Blog Post #10

What can we learn from Mrs. Cassidy?
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.

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.

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. 

High School Implementing PBLPBL High School Math
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. 

Project 9

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

Project 7B

Project 7B

Student Video 

By: Chelsea Powers

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.

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.

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.

We All Become Learners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5TAWgwv9O4

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV8M6P9st9Q
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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulb4jl3xqs8

In this video you will find various different reasons to use technology in the classroom.