Monday, September 24, 2012
Blog Post #4
The first post I read was the Flat Stanley podacast by Langwitches, I found it a great idea for the students even in such younger grades to do these projects. The students in the podcast made Flat Stanley's and sent them all over the world to their family and friends and were then able to get them back with notes and different things written on them. After the students received their flat Stanley's back they made a podcast with all of the material they got from their friends and family from all over the world. This project not only let the students learn different things from their family but they were able to use different technology to make the podcast where they learned things they probably didn't know about their classmates.
After reading Podcasting with 1st grade, I found it very interesting that these students were so excited to be able to have other people hear their voices on their computer or Ipod's. This was a great project for these students to use technology to make their podcast's. At this age students were very excited to have feedback and comments from other teachers in the school and all over the world. I learned that these projects keep the students excited about using the technology and tech them things that maybe the teacher couldn't make clear.
The last post I read was Benefits of podcasting in the classroom by Joe Dale. In this video I learned that students born after 1980 have not had at least a personal computer or some other technological device in their home, this helps in the classroom when dealing with podcast's. Podcast's help students be creative in their own way. It promotes higher thinking skills of the students when using technology. Overall I think that doing podcast's in a classroom help students broaden their creativity and keep them in tough with their technological side rather than just listening to a teacher tell them the material they can do it on their own.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Blog Post #3
Peer Editing
When it comes to peer editing most people think it is just grammatical, but after watching "Writing Peer Reviews Top 10 Mistakes" you find out that there are many other ways to peer edit. Giving constructive criticism always helps your fellow classmates because they have normally read it more than once and your peer has only read it once and its easier to find the mistakes. When giving a review I tend to send an email if I see to many errors so that it doesn't seem like you are picking on them, or that it does not become humiliating to them. Although, giving a review helps your peer, there are some ways that become to "picky" rather than constructive.
Technology in Special Education
I didn't realize that technology was such a big part of the special education classes. I believe that it is great for the students to use technology, because it lets them interact with what "normal" students are doing. In the video the students seemed to enjoy it more that they got to used their computers and it became more entertaining for them. When the students get to use technology it helps them interact more, and learn more efficiently because they are doing the work themselves. In the end it helps the teacher as well because it makes it easier for him or her to read their homework as far as handwriting skills. Overall technology makes learning more interactive and entertaining for students and in the end helps them in the long run for more real world things.
How The ipad Works with Students for Autism
In the video the ipad was very helpful with the little boy as far as he was more willing to do work and to learn. As i was looking for an app I came across the Randomizer it helps randomize who you pick on in the classroom. Some students may feel like they are being picked on if they are called on in class so this makes it easier for the teacher to do it at random so everybody gets a chance to be called on. I think this is a great app to be used in the classroom and would be great invesrment for the classroom.
Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
I believe that Ms. Davis has a very good outlook for her classroom, she has the students in her best interest as far as only a few students will excel with paper and a pencil. I also believe that so many students grow up in a home that is very technological and are used to the ways of the computer so why stop them in the classroom. Using computers in class not only helps them further their education but lets them see what they really know, so many things are done on the computer in this time that it doesn't hurt for them o learn now. I also agree to what Ms. Davis says about letting the students learn but also that they teach her as well. This gives students the ability to teach the class in the way that they learn and possibly be able to relate to the students better. I hope to use this technique in my classroom in the future because i think nit will definitely help this generation of students.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Blog Post Assignment #2
Did You Know
When I first watched "Did You Know" I thought it was going to be random facts about the course, but it ended up being nothing that I expected it to be. I was not expecting to find out that 25% of students K-12 are designated honor students. Also, that India has more K-12 honor students then anywhere in the United States. It becomes very scary to know that most people will have anywhere from 10-14 jobs before they turn the age of 38. In 2025 the number of English speaking Chinese is likely to exceed the number of native English speakers. This video becomes a very big reality check to a college junior knowing that it will be hard to have your number one job and live happily in this economy financially. We need to take everything we have and cherish it and use it to the best of our abilities.
Mr. Winkle Wakes
When I started watching Mr. Winkle Wakes, the beginning of the video struck me as what most people do when they first get out of the bed in the mornings, when they have a sense of confusion as to where they are or to even what time it is. Everything seems to be different the way we look, our vision, or even our thought patterns. When he woke up it had been 100 years and there were computers with so many different styles of internet usage and social media networks. Although there were so many technological advances one thing still stayed the same there were still schools and students were still learning writing, reading, and arithmetic. The teaching above anything stayed the same because students were still learning the same things they have always been taught.
Ken Robinson
There were so many points in this video that were very well put together and well managed to show what happens as we get older as far as the skills we still use. He states that children are not afraid to be wrong and I totally agree with him, because they have no reason to be they are young and carefree and nothing to be scared about. I have a younger sister that is eleven years old and she is not afraid to voice her opinion about anything whether she is wrong or just sounds completely retarded. I love that as kids we never felt that we were wrong but as young adults we constantly question ourselves to make sure that we are right. Another thing he says is that we seem to lose some of our creativity, which sometimes can be a bad thing because I have always been told if you believe in something to go for it, and sometimes that stops people because they tend to take the easy way out of things and not really go for your dreams the way you should.
A Day Made of Glass 2
As I watched this video and slowly started to realize that everything in the future is going to be able to be done at the push of a button, no matter what though we will always learn in school with the teaching resources that our students deserve. As far as Mr. Winkle Wakes we will always have the ability to learn even with our technological advances. Like Ken Robinson says we need to keep these major points up in order to be successful, don't lose our creativity and don't be afraid to be wrong every now and then we are all human an we will be wrong. If we continue this way yes things are going to change because something new is always being established but we will always have our ability to learn and chase after the dreams we want to make a goal.
When I first watched "Did You Know" I thought it was going to be random facts about the course, but it ended up being nothing that I expected it to be. I was not expecting to find out that 25% of students K-12 are designated honor students. Also, that India has more K-12 honor students then anywhere in the United States. It becomes very scary to know that most people will have anywhere from 10-14 jobs before they turn the age of 38. In 2025 the number of English speaking Chinese is likely to exceed the number of native English speakers. This video becomes a very big reality check to a college junior knowing that it will be hard to have your number one job and live happily in this economy financially. We need to take everything we have and cherish it and use it to the best of our abilities.
Mr. Winkle Wakes
When I started watching Mr. Winkle Wakes, the beginning of the video struck me as what most people do when they first get out of the bed in the mornings, when they have a sense of confusion as to where they are or to even what time it is. Everything seems to be different the way we look, our vision, or even our thought patterns. When he woke up it had been 100 years and there were computers with so many different styles of internet usage and social media networks. Although there were so many technological advances one thing still stayed the same there were still schools and students were still learning writing, reading, and arithmetic. The teaching above anything stayed the same because students were still learning the same things they have always been taught.
Ken Robinson
There were so many points in this video that were very well put together and well managed to show what happens as we get older as far as the skills we still use. He states that children are not afraid to be wrong and I totally agree with him, because they have no reason to be they are young and carefree and nothing to be scared about. I have a younger sister that is eleven years old and she is not afraid to voice her opinion about anything whether she is wrong or just sounds completely retarded. I love that as kids we never felt that we were wrong but as young adults we constantly question ourselves to make sure that we are right. Another thing he says is that we seem to lose some of our creativity, which sometimes can be a bad thing because I have always been told if you believe in something to go for it, and sometimes that stops people because they tend to take the easy way out of things and not really go for your dreams the way you should.
A Day Made of Glass 2
As I watched this video and slowly started to realize that everything in the future is going to be able to be done at the push of a button, no matter what though we will always learn in school with the teaching resources that our students deserve. As far as Mr. Winkle Wakes we will always have the ability to learn even with our technological advances. Like Ken Robinson says we need to keep these major points up in order to be successful, don't lose our creativity and don't be afraid to be wrong every now and then we are all human an we will be wrong. If we continue this way yes things are going to change because something new is always being established but we will always have our ability to learn and chase after the dreams we want to make a goal.
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