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Sunday, March 1, 2015
Blog Post #7
How do we all become Learners?
The videos this week were to show how teachers can still be learners. The video showed me that I have many tools at my disposal for teaching and allowing students to be their own teachers. However, since I was taught based on lectures, I will have to continuously remind myself that there are other and better ways for students to learn than just me lecturing to them. I do not totally disagree with the use of technology in the classroom because I do think it is beneficial, but I also think teachers need to maintain boundaries and a balance of technology. A strength I believe, is that I will relate to them more since I will be fresh out of school and still understand the struggle of studying and balancing things out. Some of the weaknesses I believe I will have would be wanting students to do their work my way, and with project based learning I would have to let them explore their options.
The next two videos were very interesting, iPad Reading and Poplet Center. In these videos, students had projects alone that allowed them do their own research and use tools that they will no doubt need in the future. The way students learn is changing constantly. Instead of the teacher being the only source for information, the students are going out and discovering for themselves. The video We All Become Learners I saw that I cannot just learn my subject and then present it to the students, its more to it than that. I learned that I have to keep learning new ways to do things to really help my students learn. I also have to be willing to let the students take on a teaching role, which I know will be very difficult for me to do.
In the video, Audio QR Code
Michelle Bennett explains how to record an audio QR code. Students can
use it when reading a book that was pre-recorded.
Imovie and Alabama Virtual Library,
Dr. Strange asks Michelle Bennett and Elizabeth Davis to share about
Imovie and AVL and how children in kindergarden are using these many
programs. The students use Imovie to make book trailers just like we did in class as a project. While the students learn, the teachers are also learning. Dr. Strange loves to say, "Teachers will never know everything there is to know about everything!"
Teachers will teach the students and the students will sometimes have
the opportunity to teach the teacher, and I believe this will always be
accurate. Our education doesn't just stop at college, its an ongoing thing.
The videos this week were to show how teachers can still be learners. The video showed me that I have many tools at my disposal for teaching and allowing students to be their own teachers. However, since I was taught based on lectures, I will have to continuously remind myself that there are other and better ways for students to learn than just me lecturing to them. I do not totally disagree with the use of technology in the classroom because I do think it is beneficial, but I also think teachers need to maintain boundaries and a balance of technology. A strength I believe, is that I will relate to them more since I will be fresh out of school and still understand the struggle of studying and balancing things out. Some of the weaknesses I believe I will have would be wanting students to do their work my way, and with project based learning I would have to let them explore their options.
The next two videos were very interesting, iPad Reading and Poplet Center. In these videos, students had projects alone that allowed them do their own research and use tools that they will no doubt need in the future. The way students learn is changing constantly. Instead of the teacher being the only source for information, the students are going out and discovering for themselves. The video We All Become Learners I saw that I cannot just learn my subject and then present it to the students, its more to it than that. I learned that I have to keep learning new ways to do things to really help my students learn. I also have to be willing to let the students take on a teaching role, which I know will be very difficult for me to do.
Project #6 C4k Summary February
C4K Summary for February
Post #1My " kid" this month is EEMA, that's the only name I see. Her blog was a video called "Adjective Disease" and citizens who have it. It basically is about how students learning what adjectives are and now they can have a better vocabulary using it in their everyday lives. They have a guest, Austin, come and talk about his vacation with his family and how he can use words like "bright blue" to explain the water instead of just blue. He also used words like "bumpy, smelly and deep red" to explain other parts of his story. They lastly gave the definition of an adjective. They showed bloopers at the end. For them being such a young age group the video was done pretty well, the only critique I would give would be that you can tell they were reading off of something.
The comment I left was:
Hey EEMA, good job on the video and explaining what adjectives are. The quality of the video was done very well, much better than what I could have done in the 8th grade. Adjectives are definitely useful when writing papers in high school and college, specially if you want it to make it longer!
Post#3 http://kidblog.org/MsLeatherwoodsClass/950a590c-a22c-42ab-b4fc-00374efdabf3/living-with-maltipoos/
The student I had this week was Ella. Her blog was about the two new dogs, Max and Mo, she got. She explains how at first she thought it would nice to have them since they were cute and sweet. But she later found out that they like to chew everything and bark all night long. But she later fell back in love with them when she was having a bad day, and they both came and stayed by her side the remainder of the day.
The comment I left was:
Hey Ella, I understand the struggle of having a new pet dog in the house and getting surprised by how loud they are. My dog, Cinnamon is a husky and when we first got him, I thought it would be awesome, until he barked and whined all night and used the bathroom everywhere. Good luck on the new puppy though, because those can be a little more difficult to handle.
Post#4 http://kidblog.org/Smeby/author/bbcf40ff-8ac5-4388-ac70-0468e83aad55/
The student I had this week was Gavin. Gavin's blog this week was about a visit from their Senator, Senator Crawford. The senator talked about the Unicameral, which is the fact that Nebraska has one house instead of two like most states. You can tell that Gavin enjoyed the visit a lot because he expresses it a lot by calling the visit awesome.
The comment I left was :
Hey Gavin! I think its pretty cool that you got to meet the Senator of your state. I also learned something new because I didn’t know that Nebraska only had one house instead of two. That’s good you enjoyed the visit and learned something, good job on your post too!
Post #1My " kid" this month is EEMA, that's the only name I see. Her blog was a video called "Adjective Disease" and citizens who have it. It basically is about how students learning what adjectives are and now they can have a better vocabulary using it in their everyday lives. They have a guest, Austin, come and talk about his vacation with his family and how he can use words like "bright blue" to explain the water instead of just blue. He also used words like "bumpy, smelly and deep red" to explain other parts of his story. They lastly gave the definition of an adjective. They showed bloopers at the end. For them being such a young age group the video was done pretty well, the only critique I would give would be that you can tell they were reading off of something.
The comment I left was:
Hey EEMA, good job on the video and explaining what adjectives are. The quality of the video was done very well, much better than what I could have done in the 8th grade. Adjectives are definitely useful when writing papers in high school and college, specially if you want it to make it longer!
Post#3 http://kidblog.org/MsLeatherwoodsClass/950a590c-a22c-42ab-b4fc-00374efdabf3/living-with-maltipoos/
The student I had this week was Ella. Her blog was about the two new dogs, Max and Mo, she got. She explains how at first she thought it would nice to have them since they were cute and sweet. But she later found out that they like to chew everything and bark all night long. But she later fell back in love with them when she was having a bad day, and they both came and stayed by her side the remainder of the day.
The comment I left was:
Hey Ella, I understand the struggle of having a new pet dog in the house and getting surprised by how loud they are. My dog, Cinnamon is a husky and when we first got him, I thought it would be awesome, until he barked and whined all night and used the bathroom everywhere. Good luck on the new puppy though, because those can be a little more difficult to handle.
Post#4 http://kidblog.org/Smeby/author/bbcf40ff-8ac5-4388-ac70-0468e83aad55/
The student I had this week was Gavin. Gavin's blog this week was about a visit from their Senator, Senator Crawford. The senator talked about the Unicameral, which is the fact that Nebraska has one house instead of two like most states. You can tell that Gavin enjoyed the visit a lot because he expresses it a lot by calling the visit awesome.
The comment I left was :
Hey Gavin! I think its pretty cool that you got to meet the Senator of your state. I also learned something new because I didn’t know that Nebraska only had one house instead of two. That’s good you enjoyed the visit and learned something, good job on your post too!
Project #13
Timeline to the signing of the Declaration of Independence
My group's project to students was for them to experience the signing of the Declaration of Independence. To accomplish this each student will be put into a group. These groups consisted of the major events that led up to the signing, like The Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, or The French and Indian War, ect.... At the end of the project a student from each even will be selected to sign the Declaration of Independence to show how the cities formed together to separate into their own colonies.
Here are the links to our project materials:
Project Overview
Project Checklist
Project Calendar
Individual Evaluation Rubric
Group Evaluation Rubric
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Blog Post #6
Learning about Project Based Learning from a former student was very interesting. Anthony Capps is a former EDM310 student, who now teaches third grade in Baldwin County. He shows how he implements Project Based Learning in the video Project Based Learning Part 1 and Project Based Learning Part 2. It was a nice surprise to see that teachers are using this method to teach and enjoying it. Mr. Capps mentions that he records feedback from his students so that he can continue to do things that interest them. A key quote Mr.Capps based his teaching, and what most teachers should believe also, was, "Never
limit your students, by giving them exactly what you want them to do.
Create an opportunity for them to go beyond what you want them to do.
They will do it." The comment is basically saying that if you give students free reign, they might surprise you.
The Anthony-Strange Tips for Teachers Part 1, was another video I watched. In this video Dr. Strange and Mr. Capps gave tips for teachers. The first two tips were key given in the video. First stated was that as a teacher, one of the key factors is to be interested in learning also, which is preached constantly in EDM 310. Secondly, stated that when you are teaching, the work you do should also be fun for yourself. If you want students to be interested in learning, you have to give them something interesting to learn. That second tip is one of the things that made me want to be a teacher in the first place, to make teaching, specifically math, something interesting to learn, not boring. With Dr. Strange you learn that you should never expect a student to say something, so you have to expect for anything and be ready to respond to them effectively. Overall, Mr. Capps and Dr. Strange gave some great points that I had never given much thought to until I watched this video.
The Anthony-Strange Tips for Teachers Part 1, was another video I watched. In this video Dr. Strange and Mr. Capps gave tips for teachers. The first two tips were key given in the video. First stated was that as a teacher, one of the key factors is to be interested in learning also, which is preached constantly in EDM 310. Secondly, stated that when you are teaching, the work you do should also be fun for yourself. If you want students to be interested in learning, you have to give them something interesting to learn. That second tip is one of the things that made me want to be a teacher in the first place, to make teaching, specifically math, something interesting to learn, not boring. With Dr. Strange you learn that you should never expect a student to say something, so you have to expect for anything and be ready to respond to them effectively. Overall, Mr. Capps and Dr. Strange gave some great points that I had never given much thought to until I watched this video.
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