Sunday, December 12, 2010
Blog Project #10: PLE
This is my PLE created on Symbaloo. I think that my PLE is very helpful in many ways. It has helped me to be more organized with my internet browsing, because most of what I need is right there on my homepage. I have a link to the EDM310 blog, the USA homepage, Google Docs, and others. My PLE is color coordinated so it is easy to find what I'm looking for and it is neatly organized to my liking. I can add or delete tabs as I see fit and I can arrange them in any order that I wish. Prior to taking this class, I didn't know about Symaloo or PLE's, but I wish that I had. My PLE makes using the internet so much easier.
Blog Project #6: C4K, December
First Post:
Yasmine's Post
Yasmine is a student in Mr. St. Pierre's class. She is feeling the frustration of not having people comment on her blog post that she has worked so hard on. I think that younger students tend to get more easily frustrated when comments do not automatically appear, but I told her that she should not get discouraged because of her lack of comments on some posts. Her work does not go unnoticed and that the comments will come if she keeps posting.
Second Post:
Mrs.Huebner's Class
I commented on a post by Melissa where she told about her upcoming concert that she will be playing in. She told about the concert itself and who plays what, as well as what songs will be sung. I think that her blog post was very informative and there was a lot of excitement coming from her end. I asked her to post a second blog telling the readers how the concert went.
Yasmine's Post
Yasmine is a student in Mr. St. Pierre's class. She is feeling the frustration of not having people comment on her blog post that she has worked so hard on. I think that younger students tend to get more easily frustrated when comments do not automatically appear, but I told her that she should not get discouraged because of her lack of comments on some posts. Her work does not go unnoticed and that the comments will come if she keeps posting.
Second Post:
Mrs.Huebner's Class
I commented on a post by Melissa where she told about her upcoming concert that she will be playing in. She told about the concert itself and who plays what, as well as what songs will be sung. I think that her blog post was very informative and there was a lot of excitement coming from her end. I asked her to post a second blog telling the readers how the concert went.
Blog Project #6: C4K, November
First Post:
2KM at Leopold Primary School
I commented on a post where the children in Ms. McGready's class made a surprise video for her wedding ceremony. The children recited this sweet poem and then a video followed. I think that it speaks alot when the students think so highly of a teacher that they decide to do this for her on her wedding day. To me, it means that she has obviously had some sort of impact in the student's lives.
Second Post:
Ruohullah's Blog
Ruohullah is a student in Canada (Gaudet's class) who is writing blog posts as part of an assignment. In this particular post, Ruohullah wrote about what he did the previous weekend. He seems like a very active child and I think that is very important to maintain -especially while in school.
Third Post:
Mrs.Melito's Class
I commented on a Wordle post done by Cierra M in Mrs.Melito's class. The assignment was to create a words using 20 different terms/definitions that they had learned so far in the class. I think that Cierra had a very nice color scheme and the layout of her words were very neat and organized. I think that it's cool how students are learning how to create Wordles and use the internet to their advantage at such a young age.
2KM at Leopold Primary School
I commented on a post where the children in Ms. McGready's class made a surprise video for her wedding ceremony. The children recited this sweet poem and then a video followed. I think that it speaks alot when the students think so highly of a teacher that they decide to do this for her on her wedding day. To me, it means that she has obviously had some sort of impact in the student's lives.
Second Post:
Ruohullah's Blog
Ruohullah is a student in Canada (Gaudet's class) who is writing blog posts as part of an assignment. In this particular post, Ruohullah wrote about what he did the previous weekend. He seems like a very active child and I think that is very important to maintain -especially while in school.
Third Post:
Mrs.Melito's Class
I commented on a Wordle post done by Cierra M in Mrs.Melito's class. The assignment was to create a words using 20 different terms/definitions that they had learned so far in the class. I think that Cierra had a very nice color scheme and the layout of her words were very neat and organized. I think that it's cool how students are learning how to create Wordles and use the internet to their advantage at such a young age.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Blog Project #6: Podcast
The Coolidge Group conducted an interview with Mr.Sullivan about how the Mac is a useful tool for providing access to the blind.
Blog Project #3: C4T, 3
In my first post for Howard Rheingold, I commented on his blog post Learning, Playing, Designing: Video Games in School. In this post, Rheingold talks about this newly formed school in which students learn in an unconventional way. This school, called Quest to Learn, was founded by Katie Salen and her inspiration comes from children's fascination with video games. Katie quotes,
Games do really really well because they create a need to know in kids. In a game you have to learn to do something because you've been presented with a complex problem you don't know how to solve.With this in mind, Salen creates a school where children receive missions in which they must solve over a specifically set period of time. I think that this is a very smart idea that Salen has come across. Children spend more time these days playing video games, so why not create a school in which they are doing virtually that all day, every day? I wish I would have known about this school when I was younger; I would have enrolled quick!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Blog Assignment #11: Video Responses
Little Kids...Big Potential
This video of Mrs.Cassidy's first grade class in Canada is brilliant! It is amazing that these students are already learning how to create/use not only blogs, but other useful tools such as Skype, Wiki, and various other web pages. I have to hand it to Mrs.Cassidy for having the patience to work with her students in a way that will enhance and prepare them for the future educational world. She has taken her students to such great heights and standards; and she is proving that even first graders have the capability to surpass all previous expectations placed on them. I think that a very important lesson can be learned through Mrs.Cassidy's class and that lesson is we shouldn't limit our students. We, as teachers, should push them to their fullest potential and let them show us what they really can do. I hope to be as great of a teacher as Mrs.Cassidy in the future. I want to be able to incorporate such tools as Skype & Symbaloo and many others. I want my students' minds to be as vast in knowledge as humanly possible.
This video of Mrs.Cassidy's first grade class in Canada is brilliant! It is amazing that these students are already learning how to create/use not only blogs, but other useful tools such as Skype, Wiki, and various other web pages. I have to hand it to Mrs.Cassidy for having the patience to work with her students in a way that will enhance and prepare them for the future educational world. She has taken her students to such great heights and standards; and she is proving that even first graders have the capability to surpass all previous expectations placed on them. I think that a very important lesson can be learned through Mrs.Cassidy's class and that lesson is we shouldn't limit our students. We, as teachers, should push them to their fullest potential and let them show us what they really can do. I hope to be as great of a teacher as Mrs.Cassidy in the future. I want to be able to incorporate such tools as Skype & Symbaloo and many others. I want my students' minds to be as vast in knowledge as humanly possible.
Blog Assignment #10: Video Responses
An Open Letter to Educators
This is a post by Morgan Bayda where she shares a video by Dan Brown that expresses his feelings about the world of education today. He poses the question, "what does it really mean to receive an education?" Dan Brown says that every great mind learned what he needed to learn from a university...back in the day. But now, a revolution is in place - and that revolution is the internet. There are thousands upon thousands of new ways of learning via internet. New tools are being created and distributed every day for public use. Why would the educational world not want to embrace this new kind of learning?? Dan tells of his personal experience where he dropped out of Nebraska University because he felt that "his schooling was interfering with his education." Why do students pay hundreds of dollars to sit in lecture halls franticly writing facts spoken by a professor when they can find the same information and learn on the internet...for free?
This is a blog post written by Tom Johnson entitled 'Don't Let Them Take Pencils Home.' This post is more or less a dialog between Tom & Gertrude, the school's interventionist. She says that students who use pencils at home have lower standardized test scores than those who do not. Mr. Johnson tends to disagree. He says that having children take their pencils home will encourage them to get involved with what activities they have been doing in class - especially if the family is from a low-income household. He says that even if the child is just playing hangman, there is still learning that can be done. And I couldn't agree with that more.
Two Q's That Can Change Your Life
"What is my sentence?" and "was I better today than I was yesterday?" Two simple questions that can have so much meaning. I thought that this video was very thought provoking. If I were to have one sentence sum up who I am and what I can be, what would it be? It seems to be easier said than done. As for the second question, also easier said than done. Being better today than yesterday means a continuous and constant improvement of oneself - which seems very challenging. But I think that in the end, I can do anything. So...what is my sentence?
This is a post by Morgan Bayda where she shares a video by Dan Brown that expresses his feelings about the world of education today. He poses the question, "what does it really mean to receive an education?" Dan Brown says that every great mind learned what he needed to learn from a university...back in the day. But now, a revolution is in place - and that revolution is the internet. There are thousands upon thousands of new ways of learning via internet. New tools are being created and distributed every day for public use. Why would the educational world not want to embrace this new kind of learning?? Dan tells of his personal experience where he dropped out of Nebraska University because he felt that "his schooling was interfering with his education." Why do students pay hundreds of dollars to sit in lecture halls franticly writing facts spoken by a professor when they can find the same information and learn on the internet...for free?
Two Q's That Can Change Your Life
"What is my sentence?" and "was I better today than I was yesterday?" Two simple questions that can have so much meaning. I thought that this video was very thought provoking. If I were to have one sentence sum up who I am and what I can be, what would it be? It seems to be easier said than done. As for the second question, also easier said than done. Being better today than yesterday means a continuous and constant improvement of oneself - which seems very challenging. But I think that in the end, I can do anything. So...what is my sentence?
I am going to mold a child's mind into something great one day.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Blog Project #15: Writing with Multimedia, Movie Trailers
Lucy & the Bully by Claire Alexander
The Cow who Clucked by Denise Fleming
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