Blog post #10

Adventures in Pencil Integration 

 

    This cartoon is most definitely trying to get the message across that "Ticonderoga" is made better and more expensive.  Therefore, the cartoon is insinuating that it is better to buy a more expensive "P.C." then the paper mate brand.  The cartoon is also insinuating how the Ticonderoga is most definitely the best pencil and the paper mate pencil fall in where ever it can. Since this brand is suppose to be cheaper.  Oh well, I am not sure that more expensive is necessarily better anyway.  For the most part you are just paying for the "Named Brand".  In conclusion, as long as cheaper is working for me in this expensive economy it really does not matter what the  product brand is named or labeled. 

 

Why Were Your Kids Playing Games?  Was about how a teacher and principal had a disagreement between different styles of learning.  The principal and teacher disagreement was between memorizing style of learning and the style of teaching students in a variety ways.  The principal did not like the style of learning by the teacher (playing games) so he denounced his method of teaching.  The teacher would argue his method of teaching by using the different styles of learning through games, visuals, and drawings truly help his students to learn and grasp whatever he was teaching them. Personally, when I was in school I did have a teacher who use to use games as a way for her getting the subject matter across to her students.  I found her class to be more interesting and her diverse style of teaching truly stuck with me. When I become a teacher I plan on utilizing a variety style of teaching also within my classroom.  I do not want to fall into the closed box syndrome like the principal did. Providing diversity teaching is wonderful.  

 

 

Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please? 

 

    Aims at the pitfalls of using technology.  People should be taught the best way for using technology and the pitfalls would not happen. This is the main reason why parents should utilize the parental control device on their internets.  Children will truly understand the importance of technology if parents do the initial parts of teaching their children appropriately on the usage of the internet service. I think when parents keep their children off of the internet or just the use of technology they are crippling their children in the world of muti media technology.  This could most definitely keep  and limit their children in their education and careers.  Economy is bad enough.  Technology changes everyday.  Therefore, parents and children should  change right along with it. I am a firm believer that technology is most defintley in the present and is needed.  The future of technology is too brilliant for many  to understand, but they still should not  limit their children in their new horizons of learning. In conclusion,  I speak firmly about allowing technology to continually open many doors for us, and embrace this new style of learning.  Let us not cripple our children, but please let us challenge their minds to new horizons.

Project#11 Green Screen Video

Project #14 Smartboard

Blog Post 9

Version 4 Post (2011-2012)


      In volume four post Joe McClung did a great job with expressing how important it is for people to stick to their dreams in life.  He called this dancing with whom you are with.  In other words, wherever you may be placed as a teacher make sure you accept the challenge that has given unto you with love and the mind to accomplish any task.  I agree with Joe McClung on his method of accomplishing his challenges.  This post also expressed how important it was to not become a routine teacher.  As teachers, he stated how important it is for teachers to develop fun lesson plans, try different subject matters to teach, and to make fun activities for their students so they will not become bore at school.  I most definitely agree with Joe McClung. When I become a teacher I will make sure that I challenge myself, when working on my classroom lesson plans and activities.


What I've Learned This Year (2008-2009)








     In Post "What I've learned This Year (2008-2009)" Mr. McClung taught science in his classroom.  He also post how they were studying earthquakes and the school had an earthquake drill while class was going on.  He kept the parents informed on pretty much everything that was going on interesting  in their child's school.  I truly liked the way McClung kept his student's parents informed. When I become a teacher I plan to do the same with my students. I just love the way Mr. McClung get so involved in his teaching career.  He makes sure that the students are being challenged enough to where they can say I really feel that I learned a whole lot and McClung is really a great teacher.  From just reading the posts that I did read seem like Mr. McClung takes his job very serious and I hope that I can become just half the teacher as Mr.McClung.

      

Book Trailer Project #12

Blog post #8

This Is How We Dream Parts 1 and 2

 

    These two videos were extremely informative about what the world of higher learning has to offer for the future.  I found Richard Miller's expounding words about how now learning is carried out through word processors, and how many students now carry their laptops around with them wherever they may go as most definitely telling the truth.  Learning is now at the fingers of a desktop, and research books are now at the fingers of the clicking on a web.

 

     This video also put great emphasis on how the world is now moving vastly toward a equalizing stage of sharing knowledge across the web.  Part 2 of the video expressed comments on the new kind of materials that student's writings are experiencing.  Mr. Miller stated how he had downloaded a lecture to his students and it only took 3 months and over 9,000 views had gone to his lecture site and went into blogging.  He also said on this kind of lecture normally it would have taken at least 2 years to come out.

 

     I find this style of learning and researching as far from the normalcy style of learning when students had to actually go into a library and pull out Dewey Decimal cards to do their research.  Personally, I find researching the web, and blogging as great way to learn. I agree with Richard Miller that learning is now using more creativity and students are now using the web itself to present the affect of the global world. 

 

     Part 2 video also expressed how learning is moving more into an inspiring pedagogies way of shared learning. This video spoke on how science and humanity is now a shared way of learning.  Mr. Miller finalized his video by reinforcing how important it is for us to remember to continue to dream and share the fundamental documents on what we have to offer.  He ended by stating how this "Humanity belongs to no one"!  I totally agree that technology is still at the surface on what is truly in stored in the future of learning.

Carly Pugh's Post

      I truly enjoyed reading Carly Pugh's blog post #12. Carly's assignment calls for someone to understand how to communicate through texting, auditory, visual, and oral components which is somewhat very similar to what Miller talked about in his videos. It would be really awesome to put such music together and make a video which shows my way of teaching my philosophy, benchmarks, goals, and contributions, in order to add it to a portfolio for future review by any given potential employers. Since the world is moving to a very strong emphasis of multimedia writing, I believe portfolios should do the same. I also believe my students should use this kind of  assignment to create any given assignment.


The Chipper Series and Edm310 for Dummies



I would like to create or participate in creating a video that deals with the fascination of Multi-Media style of learning. I feel that students can learn more when researching through webbing and blogging.  My video would showcase a variety of success stories of students learning through a more broaden style of learning through professional educators throughout the world.  This way, multi-media would continually help students to not limit their learning to just one library book or one school book.  I feel multi-media learning is truly the best way to learn for the future.

Learn to Change, Change to Learn

   After viewing the different videos "Learn to change, Change to learn" I have to agree with the arguments that the professional educators made.  I agree that the twenty first century learners are on a whole new higher level of learning.  I agree that education today is much more stimulated and students are learning more technology then ever.  Now students are about to reflect, retract, and retreat from learning online from some of the best quality of teachers.

 

     I also agree with the video when it stated how this kind of transformation of learning must be carried out through the teachers first then by the students. Teachers must embrace global learning then their students can most definitely embrace global learning. I feel that education should never be limited to just one teacher's point of view on an interpretation of a given topic, but learning should be global to the world's interpretation of learning.  The mind truly is a terrible thing to waist so why limit its way of learning.

Justin Cometti's Scavenger Hunt

2. Comic Strip

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=9058933C942355

C4T #2


Feb 20, 2013
 

    John Spencer is a Sixth grade Ell teacher in an Urban, Title one school.
    I agree with you about when creative interest are at their peeks. It often seems that when you are working on a project, that your mind is boggled down by the importance of it, which gets in the way of your creative side. Creativity was on the verge of being extinct in schools. Now I have read about information that allows teachers to use talk moves and provides them with questioning techniques that allow the children to become better thinkers and more creative with ideas of reasoning.

 

Project#9 My PLN

    Personally, when  I initially began reading about a PLN I was confused. This learning method known as Personal Learning Network is new information for me. Either way, I watched the videos Dr. Strange gave us, I began following several of the people suggested on Twitter. I have come to the understanding that I have more connections then I realized.  I am close with other students and even some teachers.  I work at a elementary school, so I come into contact with teachers on a daily basis. I have connections everywhere, along with all the connections that are possible on the internet through Facebook, Twitter, Blogger and all the other resources that are out there. Although, I am already connecting with educators, I still desire to learn from the best educators.  I know educators do not have all of the best answers, but learning through PLN style of learning sure can broaden the enrichment of a student style of learning.

C4K

February 10, 2013

Marquinton Snowden is 10th grade student at Baldwin County High School. Ms. Jamie Lyua Martin is the 10grade teacher at Baldwin County High School.

Marquinton post was about Indians and Pilgrims.

  This article was a wonderful article to read. Personally, I feel that more cultures need to practice more love and peace when dealing with any issues of life like the Indians and Pilgrims. The world needs more togetherness, humbleness, and a more loving sense of one accord of unification as a human race. Great job!

February 16, 2013

Kayla is a student in Ms. Balestrin's second grade classroom at Southwestern Ontario.

Kayla has a dog name princess that she wrote a post about.

   I think having a dog is great. I have a dog that lives with me too. My dog name is Dee Dee. She is ten years old. I would love to meet Princess one day. Keep up the good work!

Podcast Project #8 

Team South Student Podcast of Lighting Their Fires Rafe Esquith

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blog Post #7  

 

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

      Dr. Randy Pausch’s lecture was truly one of the most inspirational videos that I have ever seen. I couldn’t imagine how wonderful it would be to actually hear this key note speaker in person. I believe that he could interact with audiences of any occupational and educational background. He has many words of encouragement. Dr. Pausch would make anyone feel that he/she could accomplish goals and childhood dreams without any barriers.

          It is truly remarkable the information that he provides during his lecture pertaining to childhood dreams. As a future educator, I plan to take his approach into my classroom. I hope to provide students with stimulating activities that allow them to be free thinkers and imaginers. Inspiring others and giving them the opportunity to dream.  I love the quote he uses in his video, “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”  This comes and goes throughout life with the people we meet and the trials and tribulations that we are faced with as a child to an adult.

        It is truly remarkable the information that he provides during his lecture pertaining to childhood dreams. As a future educator, I plan to take his approach into my classroom. I hope to provide students with stimulating activities that allow them to be free thinkers and imaginers. Inspiring others and giving them the opportunity to dream.  I love the quote he uses in his video, “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”  This comes and goes throughout life with the people we meet and the trials and tribulations that we are faced with as a child to an adult.

        His techniques as an educator are being able to facilitate the learning groups. He provides guidance and ideas that give students an opportunity to take their imagination and intellect to a higher level without setting a bar. This allows for someone to work above and beyond their ability. His students are already promised jobs after completion of the program; which signifies to me that his approach to teaching and learning must be working. Given the opportunity to follow ones dreams allows for a person to be able to believe, achieve, and succeed.

C4K

February 10, 2013

Marquinton Snowden is 10th grade student at Baldwin County High School. Ms. Jamie Lyua Martin is the 10grade teacher at Baldwin County High School.

Marquinton post was about Indians and Pilgrims.

  This article was a wonderful article to read. Personally, I feel that more cultures need to practice more love and peace when dealing with any issues of life like the Indians and Pilgrims. The world needs more togetherness, humbleness, and a more loving sense of one accord of unification as a human race. Great job!

February 16, 2013

Kayla is a student in Ms. Balestrin's second grade classroom at Southwestern Ontario.

Kayla has a dog name princess that she wrote a post about.

   I think having a dog is great. I have a dog that lives with me too. My dog name is Dee Dee. She is ten years old. I would love to meet Princess one day. Keep up the good work!

Project#9 My PLN

    Personally, when  I initially began reading about a PLN I was confused. This learning method known as Personal Learning Network is new information for me. Either way, I watched the videos Dr. Strange gave us, I began following several of the people suggested on Twitter. I have come to the understanding that I have more connections then I realized.  I am close with other students and even some teachers.  I work at a elementary school, so I come into contact with teachers on a daily basis. I have connections everywhere, along with all the connections that are possible on the internet through Facebook, Twitter, Blogger and all the other resources that are out there. Although, I am already connecting with educators, I still desire to learn from the best educators.  I know educators do not have all of the best answers, but learning through PLN style of learning sure can broaden the enrichment of a student style of learning.