Sunday, September 28, 2014
Friday, September 26, 2014
C4K Summary for September
My first kid was Johnathan who attends Pt England School. His blog was about a group of people from the revolution that came to his school to stop bullying. I thought this was a great idea for the school to bring a group of people in and do a fun educational skit because it teaches the kids what is not okay.
My second kid was Lawrence and he is in the 4th grade. He had to invent a new food for his blog. The food he came up with is called a pinechip. It looks like a chip made of blocks and tastes like pineapple. I thought that his food was very unique and that it may even be healthy for a chip.
My third kid was Aidan and he is in the 5th grade. His blog had to be 100 words making a story and use a few certain words. The words he had to use were orange, forgot, pepper, crocodile, soft, and lugubrious. With these words he created a story about him and his mom going to the zoo. It was very creative and made me think that he likes animals.
My second kid was Lawrence and he is in the 4th grade. He had to invent a new food for his blog. The food he came up with is called a pinechip. It looks like a chip made of blocks and tastes like pineapple. I thought that his food was very unique and that it may even be healthy for a chip.
My third kid was Aidan and he is in the 5th grade. His blog had to be 100 words making a story and use a few certain words. The words he had to use were orange, forgot, pepper, crocodile, soft, and lugubrious. With these words he created a story about him and his mom going to the zoo. It was very creative and made me think that he likes animals.
Blog Post #6
What do you learn from these conversations with Anthony Capps?
In Project Based Learning Part 1: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher I learned that we have to teach project base learning as a lesson and not just something that is done after the lesson we teach. It is good to have an audience for the students work so they will do a better job. It is also a good idea to cover content that is going on presently in the world.
In Project Based Learning Part 2: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher I learned that you should never give a limit to what students can do. You should always make a project so they can go above and beyond by applying themselves. This way students can learn more and more.
In iCurio I learned that iCurio is used as a search engine to search text and videos on subjects that protein to the Alabama state standards or any other state you wish to look at. Students can also use this site to store stuff that he or she finds valuable. This helps them stay organized.
In Discover Education I learned that it is a great source to use when you need any sort of illustration to go with your notes/lecture. Kids learn very well visually so by having illustrations it could help them retain more information.
In The Anthony - Strange list of Tips for Teachers Part 1 I learned that you need to be interested in learning, work is not separate from play, be flexible, and get kids engaged. As a teacher you are always learning so if you don't like to learn this is probably not the profession for you. Even though you only work roughly eight hours a day there is still a lot of work and learning to be done at home. Always have your end goal in mind and if you have to take a different route to get there that is okay. Always keep your learning fun so your students will stay engaged.
In Don't Teach Tech - Use It I learned that technology is always there even if we don't want it to be. We should use technology a little at a time and then by the end of the year students will have a wide span of different technologies to use. Technology can be shared between people and is less messy. I still think doing some hands on craft is good for students to use.
In Additional Thoughts About Lessons I learned that a lesson is at least four layers thick. You have to break it down into year, months, weeks, and days. You have to figure out what you are going to cover over the whole year, then how many weeks you will spend on each thing out of the year, then out of those weeks break it into days, then you have to specifically break down what you are going to teach each day. This helps you to stay on track and make sure you cover everything you need to teach.
In Project Based Learning Part 1: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher I learned that we have to teach project base learning as a lesson and not just something that is done after the lesson we teach. It is good to have an audience for the students work so they will do a better job. It is also a good idea to cover content that is going on presently in the world.
In Project Based Learning Part 2: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher I learned that you should never give a limit to what students can do. You should always make a project so they can go above and beyond by applying themselves. This way students can learn more and more.
In iCurio I learned that iCurio is used as a search engine to search text and videos on subjects that protein to the Alabama state standards or any other state you wish to look at. Students can also use this site to store stuff that he or she finds valuable. This helps them stay organized.
In Discover Education I learned that it is a great source to use when you need any sort of illustration to go with your notes/lecture. Kids learn very well visually so by having illustrations it could help them retain more information.
In The Anthony - Strange list of Tips for Teachers Part 1 I learned that you need to be interested in learning, work is not separate from play, be flexible, and get kids engaged. As a teacher you are always learning so if you don't like to learn this is probably not the profession for you. Even though you only work roughly eight hours a day there is still a lot of work and learning to be done at home. Always have your end goal in mind and if you have to take a different route to get there that is okay. Always keep your learning fun so your students will stay engaged.
In Don't Teach Tech - Use It I learned that technology is always there even if we don't want it to be. We should use technology a little at a time and then by the end of the year students will have a wide span of different technologies to use. Technology can be shared between people and is less messy. I still think doing some hands on craft is good for students to use.
In Additional Thoughts About Lessons I learned that a lesson is at least four layers thick. You have to break it down into year, months, weeks, and days. You have to figure out what you are going to cover over the whole year, then how many weeks you will spend on each thing out of the year, then out of those weeks break it into days, then you have to specifically break down what you are going to teach each day. This helps you to stay on track and make sure you cover everything you need to teach.
Friday, September 19, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Blog Post #5
A Personal Learning Network is a source for someone to use to learn things. This can help me as a teacher because it can teach me things I don't already know as well as help my students learn things. After watching Michael Fawcett's Offer His Insights video you see how useful PLN is because one of his students had a space question and after putting it on twitter it was answered within thirty minutes by no other then NASA themselves. How cool was that? Very. To me that is a great example of using your sources. You form your own PLN however you want to. A good way to start off is by adding all the social media sights you use then adding people that is in your same field of studies. So for me I would start adding and following teachers since that is what I am going to school for. I looked into Symbaloo and I think that is a great way to keep your PLN organized. It seemed very easy to use and was very structural.
Friday, September 12, 2014
C4T #1 Summary
The blog I was assigned to is called Venspired and it is by a lady named Krissy Venosdale. I have not been to a bunch of different blogs but I can say out off all the blog pages I have ever been to her's is my favorite. It is so colorful, fun, and artsy. It just attracts your attention and makes you want to discover more about it.
The first blog I commented on is called 'Right Now' and it talked about being a person who imagined the big picture of things. Meaning that you know what your end goal is and you know what you have to do everyday to get there. Krissy was saying how she needs to slow down though and notice the smaller things. When I commented on Krissy's blog I told her how I am a big picture person also but it is the little things that the students will remember. Those little things are what make students experiences through school so I will not try to over look them.
The second blog I commented on is called 'Hope is Waiting For Us' and it talked about how much the author loves creativity. She went on how she dislikes feel in the blanks and answering the questions in the back of each chapter and thought hope might be lost. She found hope again when entering an elementary classroom and she seen all the creativity and happiness in all the kids. When I commented on Krissy's blog I told her how creativity is a great thing to use in the classroom. It makes things fun and interesting. The more fun you make things for students the more eager they are going to be to learn.
The first blog I commented on is called 'Right Now' and it talked about being a person who imagined the big picture of things. Meaning that you know what your end goal is and you know what you have to do everyday to get there. Krissy was saying how she needs to slow down though and notice the smaller things. When I commented on Krissy's blog I told her how I am a big picture person also but it is the little things that the students will remember. Those little things are what make students experiences through school so I will not try to over look them.
The second blog I commented on is called 'Hope is Waiting For Us' and it talked about how much the author loves creativity. She went on how she dislikes feel in the blanks and answering the questions in the back of each chapter and thought hope might be lost. She found hope again when entering an elementary classroom and she seen all the creativity and happiness in all the kids. When I commented on Krissy's blog I told her how creativity is a great thing to use in the classroom. It makes things fun and interesting. The more fun you make things for students the more eager they are going to be to learn.
Project #15
Search Engines
The search engine I use 99% of the time Google so when talking about these other search engines I will compare them to Google since that is the one I know most about.
1. WolframAlpha reminds me of Google since it has one search bar on its main page then once you type something in it goes to a different sort of page set up that is nothing like Google. For instance I typed in Facebook and on that page you have a button that goes to the website, then there is what seems to be the definition of Facebook, and then a few other options to click on. After taking the tour I found out that WolframAlpha is knowledge engine not a search engine. This meaning that its information comes from built in knowledge created by humans. I think this search engine would be great when you are needing a bunch of knowledge on something specific.
2. Bing is a search engine I have never really liked; not for any particular reason I might add. It is a like Google as far as having the main page with a search engine bar. I do like how on the main page you have a range of things going on in the world from news to celebrity gossip to click on and check out. When I searched for Facebook on Bing I had a list of a bunch of different websites to choose from, I had a little bit of background information on what Facebook was, its stock price, and a list of other websites that people who searched for Facebook also searched for these other sites. I think Bing has come a long way since the last time I got on it. I feel that it gives you a lot more information on what you are searching for; kind of like a background check.
3. Ask has a search engine bar like Google as well as having a question of the day on its main page. I feel like the questions of the day did not have any relevance to anything; just a bunch of useless facts unless maybe being on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or some other question game show. After searching Facebook I had question/answer scenario with some different websites to choose from come up. I think ask.com would be a good search engine when you needed to find the answer to a question.
4. Yahoo I think is a good search engine for news related searches. On the main page of Yahoo you always see news related stuff on the front page which I think is a good source to find out what is going on. You can also use Yahoo for your e-mail. When searching Facebook I had different links to websites come up; most being about the news on Facebook.
5. Cuil I think is the closest search engine I have found to Google. Honestly, I would say it is identical to Google just a different name. Everything happens and shows up just the same as Google. This may be because the people who developed the website were ex-googlers. I still would not use this search engine over Google even if it is the same because there would be no reason to change to it.
6. Excite is a very "busy" website and what I mean by this is it has too much going on on its main page. Simple is better. First off you have a tiny search engine bar then you have over 100 links to click on all being about different various stuff and all the writing is too small. I feel like it is all just too clustered and it should be better organized. When searching for Facebook it was the same as Google with different links about Facebook coming up. To me this is one of the low end search engines and any of the above search engines would be better than this one.
7. Hotbot kind of weird-ed me out. At first I thought it would be cool for younger kids to use because the main page seemed fun with having a robot on it. It was also easy by only having the search engine bar on it. I have never been to this webpage before though and it already knew that I had different searches on other tabs opened; for example the college of education website. After searching Facebook different links came up to click on just like on Google.
8. Gigablast seemed to be set up a little weird to me. It also had a small search engine box but it did not have a whole bunch of stuff going on on the main page which was a plus. After searching Facebook though I had different links come up and under those links I had a 'search in category' option which I thought to be different but I think it might be good if you were needing it for different languages or origins.
After looking at all these different search engines WolframAlpha, Bing, and Yahoo were my favorite. I will try exploring and using these search engines more often. Sometimes we as humans get so used to one thing that once we try something once and don't like it we won't go back to trying it. It is kind of like a first impressions thing.
4. Yahoo I think is a good search engine for news related searches. On the main page of Yahoo you always see news related stuff on the front page which I think is a good source to find out what is going on. You can also use Yahoo for your e-mail. When searching Facebook I had different links to websites come up; most being about the news on Facebook.
5. Cuil I think is the closest search engine I have found to Google. Honestly, I would say it is identical to Google just a different name. Everything happens and shows up just the same as Google. This may be because the people who developed the website were ex-googlers. I still would not use this search engine over Google even if it is the same because there would be no reason to change to it.
6. Excite is a very "busy" website and what I mean by this is it has too much going on on its main page. Simple is better. First off you have a tiny search engine bar then you have over 100 links to click on all being about different various stuff and all the writing is too small. I feel like it is all just too clustered and it should be better organized. When searching for Facebook it was the same as Google with different links about Facebook coming up. To me this is one of the low end search engines and any of the above search engines would be better than this one.
7. Hotbot kind of weird-ed me out. At first I thought it would be cool for younger kids to use because the main page seemed fun with having a robot on it. It was also easy by only having the search engine bar on it. I have never been to this webpage before though and it already knew that I had different searches on other tabs opened; for example the college of education website. After searching Facebook different links came up to click on just like on Google.
8. Gigablast seemed to be set up a little weird to me. It also had a small search engine box but it did not have a whole bunch of stuff going on on the main page which was a plus. After searching Facebook though I had different links come up and under those links I had a 'search in category' option which I thought to be different but I think it might be good if you were needing it for different languages or origins.
After looking at all these different search engines WolframAlpha, Bing, and Yahoo were my favorite. I will try exploring and using these search engines more often. Sometimes we as humans get so used to one thing that once we try something once and don't like it we won't go back to trying it. It is kind of like a first impressions thing.
Blog Post #4
Asking Questions: What questions do we ask? How do we ask?
What do we need to know about asking questions to be an effective teacher?
After reading The Right Way to Ask Questions in the Classroom I think Ben, the author, is spot on about questions being more for the teacher then the student. I can't tell you how many times I have heard teachers ask the question "Does everybody understand?" or "Are their any questions?". This is so generic that it really is not helping students. Sometimes student don't know the right questions to ask or he or she doesn't want to be embarrassed by asking a dumb question. I think it would be more beneficial if teachers asked questions with specific answers. That way teachers will know if students really know what is being discussed.
After reading Asking Questions to Improve Learning I learned some pointers about what kinds of questions to ask and what to follow up with to students answers. For example if a teacher asks a yes or no question ask the students to explain why he or she said yes or no. I thought a good technique to responding to a students answer was respond in a way that will keep the students thinking. I think it is good if a teacher makes a student second guess his or her answer because it will make a student more confident if they know he or she is right whereas a student who is not sure may just have guessed and was hoping to get it right.
After reading some of the sources shared with me about questions I have learned that there is a lot more to questions than meets the eye. There are many different types of questions. On the website The Second Principle it tells us about the five types of questions which are factual, convergent, divergent, evaluative, and combinations. I have also learned that we need to prepare questions and take note of good questions asked and use those in future lesson plans. It just goes to show you how little things like asking the right questions can make a difference for the students.
What do we need to know about asking questions to be an effective teacher?
After reading The Right Way to Ask Questions in the Classroom I think Ben, the author, is spot on about questions being more for the teacher then the student. I can't tell you how many times I have heard teachers ask the question "Does everybody understand?" or "Are their any questions?". This is so generic that it really is not helping students. Sometimes student don't know the right questions to ask or he or she doesn't want to be embarrassed by asking a dumb question. I think it would be more beneficial if teachers asked questions with specific answers. That way teachers will know if students really know what is being discussed.
After reading Asking Questions to Improve Learning I learned some pointers about what kinds of questions to ask and what to follow up with to students answers. For example if a teacher asks a yes or no question ask the students to explain why he or she said yes or no. I thought a good technique to responding to a students answer was respond in a way that will keep the students thinking. I think it is good if a teacher makes a student second guess his or her answer because it will make a student more confident if they know he or she is right whereas a student who is not sure may just have guessed and was hoping to get it right.
After reading some of the sources shared with me about questions I have learned that there is a lot more to questions than meets the eye. There are many different types of questions. On the website The Second Principle it tells us about the five types of questions which are factual, convergent, divergent, evaluative, and combinations. I have also learned that we need to prepare questions and take note of good questions asked and use those in future lesson plans. It just goes to show you how little things like asking the right questions can make a difference for the students.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Blog Post #3
How can you provide meaningful feedback to your peers?
Meaningful feed back can be fun if you make it that way. There are three keys ways to provide feedback. First, complement the others persons work and always stay positive. Second, make suggestions on how his or her paper could be better. It could be a different word choice, more detail, or even better organization. Third, tell them corrections if you know something is spelled wrong or has the wrong punctuation. Everyone is human and we all make errors so help others how you would want to be helped.
I enjoyed watching the video Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes that the students made. It gave good examples of what not to do. Some things that the students showed was don't be picky, don't not care, don't talk with other people, don't be a "generalizer", don't be mean, don't be loud, don't be pushy, don't get off-task, don't speed, don't be defensive. All these are good points of what not to do. If you ever think what you are saying or doing is not right then you probably shouldn't say or do it.
Meaningful feed back can be fun if you make it that way. There are three keys ways to provide feedback. First, complement the others persons work and always stay positive. Second, make suggestions on how his or her paper could be better. It could be a different word choice, more detail, or even better organization. Third, tell them corrections if you know something is spelled wrong or has the wrong punctuation. Everyone is human and we all make errors so help others how you would want to be helped.
I enjoyed watching the video Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes that the students made. It gave good examples of what not to do. Some things that the students showed was don't be picky, don't not care, don't talk with other people, don't be a "generalizer", don't be mean, don't be loud, don't be pushy, don't get off-task, don't speed, don't be defensive. All these are good points of what not to do. If you ever think what you are saying or doing is not right then you probably shouldn't say or do it.
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