AA # 3

One of the most important things in this post I feel is the way he talks about our educations system and how it is like.  The map is the most shocking part to me about the video.  This whole side of the world is plagued with ADHD or we have more cases of it here.  So I feel this should make people step back and look at what is wrong with this picture.  The one thing I have to disagree on would be the fact that ADD AND ADHD are not real.  I was diagnosed with ADD when I was in the 3rd grade and I have struggled ever since.  I took medication for a while, but I began to feel as if I was in a box and did not like the feeling it gave me.  It is hard for me to keep my attention on one thing for a long period of time and I am horrible at test.  I feel as if the children that have this are written off like we have a fake problem, but it is real.  Looking at what we are bing taught and what the speacker is talking about are close together.  We are learning new ways to make learning more fun not just sitting in a desk with nothing fun to do.  I think the disagreement comes from the fact that a lot of people believe that Add and ADHD are real.  You can watch a child and see that they are having those problems.  I think this was a really neat idea for a video and if I had to chose a job I would say sound because I love music and I think I would be really good at picking the right sounds and where they go.

Blog #10

As a college student we do not think a lot about what we pay for.  We know we go to school to get a proper education so we can make something of ourselves, but how many times to we step back and think about what we are taught.  In the Blog of Ms.Morgan Bayda she finds a video by Dan Brown called " An Open Letter to Educators" he talks about how education has changed over the years where it started out as something for only rich people to where anyone who could pay for it started.  Not only that he also talks about how there are "free" ways to learn other than sitting in a classroom.  She points out we are made to sit and not correspond with other students or our teachers.  Both show how college truly is today.  Most of the time students are passed up with no chance of getting help.
   When education started out is was only made available to the rich.  Over time it finally became open to those who would pay for it.  Well that is the way it is today.  If you are willing to pay the large amounts of money then you are granted an education.  Some college students struggle to make it through too the rising cost of school.  I fear that pretty soon schooling will go back to just the rich can afford it.  I know I go to school and work a job and both of my parents work and it takes all ewe have to make things work.  Sometimes I wonder if what I'm paying for is really worth it.  Dan has a good point when he talks about for education has evolved into the same pattern.
   Dan also makes a good point in the fact we are paying for education we could get off the internet.  Most of what we learn in a classroom we can get for free.  If there is one thing I will take away from this class is that there is so many free things for teachers online that we can not get anywhere else.  If you really think about what Dan says you will realize what we sit in a class for for an hour or more we can get the same info offline.  That is one of the things that many college kids do not think about.  I know until I watched this video and read the blog that I did not think about it.  This makes you step back and look at what you are truly paying for.
  One thing that stuck out in Morgan Bayda's blog is that she says we are never really  allowed as students to get help from other students in class or talk to our teachers or have something to say back to what they are saying.  We are tough to sit and not challenge what our teachers tell us even though they are wrong.   I know this class and my other education class are the only two that allow interaction in class and outside of class.  Our teachers actually encourage it.  Other than that I'm pretty much on my own.  Things need to change or school is going to be a thing of the past and where will that lead us? That is one scary thought to have.


In Tom Johnson's Don't Let Them Take the Pencils Home! we look at how as teachers now a day we look at what is being done wrong instead of what is done right. So many times we are tough we are the problem, but does anyone ever try to find a solution.  How many times has a teacher told us what we are doing wrong , but does not offer advice for what we should do to get it right.  This to me is so frustrating when some one has the nerve to point out a problem , but will not help.  As teachers we should be there to offer solutions and help any way we can. Its our job to do that right? We are there to teach our kids and help when there is a problem.  This makes me think how many teachers actually go by this.  I want to be one that  helps my students to get better and when a problem come up make sure they have the right tools and so do I to fix the problem.

  What is my sentence?   Makes you stop and think about what your sentence really is.  To keep from having a book or a short essay (which I think my life up to this point has been ) is a hard thing.  One thing to make the rest of your life and to give you drive.  I wonder how many of the worlds greatest leaders or movie stars have a sentence? As a future teacher I believe it is so important for me to have a sentence to keep my eye on the prize of being the best I can be.  So what is my sentence? I want to be the one that teaches generations to reach for the start and never give up! I want to be the teacher that pushes her kids to do their best and do everything thing they have set out to do.  So what is your sentence?

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Blog #9

In the Blog "What I've Learned This Year" Mr. McClung has so many good points for new teachers in this blog. One of the most valuable points to me he made was as teacher we must be learners just like our kids. We have to learn as much as we can about the new information to make our children's lives easier as students. Another good point he had was that if we had a problem with a coworker you need to talk to them. That works in all walks of life. More problems come from not talking the problems out. Something that I think all teachers tend to miss sometimes is to listen to your students. This is so important because our students tend to know what works sometimes. Overall he had a wonderful blog post and some very useful tips for a new teacher. They are wonderful tips and I will most defiantly take them into consideration.

Short Movie

Time toast #2

Blog # 8

In this videos "This is How We Dream Part 1&2" The speacker has very good points. Most people my age are not able to write in multimedia. I know I am one of thoes people. I have learned to do more in this class than I knew before, but I don't think I know near enough as I should to be prepared. I have noticed most times though that most work is done on an apple computer. Something that plays in my mind is does apple make this process eassier or does my PC work just as well? Is this a particular thing I am going to have to worry about when I start teaching? These are just a few questions that poped in my head as I watched this.

I do belive that we as teachers are going to have to be able to do this. For one it will make learning alot more fun and interesting. We could even get our kids envolved in our project. That is a way we could teach the is by group participation. That way we are helping them too. They could help pick the topic, or they could even help do research. This way of writing will change how we will teach more and more over the years. As I have stated before I feel that with the technology we are given we are getting closer to not doing anything on paper.

I belive our students will learn how to do this with ease. most children today can do more on a computer that a grown person can.I know for a fact that the two kids I nanny can do way more on a computer than I can. Dylan the 14 year old can tell me what I am doing wrong and if their is something wrong with my computer he can tell me. I do not think we give our kids enough credit for what they know. Im our extra assignment the children learned how to do something in four mintes and had never seen a computer before. I belive our kids might even know this before we do.

One thing I think that would be very beneficial to do a video on is the fact that this class is really important. After my first day I thought that it was just a waste but looking at it half way through the semester I have learned so much. We do videos all the time about the end what about the middle? All of these videos are very helpful because they make you think about how really different this class is and the fact that procrastination is no the answer. Not only that life is not always easy. Chipper proved that with out drive and looking for easy ways out you wont get fare. In the end she went to the long road to make her life better.
In both the articals about Smart boards both of the authors feel that they are not useful. One author even goes so fare to say that they could find more efficient ways of doing things in his room than using a smart board. They both believe that it is a waste and that the money could be spent somewhere else in schools besides something else that the teacher stands in front of. Both don't have really positive things to say about them. Their are other options that are not as expensive and that are way more useful than Smart Boards.

AA#2

This is a wonderful video and I enjoyed it. Yes I do believe that if the learns are motivated enough they can teach themselves. My best friend did it in high school because she did not have a good math teacher and she tough herself to do the math. She preferred to do it that way she said she learned more. Just looking at the video the children we able to teach themselves to use the internet. He even gave an example of how a group of student recorded themselves singing and the they played it back all in four minutes. The conditions for people to teach themselves is if they want to know how to do it bad they will. I do not think it has to do with weather they are in a poor country or the richest if they want to know it bad enough they will learn the material. The computer and internet play a huge part in how the children will learn because this is the future of teaching in a classroom and in the world. I think the children being motivated to learn has a lot to do with what is going on because if they are not motived they would not learn this information like they do. Motivation is a huge part of any learning we do. One of the major ones is what will the children do with information? Not only that but where if ever will they have a place besides the computer in the wall to put this information to work? Some of these children can not afford to go to school. One way I know always works is give positive words or give the child some kind of insensitive to learn the information. When you do this you will see more a drive to learn. My motivation is that I'm making something better of my self and that I will use the information I learn to help others one day. Yes a person not motivated to learn can learn it just takes more of an effort and a struggle. Yes I have had to teach myself a lot in this class if not I would not know how to do a lot. A teacher plays a huge role in teaching. With out them we would not be able to strive for our best. They motivate us even if we do not want them to. They help us make more of ourselves and help us when we do not understand. The most important thing to me is that we do not give kids enough credit. They can learn so much without our help, but we as teachers are so blind to that. They have taught themselves to eat, put on cloths, and how to get to school. They are intelligent when we get them we as teachers just have to help them grow and enable them to be better students. One thing that sticks out is that one day we wont even have to meet in a classroom because they will be able to stream a live video to their computer somewhere. That is the biggest fear is that technology will advance so much we wont need schools anymore but the students will be able to attend school from the comfort of their homes. Which is the basic idea of the internet classes in college. I believe in my heart this is where technology is headed.

Time Toast

Summary of PLN Project #10

I have really come to like using Symbaloo. It makes things so easy to get to and it is a really quick way to search for something. One thing I have been looking into is a cool ways to make teaching more fun. One cool website I found was moshimonster.com. This is a really cool thing where the kids make monsters and they have fun games that grow with your kids as they get older. I also started a twitter account. One thing I have been interested in knowing is how entertainment affects our teaching and our everyday lives. I became a follower of E! and People magazine because to me these are two of the most used media sources. This makes life so much easier to have everything right where you need it and you can even make tabs back to the websites that contain information you need.

Blog #7

Even though this video was an hour long I was a wonderful one to watch. One of the main points he made in the video was that in some way everything we do is by teamwork. We never do it alone. Which is a very comforting thing to know. Another is that we should be able to let our creative juices flow. Without this our learning environment would be a boring place. A third was that things are not always easy but we have to do them anyway. Last but not least is accomplish everything you have set for yourself.
As I look at my everyday life it is not complete without the help of others. Sometimes that might be my best friends, my family, or even my teachers. We all share a bond to want to make it in life. Since I have moved away from home I have found your friends help you out more than you know. I know someday if it were not for my best friend slash roommate Andrew I would not be able to get a lot done. If it is just as simple as cooking or taking out the trash he does it without me asking. He even lets me talk out my frustrations which helps a lot! Do not be fooled by the fact that we get along because we do not sometimes. Just like any group it is going to have its flaws and we have to work through them to be better at what we do. This is with School, work ,relationships, or anything we cross in our day to day lives. Sometimes they push us to our limit to make us better. Just like he said his professor did when he was a Sophomore. We all need that reality check every once in awhile, or I know I do.
He talks about letting our creative juices flow. That is what he does with is kids. He lets his students be creative with limits, but when they do it they make some of the coolest stuff. The video he show of one of the Virtual worlds was really cool. He also though makes them be prepared for the worst. They have to have a backup plan if their system was to fail which them they have to be creative and use their heads to fish out the world. This keeps them thinking constantly but in a fun way. He says " learning with fun the hard way". Kind like this class in a way it is learning and some of it is hard but it is in a fun way.
Last he talks about following your dreams. This is something teachers today are not real supportive of. They tell you to do what you are going to make the most money and be successful with. I have always told my to kids that I nanny Ashely and Dylan that they can be whatever they want to be. Its not going to be easy but if they want it bad enough they will work for it and in the end they will be happy knowing they worked their hardest to get it. He followed his dreams and did whatever it took to make them happen. There were some wonderful stories behind them. I have given up my dream of being a music teacher but at the same time I still get to do part of my dream and that is to teach. I have had some wonderful educators in my life and I want to be one of those for some child out there.

Summary of C4T #2

I was assigned to read CONCRETE CLASSROOM by Michael Kaechele. I read " Art Prize" and "Sustained Silent Reading On-line" The first blog I posted on was "Sustained Silent Reading On-line". Just like Mr. Kaechele's class my middle school did the same thing during our homeroom everyday. I agreed that letting the children read what they wanted was a great idea and that included from the internet. I do think they need to read one selection of the teachers choice once a week and if the teacher makes it interesting enough they will not mined. The other was "Art Prize" and in this blog Mr. Kaechele talk's of taking his family to an art exhibition near his home. He stated that we should let our children's creativity follow and not try to stop it. I agree 100% with that. I believe the reason why I have done so well in this class is because I have been able to express my creativity in so many ways. Not only that I have been given a chance to express how I feel. The more we shut out our students talents the more they will not want to excel. I even had the pleasure of Mr. Kaechele to comment on one of my blog post. I was very excited to see that someone else took time out of their day to read my work. Made me feel like I had done something great. I know know why Dr. Strange has told us to remember we are leaving a trail. Anyone can look at our blogs at anytime and see just what we are up too.

Blog #6

The Networked Student
This video hit really close to home. It made me think about how much we really use the computer these days in school. It also made me think about what Doctor Strange is doing with us. This video gives a great look into the fact that we as teachers will be teaching this one day. Weather we realize it or not this is our future and we have to ask ourselves where we would be.
Until we look at how much a week we use a search engine or we have to do research on the internet we do not realize how much this technology connects us. We do not realize how many people possibly look at the same thing we do. We are all connected by this world we like to call the internet. We all can help each other out and make things a lot easier with sharing.
When I first started this class I was wondering why we did the majority of our work online. Well After watching this I now understand why Dr. Strange does the class the way he does. He makes us teach ourselves so that we will learn to use connections and not always depend on the teacher. Sometimes we have to depend on ourselves and find the information for ourselves and build life long connections on the way. Makes us better students.
As teachers we will have to teach our kids the same thing. How to be independent but at the same time we have to help them. We have to give those little tips to make our kids think about what they have to do to make those connections. So they like us will be able to make those important decisions and be able to make those much needed connections with the outside world. The next generation will be completely done on the computer so we are going to have to help them navigate their way around this new world. The sad thing is most of them will be able to do more than we think.

In This 7th graders PLE She has a good point that as people we have th choice to do our work or look at the distractions. I know one of the first things I do is look at my email, then I go to the class blog, and then finally I go to mine. I check this stuff everyday to make sure I'm up to speed and I know what is going on. I even check it before I go to bed every night to make sure I don't miss anything. I will admit that I do procrastinate and take my time doing my work and sometimes I go to the wire with my work. She talks about doing a lot of things on Google docs like we do. I think ours are a lot more involved because we are learning how to do this for our kids but it is still very beneficial in the end.

In this last video it makes me look back at my childhood and how much has changed since I was young. When I was young a computer was something we only used at school and they were big and bulky. We used them for reading activities and other things. Now the "Machine" has changed so much. So much that even people that never thought they would use a computer are using it. He talks about about a 92 year old man singing about Youtube. It is used a social community and a way to be discovered if you have a talent. The way we used to say things and how they have changed due to media or the internet. We do live in a world of instant replay because everything we do now can be re seen on the internet. You miss your favorite show no worries You can watch it on many places online. The "Machine" has changed so much in our lives. How we talk and how we think.

Summary of Students Blog

I had the pleasure of reading john.bigbirds class blog.  In his About Me he let us in on the fact he loved sports and that he loves cars.  I even had the pleasure of my student looking at my blog and commenting on it.  It let me know what a great student he was that he would  looked at his blog everyday and checked those things.  On his Manifesto he stated that he wanted to be a better student and move forward in school .  Reading his made me think of my own.  I know I am a student that tends to procrastinate on things which is something I need to work on big time.  It also made me hope for the future and that I would have kids like him that would be driven to Take that initiative and make those promises.  I think if all students did this it would be a wonderful thing. It would make classroom life much easier for the student and the teacher.  It gives me an idea to do with my children when I get my own class.  I wish my student the best with the rest of his life and I hope he keeps on blogging. Doing this makes me reflect a lot on what I do during the week and makes me look toward the future.