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:

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/

Classroom Management

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

Project# 7 Part A

Project# 7 Part A

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

Project# 2

            Project Rubric

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

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.