C4T

Teacher Frank Buck has a blog called Get Organized. The title of the post is Google Ready to Feedly revisited. This post is about Google Reader going away. He is not happy with this decision, along with many other people. Google Ready is a primary source for many people, including me. He went on to find out feedly.com which is very similar to Google Reader. Feedly.com is also a great source that people can turn to after Google Reader is done with. It is a very easy sign up process.



My C4T for the 2nd week, Dr. Frank Buck, is being revisited with his post called Syncing Multiple Google Calendars on the Blackberry Playbook. Google Calendar gives you the ability to have multiple calendars. These calendars help you say on track for a day-to-day and long term obligations. he also walks you through the steps on how to sync multiple Gmail calendars on your Blackberry Playbook.

Blog Assignment #14

Teacher Know if You've Done the E-Reading

Adrian Guardia is a Texas A&M instructor who is using the CourseSmart system using e-textbooks. Students use digital textbooks so that teachers can track if they are really reading. They are able to observe if the students are taking notes or highlighting. Some students don't really learn the lesson, they  just cram it all in the night before. This digital device can help students get into a routine of actually reading the material given. This system has been tested by many and it is considered to be the most successful.


Point of View

As a future teacher, I really enjoy the idea of knowing if the students actually read or not. I believe that because the kids know they will be more cautious and actually read the book. I think that all of the kids who do care will actually do what they have to do to pass the class. That will be motivation for the students to get the work done and understand what they have completed, instead of just reciting the information. I feel that technology is very useful in the classroom, kids are learning how to use it rapidly. It is my duty to learn how to to use it and teach it.


As A Student

Viewing through a students eyes I would be very upset that my teacher could keep track on how I study the material. I wouldn't want my teacher to be able to invade my privacy. Teachers should not be able to control what I do outside the classroom. Students should be able to decide whether or not they want their teacher to be able to keep track of how they study or just read. Students have a right as well as a teacher.


Questions for Teacher

1. What is an easy way to begin students on the e-textbook?
2.What are some good reasons for teachers to use this program?
3. Have you personally saw an improvement in your students while using this program?
4. Do you think it is motivational for students to read?


Questions for Students

1. Do you think e-textbook is motivation for you to read?
2. Do you think your instructor should know when and how you study?
3. What are some positive and negative reasons for using this program?


Comment

This program has its pros and cons, there are some good reasons and bad reasons for this e-textbook.

Greenscreen Project

Special Assignment

Brian Crosby's Classroom

Brian Crosby is a sixth grade teacher who does his teaching a little different. He has a blog called "learning Is Messy". The post I viewed was "Back to the Future". Mr. Crosby uses lap tops in his classroom for every student. He also uses the smart board to make his class more attentive. He does a lot of hands-on projects like using fire and hot air balloons. Instead of doing boring tests his class blogs and write about what they learned. The students setup their own wiki page. They also skyped kids in other countries and commented on different blogs. They were considered active learners, they developed deeper knowledge by being hands-on. I love the way he has his class setup this will likely how I will do in  my future classroom. This concept seems to be the best way to reach the students without them getting bored.

Progress Report for Project #16

Our group is moving along nicely, we are meeting on Wednesday to finish editing our video. We met last week and prepared most of the recording we needed. Everyone is working together in a very positive way. We will be able to turn everything in early.

Blog Assignment #13

Blended Learning

Mr. Paul Anderson is a firm believer of blended learning. Blended Learning is used online, in the classroom, and on your mobile. The learning cycle consist of the core being evaluate, then engaging, expanding, explaining, and exploring. When you put the two together it is called blended learning cycle. The six parts of blended learning cycle is: 1. Question 2. Investigate 3. Video 4. Elaboration 5.Review 6. Summary Quiz. I think that this process does save more time for the teacher to do other thing so kids can learn hands on. I will definitely use blended learning in my future classroom.

Blog Assighnment #12

Technology and Math


1. Math is a more challenging subject for students, to make it more interesting and easier to understand we can include technology in the classroom.

2. Go to https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/technology-and-math# watch video with 4th Grade teacher Todd Hausman. Post one or more paragraphs on how real life along with technology helped the kids in math and elapsed time.






Iditarod and Math

Teacher Todd Hausman a 4th grade teacher in Washington involved Iditarod and Math, integrating the two through technology. He used this concept doing elapsed time. The Iditarod dogsled race starts in Anchorage Alaska and ends in Nome. Elapsed time is a very tricky concept for a lot of students. The kids get to follow the live race that goes on for days. I think that this concept helped the students because they could actually see the process.

C4K

What do you think as a student gain from blogging with students and others outside of the school?

This week I was assigned Mckenzie G. a student in Mr. Boylen's 8th grade class. She talks about how blogging was useless to students who didn't take advantage of the information that they could gain from blogging. She also feels that people should have a filter when blogging or commenting on a post. Mackenzie thinks that everyone can share what they truly feel when blogging.


Mr. Paul Huebl Class

I was assigned Nathan a sixth grade student in Mr. Paul Huebl class. He told a story about a homeless boy that becomes an orphan, then he ran away from his adopted family because he didn't like them. Then a hobo found him sleeping near a camp and to him to his new room. He said that he was the little boy in the story.


Wretches and Jabbers

My kid was Tyrese in Ms. Lentine's class, he talked about Larry and Tracey who both had autism. They came to his school and showed a video about autistic people. It made Tyrese pay more attention to the matter at hand. He said he was inspired by them and he thought they were awesome.



Nightmares

Emily is an eighth grade student in Mr. Boylen's language Arts class. She wrote a horror story, and the name of it was nightmares. This story was about a foster child who dreamed about his life with his original family which was horrible. He was a hardworking man that made a mistake and got really drunk and kidnapped  a child and tortured him.

C4T

Personal and Personalized Learning

My teacher Kiera Chase hosted by Russ Attenburg at Envision Academy. This gave them the opportunity to hear about resources and programs that Envision can learn from and with. Students were invited to speak with Russ about their blended learning experience. These students seem to enjoy this way of learning and they learn so they won't forget. They even applied this to how they learn in other classes.


Empowering Students To Own Their Own Learning: Some things we may need to know.

Miss Chase went to a teacher conference and recieved a lot of information about all the new programs that are being presented. Some programs are about students learning at their own pace and learning what subject they chose. I think it should still be some direction from the teacher so that the student can cover all the basic material.

Blog Assignment #11

Kathy Cassidy

 Ms. Cassidy is a first grade teacher who uses technology in her class as a teaching tool. They use Wiki, blogging, Nintendo DS,and other technologies in the classroom. Other teachers aren't as fond with these teaching methods. Ms. Cassidy thinks that all teachers should be technology literate. teachers should not reject new technologies. She has had a web page for ten years, a blog for five , and has been doing videos for two years. In  my future classroom I will be using blogging, I think it is a great way for kids to learn. I will make boundaries with the kids and, get all my parents on board.

Project # 12

Horton Hears A Who