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Project 15

C4K

Summary
Ava talked about the different competitions you can do with horses. She talked about the different types and breeds. She also talked about the different types of markings
Comment
Ava Great post. I have a cousin that do show jumping. She is a sight to see when she gets out there. I use to train cutting horse. Do you know what that is? Its a event at American rodeos. You are very knowledgeable about horse i was very impressed. Keep up the awesome work. Stephen

Final PLN

Symbaloo is the biggest part of my PLN. It helps me to keep everything organized. That is no small feat. I keep all of my personal stuff in one section and everything that i use for school in another. One day soon I will be making a third section for teaching. I never really used the internet other then to get on facebook before this class. Now I am using twitter, pintrest, youtube, blogger, and yes I still use facebook but I use it more effectively. Symbaloo is a life saver when is comes to organization.

C4T #4

Summary #1

The blogger talks about Google chrome. He uses it to keep his personal account on his computer separate from his students account. This allows them all to use the same computer.

Comment
A very informing post. I am still currently a student in college this will help me a lot once I get my own class. Thank you for the post.
Stephen

Summary #2

The blogger talks about the three basic principles in teaching students new skills. To know, To understand, and to be able to. He say if the students know and understand what they are suppose to do then they will be able to.

Comment

Great way of outlining to the kids what they should pick up at practice. I plan to use this a lot at football.

Blog Post #14

Teachers know if you have done the E-reading is about teachers being able to track if you are actually doing the readings or not. A few colleges and schools are starting to use this device for E-books. It allows the teacher to see if the student is actually reading the material assigned and actually learning. It is designed to let the teacher know if there were any software problems so that the students cant give a excuse.

As a teacher the idea of being able to see what your students are doing is great. After all the whole idea of education is to learn and retain knowledge. Its a great way to see who is putting in the time and effort into their studies and who is just going through the motions. The best feature to me as a teacher is the fact that it lets you know when there is a problem with the system. This helps me as a teacher to knockout all of the excuses.

As a student I am not a big fan. I think it is to big brother. I personally don't want my teacher checking up on me to see if i have been doing the readings. Students learn differently some kids just cant learn from reading out of a book. They have to see, hear, and smell in order to learn. Its not the teachers job to babysit students. When I am away from class the teacher has no control over what I do and don't do away from class.

How do other teachers feel about this?
What do you do if you have a student that is dyslexic?
Do it make your job as a teacher easier or harder?

As a college student I think this hinders the education process. We are after all in college we pay to learn so we are responsible for the grades we make. If we have instructors always on us the we wont really be learning. Once we get out into the work force our boss isn't gonna stay on us about how we are handling our work or even if we are doing it. It is up to us as students to put in the time and effort after all we are paying for it. At some point we have to grow up and buckle down that's our responsibility as students not our teachers.

C4K March

Anna................A man by the name Philip Gans? Spoke at her school he was a Holocaust surviver. He talked to them about how his family was killed and what went on in the camp.
Anna,great post.
My name is Stephen Alexander I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I’m sure that Mr. Gan’s talk was very moving. It’s amazing to think like you said even though his whole family was killed he chose to live. Very moving!
Thank you for sharing!!! Alex
The post was about the state of Nebraska. Talked about different streets, museums, and hills. The student also talked about the mant rivers that the state had.
Great Post Alex. I learned so much about Nebraska from your post. Thanks for sharing about your awesome state. Keep up the good work

Progress Report on Final Project

Our group name is Avengers and the members it includes are:
Shelby Day
Stephen Alexander
Laura Carpenter
We are going to do Option A: iBook.
We are using a theme that iBook already had in it. We chose not not use a theme with pictures included already so that the pictures do not interfere or take away from our iBook. We will be including many of the requirements for EDM 310 including but not limited to blog post, project, special blogs, and more.

Blog Post #13

Brian Crosby
In Mr. Crosby's talk he showed the importance of social network learning. He made very good point on the fact that schools have to stop teaching kids for the soul purpose of good standardized test scores. We have all be taught how to be taught but we haven't been taught how to learn. We should teach kids how to learn and be self reliant when it comes to learning. That's whats so great about social networking. We can open so many doors just by the click of a button. We have to teach kids not shuffle them through school.
Blended Learning Cycle
In Mr.Paul Anderson video Blended Learning Cycle He discusses the way that he engages his students. His blended learning system has six parts that spells quivers. The "QU" is the question or the hook something that grabs the students attention. The "I" is investigate experiments to solve the question. The "V" is for video he uses pod cast for direct instructions. The "E" is elaboration get them to research and expand on the question. The "R" is for review at the end he meets with individual student's to make sure that they understand the lesson. The "S" is for summary quiz. They take a quiz on what they have learned.
I think the blended learning system is great. The thing I like most about it is pod cast instructions. This allows more time in the classroom for actual learning and instructions. I think Mr. Anderson method is a work of art. The thing I liked most was the fact that he took the time with the students to review to make sure that they knew the information and that he has the students explain the material. just like he said "you haven't actually learned the material unless you can explain it".

Blog Post #12

Assignment

Watch the video Social Media in Education . Write two or more paragraphs telling your thoughts about the video and how you what you will take from the video into your classroom.

Response

I thought the video was very informational. It gave great insight into what kids are actually thinking about learning and what they actually use for education. These students were born into the age of technology. They don't know anything else but technology. It was crazy the number of hours students used on the internet. what's even crazier then that is the fact that in all reality the hours are much greater. Student's don't go to books any more for information they go to the internet.
Since these students are being born into the age of technology why would we limit their learning with pencil, paper, and books. My class is going to be full of technology based learning. My students will keep blogs and make videos for projects. Even though I will be teaching history this will be very beneficial for my student's. The can keep a blog and write about the research they have done for the week on a specific topic. Their videos will have to do with a historical event that they will be reenacting. This is how i plan on keeping my students engaged in learning and preparing them for the future.

C4T Summary #3

1.Jason had read Jon Bergman's blog regarding the flipped teaching model in the classroom. Where the students would get the lectures and plans from the computer at home. Since he is a P.E. teacher he decided to use this same idea for his class. They would get videos on how to play certain games and the rules of those game from their home computer.

I love the idea of flipping P.E. I am a student at the University of South Alabama in a class called EDM 310. I coach at a local high school and some of the coaches are P.E.teachers. We had a conversation last week about ways to teach kids more efficiently and couldn't seem to find a solution, well I believe I have just found it! Great Post. Stephen Alexande

There wasnt a follow up post. So I commented on the post before that.

2. Jason talks about flipping coaching. Using a app called the "coaches eye". This would allow players to watch video footage on a new play or drill that they need to know for practice. They would be able to watch this video away from practice or school. This would allow more time to run the play or drill at practice.
I love this idea!! I coach at a local highschool and we are about to start spring practice. During spring a lot of new kids come out wanting to play. A lot of time is wasted on showing the drill instead of performing it. This could cut down on wasted time. Thank you for sharing

C4K summary

1.Ms. Vannoy's class addison.... dad loves her he is the best.Hey Addison,
My name is Stephen and I am a Student at the University South Alabama. I can tell that you love your dad very much. I love my dad too. Even though I am older now, he is still always their for me no matter what! As I am sure your dad will also there for you. Thank you for sharing. Stephen Alexander

2. Mrs macs class Allie.......Most owl mothers lay one to twelve eggs. Baby owls are called owlets. Baby owls use their beaks to break out of eggs.Some owls can live to be 30 years old or more.
Allie, Thank you for the post. I had no idea baby owl were call owlets. I do learn something new everyday. Stephen Alexande

3.Alexa, Watched a video that shows how intelligent autistic people can be. She wanted to know more about how they learned to spell.
Alexa, Great post. It was put together very well and was very clear. I agree with you how it better that they used the word “intelligent” instead of smart. I help coach football at a local high school and one of our players is autistic. And he is very intelligent when it comes to sports. He knows every little detail about every team known to man. Great post thank you for sharing once again

Blog Post #11

Ms. Cassidy

Ms. Cassidy's class really caught me off guard. It was amazing to see first grade students using technology at such a young age. On the class video the students were talking about how they use technology to learn the alphabet and find meanings to words. I thought that was so cool. They have a larger grasp on knowledge than I did at that age. I know I didn't really start using technology for learning purposes until high school. It's great that they are learning so young. Technology almost becomes a part of them, and they will be more likely to learn new things about technology as they arise. Since I will be teaching high school I will probably stick to Blogs, twitter and webpages. It will still teach my students how to safely use these tools. I will inform them in class these tools are strictly for class work. Outside of class they can do as they please. Ultimately they are young adults and will try to see what they can get away with. Using PLN for anything other then class work during class time will result in a grade deduction. I love that technology is being introduced into the class room at such a young age. My hope is that more teachers will by into this and it allows the upper level teachers to get into more with the students instead of starting at square one.

Project 11