Friday, October 19, 2012
Project #12 book Trailer Project
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Blog Post #7
The Networked Student
The Networked
Student. Is a video that shows us that teachers are prime examples
of people who can really get the most of out having a networking program. It is
absolutely imperative that in today’s classrooms our teachers be 110 % up to
date in technology, so their students can become 110% technology literate.
There are many teachers out there who earned their certifications and degrees
many years ago, they did not grow up on technology like we all have, and
probably do not use it too often if they are not very familiar with it! If a
teacher does not understand technology, how can the students learn to or be
expected to utilize? Everything about our society links back to technology.
This is why we all must be up to spend on the latest and greatest methods. Networking
is so very important for teachers, a necessity truly. Because Networking makes
students and teachers and even parents lives easier. When teachers use Networking
apps with students it allows the students the opportunity for students and
teachers to have a closer relationship. Teachers can meet with parents as often
as needed using a networking medium. This promotes good parent teacher relationships
and that's good for the students. This opens many doors for the students’
educational sources. Networking is a fabulous source that can integrate the
arts and academics. This whole idea is so powerful, it allows people to
communicate and hear others ideas. These sources are a great way to keep
students and teachers current on ever- advancing classroom tactics.
The student
in the video is a 7th grader. I was very impressed with the student. I'm sure
this student was trained prior to using the Symbaloo application and not left
to figure it out on her own, however the fact that she was so great shows a lot
of hard work on her part. Her teacher has done an excellent job engaging her in
learning, and insuring that this student really got all she could out of the
Symbaloo APP. I hope to be able to use Symbaloo as well as she does by the end
of this class. I am just starting my PLN at this time and really have nothing to
compare to what she has done!
Friday, October 12, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Timeline Toast - Project #9
TIMELINE TOAST
Preschool By the Bay
Preschool By The Bay is where I work, where I am a PreK-3 Teacher Full Time. This is a summary of events that the school has gone through in it's short four year journey to SUCCESS.
Preschool By the Bay
Preschool By The Bay is where I work, where I am a PreK-3 Teacher Full Time. This is a summary of events that the school has gone through in it's short four year journey to SUCCESS.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Blog Post #6
Randy Pausch
"Achieving your Childhood Dreams."
In Randy Pausch Last Lecture, he spoke about his childhood dreams and all of the things that he’s accomplished. This was his last lecture because he was only given 6 months to live due to tumors in his liver. This Video was filmed at Carnegie- Mellon, where he actually received his PhD. When the title of this lecture was created ironically he was not ill and after he become ill he said how ironic. The title,” The Last Lecture” was intended to be motivational. If you were going to die and had one last lecture to give, what would you say? I think it was very neat how he took that and ran with it, he made his last lecture the most motivating, funny, and spirited of all of his lectures. Randy Pausch was once told, "You're such a good salesman. You should be selling something worthwhile, like education." That is precisely what he did. He touched on the subjects that matter and focused on, “Achieving your childhood dreams.”
Wow, I mean if we thought like that as teachers more everyday it might really help us be more active with our students and hands on. I can count on one hand how many teachers that I had as a child who pushed me and made it known that they cared about me, as their student. The educators who pushed me towards my dreams and believed in me are the ones that I still remember today. Those are the teachers whose voices and encouragement stick with you throughout your entire life. That is what teaching and learning is all about and what a world we could have if ALL teachers were that powerful and encouraged students’ childhood dreams! One thing that he said that really hit me hard was,“When you screw up and no one says anything to you about it, then they've stopped caring.” This was one of my favorite quotes in the entire lecture. This is true. I am a teacher, and I sadly have done this with a difficult child. Never permanently but in the moment in one awful day, I know I have thrown my hands up and said today, I give up. I am going to remember this quote throughout my entire teaching career. And I will never make that mistake again.
Randy Pausch's childhood dreams were: Being in zero gravity, playing in the NFL, authoring an article in the World Book Encyclopedia, being Captain Kirk, winning stuffed animals at the fair, and being a Disney Imagineer. He was able to experience zero gravity with a student group, but he had to pretend to be a journalist. He said, “Do you know how easy it is to get a Press Badge?” He never played in the NFL, but he did play football and learned several valuable lessons from it. He did write for the World Encyclopedia, he became like Captain Kirk (He REALLY liked Star Trek , and referenced “Captain Kirk A LOT)by being a leader in a virtual reality project, and he manage to win A LOT of bears. Pausch says that, “Brick walls are there for a reason; they let us prove how badly we want things. They’re there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.”By “brick walls” he means obstacles that everyone will run into at some point. If you can get through it, then it proves how badly you want what’s on the other side. He worked on a virtual reality program at Disney. It was a virtual Aladdin flying carpet ride. They asked him to become a permanent “imagineer”, but he said no and became an imangineer consultant. He asked the question “how can I enable the childhood dreams of others?” My absolute favorite thing Pausch said was,
In this video Pausch discusses the highlights of his life and he tells you what he took from his experiences. then he tells you what you can expect to get from your own life. This lecture teaches you how to help someone else achieve their dreams, without letting you sell yourself short of achieving your own dreams at the same time.Paunch also talked about his time at Carnegie-Mellon. He mentioned that in his graduate class he did not use a single textbook. It was solely a project based course. He was so surprised by his students work he thought they all did a fabulous job. However he still told them all,"That was pretty good, but I know you all can do better." He was a great teacher he pushed his students because he believed in them. he pushed all of them and they surprised him and rose to the challenge, and became amazing.
Pausch had four main points to live by:
1.) Be good at something, find out what it is , and go after it because it makes you valuable.
2.) Work hard at everything you do, impress people, impress yourself, give your all, do your best.
3.) Find the best in everyone you meet no matter how long it may take to find, and show people the best in you, be awesome.
4.) Be prepared because luck is where preparation meets opportunity.
If you live your best life, and follow your dreams, respect others , and learn all you can, SOMETIMES your dreams follow you. Be a good person, AND a great educator. LIVE your dreams and inspire others to do the same. I was really dreading this “ Last- Lecture Video,” simply because it was an hour long but I must say it was one of the most spirit- filled and inspiring videos I have ever had the pleasure of viewing.
"Achieving your Childhood Dreams."
In Randy Pausch Last Lecture, he spoke about his childhood dreams and all of the things that he’s accomplished. This was his last lecture because he was only given 6 months to live due to tumors in his liver. This Video was filmed at Carnegie- Mellon, where he actually received his PhD. When the title of this lecture was created ironically he was not ill and after he become ill he said how ironic. The title,” The Last Lecture” was intended to be motivational. If you were going to die and had one last lecture to give, what would you say? I think it was very neat how he took that and ran with it, he made his last lecture the most motivating, funny, and spirited of all of his lectures. Randy Pausch was once told, "You're such a good salesman. You should be selling something worthwhile, like education." That is precisely what he did. He touched on the subjects that matter and focused on, “Achieving your childhood dreams.”
Wow, I mean if we thought like that as teachers more everyday it might really help us be more active with our students and hands on. I can count on one hand how many teachers that I had as a child who pushed me and made it known that they cared about me, as their student. The educators who pushed me towards my dreams and believed in me are the ones that I still remember today. Those are the teachers whose voices and encouragement stick with you throughout your entire life. That is what teaching and learning is all about and what a world we could have if ALL teachers were that powerful and encouraged students’ childhood dreams! One thing that he said that really hit me hard was,“When you screw up and no one says anything to you about it, then they've stopped caring.” This was one of my favorite quotes in the entire lecture. This is true. I am a teacher, and I sadly have done this with a difficult child. Never permanently but in the moment in one awful day, I know I have thrown my hands up and said today, I give up. I am going to remember this quote throughout my entire teaching career. And I will never make that mistake again.
Randy Pausch's childhood dreams were: Being in zero gravity, playing in the NFL, authoring an article in the World Book Encyclopedia, being Captain Kirk, winning stuffed animals at the fair, and being a Disney Imagineer. He was able to experience zero gravity with a student group, but he had to pretend to be a journalist. He said, “Do you know how easy it is to get a Press Badge?” He never played in the NFL, but he did play football and learned several valuable lessons from it. He did write for the World Encyclopedia, he became like Captain Kirk (He REALLY liked Star Trek , and referenced “Captain Kirk A LOT)by being a leader in a virtual reality project, and he manage to win A LOT of bears. Pausch says that, “Brick walls are there for a reason; they let us prove how badly we want things. They’re there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.”By “brick walls” he means obstacles that everyone will run into at some point. If you can get through it, then it proves how badly you want what’s on the other side. He worked on a virtual reality program at Disney. It was a virtual Aladdin flying carpet ride. They asked him to become a permanent “imagineer”, but he said no and became an imangineer consultant. He asked the question “how can I enable the childhood dreams of others?” My absolute favorite thing Pausch said was,
“To always keep the child-like wonder.”Mr. Pausch really inspires me to have fun every single day of your life, in everything you do, and do to it with your whole heart. He is a prime example of life being too short and fragile to ever waste a minute of it not doing what you love, and being the best you can be. To me, that motivates me to be the best teacher I can be every single day, because you never know what kids have going on at home, but you want to all you can for them at school. Shape their futures, promote their dreams and believe in them, even if no one else does. Sometimes, that is all any of us need if just one person to believe in us, and what we DREAM to be.
“ Be a Tigger, not an Eeyore. Tell the truth. Be earnest. Apologize when wrong. Focus on others, not yourself. Help others.”This reminds me of a country song called, “ Love Like Crazy.”
In this video Pausch discusses the highlights of his life and he tells you what he took from his experiences. then he tells you what you can expect to get from your own life. This lecture teaches you how to help someone else achieve their dreams, without letting you sell yourself short of achieving your own dreams at the same time.Paunch also talked about his time at Carnegie-Mellon. He mentioned that in his graduate class he did not use a single textbook. It was solely a project based course. He was so surprised by his students work he thought they all did a fabulous job. However he still told them all,"That was pretty good, but I know you all can do better." He was a great teacher he pushed his students because he believed in them. he pushed all of them and they surprised him and rose to the challenge, and became amazing.
Pausch had four main points to live by:
1.) Be good at something, find out what it is , and go after it because it makes you valuable.
2.) Work hard at everything you do, impress people, impress yourself, give your all, do your best.
3.) Find the best in everyone you meet no matter how long it may take to find, and show people the best in you, be awesome.
4.) Be prepared because luck is where preparation meets opportunity.
If you live your best life, and follow your dreams, respect others , and learn all you can, SOMETIMES your dreams follow you. Be a good person, AND a great educator. LIVE your dreams and inspire others to do the same. I was really dreading this “ Last- Lecture Video,” simply because it was an hour long but I must say it was one of the most spirit- filled and inspiring videos I have ever had the pleasure of viewing.
C4K September Summary
Comments for Kids #1 Comment #1
"Iron's cousin had a birthday!"
Iron's Blog Post:
My Comment:
I was assigned to comment on a 5th grade students blog. The student I chose blogged about his little cousin's 3rd birthday! He does a great jobs describing the cake and how it tasted, he included a picture that he drew on a computer in the post. It was a short and concise post about the birthday party and one fabulous cake from a 5th graders perspective!
My comment went as follows :
The student's blog can be viewed below:
Click here to view students' Blog Post
Comments For Kids #1 Comment #2
I commented Iron's most recent blog post again to follow up with him. Here is his latest posting:
"Iron's cousin had a birthday!"
Iron's Blog Post:
On Saturday we celebrated my little cousins birthday. I felt so excited because I wanted to eat cake. In a loud voice I shouted "WOW" as soon as I saw the big beutiful cake. My cousin is a girl and she turned 3 on Saturday. As soon as she blew her candles that were on the cake, she started to clap and we sang the happy birthday song in english and samoan. It was time for us to cheer and we said "hip hip horray, hip hip horray, hip hip horray." We ate the cake after we cheered and we said in samoan "Manuia" which is "Take care". We started to eat and when we all took first bite, our faces looked so so suprised because of the prettyness, awesomeness and tasteness of the cake! We were happy that we got to go to her birthday. My favourite part of my cousins birthday was eating the TASTFULL cake!!!
My Comment:
I was assigned to comment on a 5th grade students blog. The student I chose blogged about his little cousin's 3rd birthday! He does a great jobs describing the cake and how it tasted, he included a picture that he drew on a computer in the post. It was a short and concise post about the birthday party and one fabulous cake from a 5th graders perspective!
My comment went as follows :
"WOW! I really want a big slice of cake now! Your description of your cake was wonderfully worded! I could almost picture the cake myself! It is very cool that you got to sing "Happy Birthday," in English and Samoan! I wish I could speak two languages. I love the picture of the cake that you added to your blog, did you draw that yourself ? I hope that your cousin had a wonderful 3rd birthday, and enjoyed her cake as much as you did! Keep blogging, you are doing so good!"
The student's blog can be viewed below:
Click here to view students' Blog Post
Comments For Kids #1 Comment #2
I commented Iron's most recent blog post again to follow up with him. Here is his latest posting:
During the beginning of our holidays, we had to start rehearsing for white Sunday because its coming up in the second week of the holidays. I am looking forward to our White Sunday! I like doing speeches in front of people and dancing. I wondered how many speeches was I going to do? Hmm I am doing 2 speeches and they are short. I have got my speeches off by heart and I know how to do the dance. I am feeling enthusiastic for next week on White Sunday. Hooray!!!My Comment:
Hi Iron, This post is much longer than your previous post I read. Your blog is coming along fabulously! The picture you drew is beautiful. I like the quote, God is great and good! I love that you used the word enthusiastic, what a great descriptive word! Now, I am dying to know what is, "White Sunday?" Also, I just learned recently that when you are typing number words one thru ten, apparently you are supposed to spell them out! When the number is bigger than ten you can type them. Keep up the good work Iron! Annie Turner EDM310 @ATur8916
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Blog Post # 5
The iSchool Initiative
Zeigeist Youn Minds Entry
Travis Allen thought up the idea for iSchool Initiative when he was just 17 years old. He made this idea a reality by the time he was 18 years old. The iSchool Initiative is a GREAT program that is working diligently to gets schools away from textbooks, and closer to technology. Allen’s idea is to do this through the use of iPads, and iPods. The iPod Touch can be VERY useful in countless ways in a classroom setting. This technological change will also save teachers and students an immense amount of money. Allen stated that typically it costs one student around $600 to get school supplies each year. With iSchool it would cut those costs down to about #150.00 per student. The iPod can store and hold ample textbooks, teaching &learning APPS, and students can send and receive e-mail updates between teachers and fellow students. This opens up many doors to communication between students and their teachers.
Even locally many schools have begun supplying their students and teachers with MAC computers and iPads to use in the classrooms during daily instruction. Technology is showing no signs of slowing down and it changes and advances everyday. The idea of bringing our schools up to date with technology only makes sense! Travis’ program is having a HUGE impact on education already. His idea is logical and effective. Students love using technology, people do in general! It only makes sense to fully involve it our classrooms and everyday teaching strategies.
Eirc Whitacre's Virtual Choir- "Lux Aurumque
This is a great video of a virtual choir. All of the members of the choir are singing together on what appears to be Skype. The each are on their own personal computers in different locations, possibly across the country. The song sounds so pretty, as if they were altogether in one room performing a concert. It is so awesome that technology can allow people to collaborate in such an organized manner!
Teaching in the 21st Century
This video points out that students (or anyone rather) can get answers to any questions they may have, at any time or in any place without a teacher having to be present. This is so true! I know that anytime I want to know something, I pull out my phone and I Google it. And usually within a matter of seconds or minutes I have my answer. The Internet has SO much information available to us at all times. Teachers are no longer the primary sources of information in education. Teachers should “filter” information for students, that they will collect via the Internet. Students of all ages and people in general need to learn how to use the Internet effectively. Students need teachers who will direct questions at them that they can answer using any/ all resources available to them. Modern Technology and the Internet have been revolutionary. They have also forever changed the way that we teach and learn. Rather than allowing our students and ourselves to wander with no direction and get “lost in cyber-space,” we need to focus on the important information that is efficient. Textbooks are often VERY expensive and unfortunately they are typically out of date. The Internet can be updated with little to no cost and it can be done instantly. This is huge! This means that our students will be able to learn valuable information that is completely up to date!
Flipping the Classroom: 4th Grade STEM
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Dr. Lodge McCammon's FIZZ-
Flipping the Classroom
Flipping the classroom is a great idea that I wish we had when I was in grade school. It certainly would have helped me learned and grabbed my attention! It gives children the opportunity to start their day prepared and ready to learn, rather than spending all day on lecture. When this happens, students are sent home to put all of their notes and pieces together alone. Students can watch lectures online the day before. When they arrive to school they can ask questions, get answers, hear other students thoughts, and truly spend valuable class time learning. This opens up many doors for one-on-one learning at school. The concept is awesome! That is IF the students follow through! In my opinion though if a student is not willing to watch a video online, they probably had no intentions of reading that information at home anyhow. Teachers will have to attempt to catch up students who fail to watch the videos. However, if it were my classroom I would make the lectures a mandatory assignment to watch. If students did not comply, well that is their grade. This whole idea seems motivating, exciting and effective!
Zeigeist Youn Minds Entry
Travis Allen thought up the idea for iSchool Initiative when he was just 17 years old. He made this idea a reality by the time he was 18 years old. The iSchool Initiative is a GREAT program that is working diligently to gets schools away from textbooks, and closer to technology. Allen’s idea is to do this through the use of iPads, and iPods. The iPod Touch can be VERY useful in countless ways in a classroom setting. This technological change will also save teachers and students an immense amount of money. Allen stated that typically it costs one student around $600 to get school supplies each year. With iSchool it would cut those costs down to about #150.00 per student. The iPod can store and hold ample textbooks, teaching &learning APPS, and students can send and receive e-mail updates between teachers and fellow students. This opens up many doors to communication between students and their teachers.
Even locally many schools have begun supplying their students and teachers with MAC computers and iPads to use in the classrooms during daily instruction. Technology is showing no signs of slowing down and it changes and advances everyday. The idea of bringing our schools up to date with technology only makes sense! Travis’ program is having a HUGE impact on education already. His idea is logical and effective. Students love using technology, people do in general! It only makes sense to fully involve it our classrooms and everyday teaching strategies.
Eirc Whitacre's Virtual Choir- "Lux Aurumque
This is a great video of a virtual choir. All of the members of the choir are singing together on what appears to be Skype. The each are on their own personal computers in different locations, possibly across the country. The song sounds so pretty, as if they were altogether in one room performing a concert. It is so awesome that technology can allow people to collaborate in such an organized manner!
Teaching in the 21st Century
This video points out that students (or anyone rather) can get answers to any questions they may have, at any time or in any place without a teacher having to be present. This is so true! I know that anytime I want to know something, I pull out my phone and I Google it. And usually within a matter of seconds or minutes I have my answer. The Internet has SO much information available to us at all times. Teachers are no longer the primary sources of information in education. Teachers should “filter” information for students, that they will collect via the Internet. Students of all ages and people in general need to learn how to use the Internet effectively. Students need teachers who will direct questions at them that they can answer using any/ all resources available to them. Modern Technology and the Internet have been revolutionary. They have also forever changed the way that we teach and learn. Rather than allowing our students and ourselves to wander with no direction and get “lost in cyber-space,” we need to focus on the important information that is efficient. Textbooks are often VERY expensive and unfortunately they are typically out of date. The Internet can be updated with little to no cost and it can be done instantly. This is huge! This means that our students will be able to learn valuable information that is completely up to date!
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Dr. Lodge McCammon's FIZZ-
Flipping the Classroom
Flipping the classroom is a great idea that I wish we had when I was in grade school. It certainly would have helped me learned and grabbed my attention! It gives children the opportunity to start their day prepared and ready to learn, rather than spending all day on lecture. When this happens, students are sent home to put all of their notes and pieces together alone. Students can watch lectures online the day before. When they arrive to school they can ask questions, get answers, hear other students thoughts, and truly spend valuable class time learning. This opens up many doors for one-on-one learning at school. The concept is awesome! That is IF the students follow through! In my opinion though if a student is not willing to watch a video online, they probably had no intentions of reading that information at home anyhow. Teachers will have to attempt to catch up students who fail to watch the videos. However, if it were my classroom I would make the lectures a mandatory assignment to watch. If students did not comply, well that is their grade. This whole idea seems motivating, exciting and effective!
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