Final Blog Post #15

Final project #16

Final report on PLN

Now that I have used Symbaloo I have found that I love it. This is great way to organize things and continue keeping up with things in the future such as a certain blog. I will continue to use this even after this class is over. You can add so many different things to it. I am currently still exploring to see what I can do to mine. I have told my friends about it as well. I think this should be everyone's home page.

C4k November

c4k # 10
Summary for Marcus
Mrs. Yollis seemed had a great class blog. You could see what was going on in the classroom.  Marcus wrote about a vampire. He chose to make the new vampire a good vampire. The child vampire was lonely and just wanted a friend. Now their were two good vampires. 

Hello Mrs. Yollis! I am a current student in EDM310 at the University of South Alabama. I have to say first off that I love your class blog. I am commenting in regards to The Vampire by Marcus. Marcus had a great idea about the vampire. It is so cute that the vampire just wanted a friend. They were not bad vampires! Your class has done a great job! It was so much fun looking at your blog.

Senolita's Blog Summary for Kid #11
     For this blog post she wrote about a dream she had. This dream was about leaving the planet and waking up in Jupiter. When she arrived she met an alien with duck like feet. She took him to be kind of mean but he turned out to be nice. He described that he did not live like a human but had a big family and would help her get back home. She was hesitant but then listened to his instructions and woke up safe and sound. 

Blog post #14 (correction for blog post #12)

I think a good assignment for the beginning of the term would be for the students to visit Teachers Views on Technology. On this page of the New York Times, teachers were ask to submit videos of ways they use technology in the classroom. I think that this would be a great way for college students to see how teachers use technology. It is varieous videos by different teachers rather than just one teachers opinion. Ask the students to explore the videos and write a brief summary for one video. Include a link to each video. The videos are from high school students using technology. Explain what grade you are going to teach and in what way you could do this.

Morristown High School in New Jersey

     In this video, high school students were using iPads. The class was a combined class with History and English combined. The i Pads were used for the students to read Upton Sinclair's THE JUNGLE. The students are to annotate as they read the book. Katy, a teacher in the school says that she use to be concerned of using the iPad and how everything would go. She learned that her and the students can learn together she does not have to know everything. The children state their opinions on using the iPad. They feel it is Eco-friendly and helps with organizing. The high school that is in my town are actually using Mac computers for the same use. I feel this is a great way to learn and motivates the children. I will be teaching the first grade when I get out of school and I hope to have at least one iPad in my class room. I hope to have it in a center for the children to explore with. That is if there is not a different kind of i Pad out by then. I will download apps that are fun and help the children learn. Hope fully I can switch the ipad in each center every week. I will have appropriate apps for each center. For example, I will have books downloaded for their grade level in the reading center. In my opinion this is a great way to learn and I cannot wait to use technology in my classroom. 

C4t #4

Summary one
Why I make my life harder.
 Mrs. Ripp ask her self many questions in this blog post. She ask the questions of why she fight for her students and challenges herself. She says that she does this because it is important and "we" are models. She wants her world to be beautiful in the future and we have input on it. She thinks children should believe in themselves and want to learn. I have to say I agree with her completely. when I have my own classroom, I will do just as she does. I want my students to explore new things as well.

Summary two
Some questions to ask yourself as you prep for the week ahead
  In this post, Mrs. Ripp explains what she does to help herself get ready for the coming up week. She ask herself many good questions to prepare. She ask things such as, what will my students do?, how much talking will we do as a class?, how will the kids be involve? I found this blog post to be helpful for my future. I have a file saved on my computer that I save things I think I will use in my classroom. This is one thing I copied and pasted so that I can look at this when I have my own classroom. I hope to be well organized and that these question help me prepare for my week.