tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35776313146005291662023-11-16T07:52:13.315-06:00Noah Armstrong EDM 310 BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-21102639215593566232014-12-03T10:18:00.003-06:002014-12-03T10:18:46.219-06:00blog post #16: final reflection <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-76914019290269252122014-11-25T11:50:00.000-06:002014-11-25T11:54:19.257-06:00Blog Post #5 Part B: My Updated PLN<div style="text-align: center;">
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My PLN started out including a small number of high school teachers and and even smaller number of college professors. Since I have been in EDM 310 I have been exposed to new people to add to my PLN as well as learned ways to find more. I have since introduced the fallowing to my PLN list: all of the C4T teachers that i have been commenting on, some professors and doctors in the history department that can help me, and even some teachers from my home town that I never had in high school but have reached out to me after hearing I have decided to enter their profession </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-17562890196594504382014-11-19T13:44:00.001-06:002014-11-19T13:44:23.594-06:00November C4K<div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22.1000003814697px;">
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">Hello my name is Grace and I will be telling you about “How am I a good citizen “.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">I think that I could try more to become a good citizen by collecting canned foods for people who might not have food on their tables every day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">Just to tell you Halloween is tomorrow and I probably going to use half of my time tricker treating and the other half seraching for cans</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">and I will be donating the canned foods to the school and then the people would have food on their table for a while!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">I don’t think I am a very good citizen because I don’t really try my best to solve all problems but I am trying to get my lazy self </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">to get up to solve the problems and try to do my best and like I said I will try my best to try to solve the problems all around me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">So I will try my best to take action and to try.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Hey there Grace, </span><br />
I'm studying to be a teacher at the University of South Alabama. This is a great idea to help people out on Halloween. Great blog post, you just need to clean up some small grammar things. For instance, you say "I probably" when it should be "I am probably". Great job though I would give you an "A". Keep up the good work. <br />
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For this art project we had to do a future reflection on our iPads. I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I did know that as I get older I want to travel to Haiti. I think it would be such a cool experience. So in my reflection, I had Haiti in the background! At first I was going to do a reflection in a mirror, but I didn't get a good picture (to get good colors for my face), so I decided to do my reflection as if I were looking straight into the window. This way all I had to do was the back of me. Since I had a blurry picture and I was able to draw me from behind....in my reflection I took a different picture where I could actually get different hair and skin colors to match. As I drew myself, I was able to make it look like a cartoon so I almost looked a little older (since it was supposed to look like me in the future). As I merged my pictures together you couldn't really see my different skin colors, especially in the face. That was probably my biggest challenge. I am probably most proud of the girl I drew because it turned out the best, but after I put everything together I didn't really like it. If I were to do this project again...I would get a better picture so I could have drawn me actually looking into the window so you could see my face, and not just the back of me. But overall I guess it turned out pretty good. Also for this project I used the app SketchBookX. This app really helped me move, merge, fade, and color my picture! :)</div>
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Hi Erin,<br />
My name is Noah and I am studying to be a teacher at the University of South Alabama. First off let me say that i love art. I'm a huge fan of street art and graffiti. You did a great job going through the artistic process of changing your design. Your use of black and white photos and color both in your drawing and in the background picture. I like the brightness of the color that you do have. I do a lot of work like this and I love that you using technology, but i wish they could find a way to draw on an iPad that makes it look more like a hand made drawing. I looked at some of the things that you have posted further back and you have great talent. Keep it up!<br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: helvetica; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The first quarter of the 2014-2015 school year has finally come to a close, but it seemed to be at a faster pace than most quarters. Let’s have a brief recap of this quarter.</span></div>
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After looming <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ominously</strong> in the distance for months, school started. Mondays are just as<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">slothful</strong> and <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">repulsive</strong> as last year. Fun times.</div>
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The initial glow of the school year is beginning to <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">dwindle</strong>. We had more breaks this month; the setting of one’s home is much more <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">tranquil</strong> than the jarring setting of school. Thankfully, our school is not being too <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">frugal</strong> in our use of the chromebooks.</div>
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Our first quarter has come to a close, but we still have what seems to be ages to go. 3 quarters. Oh, well, It will certainly be a long year.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Hi, I’m an Education major at the University of South Alabama. This is a great post to answer the prompt. I liked your use of vocabulary, I’m sure that was part of the assignment. I thought that splitting it up into @months was a good touch. </span><br style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">On more of a personal note: Don’t worry, you’re almost to high school and it gets fun at that point. It just moves faster and faster until you graduate. Then you move on to college and it all changes. Enjoy High school while you can. </span><br style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Again, great post! </span><br style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">-Noah</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-27963059607488552522014-11-19T13:24:00.006-06:002014-11-19T13:24:52.742-06:00Blog Post #14: "Teaching Can Be a Profession by Joel Klein"<div style="text-align: center;">
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"Teaching Can Be a Profession by Joel Klein"</div>
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1. Unequipped Teacher- Raising the qualifications of a teaching degree to rival those of other top countries</div>
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-I agree with this completely. I have had teachers that have no idea what they are doing but they are allowed to teach based on the fact that they have a degree from some rinky dink online school that ill prepared them to handle real world teaching.</div>
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2. Anyone with a degree can become a teacher- recruit from the top third of the class</div>
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-This sounds like a good idea in theory. A drawback that i can see is that some people are bad at school. It can be as simple as that. You could have a person who is a great teacher and is able to pass on knowledge to students with great skill but they themselves have test anxiety and are not able to be the top in their class. this I think would be fixed by beefing up the requirements. Thus, making it harder to get a degree and raising the quality of anyone good enough to make it through with a degree. </div>
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3.How we reward teachers- Base it on performance rather than seniority </div>
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-This seems like a complete "Duh" statement because that is how all other jobs work, you are better so you advance. The idea of seniority should only apply if you are comparing two teachers of truly equal skill rather than just assuming they all have the same skill level.</div>
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4.job security based on seniority- layoff the least effective rather than the newest hire </div>
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-Time served should have something to do with how you are looked upon when it is time to let some one go but not at the sacrifice of skill evaluation. only two teachers with equal skill should be then compared on experience. </div>
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5. there needs to be professionalization including an entrance exam and internship.</div>
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-The idea of an entrance exam is a great idea. like the bar for lawyers this would make sure that a teacher is fully prepared when they get their degree and has not been cheating or memorizing for each test to make it through college. It would also give greater credit to the hard work teachers do. </div>
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6. Students should be able to choose from a pool of nearby schools rather than be assigned by neighborhood. </div>
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-This yet again sounds like a good idea in theory. However, I fear that this is resemblance of how some Asian countries run their schools where the smart children are put in a high level school and the others are left in the dust. However, it could also give that kid a chance to choose a better school and given the right surroundings flourish.<br />
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Conclusion- It is no secret that the education system needs improvement. The United States is behind in that category. The US is known for being the pinnacle of a nation yet we struggle in the category that means the most for our future, education. While improving the quality of teacher we put into the classroom does a lot for the problem it is not enough. even a skilled professional can not do a good job with rudimentary and crude tools. Even the most skilled surgeon can't do a good heart transfer with a chainsaw. How can we expect a teacher to teach optimally with a crude education system. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-32256953984363405072014-11-13T14:33:00.001-06:002014-11-13T14:33:08.385-06:00Blog Post #13:How Does Your Future Classroom Work? (Create-a-Post)After watching the fallowing videos, think about where classrooms are currently and one thing you will change in Your classroom to help move your classroom into the future of education.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYwGc8u_c0" target="_blank">Is Technology A Threat To Our Education</a><br />
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Blog Post #12: Technology for Handicapped Students (Collaborative)</div>
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By: Noah, Missy, Tori, Chelsea, Katy</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah- Speech recognition software</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In my research I came across a few technologies that are designed to help physically handicapped students, but one stuck out because it is something that would help people like me with forms of dyslexia. Speech recognition software was designed to help use a computer without using the traditional mouse and keyboard. Software like “Dragon” can recognize sounds spoken by the user and convert them into commands for the computer. This allows someone with limited use of their hands to operate a computer with their voice. This allows people with limb abnormalities or amputations to be free of the need for an aid to do the typing for them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Using this software one can also dictate to the computer what they wish to type. This can help not only the people who find it hard or impossible to type but also those that have problems spelling, like those with Dyslexia. These programs are almost 100% accurate when it comes to spelling and recognizing speech. This allows them to make up for their handicaps. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Speech recognition may not be in itself a learning tool but it levels the playing field so that those with the inability to use a computer normally can have a way to do it on their own without help. This is not only a tool for school work but also for the real world that is now run by computers</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/guides/factsheets/factsheet_VR_intro.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/guides/factsheets/factsheet_VR_intro.pdf</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melissa- AT for the Deaf and Hearing impaired student. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During my search for assistive technologies available for the hearing impaired or Deaf this disability was often paired with blindness as well. It was explained that both of these disabilities account for the smaller part of the disabled population so maybe that is why they were often paired together. Another reason could be that a lot of times when a person has one disability it can be accompanied by another or sometimes multiple disabilities reside within one person. At any rate I concentrated on the Deaf. The Deaf community and members within consider it offensive to call them hearing impaired or to say that they have suffered a loss of hearing. They consider ASL (American Sign Language) to be their native language and English their second language. Some do not speak by choice however most of the Deaf learn to speak in order to effectively communicate with the general public. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hearing aids can be used by some students with hearing impairment however, do know that the aids amplify ALL of the sound including background noise which could still make it difficult for the student to hear the teacher. Use of FM systems (the same kind as presidential security or McDonald's drive through) where the teacher wears a mini microphone and the student wears a pair of headphones is extremely useful in these cases because the student hears ONLY the teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A vocalization to visualization tool is available for free through a computer program called Winamp media player. A microphone is used and auditory sound is turned into visual fireworks on the computer monitor. This is used to represent the sound that is going on in the room as well as to teach the Deaf student how to speak.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The top assistive technology by far within the Deaf community is the smartphone and texting. The junior high and high schoolers especially like this because it completely eliminates the need to speak. They can communicate clearly and just as quickly with text as their hearing peers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Students that are blind or have visual impairments are going to be vulnerable to falling behind in a classroom setting. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcUNnnwFm4g" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet Mason</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. He's a first grader and suffers from a vision impairment. Mason's parents were worried when he first started school that he would not be able to keep up with others and he wouldn't be able to go to a normal school.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-11363692486705437632014-11-09T09:36:00.002-06:002014-11-09T09:36:37.038-06:00project #10: Teacher Interview<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/weatherlessonplanproject14/" target="_blank">Project Thirteen Lesson Plan </a> By: Group #4 Wednesdays at 6Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-40122280406826272272014-10-29T15:29:00.001-05:002014-10-29T15:29:06.233-05:00Blog Post 11: What can we learn from the teachers provided in this weeks list?<div style="text-align: center;">
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1. Mr. Crosby seems to be an amazing Science teacher. He is taking a non-ideal group of students, most of which are learning English as their second language, and using technology to not only cover his Science criteria but also teach reading, writing, and oral skills through blogs and building a global learning network. he reinforces the need for technology in the new age of teaching by showing that it can really bring children to want to learn.</div>
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2. Mr. Anderson has come up with a great new spin on the Scientific Process that he calls Qu.I.V.E.R.S. that is a great representation of blended learning that really brings technology into the classroom with his daily videos. This technique not only frees up some of his class time with a uniform lecture video but also makes sure that everyone is getting the same information. He then makes sure that his students understand the concepts they have researched in their text books before they attempt the quiz. I like this style because he uses technology but he doesn't just hand his students the concept on a silver platter but makes them read from an actual source and learn to pull out information, a skill that i think is dying with Google. </div>
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3. Mark Church demonstrated one concept of project based learning quite well in this video that jumped out at me, and that is the concept of coming back to an aspect of the project at the end to show the change in it. He did this by making each group come up witha a headline that summed up the main idea of the project. this not only makes the students bring together their thoughts but also allows them to compare how their thinking has changed after finishing the unit.<br />
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4.Sam Pane addressed one of the main problems I have with the use of so much online learning in today's schools and it is that of online safety. I like how he used super heroes in his lesson to bring his students' attention in while actually using technology.<br />
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5.This project based learning video brings forth a concept i have never really thought about. the ideo of combining classed to allow for more time but also teach two things at once. this chaneles the more substantial subjects like in this case History through the other tool and skill based classes like Literature and Computer Science. I think it is a wonderful idea but like in this video I'm sure that it would take a lot of work to bring to reality.<br />
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6. Roosevelt Elementary's PBL starts kids out young learning how to work together in a team as well as teaches them skills that are harder to master later on in life like public speaking and for that aspect it is a great system.<br />
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Well as far as people who Dr. Strange has shown us who use blogs and technology this week's was one that I actually found a good bit of insight. being a secondary education student I see a lot of the projects we do based more toward small children. Therefor, I sometimes have trouble seeing its application merit in a high school History classroom, but as I said this week was better. </div>
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I found a few good ideas I think would transfer over well. I have been playing around with the idea of a biweekly blog post by my future students of around 500 words on a history topic that fallows what unit we are in and the sights mentioned that this teacher uses to find college classes to comment on her students blogs seems like a good idea to give some real world credibility to their work rather than just the idea of doing it for me as a teacher so they get the grade. </div>
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The tool being used that caught my eye the most however, was not in the interview. It was in her class video where they were using Skype to talk to a geologist about rocks. I think if I could find a professor that would take some time out of their schedule to just field some questions by my students that might insight a true debate and actually get my students interested and taking sides on issues of history it could really be a turning point in the year.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-68721735055229809322014-10-15T16:40:00.002-05:002014-10-15T16:40:44.013-05:00Blog Post #9: "What Can Teachers and Students Teach Us About Project Based Learning?"<div style="text-align: center;">
"What Can Teachers and Students Teach Us About Project Based Learning?"</div>
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Teachers- Teachers are how we learn anything as teachers. This isn't like the subjects that we as teachers plan to teach. In math or science or history there are facts that have been proven or recorded. In the art of teaching these facts we learn from the experimentation of ourselves and others. This is how we learn what works and what doesn't. </div>
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From the videos we were assigned for this blog post I learned how to break down a project to make sure that it follows PBL (Project Based Learning) principles. The point is to engage the students and empower them to develop real life applicable skills as well as learn the coarse material, apposed to the traditional project that encourages the attitude of just doing something for the teacher or just to pass a test. </div>
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Students- Students and their reaction to and performance in PBL is really the merit of PBL. You may not get it right the first time or at least not to your satisfaction. Like every new thing you introduce you may have to make some tweaks to your pet project to make it realistic or to get the exact results you want as far as preference and attitude.</div>
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Seeing the video of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukg6KiBC1CE" target="_blank">what motivates students and what they like as rewards</a> was not only amusing but also informative. Some of the ideas for rewards like "classroom money" seemed like creative new approaches. To me it seems like a bit of bribery. The idea of edible rewards by the older student made me laugh because it sounds like something I would say. </div>
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It surprised me that some of the smaller kids had some of the same motivations for doing well in school as I do. Elementary school aged children are already thinking of grades as ways to get into good colleges and provide for their families. </div>
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First of all let me start with how inspiring this man is. Anyone who can stand up in front of a group of people with that much confidence and energy when he has only months to live has my undivided attention. As far as what we can learn about teaching and learning from him it is hard to know where to start. Firstly teaching, I found his example of asking to take his sabbatical to Disney amazing in showing the importance of good communication. Two people can say the same thing and it can be perceived in completely different ways. This is critical to keep in mind when talking to students. They already feel intimidated by you to begin with. Why speak in a way that makes them even more intimidated and afraid when you can calmly figure out a solution. Secondly learning, Mr. Pausch's story of his old football coach riding him at practice is not only completely relate-able to me but also a good thing to remember when dealing with stress in the classroom as a student. If a teacher rides you to fix your mistakes or not make them the next time it is because they know you can do it not because they don't like you. On the other hand if they just let you keep on making mistakes they have given up on you and will ignore you.</div>
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1. What I Need To Do.<br />
As far as learning different approaches to teaching go, I think I am on the right track.This is my first education class in college. As my classes progress I'm positive that I will learn more teaching techniques to better reach a higher percentage of my future students.<br />
When it comes to the "Best Technology" (debatable with Apple products) I have some learning to do. I can do the basics but that doesn't seem to be enough anymore. This class (EDM 310) has become a resource that is teaching me more about technology than any class I have taken. However, I don't know how many schools actually have the resources to do half the things that are demonstrated in this class. <br />
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The QR Code was helpful. I have always wondered how to do that and I'm sure I can find a way to incorporate it into a high school lesson plan. Using the iPad as a recorder sounds like a fast an efficient rethinking of the tapes I used in elementary school. Poplet is a neat little app for making webs. As a future high school teacher it could be used but it would have to be in a more in depth manner than in the video. AVL and Board builder are both things I have used in high school, so I really didn't get that much out of those videos. <br />
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The interviews that Dr. Strange did with Anthony Capps were great. Having someone that is a teacher tell us about how the real world of teaching is like would have been great, but Mr. Capps is not only a teacher but one that came from USA and went through this EDM 310 class. It's nice to know that it is possible to make it through and succeed when in the middle of all the workload it can seem like an impossible task. </div>
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As far as some of the specific of the interviews I found Mr. Capps explanation of PBL (Project Based Learning) to be enlightening. He explained that rather than using PBL as a way to test to see if a student understands a concept, it should be used to actually teach and let them discover concepts and come up with solutions to problems. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-25213791208888678202014-09-26T14:33:00.001-05:002014-09-26T14:33:03.757-05:00C4K September Summery <div style="text-align: center;">
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You may ask what these 2 pictures have to do with each other. The truth is in the context of PLN's they are essentially the same. To use the words from<a href="http://www.johnstrange.com/edm310fall2009/PLN.pdf" target="_blank"> Dr. Strange's 2009 version of Project 6</a>, they are both dipping into a PLN stream. They just happen to be on other ends of the planet from each other.</div>
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When I first looked at this blog assignment I was slightly worried. This being my first real education coarse, I haven't really ever thought about a PLN. I have a few teachers from various high schools in my home town that really did well teaching me in their specific fields, as well as college Professors like Dr. Strange who has plenty of experience and could probably opperate a Mac better than some people in an Apple Store. Dr. Brazy has become one of my prime candidates for future help teaching history. I have had her twice already and she does a amazing job with thought provoking questions and discussion that makes you look at history through a whole new lens. The people in my current and future EDM classes will surely hear from me in the future as i am sure that they will develop their own PLN's that i can dip into through them. </div>
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Back to the picture conundrum. How are a coach and a teacher both using a Learning network? While looking at my currently small teachers learning network I realized that I already have a massive network of coaches from high school, college, as well as all their friends, and conferences/clinics that I can use to learn new techniques and material from just like I would as a teacher. It turns out I'm not bad at developing a PLN, I have just been Developing one great one without noticing it. </div>
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As a student in high school I was one to ask questions and even argue with teachers until I thoroughly understood the subject being taught. Unfortunately students like this are a rarity. We all remember the Students who knew they wouldn't get the question right and didn't even bother to try, or those that just didn't care about class. </div>
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According to Ben Johnson's "The Right Way To Ask Questions In The Classroom" Questions need to be provocative and encourage answers. and to do that you have to understand the mentality of your students. The "not smart" kids are happy to let the "smart" kids answer questions and are so relieved if they are not the ones called on in a call out situation that they really don't pay attention to the question or answer. Needless to say the "I don't care" students just don't care if you call on them or not and really couldn't care less if the smart kid gets it right. </div>
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To solve the attention problem of the two thirds of the class that are not "smart" teachers sould ask the question, wait for a few seconds, and then randomly choose a student. This makes them all think because they don't know if they will be the ones to be called on or not. You have to keep it random so that the student doesnt think "Oh, I have answered my question today" and zone out for the rest of the class. (A "Wheel of Jeopardy" spinner would come in handy)</div>
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This search engine is best used for self tutoring in any math as well as checking homework (not cheating).<br />
Evaluation- Wolfram Alpha works pretty seamlessly and has personally helped me pass Calculus. I think that the fact that is shows you the answer but doesn't show you the steps helps to discourage cheating as well.<br />
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Just like Google, Bing is a fast port to information on any subject if you are willing to look through the first couple sites to find what you want.<br />
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Blinkx is a search engine purely for video content. You can simply put what you are searching for into the search bar and sort through a string of video from sites like YouTube and DailyView.<br />
This can be a portal for finding video content on anything that you could hope to research or wish to watch for entertainment.<br />
Evaluation- The navigation of this site is great in a minimalist way. It is just a string of video one after the other, no nonsense. The great thing about this site is that unlike Google or Bing it doesn't give you a link to a video but rather the video is played right there within Blinkx. In addition it brings you videos from all the big sites and smaller ones. So, unlike YouTube you are not limited to what is uploaded to their site. <br />
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<a href="http://radio-locator.com/" target="_blank">Radio Locator</a>-<br />
Radio Locator is a site where you can find any information you wish to know about any radio station. You can search by the radio stations letter name, or by its station number, or even the area that it services.<br />
This site could be used to find a radio station as you travel that will play the type of music you like, or allow you to find a site to listen to your favorite station from back home.<br />
Evaluation- For what it is it is a very effective search engine. The only problem I can see is that it only applies to a specific crowd or circumstance.<br />
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<a href="http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/" target="_blank">Retrievr</a>-<br />
Retrievr allows you to search for images from Flickr that match images you either sketch or upload to their sight.<br />
This can be used to find a more specific image than can be described by words in a traditional search engine. If you have an image that you need similar copies of or even just an idea for one you can find one from Flickr.<br />
Evaluation- The fact that you can look up images using images can come in very handy. This way you don't have to look through things that don't apply to you. The problem is that it only gets them from Flickr.<br />
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Archives.gov allows you to search for a digital copy of documents found in vast and respected libraries such as the national archives and the presidents library.<br />
This can be used as a way to find very reliable and strong references for papers and research.<br />
Evaluation- This is a great site for finding great reference documents. You can also choose what library to look trough. The problem is that some of the sites it links you to are not completely free.<br />
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Refseek gives your reliable .gov and .org websites as search results kind of like Google Scholar. This can be another good way to find good research references.<br />
Evaluation- This is a great site for research and is comparable to Google Scholar. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-69363811829458135222014-09-05T14:55:00.000-05:002014-09-05T14:55:41.937-05:00Blog Post #3: "How Can You Provide Meaningful Feedback To Your Peers?" <div style="text-align: center;">
"How Can You Provide Meaningful Feedback To Your Peers?"</div>
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We have all gotten back a paper from a teacher and seen a frightening amount of red ink on it. Stressing over a paper and getting a bad grade can be one of the worst feelings a student feels in their academic career, but there is a way to reduce or even eliminate the dreaded red ink. Peer review is simply getting a friend to look over your paper for mistakes you can fix or clarifications you can make. If you use peer review you must also know how to peer review. </div>
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The first thing you need to be sure of is that you are positive and supportive, offer complements on strong points you find to give them some encouragement. You wouldn't want someone to be mean when reviewing your paper. Next you need to make suggestions on what they can fix and be specific in your ideas for corrections. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325420700005591268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577631314600529166.post-82182960981972293062014-08-31T20:54:00.002-05:002014-08-31T20:54:49.497-05:00Blog Post #2: "What Will Teaching in the 21st Century be Like?"<div style="text-align: center;">
"What Will Teaching in the 21st Century be Like?"</div>
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1. In "Mr. Dancealot" the main theme is that the lecture style of teaching is not the most effective of techniques for every class. For example a dance class as in this video would best be done in a more hands on visual and kinetic style. In the video the teacher simply lectures with a PowerPoint presentation. When he does demonstrate steps his feet are obscured by his desk. In the end none of the students really know what to do when it comes time to dance because they have never actually done any of them. I agree whole heatedly that not all classes can be taught from behind a podium. I would go as far as to say that none should rely solely on the lecture method, but should instead blend more than one approach to try to reach a greater number of students who are bound to have the full spectrum of learning personalities.</div>
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2. Mr. Roberts seems to think that we should use the technology available to us in this time to engage students in an active learning where they learn to research and form their own opinions to things and then post what they have learned to help others and network with other students. </div>
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B. Teachers are their to teach students how to sift through information form an opinion and reciprocate that opinion.</div>
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D. This teaching via technology should be used to engage rather then entertain students so they are exited to learn.</div>
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I completely agree with teaching via technology as well as teaching students how to learn and research. With me, who is going into the History field the research and information sifting aspect appeals to me more than the technology aspect for there is only so much you can do when telling the story of the past. </div>
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p.s. I found it ironic that this video talks about technology in education but it was one of the hardest to fallow videos i have ever watched. </div>
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Can credit really be given to a teacher who merely shows a student how to get information from the internet? i would say not. Sure, this is a lesson that needs to be taught to all student and i can see how a network of experts and peers as well as verified web sights could be a good tool but not as a main system of learning. This type of tool should be used as a supplement to Lectures by a steadily reliable teacher of your own. this way you can receive different ideas and points of view. The teacher in this video seems like nothing more than a research teacher and a proctor in a guided study hall. </div>
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Thesis: Empowering students to be able to help teach each other and collaborate with their classmates and available technologies will reach more than pen and paper can. </div>
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I personally have benefited from peer teaching in my old high school. It allows you to be presented concepts on a level that teachers might not be able to communicate on. </div>
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Well, it is obvious that the elementary school students are far ahead of anyone in the race. I have noticed for the last few years that students are starting to learn more and more advanced things earlier in their scholastic journeys. I have 3 siblings spaced 2.5, 5, and 10 years behind me and i see that each of me and the older two of them all took Algebra a year after the older one even though we were 2 or 3 years behind in school. i think that this is because as children we are simply more open to new ideas then we are later in life when we have had time to develop our own opinions on things. just look at most preschoolers, they know how to work their moms phone at least enough to get to the games if not better than she does.</div>
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7. The dynamic of football doesn't transfer over as smoothly as basketball seems to in this depiction, but i do see things in the film room off South Alabama's O-Line that could transfer over to the class room. When the defense comes up with a new blitz we talk through how we would block it for every play and formation we have. coach has his way that he has drawn it up, however discussion on different techniques and variations of the scheme are welcome.</div>
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