Additional Assignment #3

Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Educational Paradigms
The video was very entertaining.I love the creativity of the video. The cartoon made it easy to follow what Sir Ken Robinson was addressing.Sir Ken Robinson talked a lot about how eduction is lessening the children creativity.The most important point that stood out to me was that the kindergartens scored 98% genius in divergent thinking. But to my surprise doing the longitudinal study the more "educated" they were the less they used divergent thinking.I don't disagree with anything in the video it just made me think of education from a different view. I agree with the point he made about ADHD. I feel personally those drugs don't necessary always help the student succeed academically. I would address some of these issue in my future class by allowing students to work with the arts as much as possible. And I would also allow as many group projects as I can. I believe group projects are so much more creative and socially than doing a project alone. To me the more people working on a project the better the outcome will be. If I was to do a presentation like this I would like to be the idea generator.I really loved this video it was short, had visuals, and some interesting valid points.

Blog Post # 10

Morgan Bayda and Open Letter to Educators

Morgan Bayda is a new teacher working in Canada. The experiences in her post and in the video by Dan Brown really hit home with me and my experiences with school so far.I agree with Morgan completely. The classes I was taken were so boring and the professor was just rereading the notes and going over power points. I really enjoyed the video.But I would not have dropped out of class either. It may only depend on your major. Before I changed my major to elementary education it was biomedical sciences. I felt as Morgan and Dan did in almost all my class and never opened my book. But now the classes I am taking in the educational field are much more smaller. And the professor don't just read the PowerPoint but they teach you through telling their personal experiences and setting up scenarios for us to learn from. Also in the classes I am taking I know just about all my classmates name and we talk in person and through e-mail unlike before I didn't even know the person name who sat by me every day in class. Now we also get into groups and work together as a team. So in my opinion I think it all depends on your major and university.








Two questions that can change your life
by Daniel Pink

The video was really short but made me think. The video presented the idea that a great man is a sentence. So ask yourself "What's my sentence?". And to better your life ask yourself "Was a better today than yesterday?". So my sentence is ... She is always helping,learning, and living life.

Project #13 SMART Board

My PLN report

I am still searching for people to follow and resources to add to my PLN. It was kind of confusing to even understand what i was suppose to do to my PLN. I am currently using Symbaloo to organize my PLN. Here is a screen shot of my PLN so far:

Blog Post #9

"What I've Learned This Year" by Mr. McClung
Mr. McClung post on "What I've learned This Year" was very interesting. I love hearing first hand what it's like to be a teacher for the first time. Just by hearing some stories my professors tell about their experience when they were elementary teacher let me know that the points Mr.Clung made are very important. I must agree that as a teacher you have to be flexible. Like Mr. McClung stated no lesson plan is ever perfect. Another important point is to be reasonable. It is great to set high exceptions for students but, just because they don't met those exceptions as a teacher we should still only encourage them to do better and try again. The most important point he made to me personal is to listen to your students. The students view the classroom as their family so as a teacher you must have a good student teacher relationship. It may only take a little time to maybe do a home visit or attend one of their sporting events, but that little time would mean a whole lot to those students. Being able to read the comments of someone new to this profession is really inspiring and encouraging.

Blog Post #8

Watch Richard Miller: This Is How We Dream Parts 1 and 2
Mr. Miller talks about how people use to actually write with pen and paper. And how we use to research things by looking up information in a book at a library. Now we use technology to do just about all our writing and research. We are able to share information all over the world. The information is not only shared through text but also through visual aid. We can now not only read about things happening but actually see the process of things happening. Mr.Miller also stated that as educators we should ideas and use technology as resources to further education.We can not only see the information be we can also get behind. We can see how it is produced and how we can copy or alter the resource. Mr. Miller also presented a new idea that seen students would be producing their ideas not through word processors but through a new idea digital idea. The new idea is fundamental different. He stated that their are people using the web to present ideas not alphabets. I look forward to use and experiment with the new publication idea.
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EDM for Dummies and Chipper Series

The videos were very cute and entertaining. The Chipper Series made a good point on being on time with the assignments. The video also show that excuses doesn't matter or make a difference.You must still do the work on time. The videos gave good examples of how important it is to be organized and to met your deadlines. As a teacher if you are not organized your future students will not be organized. The video EDM for Dummies is about students being confused and frustrated with trying to understand EDM 310 assignments. But once the students got some help and figured out the class, they were grateful for the opportunity. In the end, they learned a lot and enjoyed the experience. In my video I would like to go out and maybe pretend to be a talk show and interview formal students who are now teachers.

Critiques of SMART Broads
Micheal Staton argued that the SMART broad in the classroom is a wast of money. He felt the the interactive whiteboard was purchased just for "show". He says the whiteboard do the same thing his old computer could do using other resources as well. Bill Ferriter argued that the interactive whiteboard are not affected in increasing the student's independence and academic levels. He says that an administrator wants one thing but go out and purchase ineffective whiteboards that just waste money. He also said that he gave the whiteboard a chance but it only made about three or four lessons easier for him as a teacher. I found a website that list the positive attributes the interactive whiteboard gave the classroom. The list is below:

Presentations and Projects. Students can present multimedia projects with the whiteboard, controlling the entire presentation without touching a computer keyboard.

Web Streaming and Video. Teachers can show streamed or downloaded video clips using programs like Windows Media Player and QuickTime. Clips embedded into multimedia presentation programs can easily be shown as well. The interactive features of the whiteboard allow users to pause, circle, annotate, highlight, and more. Of course, a DVD or VHS player can be connected to the projector, too.

Printing and Saving Notes. Interactive whiteboards let users print or save anything they've written. Teachers can put notes in a file on a shared server for students to download or post notes on a Web page or blog. Notes can also be printed out and distributed, allowing students to participate in the presentation instead of simply copying from the board.

Encouraging Critical Thinking. Interactive whiteboards encourage critical thinking. Imagine using the whiteboard with concept-mapping software like Inspiration or Kidspiration, for example. Students' ideas could be written directly on the whiteboard; if the teachers switches to outline view, the class can brainstorm together in an organized fashion.

For Students with Special Needs. Interactive whiteboards may be beneficial to students with special educational needs. The large fonts and bright colors might be helpful for both visually impaired students and those who have trouble staying on task, while students who respond well to kinesthetic learning will benefit from touching the board.

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In the end, to me they all made good points about the interactive whiteboard. I feels it all depends on the teacher and which is more beneficial to the teacher in the classroom. I personally like the whiteboard and would love to have one in my future classroom.

Short Movie Project #11

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Additional Assignment #2

How kids teach themselves?

1. Yes I do think if learners are motivated enough they can teach themselves.

2.Yes, I believe they can learn about by themselves just because of their curiosity as children.

3.In order for children to teach themselves they need to be opened minded and focus on learning.

4.If we need to find the answer to a question the first thing we would do is search for it online using a computer.

5. Motivation plays a very important role in the process. Without motivation we would not have the energy to focus harder on our ideas or problems.

6.In trying to teach yourself there will always be problems or question you will have. It all depends on how the person look at theses problems as challenges or brick walls ion their learning process.

7. You motivate someone to learn by praising them and encouraging them.

8.I am motivated to learn because in order to graduate and lead a better life for me and my daughter I need to learn in order to get a job.

9.I believe someone who is not motivate to learn can still learn. They can still learn but the process will be much difficult.

10.Yes I teach myself all the time. I also use other as a resource when I can't figure things out on my own. In order to grow as a professional you need to know what tools are available to help you teach yourself because there will not always be someone there to help you along the way.

11.A teacher plays a big role in my leaning process.I like the interaction face to face of a teacher when I am learner. I will be more focused in a traditional classroom setting with distractions.It also help that I can see how passionate my teacher is about teaching , then I will be more motivate to learn.

12.That you should not judge a book by it's cover. Anyone can learn with the right motivation and materials.

13.How can we incorporate self-learning in the classroom ?

Blog Post # 7

Posh begin his lecture describing his childhood dreams. He goes on telling how he accomplished or modified each one of his dreams as a child. He also express the difficulties that came along with achieving his dreams. He was a professor at the University of Carnegie Mullen with a PhD. He specialized in teaching about creating virtual reality.

His lecture was so motivational and inspirational. He talked about the brick walls you will face in trying to reach your goals in life. But those brick walls are just there to challenge you to work harder to overcome any set backs. He also made a point that you will need other people to help make your dreams a reality you can't do it by yourself. People may be mean to you but you need t0 just use that person to help you. You will eventually see the good in all people.

In the end he gave some good quotes and remarks in never giving up. He advised to get a feed back loop to help learn from your mistakes. You need to be prepared for any thing. He close with a very important quote :"Its not about how to achieve your dreams but to how to lead your life.".

Summary of C4T#2

The first post I commented on was about Washington.During Mr. Langhorst visit to Mount Vernon this summer he was a participant in the 2010 Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminar he spent time studying Washington's actions as a farmer. He stated Washoington did some amazing things on his farms and was on the cutting edge of technology for his time. On a visit to Mount Vernon you can visit a reconstruction of the 16 sided round barn he built and designed to thresh grain. During the seminar Mr. Langhorst created a lesson plan to help students analyze why Washington made this decision. The lesson is created primarily for a middle school or junior high history class and can be conducted in one 45 minute period. The students will also use a couple of primary resources from George Washington. The podcast describes the lesson plan and the blog post includes a full description and materials in PDF format.The blog entry also included a short video shoot at Mount Vernon with Daniel Purkey, Lead Interpreter for Historic Trades at Mount Vernon, describing the reasons for Washington's decision.I commented I loved your lesson plan, it made the students see Washington in another perspective than being the most famous president. The handouts were organized well and would be very useful in the classroom. I know I learned something new. I hope to see more interesting lesson plans in the near future.

The second post was about a video conference his class did with a famous author.Mr. Langhorst 8th grade American history classes in Liberty, Missouri participated in a live video chat with Pat Hughes, author of Guerrilla Season. Guerrilla Season is a book with a focus on Clay County (the county in which they live) in the years just before the Civil War. He used G-mail video chat,which is free to visit with Pat from her home in Philadelphia. He also used a Flip cam to record the conversation for students who missed it and wanted to watch it. Pat spoke with them from her sun room and then took them upstairs to show them her office and shared some of the resources she used to write books about Civil War era Missouri.I commented that I love how he incorporated technology into the classroom. I did not know that having a conversation with someone miles away can be so easy.And recording the video for the other students was also a good idea.









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Blog Post #6

The Networked Student
This video show has great and amazing technology is today. I do not know all that was possible and so simple that a student can do it. This video is a good tool to creating a personal leaning network. The student was able to find a lot of good resources and material through networking with other strangers interested in his same int rest.

The question is "Why does the networked student even need a teacher?". The teacher is needed for many reasons. First the student would probably have never took his assignment this far if he had a textbook. The teacher is there for support. The teacher teaches him how to begin his journey of his search by telling him how to find credible work, reliable sources, and so on. The teacher is there when he has hit a stomp and has given up. The teacher will be there for motivation and encouragement. The teacher also there as a guide to make the student go father into the research and how to accomplish their goals in their findings.

All in all, the video was informative. It showed me as a furture teacher the capabilities of my future students and a good way to incorporate technology in the classroom.


A 7th Grader's Personal Learning Environment (or PLN)
WOW! Her PLE is amazing and she is only in the seventh grade. Her PLE is filled up with great resources. It is well organized and very inviting. I love her poster on the box jelly fish . Her PlE gives me some ideas to add to my PLN. Her PLE at this moment puts my PLN to shame put it is still a working process. Looking at her PLE motive me to do more on my PLN.


The Machine is Changing Us
The video was very interesting. It made me think about how much we are changing. I liked in the beginning with the meaning of the word "whatever" and how it has changed over the years. I also like how at the end he wanted the word "whatever" meaning to change to be effective in the future.The video clips he presented throughout the presentation were also effective. The clips made his presentation entertaining. Then, he started talking about You Tube and how it has greatly changed over the years. I mean, you can post any and every thing on You Tube. You tube can be used for so much more than home videos. Some people use You Tube to vent or confess things they can't say face to face. He also made I good point on who are we really talking to when we post things on the internet. It was strange to think about or even answer. How are we talking to? The video was good, interesting, entertaining, humorous, and informative all in one.

Summary of C4k for Comment 1&2

My first comments for kids was to comment on a student at Noel Elementary School in Noel Missouri class of 2011. The students had two assignments that I was to comment on. The assignments were ABOUT ME and MANIFESTO. Unfortunately, my students did not post ABOUT ME. So I first commented on her MANIFESTO. A learning manifesto is a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives,or views of its issuer.The students were told to write a student learning manifesto. In their manifestos write three or four positive actions they can take to be a better student. In my student 's manifesto she wrote she promise she will learn to read better in class and read every day.She promise she will learn to write better in class and write everyday.She promise she will come to class on time and be prepared.She promise she will be very safe on the internet.She promise she will listen to the teacher and don't talk to friends.In my comment to her I told her the goals she wrote about on your manifesto are very important to become a better student. Reading everyday will expand her knowledge and it will help her to become a better student. I told her it is very important to listen to her teacher. If she listen to her teacher instead of talking to her friends, she will hear information that will help her with her school work and make her a better student. I also told her to try to stick to all her goals and she will succeed in the classroom. The next assignment I commented on was titled 'Cause That's How I Roll (Like a Rock!). The students will be extending their learning about rocks and minerals from science. The students were to be a mineral molecule and they were about to take an incredible journey through the rock cycle. After doing their information gathering they will write monologues.There was a video there explaining what a monologue is if they didn't know.My student's rock was a basalt. She wrote : "This rock has gas bubbles.These bubbles form when hot lava from a volcano contains gases that escape from the rock at the lava cools.This is basalt.Usually very dark in the color,basalt is the most common rock type in earth's crust and make up most of the ocean floor".I commented that I never knew what type of rocks were on the ocean floor. I liked how she pretended to be the rock and she described it very well.I also told her thanks for the facts about basalt rock she did a great job :). I like that students are blogging it give them a chance to use technology to learn.

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