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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Teaching in the 21st Century

Collaborated Group Post - Lauren Bradley, Sarah Barnett, Malary Booker

Mr. Dancelot:
We believed that this video was trying to say is, you can’t teach dance class in a lecture hall. You cannot teach a this type of subject matter by standing behind a table with your Power Point remote.Just like you can’t teach a traditional class in today’s technologically advancing world. Dance and art classes are being taken out of school because it is so hard to teach these things purely through new technologies.
Also, the students were never even able to act out their dances before the exam. Chances are the students did not pass the test and it is their Professor's fault. This shows us that professors play a significant role in the classroom and helping guide their students to build new skills in technology. Changing times call for an educators that truly want their students to become technologically literate and succeed in the modern day world.

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My Opinion on Teaching in the 21st Century
In my opinion, teaching in the 21st century will be purely technological. Students will come to class and have their activities on iPads, computers, SMART boards, etc. Teachers will do all of their paperwork and lesson planning strictly online. They will also teach students using the computer and SMART board. Eventually, I feel like there will be no reason for any age group to go to school on a daily basis. They will be able to do everything on the internet so going to the classroom everyday will not be necessary anymore.

Teaching in the 21st Century: Kevin Roberts
Kevin Roberts makes a good point on the video saying that if all teachers are doing is giving students information then they can find that anywhere. The internet has endless options for that. He believes that teaching today means showing students how to use the internet and new technologies to their advantage. We as future educators have to figure out new ways to do things using internet sources such as Google, Skype, Chat, etc. Students are now bored with plain lecture formats, so we have to find ways to make things fun for them. I agree with Roberts when he said any lesson that you create has to be relevant, challenging, engaging, and entertaining. We have to keep students attention with the new technological toys appearing everyday. We as future teachers need to explore new technologies that we can use for our future classrooms to help students have fun in learning!

My Future School/Classroom

1.Krissy Venosdale's Blog: I love how creative Krissy Venosdale is. Especially the tree house in the library idea! What kid would not want to read in a tree house? School needs to be fun for children and her idea for a school does just that. Please build a school now Krissy Venosdale! Who would not want to go to a colorful exotic place to learn ? NO ONE:). I also LOVE the idea for a student decorating each teachers parking sign...WONDERFUL!! 2. Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud: Sugata makes some really good points in his video about how things used to be and how things are now. The world how we used to know it is over, done, finished. Technology is changing the world so much. His "Hole in the Wall" experiment is remarkable. It is amazing what children will teach themselves when actually given the opportunity. I agree with him when he makes the point that knowing is obsolete. I also love his granny cloud joke, LOL! His cloud school idea is AWESOME. No matter where you are in the world you can learn. 3. My classroom when I start teaching will be in an elementary school, second grade. There will be beautiful colors everywhere, as expressed by Krissy Venosdale. Each student will help decorate the wallpaper so they will feel important.
A.) What do I want my students to know? * I want my students to know that it is okay to have fun and learn at the same time. I want their experience in my classroom to be one that they will never forget!
B.) What do I want my students to be able to do? * I want my students to be able to understand every subject and go beyond what they think they cannot do. They will learn to operate technology and use it to their advantage.
C.) What will be my primary way of teaching my students what I want them to know and do? * My primary way of teaching will definitely be visual learning. It is a fun way for students to learn. It is how I know most of what I know and I want to show that to my students.
D.) What tools will I use in my classroom? * Whatever is available! I pads, movies, smart board, arts and crafts. I want to make learning fun for them and will do whatever is necessary to accomplish that!
E.) What role will students play in my classroom, how will they participate? * We will do online games for every subject. Each student will take turns telling what they have learned. We will also have outside games to get students involved with nature!
MY FUTURE CLASSROOM = AMAZING:)!!

Test Post # 2!

My test post number two!!!!

My Test Post Title

This is my first post! I clicked the HTML button which is something that i should always do in EDM310. I am now a Blogger:)