I really enjoyed Morgan's blog post about her opinions on education. I completely agree with her. Sitting in a lecture for hours just does not cut it these days. I too really enjoy my technology class where I am encouraged to collaborate with other students and learn through my own exploration. Learning information just to be tested on is a waste of my time and others. I wish that all teachers were committed to the idea of learning! :) This semester I have really found a new love for learning. Through EDM 310 I have been encouraged to search out and experiment with many different things. It makes me excited to check out new stuff and learn how to use it. I love that my classmates and myself can interact with one another and that all of our ideas can be used to help one another. I love how Morgan thought to post on twitter that she was looking for volunteer opportunities and how people helped her find opportunities. This entire networking thing is wonderful. I am excited to use the tools that I have been exposed to in this class. Like Morgan and Dan I am glad that I am willing to embrace change and I hope that more future educators will be too! :)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
comment4kids
week 10
Elly
Thank you for sharing this interesting information about Djibouti. I also love how you put the links up for the flag and the clothing. It is very hot there! I live in Mobile, Alabama in the USA and it is 65 degrees right now. Thanks again for sharing this information. Have a great day. If you want to view my blog you can at http://sullivanamandaedm310.blogspot.com/
Amanda
Elly
Thank you for sharing this interesting information about Djibouti. I also love how you put the links up for the flag and the clothing. It is very hot there! I live in Mobile, Alabama in the USA and it is 65 degrees right now. Thanks again for sharing this information. Have a great day. If you want to view my blog you can at http://sullivanamandaedm310.blogspot.com/
Amanda
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
ALEX and ACCESS
I really enjoyed the ALEX website. The site has so many resources for teachers, administrators, and students. I probably spent almost two hours just searching through all the fun stuff that this site offers. First of all, ALEX provides students with many websites that offer them educational sites to explore on the web. They can find resources on ALEX from looking up certain animals to help with homework. Also, there is a link to an online translator. Children and parents can find resources on ALEX for counseling and guidance. It is easy to navigate through the site and find the information you need.
For teachers, I think ALEX is such a valuable reference to have. It provides lesson plans for every grade and every subject. There are also teaching tools and learning tools on the site. Countless handouts and references can be found to help in your classroom. Something interesting I found was the access to links for developmental opportunities and for grants. I will be using the ALEX site as a teacher. One thing I really like is the podcast treasury. I will also provide parents with a handout of the site's address. I think it is a wonderful reference for everyone and should be utilized.
ACCESS
Wow! I had never heard of any opportunities like those that the ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide) program allows. The ACCESS program allows students the opportunity to take Advanced Placement, elective, and other courses on the internet, that they may not normally have access to. It is a program set up by the state of Alabama for all public high schools. The ACCESS program uses the internet and E-teachers. The program is free to students. Schools are responsible for the equipment, internet access, and textbooks that may be required. All of the ACCESS classes meet Alabama Course of Study standards.
I think that the ACCESS program is fabulous. I believe that the students should be given the chance to take courses that may not otherwise be offered to them. When I was in high school I would have loved to had the opportunity to take some of the classes offered by ACCESS. The site also allows for teachers to learn about ACCESS and even become involved by applying to be an ACCESS distance learning teacher or facilitator. I do not plan to teach high school so as of right now this program does not effect my career but I still think it is wonderful. If I were certified I would not mind being a ACCESS facilitator. I believe that high school teachers, parents, and students should take full advantage of the ACCESS program.
For teachers, I think ALEX is such a valuable reference to have. It provides lesson plans for every grade and every subject. There are also teaching tools and learning tools on the site. Countless handouts and references can be found to help in your classroom. Something interesting I found was the access to links for developmental opportunities and for grants. I will be using the ALEX site as a teacher. One thing I really like is the podcast treasury. I will also provide parents with a handout of the site's address. I think it is a wonderful reference for everyone and should be utilized.
ACCESS
Wow! I had never heard of any opportunities like those that the ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide) program allows. The ACCESS program allows students the opportunity to take Advanced Placement, elective, and other courses on the internet, that they may not normally have access to. It is a program set up by the state of Alabama for all public high schools. The ACCESS program uses the internet and E-teachers. The program is free to students. Schools are responsible for the equipment, internet access, and textbooks that may be required. All of the ACCESS classes meet Alabama Course of Study standards.
I think that the ACCESS program is fabulous. I believe that the students should be given the chance to take courses that may not otherwise be offered to them. When I was in high school I would have loved to had the opportunity to take some of the classes offered by ACCESS. The site also allows for teachers to learn about ACCESS and even become involved by applying to be an ACCESS distance learning teacher or facilitator. I do not plan to teach high school so as of right now this program does not effect my career but I still think it is wonderful. If I were certified I would not mind being a ACCESS facilitator. I believe that high school teachers, parents, and students should take full advantage of the ACCESS program.
EDM 310 Blogging Survey
Here are my results for my survey on blogging! I stopped at 40 students responses. Thank you all who answered my survey! :) Please click here to check out the results!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Comments4kids
I really love reading the Kindergarten Class blog! They posts such cute things about their days! I just finished reading day 117. They wrote about what they had for lunch, what book they read that day, and that they went to music class. I love that their teacher, who was sick that day, commented on their posts. :) So sweet! I can't wait to have my own class and class blog!
Monday, March 8, 2010
I just started using twitter (@acs406) as part of my PLN and am very impressed so far. Even today I watched a few videos and read a couple articles that people have posted about education and technology. It makes me excited to see how many resources and tools I am going to find and learn about through my PLN. :) I am actually getting excited about networking and getting ideas for my future students. I am so thankful that Dr. Strange has us do these assignments, otherwise I would not have been exposed to these awesome resources! I liked this article about PLNs.
comments4teachers
Picture of Mr. Carver~I only have two posts for this blog because Mr. Carver did not post anything new. I have posted my comments below! Click here to view his blog if you would like.
First comments4teachers post!
Hi Mr. Carver! I believe that you are right about real change coming from those on the front line. I would love see politicians and the government more informed and educated about the education system and what teachers are really doing in schools.
I will be following your blog this semester in my EDM 310 class at the University of South Alabama. Dr. John Strange is my professor. We are a class focused on learning about using technology in our classroom. I personally am studying to be an Elementary Education teacher.
I look forward to reading more of your posts and learning from you. Have a wonderful day.
Amanda Sullivan
Mobile, AL
Here is a link to my personal class blog:
http://sullivanamandaedm310.blogspot.com/
Here is a link to our class blog:
http://edm310.blogspot.com/
2nd comment4teachers!
I am still in college working on my degree to become an educator. I do not know much as far as testing and evaluating go yet. I do agree though, that teachers should not be evaluated just on test scores. Thank you for posting this blog and opening my eyes to different concerns in the education world.
Amanda Sullivan
EDM 310 Student
http://sullivanamandaedm310.blogspot.com/
comment4kids
week 7
Mr. Lamshed's class blog is so cool. These boys are so smart, creative, and fun! I spent a good bit of time just looking through the videos and things that they have done on their blog. My comment4kids post this week was about clippers for cancer. It was an article posted in the newspaper about the cause and what the boys would be doing. I also looked at photos of the day the boys shaved their heads and found it awesome that they raised over $5,000 for the cause. Everyone worked really hard and they look like they had a great time. What a cool thing to see by such young, wonderful kids.
Mr. Lamshed's class blog is so cool. These boys are so smart, creative, and fun! I spent a good bit of time just looking through the videos and things that they have done on their blog. My comment4kids post this week was about clippers for cancer. It was an article posted in the newspaper about the cause and what the boys would be doing. I also looked at photos of the day the boys shaved their heads and found it awesome that they raised over $5,000 for the cause. Everyone worked really hard and they look like they had a great time. What a cool thing to see by such young, wonderful kids.
Clippers For Cancer 2010
View more presentations from lamshed.
week 8
Kindergarten Days is such a cute blog. The kids keep track of everything they do during the school days and make posts about everyday. They put little things like what they ate at lunch and they also posts about assignments that they do. They put pictures up that show them and stuff going on in their days! I really enjoyed this blog! Here is link for the day I commented on.
week 8
Kindergarten Days is such a cute blog. The kids keep track of everything they do during the school days and make posts about everyday. They put little things like what they ate at lunch and they also posts about assignments that they do. They put pictures up that show them and stuff going on in their days! I really enjoyed this blog! Here is link for the day I commented on.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
PLN
This class has really changed my view of learning! It has given me a new drive and desire to want to learn. I have found myself sitting at my computer for hours at a time going from video to blog to blog to blog to video to article to podcasts to facebook account and so-on. It has been interesting to find so many resources and tools that I will use when I am a teacher! :) My Personal Learning Network, so far, are some wonderful websites that I have collected through my searching, my great educators that I am now following on twitter, and a few podcasts that are great resources. I look forward to continuing this PLN and seeing it grow through this semester and through my future career. Check out my newest wordle for my PLN!
Feb 28 Posts
Dr. Richard E Miller's Videos
Dr. Miller's videos were interesting to watch. Even after being in this class for months I am always pleasantly surprised to hear of new ideas and things that I haven't thought about myself. I love that Dr. Miller put together these videos to speak about the way our times are changing and how we are no longer a reading/writing world. He has many legitimate points about how we are turning into a listening/watching world.
After watching the three videos, on this page, I sat back for a few minutes and thought about personally, what I am using these days. I couldn't remember the last book that I sat down and read completely through, but I could remember the last time I spent 4 hours browsing peoples blogs, youtube, and facebook accounts. We live in a world were things have to be fun and exciting and pop out at you for you to be interested. This is the world and the change that Dr. Miller is talking about.
I love how he spent so much time discussing the importance of this technology and how much collaboration goes on through using these tools.
In the 2nd part of the video he talks about how we can share info globally and freely and how we compose things digitally in this upcoming time. We have the opportunity to make beautiful, compelling compositions and share them with the world, so let's do it. The students that will be in my classroom will be able to do these things. They will know how to create and put their thinking onto a website and collaborate with others to improve it and mold it. I want to be fully prepared for these students. I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to learn about using these tools so that I will be better able to help my students learn and use their creativity.
The Networked Student by Wendy Drexler
Wow..I really like this video! The Networked Student is such an awesome but simple video. It so clearly displays what all we can do with our PLN and how the things that we are doing in EDM 310 now can impact our futures and our students. I love that Ms. Drexler has this vision for her students. The fact that she is willing to try this approach with middle school kids is awesome to me.
I viewed Ms. Drexler's blog and on it she has possible obstacles that she may face while attempting trying this with her students. I love that she can see things that may be obstacles and she is still willing to experiment and explore this process with her students. I would love to keep up with Ms. Drexler's progress with her students.
Being a "Networked Student" opens up a new world for students. It opens up a world of learning, exploring, creating, and collaborating. The student is completely in control of how much they put into this learning experience. While some may think that this networking student may be completely self sufficient, this is not the case. There is a huge need for teachers for the networking students.
The video explains that the teacher is there to help the student find reliable sources and information, build networks, there for guidance, help the searching be like a scavenger hunt and exciting, organize the information, and help him maintain the learning network so that he can use in his future. Having this type of networking ability at our fingertips is amazing and is almost vital in this day and time.
I am thankful that Dr. Strange has made us start our own personal PLN.
Michael Wesch Video
The video was really good and left me with some really challenging thoughts. Just thoughts about the changes through generations and what things will look like years down the road. Dr. Wesch left great room for deep thoughts. I have never thought of these social networking and media opportunities as a way for people to even learn about themselves more.
In my own life I use many of these media tools as a way to connect to the unknown world and learn about what is out there.
I look forward to seeing and even helping form this new future of whatever! I want to join in with my future students and help them learn about the world and themselves. I want to care for them and help them do whatever they dream up...by whatever mean necessary!
Dr. Miller's videos were interesting to watch. Even after being in this class for months I am always pleasantly surprised to hear of new ideas and things that I haven't thought about myself. I love that Dr. Miller put together these videos to speak about the way our times are changing and how we are no longer a reading/writing world. He has many legitimate points about how we are turning into a listening/watching world.
After watching the three videos, on this page, I sat back for a few minutes and thought about personally, what I am using these days. I couldn't remember the last book that I sat down and read completely through, but I could remember the last time I spent 4 hours browsing peoples blogs, youtube, and facebook accounts. We live in a world were things have to be fun and exciting and pop out at you for you to be interested. This is the world and the change that Dr. Miller is talking about.
I love how he spent so much time discussing the importance of this technology and how much collaboration goes on through using these tools.
In the 2nd part of the video he talks about how we can share info globally and freely and how we compose things digitally in this upcoming time. We have the opportunity to make beautiful, compelling compositions and share them with the world, so let's do it. The students that will be in my classroom will be able to do these things. They will know how to create and put their thinking onto a website and collaborate with others to improve it and mold it. I want to be fully prepared for these students. I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to learn about using these tools so that I will be better able to help my students learn and use their creativity.
The Networked Student by Wendy Drexler
Wow..I really like this video! The Networked Student is such an awesome but simple video. It so clearly displays what all we can do with our PLN and how the things that we are doing in EDM 310 now can impact our futures and our students. I love that Ms. Drexler has this vision for her students. The fact that she is willing to try this approach with middle school kids is awesome to me.
I viewed Ms. Drexler's blog and on it she has possible obstacles that she may face while attempting trying this with her students. I love that she can see things that may be obstacles and she is still willing to experiment and explore this process with her students. I would love to keep up with Ms. Drexler's progress with her students.
Being a "Networked Student" opens up a new world for students. It opens up a world of learning, exploring, creating, and collaborating. The student is completely in control of how much they put into this learning experience. While some may think that this networking student may be completely self sufficient, this is not the case. There is a huge need for teachers for the networking students.
The video explains that the teacher is there to help the student find reliable sources and information, build networks, there for guidance, help the searching be like a scavenger hunt and exciting, organize the information, and help him maintain the learning network so that he can use in his future. Having this type of networking ability at our fingertips is amazing and is almost vital in this day and time.
I am thankful that Dr. Strange has made us start our own personal PLN.
Michael Wesch Video
The video was really good and left me with some really challenging thoughts. Just thoughts about the changes through generations and what things will look like years down the road. Dr. Wesch left great room for deep thoughts. I have never thought of these social networking and media opportunities as a way for people to even learn about themselves more.
In my own life I use many of these media tools as a way to connect to the unknown world and learn about what is out there.
I look forward to seeing and even helping form this new future of whatever! I want to join in with my future students and help them learn about the world and themselves. I want to care for them and help them do whatever they dream up...by whatever mean necessary!
Randy Pausch Video
What an amazing lecture! I really enjoyed watching this lecture. Randy Pausch is such an awesome speaker but most importantly he was speaking to help others. He was using his lecture to encourage and help others. Even in Randy Pausch's state, he lives each day to have fun and to make life better for future children. His speech was extremely encouraging and I believe that all educators should take time to watch this video.
I love Randy Pausch's enthusiasm and excitement. I love his vision for future generations and for helping children enable dreams. One of my favorite parts of the lecture was when he was discussing his class that he instructed and how he was blown away by the first project they completed. I love that he did not just say, "way to go everyone!", but instead he called people and found more ways to stretch the students' abilities. WOW! He looked for other ways that they could use their wonderful ideas and made the projects bigger and better. He believed in them.
Pausch exhibits many teaching methods in his lecture. The one above, believing in his students and helping them reach their fullest potential, I really enjoyed hearing. He also used group work in his classes. He said that it was great for his students and their bonding. Pausch believes that students should have fun while learning. I totally agree. I do not think that students should sit in class bored to death. I love that in all his classes, he uses fun activities to help students learn.
He used many examples from his own experiences, he explained how two people said the same thing to him but how each of them worded it differently. The men both said the same thing but one man tore down Pausch and the other man built him up. He taught the lesson to watch how you speak and how you word things to your students. Pausch discussed how we will run into brick walls but that they are not the end all. A lot of his lecture was basically about letting kids be kids and enjoying life.
I could talk about this lecture for hours. I will just mention a few more points that he made. Respect authority while questioning it. Sell something worthwhile. Never lose childlike wonder. Have fun. Never give up! Ignore everything they say and only focus on what they do. Have a feedback loop and listen to it. Show gratitude. Don't complain, just work harder. I loved the video!
I love Randy Pausch's enthusiasm and excitement. I love his vision for future generations and for helping children enable dreams. One of my favorite parts of the lecture was when he was discussing his class that he instructed and how he was blown away by the first project they completed. I love that he did not just say, "way to go everyone!", but instead he called people and found more ways to stretch the students' abilities. WOW! He looked for other ways that they could use their wonderful ideas and made the projects bigger and better. He believed in them.
Pausch exhibits many teaching methods in his lecture. The one above, believing in his students and helping them reach their fullest potential, I really enjoyed hearing. He also used group work in his classes. He said that it was great for his students and their bonding. Pausch believes that students should have fun while learning. I totally agree. I do not think that students should sit in class bored to death. I love that in all his classes, he uses fun activities to help students learn.
He used many examples from his own experiences, he explained how two people said the same thing to him but how each of them worded it differently. The men both said the same thing but one man tore down Pausch and the other man built him up. He taught the lesson to watch how you speak and how you word things to your students. Pausch discussed how we will run into brick walls but that they are not the end all. A lot of his lecture was basically about letting kids be kids and enjoying life.
I could talk about this lecture for hours. I will just mention a few more points that he made. Respect authority while questioning it. Sell something worthwhile. Never lose childlike wonder. Have fun. Never give up! Ignore everything they say and only focus on what they do. Have a feedback loop and listen to it. Show gratitude. Don't complain, just work harder. I loved the video!
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