C4T #4- summary

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 A unique way of keeping Track of Reality by Jenna Bentley 

  Ms. Bentley blog is interesting and a great way for her to keep in touch with others around her. The first blog post that I read from Ms. Bentley was a thank yo letter. This letter was inspirational and she let everyone know how appreciative she was for their help she even included her 10th grade class. I thought that this was a great idea and a cool way to announce your appreciation. 
   
    Ms. Bentley's second post was talking about our country and the way the people are so different. She also mentions that after 9/11 our country stood together. However now we have fallen apart and everyone thinks their opinion is right. She mentioned that if me had the great men that wrote the Declaration of Independence than maybe it would change things. 
     I enjoyed reading Ms. Bentley's blog, she has an interesting point of view. Personally, I could not agree more with th things that she said in these two blog post!!  

Blog Post 13

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This blog post is very interesting. We where asked to write a summary on ALEX. http://alex.state.al.us/index.phpWhich is a Alabama Learning Exchange. This website is very interesting and has many details. It shows you course of study, lesson plans, workspace, learning, etc. I love the fact that this website will allow you to make your on lesson plans. All you have to do is click on the subject matter and it will walk you through exactly how to set up your lesson plan. I also think that this website is neat because it will show you all the standards for each subject no matter the grade. Another interesting thing is that the the website makes it so easy to find the stuff you need in just a few steps. I think that this website would be very helpful when teaching. This site is convent and well worth checking out. This site is simple to use and very informative and helpful to Alabama Educators.

Additional Assignment 5

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Mr. Spencer has great ideas and wonderful thoughts about the future generations. I feel that his ideas will take him far and will help many children. I loved the idea that "Children where required to turn on their brains", this is so true. Children must learn to use their brains for critical thinking rather than pen and paper. In another blog he also uses the pencil to describe his children in the classroom. I love Mr.Spencer's ideas and I feel that I can learn a lot from him. He has encouraged me to look at things in with a new perspective.

Project #6- Analysis of Assignment

After reading my summary of my responses I concluded that out of 22 responses, 14 students where elementary education and 8 where secondary education. I also concluded that most students have been at the University for 2 years. I also noticed that most people are going into education because they love children. I also found that 50% of the 22 students wanted to be a teacher from the 1st through 3rd. Last but not least I noticed that 82% of the 22 have not taken the PraxisII.

Progress Report for Final Project

 Project #16- Progress Report

Jessica Hadaway and myself will be doing a how to video. This video will be based on the smartboard! This video will show how the smartboard can be used in teaching technology and cool ideas on how to bring technology to the classroom.

Blog Post 12

My assignment
Watch this video. 

 Do you think that students learn all types of ways?  

Find a video or link that shows a different type of learning other than technology.

What is your style of learning?

My learning style is Kinesthic and this video on the top is a video I found on You Tube. 

Teach Someone Something

smartboard lesson

Blog Post #11

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 Ms. Cassidy's 1st Graders



 Ms. Cassidy has very good points and I like to see the children excited about technology. I agree that children love interacting with the world around them. I feel that children do love posting blogs, talking on Skype, and using Nintendo DS for learning purposes. Technology has to be a part of our children lives because if not children will be left behind. I love the fact that Ms. Cassidy has great ideas and ides that I feel that we can use in our classroom. I never thought that 1st graders where capable of using technology in all these ways. I am amazed by this video and her ideas. I found it amazing that she did not use technology in her personal life.

C4K Summary 3-7

 Teena (C4K 3)

Teena is a 1st grader!! She wrote on her blog about a spider. Teena also drew a picture of the spider and she described the spider with great details. She did a great job.I can not believe a 1st grader is able to do this. 

Aysha (C4K 4) 

Aysha is a 5th grader and is in gymnastics. She wrote about the metals and which each metal meant. I learned a lot from her post and I think she is a Fantastic Job!!

 Shayla (C4K 5)
 Shayla is a 6th grade student that was asked to base her writing on stories from history. Shayla does a great job putting herself in the shoes of those that where in the war. She sounds as though she was was write there with them.
  
Chase F (C4K 6) 
Chase is also in the 6th grade. Chase only said one sentence and the sentence did not say anything besides welcome to my blog. I encourage Chase to talk more about himself and I encouraged him through telling him about myself.

Dylan (C4K 7)

Dylan is a 6th grade student that is new to the town. He has realized that his old school was a lot different. In his new school Dylan has to work a lot more with technology. He states that he enjoys technology it is just something that he is trying to adjust to it. 

Teacher # 3- Summary

Manaiakalani: A new twist to parent engagement

This post gave a whole new way on how to get parents involved in their child's school and a new way for parents to be involved in the child's life. I feel that this post was great. I think that children can help their parents just as much as parents can help their children. I feel that if adults are willing to learn from children than they will be able to understand what a child understands. I feel the we should listen to children and be willing to learn from them. This post is talking about how children are teaching other adults technology. It also says that the children did not teach their own parents but rather taught someone else parents. 

This blog also shows use that children like using the internet even when they are not in school and I think that it is great that they are influencing children to use computers. I hope that these children learn a lot from using the internet.