Blog Post #14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teacher Knows if You Have Done the E-Reading article was about an instrument educational tool named "Course Smart" which monitor students on whether they were reading the assigned chapters from their professors.  The article talked about the pros and cons from professors using this software.  A pro was  allowing teachers to know if their students studying habits were good or poor.  One of the cons were how some of the students could just open up his or book on the computer and then just walk away and continue to do go along with their day as if they were still reading the book.

 

Teacher Point of View

Personally, in the point of view as a teacher, I am totally against this type of software.  Mainly because to be honest as a teacher I cannot promise myself that I will actually get on the computer every day and monitor the students progress on their reading assignments.  Also, by the time students get to the college level they probably already have mastered their studying habits.  This software is kind of  too noisy for me even if I was a teacher.  Smart instrument, but too much monitoring for a college level.

 

In The Student's Point of View

In the student point of view they might see this instrument as another challenge for them too somehow trick.  Like the article said "Some students may open up their book assignment on their computer and move on with their usual day".  Furthermore, to of course some students they may see this tool as a motivation incentive.  If they already know that their professors are monitoring them they would be more serious about making sure that they read their assignment.  These type of students feel if the instrument is smart enough to monitor whether the book is opened then the software is smart enough to know whether the scroll button is being moved up and down and so on.  In other words, there are a lot of students would not second guess the "Course Smart" software.  These type of students usually are the ones who are doing their work anyway.

 

Questions for the Teacher

How would you truly know if your students were doing their readings?

How much extra time will this monitoring take as a teacher

Do you think you students would try to out smart the "Course Smart" software?

Is this tool expensive?

 

Questions for the Students

Do you enjoy being monitored constantly by your professor?

Do you like this "Course Smart" Software?

Do you score higher by using this software?

Do you prefer writing your notes down and listening to a teacher teach?

Would you try to out smart the "Course Smart" software?

 

My Comments

Overall, I think that this instrument is an ingenious idea for teachers.  Especially for those teachers who are in the lower grade levels below the college level.  Students who are at the college level are adults and adults do not like to be monitored constantly be their professors.  College students like to feel free and trustworthy until proven different.  In conclusion, as a future teacher I might be interested in utilizing this instrument, but only once in a while.  I could not promise myself that I would be faithful as a teacher with monitoring my students on a daily basis wondering if they have done my reading assignment or not.  It almost seem like cyber harassment somewhat.

Final report on PLN

Personal Learning Networking is a great way to have all of your personal websites in one area. This is a form of book marking or saving as favorites, but way better. The social media has allowed this to be available easier and spread faster throughout. It's a wonderful way to stay connected with people who have common interest and resources. By using and creating your own PLN, you can have information almost instantly from anywhere. I foresee using PLN as a way of keeping up with the latest changes in education and technology to ensure a productive learning environment.

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Feb 20,2013 #1 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. C4T John spencer #2 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. C4T John spencer #3 There are many ways an educator can teach and a student can learn. I agree! It would be great if we could get ideas and make models work for different peoples needs. C4T Eva Buyuksimkesyan #4 Eva Buyuksimkesyan is a English teacher. She been teaching for 20 years. I would like to see the web conference, so I will be keeping up with Ms. Eva Buyuksimkesyan new posts.

Blog Post #13

 

 

 

 

 

 

The video about "Brian Crosby, (Agnes Risley Elementary School, Nevada) Back To the Future" Mr. Crosby spoke about how serious it was teaching his students who had English as a second language and how most of the students did not have land phones or did not even know their phone numbers and they were fourth graders and sixth graders.  He stated how important it was for teachers to make learning fun and interesting by bringing schema into the student's learning.  He also stated how important it was for teachers to bring out imagination and creativity throughout their teaching style for the students.

 

The video showed how Mr. Crosby brought schema with his fourth grade science class by having his students to blog about their attitude "High Balloon Project"!  This was about how the students had to imagine that they were the balloon flying in the air.  They had to write in their blogs about what it would be like flying high in the sky as a balloon.  Also, they had to write down when the balloon exploded how that would have felt also.  Mr. Crosby also had the students to make their own wiki webs.  The students had the chance to talk to other students across the world.  The students loved their blogging and the high schema learning from Mr. Crosby.  Mr. Crosby had a "Flicker Account" which gave the students the chance to broaden their learning.  I just love how Mr. Crosby brought schema learning in his classroom and outside his classroom.  He literally brought the words out of the book. In his classroom he also showed how a soda cane exploded from helium in the classroom.  Wow!  What a great teacher.  I just hope I can become a third of the kind of teacher that Mr. Crosby has  become within his thirty years of teaching.  There are not any barriers that Mr. Crosby cannot cross.  Therefore, that gives me a chance to do the same as a teacher.  I must bring "Schema" in my classroom as a teacher as well.  I truly loved this video and learned a lot.  Great job Mr. Crosby!

Mr. Paul Andersen's strategies that he used on "Blended Learning Cycle" were characterized into six catagories as the acronyms  "QUIVERS".

 

QU- This strategy was known as the "Good Question"!  The hook is what Mr. Andersen called it. Mr. Andersen stated that each classroom assignment should start off with a great question.  You should always gain the student's interest at the beginning of every class with a great question to maintain the students attention.

 

I- This strategy was used to "Investigate"!  During this strategy students should be able to make inquiries and do experiments.  The students had the chance to collect a lot of data on a shared spread sheet.

V- This strategy was mainly about making a video.  The video usually was about 8 minutes long.  The students had the chance at this time to learn how to apply all of their information.

E- Elaboration- During this strategy students have a chance to do a lot of reading, and make
diagrams.

R- Review-  This strategy was all about meeting with the students on an individual basis or in small group.  During this time, Mr. Andersen stated how he would implement a  lot of probing questions to his students to see how much did they really understand about the subject matter.  This strategy was pretty intense for the students because they had to be able to answer Mr. Andersen's questions thoroughly with a full understanding answer.  Oh, you could not move on to the last strategy unless you fully understood and explained all of Mr. Andersen's questions thoroughly and correctly

S-  The last strategy was "Summary Quiz"!  This strategy consisted of a timed quiz known as the "Unit Test"  If they did not do well on it then they would have to go back to the review strategy and then move on to strategy six and try the quiz over again and again.

Personally, I love Mr. Andersen's strategies.  The entire idea of "Blended Learning Cycle" is new and witty to me.  I truly like the way he makes an acronyms for helping his student's to learn their subject matter.  I even like the spinning disc (eye catcher) that he used to captivate his student's attention.  I will try to integrate these strategies within my classroom someday.  The only thing I am not sure I would use is the timed quiz!  I do not like putting a time on any test because I feel students should not feel any pressure when taking a test.  Therefore, my quiz would not have a time limit.  Overall, great method of teaching Mr. Andersen.


Final Project update






In my group's final project we have watched a lot of other final projects from different semesters to help us with ideas. Our group project will be based on things to do and what not to do to survive this class. We have worked extremely hard to make this project successful.

Project #15

Blog Post #12


Ms. Cassidy stated that she feels every subject matter can utilize technology within their classrooms.

 

     Write a post on rather all subject matters (Including Physical Education) can implement or utilize technology in a classroom setting or can only core course teachers utilize technology.

 

        Technology is here to stay. I feel that technology is going to continue to expand throughout the world. Physical Education can utilize technology by having a smart board centered in a safe area in the gymnasium. Physical Education's teachers could assign their students to develop a physical Education blog with other students across the world.

 

     For instance, students who are in football could blog with other football players to get a unique strategy to implement into their team squad. These football strategies could be located across the world thousands of miles apart. Physical Education teachers could also have their students to Skype with other students to get a chance to see other students with the same sport interest face- to- face.

 

     In conclusion, to fully answer my own blog question, I would have to agree with Ms. Cassidy and say technology could and should be implemented into all subject matter areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

C4K Comments


March 1, 2013

 Kaya's A
Blogging is a great way to communicate with others. It offers advice and immediate feedback. Keep up the good work!

March 6, 2013

TP'S
I agree with the author of this poem that more people need to learn to share and car for one another. Keep up the good work.


March 20, 2013

Matthew's
I agree with the student that suicide is a very important matter to deal with in life.  Yes!  Suicide is always a bad feeling one can experience throughout different times in their lives.  Unfortunately, drugs are a major factor in suicidal individual teens lives.  I truly agree.  Great job

March 30, 2013

NaNa's
Turbines can be very useful. It relies on wind energy which is very clean energy. It doesnt  pollute the environment and keeps the air clean. I can see how wind energy can be beneficial.

Blog Post #11

     





         Ms. Cassidy's approaches for using technology with her first graders are awesome. She stated how she received 5 computers in her classroom and that if classrooms have 5 things or more she could make this a center in her classroom. Ms. Cassidy used technology with her students by introducing her students to developing web pages, and blogging. This type of learning helped to enhance the students learning and technology skills. She also stated how she received funding from the government and she developed a permission slip form for parents to sign for their children to use the internet.  Ms. Cassidy utilized technology by having her students use the internet for   researching and learning. Creating an atmosphere to blog was used to enhance their writing skills.  

     From viewing the two videos and listening to Ms. Cassidy herself. I would most definitely try to use some of the same approaches she uses with the technology in my classroom. For instance, as a physical education major I would have students to go to the computer lab to set up blogging for creating comments on their favorite sport and give comments to other students. Example ( Who is going to win the Super Bowl?) I feel that this type of technology used would engage my students a whole lot. Also, I would of course have my students to Skype to other college athletes to talk about their experience as a candidate of becoming a professional athlete.    

     If any impediments try to come about I would already have set up technology rules and sites for them to go on. I would most definitely monitor their usage while on these sites. If any problems continue then this student may be asked to discontinue usage of technology in my classroom.

      In conclusion, the benefits from my using technology in my classroom would be exciting for my students and me. I might even have the chance to become a pioneer for other physical education teachers to begin utilizing more technology in their classroom. Great Job Ms. Cassidy!