My Self Reflection

My PLN

  

This is my PLN  (My Personal Learning Style) it shows my progress through this semester. I have learned a lot during this semester and it has shown me that it is good to be organized. I choose to follow all the C4K assignments, I also chose to follow all of the C4T assignments. Another thing that I included on my PLN was all the things that we used in the class. Such as, EDM class sblog, Instruction Manuel, and You Tube. I feel that this has taught me a lot about the different technology that can be used.

Project 16

Project #15

C4K- Summary

C4K #8

This was a post on a Mr. McCafferty, 4th grade class. The post that I commented was the "Invisible Man" this activity was to help the students better understand how to solve problems. I told the class that I really liked the assignment and that I hoped the students enjoyed it as much as I did.

C4K #9

Miss. Bryne's 7th grade class. I had the privilege of reading Deon's blog post. Deon wrote about the book "First Truth". I told Deon that he did an amazing job and I felt as though I had read the book after reading his summary.


C4K# 10

Ms. Millar's 3rd grade class did an assignment on the planets. My child was Groe. Groe did the a cool picture that showed words that represented the planets and the picture was very creative and neat.

C4K #11

Maggie was a home schooled student that wrote her post about making cookies with her grandmother. I told her that I hoped she enjoyed the cookies and that I would like to know more about her.

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. 

Additional Assignment #3

Changing Education Paradigms 

Personally my favorite thing about this animation was the fact about ADHD. I reason I find this so interesting is that teachers would rather say that children have ADHD so that they do not have to deal with him/her. Yes, I agree that SOME children need to be on medication, but not all. I could not agree more that children are used to technology and how it works and then you put a board in front of them and a lecture. What can educators expect, these children want to learn new things they just do not want to learn it through note taking and sitting in a desk for hours. Do I disagree with anything? Not really, I feel that he is making a great point about the world and school today. The standardized test are killing our teachers. These "test" that are suppose to help our children/ students are hurting them in the long run. You may ask how? Well teachers have to drill this material and the creativity is lost because the school is so worried about test scores.I feel that to some degree we are taught this in the College of Education. The College of Education tells you that you will have to give these test but they do not tell you that you can loose your creativity because you are to busy preparing students to pass the standardized test. I feel that the college of Education does not prepare teachers for the real world. I feel that the College makes teaching out to be this job filled with creativity and helping students. Yes, it is those things at times but not always. When you get the opportunity to go into a school and volunteer you will notice that teaching is not all peachy and that it has its challenges. Sometimes these challenges test you to your limit, college forgets to tell you the reality. (I am not trying to scare you, I just volunteered and it was a real eye opener for me, but the good days made me want to teach even more, I can't wait!!!) Back to the film... I liked the film I found it very neat... however, I was confused on how the drawing works. I think that I would want to be the one directing (I like showing my creative side). Over all, I liked the film it got me to thinking about a lot of different things and it enlightened me about the schools.

Blog Post #10

 An Open Letter to Educators

This was a very interesting post and video! I felt that some of the facts where true and others where questionable. Yes, technolgy is growing faster than most people can learn the information. However, it is the teacher's responsibility to try and stay caught up on technology. I on the other hand do not agree that going to College gets in the way of an "Education" that is the craziest thing I have ever heard. School has taught me how to use and understand technology. Yes, I do feel that schools all around the world are worried about their creditably way more than they learn about their students ability to learn. Should we give up? No, we must show and encourage students to learn and want to learn. Every student learns differently and every child or adult succeeds in different areas. For instance, in this class (EDM 310) you must have time management skills and always be alert and ready for a challenge. I personally have enjoyed all the hands on work. However, some students may hate learning on their on and having to manage their time without someone encouraging them and reminding them. I have to agree that Lecture is REALLY boring and can get old. I realize that as a teacher I may have a subject that I must lecture on, but I hope that I can make that lecture entertaining and worth listening to. 

Tom Johnson's Don't let them take the Pencils Home!!

I think that this post was very interesting and worth reading. I feel that Tom makes a good point. The take home message that I got from reading this article was that we often get stuck on a problem. When we get stuck on a problem I think that we find a solution and that solution is the only solution we except. Maybe I am completely wrong about Tom's post. But I took home that we must be opened minded and learn from others and be willing to except correction. What message did you get?



Two Question's that Can Change your Life 

I really liked this video... I guess I never thought of motivation in one sentence. So...
  
What's my sentence? 

 " I will finish my education so that I can be an example and a teacher of children."

Was I better today than yesterday? 

  
To answer yes to this question. I must go to school everyday. I must work hard on all school work given and I must show willingness to learn new things about becoming the best teacher I can be.

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