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:



 

Educause sprint

In this article it talks about how schools need to move forward in innovating technology in the classroom. Schools now, well have been, using the internet for classes and how a student can have his or her class online. But it talks about going beyond that, to use technology in a classroom and letting a student learn from this technology. Today's students are a different generation and they are already socially connected, why not use this in learning it seems to work for others places. I think that in this article it points out some really good ideas in innovating technology that students already use in the classroom, to help them learn from something they know how to use. It will help them achieve a higher education and because corporations use tho kind of technology they will be ready for the real world and it's job opportunities. Yes it will be hard to get every school district on board with this and some do not have the funding for it but we can slowly start to help are students become technology savvy.

web site

https://sites.google.com/site/onlineprotectionk12/

Evolving classroom education

In this article it talks about how students in k-12 are using technology like an iPad or some sort of tablet. Stating that some schools are allowing students to bring their own devises to class and be able to use them for school related activities. Using these devises will help each student understand what college and jobs are using in order to keep up and get things done. But there is some issues like a school may not have the funding for technological devises and will not be able to keep up with today's world and there are some schools who will not allow any electronic devils in the classroom. There is a technology gal for students today. I understand that it would be an advantage in having iPads and other tablets in the classroom, they do help students learn how to use them, which is a start for getting into the real world. I also see the issues with getting these devises in schools. Some school are in poverty areas how will they be able to keep up with today's technology and, like Petal High School, will not allow any devise or a student will have it taken away, wrote up and given ISS or after school detention. Also with Dimitri Kanevsky being with the obama administration and what he is saying how do school administrators actually have faith in what they say when there are so many issues of betrayal to this country at this very moment, do they really want to merge classes or are they saying this to use as bait?

voki

Bulling

After watching the clip from the video it seems to me that these children have no discipline or parental guidance in their life. Children that may have an abusive parent and  take their anger out on a  fellow student that is smaller than him or her.   I do think that their should be something done about it but with today's issues parents will sue if a teacher looks at a student wrong.   The administration  should have a handbook or some guidelines in order to deal with these situations. Detention for a week then suspension and if it still continues suspend them from the school all together. There needs to be help also from the parents of other children to let then know that they will stand by the school when something like this occurs.

Then there is cyber bullying where kids get on Facebook an bash other students and teachers. A parent should monitor their children's social networking or limit it. It is harder for cyber buying to stop because once something is on the internet it is passed around quickly and it becomes hard to erase. This effects more students every year just because kids see it as a way to get things out fast. There should be a monitor but it's hard to monitor every student so maybe a limit to things plus a student should not have an iPod or iPhone till they are at least 16 and have a job.

Five Essentails to create connected students/augmented reality

The Five essentials talks about how students need to be connected as an author, publisher, and conversationalist.  Where students need to know how to write and communicate online properly and when to use first and third person.  They also need to know how publish websites and portfolios online in a professional manner.  They need a voice on the internet but know how to be proper and to see if they can make a difference or reach out to anyone.  They also need to know how to turn devices off so they will not be distracted while completing a homework assignment.  They want the younger generation to become creators not consumers and creating apps not just downloading them.

It is strange to read something like this when in my generation there was no such thing as a cell phone.  Now they want my children to create apps in order to learn.  It is a good way to be taught though, instead of following the crowd but to standout and create a new world of technology.  I personally to not like twitter or kik or whatever social media people come up with, I prefer Facebook, which took me a while to get used too.  I do think that when my children get of age they will surpass me in social media and want to know how to use it and may create technology.


Augmented reality is using apps on iPads to show virtual reality.  They can go places just by putting the ipad by a picture and it will take them on a tour or an art piece will move and come alive like in Harry Potter.  Teachers are using this to help expand the lessons they teach and children find it exciting.

Augmented apps are a great way to use technology in a classroom. This is a great way to get students excited about learning and see things in a whole new way. Using this tool can help unlock a student potential and excitement about subjects that they may not have been excited about before. Children need this hands one approach an technology infused lessons.

21st century skills

In this article is talks about the 21st century model or education.  How in the United States, we are lacking the essential skills in order to work in the 21st century, that students are not being taught how to become working adults to achieve a higher goal of employment opportunity. The article explains how the world is changing and jobs there were essential in the 1980's or older were easy line jobs that are now being replaced by machines.  There needs to be people who need to run these machines and create better ones for tomorrow.  In the reading it also points out how U.S. schools and students have not adapted to all of the changes in the world and that we have a high drop out rate and most end up in a burger joint. There is a program out called PISA that assess students and their ability to learn and figure out problems for themselves.  Not having to be told to memorize things that but to learn concepts and understanding, that when they see a math problem in a certain sentence they know how to work it. The 21st century education should be the new framework for students k-12 that will prepare them for college and the work force.  Being able to do a job without the supervisement of a manager is what companies want and students need to be prepared to solve and adapt to anything they incounter. 21st century defines all the skills needed to become sucessful in the 21st century.

After I read this article it shocked me to know how much the U.S. has fallen behind in education, that these students should be taught the fundamentals of how to adapt to any work environment plus be able to keep up with the changing times.  It is a scary thing to sit and think about how far behind we really are, 12th in the world, behind a country that is a 10th of us.  I believe the schools system should be taking a few pointers from them.  Yes there does need to be a change in education for our children and our children's children.  With the government corrupt and big time jobs in demand we have to do something about it.  Also there needs to be a stop to government aid for the folks who refuse to become something, if they are a drop out only they need is the burger joint job.  They all need to succeed but they also have to be willing to do so.

Why tough teachers get good results

This article states that if and when a teacher is hard on his or her students they will become more likely to succeed in their life. Mr. K, as they call this particular teacher was very tough called them a few names. This today would send parents through the roof but it worked. Many of his students became highly respectable people and all attended his funeral saying yes he was hard but it made them a better person. It tells of how America today needs to go back to the way it used to be, not with punishment but with memorization and more hard core learning, be strict, praise them in a way where they know they can do better.

I completely agree with this article. I like the way I says that teachers need to be strict, to demand respect and show them how capable they really are. I student does not need to be pampered by their teacher, she or he is there to teach. I'm no sure I get the whole thing with "grit" but it sounds like an effective way to teach students.

do not track plus

  In our class we were told to download do not track plus on our computer.  It blocks trackers from getting onto you computer or see what you are doing.  Going through the websites I use on a daily basis CNN.com had the most 12 tracking, this page, blogger.com has one.   Facebook had only two trackers but ABCmouse.com, a site that I use for my children has 7, kind of scary to see that even a child's website had these trackers.  It is strange to see that there are so many websites that track a users where abouts and what they see a person looking up and getting on, on a days worth on the computer.

Post 10 concept map- Story Time

Story Time

RL.K.7

With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear. (i.e. what moment in the story an illustration depicts)

Also using computer as well as paper to show that they can use both methods for learning a story through pictures and understanding both.

I.      I.  Have different stories

Children need guidance when it comes to a fun reading project.  Let them read along with the power point/teacher.  Have at least 5 stories to go over with the class.  Maybe from the library, highlight magazines, or mother goose that have action and pictures that depict the story well.  Have these pictures to hand and on power point.

A.        A. Read out loud without pictures on power point

B.        B. Have pictures ready to pass out and saved on computer to add

II.    II. Break into groups

Have them break into groups or with the desks being four to to a section let that be a group. Have them have at least two stories for each group to they can compare each story and its pictures.  Also have power point go through action words and pictures.  Also have other pictures in the pile that maybe similar and see what they come up with.  If there are computers for each group have them add the pictures to the power point. Have them pick one story they want to show.

A.             A. 5 groups max

B.             B. Each have different story with pictures

1.                              - Have 2 stories per group

2.                              - Mix different pictures

III.    III. Ask/answer questions

While they are in groups have a question page or have it on power point for them to answer all of the reasons on why, how and what. Make sure they understand how to add them to power point if available in class.

A.             A. Why/ Reason

B.             B. What and reason

IV.    IV. Have discussion

Within the group sit down and discuss the reasons that they have come up with and the reasons why they chose that picture.  Is there any other picture they would change or did they have any issues in picking out the picture, could there be more than one picture for a section of the story. Have each group come up and show there story on the board while adding the pictures to the power point to show class.

A.                A. With the class on power point screen

B.                B. Within the group on computer if possible

V.     V. Create own story

After this hey can sit back at their desks and have them make their own story about what they did on that day or any day of the week. Have them draw what they are doing on paint to show what they did. 
They may type what they did or write.  Have a work page for this activity as well, this will help to understand the keyboard but they need to learn to write it as well. It is ok to use stick figures on paint.

A.               A. Discuss within their group what they did

B.              B. Make own story in paint

Questions on safe practices for life online

Questions 1 through 10

1. Facebook Twitter tumbler
2. Businessinsider.com. One teen arrested for posting rap lyrics. Two men arrested in England for causing a riot. On a personal note Tess people deserve to be put in jail with the things they say its scary.
3. Google.com
Sexting- phone porn basically
Cramming- where a carrier adding charges to a bill
Cookies- a virus from a server to computer
Trojan horse- a virus in a computer
Phishing- an online fake finance company to get money
Spywear- allows a user to take information from another computer
Rootkit- software that allows a user to control another computer without being seen
Zombie- allows a user to use another computer to send spam from that computer
4. It shows how unintelligent they are
5. It may attract a sexual online offender obit may put them on a watch list
6. Their name, age, and occupation
7. Most of the names are good it doesn't give out any personal information but some show when born and likes
8. 3 different screen names
- ironman63
- OptimusPrime23
- libertyUSA1777
9. -2 on cracked
10. Most common: students give their password to their friends, who then decide to use it or give it to others who use it
Least common: a password cracking program is used to crack their password


 Question 11

  The video talks about how drive by download are something of everyday use from opening a web site or email. The site installs strange things on a person's computer without their knowledge but when the user sees the problem they run a program to help get rid of it. Also seems like a different URL and it seems like it will help you.  All of these things will get an intruder into your computer and loads more malware and soon shows the hacker everything they need.  It is a scary thing to see.  If this is happening to some computers it is happening to all. People need to purchase security help and everything that will protect them from a hacker.



Questions 12 and 13

12. Lookstogoodtobetrue.com
       3 quizzes I did I am at low risk for each
13. Article: there is an article stating that the FBI found a new malware called bata bot. It is disguised as windows message box where it asks if the person wants to make modifications to their computer. Allowing the hacker I go in and get every personal information on the computer. Do not allow. They are also doing this on bank computers and big time companies.

Padagogy wheel 8

With this padagogy wheel it helps pull and put together ideas for lesson plans using iPads and their apps. With so many different apps out tree a student can use the iPad for just about any subject the teacher is teaching that day.

Ex: a kindergarten teacher is teaching a math lesson. On the iPad there is an app for "numbers" where it can show a student numbers and how to add, subtract, and much more with numbers. Also there are mind mash apps where it looks like it would give activities using math and other subjects to help a student learn, analyze, and understand the content given to them.

Arts integration to enhance common core

This article gives some good ideas on how a teacher can use visual arts for teaching a lesson.  How drama can be used for mathematics and how music help with composition skills. It tells how every art subject can be used in another subject to help a child better understand everything basically.  The talk on how to make a child expand and do their own thing and become an individual.

I like the idea of using art to help children learn and broaden their horizon.  The part about how a child can become a chief instead of a cook is a really good analogy, they need to be taught to think for themselves and to create something of their own and not someone else ideas.  To use music and drawing and drama is the greatest idea to do plus children love to be active and draw, to dance and sing about the things they learn.  I have seen through my own children that they not only memorize but understand the lyrics to a song better than being told, the clean up song that they do for preschool kids is one of many ways that this has help children learn and understand. 

John Hunter and the World Peace Game

A 21st century wisdom table, world peace game, an experimental idea.  With no program to follow for the gifted classes he had open ideas for teaching.  With his teacher's in the past coming out in him helped him teach this class.  Coming from a segregated school it helped him appreciate teaching students today about everything.  The world peace game he took a board and laid out a map and made a learning game out of this board.  Now it has become 3d with different levels of the world and ocean.  Outer space, land and sea, undersea, to show the world.They make up different cities and different classes of people.  He wanted to see if they could solve the problems of Africa.  This was a hands on interactive lesson, with problems they need to solve that they have to figure it out, like what would happen in famine, oil spills, and other things. There is always a student who can give out and not follow which are the destruction of everything, which is a good idea for there is always an step back. This game shows how to fix the world because they will soon need to.  This is like an assessment of learning where they cannot test this knowledge but see that they are learning through all these efforts.  Every game is different, but they are still learning on what do to on their own and have this hands on teaching approach seems to work so much better than to have children sit down and memorize things and then be tested on it.  This is a great way to teach and it should be taught like this in many school.  Let the children be in charge and learn about things and figure out how to solve worldly problems,even if its fictional it gets them thinking about the what, who's, how and why's.  The classes in Mississippi would have a grater learning ability in understanding the world and how to get them thinking about life in general and what they can do in order to fix things around them.  In these schools students sit at a desk and just take notes but with hands on and learning by doing is a great way of getting a child to be curious about everything.

Common core state standards for ELA and Literacy:

What is the purpose of the college and career readiness standards?

Many of the subjects taught were very broad and different states were not all teaching the same curriculum.  Common core came out in 2010 which will help all student in every state will be on the same page. 

What are the benefits and challenges of the shift to reading and writing non fiction text?

Reading has been going down in all states , though non fiction is good for younger students, informational helps student prepare for college, and it wont be just English teachers but all teachers in every subject have students read informational text.  The ability to read well effects a students writing.  This will soon help kids learn how to write properly to help with getting a job and in college.  It is important to know how to research and understand sources which has not been taught properly. Challenges?

What are the benefits and challenges of having standards for science, social studies, and technical subjects?

It helps when children be able to interact with their class which will help in the long run to help them interact with people at work.  Grammar is important in order to talk to a group of people, it is hard to get there, some have to read things over again to get it.  Common core wants to help these students who struggle and have a hard time reading and understanding the curriculum.  Challenges?

Homework Assignment 3:

In this article it first talks on how people are saying how wonderful, so to speak, how the new common core standards are going to improve our children and such, but it is mostly a coverup.  The Nation Governors Association and Bill Gates have come up with this new common core standards, people who give out these tests also were involved but they left out the most important people, teachers, administrators and parents.  It states that with these new tests across the nation every state will soon see a drop in test scores.  The no child left behind act was a decade failure where students felt unprepared for those tests, it seems that the common core is headed in the same direction.  Also this is not some state action, it is federal action where again school districts are being forced to take on this new learning process or they will lose federal funding.

I believe that this article says it loud and clear, our federal government is trying once again to get their hand another thing, public schools, not understanding that when they step in they make things worse instead of better.  Also why is Bill Gates wanting to fund this new teaching idea, to get kids college ready, he himself never went to college so how would he know how to get children to be ready for that next step in their life?  That man needs to put his money in public school funds not funding another teaching program that will soon show how much of a disaster it will be.  Why weren't teachers, administration, and parents not involved, these are our children we as parents and teachers deserve to be involved with our children's learning curriculum, it has been that way for a while why now is the government getting involved, it is not their place to federal and state are separate, it should remain that way.

Homework Assignment 2:

This article talks about how common core does not do anything for a student.  How in New York test score dropped dramatically.  How the Obama Administration is using money as a way to make these schools use common core because they are having budget cuts and with more government financial help they are literally being forced.  It states that is does nothing for a student or for "national security".  Common core seems to discourage children to learn and may feel like they are not smart enough to even try.  It shows how bring the common core to school confuses school's priorities.

I completely agree with this article, what will happen to every student across the U.S. when this fully comes into effect.  There will be a dramatic drop across the board, in every classroom, showing how common core in nothing but a flop.  But with school being cut out of funds many are seeing common core as the only option, which is wrong its like twisting someone's are in order to get what you want and that is exactly what the government is doing to public schools.  Also why is the federal government getting involved in school curriculum, when according to the article it is "forbidden"? They have not really gotten involved much until now so why the sudden interest to step in.  What has the Obama administration said or done or want to be done with the minds of our children, it seems not only are they trying to racially divide this nation but to brainwash our children.  The question is why, why do they want to destroy everything that many people worked so hard to accomplish?  what is really going on?

Homework assignment 1:

According to the common core article, some teachers are excited about the new teaching standards.  That it came out the same time schools are integrading technology, like the Ipads.  It will give a student a deeper understanding of any subject they study and no more broad learning.  It will help a student to learn and keep the knowledge rather than just memorizing it for all standard testing.  it seems that CCSS will help every child gain a better understanding and enjoy school.

My concerns with common core is where will they actually start this program and then they just can't switch and will student who have been in school for a while who were not taught with CCSS, what happens to them?  Some also thought that the no child left behind was a good idea which meant teachers passing a child who still could not read, what will happen to these children who learn slower than others?  Another concern would be that common core was not even thought up by teachers but the "National Governors Assoc." who has never stepped foot in a classroom and why is the federal government all of a sudden want to change education, there is a thought of what behind the curtain that the government is not telling parents and teachers?

Introduction

I am Brittany, I am an elementary education major, at the University of Southern Mississippi.  I am a junior this year and I am ready to graduate and start teaching.  I have two children who have been my inspiration on becoming a teacher, I love working with children.  I may not be able to graduate in the spring but that is fine with me, better to get it done right than in a hurry.  I live in Petal, Ms for the past 12 years, it is still hard to get used to the country since I came from Atlanta, Ga and I still love the big cities.