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Blog post #5

1.Don’t teach your kids this stuff. Please?

Scott McLeod brought a very good point to his blog. He stated everything a parent may be worried about with children on a computer. His end statement made a good a point. Technology is changing and children do not learn they will be behind. Parents can monitor what their child does on a computer. If children are taught correctly they are more than likely to use the computer for the right ways. All parents are going to worry regardless but who wants their child to be behind. I think all parents should read this blog post. They may then think again about not letting their child use the computer. 

  While researching Scott McLeod, I learned that he is an associate professor of Educational Leadership. He currently works at the University of Kentucky. He founded the Center of the Advanced Study of technology Leadership in Education. CASTLE helps school administrators. He is a big blogger and is full of useful information. He has received many awards for his accomplishments by many different organizations.

2.Travis Allen
The iSchool initiative
Mobile Learning
  First of all, Travis is one smart young adult. He has a lot of drive and a good point. I think it is a great idea for the iSchool. Everything today is changing so much with technology. It would be a great way to save on cost if everyone were to go mobile. The apps he has shown would be so great to have. I had no clue those were out there and I plan to download some of them soon. I think that this is soon going to be the way we learn. I hope that Travis and his group have success with getting schools to this.

 Schools are already practicing things like this. I know this year alone of two ways schools are becoming more high tech. Baldwin County High is now using Mac Book. Every child in the school that has paid their fees has been issued a Mac Book. Students have their books downloaded on to them as well as doing their work and homework on them. Some may worry about what websites they get on but the school as certain one such as Facebook blocked. The main downfall to this is some kids may not have the money, and then they miss out. Also the Bay Minette Elementary has been issued iPads. Not only does the teacher have one but the classroom has one as well. Students are able to take test on these as well as use the apps downloaded by the teacher. I can see schools going into "iSchools" within a few years. Students are eager to learn with new things. We just have to keep their attention. I am up for anything that involves saving money!

3.Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir - 'Lux Aurumque'
   I think that this is amazing. I never would have thought of a virtual choir. This had to have taken a lot of time and dedication. The people that put this together had to work hard together. To me, I would think it is hard enough to work together in person for something like this. When the music started playing I was speechless. The thought of something like this has never crossed my mind. There were so many people involved. I think that the internet has so many pros. It can be used in so many good ways. People from everywhere could participate in something like that. 

4.Teaching in the 21st Century
  The YouTube video states that teachers are the filters. Like the video states, with technology today, we can look up any kind of information. When I saw this I thought about it. This is true; anything can be put into Google. Then I began to think that the job of a teacher is fading. So with that said, it is our job to make sure the children know how to get the information correctly. To me, Robert thinks that teaching is providing the instructions on how to find the information in the right way. Even if they can find the information needed, we have to teach them things like plagiarism. Data can be discussed using new tools such as twitter or even cellphones. The new sources given can be used with students as they work together. In my opinion, my job as a teacher will change. Like Robert states students can find anything online. I must adjust to the new job and make sure the students are learning. 

Blog post #4

Eagles’ Nest Radio & Class Blog
The most interesting episode from the students would have been number three.The class tells of the ancient Roman’s. They used back ground music that fit in as the students spoke. These students did a great job with explaining the topic they had and their name before explaining. They chose the most important facts to give. An interesting fact that I learned from this was where the saying “All roads lead to roam” came from. They change the music with each section of information. Jackson said that it is believe the God’s enjoyed seeing people die. After his bit of information, I believe I am afraid of gladiators. Mark taught me even more on Julius like the fact that he was murdered because they were worried over popularity. It was also interesting to find out that Cleopatra the 7th actually was actually Greek. It so interesting to see that third graders can do something I use to think I could not even do. The students did a great job!

100 ways to use your ipod.

ESL Podcast

I think the two brothers have a great idea! I think it is so amazing how looking on an iPod we can learn. This will help so many people. My friend is trying to download an app right now.

Learning Podcast

 By reading this I did learn the meaning of podcast and think this is an awesome invention. I am excited for our projects involving this in this class. This article explained step by step to prepare us for what we will need to do. I am more than positive that I will need to look back at this while working on our project.

Number 28

While clicking on this one it said the website was currently down during the past two days. I will continue to try to open it and will repost if anything changes.

The benefits of podcasting in the classroom

This video gave so much information. It also, like most things we have watched, shows how technology has changed. Students way younger than me are growing up knowing how to do these podcast. I for one am just now learning. The most beneficial thing about podcast is the fact that what you miss in class can be later seen that afternoon. The only bad thing with this is that someone may just choose not to go to class. The video shows how students work together for the podcast. It also shows opinions of the students themselves. If I were a parent I think that I would love the idea of being able to see what goes on in my child's classroom. The more I learn about the podcast, the more I like the idea of using this. I have never been exposed to podcasting until this class. This is something I think I will end up using more now that I am aware. When I become a teacher, I hope to be able to do something like this for my students.

Project #6 My sentence

Project #5

Blog post #3

"It's Not About the Technology" by Kelly Hines

Before reading Kelly's post, I also would have said that technology is the most important thing in the future. When I started Edm310 I strongly thought that it was. We have to know how to use technology in the future. Kelly’s four points were very helpful and I found all of them interesting.

    Like Kelly said teachers must be learners and it helped me notice an important fact. As a teacher I will not know everything there is to know and along with my students, I will learn. She made a very good point with the fact that no matter how much effort is given with one teacher, if the child did not learn what he or she was supposed to have learned, the teacher has not taught anything. As a teacher I will strive to make sure the children show they have learned what has been taught. My favorite point to her post was about the technology being used. I think that what you use to teach does not matter if the teaching is not being learned by the student. This also goes along with what you about teaching when a child does not understand it. Kelly's post has made me think on a few things and my opinion, like hers, has been changed.

Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?

Karl humored me with his post on being an illiterate teacher. He stated we can not teach our students if we do not know ourselves. He says that we must know our technology and be literate of it. I do not believe that technology is  the most important thing. However, I do realize we must be aware of what we have. we also have to be willing to continue our learning as we teach our students. Things continually change and as it changes our students must be aware. Therefore it is our job to help the students continually grow with what they know own technology as well as ourselves. We must keep up to date and encourage the students to do so as well.

Gary's social media count

Watching Gary's count was in a way shocking to me. Every second the count changed. The changes happened quicker than I could blink my eyes. Everything continually went up. People continually get a twitter and or Facebook. Google is giving answers out faster than I can think. One thing that caught my eye, was the fact that there were new internet users. Even people today are just learning to use the internet. My thought was that by now, everyone new about the internet.

This has meaning to my career as a teacher. It means that everything is going to change over time. Within a matter of seconds, things become more advance. As I said before there are even new users to the internet every second. To me, this means, I must be aware of the changes, I have now accepted technology is going to change and I will have to learn it. I must stay up to date with the "new" things.

A vision of students today.

This video says so much. I agree with this video more than any video I have watched so far. The facts stated in this video are true. I can honestly say technology can be a distraction. Like the video states, most students only complete have of reading assigned to them. I am guilty of this. Why? As I begin reading material I become distracted. My phone goes off with a text message of a notification from Facebook. I usually end up with my face in the computer rather than my book.

  Another point made in this video was that we spend so many hours a day doing one certain thing. By the time it is added up, the hours spent doing things, is more than the hours in one day. As a human, we multitask. These days it seems impossible not to. Technology is changing everything. Social networking and emailing is used more than the time we spend studying. As a teacher I would be concerned. If the students are not paying you any attention, nothing is being learned.

c4t #1 project 3

First blog post summary

  

theories mind mapping

 Angela Rand has a great way in preparing. She spoke of how she was working on areas she believes she needs to know about are scattered. In order to downsize she purchased white boards. She is now working on using a program called Diagrammix in order to prioritize what she needs. She is working on look at the main things involving the topics she wants to learn. "  I am currently enrolled in edm310 at South Alabama. I am very big on organizing and I honestly think a white board is a great way to help. Weeding out subjects is also a 
great way to downsize. To me it keeps us from getting overwhelmed, which I find myself doing this all the time.


Second summary 


Burnt out nonsense
   Mrs. Rand used different words to express her thoughts in her post. Although her choice of vocabulary was different, there was enough information given for one to have an interpretation to her thoughts. I took this post as someone who forgot to maybe study and had no clue what the answer was going to be. The only call was to God, maybe he would show the correct answer.


 My comment: My name is Brittany Smith and I am currently enrolled in Edm 310 at the University of South Alabama. My interpretation of this is that a test is being taken and the answer to the question given is not clear. Your choice of words were different from my everyday vocabulary. The ones I were unclear of, I looked up. Some words, for example,susurrus, were not in the dictionary.

Blog post # 2

Did you know summary

  Did You Know ?

      The video by  Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod's Did you know? in my opinion was well put together. The "Did you know" question separated each section of facts. Fisch and and McLeod used music in the background that was up beat and helped keep my attention posted on the facts. My attention never left the screen the entire time!
       The facts posted in this video  by Karl and Scott give you something to think about. The fact that only a quarter of the IQ's in India beats the population of the United States makes me think about, how smart are we really? It states that there are more smarter people in India than the people that even exist here. Obviously India has a huge population. As the video progresses it begins talking about the change in time. How jobs and technology progress. Just thinking about how much careers have changed from six years ago makes me wonder what my job as a teacher is going to be like as a teacher after six years into it. Will I have a job in a classroom or will I be teaching on a computer? I can honestly say I am not one of the "1 in 4" workers that have not been at the current job for a year. It amazes me that today, one in eight couple meet online. It makes me realize how much the world of technology is changing. I did not realize so many people use Myspace still, my guess was that everyone had converted to Facebook.Out of the whole video by Fisch and McLeod, my main concern is , How will I be teaching ten years from now? Will I be needed or will a super computer take my job?

Mr. Winkle Wakes

    Mathew Needleman had a great point to his video Mr. Winkle Wakes. I also feel like Mr. Winkle sometime while taking this course. Like him I feel like the technology is to much. Needleman showed many example as to what had changed the 100 years. Like the message said something do not change in 100 years but who is to say it will not in just another ten.

    With that said it brings me to my disagreement with this video. I feel that technology with school is changing everyday. This class is preparing is fro using things on the computer, We have even been told third graders are using the website twitter. I have also personally seen the change within in Baldwin County High School. The children are now using Apple computer do do there work , read there text , and do homework. Books are being replaced with computer and the students are now only required to carry the laptop around. I feel that the classrooms soon will not exist. Maybe in the future students will be taught by the teacher from watching videos in thier computers at home. I do believe that the classroom will change and soon it will be strictly computers in virtual classrooms. 

 The Importance of Creativity

 In the video,  The importance of creativity. Ken Robinson states "We grow out of creativity." It is stressed in the video how important it is for creativity and how it will help us prepare for the future as it becomes. The child that had the creative mind  who drew God , or what she thought is looked like is a perfect example. Just like not knowing what God really looks like, no one know how twenty years from now will be. 

  Robinson also states how arts are not taught or brought up to be as important as a subject such as math. In this lecture he clearly has thought about his audience. with this he has used "creativity" in order to keep his audience's attention.Half way through the video he brings to the point how as kids the things we liked were not something we would end up having a job in.Like he said that statement is wrong these days and I honestly agree with him. Things involving things such as art and music are big time jobs now. This is an example of what was stated in the Did You Know video, the jobs now did not exist six year before. Technology is changing. Another thing that sends my mind thinking is the fact that there are people with degrees without jobs. The degree you have might not be as good for the job as when you went to school for it. Now what do you do? Go back to work on the higher degree. Robinson also has a good point when speaking of talent. People have their own way in discovering things and maybe not even involving intelligence. Along with Ken Robinson I believe that medication is not all the necessary. People learn in there own ways and if that is blocked by medication they may never become who they are capable of being. 

 Cecelia Gaul

    During Cecelia's interview   with Ken he certainly stated something to think about with creativity. I also believe everyone is creative in their own way. When I become a teacher I plan to stress creativity to my students. I want everyone to show how much they know as well as who they are. I believe that the more creative you get , the more you span out. You are subject to become more interested with what is around you and the more you will reach out to learn. With technology, like Mr. Ken says, it is changing and everyone need to become more familiar with it. In my classroom not only do I plan for my children to stay up to date with it, but I plan to as well. 

    Cultures, as brought up in the interview, are very diverse. People believe in many different things and learn in different ways. As a teacher  I plan to include many learning activities that include divers cultures and societies.

Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts

   Mrs. Davis tells in the video Harness your students how she teaches her students. Just from watching the videos and being in this class i have accepted that time is changing with technology. Like these students i am going to have to learn the many ways with technology. Mrs. Davis encourages her students to learn and also realizes some students are not going to do as well with paper and pen.

    I am inspired by her way of teaching and plan to throw thing as my students as well. I will encourage them to look things up that they do not understand. Everything can be given to you. i have learned from Mrs. Davis in this video that I do not have to go in teaching knowing everything possible. We can learn together.