reflection final part 1 and 2

PART 1 Intro Video For the Introduction Video I have learned that it is possible to post on a blog from just using your Iphone. Yes, I had to send it to my e-mail first, which took several minutes and at times I did not think it went through so I sent it again. Then after it came through, three times, all I needed to do copy it. The copying and video was easy but using my e-mail seemed to give me issues. It sent it but it took forever and I too not have the patience to wait. I was expecting it to send in seconds. I could use this in a classroom for each student to make a small report about themselves on the first week of school so they can get to know one another and know how to use a video post. This would be a form of technology operations and skills for ISTE, formally know as NETS, to demonstrate introductory knowledge and skills, understanding of concepts related to technology. The TED Videos This also, to me, would be a form of technology operations and concepts to understanding what teachers do in using these technology standards. To see a teacher let go of his class and let them use their knowledge and understanding of how Africa can work and what Ambassadors can do to help another out was amazing. These children are actually trying to solve world hunger and not just learn about it. Also, a teacher needs to show motivation, a student may have gotten 18 out of 20 wrong but they got 2 right, good job. When a become a teacher I plan on using the TED videos to help me be a better teacher children need to be let go at times and not sitting at a desk. They need motivation which they may not get at home or other places. Maybe using one of these videos in class can also help the students understand something that they may not have fully grasped. I want these students to succeed and so did the teachers in the video and they did a great job on their part. Concept Map The standard would be to design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learning. In my concept map I used a lesson plan on reading and how students can use action words and pictures to tell a story and to understand the relationship between the word and the picture. This was not to hard using Inspiration 8 but I do not care much for this program. It was good with using the hyperlinks and pictures but it was a pain to save and to open, there needs to be an easier program or a better way to open and save. I wold not use this particular program in my class but something similar would be prefect. This would mostly be for the older kids doing a essay and they needed to brainstorm, using their main idea and being able to save a hyperlink to go back to the website that seemed to go along with the topic for their assignment. This overall was a fun assignment and it could help with lesson plans. Do Not Track Me A standard for this would be the social, ethical, legal and humane issues to model and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use. This free download to my computer stops sites from tracking what I do and it is a shock on how many sites do this. It was hard to download to my computer because it is an older one and it had to be updated a few times before it finally downloaded completely. I need a new computer but now that I have this it doe stop many sites from tracking me and possibly pushing pop ups into my screen. This is a good lesson to show and teach students how the internet can be used for wrong purposes and how they can protect themselves and other while they are online. This is a good tool for any school to use as well so they won't have trackers able to get into the school system or tell what they are doing. Augmented Reality ISTE for this would be to facilitate technology enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards. Augmented reality is a learning instrument for any subject in school or even outside of the classroom. There are many apps for a phone or tablet that can make a student see star charts or have a picture, like the Mona Lisa, pop out and talk through the app about its time period. Most of these apps are not free and range from $1.99 to $4.99. It seems that with a school having tablets they cannot get free apps that they need for their lessons. If a school can come up with a budget for apps, this would help out teachers. This is a great tool to teach students with, seeing pictures talk, stars above, and many other great uses for these apps, it will get students interested more in learning than sitting at a desk and listening to a teacher talk. Voki ISTE for Voki would be to apply technology to develop students higher order skills and creativity. Voki is a simulated teacher that is able to talk to parents and students. A teacher can create this to help with the first day of school. It was hard to come up with what to say and how to address parents that a teacher has not met yet. Thinking about what teachers have said to me in the past and what my children's teachers say to me now did help with the writers block. I am not sure if I would use this in a classroom. I would much rather talk to them face to face or a phone call. With a computer based teacher it seems like the teacher is scared to talk to anyone. I would use Voki as a last resort or if I was sick. 2.0 sites ISTE to use technology enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards and identify and use technology resources that affirm diversity. This assignment has shown me that there are so many different websites that a teacher can use in the classroom. It can help with a lesson or connect a teacher with students or other teachers. There were some sites that were no longer available or they did not seem like a good idea to use because students can look up some stuff that is inappropriate. There were also a lot of pop ups on some sites that a student could click on and could bring about viruses. So in a classroom these sites would not be used altogether. If I decided to use these sites for my classroom I would only pick the appropriate ones and ones that can connect teachers and students. Also the ones that help with presentations will be a good tool for older students to use. Website Created Is a design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners. There are many places to create a website but using Google seemed like the easiest since it was free. A teacher can make a website about anything he or she wanted to help out a class. In the beginning this website was hard because it wasn't easy to navigate. Some links that needed to be saved wouldn't or it did not turn out quite like I liked it. In the end it was not as hard to fix the little here and there since I now knew how to go about managing it. I could use this to make different sites on history or math to help students with these subjects, but this would be a last resort or backup to a lesson. If I felt it was necessary to use these sites I will but it will not be the first thing I go to to teach. Movie Plan for the management of technology resources within the content of learning activities. This seemed like a fun thing to use in a classroom. A teacher can create a movie to go along with her or his lesson, like if they are teaching about trees they can show pictures of different kinds. There can be a title page but no end page, which seemed stranged. The only problem I came across was trying to put music with the movie It seemed that every time I saved the file I could not find it in the computer to put it in the movie. I then went home and found out how to do it on my own laptop, whiched seemed do much easier than in the classroom, I'm guessing their computer are set up differently. I would use this in a classroom for younger students to go along with certain lessons, for say the seasons or nature like threes mentioned earlier. This would only be used as a helper in a lesson. PART 2 Final Reflection In this class I have learned a number of things that a teacher can use with technology. I have learned to make a blog, a website and I simulated teacher, all of which I can choose to use in my classroom. I have learned that using a blog is a good tool in connecting people together but it connects everyone, so students will need to be aware of this. Making a website is much easier than I thought it could be, but one has to be mindful of who they are directing it too. I have also learned that there are so many websites that a teacher can use to integrate technology in the classroom and help with enhancing everyday lessons for her or his class. With the common core I have seen the bad side and the good side but there seems to be more downs about this new program than up. There are many weaknesses for me in this class and it mainly using a computer. I did not grow up with one in my home and my school only had computer lab once a week, but I am learning how to become a pro at it everyday. Understanding how to use a blog was the first thing we did in the class, I personally do not approve of having a blog because there is so many people out there that use this to blast others and I think it is childish. I do not like new programs because I am used to one way and do not like learning another but I know that I have to adapt to new ideas because things change on a daily basis. My string areas in using a computer id presentations. This maybe the only thing I am good at, besides typing, because I have used this multiple times throughout high school and college. In almost every class I had to do at least one power point presentation and they now come naturally to me. The things that we had to do in class were all new to me so they will be something I need to improve on and understand a bit better in order to use them. I want to be able to have time to play around with these sites and different programs to get the idea and feel of using them and to use in a classroom. I plan on finding out what my strong points are and finding what websites and programs work best for me. Use them to create better lesson plans and more exciting learning opportunities for my students. I personally would not use blogs in a classroom, I would use one of the sites we looked up to have classroom discussions and only open to the class, not to the entire world. This class has helped me understand a little more about what computers are capable of and that as a future teacher to not be scared of using them in a classroom.

My Movie

A conversation with a "bad" teacher

In this interview is a man who wanted to become a teacher and how it did not turn out the way he hoped it would. How school systems and administration are ignoring the need of the students and concerning themselves with stats of each student to make them and the system look like they are doing a good job. This interview was a big eye opener for me and it showed how some schools will do anything to make them look better than the district next door. Mr. Owens talked about how everything he did was looked down on by the principle, when he wanted to help students with family issues that were being brought out in writing stories they blew him off. How he thought that going to a 2 day class was a waste of time and wanted to be with his students upset her. No matter what he did she never approved, if a student didn't speak fluent English by the end of the day or if they had ADHA and wasn't still while learning he was a bad teacher. This is a prime example of how horrible school administration can be. It is not the teachers fault if a child has only managed to learn a few words of English but he's learning that's a step in the right direction. If a child had ADHD have him help more with the teacher have him or her hand out papers or something to keep him or her going that's working with the student not against. It is very hard to be a teacher when no matter what he or he does it is wrong in the eyes if the principle but these are the teachers who stand out and help not ignore an hope it goes away. I am very ashamed as a future teacher that it has come down to this, maybe not here, but in places like New York to use the students progress for a better check and not actually caring for the student. I believe that if a person wants to be in administration they need to be he's but compassionate and understanding being a teacher is a demanding job in itself they do not need disapproval from higher up they need help that is what they are there for.

Kids can't compute

This article talks about back in the day when computers first came out people had to do so much in order to save a file. They never use an app to help with a paper they actually went and doin it then typed it up. They had to memorize programs to help them find saved files and many steps in order to complete anything. Today kids are not taught this. They have it done for them already. With the new windows 8 or with a Mac all the steps are already in the system an they do not have to go about knowing this just click the save button. They live in a day of apps where things are done for them not do it yourself. There is no longer computer skills to learn when programs are built for it. This article also states that with decrease in knowledge kids are less likely to understand how Facebook keep records and that the snapchat picture still remains. When they graduate from high school it states that a student should be able to build their own computer and know how to work out every problem that may occur I do think that students should have an understanding about how a computer, tablet, or cell phones works this will help them be more protectant of their personal identities and information. Knowing how to fix issues with a computer that's going insane but I do not think every child should know how to build a PC. Like me, there are so many kids who do not have the patience or skill to learn how to build a computer, yes many school have technology classes, which are great, but have it as an elective. Kids today are needing to know how to use programs to be college ready building a computer seems to be taking a step away from this common core and what they want students to know when they graduate.

From advisees

I think this article hit it on point. Teachers today are not taught how to use technology in the classroom so they seem to blow it off altogether. Teachers need "a modeled practice", where someone comes in toshkent hem how to use SAMR and help to pair this with the new common core. Showing teachers the use of multiple browsers and saving and editing is now key to teaching. Teachers today need to know how to use a LMS, one that there school will allow and to teach students how to use one so when they go to college they will already be prepared on how to use one if these devises. I personally never knew what blackboard was until my 3rd semester at pearl river and it was a challenge to figure out. I think it would be a good idea to use this for at least submitting essay for students so they will get a feel of how it goes. Students bringing their own devises seems like something a teacher should cautious of because there are so many different programs like Apple, Microsoft, android that using all of this will be different for each studen and harder to maintain. Maybe there should be a "free day" for them to BYOD but do not rely on this some students may not even have a devise.

helpful websites 2.0 sites

*Padlet.com is a blank wall where a teacher and the student can post a question and the students can go to the wall and post their answers. Can also leave sticky notes or questions for the teacher when they need answers or they are not understanding something. kidtopia.info is about different subjects for kids. It has different things in each subject that can help a teacher with a lesson and has a search engine for other information for any subject. But since it is google it may pop up ads that may not be appropriate for kids. instagrok.com it is like a search engine it looks like a brain storming page of what you needed to know on what you searched for. Also has a difficulty level. There are also quizzes for the class but there are ads of course. *slimekids.com search website has a place for kids to look up stuff like George Washington and it comes up with different about him. Has an authors page that can bring you to their website. wikisummarizer.com type in a idea to look up and it comes up with a web of different information or a tree view of different stuff but it comes from wikipedia which may not be completely useful because people can change. peartrees.com combination of pinterest and a concept map. Pick a starting topic and then look up it on the website and it becomes a pearl on the webpage. Can be used for a project to help gather thoughts for paper. *netvibes.com no fun design but it help collect all of your ideas. It can help look up web search, blog search or videos it is like google on overload. It will bring everything in one place. (good search tool if it was free). *glogster.edu a place where you can create online poster boards for an assignment this maybe hard for younger children but it does seem like a fun idea for older kids who are doing a project. Fun way to look at things for a project. audacity.net a place to record anything for class from speeches and helps recording and editing. They help out with bands and can use in classroom by making a song of their subjects. vimeo.com it helps take video search video on you tube or any site it seems can help in school with different lessons and songs can help with finding education channels but is seems a teacher will have to dig for it wordpress.com you can look up blogs and find friends and tag things or look up tags it is hard to get into but it does help people find what they may need. Many people use this more than blogger shows different blogs kind of like a facebook page. *evernote.com take notes on it while in class and you can search in any document that you may have shows all documents on one side and can bring up on the other to let you see what you typed, also name your folders and tag what you need to remember. But have to buy if you want unlimited recording and audio. *compfight.com it is like google images if is free to download and you can pick different sizes. Gives better pictures than google. diigo.com can build a library and create clouds and keep things you need for any project and you can share this and create groups with other students and teachers. blabberize.com insert any image and construct the mouth to talk about what they are or where they came from like George Washington and he can "tell" about his life to a class. easel.ly can create themes and you can make maps about anything like a brain storm web, easy to make, templates to use from. Use in class or in meeting. weebly.com helps you make your own website and blogs. It is a free site to help start a site with templates and helps with slideshows as well. Be easy for a student to use for a project in any subject. storyboardgenerator.com has a lot of video of everyday people that may help with teaching a lesson like what people experienced in a natural disaster or anything else that may go along with any subject. Just use it for finding personal stories. tagul.com kind of like wordle but it is not as limited. There are many different shapes and fonts and colors to use many words that will go along with a lesson. edmodo.com is basically a facebook for teachers. There are different posts that they can put on pertaining to class and lesson plans for any teacher or they can ask questions on how to grade a crazy paper. Also a teacher can create a group for her/his class. *socrative.com can create tests and things for students this website is free and it is easy for a class to join. podbean.com It is like itunes or podcastcan post lessons on it like have a lecture on it but i you have to pay for it. Just uploading not much for editing unless you invest in the site. pixton.com where you can make comic strips, but you have to sign up for the site if you are teaching. icloud.com like on your iphone or ipad have to buy all the apps but it is a great way to create things and print stuff from the cloud. Free pages for word process and numbers like excel and keynote like powerpoint it is like windows just apple products. *infogr.com can create charts for a class or any other information. Can also help with businesses and not just in the classroom. Can make many types of charts. It is also free.

inspiration comments

Erika:
I like the idea to get students to understand the elements of a story and for them to pick it out of a story. Will this board really help with second graders or do they need more hands on approach.

Jacqueline:
I like the idea of picking out words that they do not know and be able to look them up. Having games for vocabulary is a great idea but how will this teach them to use and understand words in a story. Games are a great idea for class but not every lesson they need structure.

Mary Katherine:
I like the idea of them watching a movie and seeing you read but how will this be interacting between the student and the lesson.  The bear put together lesson is a good idea.

Jennifer:
Science is always a fun lesson it can get eery child involved.  Learning about the world and its biomes is a great way for them to understand the world where they live and other places.  This is a good lesson plan.  Not sure if acting like the animal is a good idea may get out of hand.

Amanda:
Teaching a child to type a paper is a big step. How is acting out a chapter in a book helping to type? What is context clues, do the children already know, has there been a lesson on these clues already? The game activities are good I like bringing tv games into the class since they know how to play.

Jordan:
will they be bring the book home with them?  Going over the book is good, doing a hurricane book is a good informational book and this will help them vear away from the fictional books.  Showing the hurricane and what mother nature can do is good.  What subject would this be under though. Groups are always helpful for students. The experiment idea is great.

Johnathan:
A war lesson is an all time favorite.  Teaching a war lesson can be hard with so many political issues these days but history needs to be taught.  Having the main points in the war taught is great, got to have them in order.  Also need to have your information known personally.  Have the kids make a book of drawing from all the major events with information.

Victoria: