Smart Board Project#14

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Blog Post #9

Mr. Joe McClung's Teaching Reflections

For the post that I got to choose, I choose Mr. McClung's first year of teaching reflection. This post was done in May of 2009. It was his first year as an elementary teacher in Noel, Missouri. He described himself as a young and inexperienced teacher. But by the end of the year,he had grown and matured as a person and as a teacher. He describes lessons that he has learned as a teacher. McClung observed that a lot of teachers do not make lessons that are student centered. Teachers worry about the delivery and forget to check for student comprehension. He says, "No lesson is ever perfect. The lesson you teach and the one you plan are always different." In the beginning of the year, he felt like he was trying to control things too much. And he had to get over that. Next, he talked about communication. Communication is the best way to work things and issues out. Everyone needs to practice their communication skill, because everyone can get better at it. Fourth, he talks about reasonable expectations and goals for students. He reminds us to make sure you are reasonable with your expectations and goals. Since, they are children, and they are not perfect. Also, he warns teachers to not be afraid of technology. Technology is a teacher's friend not an enemy. He then stresses the importance of teachers listening to their students. By listening to your students, you build respect and a good relationship. Lastly, he tells his audience to never stop learning. Teacher except students to continue to learn and grow. So, teachers should also always continue to learn.

In the what Mr. McClung has learned Volume 4,he takes a completely different approach compared to the fist reflection. He explains that he really didn't learn as much this year as he had in others. He only reflected on two topics on this post. The first one was that he worried about how he was viewed as an educator by his peers. In previous years, he only cared about how his students and superiors viewed him. He explains how he had anxiety about what his peers may think. But he came to the conclusion that you can't change who you are as an educator based on what your peer think. He said now he only goes by one rule: "Are the kids having fun?" The next topic he talks about is that you need to challenge yourself as a teacher. He tells how he had taught the in the same school and subject for the past three years. And he had become comfortable in his teaching. He noticed that he started to use the same routine, used old lesson plans, and his creativity slowed down. He began to realize that if you become comfortable as a teacher, you get lazy and lesson plans will start to "suck". The consequence of that is that students then will not enjoy your class. Which has a bigger affect.

I think that Mr. McClung had a lot of important information in his reflections for new teachers and experienced teachers. I choose the first post because I will be a new teacher sooner than I will be an experienced teacher. I think he had some great advice in his first reflection. My favorite was when he said if things go wrong fix it with a smile. I really liked it because first year teachers need to realize that things are going to go wrong that's how we learn is from our mistakes. But once it goes wrong fix it and with a smile. I liked the first post better than his last reflection because I think it is more relatable for me than the last one. But they both had some great advice.

Project #10 My PLN

I have created my personal learning network, PLN, but it is just a start. It is not nearly finished, but I don't see how is could every be completely finished because it could always be changing and developing. I used Symbaloo for my PLN. It was easy to set up and change. Here is the start to my PLN. I put my personal things at the top and then, my educational things at the bottom.

Blog Post #8

This is How We Dream

This video by Richard Miller is done in two parts. Part 1 explains how writing has changed academically and culturally. Communication has also changed. It now can be done instantly and globally. Richard Miller explains how we use to write, work, research, and publish. We use to write and work with pens and paper, do research in libraries, and publish in print. Now we write and work with laptops and word processors, and do research on the web without even leaving our homes. If we have a question, we can find our answers in a matter of seconds by using the web.

In Part 2 of this video, he explains how we now work in a digital world. Things are composed with not only words but with visuals and sounds. Documents have images, videos, and audio clips. Research is being updated frequently and instantly unlike books and prints.

He says, “Ideas do not only belong to the individual, but ideas belong to the culture. We, as educators, should spread these ideas.” That was my favorite and most interesting thing I found that he said because teachers are suppose to teach their students about new or old and exciting ideas. I agree with the video that writing is changing; but it has been changing my whole generation. I think that schools should still teach students how a library works and the wonders that it holds. I know that you can find most things on the web. Teachers should also teach how to use the internet and good sources. But there is still history and culture in a library that cannot be found on the internet. I agree with Richard Miller that writing, work, research, and publishing is changing.

Carly Pugh

Carly Pugh's blog post was very impressive. I think she did a very good job on the assignment. Her assignment was to post about an assignment she thought Dr. Strange should have assigned his class to do. She went above and beyond the assignment. She explained the details of the assignment and how to do it. Then, she gave an example of her playlist like a good teacher would do. A playlist is a great and helpful tool for teachers and their classrooms. She applies Dr. Miller's writing process with multi-media. She uses links and Youtube for her different technology outlets. I think she did exactly what Dr. Miller was explaining in his videos.

The Chipper Series and EDM 310 for Dummies

These two video are very cute. Dr. Strange suggested these videos for us to watch at the beginning of semester. When I watched these videos back in August, I didn't find them as funny as I do now probably because I was more scared of the class then than I am now. Back then, I was worried that I would not be able to do anything that we were suppose to, but now I know that I can.

If I were to do a video, I think that the music and the message are the most important parts. The message is important because in education you want your audience to learn something in the video. And music because it gets the attention of your audience and keeps the attention of your audience so they can pay attention and really understand the message of your video. I remember when I was in class and the teacher brought in a video for us to watch. When a catchy little song comes on the whole class starts to pay attention and bobs their head to the beat. I think the music and the message of a video goes hand and hand.


Learn to Change, Change to Learn

In this video, Learn to Change, Change to Learn, it explains that there is a change in learning. 21st century learning is different because types of jobs are changing in the future. Students will need to know how to find information, collaborate, and problem solve, not just have knowledge.

Someone said, "This is the death of education, but the dawn of learning." I found this quote very interesting because I have heard someone say something very similar to this before. If this is true, school should change their curriculum and how they are testing students. Because this to me is saying that its not about the knowledge that you hold but it is the knowledge of the ability to find the answers and problem solve with it. I think they are right that learning is changing and the school should change with it. I hope to teach elementary school, but I do not think they should change it in elementary school because students still need to be taught the fundamentals of learning for several years. I think that method would be great for middle school students, high school students, and even college students.


Scavenger Hunt

Prezi- A prezi is a presentation and storytelling tool that uses a single canvas and not slides. You create a path that the prezi goes by. You can add images, powerpoints, videos, text, shapes, frames, and more. You can sign up for the free prezi, $4.92/monthly, or $13.25/monthly for the pro edition. They come with helpful videos to help you create and understand prezi. This is a great tool for teacher and students. I think is much more creative than a power point.

Animoto- Animoto is a site that lets you create videos using pictures, video clips, and music that you can share with everyone. For pricing, there is a free one that lets you make 30 second videos,there a Plus Plan for $2.50/month and a Pro Plan for $20.75/month which both offer different features. I think I will have to try one of these in my classroom in the future.

PollEverywhere- Poll Everywhere is a site set up for all types of polls. There are different types of plans and payments. There is a free access and then different category plans with subcategories for payments. The categories are Higher Education, K-12, One-time Use, and Business and Non-profit. Here is my first poll.

Project 9b Prezi

Less Than, Equal To, or Greater Than on Prezi

C4T #2 October

For the month of October I have received new teacher's blogs to follow to learn the importance of blogging in education.

The first week, I am assigned to Brian Crosby's blog, Learning is Messy. This post is about LAUSD and how it is considering to make art education a core subject. This is the actually article from Southern California Public radio: "The LA Unified school board will vote one a measure Tuesday that would make arts education a "core subject," prohibit further cuts to arts, and ultimately restore some money to arts programs." He says hopefully there is some form of common sense returning to the education system and hopefully it will become the norm for the United States.

I commented on this post explaining who I was and how I thought it was important also. I also hope that California will lead the way for other states.

The second post I was assigned to on his blog was a video in the Neno,Nevada of pilots launching and landing their body kites. Mr. Crosby and his wife saw this while they were on a walk. It had nothing really to do with education; but it was kind of cool to watch.

I commented on the post about the video. I said that would be fun to try and how beautiful the scenery looked, all the fall colors.

Blog Post 7

The School of Tomorrow

In Wendy Dexter’s high school students project, “The Network Student”. It explains that there is no textbooks, no lectures, and the course is done mostly online. The teacher practices “connectivism”, this is where the students use tools of technology to do their learning. The students create a learning network. They research on the topic of the course they use bookmarks if they like the site about the topic. They use blogs to write discussions and to get opinions about their topic. The students use their Ipods to get podcasts from some of the greatest professors on the topic. With all the tools of technology, the student organizes the information they have found to teach themselves and others.

"Why does the networked student even need a teacher?" The video explains that the teacher is there for being a learning architect, modeler, learning concierge, connecting learning incubator, network Sherpa, synthesizer, and change agent. The teacher teaches the student how to use this network to learn and to understand the topic. She offers guidance when they get stuck, how to ask for help respectfully from experts, how to find reliable and unreliable sources, how to become organized with their work, and most importantly maintain the information so they can solve the world’s problems in the 21st century.

I liked this video. I thought it was put together very nicely for high school students. Did I agree with the video? Well, I thought this method would be great for upper high school students and college students, but that is a lot to learn and to be responsible for as an elementary school student and even middle school student. I know as a child I would not have liked this method of learning. It is too independent for my liking. I think these skills are good to learn once you are older but not for younger students. Since I want to be an elementary teacher, I might start them out on a computer learning how to use it and how to do research on it. But complete learning on it I would say no.

My Blog VS. A 7th Graders Blog

"Welcome to My PLE" is a video done by a seventh grader explaining her science "personal learning environment". She showed us how she organizes her page for personal and learning use. She explains how and why she uses google docs, blogs, note taking, skype, and peer review. She likes how she has more freedom to do things how and when she wants to.

My PLE is similar to hers but also very different. I also use skype, blogs, and google docs for my EDM 310 class. Both of our classes are paperless and have to meet deadlines but we have our freedom to do it when and how we want to. I think her technology network is a little more advanced than mine is but that is okay. I am still building my PLE.

Project #8 Podcast Team YELL

Timeline

Kelsey's Journey

C4K #1 Summary September

I have the privilege to follow Mr. Anthony Capps's third grade classroom at Gulf Shores Elementary for the month of September.

This week I was assigned to the Language Arts section of the blog.
On this weeks post, students are asked to write a description about how they pictured Inez when her grandmother gave her some birthday money and when she looked at the price tag of the camera she wanted.

In my comment, I explained who I was and how I was creating a blog for my EDM 310 class to help me in my future classroom. I told them to keep up the good work. And that I looked forward to seeing their posts each week.

The week of September 24, I was assigned to his mathematics section of the blog and the fifth post. On this post, he breaks it down into four different subtopics. The first one is reflection were he explains how the math assessment he gives his students are different than what he and I use to take with pencils, paper, and math problems. His tests are very interactive and it tests several different aspects of math like counting and multiplying by tens and using money. The second one is notes were he talks about what he sees and how he collects data in the classroom on students strengths and weaknesses. The third is an announcement to the parents. Lastly is the thank you section were he thanks his students who helped in the classroom and what they did.

In my comment, I explained who I was again and how I really enjoyed the change in assessment he has made in his classroom. I liked how he had four different sections and pictures to show the parents what the students have been learning.

Blog Post #6

Randy Pausch's Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

This is the last lecture given by Randy Pausch. He was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. In this video, he talks about his childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others, and lessons he had learned. He explained that the United States landed on the moon when he was a child; so it made him fell as if all dreams were possible. In the video, he showed his childhood dreams and told about the importance of specific dreams. He told us what he learned from achieving and not achieving his goals. One thing he learned was when you do something bad and no one corrects you it is a bad thing, but when you do something bad and someone corrects you it means that they care. I think that is an important statement because it is true and some people do not think that way. It is also important for teachers to correct their students in the classroom and for students to use the advice to make themselves better. I believe that is how we learn by correcting our mistakes. Randy Pausch also explains about how he had setbacks for his childhood dream to be am Imagineer at Disney World, but was finally given the opportunity to work with them. When he was describing his struggles he said, “Brick walls are there for a reason, they let us prove how badly we want things and our dedication”. I think this a great quote to teach our classroom students because there will always be a brick walls and things in life do not come easy. Teachers should teach their students how to break through those walls and to never give up.

Then, he asks the audience a wonderful question, “How can you enable childhood dreams?” He doesn’t answers the question until the end in his lesson learned section. But he has says this, “it is easy to recognize someone’s childhood dreams when they tell you, when they don’t is when it gets difficult.” As a teacher, it is important to enable students’ dreams but you have to find out what they are first. He goes on to explain how he helped enable students’ dreams by creating a virtual world course and a master’s degree. He stressed the importance of millions of kids having fun while learning something hard. Which I think he stresses this because for one he is a professor and for another it is important for kids to have fun while learning something hard so they don’t struggle and give up.

Finally he talks about the lessons he has learned. He gave some really good advice for teachers and students in this section. Some of my favorites were helping other, learn for your students, tell them about having fun, never lose the child-like wonder, and loyalty is a two way street. Then, he tells you how to get people to help you. He says, “You can’t get there alone, tell the truth, be earnest, apologize when you need to, and focus on others.” He says these things are how you get people to help you, but I really think it is how be successful. If teachers teach those five things, I think students would be more successful.

I really enjoyed this video. He had a lot of life and joy for someone who only had a couple of months to live. I think he said a lot of great things for teachers, students, and just people in general. I thought it was a little long and I could have done without the virtual reality clip in there, but I understand that he was proud of the course and those students. I also really like the connections he used with people in his life like his students, co-works, bosses, his wife, and more. I thought it was a special touch.

Project 6.. This is my sentence

Blog Post #5

The Ischool Initiative

The Ischool Initiative and Zeitgeist Young Minds Entry are videos by Travis Allen who is now a college student. He asks the question, " Does technology belong in our schools?". He thinks that it can be a solution to our current education problems. Travis Allen explains the Ischool with the Itouch platform can help schools, students, teachers, and parents. Apple has already so many apps that can help students, teachers, and parents learn and stay in touch with another.

Travis Allen explains that Ischools can help the schools save money by cutting the cost of paper, pencils, and expensive copy machines. He says it can save up to at least $600 per student because there are so many apps that are free to use such as email, world wiki (maps), U.S. presidents, star walk (about the universe), formulae (formulas for math and science), scientific calculator, calendar, and Ihomework. And it will save the environment. "Rethink, retool, rebuild our education institute to better prepare our young for the digital world they were born into" is a powerful statement he used. I think that he has a great and helpful plan to help improve our schools. I think that the students are fascinated with the Apple products such as the Itouch and the Ipad why not let them use them for learning. By using these products, students, teachers, and parents are able to access learning information at anytime and they will always be connected.

Virtual Choir

Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre is a virtual choir that is shown on a YouTube video. It is amazing how talented these performers and the creators of this video are. There are 185 performers that have never seen or practiced with each other. It is just pure amazing what they can use the internet for. They are very talented and creative.


Teaching in the 21st Century

Teaching in the 21st Century by Kevin Roberts converted to a video by Dr. Strange for our EDM 310 class is a video explains the changes that need to be made in the classroom to fit our change in technology. He explains that teachers are no longer the main source of knowledge, they are just a filter. And how do we teach our students to handle the new resources they have such as Google, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube, Wiki, and more. Now students can find information on anything, anytime, and anywhere. So, we need to teach our students how to validate, synthesize, leverage, communicate, collaborate, and problem solve information they get off the internet.

I think Keven Roberts is right that the teacher is no longer the main source of knowledge in the classroom. This affects us because we will not only need to focus on facts, content, but now skill in our curriculum. Skills are now needed because it only takes moments for people to find facts and content on the internet. We now have to teach through Blooms Taxonomy like understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create with these skills. I think that these skills are important for our children to succeed in the future.

Why I Flipped My Classroom

Why I Flipped My Classroom by Katie Gimbar, Dr. Lodge McCammon's Fizz- Flipping the Classroom by Dr. Lodge McCammon, and Flipping the Classroom-4th grade STEM by Ms. Munafo are videos about classrooms being "flipped". Ms. Munafo, Dr. McCammon, and Ms. Gimbar explain that the direct instruction is to take place at home. The instruction is taught the night before the assignment is to be practiced in class. Students watch prerecorded videos on the lesson, practice, prepare questions and discussions for the teacher the next day. Ms. Gimbar tells us that she use to just teach to the middle group of students. And that approach was not effective. She spent 90% of their class time delivering and reviewing and only 10% on application. The rest of the application was to be done at home for homework. But once she flipped her classroom the statics flipped also. Dr. McCammon explains that there is currently to much lecturing in our classrooms and not enough engaging. He says lecture is inefficient, not engaging, and an one shot deal which makes application individual and not engaging. But, Fizz video lectures are efficient, viewed multiple times, and creates classroom time. This way the classroom can focus on differentiated instruction which is engaging.

I think this approach is very interesting to say the least. I think it is something different for the students and the teachers. This approach is not really a foreign concept for me. One of my college math classes was a "flipped class", we watched the lessons the night before the class, wrote down questions for the professor, and practiced. Then in the class the next day we did some more application. So, I think this could be used in the class because I have used this approach as a student. It also creates student responsibility which I think is a great thing for students at any age. It also helps if the students are absent, they are still able to watch the lessons and not fall behind.

Blog Post #4

How to Create a Podcast from Judy Scharf's "What is a Podcast?" is a video and post that explains what a podcast is. I chose this video because I have heard of a podcast before but have never used one. The post explains that it is a radio style talk show. It tells us that you can listen to it from your computer,MP3, or download. The video explains how to create a podcast, edit, and to put it on the internet. I found this video and post very informative for someone like me who has never used a podcast before.

Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom by Joe Dale was a video on his blog where he explains the benefits of podcasting. In the video he tells how it is an effective way for teachers to interact with students outside of the classroom. He says podcasting are also a benefit to students because students are able to listen to assignments anywhere and anytime. By having students preform podcasts, teachers are allowing their students to use creativity and their communication skills. He also talks about the challenges that happen when students are absent for a period of time but with podcasts it can solve this problem in the classroom. Students and parents are able to get the assignments so they will not be too far behind.

I found this video very informational. I think that it is a great idea to have podcasts for students that are absent so that the parents and students are informed about the work and lessons that they have missed. I think that podcasts are a great way for teachers and students to be creative.


Langwitches' Flat Stanley Podcast was a post on her blog which was a podcast. She had her students read as a group the book Flat Stanley. I really loved this because you could hear all the student and their excitement they had for reading. I think by making this assignment a podcast the student have something new to look forward to. I liked reading as a group more than every other one where she had each student read their own line because this way it doesn't put pressure on one student.I really liked this activity for students.

Project #5 Presentation

C4T #1 Summary

Beth Kittle

This month, I had to follow a blogger named Beth Kittle. On her post, Access Isn't Value, she said that having access to data isn't the key to success anymore. And those who just have knowledge are more likely to have to depend on someone else like co-works and classmates. The key to success is having the ability to find information quickly, sort it, analyze it, and act on it. She asked her bloggers if our practices as teachers helping our students become a knower or a processor?

I agree with what Ms. Kittle says about how the key to success has changed. Now, people must have to put the information they have found into good use to become successful. I asked her how do you make your students more of the processor? She answered me by saying by allowing them to be do-ers by creating things and using their communication skills.

Observations from a Waiting Room is her next post about what she observed in a waiting room at a children's hospital in Boston. She noticed that every school aged children were doing their homework and every parent was trying to get their child to focus. She stated some of the conversations she heard about children missing school and homework assignments, and their parents trying to catch them up. She also watched the chronically ill children battle to do the homework while being hooked up to the medical equipment. And how these families do not have any "family time" together since they are always in the hospital and yet their parents are still making them do homework. She wondered to her self about what are we doing as educators? We have had to have more pressure on student progress which places more and more pressure on teachers which makes more pressure on the students and parents to make this progress.

I think she has made a valid argument about what really matters in our children’s learning process and student progress. I think that practice is important with learning but it can become overboard. I think some pressure needs to be placed on the students and parents but just some.

Blog Post #3

Peer Editing

Everyone should know and learn how to peer edit. It is an important tool for all students to have. In the video and slide show, What is Peer Editing? and Peer Edit With Perfection Tutorial, it had many important learning skills for peer editing. In both the video and the slideshow it explained what peer editing means and the rules students should go by. They described peer editing as working with someone your own age to help improve, revise, and edit his or her writing. The rules that they suggested were: one, stay positive, two, always start with compliments, three, suggestions, and lastly corrections and to be specific.

I really enjoyed the video Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes. I thought they were so cute. I like how they started out with a tongue twister and when they described the students they used the same beginning letter. The students also used the rules that were in the first video and slide show. For example, they had a "Jean the Generalizer" this student was not specific on any of the corrections on the peer review.

Technology in Special Education

In this video, the teacher uses technology in her classroom to help her special educatoion students. Laptops are used for students that have trouble in cognitive learning and for the nonverbal students. In her classroom, without technology learning can be difficult.

Her student, Corbin, without technology it was hard for him to participate in silent reading. He had to have an assistant to read to him out loud in the hallway away from other classmates. But with the technology of the Ipod Touch's audio books, he is now able to be independent in silent reading, and he can be with his classmates. Other students use technology to talk, write, and read. Technology makes assignments fun and much easier for these students.

In my classroom, I can use the same technology she used and more to help the special education students. I can use the Ipod Touch for reading, Ipad apps to help students with writing, reading, numbers, and learning in general. I also think that technology can make these students more independent which is a great goal.

How IPad Works With Academic for Autism

In this video, it shows a about a child with autism and how he and his parents use the Ipad to help with his academic skills. I loved this video. It was really inspiring to watch him get so excited when he accomplished the skill.

In my classroom to help students with special needs, I would use an app called First Words Feelings. This app helps students to express themselves while identifying and understanding 38 common emotions and feelings. They are able to use pre-learning skills such as matching letters of the alphabet and spelling words. I think it would improve learning because they are able to connect common emotions and feelings with sounds, images, letters, and words while they think they are just playing a game. The teacher is also able to adjust the difficulty level for the needs of the child.

Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts

This video is about a teacher, Vicki Davis, whose classroom is very similar to our class EDM 310. Mrs. Davis has a blog in which the students follow. In her class, she teaches the students how to use technology effectively, just like EDM 310. Her students learn about trends all around the world and how to be active in using it. Her class assignments are set up to be custom to the type of students she has.

Vicki Davis said a very insightful bit of information for future teachers, " You as a teacher do not need to know everything about a subject before you teach it." I think that is a very important bit of information because the students can discover something new, teach it to the teacher,and the teacher knows the students have really learned about the task. Also, the teacher is able to learn right along with the students.

Project 2: Wordle

My Wordle Project

Blog Post #2

Did You Know? 3.0 A John Strange 2012 Version

I watched Dr. Strange's video on Did You Know? 3.0 and I think it had a lot of interesting facts that I would never thought about. Throughout his video, I think he trying to show his students how fast technology is changing and how fast it will continue to change. I also think he was trying to show us how dependent we are on technology and the internet. Like how he said, " 1,393,519 searches are made on Google every minute". It makes you think where did people get their information or answers before the internet. I know it wasn't as convenient as just typing it in. It also shows how rapidly society is changing with the technology for example, "Two years ago 93% of all 8-18 years old in the United States had computers in their homes".

Dr. Strange's video was based off Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod video Did You Know 3.0 and I think in that video it had more about how rapidly everything is increasing like the amount of words, amount of births, and more. In Dr. Strange's video, I wish he would of just stuck with the technology and wouldn't have added anything about India and that "25% of the population of India with the highest IQs, outnumbers the entire population of the United States". I understand why he put it in there because this class is suppose to be teaching the students of the United States but I do not think that it flows well with all the other facts that he has in the video.



Mr. Winkle Wakes

Mr. Winkle Wakes by Mathew Needleman is about an old man that wakes after 100 years to find everything around him change except for one thing. In the business world, he found big tall buildings, different sounds,and different machines that did several different things like print pictures and documents, one that opened the lines of communication.In the hospitals, he found lasers, xrays, and machines that kept people alive. But in the schools it had not changed there where still rows of students taking notes from the teacher at the board with no outside world coming in. Mr. Winkle did find one of those machines, a computer, but it had dust on it and it hadn't been use. Mr. Winkle liked being at school because nothing had changed for 100 years.

Like this video, I think that the business world and hospitals have received more technology changes than in the schools. I think that this is a shame because all the people in those careers start off in school and they should be taught at an early age how to use technology. It will be easier for them in the future.



Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson's video on The Importance of Creativity he talks about the range of creativity humans have and how the education system is trying to remove it. He says that no one knows the future but teachers are suppose to teach students for it, but teachers can not teach creativity that is something students are born with. Sir Ken Robinson puts creativity at the same importance as literacy. And if students are not afraid to be wrong the will express their creativity, but education is scaring students out of being creative because people are scared to be wrong, and students won't take chances.

Public Education was created for industrial means in the early 1700s. But now it is mistaken because of the change in technology and the fundamental learning should be more open to creativity with the arts. Ken Robinson says that their is a need to have a new education system with reconstructed fundamental education. And that we need to have hope in our children.

I think that some of what he was saying was true but not all. I think that student should still be able to use their creativity but still need to focus on the certain fundamental skills such as math, language, and then humanities. I think this way because especially in the United States, we run off the middle class. The middle class still needs the fundamental math, language, and humanity skills that are taught in school because the middle class still works in industries. Do not get me wrong I love creativity and I think students should be able to move around and use their brain however they would like but their fundamental skills are more important. The middle class still put their children in dance, music, and art where they can use their creativity.



A Day Made of Glass 2

In Corning's videos A Day Made of Glass 2 and A Day Made of Glass 2 Unpacked it explains what Corning has planned for the future in technology. A tablet is one of the most important things in everyday life. Humans can use it for learning, in the jobs, and more. With this technology, small changes can help the envirnoment. A school can become an energy provider and not just a user. Also with this technology Corning is breaking down barriers in hospitals, schools, and in the home.

I think this technology would change the way humans see the world. They would learn differently and interact differently. This would be awesome in my future classroom way better than a smartboard.

Blog Post 1

About Me
Hey everyone! I am Kelsey Bebee.I have lived in Mobile the majority of my life. I graduated from Baker High School in May of 2010. Following graduation, I attended the University of South Alabama, and now I am a junior studying elementary education where I plan to graduate in the spring of 2014. Then, hopefully I will become a teacher.

I chose the University of South Alabama because it is very close to my house and I enjoy their campus. I chose my major because I love kids and I love helping kids learn. Since the university is close to my house, I live at home with my parents and our dogs to help save money. I ,also, have an older brother that lives a few miles away from us and comes to visit often. When I am not in school, I am working at Mobile Infirmary's Mobile Diagnostic and Medical Clinic in the ultrasound department where I scan in the doctor's reports on the studies that have been performed.

When I am not in school or doing school work, or at work, I enjoy being on the water. I love being at the pool, on the boat, on the beach, and on the river, I think it is very relaxing. Also, I enjoy spending time with my friends and my boyfriend. And, I love to go shopping and doing other girly things.

Randy Pausch on Time Management
I think Randy Pausch has very valid points on time management. He has very helpful information for a college student looking to succeed. I liked the questions that he told you to ask yourself such as Why am I doing it? and What will happen if I don't? I also think that planning is important for time management because it helps you stay on track even if you have to alter it some. His advice about doing the ugliest thing on your to do list first is a very helpful suggestion because if you do it first you can not keep putting it off until later. That suggestion is like telling someone the bad news before the good, so it makes the bad news seem less bad.

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