saying that it wasn't just about the bunny or the eggs. It is really about Jesus and Him dying on the cross for us. She also explained where we adopted the eggs and why they refer to Jesus. I told Heremeaia that I loved her post and that it really impressed me that she knew this much about Easter.
Hunter from Mr. Boylen's 8th Grade Language Arts Class
Hunter is a student at the MFL Mar Mac Middle School in Iowa, and is blogging in his Language Arts Class. In his blog post, he posted a question, "What do you think as a student gain from blogging with students and others outside of the school? Is it worth the time? Why/Why not?." Hunters response was ,"To get children talking to people they don’t know. It will help kids who are not the most social. It gives them something to do." I told him these were good statements, but I thought that he should think about how it helps get ideas around about a particular subject/ problem. It would help us learn what others think about projects/ problems. You could get really good information from teachers or people that have researched from the subject.
On Ian's blog, he posted the difference between an unhealthy meal and a healthy one. For example, for his unhealthy menu he put that he would eat double quarter powder with cheese,premium crispy chicken classic sandwich ,mc flury with rolo ,hi-c orange lavaburst,world famous fries,mc cafe frappe macho and in all he would have eaten 2,826 calories. For his healthy meal he would eat spicy chicken mcbites,minute maid premium orange juice,soft backed sugar cookies,world famous fries,apple slices,dasani water and in all he would have consumed 718 calories. There's a big difference here. The question or suggestion I gave to Ian is to tell how many calories there were on each item in the mcdonalds menu.
Bethany from Mrs. Lentines 7th Grade Class
On Bethany's blog, she described her dog "Lil Bit". She said it was part lab and explained that she didn't see her/him very much because she lives at her grandmas. I simply asked her if she would put a picture of her dog. This would make her blog interesting and everyone would see what her dog looked like she was talking about.
Heremaia
Heremaia wrote her blog about Easter. She explained the real meaning of Easter, saying that it wasn't just about the bunny or the eggs. It is really about Jesus and Him dying on the cross for us. She also explained where we adopted the eggs and why they refer to Jesus. I told Heremeaia that I loved her post and that it really impressed me that she knew this much about Easter.
Hunter from Mr. Boylen's 8th Grade Language Arts Class
Hunter is a student at the MFL Mar Mac Middle School in Iowa, and is blogging in his Language Arts Class. In his blog post, he posted a question, "What do you think as a student gain from blogging with students and others outside of the school? Is it worth the time? Why/Why not?." Hunters response was ,"To get children talking to people they don’t know. It will help kids who are not the most social. It gives them something to do." I told him these were good statements, but I thought that he should think about how it helps get ideas around about a particular subject/ problem. It would help us learn what others think about projects/ problems. You could get really good information from teachers or people that have researched from the subject.
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