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.

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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.

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