Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Blog Post 5: Part 2
As I had mentioned before in September, a PLN is a Personal Learning Network. Which basically means it is an informal learning network that consists of people that a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from a personal learning environment. Through this network of teachers you can receive any kind of advice or assistance in your teaching career. Most of these teachers will be willing to give you different project ideas for your classroom and just simple guidelines on how to run a successful and smooth classroom. During your time on the PLN, you can do the same as well and give others your advice and things that have worked well for you. Throughout my time in EDM 310, I began to follow some of my fellow classmates and instructor, Dr. Strange, on Twitter. This social media site as been my main tool that I like to use for PLN. My Twitter is continuing to grow with interactions of other EDM students and teachers around the world that will help me to become a successful teacher in my near future.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Project 9 Video Book Conversation
This is a re-do due to the other one not posting correctly but I am keeping it on there to show that I did it on time!
Group 3:
Our group was assigned to topic 8: In "Teaching Digital Natives", Marc Prensky asks "How should we connect technology to the curriculum?..."How could we teach for the future?" Here is a podcast of a conversation of our group and our thoughts about answering these questions.
Group 3:
Our group was assigned to topic 8: In "Teaching Digital Natives", Marc Prensky asks "How should we connect technology to the curriculum?..."How could we teach for the future?" Here is a podcast of a conversation of our group and our thoughts about answering these questions.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Blog Post 11
What Can We Learn About Teaching & Learning From These Teachers?
I watched multiple different videos this past week of teachers and their different teaching methods. Mr. Brian Crosby is a fourth grade teacher in Nevada and he assigned a project to his students to send a balloon into space. Brian is very involved with blogs and includes his class in them as well. The students were assigned multiple different steps but the most important step of this project was they had to post videos of them doing the project onto their class blog. Brian's video, I thought, was one of the more unique and interesting PBL related videos that I have watched. He actually shows what technology is really all about when he involves his classroom in projects through the blogs.
The next video I watched talks about the Blended Learning Cycle which is presented by Mr. Paul Anderson. He discusses throughout the video about the learning style that he has formed over the years from his past experiences and also the help from others and their experiences. Paul's blog had a lot of helpful information on it that had to deal with high school education sciences.
Schools such as Gulf Shores Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary are great examples of where teachers use PBL and technology in their classroom. I feel like we can learn a lot from these teachers with using PBL throughout the year in our classroom. By watching, learning, and listening to them about what they do and how they do it. All of these things have become a huge part of a successful classroom.
I watched multiple different videos this past week of teachers and their different teaching methods. Mr. Brian Crosby is a fourth grade teacher in Nevada and he assigned a project to his students to send a balloon into space. Brian is very involved with blogs and includes his class in them as well. The students were assigned multiple different steps but the most important step of this project was they had to post videos of them doing the project onto their class blog. Brian's video, I thought, was one of the more unique and interesting PBL related videos that I have watched. He actually shows what technology is really all about when he involves his classroom in projects through the blogs.
The next video I watched talks about the Blended Learning Cycle which is presented by Mr. Paul Anderson. He discusses throughout the video about the learning style that he has formed over the years from his past experiences and also the help from others and their experiences. Paul's blog had a lot of helpful information on it that had to deal with high school education sciences.
Schools such as Gulf Shores Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary are great examples of where teachers use PBL and technology in their classroom. I feel like we can learn a lot from these teachers with using PBL throughout the year in our classroom. By watching, learning, and listening to them about what they do and how they do it. All of these things have become a huge part of a successful classroom.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Blog Post 10
How Can We Learn From Mrs. Cassidy?
Mrs. Cassidy is a teacher that is very involved with using technology in her classroom such as video, blogging, and audio and she strongly believes that technology is here to stay and will continue to change and grow. In this case, she also believes that teachers should be very familiar with all of the technology so they can use it throughout their classroom. I happen to agree with this statement that she has made due to the fact that the world is as matter of fact changing and change is never going to stop and I think we have to adapt to the changes. Technology has done nothing but grow over the years and it is going to continue being like that. Mrs. Cassidy uses webpages for the students to search things and to help them learn on their own. She also uses a class blog to where the world can see it and she posts videos on the blog of students and what they learned that day. She also lets the students use Nintendo DS to teach them how to solve problems through fun games and to share with other students.
Mrs. Cassidy became involved with technology in her classroom around ten years ago when her technology coordinator of the school mentioned different things about class technology and she was one of the first teachers to reach out and try it. Five years ago was when she started blogging and two years ago was when she did the class videos. How she goes about protecting her students' identity is she only puts the first name of the students and she posts pictures but not to match the name and the picture. Mrs. Cassidy says that the good thing about blogging is the audience. When the students write on paper, they are just giving it to the teacher. When you blog, they are writing it for the whole world to see it through a tool that Cassidy uses Class Blog Meister. Through this tool they can get more advice and feedback about their work that they submit.
Mrs. Cassidy talks about in one of the interviews that teachers should start by using technology in whatever their more interested in to learn about using technology in your classroom. Throughout her time, she learned about Twitter and became more involved in it overtime. She saw it to be very useful because she got feedback and great advice from others. She found helpful links and tools from the people that she followed and that she uses to this day.
In one of the videos that was given to me to watch was students at South Alabama in my EDM310 class asking Mrs. Cassidy different questions and getting advice for their future in the classroom. One student asked how often she uses blogs in her classroom and she answered by saying that she gets her class to blog atleast once a week as a class. She informed the students that were interviewing her that she believes the internet is not a source to cheat, it is a source to collaborate and learn on your own and I completely agree with that statement. Overtime, I have learned a lot by using the internet and technology.
In my future classroom, I will definitely be using the class blog like Mrs. Cassidy did. I think it is a great way to involve the students and as well as keeping them updated on daily news, assignments, and tests. It has been a great experience with using blogs and posting them on my page with my EDM310 class.
Mrs. Cassidy is a teacher that is very involved with using technology in her classroom such as video, blogging, and audio and she strongly believes that technology is here to stay and will continue to change and grow. In this case, she also believes that teachers should be very familiar with all of the technology so they can use it throughout their classroom. I happen to agree with this statement that she has made due to the fact that the world is as matter of fact changing and change is never going to stop and I think we have to adapt to the changes. Technology has done nothing but grow over the years and it is going to continue being like that. Mrs. Cassidy uses webpages for the students to search things and to help them learn on their own. She also uses a class blog to where the world can see it and she posts videos on the blog of students and what they learned that day. She also lets the students use Nintendo DS to teach them how to solve problems through fun games and to share with other students.
Mrs. Cassidy became involved with technology in her classroom around ten years ago when her technology coordinator of the school mentioned different things about class technology and she was one of the first teachers to reach out and try it. Five years ago was when she started blogging and two years ago was when she did the class videos. How she goes about protecting her students' identity is she only puts the first name of the students and she posts pictures but not to match the name and the picture. Mrs. Cassidy says that the good thing about blogging is the audience. When the students write on paper, they are just giving it to the teacher. When you blog, they are writing it for the whole world to see it through a tool that Cassidy uses Class Blog Meister. Through this tool they can get more advice and feedback about their work that they submit.
Mrs. Cassidy talks about in one of the interviews that teachers should start by using technology in whatever their more interested in to learn about using technology in your classroom. Throughout her time, she learned about Twitter and became more involved in it overtime. She saw it to be very useful because she got feedback and great advice from others. She found helpful links and tools from the people that she followed and that she uses to this day.
In one of the videos that was given to me to watch was students at South Alabama in my EDM310 class asking Mrs. Cassidy different questions and getting advice for their future in the classroom. One student asked how often she uses blogs in her classroom and she answered by saying that she gets her class to blog atleast once a week as a class. She informed the students that were interviewing her that she believes the internet is not a source to cheat, it is a source to collaborate and learn on your own and I completely agree with that statement. Overtime, I have learned a lot by using the internet and technology.
In my future classroom, I will definitely be using the class blog like Mrs. Cassidy did. I think it is a great way to involve the students and as well as keeping them updated on daily news, assignments, and tests. It has been a great experience with using blogs and posting them on my page with my EDM310 class.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Blog Post 9
Project Based Learning- What Can Teachers and Students Teach Us About PBL?
There are Seven Essentials for PBL(Project Based Learning) and what they do is describe a scenario in which a project is assigned to the students by their instructor, Mrs. McIntyre. How she goes about introducing the project is she "plops down" a packet provided with information about the assigned project onto the students' desks listing the requirements for the project. What every good project needs is one that is meaningful and it provides two criteria. First one is the students must take the work serious as it was personally meaningful as a task that matters and they want to do well. Second, is also fulfills an educational purpose as well. "Well-designed and well implemented project-based learning is meaningful in both ways," says McIntyre.
The 7 Essentials for PBL:
What Motivates Students Today? This video interviews a few students about what motivates them to do well in school. These students talked about how school supplies, brownie points, pizza parties, stickers, and even compliments from the teachers on their work are all things that motivate them to do well. One of the students talked about how when his teacher gives him positive feedback on his work he feels like he accomplished something and gives him confidence, which leads him to continue to do those things every time. Some other students also talked about how they want to live a good life when they grow up, so they make good grades now to be successful later on in what they do in life. What I have learned from experience and this video is to reward students when they accomplish something or do well in something because that leads to them being motivated in school and to do well.
Two Students Solve the Problem of Watery Ketchup By Designing A New Cap is a video about two high school students from North Liberty High School who were partnered up in their software design class to research and develop a bottle cap that prevents the first squirt of ketchup from being a huge watery mess. The students used a 3-D printer to create a new cap to where you can eliminate the need of shaking the bottle. How they go upon by doing this is they use Project Lead the Way, which is a program that takes a hands-on and project-based approach to STEM education for not only high school but elementary and middle school and as well.
Project Based Learning in PE is an article written by high school students to middle school students about a physical fitness program that the high schools had the opportunity to create. This project is very beneficial to both groups of students and it presents some great ideas to the PE participants. Some ways that it is beneficial are creating different programs to help the student focus on practicing physical fitness, also the ideas of collaboration, teamwork, and most of all role modeling. I think this is a great way to engage all students in fitness and actually learn something from the experience!
Using PBL is very beneficial for both students and teacher because everybody is learning in the process! All of these videos and articles have been very helpful for me towards my teaching career!
There are Seven Essentials for PBL(Project Based Learning) and what they do is describe a scenario in which a project is assigned to the students by their instructor, Mrs. McIntyre. How she goes about introducing the project is she "plops down" a packet provided with information about the assigned project onto the students' desks listing the requirements for the project. What every good project needs is one that is meaningful and it provides two criteria. First one is the students must take the work serious as it was personally meaningful as a task that matters and they want to do well. Second, is also fulfills an educational purpose as well. "Well-designed and well implemented project-based learning is meaningful in both ways," says McIntyre.
The 7 Essentials for PBL:
- A Need To Know
- A Driving Question
- Student Voice and Choice
- 21st Century Skills
- Inquiry and Innovation
- Feedback and Revision
- A Publicly Presented Product
What Motivates Students Today? This video interviews a few students about what motivates them to do well in school. These students talked about how school supplies, brownie points, pizza parties, stickers, and even compliments from the teachers on their work are all things that motivate them to do well. One of the students talked about how when his teacher gives him positive feedback on his work he feels like he accomplished something and gives him confidence, which leads him to continue to do those things every time. Some other students also talked about how they want to live a good life when they grow up, so they make good grades now to be successful later on in what they do in life. What I have learned from experience and this video is to reward students when they accomplish something or do well in something because that leads to them being motivated in school and to do well.
Two Students Solve the Problem of Watery Ketchup By Designing A New Cap is a video about two high school students from North Liberty High School who were partnered up in their software design class to research and develop a bottle cap that prevents the first squirt of ketchup from being a huge watery mess. The students used a 3-D printer to create a new cap to where you can eliminate the need of shaking the bottle. How they go upon by doing this is they use Project Lead the Way, which is a program that takes a hands-on and project-based approach to STEM education for not only high school but elementary and middle school and as well.
Project Based Learning in PE is an article written by high school students to middle school students about a physical fitness program that the high schools had the opportunity to create. This project is very beneficial to both groups of students and it presents some great ideas to the PE participants. Some ways that it is beneficial are creating different programs to help the student focus on practicing physical fitness, also the ideas of collaboration, teamwork, and most of all role modeling. I think this is a great way to engage all students in fitness and actually learn something from the experience!
Using PBL is very beneficial for both students and teacher because everybody is learning in the process! All of these videos and articles have been very helpful for me towards my teaching career!
Monday, October 13, 2014
Blog Post 8
What can we learn about teaching and learning from Randy Pausch
I really enjoyed watching the video of Randy Pausch's last lecture. He came off to me as a very encouraging and uplifting person and I am inspired for all that he has achieved in his lifetime. The reason why this was his "last lecture" is because he is battling cancer. Even with going through this, he has a great outlook on life and you can see that throughout the video. Throughout the video, he tells us a list of his childhood dreams and tells us about how he wanted to accomplish them, which he did most of them. This video inspired me in many ways and taught me the kind of person that I need to be in my classroom as a teacher and outside of the classroom as a person. In the classroom I will push my students to be the best that they can be so when they start seeing outcomes that they never dreamed of, it will teach them a lot of life lessons. That is one of my goals as a teacher, is inspiring my students and being like Randy Pausch. To be a healthy teacher and learner you have to show dedication, cherish feedback, show gratitude, work hard, find the best in everyone, be prepared, and most importantly have fun while doing it!
I really enjoyed watching the video of Randy Pausch's last lecture. He came off to me as a very encouraging and uplifting person and I am inspired for all that he has achieved in his lifetime. The reason why this was his "last lecture" is because he is battling cancer. Even with going through this, he has a great outlook on life and you can see that throughout the video. Throughout the video, he tells us a list of his childhood dreams and tells us about how he wanted to accomplish them, which he did most of them. This video inspired me in many ways and taught me the kind of person that I need to be in my classroom as a teacher and outside of the classroom as a person. In the classroom I will push my students to be the best that they can be so when they start seeing outcomes that they never dreamed of, it will teach them a lot of life lessons. That is one of my goals as a teacher, is inspiring my students and being like Randy Pausch. To be a healthy teacher and learner you have to show dedication, cherish feedback, show gratitude, work hard, find the best in everyone, be prepared, and most importantly have fun while doing it!
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Project 9: Video Book Conversations
Group 3:
Our group was assigned to topic 8: In "Teaching Digital Natives", Marc Prensky asks "How should we connect technology to the curriculum?..."How could we teach for the future?" Here is a podcast of a conversation of our group and our thoughts about answering these questions.
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Our group was assigned to topic 8: In "Teaching Digital Natives", Marc Prensky asks "How should we connect technology to the curriculum?..."How could we teach for the future?" Here is a podcast of a conversation of our group and our thoughts about answering these questions.
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Monday, October 6, 2014
Blog Post 7
Summary of videos
Video #1: How To Make An Audio QR Code
This video was of Michele Bennett showing us how to create an audio QR code. "It is kind of like making a recording of yourself on a tape recorder but it is on a computer but a lot faster", says Bennett. There are two different websites to use with this process and the first one is www.recordmp3.org. How it works is you go on to www.recordmp3.org and then record yourself maybe reading a book, giving instructions, or just simply teaching a lesson. From this step you go onto QRcode-monkey.com, this is basically the QR code generator. From this website you can go on to create a QR Code to send to students and as well as parents. It can also be used with URL, text, and even email to turn into a code! This allows a smartphone to scan the code to have forever by downloading free QR Code to scan. This process simply allows students to go back and listen to the lesson, book, instructions, etc. as many times as they want so they can comprehend everything smoothly without going through the trouble of asking a bunch of different questions in a classroom.
Video #2: iPad Centers
Mrs. Ginger Tuck, kindergarten teacher at Gulf Shores Elementary, introduces to us that you can simply have the student videotape themselves on the iPad of them reading. When they get done reading they can go back and watch and listen to their video and see what mistakes the students made and also to comprehend what they read! This is a great way to get your students learning on their own!
Video #3: Poplet
Poplet is a free app that you can download on your device! Mrs. Ginger Tuck shows us that poplets are essentially a web that you can create to outline your students reading. It simply keeps what all they learned in a book, etc. in their iPad on one page. The students create them by using pictures and texts to keep them organized on what they read and puts things into a better perspective to understanding everything they learned while reading the book. The students can go on to printing these out and using them for a studying tool, this is a great way to get your students learning in a fun way.
Video #4: Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)
Mrs. Ginger Tuck teaches us how her students use Alabama Virtual Library. First, the students learn how to log in and download AVL in the library then go from there in the classroom. AVL is a great search engine to use for research. The way Ginger Tuck uses it in her classroom is she gives the students certain topics and they research it and listen or watch a video or audio to learn about that topic, once they do that they draw a picture of it and write a sentence of something they learned about it. This is a tool that I used throughout high school and it became very influential and helpful for me to learn things a lot better. This is a great tool for younger students to become familiar with researching for projects and is very hands on.
Video #5: Discovery Education Board
This video was created by Mrs. Shirley in her first grade class at Gulf Shores Elementary School. Mrs. Shirley and one of her students show us how to use discovery education to create a discovery board. They search certain topics and create a board that helps keep them organized with things that they got to discover.
Here lately I have been thinking about how I can better myself into being a teacher who incorporates technology and Project Based Learning. Ways of how I think I can be successful at this is by using a lot of these hands on tools that I described and have previously described throughout my blog. I have learned a lot just from learning about all of these different things through technology. From what I have learned, I need to get in touch with Gulf Shores Elementary School and talk with them about their research tools and how they use technology throughout their classroom and their ways of teaching through technology. My greatest strength is learning about technology and the things that go along with it very quickly, but one of my weaknesses are not knowing how to incorporate these tools within my lesson effectively. Through my personal network, I will begin to add various teachers to use as a reference to help with new and creative ideas and a fun way for students to learn the material!
Video #1: How To Make An Audio QR Code
This video was of Michele Bennett showing us how to create an audio QR code. "It is kind of like making a recording of yourself on a tape recorder but it is on a computer but a lot faster", says Bennett. There are two different websites to use with this process and the first one is www.recordmp3.org. How it works is you go on to www.recordmp3.org and then record yourself maybe reading a book, giving instructions, or just simply teaching a lesson. From this step you go onto QRcode-monkey.com, this is basically the QR code generator. From this website you can go on to create a QR Code to send to students and as well as parents. It can also be used with URL, text, and even email to turn into a code! This allows a smartphone to scan the code to have forever by downloading free QR Code to scan. This process simply allows students to go back and listen to the lesson, book, instructions, etc. as many times as they want so they can comprehend everything smoothly without going through the trouble of asking a bunch of different questions in a classroom.
Video #2: iPad Centers
Mrs. Ginger Tuck, kindergarten teacher at Gulf Shores Elementary, introduces to us that you can simply have the student videotape themselves on the iPad of them reading. When they get done reading they can go back and watch and listen to their video and see what mistakes the students made and also to comprehend what they read! This is a great way to get your students learning on their own!
Video #3: Poplet
Poplet is a free app that you can download on your device! Mrs. Ginger Tuck shows us that poplets are essentially a web that you can create to outline your students reading. It simply keeps what all they learned in a book, etc. in their iPad on one page. The students create them by using pictures and texts to keep them organized on what they read and puts things into a better perspective to understanding everything they learned while reading the book. The students can go on to printing these out and using them for a studying tool, this is a great way to get your students learning in a fun way.
Video #4: Alabama Virtual Library (AVL)
Mrs. Ginger Tuck teaches us how her students use Alabama Virtual Library. First, the students learn how to log in and download AVL in the library then go from there in the classroom. AVL is a great search engine to use for research. The way Ginger Tuck uses it in her classroom is she gives the students certain topics and they research it and listen or watch a video or audio to learn about that topic, once they do that they draw a picture of it and write a sentence of something they learned about it. This is a tool that I used throughout high school and it became very influential and helpful for me to learn things a lot better. This is a great tool for younger students to become familiar with researching for projects and is very hands on.
Video #5: Discovery Education Board
This video was created by Mrs. Shirley in her first grade class at Gulf Shores Elementary School. Mrs. Shirley and one of her students show us how to use discovery education to create a discovery board. They search certain topics and create a board that helps keep them organized with things that they got to discover.
Here lately I have been thinking about how I can better myself into being a teacher who incorporates technology and Project Based Learning. Ways of how I think I can be successful at this is by using a lot of these hands on tools that I described and have previously described throughout my blog. I have learned a lot just from learning about all of these different things through technology. From what I have learned, I need to get in touch with Gulf Shores Elementary School and talk with them about their research tools and how they use technology throughout their classroom and their ways of teaching through technology. My greatest strength is learning about technology and the things that go along with it very quickly, but one of my weaknesses are not knowing how to incorporate these tools within my lesson effectively. Through my personal network, I will begin to add various teachers to use as a reference to help with new and creative ideas and a fun way for students to learn the material!
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Blog Post 6
Project Based Learning Videos
Anthony Capps is a third grade teacher at a school in Baldwin County called Gulf Shores Elementary. Schools now, especially in that area, are becoming more and more involved in advanced technology and combining it with teaching with the incorporation of new computers like Mac Books. Anthony discusses how he catches his students' attention by creating fun projects for them to do and create. The goal for him with this process is for the students to meet all the context that they need to know with the lesson, it is relevant to the kids' lives, it involves the community, and as well as having them driven by contact standards to what they are suppose to know. One of the examples he gave of what he did with the students was that they wrote a letter to congressman Jo Bonner about a real life situation. Applying Project Based Learning to your classroom is a great way to get your students involved and interested.
iCurio and Discovery Education
The video that was shown was a discussion on the program called iCurio, it is a program that Baldwin County is involved in. iCurio is a search engine that is a hands on program that the students can use themselves. It allows a safe search of all kinds of online programs that blocks pages that are not appropriate for students and are filtered for education program standards. It has a storage capacity for students that is really helpful by showing students how to organize and to practice early on by using folders, etc. It is a great use for students by using iCurio. Discovery Education is another website that Anthony uses frequently in his classroom. The way it works is you can type in what you want to research and the website will link you to a video to watch and learn more about the specified subject.
Anthony Capps is a third grade teacher at a school in Baldwin County called Gulf Shores Elementary. Schools now, especially in that area, are becoming more and more involved in advanced technology and combining it with teaching with the incorporation of new computers like Mac Books. Anthony discusses how he catches his students' attention by creating fun projects for them to do and create. The goal for him with this process is for the students to meet all the context that they need to know with the lesson, it is relevant to the kids' lives, it involves the community, and as well as having them driven by contact standards to what they are suppose to know. One of the examples he gave of what he did with the students was that they wrote a letter to congressman Jo Bonner about a real life situation. Applying Project Based Learning to your classroom is a great way to get your students involved and interested.
iCurio and Discovery Education
The video that was shown was a discussion on the program called iCurio, it is a program that Baldwin County is involved in. iCurio is a search engine that is a hands on program that the students can use themselves. It allows a safe search of all kinds of online programs that blocks pages that are not appropriate for students and are filtered for education program standards. It has a storage capacity for students that is really helpful by showing students how to organize and to practice early on by using folders, etc. It is a great use for students by using iCurio. Discovery Education is another website that Anthony uses frequently in his classroom. The way it works is you can type in what you want to research and the website will link you to a video to watch and learn more about the specified subject.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Blog Post 5
PLNs- What are they?
A personal learning network is an informal learning network that consists of people a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from a personal learning environment. In a PLN, A person makes a connection with another person with a specific intent that some type of learning will occur because of that connection. One of the most important parts of this concept is the theory of Connectivism. Learners create connections and develop a network that contributes to their professional development and knowledge, the learner doesn't have to ever have to meet the person or even know the person personally. Personal learning networks share a close association with the concept of personal learning environments. A personal learning network can be a collaboration of tools for helping you in your future teaching career. These tools consist of a list of people whom you can call upon for assistance. Now a days, there are so many ways to obtain this list and one could be through social media. How I would create my own PLN (Personal Learning Network) is most likely through twitter, it is a great source of social media to use for this type of situation. I will plan to use twitter by starting out with a small number of teachers to follow through the EDM program and then eventually expanding based off their tweets and followers. I think it is important for you to follow people that you do know, as well as people that you do not know. Following people you do know will most likely have the same interests and views on things as you, and following people that you do not know can lead to you thinking in a different way that you never thought you could and can open your mind to different opinions on certain things, and as well as helping me with tools that can be effective for research!
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Blog Post #4
What do we need to know about asking questions to be an effective teacher?
From my experience, a lot of teachers start the lesson by asking the class an open ended question thinking that it will get the students to start thinking when most of the time, realistically, it's a question that confuses the class like it confused me majority of the time. Sometimes it is good to start out with a question like that but I feel like that teachers need to ask a lot more simpler, understanding questions. Coming from me, if I get asked a question that I don't know the answer to, my confidence shoots down and I start to get a little angry with myself. I personally think that asking more simple questions will get the mind thinking a lot smoother and it keeps the class' attention. After watching the YouTube video, "Questioning Styles and Strategies", I realized better techniques to asking the class questions to get the students more engaged in the lesson. For an example, in the video he asked a question and told the students to discuss the answer with the person next to them. I think this was a really great idea because sometimes what the teacher says doesn't always allow the students to understand it the way that they should. Discussing it with another student will open up doors so the student can understand it on their level. And they're also a lot more comfortable talking about it to another student rather than to the teacher in front of the whole class because students do tend to get embarrassed easily especially at a younger age. That is what leads me to what I disagreed with in the video. That was the technique of the random name calling, again, students will get embarrassed very easily with this because they have so much pressure on them about the question that is being asked. Yes calling them out helps the teacher to understand if that student is comprehending the material being taught, but I feel as if there are other more effective strategies to this.
I feel like as a teacher you need to be very organized with the plan of the lesson and be prepared for everything word for word and whatever questions or answers may be thrown your way. One really good strategy is planning every question you want to ask them ahead of time instead of doing everything on the top of your head. The more prepared we are as teachers, it will influence our students to be the same way.
From my experience, a lot of teachers start the lesson by asking the class an open ended question thinking that it will get the students to start thinking when most of the time, realistically, it's a question that confuses the class like it confused me majority of the time. Sometimes it is good to start out with a question like that but I feel like that teachers need to ask a lot more simpler, understanding questions. Coming from me, if I get asked a question that I don't know the answer to, my confidence shoots down and I start to get a little angry with myself. I personally think that asking more simple questions will get the mind thinking a lot smoother and it keeps the class' attention. After watching the YouTube video, "Questioning Styles and Strategies", I realized better techniques to asking the class questions to get the students more engaged in the lesson. For an example, in the video he asked a question and told the students to discuss the answer with the person next to them. I think this was a really great idea because sometimes what the teacher says doesn't always allow the students to understand it the way that they should. Discussing it with another student will open up doors so the student can understand it on their level. And they're also a lot more comfortable talking about it to another student rather than to the teacher in front of the whole class because students do tend to get embarrassed easily especially at a younger age. That is what leads me to what I disagreed with in the video. That was the technique of the random name calling, again, students will get embarrassed very easily with this because they have so much pressure on them about the question that is being asked. Yes calling them out helps the teacher to understand if that student is comprehending the material being taught, but I feel as if there are other more effective strategies to this.
I feel like as a teacher you need to be very organized with the plan of the lesson and be prepared for everything word for word and whatever questions or answers may be thrown your way. One really good strategy is planning every question you want to ask them ahead of time instead of doing everything on the top of your head. The more prepared we are as teachers, it will influence our students to be the same way.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Blog Post 3
In the "What Is Peer Editing" video, I learned that there are three important steps about peer editing. Always start your peer editing with compliments, that's the first step. It is important to stay positive to the other person so they feel confident about their work! The second step to peer editing is giving suggestions, believe it or not, it will really help out that other person to get advice on how to make things better. For an example, helping with word suggestions, using details, organization, letting them know if they have run-ons or fragments, and as well as making sure they stick to the same topic. The last step of the process is making corrections. While checking for corrections, you need to check for punctuation, grammar, sentences and spelling.
To me I feel like making suggestions would be the most important step out of the three because it makes you feel better about it when you will know that somebody else likes your work!
To me I feel like making suggestions would be the most important step out of the three because it makes you feel better about it when you will know that somebody else likes your work!
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Blog Post 1
So far I have enjoyed EDM 310 for the most part but there has been a few things that have just really frustrated me because I have never been the one to blog and put my feelings out there through keyboard, but there is a first time for everything and I am always up for that! I haven't heard much about this class except for to stay on top of things and that you cannot be a procrastinator, which are both things that I have been trying to be better at. So this class just might be a blessing to me and will transform me into a better student. I'm the type of person that believes that I can do anything that I set my mind to, so hopefully I will be able to come out of this and go through this without any fears! This class has definitely been something different for me compared to my previous high school and college courses. I have never been in a class where things have been done through blog posts and group work everyday. I am actually pretty excited that there is something new and different this semester, kind of makes things exciting. The most difficult thing that I personally think that will be a challenge for me while being in this class is just staying on top of things and not procrastinating! But I will be okay, like I said, I am striving to be better about those two specific things. As for right now, I currently have no questions but I am sure that something will come to my mind while in class and being taught new things. I am really excited about this course and with it being something new!
Thursday, August 21, 2014
About Me!
-Who am I
-Where have I lived
-Personal/family information
-Passions
-Major interests
-What I want to get better at doing
-Why do I want to be an educator
-What does an educator do in his or her practice
Well, I would like to start off by saying hey guys and my name is Savannah Gossett, I am a junior at South Alabama and I am twenty years young. I am from Birmingham, Alabama, born and raised! I have lived there my whole life until I moved down here to Mobile, Alabama last week to pursue my last two years of getting my education. A few fun things about myself is that I love lifting weights, to be more specific I am an Olympic weightlifter, even though I might not look like it! It has become my absolute passion! Now don't get the "Olympic" part mixed up, I don't lift for our country. I do Clean and Jerks and Snatches, that is what Olympic Weightlifting is. I dedicate five days a week and I have been doing so for the past ten months of my life. I have two little siblings, Sawyer who will be thirteen in November and Ella who will be eleven in December. I still can't believe how fast they have grown up right infront of my eyes. My mom, Kerri, is remarried to my stepdad, Doug. My parents have been divorced since I was the age of two. I have a weird obsession with my dogs, especially my golden retriever. Her name is Rosebud (don't laugh), I also have a husky, Trooper, and a black lab named Ruby who is old as dirt. They are all the best and sweetest dogs that I have ever been around. I'm a huge dog lover if you can't tell. Another little fun fact about me is that I really really enjoy being a tall person. I couldn't imagine my life seeing it the short way. Oh and one more thing, I have a weird attachment to my hair, it's pretty long and I couldn't imagine anybody cutting it all off. One thing that I want to get better at doing is to not be such a huge procrastinator. It has become a huge weakness in mine and has affected my life in many ways, not good ways. I try everyday to get better at getting things done before last minute.
The reason why I would like to become an educator is because I enjoy being in charge and making a difference in people's lives. I also enjoy watching people learn something new, I learn new things everyday and I feel like I would continue that while watching my students learn things. Just from seeing my little siblings grow, it has taught me a lot about life. I feel like what an educator does in his or her practice is enjoy teaching younger people the purpose of things and leading them to greater things and also to be a role model in their lives. Or atleast that's my goal in the process!
-Where have I lived
-Personal/family information
-Passions
-Major interests
-What I want to get better at doing
-Why do I want to be an educator
-What does an educator do in his or her practice
Well, I would like to start off by saying hey guys and my name is Savannah Gossett, I am a junior at South Alabama and I am twenty years young. I am from Birmingham, Alabama, born and raised! I have lived there my whole life until I moved down here to Mobile, Alabama last week to pursue my last two years of getting my education. A few fun things about myself is that I love lifting weights, to be more specific I am an Olympic weightlifter, even though I might not look like it! It has become my absolute passion! Now don't get the "Olympic" part mixed up, I don't lift for our country. I do Clean and Jerks and Snatches, that is what Olympic Weightlifting is. I dedicate five days a week and I have been doing so for the past ten months of my life. I have two little siblings, Sawyer who will be thirteen in November and Ella who will be eleven in December. I still can't believe how fast they have grown up right infront of my eyes. My mom, Kerri, is remarried to my stepdad, Doug. My parents have been divorced since I was the age of two. I have a weird obsession with my dogs, especially my golden retriever. Her name is Rosebud (don't laugh), I also have a husky, Trooper, and a black lab named Ruby who is old as dirt. They are all the best and sweetest dogs that I have ever been around. I'm a huge dog lover if you can't tell. Another little fun fact about me is that I really really enjoy being a tall person. I couldn't imagine my life seeing it the short way. Oh and one more thing, I have a weird attachment to my hair, it's pretty long and I couldn't imagine anybody cutting it all off. One thing that I want to get better at doing is to not be such a huge procrastinator. It has become a huge weakness in mine and has affected my life in many ways, not good ways. I try everyday to get better at getting things done before last minute.
The reason why I would like to become an educator is because I enjoy being in charge and making a difference in people's lives. I also enjoy watching people learn something new, I learn new things everyday and I feel like I would continue that while watching my students learn things. Just from seeing my little siblings grow, it has taught me a lot about life. I feel like what an educator does in his or her practice is enjoy teaching younger people the purpose of things and leading them to greater things and also to be a role model in their lives. Or atleast that's my goal in the process!
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