Blog post # 15

Final reflection of EDM 310.

Project 16

PLN Final Report

Already had it setup to everything I need and really haven't made many changes because I setup almost everything when I first created the account.

Additional Assignment #5

In all of Mr. Spencer post (Just Teach Them to Solve for X)(Sketchy Portraits: 8th Grade Identity and Pencils);(He Just Likes the Class for the Pencils);(The Medium Shapes the Learning). I believe what Mr. Spencer is saying that you should have an open mind to new ideas. Encourage your students to think outside the norm and do not discourage our student from having creative ideas for how to get something done because that is how better ways are created.

Project 15

Blog Assignment #13

ALEX is (Alabama Learning Exchange)
ALEX provides a teacher with the resources to create well plan semester plan for their classes. The site has eight areas and they are links to certain areas for a teacher. The links have icons that represents certain areas of preparation. They have it were check out course studies which allows you to search through every subject. Then you have web links to help you search certain information for what you are teaching. Then their is lessons plan and personal workspace. Lesson plan allows you to click a subject and check out many different lesson plans and ideas for teaching that subject.Then their the professional learning icon were you can get training, evaluation and leadership to help you improve your skills. Last bit is podcast treasury and alexville that you are able to view what other professionals are doing to keep their students interested in the subjects that they are teaching.

The ACCESS programs make were a an Educator were they can check out administrators, see what kind of job opportunities you might have with them. Check out what the policy manuals are for your area and resources. Resource is next and it provides placement test that you can give your student along with many programs to help in all sorts of subjects. The student can check out what course he or she might want to take and get an overview of what is available at their school. It also is about to have information for parents. Finally the students can get the policies, resources, tech support and read experiences that have happen to other members.

Summary teacher #4

Mr. Joe Bower that was interesting your perspective on discipline in school. Have you proposed your ideas to your school and if so what were their thoughts. With you saying that we need to rethink on how we use discipline in school. Do you think that some of the conventional ways maybe still need in certain situations.

The post I read from Mr. Joe Bower was about how he decide that his desk was taking up space. So he decide to change to the project table and it allows the students to create 3D models right of the planet earth so they can see where everything is.

Summary
The two post I read from Mr. Joe Bower blog show that he is always thinking of new ways to become a better teacher but also create a better environment for his students. So that it will enhance how much they learn in a day. Mr. Joe Bower post keep making think of new and create ideas that I could possible use when I become a teacher.

Progress Report on Final Project

Me and my group that I am with have not decide what we are going to do for our final project. But we will discuss what we are going to do it on by Thursday.

Blog Assignment #12

Instructions
Look up a video showing what kind of work you have done before or a job that you would like to do.
Royal Bedding
This video link show what kind of work I did working for my family business. I work there for many years and even though I am still in college I help out there in the summer.

Summary C4K #3 Comments (8-11)

The post I read was was by a twelfth grade student and she posted about a book that compares life in the United States and Congo. How different the two lives really are and how it humbles you after you think about how we can have access to knowledge almost anywhere. While in other countries they have no where near the same access as we do.

The student I had this week was learning about the planets. So he demonstrated by creating kerproof to help him remember the orders of the planets.

The Student I had this week was Ms. Jenny's whole second grade at PT England school. They did a video showing many different things that are active and for some of the backgrounds that they had they used a green screen. They did a really good job and I enjoyed watch it.

My last young student was blogging about how you need your team to do the work together when you have a group project and how they enjoy blogging.

Overall the last four blogs I read showed that it does not matter what age you are you can blog out anything on your mind and also communicate with others.

Form results for Project # 6 p

My survey was dealing with many different areas of basketball so my results were a little bit off because I design it for college coaches to answer it. Because I am trying to learn as much as I can about basketball

Blog Assignment #11

First Graders in Ms. Cassidy's Class


http://edm310.blogspot.com/2010/03/ms-kathy-cassidy-skype-conversation.html


Ms. Cassidy uses many different ways and many different types of technology in her class room. All of them ways she try's her student seem to really enjoy. When she wants to try something new she looks up the info on how to use it.

The technique I would most likely use in my classroom area is skype because I am going to be a PE teacher I would use it to have competitions with other schools in certain activities. It would help me keep the students interested but also help
them with their daily activity they need to be health.

The approach I like thost from Ms. Cassidy is her attitude to try something and does not care if she fails the first time. Because she is going to keep trying til she figure out how to use what she is trying to learn for class.

C4K Summary #2 (4-7)

In this post it was about a town that had been take out by a earthquake and how families had lost family member along with almost everything they owned. Their were groups trying to start fund raiser to help the ChristChurch to allow them to be able to help the people who did not have a home anymore.


My first was on a student that was eleven years old and they were on a International blogging board with other students from United State, Australia, and New Zealand. I thought it was a nice way for students to debate their finds with another class in another part of the world.

My next comment was on student from Mr.Goerend and Mrs. Quam's sixth grade classes. The student post I read was a creative story about a pencil and I really enjoy reading and imaging the story coming to life.

The next comment was on a young student in the second grade and was learning how to do simple post. The post I read that she gave clues to a sweet and in most of the comment people thought it was a cupcake or a cake.

This comment was a sixth grade student learning how to blog for the first time. they did a very good job on their first post and gave encouragement and said to posting because I like to read more of the post he does.

Teaching on how to set up and record

Smartboard Project #12

Blog Assignment #10

http://morgbayda.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/an-open-letter-to-educators/

The views Morgan Bayda about her college experience was very interesting to say the least. I can understand her views on how long classes are and how some teachers methods to teach their students. I have had the same experience with a certain class encourages me to think way outside the normal way of thinking.

http://pencilintegration.blogspot.com/2010/07/dont-let-them-take-pencils-home.html

In this post Tom Johnson talks about how a simple supply such as a pencil used in school has been marketed as a toy. Mr. Johnson confronted the problem in his class and made it were he used pencils to help students learn skill in certain subjects.


http://techliterateteacher.blogspot.com/2010/03/two-questions-that-can-change-your-life.html

The two questions in the video were "What's my sentence" and "was I better today than yesterday". The two questions will really help me stay motivated since the field of teaching that I am going in to is physical education. The second question will let me know if I am improving and need to work harder. Because my sentence is" My goal is to improve dietary habits and physical health."

Skype Interview

Free online screen recorder

Additional Assignment #3

Is the way of seeing and thinking about education needs to be change. No, nothing I like all the areas he covered. Pretty close to what is happening in school. Go into the area of school that I will be teaching with an open mind. I really enjoy how they did the images to demonstrate what he was talking about and i would most likely be the sound effects person.

Blog Assignment #9

"What I've Learned This Year" by Mr. McClung

Mr. McClung is saying that you need check that your students understanding what you are teaching. Be sure that you do not put pressure or expectations on your students from your on view. Be sure to communicate with fellow teachers and listen to your students because sometimes that is all a students wants is for you to listen to them. He hit many of the point were I needed to improve and he talked about how to improve those areas.

Short Movie

Blog Assignment #8

Richard Miller: This Is How We Dream Parts 1 and 2
http://techliterateteacher.blogspot.com/2009/07/dr-richard-e-miller-discusses-writing.html
I Like the points he did about educators be creative and imaginative in the way we teach are students.
At this point I do not believe I can do a multimedia yet but I am learning more as I watch this video. I like how he keeps going to different areas that you can do multimedia on.
Yes, I believe that the student that I will be teaching will be able to use multimedia for any subject they wanted to use it for.

The Chipper Series and EDM310 for Dummies
Some of the ideas I was thinking about do was in the area of physical education. I would like to create two videos. One showing the effects of having a poor diet, no activity, and no commitment to change theirs. Which would let them see all the health problems associated with the three points I said. The other movie would be about a student have a good diet, being active, and committed to staying healthy and show how that helps you when you are older.
In the first video created by a student. The message was showing how you can not have a care free attitude in doing school, work, and any social event you do. You have to be committed to finishing the course the first time. Do not let yourself get frustrated just ask for help or search for ways to help you get the work done and the videos were real good.

Michael Staton, Why Smartboards Are A Dumb Initiative
Bill Ferriter, Why I Hate Interactive Whiteboards
Teachers Love SMART Boards - http://smartboards.typepad.com/
Mr P's SMART Board - http://mr-p-iwb.blogspot.com/

I understand the view points of Michael Staton and Bill Ferriter on how smart boards can be expensive and not useful in certain class subjects. But I like the advantages that smart boards have I like the Teachers Love SMART Boards were she set it up for Halloween. Letting you see any you want to know and come up with what you to dress up as. I think smart boards can help keep creativity in the schools for teachers and students.

Timetoast part B

PLN Progress Report

Well it has been slow but I am starting to understand it. I have slowly been adding all the links to the web site I use and keep adding new links. Every time learn about site that can help me do my work.

Blog Assignment #7

Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture


Well some of the points I came away with from Mr. Pausch lecture. Here are four points I will talk about.
One of the points he had was not complaining, working hard, and finding the best in everybody. He was saying do that in everything you do in your work area. In your family life with your wife, children, and friends.
Another point he had was that you keep your child hood imagination in your think for creating new ways to improve. I like how he said, "Bring something to the table. Because if your not saying anything then people might think you are giving up." Then you have to be a leader and have good teamwork with the people around you.
The third point was about in life their are brick walls that stop people who don't have dedication to get through hard times. While it motivates other people to to do better because they "know they can do better."
The last point was about "loyalty is a two way street." Were you never give up on anybody and do the right thing.
Overall I did get one of the two head fakes that he ask everybody about at the end. An I liked his approach to living the last few months he had to live.

Timetoast part A

Additional Assignment #2

Very interesting how he thinks what could change if we took his approach. I believe they teach themselves to a degree. Yes, they can their was evidence in the video that showed the kids teaching themselves. I don't think their is any particular conditions you have to have to learn. Learning is different for everyone. It gives the kids opportunity to have compositions between one another to see who learns a skill quicker. It challenges them to search for ways to get through the problem. By making it fun and interesting but also finding something they like to learn about. By looking at it is going to make me better in a certain area that will help me later in life. Yes they can. Yes I teach myself somethings through practice and observations. A teacher can answer the questions students have and help them understand something they can't find an answer to on the internet. His idea of letting kids learning on their own. Are teachers becoming obsolete?

Summary teacher #3

Man that is cool how your student express herself and she learned that from you because you did a different style of teaching. I saw what you meant on creating a good environment for the students. Making them feel like the teacher wants to get to know them. Hope your new class enjoys the way you teach just like your old class did.

I am interested in finding out how it turns. I hope you have many teachers do this, because I agree they need to learn some new ways of teaching the information to student and keep them interested in that subject.

I really like this teacher attitude on how to motivate and keep students interested in school subjects. I also, like how he is trying to make it easier on teachers to learn the new technology that is being uses and let them learn at their pace. So that when they are done they will want to use the new methods in their class rooms

Blog Assignment #6

The Networked Student By Wendy Drexler


Well I watched and listened to the video and I believe the teacher is need to explain, demonstrate, and show how social networking can help the student expand their mind. I found it really interesting on how the student would not need a textbook, the teacher does not lecture much, and how you do your home work is through networking with other people on the internet. At the moment I am probably not ready for a networked student but I am taking classes. That will make me ready to teach networked students. The way the video shows how technology is continuously improving and changing the way many communicate with other people.

A 7th Grader's Personal Learning Environment (or PLN0)


The students PLE was very well organized from school to fun play links. Comparing it to mine right now. She has hers much more organized than mine right now and has more links that are helpful for her in school but mine is slowly improving.

The Machine is Changing Us


It gave me plenty to think about on how it relates to my experiences right now and how as a teacher most keep up with the ways people communicate with one another. I thought the overall presentation was funny at certain points but his points were understood real well.

C4K Summary

Hey Serenity I have a much smaller family than you, I have two younger twin sisters and my parents Tom and Ginger. Somethings that I like to do is play basketball, video games, and hangout with friends. Serenity I am just like you in math I struggle in many areas. I like physical activity classes are my strength.Serenity good on your blog I really learned about you keep it up.

Hey Serenity I deal with the some of the same difficulties in middle school but made some goals to improve in some of the same areas as you. An I improve and became better in all the areas. So keep at it and you make your the grades you want to make.

Wow they had everything taken from them. Are their any relief funds being started to help buy supplies for them. Since they have lost everything. What other groups are helping the people of Christchurch. Please keep me informed about how everything is going for the next couple of week.

Well in the three post that I was assigned two of them were from one girl. Were I learned about some of her likes and dislikes in school subjects. How big her family was and some info about an assignment about what she thought might improve a class room. The other post I read this week I found out about an earthquake that happen overseas and how it took everything away from a group of people. Through the first three post I have read I really like how teachers are using technology to improve the class room.

Podcast

Blog Assignment #5

The Benefits of Podcast in the Classroom
http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2009/04/the-benefits-of-podcasting-in-the-classroom
Judy Scharf Podcast Collection


Eagle Nest Radio & Class Blog
http://blog.woodward.edu/ps_edmison/?cat=103

Between the three different links I went to learn more about podcasting. Each one of them show a much different way to use podcasts. One used it to do a audio presentation on Roman history. Another one used it for reading assignments to make them more interesting. The other one is on how to create a podcast. My thought on it is that it was really interesting in how each one of them used podcast to create a way to keep students active in the class and make it fun.

Summary teacher #2

Well Mr. jdeyenberg I like how the class used the ability to do a video conference in a class room so that each class could show the other what they had learn which made the class more enjoyable.
I am a student at the University of South Alabama and in Dr. strange EDM 310 class. I am physical education major and plan to be a basketball coach at the high school or college level. I like the way you use Easter eggs as a way to have exercises in a creative way to educate students to stay active.

Mr. Jdeyenberg in the two post that I read were on how to use new and creative ways to learn. In one way that Mr. Jdeyenberg used creativity was having a live feed with another class and having his students share and compare their results with the other class and reviewed their findings. In another way he used a holiday activity to promote exercise and daily activity.

Blog Assignment #4

Don't teach your kids this stuff
http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2009/08/dont-teach-your-kids-this-stuff-please.html

I like the unique display of getting your point across. I agree and disagree with some of his points. I agree that we should keep an eye on what are kids are looking up on the internet. But I don't agree with him on that you should just keep them from using a computer but make sure they don't get into anything they shouldn't be into. Because technology is becoming one of the better ways to teach children about areas that will help them later in life. I like that he is try to bridge a gap that he sees in the educational system. Like trying to speed up schools and slow down the pace of technology so that they will meet some where in the middle. (Scott McLeod is a Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State University and a Director of UCEA Center for the Advanced Studies of Technology Leadership in Education. He also has been a professor at Minnesota and Cincinnati, been a middle teacher, graduate assistant,a legal intern, a camp counselor, and a university hall director.)

The iSchool Initiative


In the video the some of the arguments that he makes for today's schools into iSchool. Some of the points he bring up are that it would save money the student,teacher, and school. By making where each student would be give a iphone with all the application from school for all their classes. It would help teacher because the could be able to grade the assignment they give out quicker and keep up better with students that are struggling in certain areas. Which would make were they could talk to them after class or by email without letting the other students know. The school would benefit because like the senior who did this video said it would cut down the cost that they spend on each student by $450 dollars per student and it would help the environment. I really like the idea that was proposed in the video it look like that would help school budgets, so that they wouldn't have to cut teachers. I'd like to if a school would try it for a year and see if it ends up saving them money. If it works then start trying more and more. An I believe it would keep the students interested in their classes.


The Lost Generation


At first I was like this is depressing and I know I don't want that to be true. But when the second message was given I was like yes that is what I want everyone to strive for to energized and wanting to keep their families together and believe that we can change the world it just takes one person to make a push in that direction. After watching the video I thought the technique she used was awesome and it keeps the person watching it til it is done.

Eric Whitaker" Virtual Choir


I think it is pretty cool that none of these people had never met and yet they put on a great performance. It just shows how much technology has improved. Making were you can start doing meets and other things without having to have everybody there because they could use the internet to do meeting and anything else.

Blog #3

yes this presentation of how college life is very close to what i have experience through my first two years of college. Some of the differences are that many of my teacher do know my name and the size of my classes has been much smaller than most have experienced. The size of my classes were about twenty-five to thirty-five.
Then some of my experiences are similar to that of the students in the move. Like have some students not even show up for class and others bring their laptop to class and doing other things besides class work. They could add other clips from other classes to see if their are the same kind of college experiences in different class room settings.



http://eduratireview.com/2009/04/its-not-about-technology.html/

I agree with Mrs. Hines about teachers most have the ability to learner new information and ways of teaching so that we can use technology. To improve in the way students learn from us. I really like how she says that teach and learning are two different things and how teachers should approach each day with goals to lead to a successful day. I also agree with Mrs. Hines on technology doesn't make a good teacher. To be a good teacher you have to put forth the effort to learning any new way or information that would makes us better and keep an opened mind to the fact that ways of teaching students is always changing. I also like the emphasis on be a teacher who doesn't always depend on technology to teach the material for a certain subject.



http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-it-okay-to-be-technologically.html

You really change my view on whether a teacher should be technology illiterate. My thinking was you could probably get by but now that i finished reading your post my thinking is that you most differently should be technologically savvy. Mr. Karl Fisch is totally right about how we should be looking at be able to do what we are teaching to the students.



 


It means that with the way that technology is improving just makes it were teacher will need to continuously learning new material to stay up to date on how to improve their teaching techniques.

Summary teach #1

Well Mr. Joe Bower from what you are saying the Grade Level of Achievement data scheme is doing more useless things in school. Than help you and the teachers on assessing the students to help improve the education program. With the whole ordeal being opposed by the Alberta Teachers' Association is the GLAR listening to what you and other teachers think would improve the system? One question I have is how is this affecting school budgets right now and in the future? My name is TJ I am in edm310.

Hey Mr. Joe Bower i really like how use this post to pose the question of how to respond with children and was wondering if you had any suggestions to help parents improve upon this kind of thinking.

In the two post Mr. Joe Bower was talking about why GLAR was not helping the schools improve teaching methods of subjects and making school budgets real tight. Then in the other post Mr. Joe Bower poses a question in how to approach young children and respond to what they are saying. From the two post I have already stared to think differently about how to become even a teacher and parent in the future.

Additional Assignment #1

Well both google squared and wolfam alpha can help in math and history because i think it would the most in those two subjects. No I did not know about either one these sites. Not really my view this is still the same. Wow the United States is small compare to India or China.

That is amazing that the six year boy could just work that computer without getting any instructions that is real cool.

Google presentation

Blog #2

From the video I was amazed of the number of different areas of life that are changing that I didn't know about. It really open my eyes on some areas that i thought the United States was best in. It was really like the info on technology and how it is growing so rapidly.I did not know half the information in the video so learned a variety interesting things happening in the world today. I look forward to seeing how much the numbers change in a few years. One thing that really surpise me was how low we were on using the internet.



I thought that the video was unique. It was cool them using Rip Van Winkle as the main character. I thought their was two points that I like in the video is the presentation of new technology and how some things stay the same. I like the two view points that they show through the video. Because some people today don't appreciate the older things that were the first steps in that leaded to the advancements of today. It was a very good way of showing the points they were trying to express.



Sir Ken Robinson points on bring creativity back to school, I agree with that we need to offer a balance between all the subjects that we teach. Because, some people learn through other areas of school. I think we should encourage people to do what they love to do for a job. I do believe we should be looking for ways to students to do what their passions is whether that is in areas other than what the world views important.

http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-teachers-vicki-davis

The approach that Ms. Vicki Davis does I really do like because it allows students to explore and learn and exchange what they learned with other people. That way you are involving the students which makes them want to learn because teacher would not being just the only one being in front of the class.

Wordle

T.J.

       Well here is a bit of information about me. I have live Montevallo, Pelham, Wilsonville, and now Moblie. I am really interested in doing anything with basketball from watching to playing when i have the time. how I end up at South Alabama was talking to a friend about the school and him telling me how education program being really good. I am really excited about the opportunities it offers to help me get the job I want.
        I am 6'2 have brown hair, blue eyes, I have two younger twin sisters at the University of Mobile, and my parents own and work at Royal Bedding making mattress all day. I enter the education field because I see an opportunity for me to make a difference through coaching basketball. Some of the other things I really enjoy playing video games and watching college football every saturday. One interesting  thing about my family is most everybody we meet they do not say are last name right.