Blog Post #10

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What is the cartoon talking about? John Spencer wrote a series of these cartoons. He was not writing these because he liked pencils, but the underlying meaning is about computers. The two he is talking about is a PC and a MAC. The left side of the picture is about a PC and the right is about a MAC. The PC is cheaper but may break more often while the Mac is a great computer it is overrated and over priced! I have a PC and personally it is my favorite. I am glad though during this class I have learned a lot about a Mac.

2. In, Why Were Your Kids Playing Games?, the principal seemed to be more concerned with the word "game" than what was actually the outcome of it. I think that in today's world technology is extremely important. This principal was to worried about what the classroom looked like than actually helping the children learn. The principal would rather it be crammed in their student's brains! I hate to say but I think this is very true within some schools! I hope to use technology to help my students one day!

3.Dr. Mcleod is the Director of Innovation for Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency 8 in Iowa. He is one of the leading experts on K-12 technology issues. In his article, Don't Teach Your Kid's This Stuff. Please, he takes a very sarcastic stance on using technology in the classroom. I agree with him completely, I think it should be used, to help our students be more successful in the future. Yes, there are always ways to abuse things and turn them into bad. With technology there is sexting, porn, etc. While teaching kid's about technology I think we must also teach them how to be responsible with and what could happen if they are not!

SMARTboard Project #14

Short Movie Project #11

Project #12

Blog Post #9

Mr. Joe McClung



Mr. McClung is a teacher who has written blog posts to reflect on his teaching career at the end of each school year. I decided to read What I've Learned This Year (2008-2009), and What I've Learned This Year (2011-2012) . I chose to read these two posts because they are from his first year teaching and then the most recent year he has taught. I wanted to compare them to see how his thoughts would change from being a brand new teacher, to one with more experience behind them. I also wanted to read his first one because I will soon be a new teacher and wanted to know his own adventures he went through!

I think I will be able to easily relate to Mr. McClung's first blog post. He was a new teacher and this was a completely new experience. I am grateful to have read this to already know some of this knowledge and be able to apply it instead of learning it the hard way. He broke down his blog into the following sections:

How to Read the Crowd
Mr. McClung talks about the importance of focusing teaching on the students and how they comprehend it, not the delivery. I think this is very important. While I want to do my best delivering it and showing other faculty members my delivery skills, I always will remember this is why I'm teaching, not to make myself look good but to help kids learn!

Be Flexible
I think this section will help me the most in my teaching career. I have to remember not everything is perfect and I will make mistakes. I just have to go with it and not freak out!


Communicate
Communication will be essential for my students, co-workers, and myself. I think there can be an answer for everything and it takes communication to reach that!

Be Reasonable
As a teacher I must remember to set standards for must students but with restrictions:
-Don't give unreachable goals
-Remember they are just children
-some goals may not be met
-If a students doesn't reach a goal, encourage them!

Don't be Afraid of Technology
I'm starting to see Dr. Strange's point EVERYWHERE, including here. I definitely won't be afraid after this class!


Listen to Your Students
This is key to a students teacher relationship and can be the most important! I want to be someone my students can look up to and talk too!

Lastly...Never Stop learning
I hope to never get "set in my ways." Not for me, but for my students sake. They deserve all the new learning ways and shouldn't be left behind!





The next post I read by Mr. McClung is from his most recent teaching year in 2011-2012. I can really tell how he has grown as a teacher. He has figured out his reputation and his place as a teacher. He also seems to remember everything he has learned in previous years and only grow more! In this blog posts he has two main sections:

You Gotta Dance With Who You Came to the Dance With
Mr. Mcclung stated that this year he struggled with how his peers thought of him. He knew how his students and superiors viewed him, but not his peers.I hope to always remember what Mr. McClung learned from this! He stated that nothing positive came from worrying about what his peers thought! I hope I can be like this. I want my co-workers respect but I will always work on developing relationships with my students and making sure my superiors know I am doing the best job possible!

Challenge Yourself
This is one thing that has not change about Mr. McClung in his four years. He always wants to change his ways and keep up the creativity and learning ways! I hope to also do this and become a better teacher each year!!

All the comments to Mr. McClung are very encouraging and supportive. Many left were even from students of EDM 310. I'm sure some of them are even teaching on their own now and using his advise!

Blog Post #8

1.Richard Miller


Richard Miller's video, This is How We Dream, presents many great ideas and gave me a lot to think about. I am not sure I liked the way it was presented. I think it was a lot to listen to him fully, to watch and read the screen, and also to bring it all together. I do think though that what the message is completely true. Richard Miller believes that technology will play a huge role and change a classroom. He focuses on writing and reading.

Before taking this class I might have freaked out. Now, not so much. Why? Because I think Miller is exactly right. I think we have already changed though. We are flipping classrooms, using Smartboard, iPads, podcasts, and students are writing blogs. I would have never imaged half of the things that I have learned in this class. Without already being introduced to them I may have freaked out becoming a teacher and seeing all these rapid changes, but I think I will be fully prepared and have an open mind. I am willing to teach my children technology and let them learn other things for themselves. Miller talks about other places already putting this learning in place. I think we have too!

Miller also states, "Ideas shouldn't belong to us individually." I agree completely. As I know how important it is to give credit where credit is due, I also say
let students learn without this hassle sometimes! Everyone get's there ideas from somewhere. I don't think online learning should be all about citing your sources. I am excited to see how my role as a teacher will be!



2. Carly Pugh's blog post #12
I think Carly went along right with Richard Miller. I also loved that she had links to her videos that we could see. I think YouTube can be a great learning tool used in a classroom. This one even convinced me more about using multi-media with writing, because of her great examples!



3.The Chipper Series and Edm310 for dummies

The Chipper Series for dummies is hilarious! It basically is about things that MIGHT have gone through my mind at some point in the class, and basically makes me feel stupid for thinking it or doing it. Oops, maybe once I felt the need to highlight things on my checklist before it was finished, then procrastinated. I think all these thoughts have crossed our mind. I hate to say it but at the beginning of EDM310 I didn't watch this movie. I just now did. Dr. Strange, I think you should play this in one of the classes the first week!


I also firmly believe Edm310 for dummies should be shown the first week of classes! It is a life saver! I think I liked this video so much because I feel like it is making fun of myself. It also though serves a purpose to read EDM 310 for dummies. I think the other message is... It's ok to feel a little crazy and overwhelmed, everyone else has too but it gets better!


These videos do make me want to make my own! I think it could be kind of an ice breaker, while providing useful information. One idea that popped into my head is that after I'm teaching get completely honest feedback from students on a survey. I will say things like, What do you think was pointless in this class?, What bad habit hurt you the most in this class?, etc. I will then show on the video the benefits of everything and why my classroom is set up the way it is. I think it could also give my students the message... It is okay to feel how you are feeling, others did too and they never ave up!



4.Learn to change, change to learn

This video was many different people speaking about how we can no longer make students think technology is bad in a school but a chance to learn better. Students need all the technology they can get to thrive in the upcoming world they have before them. Students need to be shown how to use their cell phone, twiiter, and facebook for not only a social life but tools to learn. I agree with the arguments everyone in the video made but there must be boundaries.



Scavenger Hunt 2.0

I created a wikispace. I think it is important for students to be able to gain infomation, talk to students, and their teach after school hours. On something like a cell phone, it can be thought of as crossing the line. On wikispaces you can also share things like documents and video. I could post videos for my class to watch without them going on youtube!



I believe ANIMOTO wasI used to help create the presentation I saw. They have several prices. The first plan is free. This is only a 30 second video, but to just give it a try at first this would be great. The second plan is 2.50 a month and is billed 30 dollars anually it is the plus plan. With this the videos can be any length, are downloadable, and there are 30+ video styles. This seems like a great deal to me and a good option. Maybe you really like this and want even more creative room. Then there is the pro plan. It is 20.75 per month and include music and HD videos.


I made my comic on comix and you can see it here!

C4T #2

The blogs that I read were written by Mathew Needleman. They are great to read and you can also read them too here. In the first blog post titled, iOS App Recommendations, Needleman has a list for teachers that have apps he put on the iPads in his school. He says that while he likes several of the apps that require higher-thinking, he would like to create a new list because some of the apps aren't challenging enough. He gives examples of apps in literacy. Not that those are the only apps but he does recommends how they are used. He recommends them be used in the categories of fluency, writing, and learning letter sounds.

In my comment I told Mathew Needleman how I was in EDM 310 and we were learning about new types of technology to use in our classroom. I also told him that I hoped when I was teaching someone had a list of great math apps to help me in my classroom. That would be very beneficial to a new teacher. I thanked him also for his great blog!

Mathew Needleman did not have a new blog post so I commented on the most recent blog I hadn't read. It was titled, What Good Teaching Looks Like: Digital Research. He started off by talking about the way students used to be taught. Teachers would have to tell their students how to find things like the author, illustrator, and copyright information. These forms of methods are becoming obsolete. The computer is one of the primary methods of learning now. Now other things must be taught to help students use the computer. An example of what should be taught is teaching students to search for things on the web using keywords. This can even start being taught in kindergarten.

I commented on how eye opening this blog post was for me. I have to remember that my role as a teacher will be changing. I have to keep up with the current time and put away some obsolete teaching methods. I can not wait to begin my journey as a teacher!

C4K February Summaries

Summary #1
The first student's blog I read seemed to be such a sweet boy. His teacher gave them a prompt. It was an article about history that had a few incorrect facts. He rewrote the article by correcting the false information and providing even more on the subject.

I told him that while it was great he corrected the false information, I thought it was great that he went into more detail and gave more facts about history. I also told him that he was a great writer!


Summary #2
Sontee was the student whose blog I was assigned to read this week. His blog post was about homework. He wrote how he did not like homework because he would rather be doing things more fun. He also thought it was hard and his teacher gave to much of it. He stated he could see why it was necessary though. He thinks that students should be given one week to act like a kid.

Sontee's writing was not grammatically correct. He used lots of run-on sentences and a lot was not easy to read. The comment I left I tried to be positive and uplifting with a little corrections in a nice way. I told him I felt the same way about homework when I was younger, but I see now how important it is. I told him that his teacher could help him to make his homework easier. I gave him the advice to make sure to check for run-on sentences and read the post out loud to make sure it sounds right or he didn't leave out words. I ended it with encouraging words to keep up the good work and blogging!



Summary #3
I read Mary's blog at Pt England school.She told what Perimeter is and gave a picture that also reinforced her idea. She also provided a link for more information on perimeter.

After introducing myself to Mary, I told her how I enjoyed looking around her blog. Everything seemed even better than my blog! I told her that information could help many of her peers. I also encouraged her to keep doing a great job!


Summary #4
Jordyn wrote on the topic of hegemony. S he told about going to her friends house and telling her friend about Jesus and being a christian. The girls parents were not happy about it and made her stop talking about God. Her friend was still very interested and asked to come over so she could learn more. She ended up saving her friend.

I told her how great it was to be spreading God's word at such an early age. I thought what she did was great. I also told her how proud of her I was! She was also a great writer.

Blog Post #7

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture


I am so glad to have watched this lecture by Randy Pausch. It inspired me and gave me knowledge to use in my life as a teacher, but also in my personal life. The lecture started off by him giving some devastating news. He showed the audience a picture of his cancer and how badly it has spread, and also stated that he was told one month ago he only had about six months left to live. Now, my next guess would be that a devasting man would throw a pity party for himself and make people feel bad for him. NOT AT ALL! While it did put things in perspective for me, instead of listening to a sad man, like I thought I was listening to. I heard a man who loved his family, lived a fulfilling life, and loved the life he had lived. He never looked at anything as a failure but only as a lesson that served a bigger purpose in his life. He never sugar coated one thing, but made everything in life the best he could, even cancer.

Pausch talked about how he accomplished his dreams and then how he helped others accomplish theirs. I look at my teaching career in a whole new way now. I want to use an alternative way of teaching like Pausch. I am not doing this just to have an ordinary job, but I also want to make an impact in others lives and help them achieve their fullest potential. I want learning for my students to be fun. I plan on putting in the effort to be the best teacher ever. I really liked when people asked Pausch how he became tenure so quickly and he said," I don't know call me at 10 o'clock on a Friday night in my office and ask me." He was dedicated in everything that he did. I also want to teach my students to, "get worried when people stop correcting you when you screw up." Pausch said this and said that it either means they've given up on you, or they do not care. I want my students to ALWAYS continue to grow, and know that correction is good!

Another thing I will teach my students is how to work in groups. Not only in school will you have to work and get along with others, but in the workplace. Bickering and fighting can cause people to be unproductive. This can even be used in one's personal life I think. You must always know how to properly communicate with other's to be a successful person.

I did some research about this speech. I found out he mainly wrote this for his family. He also said that how those first three copies of this speech effected them was his goal, everyone else was just a side-effect. He put family first and then put the rest of his energy toward others. I truly have been inspired by Randy Pausch, and am sad to say that before this class I have never watched a video of him. I would recommend this to anyone. I will now strive to live life to the fullest now matter what is thrown my way, grow from every situation, and strive to make others the best they can be!

PLN Report #1

I am very greatful to have learned about a PLN, or personal learning network. I am currently using symbaloo. On mine I have a personal section and an education section. I have things like pinterest, facebook, wanelo, google, blogger, twitter, and many others. Some other resources I found on the website and they are great for a teacher! My symbaloo is only a start and I hope to grow it even more during this class and even after. One thing I never thought would be useful outside of my social life is Twitter. I have followed many people and they have followed me in the education field, and I have gotten very useful information. I asked Dr. Starange a question about flipping the classroom and he gave me people to tweet. I got several responses and lots of great information. My PLN is growing and this is just the beginning!

Project #8: Podcast