Project #14

C4K march edition

The student I had for my C4K had a very shout blog post it was a story that expanded over many blog post but I must say it was very entertaining finding the next part to the story and reading.

C4T #3

The teacher I had was John Burke. He has truly come of age in the technology but is still amazed by it. In one post he had he seen a tweet of another teacher tweeting in china about a presentation he had to do and he taught about something call Geogrba and he was amazed that he seen a preview for a presentation fifteen minutes before he presented it half way around the world, from his own couch.

Then we all need some inspiration sometimes and he came about cross this article and it inspired him to look at his teaching and other things to make sure that he was doing things the right way.

Blog Post #8

Dr. Richard E. Miller: This Is How We Dream Parts 1 and 2


 Richard Miller is a man full of wonderful ideas. He brought some great points out in his videos. Dr. Richard Miller elaborated on the changes of how we write. He offers useful tips on how technology can be used in the classroom. He addresses how writing  in today's culture has changed. We have evolved from writing with paper and pencil to using word processors. Communication with someone on the other side of the world is now instantly possible.

We can search pretty much anything we want or need much faster by the use of the web at the tip of our fingers. We can write papers and such by finding and reading a number of books online. There are so many different resources we have by using the web. It is basically limitless and endless. It is also constantly growing and extremely interesting as well.

Carly Blog Post #12


Carly's blog post was interesting and amazing to read. She took a lot of time and interest in the assignment.  She shared her ideas with others  and of  where she gathered her information from. Carly Pugh posted a wonderful blog post about her own form of an EDM 310 assignment. Her assigment she too created herself was a playlist of youtube videos that basically define yourself as a teacher that you would like to be and then some. . I love the topics she decided to use in her playlist. I to believe teachers should have a philosophy and be able to show what they expect from their students. I enjoyed all the videos throughout the post.

Chipper Series and EDM 310 for dummies 

I enjoyed both of these videos. Indeed, they were  very inspirational.  Both videos were hilarious. I  have not had many of those frustrating times  that Chipper experienced. These videos display how people express the different opinions they have.  I do not really have any idea personally for a video just yet. I think a commercial might be fun and creative? I would definitely want to something comedic though because I love making other people laugh. I think laughter helps loosen up the stress causing tension.

Scavenger Hung 2.0


Emodo 


Nic Borg and Jeff O'Hara set out to create a tool that closes the gap between how students live their lives and how they learn in school. Teachers and students are able to sign up and create a account for free. Edmodo.com is recommended for all teachers in all areas of education.

       Edmodo.com is an amazing site for teachers to help their students advance in all subjects. Teachers put all their classes in groups. Edmodo allows the teacher to post grades, quizzes, homework and classroom assignments. The calendar can help teachers and students now when assignments are due and what events are coming up. The site allows you to reach out and communicate with other teachers.

Prezi 

This is site where u can make a visual timeline and its really great for history classes. Its more than a timeline it is a  linear presentation of facts dates and ideas.



Animoto

There are so many ways to teach. This site allows you to make videos on any subject matter and inform your student through video. This will be a great help for your do-it-yourself students.

Kid Vids
The site was created by Mike Keating. He is a professional videographer and instructor. Kids' Vid  offers teachers and students assistance in enhancing learning through the power of digital media.

Replace audience response hardware with Poll Everywhere

Project #12 Book Trailer

Project #11 Short Movie

Blog Post #7

The Networked Student

 The Networked Student, by Wendy Drexler, is a video about a student and his Personal Learning Network (PLN). In this video, the student uses his own research and the research of others to spread and gain knowledge by utilizing social networking tools such as Twitter, Skype, and Wikis. Building a solid learning foundation is crucial and depends on many ideas. The networking student still needs advice and guidance through grey areas and around misleading content sites. Separating propaganda from useful information is an important skill to hone. Like the teacher of the 20th century the modern teacher is still needed as a grammar coach. Proper communication skills are a must when one is plugged in and networking around the world. Self taught courses as well as those that do not depend on a traditional classroom lecture format are becoming more predominant and ask a lot of the student. Time management is also a skill to be focused on. As always the teacher is the student's personal cheerleader at the end of the day. There are always large victories to be celebrated and small hurdles that need to be acknowledged.



A 7th Grader's Personal Learning Environment 

What an amazing production this 7th grader has put together. Her speech alone is most impressive, but add what she has learned through her PLN and I am just speechless. She also made it seem like such an easy process. I really like the idea of organizing links any way you want and I think PLN are a great tool to use! This video was entertaining, helpful, and fun to watch!

Blog Post #6

Achieving your Childhood Dreams By: Randy Pausch 



This was a very helpful video. Mr. Pausch  presents some interesting information on how to work with students and push them academically in the classroom. Teachers should always be their students number one fan and push them to achieve their goals. Students should be reminded daily that they can achieve anything that they set their mind and brain to. Mr. Pausch says "students can be having fun while learning something hard."


He says that there will always be brick walls that will get in your way and try to stir you off from accomplishing your dreams. Although, these  brick walls are not necessarily bad. Brick walls allow us to prove how bad we want things. Indeed, brick walls let us show our dedication. Mr. Pausch had a goal of being in the NFL when he grew up. However, he did not achieve that goal. He did start playing when he was nine.

Teachers, parents and friends should be the best support system for an individual.  The support system should keep motivating the individual. Teachers need to focus on others and find the best in everyone. Motivating students is one of the greatest impacts a teacher can have on a student.

People should not complain when trying to accomplish goals, because in the end there will be happiness and success. Two quotes that Mr. Pausch stated in the video that stuck out to me are, "Inspiration and the permission to dream is huge" & "experience is what you get when you didn't get what you want." Dreams are meant fo rnayone with a heartbeat. The ability to see yourself doing things anyone could ever imagine is something that no one can take from you and with inspiration and hard work anything is possible. If experience is what get when u don’t get what u want. I don’t want any experience cause I want to achieve everything I want.

Project 8: Podcast