Blog Post #5 Part 2
My Final PLN
By: Chelsea Powers
My PLN has become very useful to me throughout the weeks in EDM 310. It has helped me keep organized on the various different websites I use in this class. I hope everyone found this as useful as I did. Here is a link to my own personal PLN.
Chelsea's PLN
Sunday, April 26, 2015
C4K #3
C4K #3
http://kidblog.org/MrsLsAwesome7thgradeclass2014-2014/author/cb6a096a-081d-4929-98ad-f7bb90610a3c/
Lowrey B's Blog
My Reply:
Lowrey,
Hi my name is Chelsea and I am going to school to become an elementary teacher. I enjoyed reading your blog post. It seems like you have really put a lot of thought into your candy store. I also liked the fact that you incorporated bible verses on the wall. I know I would definitely visit your candy store. Good Luck and follow your dreams!!
http://kidblog.org/JHFIClassof2015/author/6c1535b0-cf06-4b5b-a43a-3928c3590a6d/
Chris Blog
Chris Wrote:
I am very hungry today.
My Reply:
Hi Chris,
My name is Chelsea and I am going to school to become an elementary teacher. I enjoyed reading your blog.
http://kidblog.org/MrsLsAwesome7thgradeclass2014-2014/author/cb6a096a-081d-4929-98ad-f7bb90610a3c/
Lowrey B's Blog
If I could start my own business, I would start a candy shop in Bricktown. I would put my shop in Bricktown because a lot of people go there for Thunder games and Dodger games. I would want to live close to Bricktown because I want to go to Thunder games. I would name my shop Old Fashion Candy. I love that theme in candy stores! I would have every kind of candy that you can think of in big barrels. My shop would also have pop in bottles that are like root bear. The building would be made out of bricks on the inside and outside. I would also have wooden planks on the roof. The walls would also have bible verses on them, so I can share the bible with people who come in. That would be my whole purpose of the store and to eat a lot of candy.
My Reply:
Lowrey,
Hi my name is Chelsea and I am going to school to become an elementary teacher. I enjoyed reading your blog post. It seems like you have really put a lot of thought into your candy store. I also liked the fact that you incorporated bible verses on the wall. I know I would definitely visit your candy store. Good Luck and follow your dreams!!
http://kidblog.org/JHFIClassof2015/author/6c1535b0-cf06-4b5b-a43a-3928c3590a6d/
Chris Blog
Chris Wrote:
I am very hungry today.
My Reply:
Hi Chris,
My name is Chelsea and I am going to school to become an elementary teacher. I enjoyed reading your blog.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Blog Post# 13
Blog Post #13
By: Chelsea Powers
In the this Blog Post we were instructed to do the following assignment.
Create an assignment for a Blog Post I should have created in your area of speciality (math, history, elementary ed, special ed, whatever). Write the instructions that I should have put here. Then do it.
I chose to do the assignment on "How can Teachers Help Children with ADHD in the Classroom".
Statistics show that 11% of American Children are diagnosed with ADHD. CDC ADHD This can be very challenging and frustrating as a teacher. I chose this topic because not only will I have to deal with this in a classroom I also deal with this from day to day with my own child. As a mother with a child that has ADHD the most important thing is PATIENCE. This is challenging for a teacher because it can be very disruptive to the classroom. Children with ADHD have problems with organizing, being still for a long period of time, and having problems following through with assignments. I have listed a few resources below on how teachers can be more effective with children who is diagnosed with ADHD.
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/add-adhd/teaching-students-with-adhd-attention-deficit-disorder.htm
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/add-adhd/attention-deficit-disorder-adhd-and-school.htm
By: Chelsea Powers
In the this Blog Post we were instructed to do the following assignment.
Create an assignment for a Blog Post I should have created in your area of speciality (math, history, elementary ed, special ed, whatever). Write the instructions that I should have put here. Then do it.
I chose to do the assignment on "How can Teachers Help Children with ADHD in the Classroom".
Statistics show that 11% of American Children are diagnosed with ADHD. CDC ADHD This can be very challenging and frustrating as a teacher. I chose this topic because not only will I have to deal with this in a classroom I also deal with this from day to day with my own child. As a mother with a child that has ADHD the most important thing is PATIENCE. This is challenging for a teacher because it can be very disruptive to the classroom. Children with ADHD have problems with organizing, being still for a long period of time, and having problems following through with assignments. I have listed a few resources below on how teachers can be more effective with children who is diagnosed with ADHD.
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/add-adhd/teaching-students-with-adhd-attention-deficit-disorder.htm
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/add-adhd/attention-deficit-disorder-adhd-and-school.htm
Thursday, April 9, 2015
C4K #2
March C4K
http://per8joe.edublogs.org/
Job Shadowing
My Reply:
Hi Joe,
My Name is Chelsea and I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I think it is very important for high school students to experience what it would be like before they choose their career path. It took me a while to find that I wanted to pursue a career in teaching. It is very important for you to pursue what you like to do. Good Luck!!
http://mrsmaslowski.edublogs.org/ Per 6 Matt
Influental Black Musician: Kendrick Lamar
One black influential musician I believe is Kendrick Lamar. He was raised and started in the ghetto of Compton that is full of gang violence and crime. Kendrick Lamar has become influential with messages in his music that makes people think and notice issues in politics, to questions of our human nature and ourselves, and even to the good and bad in our American culture. While using poetic justice to make everyone challenge what happens in our society, he has become a hip-hop idol and what some young people might call G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time). It is clear he will become inspiration and an idol to the future of hip-hop and make a wave of challenging society using music
My Reply:
Hi Matt,
My Name is Chelsea and I am a student at the University of South Alabama.I enjoyed reading your blog. I am not familiar with this musician but after reading your blog It definitely made me want to do more research on him. Great post!
http://kidblog.org/MrsLsAwesome7thgradeclass2014-2014/author/f637a030-9909-4af8-a9c9-b03dbab77f0c/
http://per8joe.edublogs.org/
Job Shadowing
My Reply:
Hi Joe,
My Name is Chelsea and I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I think it is very important for high school students to experience what it would be like before they choose their career path. It took me a while to find that I wanted to pursue a career in teaching. It is very important for you to pursue what you like to do. Good Luck!!
http://mrsmaslowski.edublogs.org/ Per 6 Matt
Influental Black Musician: Kendrick Lamar
One black influential musician I believe is Kendrick Lamar. He was raised and started in the ghetto of Compton that is full of gang violence and crime. Kendrick Lamar has become influential with messages in his music that makes people think and notice issues in politics, to questions of our human nature and ourselves, and even to the good and bad in our American culture. While using poetic justice to make everyone challenge what happens in our society, he has become a hip-hop idol and what some young people might call G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time). It is clear he will become inspiration and an idol to the future of hip-hop and make a wave of challenging society using music
My Reply:
Hi Matt,
My Name is Chelsea and I am a student at the University of South Alabama.I enjoyed reading your blog. I am not familiar with this musician but after reading your blog It definitely made me want to do more research on him. Great post!
http://kidblog.org/MrsLsAwesome7thgradeclass2014-2014/author/f637a030-9909-4af8-a9c9-b03dbab77f0c/
Left Behind is written by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. It is set in the last three years of the Tribulation called the Great Tribulation. The protagonists, referred to as the tribulation force, include ex-pilot Rayford Steele, reporter Cameron “Buck” Williams, Rabbi Tsion ben Judah, doctor Chaim Rozenzweig, pilot Mac McCullum, leader of an international trading function Chloe Steele, and ex-military George Sebastian. The antagonists are the Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia and false prophet Leon Fortunato. Being set in the end times, many disasters are taking place as the Tribulation Force tries convert nonbelievers into Christians. The Global Community (GC) led by Nicolae Carpathia, tries harder and harder to stop the Tribulation Force going to the extent of fire bombing a crowd of believers as the time grows near for the Glorious reappearing of Christ.
The main protagonist, Rayford Steele, is the leader of the Tribulation Force. He and the other members of the Tribulation Force try to loosen Carpathia’s grip on the world by sharing the good news of Christ. In to the Great Tribulation, those who have taken the mark of the beast are suffering from plagues poured out on them by God, such as boils, extreme heat and writhing pain. Tsion, Rayford, and Chaim all survived a fire bombing done by the GC and are the center of attention. Carpathia tells Leon to recruit “miracle workers” to counter the Christians. More tensions grow as more Christians are martyred around the world.
This book is not for the light of heart. I would recommend this book to someone interested in post-apocalyptic books. I really enjoyed this book as I do the series. If you like learning more about Revelation and the Antichrist and all that, I would definitely recommend it. I definitely plan on reading the next book in the series and other books written by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
My Reply:
My Name is Chelsea and I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I really enjoyed reading your post. It was very informative. Great Post!Sunday, April 5, 2015
Blog Post #11
Blog Post #11
What can we learn about teaching from these other teachers?
By: Chelsea Powers
Back to the Future
In this video Brian Crosby really knows how to get his class motivated. I have learned a lot from just hearing him speak. Mr. Crosby talks about empowering kids to learn on their own just like we do in EDM 310. He promotes hand on learning such as the project with the hot air balloon that his students did. The hot air balloon seemed to really get the class motivated and work collaboratively in groups. Mr. Crosby also involved the community and made this really a big deal for the students. The most important thing I learned from his video is that whatever the context is that you are teaching make it meaningful and motivational. This video also taught me the importance of technology in the classroom when he talked about Celeste that has leukemia. This is a little girl that cannot attend school because of her treatments and instead of just sending work home for her Mr. Crosby takes extra steps and has her on video in the classroom so she can interact with other students. It was a very touching story! This is a teacher that really cares about his student’s education.
Blended Learning Cycle
Paul Anderson Incorporates all aspects of a good Lesson. The picture that he shows in his video at first was very good understanding of how people thought that the future classrooms would be like. Mr. Anderson tells us how important the power of questioning is for their students. He starts off by getting the attention of the class with the disk that does not stop spinning. He then moves to a driving question and figures it out. They then investigate and experiement. He uses small group activities that involve collaboration with each other. Mr. Anderson also uses paper and pencil quiz to measure the students content knowledge of the subject. I believe this is important so that you can have a record of what the student has learned and what they have not. Mr. Anderson uses The five E's and Oilers disk to explain his techniques.
Making Thinking Visible
Mark Church demonstrates students having a deeper thought process about the content. It is very neat to see what the students think about the content before they actually review it. This also gives the teacher an idea on how to teach the content and different way of questioning. It is very interesting on how their outlooks change after reading and learning the content. This promotes critical thinking skills and group collaboration.
Building Comics
Same Pane taught his students the importance of using internet safety by letting them create their own Superhero digital citizen. This was a really engaging activity. He talke about making good choices when it comes to using the internet. I think this is very important for students to learn. As a parent and a future teacher I want my child to know how important it is to use the internet safely.
Project based Learning
In this video it shows the importance of teacher collaboration. They call this integrated studies which means deeper understanding. It combines technology, English, and History. By doing this it gives the students more time to blend ideas, content and quality feedback. They teach beyond the curriculum to give their students real life scenarios. By the teachers combining technology with English and History, this gives them ownership their work. They get feedback from all over the world which makes them want to do a better job on their assignments. This video shows me how effectively teachers should work together and collaborate to benefit their students.
Roosevelt's Project based learning
Roosevelt Elementary School seems to be a very community oriented school. They keep the parents well informed of what is going on with their children and in the classrooms. The teachers come together using state standards. The Teachers at Roosevelt believe posing real life problem solving skills for their students will make them not only become effective learner but good citizens. By teaching their student PBL they are taught how to work on a project from start to finish. It also teaches them public speaking skills by collaborating with each other. They are taught decision making by the teacher giving them choices on their projects. They are learning so many different learning styles which is truly amazing. There are so many different ways I will incorporate what I have learned in this video into my future classroom.
By: Chelsea Powers
Back to the Future
In this video Brian Crosby really knows how to get his class motivated. I have learned a lot from just hearing him speak. Mr. Crosby talks about empowering kids to learn on their own just like we do in EDM 310. He promotes hand on learning such as the project with the hot air balloon that his students did. The hot air balloon seemed to really get the class motivated and work collaboratively in groups. Mr. Crosby also involved the community and made this really a big deal for the students. The most important thing I learned from his video is that whatever the context is that you are teaching make it meaningful and motivational. This video also taught me the importance of technology in the classroom when he talked about Celeste that has leukemia. This is a little girl that cannot attend school because of her treatments and instead of just sending work home for her Mr. Crosby takes extra steps and has her on video in the classroom so she can interact with other students. It was a very touching story! This is a teacher that really cares about his student’s education.
Blended Learning Cycle
Paul Anderson Incorporates all aspects of a good Lesson. The picture that he shows in his video at first was very good understanding of how people thought that the future classrooms would be like. Mr. Anderson tells us how important the power of questioning is for their students. He starts off by getting the attention of the class with the disk that does not stop spinning. He then moves to a driving question and figures it out. They then investigate and experiement. He uses small group activities that involve collaboration with each other. Mr. Anderson also uses paper and pencil quiz to measure the students content knowledge of the subject. I believe this is important so that you can have a record of what the student has learned and what they have not. Mr. Anderson uses The five E's and Oilers disk to explain his techniques.
Making Thinking Visible
Mark Church demonstrates students having a deeper thought process about the content. It is very neat to see what the students think about the content before they actually review it. This also gives the teacher an idea on how to teach the content and different way of questioning. It is very interesting on how their outlooks change after reading and learning the content. This promotes critical thinking skills and group collaboration.
Building Comics
Same Pane taught his students the importance of using internet safety by letting them create their own Superhero digital citizen. This was a really engaging activity. He talke about making good choices when it comes to using the internet. I think this is very important for students to learn. As a parent and a future teacher I want my child to know how important it is to use the internet safely.
Project based Learning
In this video it shows the importance of teacher collaboration. They call this integrated studies which means deeper understanding. It combines technology, English, and History. By doing this it gives the students more time to blend ideas, content and quality feedback. They teach beyond the curriculum to give their students real life scenarios. By the teachers combining technology with English and History, this gives them ownership their work. They get feedback from all over the world which makes them want to do a better job on their assignments. This video shows me how effectively teachers should work together and collaborate to benefit their students.
Roosevelt's Project based learning
Roosevelt Elementary School seems to be a very community oriented school. They keep the parents well informed of what is going on with their children and in the classrooms. The teachers come together using state standards. The Teachers at Roosevelt believe posing real life problem solving skills for their students will make them not only become effective learner but good citizens. By teaching their student PBL they are taught how to work on a project from start to finish. It also teaches them public speaking skills by collaborating with each other. They are taught decision making by the teacher giving them choices on their projects. They are learning so many different learning styles which is truly amazing. There are so many different ways I will incorporate what I have learned in this video into my future classroom.
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Blog Post #10
What can we learn from Mrs. Cassidy?
By: Chelsea Powers
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In this video of Ms.Cassidy's 1st grade class the students demonstrate how they use technology in their classroom. The students look like they have a very good time collaborating with each other.
Ms. Cassidy's video part 1
Ms. Cassidy's video part 2
I can relate to Ms. Cassidy when she states in her interview about how she does not use social media at home in her personal life. I use social media just for this class. I do not have Facebook! The only reason I have Twitter is for this class. I will implement blogging and Skype in my future classroom but I will be very cautious in protecting my students as well. I had to give permission for my son to use the internet at his school as well, which I think was a great idea! I can see why parents do not want their children using social media.
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Ms. Cassidy's video part 3
The thing that really stood out to me in this video was the term "Piggybacking". One of the students in the EDM 310 class asked Ms. Cassidy about it being easy for students to cheat when using social media from year to year or semester to semester. Her response was this is why it is important for teachers to collaborate and work together to change up the material so students can create their own response to the new material.
By: Chelsea Powers
In this video of Ms.Cassidy's 1st grade class the students demonstrate how they use technology in their classroom. The students look like they have a very good time collaborating with each other.
Ms. Cassidy's video part 1
In this video I learned the importance of technology in the classroom. I also agree with her about how college students should learn as much as they can about it while they are still in school. She also states that technology is not going to just go away or change. There is always something new and exciting to learn about. Ms. Cassidy also states how the students enjoy to see people from all over the world reading their blogs and different projects they do. I believe this would want students to continue improving their work because they know it's just not their teacher that will be reviewing their work.
Ms. Cassidy's video part 2
I can relate to Ms. Cassidy when she states in her interview about how she does not use social media at home in her personal life. I use social media just for this class. I do not have Facebook! The only reason I have Twitter is for this class. I will implement blogging and Skype in my future classroom but I will be very cautious in protecting my students as well. I had to give permission for my son to use the internet at his school as well, which I think was a great idea! I can see why parents do not want their children using social media.
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The thing that really stood out to me in this video was the term "Piggybacking". One of the students in the EDM 310 class asked Ms. Cassidy about it being easy for students to cheat when using social media from year to year or semester to semester. Her response was this is why it is important for teachers to collaborate and work together to change up the material so students can create their own response to the new material.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Blog Post #9
Blog Post #9
By: Chelsea Powers
What Can Teachers and Students Teach Us About Project Based Learning?
Project based learning is always a learning experience. There is always something new and exciting to learn about. Students and teachers teach us how to integrate PBL into our classroom environment to make a fun learning experience that will make a mark and not be forgotten.
What Motivates Students?
By watching the video What Motivates Students? I have learned in order to motivate students you have to find what interest the students and then associate the projects around real life experiences, something that is personal that they can use an take with them as a life lesson through life. I also found rewarding the students to be very useful. Even if it's as just as simple to tell them what a great job they have done.
Implementing PBL in a high school environment especially through English and Math could be some what difficult. The teachers at Sammamish High School is overcoming this possibility. I believe by connecting students at this age to the subject content and the outside world is very important. Speaking for myself I know that Math can be a very challenging subject but by letting them create games collaboratively and working the problems out through something they created helps them give a better understanding of what they need to know. The success rates that Sammamish High School has seen since implementing PBL shows that this is working for students.
My Conclusion
Through my findings I have found that the most important things I have learned is to have a driving question. Not just an ordinary question but a question that is engaging to students that will want them to think about what they are learning. This leads to the importance of open-ended questions. Open-ended questioning promotes communication skills and problem solving. By engaging students through driving questions, open-ended questions, problem solving skills, critical thinking skills, and collaboration you have met the common core state standards.In Project based learning students take charge of their learning. They get to investigate the problems and share with others and then they have the opportunity to reflect on their learning and findings.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Project #13
Team Glue's Water Cycle Project:
The Glue Group chose to do our Project Based Learning lesson on the water cycle. Our students are to construct a group poster based on which phase of the water cycle their group was assigned. Each group will also create a video of "their version" of the water cycle. This video can be a dance, skit, or etc. Our students will present their group's poster and video. The students will choose which video they are more proud of as a whole class. This video selected will be sent to the Local News Station.
Click the link below to view our project site:
Team Glue's Water Cycle Project
The Glue Group chose to do our Project Based Learning lesson on the water cycle. Our students are to construct a group poster based on which phase of the water cycle their group was assigned. Each group will also create a video of "their version" of the water cycle. This video can be a dance, skit, or etc. Our students will present their group's poster and video. The students will choose which video they are more proud of as a whole class. This video selected will be sent to the Local News Station.
Click the link below to view our project site:
Team Glue's Water Cycle Project
Monday, March 16, 2015
Blog Post #8
What Can We Learn About Teaching and Learning From Randy Pausch?
By: Chelsea Powers
When I first seen this assignment I thought to myself, who is Randy Pausch? I opened the video "The last Lecture" and seen it was almost one hour and a half, to be honest I thought to myself.... How am I going to be able to sit through this whole lecture. Wow, was I wrong!!! My eyes were fixated on the screen. I did not just watch the video once but twice. In Randy's video he starts out by talking about his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. He makes it very clear that he does not want sympathy from anyone and even makes a joke by doing push-ups.
Randy Pausch talks about living out his childhood dreams. He started out by wanting to be in zero gravity, being an author in the World Book Encyclopedia, Captain Kirk, To one of the guys that wins all the enormous stuffed animals. He even got a chance to work with Walt Disney Imagineers. Randy discussed how in some way, shape or form he managed to conquer all of his dreams. He then goes on to talk about becoming a professor and how fulfilling it is to help others live out their childhood dreams.
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
-Randy Pausch
I really liked this quote from Randy Pausch. No matter the circumstances he never seemed to give up! This man has really inspired me and made me look at life in a very different way. If everyone would have more of his morals and values in life I believe we would be much better off. I would advise anyone that has not listened to The Last Lecture to please do so and see if your outlook on life changes. What I learned about teaching and learning from Mr. Pausch is you never stop learning. Inspiration comes from every aspect of life experiences.
By: Chelsea Powers
When I first seen this assignment I thought to myself, who is Randy Pausch? I opened the video "The last Lecture" and seen it was almost one hour and a half, to be honest I thought to myself.... How am I going to be able to sit through this whole lecture. Wow, was I wrong!!! My eyes were fixated on the screen. I did not just watch the video once but twice. In Randy's video he starts out by talking about his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. He makes it very clear that he does not want sympathy from anyone and even makes a joke by doing push-ups.
Randy Pausch talks about living out his childhood dreams. He started out by wanting to be in zero gravity, being an author in the World Book Encyclopedia, Captain Kirk, To one of the guys that wins all the enormous stuffed animals. He even got a chance to work with Walt Disney Imagineers. Randy discussed how in some way, shape or form he managed to conquer all of his dreams. He then goes on to talk about becoming a professor and how fulfilling it is to help others live out their childhood dreams.
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
-Randy Pausch
I really liked this quote from Randy Pausch. No matter the circumstances he never seemed to give up! This man has really inspired me and made me look at life in a very different way. If everyone would have more of his morals and values in life I believe we would be much better off. I would advise anyone that has not listened to The Last Lecture to please do so and see if your outlook on life changes. What I learned about teaching and learning from Mr. Pausch is you never stop learning. Inspiration comes from every aspect of life experiences.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Blog Post# 7
How do we all become learners?
By: Chelsea Powers
This week I was required to watch a various different videos that reflects the following....
"Think about how instruction is happening in schools using technology as tools. What are the things that you believe you will need to know AND do to prepare for your career as as teacher before you graduate that will enable and support your ability to use technology effectively as a component of your classroom instruction and to foster student participation and learning?"
I believe technology is an essential part of learning in a classroom. This not only benefits students but teachers as well. It helps them with assessing each student on their learning capabilities. I will definitely have to brush up on the use of technology before I go into my career as a teacher. In today's society most children are so involved in video games and different things, so why not incorporate these devices into the curriculum for them to become better learners.
"Think about how instruction is happening in schools using technology as tools. What are the things that you believe you will need to know AND do to prepare for your career as as teacher before you graduate that will enable and support your ability to use technology effectively as a component of your classroom instruction and to foster student participation and learning?"
I believe technology is an essential part of learning in a classroom. This not only benefits students but teachers as well. It helps them with assessing each student on their learning capabilities. I will definitely have to brush up on the use of technology before I go into my career as a teacher. In today's society most children are so involved in video games and different things, so why not incorporate these devices into the curriculum for them to become better learners.
Using iMovie and the Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRNvyhTmcck
iMovie is a way that kindergarten students can make a book trailer. This is amazing to me because it really took me a long time to learn how to do this for this class. The Alabama Virtual Library is a free website that students can go and perform research as young as kindergarten.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRNvyhTmcck
iMovie is a way that kindergarten students can make a book trailer. This is amazing to me because it really took me a long time to learn how to do this for this class. The Alabama Virtual Library is a free website that students can go and perform research as young as kindergarten.
We All Become Learners
In this video it talks about how everyone benefits from using various different devices in the classroom. It is not just teachers teaching the students but the teachers learn from students. It is amazing how much children know already.
Ipads in the Classroom
iPads in the Classroom
In this video the use of iPads in the classroom has become more and more popular. The use of technology through iPads engages students to learn more efficiently. The students can take virtual field trips by just sitting in the classroom. I also found it very neat how special needs students found it so useful for shopping.
Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology in Education
In this video you will find various different reasons to use technology in the classroom.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Blog Post# 6
Blog Post # 6
By: Chelsea Powers
I learned a lot by watching the interviews that Dr. Strange and Anthony Capps had done. I was truly amazed at some of the things that Anthony had his third grade students doing. I do not remember doing any type of projects like this when I was this age. I also like how he associates real life situations in his curriculum. I also learned that everything does not always go as planned in the classroom when you are teaching. There are so many resources you can use as a teacher to help you in the classroom. I also learned how important it is to find something that engages students to learn the material. Anthony Capps seems like a very devoted, caring, teacher that loves teaching. We need more teachers like this in the classroom.
Project Based Learning:
icurio:
Discovery Ed:
By: Chelsea Powers
I learned a lot by watching the interviews that Dr. Strange and Anthony Capps had done. I was truly amazed at some of the things that Anthony had his third grade students doing. I do not remember doing any type of projects like this when I was this age. I also like how he associates real life situations in his curriculum. I also learned that everything does not always go as planned in the classroom when you are teaching. There are so many resources you can use as a teacher to help you in the classroom. I also learned how important it is to find something that engages students to learn the material. Anthony Capps seems like a very devoted, caring, teacher that loves teaching. We need more teachers like this in the classroom.
Project Based Learning:
icurio:
Discovery Ed:
C4T # 2
C4T# 2
http://stumpteacher.blogspot.com/
2/15/2015
Stump the Teacher
Josh Stupenhorst discuss the many factors on why teachers become bad educators over a period of time. He talks about how many teachers that have been teaching a while don't like changes. Josh also talks about the overwhelming of stress teachers have on them as well.
My Reply:
Josh,
I am a student and I am working toward my degree in Elementary Education. Your post really puts all my fears in perspective for me. When I was in school we all had that one mean, grouchy, teacher that seemed like she hated the world and everything in it. As a student how could you possibly learn anything from someone with this type of attitude in a classroom. As a future educator I believe you have to be open to changes daily. Great Post, I really enjoyed reading it.
2/22/2015
http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/
I enjoyed reading this article on
"20 (plus) questions about what we did before cell phones"
Reply:
I enjoyed reading your post. I found this very interesting! I do not know what it would be like without cell phones, Internet service etc.
3/9/2015
http://stumpteacher.blogspot.com/
3/9/2015
http://stumpteacher.blogspot.com/
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
Blog Post# 5
What are PLN's?
By: Chelsea Powers
PLN stands for Personal Learning Networks. I have never heard of PLN before in my whole life. It always seems to amaze me of how much information and technology Edm310 has taught me. As overwhelming as this class may seem all the information is so useful. PLN has became very useful to me for managing and organize all of my work that I do on a daily bases where it is all in one place. I started off by creating an account with symbaloo. They then sent me a very informative video on how the site works (see link below). I am still working on my PLN and learning more and more about this tool everyday.
Tutorial Video
By: Chelsea Powers
PLN stands for Personal Learning Networks. I have never heard of PLN before in my whole life. It always seems to amaze me of how much information and technology Edm310 has taught me. As overwhelming as this class may seem all the information is so useful. PLN has became very useful to me for managing and organize all of my work that I do on a daily bases where it is all in one place. I started off by creating an account with symbaloo. They then sent me a very informative video on how the site works (see link below). I am still working on my PLN and learning more and more about this tool everyday.
Tutorial Video
Project# 15
Search Engines
By: Chelsea Powers
1. Bing
Bing is an Internet search engine powered by Microsoft. Using Bing is much like using other search engine., You can enter one or more keywords into the search field to find web pages that mention the keywords or phrase you have entered. On Bing, you can perform a keyword search for articles, images, videos, news, shopping websites, and more. You can also enter specific commands with your keywords into the search field to narrow your search results.
2.Ask
Ask.com is a question answering-focused web search engine.
3.yahoo
Yahoo! is an Internet portal that incorporates a search engine and a directory of World Wide Web sites organized in a hierarchy of topic categories. As a directory, it provides both new and seasoned Web users the reassurance of a structured view of hundreds of thousands of Web sites and millions of Web pages. It also provides one of the best ways to search the Web for a given topic.
4.Kayak
Search one and done!! This website is a search engine that lets you search multiple discounted hotel rooms, airline flights, vacation getaways, and much more.
5. dogpile
Each search engine has its own method of searching and each will return different results. Dogpile looks at all of them, decides which are most relevant to your search, eliminates duplicates and reveals them to you. At last, you get a list of results more complete than anywhere else on the Web.
6. wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it. It is a special type of website. Many people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes per hour
7. wolframalpha
Wolfram is an engine for computing answers and providing knowledge. It works by using its vast store of expert-level knowledge and algorithms to automatically answer questions, do analysis, and generate reports
8. youtube
Youtube is said to be the second largest search engine. If you don't know how to do something just Youtube it.
Resources: All the above
By: Chelsea Powers
1. Bing
Bing is an Internet search engine powered by Microsoft. Using Bing is much like using other search engine., You can enter one or more keywords into the search field to find web pages that mention the keywords or phrase you have entered. On Bing, you can perform a keyword search for articles, images, videos, news, shopping websites, and more. You can also enter specific commands with your keywords into the search field to narrow your search results.
2.Ask
Ask.com is a question answering-focused web search engine.
3.yahoo
Yahoo! is an Internet portal that incorporates a search engine and a directory of World Wide Web sites organized in a hierarchy of topic categories. As a directory, it provides both new and seasoned Web users the reassurance of a structured view of hundreds of thousands of Web sites and millions of Web pages. It also provides one of the best ways to search the Web for a given topic.
4.Kayak
Search one and done!! This website is a search engine that lets you search multiple discounted hotel rooms, airline flights, vacation getaways, and much more.
5. dogpile
Each search engine has its own method of searching and each will return different results. Dogpile looks at all of them, decides which are most relevant to your search, eliminates duplicates and reveals them to you. At last, you get a list of results more complete than anywhere else on the Web.
6. wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it. It is a special type of website. Many people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes per hour
7. wolframalpha
Wolfram is an engine for computing answers and providing knowledge. It works by using its vast store of expert-level knowledge and algorithms to automatically answer questions, do analysis, and generate reports
8. youtube
Youtube is said to be the second largest search engine. If you don't know how to do something just Youtube it.
Resources: All the above
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Blog Post# 4
b>What questions do we ask? How do we ask?</b>
By:Chelsea Powers
What do we need to know about asking questions to be an effective teacher?
As teachers we have to quit assuming that we know everything. We are not made to know everything and that is why we have to find the right questions to ask. I believe the most effective type of questioning is Open Questioning. Open Questioning gives students the opportunity to engage with other students and differentiate their own opinions and thoughts. Through research I have found that there are four different categories for questioning in the classroom and I have listed them below.
The major types of questions fall into four categories:
Managerial: questions which keep the classroom operations moving
Rhetorical: questions used to emphasize a point or to reinforce an idea or statement;
Closed: questions used to check retention or to focus thinking on a particular point; and
Open: questions used to promote discussion or student interaction
Resources:
http://teachertools.londongt.org
By:Chelsea Powers
What do we need to know about asking questions to be an effective teacher?
As teachers we have to quit assuming that we know everything. We are not made to know everything and that is why we have to find the right questions to ask. I believe the most effective type of questioning is Open Questioning. Open Questioning gives students the opportunity to engage with other students and differentiate their own opinions and thoughts. Through research I have found that there are four different categories for questioning in the classroom and I have listed them below.
The major types of questions fall into four categories:
Managerial: questions which keep the classroom operations moving
Rhetorical: questions used to emphasize a point or to reinforce an idea or statement;
Closed: questions used to check retention or to focus thinking on a particular point; and
Open: questions used to promote discussion or student interaction
Resources:
http://teachertools.londongt.org
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Blog Post #3
How Can You Provide Meaningful Feedback to Your Peers?
By:Chelsea Powers
Three main components:
-Compliment the writer
-Make suggestions
-Provide corrections
Peer editing can be a very touchy subject. After all you are critiquing someone else's work and nobody likes to be wrong (right)? First, you do not want to offend the writer, so start off by complimenting the writers work. Next, with a positive attitude make suggestions on how they could change their work to make it better. Don't be a "Picky Patty". You have to be careful in how you do this because you do not want to offend the writer.
I use peer editing everyday at my job. Our company just turned into an ISO certified company. Through this difficult time my fellow co-workers were constantly revising and changing documentation to be compliant with ISO. Even though at sometime it was very hard to stay positive about changes with them, we evaluated the corrections as a team to make the right decision. In closing what I am trying to say about this is that peer editing is not just in the classroom it follows you through certain career paths that you choose in life.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Blog Post #2
What Will Teaching in the 21st Century be Like?
By: Chelsea Powers
Professor Dancelot
The video "Professor Dancelot" sends the message of not having adequate resources for teaching in the 21st century. Sitting in a classroom with a teacher and a power point presentation does not fulfill the teaching requirements that are needed for students to learn the material that is being taught. When it was time for students to take a test on the different dances they all were clueless. This is why it is so important for students to have the opportunity to learn hands on in a fun environment.
Teaching in the 21st century
What will be the role of teachers in the 21st century? The author demonstrates the importance of
teachers and how they will teach their students. I use Google everyday. If I do not know something where else do you look but Google. It was not until I started taking EDM310 that there was so much more to Google besides just a search engine. I believe the author of this video is teaching us as future teachers that we do not have to know everything in order to be a good teacher, but utilize our skills, collaborate with each other, teach students to find the answer and use all the available resources.
Who's ahead in the learning race?
When technology comes into play I would have to say elementary children are definitely on top of the game. It is amazing to me of how quickly they catch on to things. I am most definitely on the lower end of learning when it comes to technology. It amazes me what my son is learning in elementary school that I did not know until I was in middle school.
Harness your students digital smarts
I thought it was very interesting when Vicki Davis said "I like to teach my students to learn how to learn". I really started thinking about this and it makes a lot of sense. Students have to be taught the proper way to learn something and by collaborating with others and using PBL. What better way for a student to learn.
Flipping the classroom
I have not heard of "Flipping the classroom" until now. I think this is a great idea! This gives students an idea of what they will be learning the next day and prepare them for the material that they will be learning.
The Networked Student
In this video it showed many different ways networked student can utilize different tools that are offered and why they use them. You are basically teaching yourself and finding answers over the internet so why would you even need a teacher?? In my opinion the teacher plays a very important role in teaching you how to find the right answers in the right way. They are there for support and to show you how to utilize the tools that you need.
By: Chelsea Powers
Professor Dancelot
The video "Professor Dancelot" sends the message of not having adequate resources for teaching in the 21st century. Sitting in a classroom with a teacher and a power point presentation does not fulfill the teaching requirements that are needed for students to learn the material that is being taught. When it was time for students to take a test on the different dances they all were clueless. This is why it is so important for students to have the opportunity to learn hands on in a fun environment.
Teaching in the 21st century
What will be the role of teachers in the 21st century? The author demonstrates the importance of
teachers and how they will teach their students. I use Google everyday. If I do not know something where else do you look but Google. It was not until I started taking EDM310 that there was so much more to Google besides just a search engine. I believe the author of this video is teaching us as future teachers that we do not have to know everything in order to be a good teacher, but utilize our skills, collaborate with each other, teach students to find the answer and use all the available resources.
Who's ahead in the learning race?
When technology comes into play I would have to say elementary children are definitely on top of the game. It is amazing to me of how quickly they catch on to things. I am most definitely on the lower end of learning when it comes to technology. It amazes me what my son is learning in elementary school that I did not know until I was in middle school.
Harness your students digital smarts
I thought it was very interesting when Vicki Davis said "I like to teach my students to learn how to learn". I really started thinking about this and it makes a lot of sense. Students have to be taught the proper way to learn something and by collaborating with others and using PBL. What better way for a student to learn.
Flipping the classroom
I have not heard of "Flipping the classroom" until now. I think this is a great idea! This gives students an idea of what they will be learning the next day and prepare them for the material that they will be learning.
The Networked Student
In this video it showed many different ways networked student can utilize different tools that are offered and why they use them. You are basically teaching yourself and finding answers over the internet so why would you even need a teacher?? In my opinion the teacher plays a very important role in teaching you how to find the right answers in the right way. They are there for support and to show you how to utilize the tools that you need.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Blog Post #1
Blog Post #1
By: Chelsea Powers
Honestly... I have heard how horrible this class is. EDM 310 is a very demanding course. It says to prepare to spend 9 hrs. a week but I would say prepare for more. The best advice I can give for this course is not to fall behind. The most difficult aspect for this course is group work and trying to get everyone in your group to meet at the same time. I believe this class is going to be a lot better than the previous.
By: Chelsea Powers
Honestly... I have heard how horrible this class is. EDM 310 is a very demanding course. It says to prepare to spend 9 hrs. a week but I would say prepare for more. The best advice I can give for this course is not to fall behind. The most difficult aspect for this course is group work and trying to get everyone in your group to meet at the same time. I believe this class is going to be a lot better than the previous.
Practice Blog Post
Practice Blog Post
By: Chelsea Powers
Outline:
Who am I? Chelsea Powers
Why do I want to be an educator? To help children succeed and learn.
What does an educator do in his or
her practice? teach, morals, values
What are my passions? My family and children.
Hi everyone, My name is Chelsea Powers! I work full time at a family owned metal fabrication company that builds components for the oil field industry. I love my job but every since I was younger I have always felt my calling to be a teacher. I have two children, Jesse is 9yrs. old and loves hunting and fishing. My younger stepson is Jaxon and loves anything his older brother does! I have chosen this as a profession because my job is so demanding I want to be able to spend more time with my children and being a teacher definitely has this benefit. An educator is very important to make sure that our future society becomes good citizens in our community. They also teach good morals and values that some children don't receive at home. My passion is my family and children! In our spare time we have a home in North Alabama where we go to hunt. If we are not in the woods hunting we are on the water fishing.
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By: Chelsea Powers
Outline:
Who am I? Chelsea Powers
Why do I want to be an educator? To help children succeed and learn.
What does an educator do in his or
her practice? teach, morals, values
What are my passions? My family and children.
Hi everyone, My name is Chelsea Powers! I work full time at a family owned metal fabrication company that builds components for the oil field industry. I love my job but every since I was younger I have always felt my calling to be a teacher. I have two children, Jesse is 9yrs. old and loves hunting and fishing. My younger stepson is Jaxon and loves anything his older brother does! I have chosen this as a profession because my job is so demanding I want to be able to spend more time with my children and being a teacher definitely has this benefit. An educator is very important to make sure that our future society becomes good citizens in our community. They also teach good morals and values that some children don't receive at home. My passion is my family and children! In our spare time we have a home in North Alabama where we go to hunt. If we are not in the woods hunting we are on the water fishing.
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