In the post Teacher Knows if You’ve Done the E-Reading David Streitfeld talks about using a new type of system teachers can use to evaluate their students work. The students buy their text books electronically, and they read all their material on E-Readers. The system described in this post was called CourseSmart. CourseSmart allows the teacher to see how much time the student is or isn't applying to their work.
As a teacher I think that using CourseSmart would be a great hel. I would like to see which students actually care about their work, and I would like to see who sends the most time and effort into creating quality work. It may be time consuming to evaluate each students work, but I believe it would be well worth it if I could see which students really need hel and which ones are just lazy.
As a student I think that I wouldn't like the idea of using CourseSmart because then my teacher would be able to see exactly how much time I send on my work. I wouldn't be able to lie or get by with half way doing my work. I believe that in the long run it would help me though. It would force me to care about my work and do it the right way. So honestly, as a student CourseSmart would have its u and downs.
Questions I would ask the professor
1. Do you plan to use CourseSmart to create a participation grade
2. Do you like using CourseSmart
3. How has it benefited you're teaching
4. Would you recommend it to new teachers
5. Would you recommend it to teachers who have been teaching from textbooks their whole carreer
Questions I would ask the students
1. Do you like using CourseSmart
2. Have your grades gotten better since using CourseSmart
3. Have your grades gotten worse since using CourseSmart
4. Was using this system hard to learn
5. Has using CourseSmart changed your study habits any
If i had to leave a comment on this ost it would say this.
Thank you for taking the time to tell about CourseSmart. I really enjoyed learning about it. I want to try something like CourseSmart when I teach. I believe that it will benefit my students, and it will help me see what students need help and which students are lazy.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
C4T#4
POST 1
2013 Photo365 Project
Beth Still talked about doing a project where you take a picture every day for a whole year. Beth said that she has tried this project before but by the end of January she can not make herself continue doing it anymore. She said she has found the key to motivating herself to go through with the whole project. She said that she has collected a lot of things over the years, and everyday she is going to take a picture of something she wanted to get rid of and take it straight to the trash or to the local good will. I told her that I really liked her idea of how to keep her motivated. I said I might even try this project myself one day.
POST 2
The Bammy! Awards
Beth Stills post was about good teachers not receiving the credit they deserve for their hard work. I really enjoyed this post. Beth is are right about it being hard to be a teacher these days. My mom is a high school English teacher, and I know she works hard at school every single day. She teaches non stop from bell to bell.She never gets the credit she deserves for all the effort she puts in, and I know there are plenty of teachers all over the world facing the same issues. I think it is great that the Bammy Award that Beth talked about is seeking out great teachers and giving them recognition for their work.
2013 Photo365 Project
Beth Still talked about doing a project where you take a picture every day for a whole year. Beth said that she has tried this project before but by the end of January she can not make herself continue doing it anymore. She said she has found the key to motivating herself to go through with the whole project. She said that she has collected a lot of things over the years, and everyday she is going to take a picture of something she wanted to get rid of and take it straight to the trash or to the local good will. I told her that I really liked her idea of how to keep her motivated. I said I might even try this project myself one day.
POST 2
The Bammy! Awards
Beth Stills post was about good teachers not receiving the credit they deserve for their hard work. I really enjoyed this post. Beth is are right about it being hard to be a teacher these days. My mom is a high school English teacher, and I know she works hard at school every single day. She teaches non stop from bell to bell.She never gets the credit she deserves for all the effort she puts in, and I know there are plenty of teachers all over the world facing the same issues. I think it is great that the Bammy Award that Beth talked about is seeking out great teachers and giving them recognition for their work.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Blog Post #13
Brian Crosby's video Back To the Future is about helping a group of at risk students. Crosby taught many students that were getting left behind in the classroom. Because these students were getting left behind they started not to care about their work. They were getting discouraged. Crosby began to use the internet to get these students back involved in their school work. The students actually enjoyed doing blogs and began to engage in the class activities. It was very inspiring.
Blended Learning Cycle
Blended learning is composed from the three following elements: classroom, mobile, and online. He says the learning cycle should be blended in with the previous three elements. The learning cycle is when you get the students engaged, you let them explore, you explain, and then expand. Therefore, the blended learning cycle is just combining blended learning in with the learning cycle.He created the Q.U.I.V.E.R.S. approach. He likes to start the class out by forming an interesting question to grasp the students attention. Then he wants his students to investigate and experiment a bit. Next he likes to use videos in class showing the videos would be interesting for the kids and also frees the teacher u to do other things that need to be handled. Next you elaborate on the topic of the lesson that you are teaching.Then he individually or in small groups reviews all the material that was taught to make sure that each student has grasped the material being taught. Every student must do well in the review before they can move on to the final step, which is the summary quiz. The summary quiz just tests them on all the previous steps. If they don't do well on the quiz them they go back and relearn the material. After they go through about five cycles of this, then they take a sit down mastery test on all the material.I believe this strategy is excellent. It will get the students engaged in the class, which will ultimately make your job as a teacher much easier. I would love to try this technique of teaching in my class.
Progress Report On Final Project # 16
Nikki Rae Mooney, Jarrod Roberts, Farrah Deese, and I are in the group 3 Ladies and a Guy. We met on Wednesday, April 17 where we began filming our video "Mythbusters EDM 310 Edition". We have planned out what each individual is suppose to do in order to complete our project, and we are going to meet again on Tuesday and Wednesday to finish it.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Blog Post #12
Blog Post Assignment (Special Ed)
1. Watch the youtube clip Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing Impaired Children Tell me in two paragraphs how you think you will use these technologies in the classroom if you have a student that is in need of certain tools to assist them.
2. Watch the video Teaching Math to the Blind and write a brief paragraph telling how highly you view the importance of special needs kids recieving new technology and new strategies of being able to learn the same content as the average students.
3. Look up three different tools that kids with special needs can use to assist them when they are in school or at home working on assignment. List a picture of each tool you have discovered. Write at least one paragraph for each item you have chosen. The paragraph must tell what the tool you picked is called, how it is used,how you would use it as a teacher to help your students, and how much the item costs.
4. In a concluding paragraph tell me why you are going into the field you are entering, and tell any stories that might have inspired you to pick this profession.
1. Watch the youtube clip Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing Impaired Children Tell me in two paragraphs how you think you will use these technologies in the classroom if you have a student that is in need of certain tools to assist them.
2. Watch the video Teaching Math to the Blind and write a brief paragraph telling how highly you view the importance of special needs kids recieving new technology and new strategies of being able to learn the same content as the average students.
3. Look up three different tools that kids with special needs can use to assist them when they are in school or at home working on assignment. List a picture of each tool you have discovered. Write at least one paragraph for each item you have chosen. The paragraph must tell what the tool you picked is called, how it is used,how you would use it as a teacher to help your students, and how much the item costs.
4. In a concluding paragraph tell me why you are going into the field you are entering, and tell any stories that might have inspired you to pick this profession.
Monday, April 8, 2013
C4T #3
post 1
Technology Will Kill
Technology Will Kill is about new technology constantly replacing old technology. I had no idea that they were about to do away with Google Reader! It is very frustrating to have to find new ways to view things after we have already gotten attached to something we have been using. We tend to grow dependent on these things because we make them into a ritual of our every day lives, but it is our job as educators to try our best to stay posted on new ways to use the web. Like this post said, we need "to experiment with something new -- and quite probably, something better than we ever could have expected."
post 2
The Handcuffs Holding Us Back [SLIDE]
Bill Ferriter thinks that teachers and principals are bound to only teach what legislators want us to teach. I agree with him, and I also agree that it is time for a change in the classroom. We need to teach students things that will help better our future and stop focusing so much on teaching our kids to memorize stuff to regurgitate on a test.
Technology Will Kill
Technology Will Kill is about new technology constantly replacing old technology. I had no idea that they were about to do away with Google Reader! It is very frustrating to have to find new ways to view things after we have already gotten attached to something we have been using. We tend to grow dependent on these things because we make them into a ritual of our every day lives, but it is our job as educators to try our best to stay posted on new ways to use the web. Like this post said, we need "to experiment with something new -- and quite probably, something better than we ever could have expected."
post 2
The Handcuffs Holding Us Back [SLIDE]
Bill Ferriter thinks that teachers and principals are bound to only teach what legislators want us to teach. I agree with him, and I also agree that it is time for a change in the classroom. We need to teach students things that will help better our future and stop focusing so much on teaching our kids to memorize stuff to regurgitate on a test.
C4K Summary
POST 4
Faith's post was about her bestfriend moving; she was real upset. I told her I was sorry to hear that her friend may have to move. I told her that when I was in elementary school one of my bestfriends also had to move. I told her I could understand how hard this was for her, but I was positive that her and her friend will make plenty of new friends! I gave her compliments on the picture she uploaded of her and her friend.
POST 5
Ayla B's
5What do you think you as a student gain from blogging with students and others outside of the school? Is it worth the time? Why/why not?
Ayla's post was about if blogging really helped students or not. She said that she thought it was a great way to socialize with other schools all over the country and to hear about the things they’re learning. She thought it posed as a great way for people to get others opinions. She said you could meet other kids and writers from all over the world , read their writing and see what their schools are like. I told her blogging is a great way to get new and fresh opinions from other studentsand even teachers! I think it is amazing how people from all over the world can comment on our blogs and give us feedback. I believe blogging is a great tool for displaying our thoughts, engaging with other students, and expanding our knowledge. I told her she seemed very smart, and I enjoyed reading her post!
POST 6
GRIFFIN'S BLOG
CHARACTER TO SELF- FOOTBALL GENIUS
Griffin's blog was about a summary he did of a book called Football Genius by Tim Green. I could tell he really read the story by the details he talked about. I told him he did a good job, and that he should keep up the good work!
POST7
The kid's post I was assigned to do was on the movie Wretches and Jabberers. He said it was a great moving and inspirational film of the world tour of two hilarious autistic adults one being a artist another being an advocate, and how they go around and speak about the inclusion of those who are autistic. He went on to describe some of the characteristics of autistic people. I could tell the student really did their work. They had a good post tha went into depth with his topic.
post8
Lucas's post was about his favorite part of the bible. He said his favorite part was when the Mary found out she was going to have Jesus because Jesus being born was important to him. I told him that I thought it was a very important part of the Bible as well.
Faith's post was about her bestfriend moving; she was real upset. I told her I was sorry to hear that her friend may have to move. I told her that when I was in elementary school one of my bestfriends also had to move. I told her I could understand how hard this was for her, but I was positive that her and her friend will make plenty of new friends! I gave her compliments on the picture she uploaded of her and her friend.
POST 5
Ayla B's
5What do you think you as a student gain from blogging with students and others outside of the school? Is it worth the time? Why/why not?
Ayla's post was about if blogging really helped students or not. She said that she thought it was a great way to socialize with other schools all over the country and to hear about the things they’re learning. She thought it posed as a great way for people to get others opinions. She said you could meet other kids and writers from all over the world , read their writing and see what their schools are like. I told her blogging is a great way to get new and fresh opinions from other studentsand even teachers! I think it is amazing how people from all over the world can comment on our blogs and give us feedback. I believe blogging is a great tool for displaying our thoughts, engaging with other students, and expanding our knowledge. I told her she seemed very smart, and I enjoyed reading her post!
POST 6
GRIFFIN'S BLOG
CHARACTER TO SELF- FOOTBALL GENIUS
Griffin's blog was about a summary he did of a book called Football Genius by Tim Green. I could tell he really read the story by the details he talked about. I told him he did a good job, and that he should keep up the good work!
POST7
The kid's post I was assigned to do was on the movie Wretches and Jabberers. He said it was a great moving and inspirational film of the world tour of two hilarious autistic adults one being a artist another being an advocate, and how they go around and speak about the inclusion of those who are autistic. He went on to describe some of the characteristics of autistic people. I could tell the student really did their work. They had a good post tha went into depth with his topic.
post8
Lucas's post was about his favorite part of the bible. He said his favorite part was when the Mary found out she was going to have Jesus because Jesus being born was important to him. I told him that I thought it was a very important part of the Bible as well.
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