Miss Cassidy's 1st grade:
I love that she told the children to always say positive things! Also I like that she taught them how to be safe on the Internet. I think I should start working with my daughter on the computer so she can be ready for first grade! ha-ha. I hope that her school will offer as much opportunity to the students as Miss Cassidy's does. I am certain that i will take a proactive approach to this in my classroom. How inspiring!
PODCASTS
I really enjoyed the podcasts that had no background noise--- I can't deal with the static. I lose concentration and try to figure out whats going on with the people in the background, very annoying. Although, the speakers had some very good things to say, I couldn't wrap my mind around it for the dishes clanking and the drive-through lady!
I prefer to have a clear, no static, no echo podcast. I enjoyed the music intro on some of the pod casts, this kind of got me pumped up and excited to see what they were going to say. The ones that didn't have music, I wasn't as interested in at the beginning.
The drive through was the worst, besides the one in the Italian restaurant. He could have paused the recorder or muted it while he was talking to the girl, I don't care what he's eating or drinking and whether he is having Italian wedding soup or whole grain pasta and tomato! That has nothing to do with why I would be listening to his podcast. Throw me a bone here... that's wasting my time, not to mention I HATE the drive-through, especially when people are on cell phones, they take extra long. So, when he said at the beginning he was in the drive-through, I was predestined to bomb his podcast.
All in all, I like intro music and very clear, to the point, podcasts that don't waste my time with useless banter.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
POSTS FOR JANUARY 24, 2010
GARY HAYES-SOCIAL MEDIA COUNTS
These counts go up extremely fast! Faster than I could have ever imagined! You would never realize how much people are using the social media unless you saw this. My uncle is very Internet savvy and into blogs, face book, twitter, etc. I'm going to email him the link-- I think he would enjoy. These counts could prove that we may not need to be in classrooms for everything sooner than later. EVERTHING could be potentially web cast to the students in the class. I realize there are state laws about attendance- but our education and knowledge of the Internet is obviously growing at an alarming rate-- woo hoo! So, i would like to think that the state would conform.
You could be anywhere in the world and attend your class! Even on vacation-- teachers could pre-record their lectures and then have a dedicated time for questions and answers if students need help. What an amazing concept-- ahhh i can't wait for all of this to arrive.
MICHAEL WESCH- A VISION OF STUDENTS TODAY
My experiences are similar to the students' in this video. Aside from my class sizes and I'm pretty confident almost all my teachers know my name. I do on the other hand grow bored in class reading power points that a teacher has prepared online and just reads to the class- i would get so much more if she emailed these to us or made them available online with links to different websites or pod casts to show examples instead of stories from 20 years ago.
Also these could be followed online. I would love to be able to do most of my schoolwork online-- lots of money is spent on textbooks- that we probably could find the same information about online! Oh so depressing.
I have a 5 year old who is in school- so my school schedule is around hers. I would love to be able to take my laptop and do class assignments and watch lectures in my car while waiting for an hour in line to pick her up.
I call myself a multi-tasker, but i can think of so many other things i could add to it, if i had the technological capability. If Annabell is sick from school and I don't have a babysitter, I would like to know that I could log onto my class and it be the same as me being there in the flesh-- and i wouldn't miss out on anything.
We are very fortunate to have expensive computers and laptops... we should be utilizing them more to enrich our lives with foreign studies, lectures from credible sources, and for convenience.... instead of "face booking through class".
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY- KELLY HINES
Teachers should totally be self-motivated. If you're not an independent-minded, get things done-type, who wants to offer the best to the people around them... well then maybe this career path isn't for you.
Learning should be done in a variety of ways and technology offers millions!!! Like they say.. everyone learns differently. I know that's true for me. I even learn different subjects different ways. If you achieve "learning" in your classroom you are being productive! Oh my, what words... I LOVE that comment.
The misuse of technology in schools is discouraging, but yet encouraging in the same way. It makes me want to squeeze every drop of opportunity out of the technology that's offered to our students! This opens children up to new ways of learning, new experiences, and new strategies for teachers.
It's definitely NOT about the technology, it's about us! Each teacher embracing the ideas of the 21st century and all it has to offer. We should always keep the concept of "learning" at the front of our mind. We are educating the future governments, the future Presidents, and the future educators of OUR own children's children--- we are educating and preparing them for the future- for our future. Isn't that worth something to you?
FISCH:IS IT OKAY TO BE A TECHNOLOGICALLY ILLITERATE TEACHER
I absolutely love this guy. He's very forward and outspoken--- i don't think he should ever edit out anything he has to say. I enjoyed every word of it and found it to be motivating. I liked the list that the other guy wrote as well... I totally agree. We are not only depriving ourselves but our students of what technology has to offer.
These counts go up extremely fast! Faster than I could have ever imagined! You would never realize how much people are using the social media unless you saw this. My uncle is very Internet savvy and into blogs, face book, twitter, etc. I'm going to email him the link-- I think he would enjoy. These counts could prove that we may not need to be in classrooms for everything sooner than later. EVERTHING could be potentially web cast to the students in the class. I realize there are state laws about attendance- but our education and knowledge of the Internet is obviously growing at an alarming rate-- woo hoo! So, i would like to think that the state would conform.
You could be anywhere in the world and attend your class! Even on vacation-- teachers could pre-record their lectures and then have a dedicated time for questions and answers if students need help. What an amazing concept-- ahhh i can't wait for all of this to arrive.
MICHAEL WESCH- A VISION OF STUDENTS TODAY
My experiences are similar to the students' in this video. Aside from my class sizes and I'm pretty confident almost all my teachers know my name. I do on the other hand grow bored in class reading power points that a teacher has prepared online and just reads to the class- i would get so much more if she emailed these to us or made them available online with links to different websites or pod casts to show examples instead of stories from 20 years ago.
Also these could be followed online. I would love to be able to do most of my schoolwork online-- lots of money is spent on textbooks- that we probably could find the same information about online! Oh so depressing.
I have a 5 year old who is in school- so my school schedule is around hers. I would love to be able to take my laptop and do class assignments and watch lectures in my car while waiting for an hour in line to pick her up.
I call myself a multi-tasker, but i can think of so many other things i could add to it, if i had the technological capability. If Annabell is sick from school and I don't have a babysitter, I would like to know that I could log onto my class and it be the same as me being there in the flesh-- and i wouldn't miss out on anything.
We are very fortunate to have expensive computers and laptops... we should be utilizing them more to enrich our lives with foreign studies, lectures from credible sources, and for convenience.... instead of "face booking through class".
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY- KELLY HINES
Teachers should totally be self-motivated. If you're not an independent-minded, get things done-type, who wants to offer the best to the people around them... well then maybe this career path isn't for you.
Learning should be done in a variety of ways and technology offers millions!!! Like they say.. everyone learns differently. I know that's true for me. I even learn different subjects different ways. If you achieve "learning" in your classroom you are being productive! Oh my, what words... I LOVE that comment.
The misuse of technology in schools is discouraging, but yet encouraging in the same way. It makes me want to squeeze every drop of opportunity out of the technology that's offered to our students! This opens children up to new ways of learning, new experiences, and new strategies for teachers.
It's definitely NOT about the technology, it's about us! Each teacher embracing the ideas of the 21st century and all it has to offer. We should always keep the concept of "learning" at the front of our mind. We are educating the future governments, the future Presidents, and the future educators of OUR own children's children--- we are educating and preparing them for the future- for our future. Isn't that worth something to you?
FISCH:IS IT OKAY TO BE A TECHNOLOGICALLY ILLITERATE TEACHER
I absolutely love this guy. He's very forward and outspoken--- i don't think he should ever edit out anything he has to say. I enjoyed every word of it and found it to be motivating. I liked the list that the other guy wrote as well... I totally agree. We are not only depriving ourselves but our students of what technology has to offer.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Vicky Davis
This movie was very inspiring. Vicky is the kind of teacher i hope my child has. She seems very encouraging and open to any way of learning that helps the child to grasp the concept she is teaching. We should try to evaluate each students strengths and weaknesses and offer different alternatives for learning that would be beneficial to them. Allow the children to elaborate on their learning by exploring it themselves. Instead of choosing to instruct all the children o do the same thing the same way every time. You can connect to the world and learn different things you would have never known just by collaborating with other students across the world. Maybe find out what works for them and try that. Computers are such a wonderful tool to have and I think Vicky really shows how beneficial they are with the work she does in her classroom.
Sir Ken
This was a funny little movie.. i enjoyed it, and also found some of the things he discussed very profound. education is diverse, everyone learns differently whether it be through sound, visual, touch, etc. I also agree with him that intelligence is interactive. We have labeled children o be cookie cutter students and not let them explore different way of learning. Everyone is taught and pushed out into the real world like being a product manufactured in a plant. Everyone isn't the same though. We should celebrate the gift of imagination wisely, and not see children as different or not normal but exceptional.
Mr. Winkle Wakes comments:
This movie is vaguely about the same storyline as Rip van Winkle, but interjects some much needed points that we don't often think about in our education system. Mr. winkle wakes from his rest to find that everything has changed around him. Everything but the schools. He feels comfortable there, nothing has changed. Everything is the same as 100 years ago. Now maybe our schools aren't that dated but... in some ways maybe they are. We should explore and update the learning systems and technology in schools just as they do in the workplace and everyday life. Highways, cars, hospitals, and places of business are constantly having consultants and professionals come in to tell them what the latest and greatest technology is, and how we can improve things and make them faster and more efficient. I really don't see that the education . system sees it as much of a priority as even a dentist office does... they update their computers, they are paperless. No files, no charts! Shouldn't we take the same care with the people that we are educating to work in theses technologically sound environments? I think so.
This movie is vaguely about the same storyline as Rip van Winkle, but interjects some much needed points that we don't often think about in our education system. Mr. winkle wakes from his rest to find that everything has changed around him. Everything but the schools. He feels comfortable there, nothing has changed. Everything is the same as 100 years ago. Now maybe our schools aren't that dated but... in some ways maybe they are. We should explore and update the learning systems and technology in schools just as they do in the workplace and everyday life. Highways, cars, hospitals, and places of business are constantly having consultants and professionals come in to tell them what the latest and greatest technology is, and how we can improve things and make them faster and more efficient. I really don't see that the education . system sees it as much of a priority as even a dentist office does... they update their computers, they are paperless. No files, no charts! Shouldn't we take the same care with the people that we are educating to work in theses technologically sound environments? I think so.
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