C4K Assignment for September

C4K Summary # 1
I did my C4K assignment this month on a girl named Tisha. Tisha's blog post was titled "Piercings: A Way You Can Express Yourself." She talked about the piercings that she has and how they allow her to be able to express herself. I encouraged her to keep expressing her feelings in any way that she sees fit. I also told her to never let anyone try to tell her how she should express what she feels.

C4K Summary # 2
The student I had from Mrs. Huebner's 5th grade class in Iowa was Jack S. His blog post titles "Face Planting" was about the funniest thing that had ever happened to him. He talked about when he stayed at a friend's house and went go cart racing. He hit a ramp and went flying and almost landed face first into the steering wheel. He and his friend both laughed it off. I responded to him by telling him about a time in my life when I was driving a golf cart and tipped it over into a mud puddle.

C4K Summary # 3
This C4K assignment was on a boy named Jalen. His blog post was titled "The Ugly Duckling" and he did a Google Presentation on this topic. His presentation let me know where this story originated and who created it. I commented and told him how informative and colorful his presentation was. I also let him know that this brought me back to my childhood and I really want to go read the book now!

C4K Summary # 4
This week I read a blog from Garrett in Mr. Rhodes' 6th grade class in Robertsdale, Alabama. His blog post was titled "How much does the sky weigh?" He made the point that air pressure actually causes the sky to have a weight. I told him how interesting his blog was and that he did a really good job. I just want to make sure that I continue to let these students know how good they are doing so that they will feel good about themselves.
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Book Trailer: "Smoky Night"

Blog Post # 6

What do we need to know about asking questions to be an effective teacher?

Do not act like you have an answer for everything. As Ben Johnson said in his blog, " As teachers, we need to come to grips with the fact that we do not know everything, and there is no reason to assume that students know nothing." As teachers, we and our students are learning new things every day. When we ask students questions, we should be specific. Ask a question that can have a variety of answers. Do not only ask questions with simple yes and no answers. Ask a mixture of different questions during class discussions. Also, be open to different answers from your students. There does not have to be one set answer to the questions that you ask. Students should learn how to explore different answers to specific questions.

The way that we respond to questions is also very important. Make sure to give students time to come up with an answer before you start responding. Show students that you are truly interested in what they have to say , regardless if their answer is "right" or wrong. This will encourage them to not be afraid if they do not have the "right" answer. All of these tips will allow us to be effective teachers!
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My Sentence Videos

My sentence is Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, plans to prosper you and to give you a hope and a future.

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My Passion is Painting

Presentation On How To Use iCurio

C4T Project Summaries

C4T #1, Comment 1
The blog that I read from Teacher's Voice was "Three Big Ideas to Reach and Guide Students." Kevin Bennett talked about the life of being a well educated and experienced black man in todays' society. He is a teacher and gave very good instructions that future teachers should pay attention to. I commented and let him know how proud I was of him and how much I agreed with what he had to say. He shares his story to his kids about being a black man today and the impact it has had on his life. I admire him so much for that. It shows that no matter where you are in life you can always rise to the top and be someone!

C4T #1, Comment 2
The second blog post I commented on from The Teacher's Voice Blog was by a teacher named Brian Cooley. The title of his blog post was "Video in Your Classroom: Tips for Filming and Editing." His post gave very good information on filming and editing film! I commented and let him know how informative his blog post was. I also let him know that I will be using his tips when I do film making for my classroom one day.

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Project # 3 Presentation

Podcasting

Langwitches Blog
Langwitches post titled " Podcasting with First Grade" really helped me to understand what Podcasts for elementary school students are all about. I really like her idea to read a book out loud and let the kids pretend they are interviewing the main characters in a book. The kids really enjoyed it and were a lot more involved with the book because they got to listen to their interviews when Langwitch put them into scripts. I will definitely be using this in my future classroom. It teaches kids skills such as listening, speaking, storytelling, etc.

Joe Dale's Video Clip
" The Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom" showed me how technologically advanced children are in today's society. Mr. Dale's idea for students to create their own script and play it back was definitely my favorite. I also liked how when a kid is sick then the teacher can upload podcasts of the lectures for the week and the kid can listen to them anytime they need to. I really want to do my lectures like this when I teach second grade. I will be sure to include the parents in this as well so that they will be aware of what their kids are learning in class.

The Judy Scharf Podcast Collection
This collection actually shows me how to do my own podcasts for my future classroom. Judy gives the definition of a podcast, tips to succeed, and even a time schedule to follow. Out of all of the information I have looked up, this particular podcast collection by Judy Scharf is by far my favorite. This is definitely something I will be coming back to all of the time as a teacher. Here's the link to this collection: The Judy Scharf Podcast Collection
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Peer Editing

Peer Editing Video: "What is Peer Editing?"

The three steps on this video really helped me in critiquing my fellow group members' blog posts. I complemented them and stayed positive when I corrected their punctuation, grammar, and spelling. I did this by emailing both of them because I did not want to call them out in the open by posting a comment to their blog for everyone to see.

Slideshow: "Peer Edit with Perfection Tutorial"

This slide show really showed me that when I am editing one of my group members' blog posts I should think about how I would feel if someone told me what needed to be fixed in my own writing. This is why I chose to email my peers in my group. I would rather someone email me if they found something wrong with my blog post rather than call me out with a comment to my post. Just like the slide show said, I started my peer editing with complements on what I liked about Sarah and Lauren's blog posts. Then I gave each of them some suggestions that I had about their posts. After that, I gave them some grammatical errors that needed to be corrected. I did all of this while keeping my attitude positive.

Video: "Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes"

This video was hilarious, but it had some really good points. The mistakes showed me that I did not want to do to my group members while critiquing their posts. You do not have to be rude or mean when you do peer editing. You can be nice and get your point across. Do not be pushy like Pushy Paula. Just make your suggestions and if they do not want to use them to edit their blog post then they do not have to. All you have to do is try, they do not have to follow what you say. Also, I cannot take peer review personally. After all, like me, all they are trying to do is help!!
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