Wednesday, March 31, 2010
SURVEY RESPONSES
This is where you find the answers to the survey I sent out. The questions that I asked fellow students were they live, how long they been here, and if they enjoy South.
4/4/10 HW Week 11
Kaia's Blog
The blog that was made for Kaia is amazing! I think it is very cool what she and her dad are doing, by going outdoors and looking at the beauty of things even though they are not sometimes beautiful. She had great pictures and a video that described her pictures and surroundings.
Kaia's Dad's Blog
He gave us a lot more information on why he and Kaia went outside and explored everything. It was sparked by the book that he was reading about the last child being outside in nature. So, with his curiosity sparked he and Kaia went out and took pictures of the things around them and made a video with Kaia talking about it. He also talked about how hard it was for him to make the decision and show everybody his daughter by putting her online. But, he ended up meeting Mr. Chamberlin and they made a video for Kaia describing what they saw back to her. Overall, it was a very interesting blog to read.
Comments 4 Teachers Weeks 10-12
Do I Dare Disturb the Universe Week 10
This week by Scott Elias, he wrote about what you need to know as soon as you finish teacher school. He basically gave ideas and some tips that we as future teachers should know before we step foot into a classroom. He told us that we should be fun not "funny", to take this job seriously, but at the same time have fun with what we are doing. Also he said that we should act interested in what we are teaching, because if we are not then they will not be interested in what we are saying.
I thought that these were great ideas that he brought up and believe me I will take them with me. Most of the teachers that I have learned the most from are the ones that loved teaching their subjects. And they have been history teachers which have in turn made me wanna be like them and make history interesting to the kids I will be teaching. I think it is a great blog and you should check it out here for your-self.
Week 12
This week on Scott Elias' blog he talked about something that I was very interested in finding out about, the iPad. He was just giving his experiences and thoughts about the iPad and about how amazing it is. He likes it because he says that it is in between a laptop and an iPhone. So, it is the perfect tool he needs.
He said that it is good for watching videos and having a calendar and notes. He had a lot of great things to say about it and he said that he is just waiting for just a couple more things and apps to come out so that he can make the iPad better for his use.
I actually enjoyed reading this blog a lot, because it gave me a great insight about the iPad and answered a couple questions that I had been wondering about. And after reading this and taking in some of his ideas I am probably going to buy one pretty soon and experience one for myself. If you want to check out the overview click here.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
TimeToast Project
My Timetoast Project. The dates that are in my timetoast are important in my life. Such as first wreck, first car, and first state championship ring.
SKYPE
I had a conversation with Meghan Wallace through skype. She was at work at the Mobile Airport while I was at my house sitting on my couch. We were talking about our podcast and how everything went and we talked for about 10 minutes.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Week 10 HW
Comments 4 Kids
I went to Ms. Goerend's class and read an article by Gabe A on speeding. He talked about how we should be able to speed all the time, which is a great idea at first until you think about some things. I agreed that speeding on big roads is fine, but we shouldn't be able to speed on small roads, because of kids playing.
An Open Letter to Educators
I agree with what Morgan Bayda is saying. It is truly impossible to remember everything that you do in a two to three hour setting. And if you do not get students involved in what they are learning then it is even harder for them to retain it. I like what Dan Brown had to say that we as educators need to change our methods of teaching to the way the world is changing or we are going to be left behind.
An Open Letter to Educators
I agree with what Morgan Bayda is saying. It is truly impossible to remember everything that you do in a two to three hour setting. And if you do not get students involved in what they are learning then it is even harder for them to retain it. I like what Dan Brown had to say that we as educators need to change our methods of teaching to the way the world is changing or we are going to be left behind.
Teacher Comments Week 7-9
Week 7
In this week Russ Goerend's talked about how the Des Moines was making a charter school for students that have failing grades and don't come to school a lot. I think that this is a great idea! I also think that it will work great, because the parents are going to have to put in about 40 hours a week on this. So, that will force the parents to pay more attention to their child's grades before they fail and make them go to school.
Week 8
In this week Russ talked about the love of learning, which really caught my attention. He said that we need to honestly ask our kids if they like school and that we need to truly care about their answer. Also, he said that we need to stop blaming them and look at the way we are teaching them. I love this post! It is so true about how we need to make kids loving coming to school instead of dreading another day of boring lesson plans. If we could get students involved in loving to learn and participate in things then the sky is the limit for the next generation.
Week 9
In this week Russ talked about how apple is opening up their stores to students. They are opening them up, so that students can come on a field trip and learn how to use programs. From these programs they will learn how to use iMovie, garage band, and iPhoto. Then once the students learn this they can compare one another's to see which one is the best. This is the best of both worlds for students and teachers to both learn the programs, so that they can incorporate the programs in the classroom.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
3/14/10 HW Week 9
ALEX
This is a pretty cool website that is made just for teachers so that they can go look at it and see what kind of lesson plans are out there. They have some things where you can see lesson plans that teachers before them have done. The teachers can also look and listen to old podcast other teachers have done. You can also look in databases and find stuff that had been made a long time ago.
I think that this is a cool thing for teachers now. It is pretty interesting just looking around and seeing all the things that they have in there that is open to anybody who wants to use them. I will most certainly use this tool, because it might give me a different outlook on how I want to teach a lesson and how it will come across to the students. I could also use this website to make little puzzles and games to get the students involved.
ACCESS
This is a program that is designed for students that are in the upper part of their class. What it is, is that they can go to this class that is taught online and the students can use this to help them achieve college credits. The students can start the classes their freshman year and continue classes through out there high school career. The students can take a multitude of classes like exotic languages such as Spanish and french. They also take classes like math and English. The teachers do all their teaching online and some in the classroom.
I think that this a great program as of now, but I think that they should extend this program to the lower level students to help them get admission into colleges. The bad thing about this program is that the parents do have to pay for these courses. But, as of right now the program is doing good and will one day maybe reach the lower level students.
Comments 4 Kids
This week I went to Mrs. Yollis' class blog and looked around watched her video on how to comment and also looked at one of their topics from February on Chris Van Allsburg's books. Which are very interesting books which all of you should check out!
This is a pretty cool website that is made just for teachers so that they can go look at it and see what kind of lesson plans are out there. They have some things where you can see lesson plans that teachers before them have done. The teachers can also look and listen to old podcast other teachers have done. You can also look in databases and find stuff that had been made a long time ago.
I think that this is a cool thing for teachers now. It is pretty interesting just looking around and seeing all the things that they have in there that is open to anybody who wants to use them. I will most certainly use this tool, because it might give me a different outlook on how I want to teach a lesson and how it will come across to the students. I could also use this website to make little puzzles and games to get the students involved.
ACCESS
This is a program that is designed for students that are in the upper part of their class. What it is, is that they can go to this class that is taught online and the students can use this to help them achieve college credits. The students can start the classes their freshman year and continue classes through out there high school career. The students can take a multitude of classes like exotic languages such as Spanish and french. They also take classes like math and English. The teachers do all their teaching online and some in the classroom.
I think that this a great program as of now, but I think that they should extend this program to the lower level students to help them get admission into colleges. The bad thing about this program is that the parents do have to pay for these courses. But, as of right now the program is doing good and will one day maybe reach the lower level students.
Comments 4 Kids
This week I went to Mrs. Yollis' class blog and looked around watched her video on how to comment and also looked at one of their topics from February on Chris Van Allsburg's books. Which are very interesting books which all of you should check out!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
3/7/10 Week 8
Randy Paush: The Last Lecture
This was a very interesting lecture. I loved it from when it first started to when it finally ended. He has such a great idea of how to work with students and how to push them in a great way to where he helps them succeed. In the following paragraphs I will explain some of the ideas and things that he discussed in his video and I will give my opinion on it after explaining.
One of the ideas that he talked about early in his video was how to set goals and help your self achieve them. He talked about one instance when he was a little kid, how his football coach was getting on him pretty hard and he said he was thinking the same thing. Then another coach came up to him and said what Randy was thinking and he said the reason the coach was doing that was because he cared about him. The quote he said that caught my attention was "If you notice that somebody is criticizing you tough and continue to do it, its because they love you and care for you and once they stop they don't care anymore which is really bad." I think that it is a really good idea and I believe it so much that we should care for these kids and always critique them in a nice way like he said and help push them toward their potential.
The second point that he made was how to push your students even when they exceed your expectations on the first project or test. He used the example that when he first taught the class on virtual reality that his students did more than he could have imagined when he made up the idea. So, he went to his old professor and asked him what should he do since they did more than he imagined and his mentor said "tell that they did good but you can see that they could do better than that." So, that was a challenge that was sent out to the students and he said that they meet his expectations wonderfully. I like this idea, because I played baseball my whole life and when the coach told me something like that it really did work a lot.
Overall, Randy had great ideas on what he said and what he has done and what has been done to him also. I love this whole speech from beginning to the end and I will most definitively incorporate this into my future classes. And teach them these methods for when they get older.
Comments 4 Kids
I went to here and commented on her students blog whose name was Waylan. He wrote about how the loch ness monster was a hoax and I told him that he was right and that was about it.
This was a very interesting lecture. I loved it from when it first started to when it finally ended. He has such a great idea of how to work with students and how to push them in a great way to where he helps them succeed. In the following paragraphs I will explain some of the ideas and things that he discussed in his video and I will give my opinion on it after explaining.
One of the ideas that he talked about early in his video was how to set goals and help your self achieve them. He talked about one instance when he was a little kid, how his football coach was getting on him pretty hard and he said he was thinking the same thing. Then another coach came up to him and said what Randy was thinking and he said the reason the coach was doing that was because he cared about him. The quote he said that caught my attention was "If you notice that somebody is criticizing you tough and continue to do it, its because they love you and care for you and once they stop they don't care anymore which is really bad." I think that it is a really good idea and I believe it so much that we should care for these kids and always critique them in a nice way like he said and help push them toward their potential.
The second point that he made was how to push your students even when they exceed your expectations on the first project or test. He used the example that when he first taught the class on virtual reality that his students did more than he could have imagined when he made up the idea. So, he went to his old professor and asked him what should he do since they did more than he imagined and his mentor said "tell that they did good but you can see that they could do better than that." So, that was a challenge that was sent out to the students and he said that they meet his expectations wonderfully. I like this idea, because I played baseball my whole life and when the coach told me something like that it really did work a lot.
Overall, Randy had great ideas on what he said and what he has done and what has been done to him also. I love this whole speech from beginning to the end and I will most definitively incorporate this into my future classes. And teach them these methods for when they get older.
Comments 4 Kids
I went to here and commented on her students blog whose name was Waylan. He wrote about how the loch ness monster was a hoax and I told him that he was right and that was about it.
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