PLN

For my PLN I decided to use Netvibe . My Netvibe is my home page, which I organized to fit my daily needs. As my topic I choose education, therefore I am able to keep up with the daily educational talk. Netvibe consist of tabs, which guides me to highlighted topics on education. I designed my tabs to consist of world news, videos, and Google search all involving education. I truly love using my Netvibe.

Blog Post #9

What I’ve Learned this Year

At the Teacher’s Desk: What I’ve Learned This Year blog is an outstanding learning tool for new and old teachers. The blog consist of seven main points in which he believes is what he learned in his first year of teaching and how beneficial they will be for him in the future. The first topic was on How to Read the Crowd. He discusses how teachers are so concern with the “delivery of the content that they are missing important aspects of teaching, and that is checking for student comprehension.” He also believes that a teacher should be flexible because “NO LESSON IS EVER PERFECT. THE LESSON YOU TEACH AND THE ONE YOU PLAN ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT.” Mr. McClung discusses how communication “is important in the work place”, as well as” listening to your students”. Being reasonable is important for teachers and to never stop learning. There is always room for every teacher to learn, therefore a teacher should not be afraid to use technology.
I agree that many teachers put the understanding of the lesson at the very end of their list of things to do. Students should not memorize the lesson but they should understand the lesson as a whole, so that they can reapply it later. If the students “drive your instruction” the lessons will become “more effective.” Being flexible is one of the greatest assets a teacher could have and the will-power to learn from their students. I believe that being reasonable, using technology, listening to your students, reading the crowd, being flexible, and communication are the keys to a great teaching career.
What I’ve Learned this year-Volume 4

Mr. McClung volume 4 discusses how he began to question himself as a teacher with his surrounding peers. This year he felt as if he not only had to have the well done from his students and supervisor, but also his peers. It took him most of the year before he realized that peer approval is not the approval he needed. He needed to be true to who he is as a teacher. He was not just worried about his peers but he was also worried about challenging himself as a teacher. Teaching the same subject began to make him relaxed in being creative.
Being a pre-k teacher in a private facility has its challenges. There is one set curriculum which comes with books and guides. After being there for five years, I as well began to reuse lesson plans because everything is already given to me. This year I was able to start fresh because I started the year with a new co-teacher. Being with my new co-teacher I am able to create new lesson plans and use my creativity.

Project #12

Blog Post #8

This Is How We Dream Parts 1 and 2

This is How We Dream videos was very incredible and it was wonderful to see where Richard saw the future heading with technology. It’s great that technology is evolving but at the same time it is very scary. Richard showed us where the world is now with technology and where he hopes it’s heading in the future. He discussed incremental and fundamental stages of technology. Incremental is the now and fundamental is what he hopes the future will be.

Richard believed that he was “living at the moment of the greatest change of human communication” in 2008. In 2008 was the time to really buckle down with reading and writing. Richard talked about incremental changes and the fundamental changes. Incremental is where we are now and that is working with our desktops/laptops. With incremental changes you could research the “riches of the world.” He was able to connect his research on school violence with “cultural and social commit to violence record to government documents.” The document was a printed document on his desktop and a web base document. With the incremental changes he was able to create documents, which was made up of print, pictures, and sounds.

I believe Richard Miller was saying that fundamental changes are composing with the web itself. He stated that “alphabet and images will be used to compose lectures or text.” The fundamental changes seem as if it would be a great way to interact with the world even better than now. I agree with Richard that “We as educators must be in the business of sharing ideals freely.” A teacher shouldn't have to recreate the wheel. The web is a great place for teachers to share or help one another. I think incremental works great now for teachers, but I do believe in the future we will have advanced to the fundamental way of sharing information.

Blog Post #12 by Carly Pugh

Carly Pugh’s blog post was marvelous. She used YouTube in a way that I never knew was possible. The creation of her YouTube project was hands down an example of Richard’s hope for the future. She was able to write her philosophy on teaching with media tools. It is Richards hope for the future that we will one day be writing with media. I believe the media way she wrote her philosophy was a lot more understandable than if she would have written it down on a piece of paper. It seemed to have brought her ideals to life. I think she was extremely close to Richard’s hope for the future and I believe if she had used more than just YouTube she would have been dead on with Richard’s beliefs.

The Chipper series and EDM310 for dummies was fantastic. In the beginning of class, I thought that the way class was going was crazy. As time has gone on I have come to really enjoy learning the way I have in EDM310 because I appreciate it a lot more. The videos have also inspired me to want to create a Christian Facebook. Yeah I am going to school to become a teacher, but I also believe as a Christian, Facebook isn’t always pretty. On my site some words and pictures would be permitted. I love to create a digital portfolio of all my work and accomplishments to send for job interviews. In my digital portfolio it will ascent of an example lesson plan created on Prezi , a YouTube video with clips exampling who I am (thanks to Carly Pugh), a timeline toast of my job history, and a movie trailer of all my references. I think that this would be a great way for people to get to know who I am as a person and an employee.

Learn to Change, Change to Learn I agree and disagree with the video. I believe in some cases you cannot teach the basic fundamental of education through technology, but I do believe children have a wider range of research through the internet. I also believe that standardized testing is over doing it because what the children are expected to memorize for those test they may not need. On the other hand standardized testing is needed but it should be to see if the child is gaining the knowledge which is being taught. I do not believe in standardized test in the way we do them now because the teachers are becoming more of test teaching teachers. Many teachers teach the test in fear of losing their jobs or getting in trouble with their boss. When I was going to elementary school standardized testing wasn’t on the top of teachers list because they weren’t as important then and I was able to have a creative learning environment.
Edmodo is a wonderful site, which I would use to platform my classroom curriculum. Edmodo would be used to blog with parents and teachers from schools all over the world. I would use the site to inform parents of class assignments, extra assignments, school news, and questions. Edmodo would be a requirement for all students to socially network for class projects. I would also be able to privately discuss any parent concerns or grades.

The program which created Teaching In The 21st Century was Prezi. The program prices are very reasonable for both teachers and students. The public price is zero dollars for 100mbs. To enjoy yourself there is a low fee of $4.95 for 500mb of storage,to make your site private, to create your own logo, and premium support 24/7. For the Pro's it is a low fee of $13.25 for 2gb of storage,core features,use Prezi desktop,prmium support 24/7, use your own logo, and make your Prezi private.

Make beliefs comix

Animoto is a site which takes videos, pictures, and music to create a video. To create your video you can use your Facebook account or photo stream. The video would be set up with background music, the dates flashing in between photos, and photos or videos. The music can be music already available or you can upload music. You could design with a personal theme of you own or pick a theme.

Who is Smarter Boys or Girls?

C4T#2 Summary

All They Want

In Mrs. G's post she discusses how writing is not her strong suite and how she plans on improving it this year. During the summer Mrs. G attended the Solution Tree PLC conference in St. Louis, which is something she always does. This conference was a little different because it helped her to find a new way to solve the problems she, as well as her students had with writing. She came up with using "Mentor Texts" that she hoped to really improve on this year. She ended the post with the questions "What are some mistakes you've made in your classroom? How can you take a risk and be transparent about those mistakes to help others learn?"
My Summary
As a pre-k teacher, I have not made very many mistakes in writing because I am able to prepare/pre-write. How can I take a risk in writing when the students are pointing out when I make a mistake and show them how to correct the mistakes. Reading your blog showed me that I need to involve my students a little more with my writing because a pre-k teacher is the first step to their educational life.

Project 9b

Georgia Baker on Prezi

Project #8 Podcast (Video)

Blog Post #7

The Network Student
The network student video was an amazing and informational video. The student was able to find valid information with a little assistant from the teacher. The teacher came from connectivism base learning, which she implemented in her classroom. The teacher begins the class by making sure the students have the basic computer network skills before moving on to projects. The teacher never did lectures and the student’s did not have a text book. The teacher had the students take control of the learning by connecting to students online.

Since there are no lectures or text books, the resource used by the network students are scholarly websites, ITunes8, social book mark, blogs, reader tool, and MP3 player. The student begins searching other blogs before he creates a blog of his own. TheMP3 player is used to listen to lectures of great professors and the social bookmark is to mark site with articles that he likes or that may interest someone else. The reader tool is used to tell when a blogger has posted an update. ITunes8 gives him access to professors all over the world.

The network student reminds me so much of EDM310 because Dr. Strange is there to help guide you to the place that you need to be without giving you the answer. Why does the Network Students even need a teacher? The network student needs a teacher to teach him how to correctly maneuver through the internet. She guides him with the appropriate steps, so the student can successfully complete an assignment. She helps him understand how to differentiate between valid and invalid information.

Welcome to My PLE A 7th Graders Personal Learning Environment, network student, and EDM310 (PLN) are all one in the same. They begin with the basic fundamental of the internet. The knowledge of how to operate a computer is something a student should have before beginning the class. Each student spends time researching and free flowing through the internet. The students are able to freely complete the assignment without the guidance of a teacher. The teachers are there to help as needed. Many times the students are able to complete the projects without or little to no assistant from a teacher. The teachers are mainly there for moral supports because they are trying help you build the knowledge so you will be able to apply it on your own in the real world.

Blog Post #6

Randy Pausch Randy Pausch

is a wonderful motivational speaker. It’s amazing to watch a video of a man with his medical background still give great speeches to encourage people. Randy seemed to be in better health then I am in now. It was great to see how life still goes on no matter what the outcome may be. Randy knows that time is short for him, but that did not stop him from delivering his last great lecture.

Randy talked a lot about childhood dreams and how he accomplished them in some kind of way. My childhood dreams are something that I took for granted. By watching the video I learned that completing my dream could have made the outcome of my life a lot different. As a teacher, I will make sure that the students in my class can accomplish their dream or give them advice on how to accomplish their dreams. Dreams make you into the great person that you will be as an adult. By watching the video I learned that dreams are not stupid, but they are meaningful.

My favorite quote from Randy’s video was about the football coach. The team wanted to know why the coach did not bring a football to football practice, the coach asked the team “How many players are on the field and how many have the ball at that time?” The teams response was “22 players and one has the football.” The coach then explained how “They were going to work on what the other 21 players are doing.” That statement told me that it’s not about the job everyone else is doing but what you are doing. As a teacher, I will no longer worry about what the other teacher did or didn’t do, but what I could do to make it better.

It was sad to hear that Randy passed, but in his lectures he left words of encouragement for teachers and parents. First, is to never give up on your childhood dreams. Second, it’s not about what everyone else is doing but what you are doing. Third, life goes on, so do your best to be your best. Those three things will be something that I will share with my children as a parent and teacher.

Timetoast time line

C4K#1 Summary

Comments for Kids My first comment 4 kids at Kidblog.org/5thchestnuttree where I made a comment on Tomi and Valen's blogs. Tomi is a fifth grade boy, who is thrilled about his reading project. He was reading a book that other children his age were reading in a different county. It was great to read that Tomi was excited about his reading project. I informed him about my literature class and how everyone read the same thing every week, but we all have different opinions. I also shared with Tomi how books are great to read, but they are even better with a partner.

Valen is a fifth grade boy , who was currently watching the Olympics and was a little upset about his team losing to the United States. Valen's favorite sport is basketball and he loves Manu Ginobili. I stated how I never like sports until my boys began playing, but the sport I really like is baseball. I also stated how I was not able to watch the Olympics this year because I had been so busy. I encourage both Tomi and Valen to keep up the good work.