Sunday, March 30, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
Blog post #10 What can we learn from Sir Ken Robinson
In the video Bring on the Education Revolution by Sir Ken Robinson, Robinson believes the world is divided into two categories: the ones who have figured out their talents and passions and the ones who have not. . According to Robinson, there is a major climate crisis of human. Then he talked about education system, and education is currently reforming;Robinson thinks it is bad in this situation because it is simply fixing a broken tool, something that already does not work properly. Moreover, Robinson states that our education system is in need of a revolution like adding technology in the classroom to engaged students to learn. Technology can change our education system and reach students in a way that the past methods can no longer do. He said that what was needed was not an evolution, but a revolution in order to bring about a transformation. Children are in classrooms that feel natural, full of activity and technology that seem natural to children. Mr.Robinson's ideas were to challenge what we know and take for granted and innovate fundamentally. He defines passion as something that excites our soul and that it is different in every person. Passion is when you enjoy something so much that an hour feels like five minutes.We need to customize our education model based on our students and their passions. It is doing what you love.Robinson stated that education has to be re-thought out to be something that is personalized to the students' interests.What I learned from Mr.Robinson's video was that education really does need an entire transformation. Robinson's video really inspiring me about education system.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Project #15
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In the project #15, the students will be able to understand ,share information and knowledge about how to save electric power. The project is an individual assignment for each student. The students can use technology such as YouTube, icuiro , blog and others good tools to research information and using Google Docs for the presentation.Each student will indicate their presentation on his or her assigned day. The duration for this project will be one week long. My driving question is what are ten ways you can save electric power at home and in public?
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In the project #15, the students will be able to understand ,share information and knowledge about how to save electric power. The project is an individual assignment for each student. The students can use technology such as YouTube, icuiro , blog and others good tools to research information and using Google Docs for the presentation.Each student will indicate their presentation on his or her assigned day. The duration for this project will be one week long. My driving question is what are ten ways you can save electric power at home and in public?
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Blog Post #9 What can we learn from Mrs. Cassidy
Little Kids… Big Potential
In Mrs. Cassidy's interview with Dr. Strange, she stated that all teachers should be technologically literate. I must say that I absolutely agree with her. Mrs. Cassidy not only gave precise details on how to start, but she also demonstrated some of her techniques by making a video titled," Little Kids...Big Potential". In this video, Mrs. Cassidy's students shared with us the various technology they used in the classroom such as blogs, Skype,etc. One student said that he liked to writing blog because he received nice feedback from others person such as his mother, sister, aunts and his friends. Another student said that he like blog because every time he blogs, his writing gets better. The students introduced us to the webpage, they can get online and read whatever they like to read and learn. Mrs. Cassidy has a classroom blog that the students can go to and it has appropriate links for them to click on. They can even pull up their blog at home, which they think is very neat. They made videos of themselves counting and learning the ABC’s that they could go back and watch. Mrs. Cassidy's classroom is equipped with Nintendo DS, which is a hand held gaming device that contains educational games. Ms. Cassidy’s first grade class is a very good example of using Project Based Learning in an excellent way.
Mrs. Cassidy got involved in technology about ten years ago when her classroom was given five computers. These computers could not have programs put on them so all she had was Internet access. She started using these computers for center time and wanted to learn how to make them useful for six-year olds. Mrs.Cassidy began learning how to create blogs and webpages that she could use in her classroom. It takes Ms. Cassidy’s students the whole school year to fully begin to understand technology. She started her webpage about 10 years ago and started her classroom blog about five years ago. Technology in her classroom is a process and she is always trying to add to it. Mrs. Cassidy said that by allowing her students to blog, it has opened doors and has given the students the chance to meet people all over the world, it has allowed parents to keep track of their child’s writing progress, and gives the students the ability to keep up in the technology driven world. Mrs. Cassidy has several techniques she uses in her classroom, but she said it changes from year to year. One of the ideas I could see using in my special education class, would be to use blogging as a rotation in guided reading. She said that she had blogging, spelling activities, and students reading to her all in rotations, and this idea would definitely be one I could implement in my classroom. There are incredible benefits to using some of the approaches that Mrs. Cassidy uses. I think that one of the greatest benefits the students receive from creating a blog is they can see the progress they are making. The blog acts as a type of portfolio. It displays their work and it gives a great timeline of how far they have come each week. It is also beneficial for the parents. It allows them to see what their children are doing and it lets them know what is going on in the classroom.
In Mrs. Cassidy's interview with Dr. Strange, she stated that all teachers should be technologically literate. I must say that I absolutely agree with her. Mrs. Cassidy not only gave precise details on how to start, but she also demonstrated some of her techniques by making a video titled," Little Kids...Big Potential". In this video, Mrs. Cassidy's students shared with us the various technology they used in the classroom such as blogs, Skype,etc. One student said that he liked to writing blog because he received nice feedback from others person such as his mother, sister, aunts and his friends. Another student said that he like blog because every time he blogs, his writing gets better. The students introduced us to the webpage, they can get online and read whatever they like to read and learn. Mrs. Cassidy has a classroom blog that the students can go to and it has appropriate links for them to click on. They can even pull up their blog at home, which they think is very neat. They made videos of themselves counting and learning the ABC’s that they could go back and watch. Mrs. Cassidy's classroom is equipped with Nintendo DS, which is a hand held gaming device that contains educational games. Ms. Cassidy’s first grade class is a very good example of using Project Based Learning in an excellent way.
Mrs. Cassidy got involved in technology about ten years ago when her classroom was given five computers. These computers could not have programs put on them so all she had was Internet access. She started using these computers for center time and wanted to learn how to make them useful for six-year olds. Mrs.Cassidy began learning how to create blogs and webpages that she could use in her classroom. It takes Ms. Cassidy’s students the whole school year to fully begin to understand technology. She started her webpage about 10 years ago and started her classroom blog about five years ago. Technology in her classroom is a process and she is always trying to add to it. Mrs. Cassidy said that by allowing her students to blog, it has opened doors and has given the students the chance to meet people all over the world, it has allowed parents to keep track of their child’s writing progress, and gives the students the ability to keep up in the technology driven world. Mrs. Cassidy has several techniques she uses in her classroom, but she said it changes from year to year. One of the ideas I could see using in my special education class, would be to use blogging as a rotation in guided reading. She said that she had blogging, spelling activities, and students reading to her all in rotations, and this idea would definitely be one I could implement in my classroom. There are incredible benefits to using some of the approaches that Mrs. Cassidy uses. I think that one of the greatest benefits the students receive from creating a blog is they can see the progress they are making. The blog acts as a type of portfolio. It displays their work and it gives a great timeline of how far they have come each week. It is also beneficial for the parents. It allows them to see what their children are doing and it lets them know what is going on in the classroom.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Project #14 Project Based Learning Plan #2
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My lesson plan for project #14 is show my students how to save water. "How to save water" is the lesson plan I will teach my second grade student 10 ways to save water and show 10 ways we waste water in our daily life. I think this lesson will take two days, first day is introduction to ten ways to save water, and second day is 10 ways we waste water and give my students assessment. This project will be done in individual , my students can use material in class and at home to draw and write down what are they thinking. After the lesson, my students be able to know how to save water.
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My lesson plan for project #14 is show my students how to save water. "How to save water" is the lesson plan I will teach my second grade student 10 ways to save water and show 10 ways we waste water in our daily life. I think this lesson will take two days, first day is introduction to ten ways to save water, and second day is 10 ways we waste water and give my students assessment. This project will be done in individual , my students can use material in class and at home to draw and write down what are they thinking. After the lesson, my students be able to know how to save water.
Blog Post #8
The learning tool that I will use when I begin my career as second or third grade teacher is Spree Learning. This is website that has multiple educational games that promote learning, exploring, thinking, and questioning while bringing high levels of engagement. On spree learning games.com, you can search for games by subject, age or grade level. The site even contained games that were appropriate for children with autism. In Finding Thing , student can be able to find thing in paintings and explanations of why they're there. Moreover, in this game, students can support their vocabulary and developed with thing around them.I will use this tool to to help students acquire and practice skills that are needed to enhance their understanding of science, math, art and history. I will also use this tool as a review of subjects that the students are learning at the time.I chose this tool because I think it will allow me to have all of the students completely and totally engaged 100% of the time. This tool will also allow for the students to have fun while learning.
Another learning that I will use in my future classroom is in Roomrecess. This is a educational game for elementary kids.Moreover, all the games will help students engaged in learning, and it has different level for each age. Most of students nowadays love to playing game;therefore, as educator, we can use these games to help students learning while having fun. In Hangman game, it will help students can find nouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbs and prepositions on information Hangman game provided.It helps students learn new vocabulary, support their thinking. I will use these educational games to engaged my students in learning. Moreover, it can practice problems in math, science,etc.
Another learning that I will use in my future classroom is in Roomrecess. This is a educational game for elementary kids.Moreover, all the games will help students engaged in learning, and it has different level for each age. Most of students nowadays love to playing game;therefore, as educator, we can use these games to help students learning while having fun. In Hangman game, it will help students can find nouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbs and prepositions on information Hangman game provided.It helps students learn new vocabulary, support their thinking. I will use these educational games to engaged my students in learning. Moreover, it can practice problems in math, science,etc.
C4T #2
The first C4T #2 was the blog of Ms. Krissy ."Catching Joy" was the title of her post. Ms. Krissy was talking about how her dog always be happy to have goal ,and because she is looking for it,she seeks it out, she appreciates then she be able to accomplish it.As the same way, Krissy explained how she felt like after one long busy day. She improved herself and made her life better.
My comment: I enjoyed reading your post, and it is smart and pretty dog. I agree with you that at the end of busy day, we can look back on what we did, how we did it and what we feel about it. However, for me, I will not let it overwhelming but happy with it. I will let bad things go, so new things can come.
The second C4T #2 was the blog of Ms. Krissy again. This time I read "Stay Connected" in her blog. In this post, she described the gorgeous image of one sunset night in Texas.Ms. Krissy used the sun to represent her difficulties in life, her difficulties are sitting there while the world literally goes on around it. She tried to hide it, ignore it, but it is still there like the sun is doing what it does every single day. On other hand, when she look at this photo, she can see who support, laughed, shared and hug her.
My comment: It is gorgeous picture about sunset in Texas. I love how the glow of golden sun makes all the subjects shaded, and the sun is brilliant in evening. I completely agree with you that something in your life is difficult or that there is something you must overcome. Even you're controlling,hiding or ignoring it;however, it still there. I love the way you used the image to described your expression.
My comment: I enjoyed reading your post, and it is smart and pretty dog. I agree with you that at the end of busy day, we can look back on what we did, how we did it and what we feel about it. However, for me, I will not let it overwhelming but happy with it. I will let bad things go, so new things can come.
The second C4T #2 was the blog of Ms. Krissy again. This time I read "Stay Connected" in her blog. In this post, she described the gorgeous image of one sunset night in Texas.Ms. Krissy used the sun to represent her difficulties in life, her difficulties are sitting there while the world literally goes on around it. She tried to hide it, ignore it, but it is still there like the sun is doing what it does every single day. On other hand, when she look at this photo, she can see who support, laughed, shared and hug her.
My comment: It is gorgeous picture about sunset in Texas. I love how the glow of golden sun makes all the subjects shaded, and the sun is brilliant in evening. I completely agree with you that something in your life is difficult or that there is something you must overcome. Even you're controlling,hiding or ignoring it;however, it still there. I love the way you used the image to described your expression.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Project #13
Project Based Learning Plan #1
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Project Overview
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