Sunday, August 31, 2014

Blog Post 2 "What will teaching in the 21st Century be like?"

1. The central message of this video, is that the professor will lose a lot of the student interest in the classroom by not participating in the lectures that he teach his students. I mean how do you expect people to learn dance routines from a power point and a book? In his conclusion, he expected the students to know this information by giving them a test to perform the dance routines. I do not agree with his conclusion because he did not allow any one to learn how to perform the dance routines based off how he was teaching it in the classroom, therefore everyone was clueless on how to perform the dance routine because it was not physically taught to them properly more verbally taught.

2. On the video Robert is trying to inform us future teachers how teaching has change and it was not like how it use to be back in the day. It's not just lecturing your students but also engaging with them on different sources to use throughout the Internet also engaging them on different activities in the classroom so they will familiarize they self with the lesson. Today's society everything is now pro tech and has to be used in our everyday living, so that is something that we will have to engage with the students to become literate with technology and the way it work.
Outline
I. How can we gather information and discuss data:
-Social Site(ex: facebook, twitter, and instagram)
-Media
-Google
-Cellphones
-Discussion Groups
Robert see that teachers will be less teaching in the future and that the students will have to depend on more social networks or technology in general to be able to find there resources from the classroom. That can have a big impact on students and teacher's in the future. The students are going to become less involve in the lecture throughout the class, and the teachers will feel they will have to do less teaching that will eventually hurt the students in the long run. We should always engage out students in every lesson that we teach with different activities and interesting topics so that the students will carry on this information throughout their lives.

3. The purpose of this video is to show us even though connecting students is not a bad thing we always need a teacher for guidance. It is very interesting to know throughout the video that connecting students learn so much through blogging and connecting with others to answer many questions and see different topics and views on what is being discuss throughout the course. But we also need a teacher to be able to answer any questions or concern that may need to be addressed that is not understood in the course.

4. In this video I defiantly understand when she Say's teaching is learned differently when you just have paper and pencil with no activities being involve throughout the lesson. With just paper and pencil students tend to lose interest in the classroom where it is no type of involvement or movement with activities throughout the classroom. The thesis of this video is to show us how students can interact and learn globally through blogging and social networks with student across the world, even places where you think could not be connected. Now in days technology is very friendly.

5. In this video, I most defiantly think that the younger generation is much more ahead of us in the learning process then the middle and older generation. Technology is introduce at a very early age as I notice and observe younger kids receiving cell phone, Ipads, Ipods, and even computers at a very young age which is more prom for them to learn things that we would never think to use when we was coming up. The younger generation are very engaged and very smart in this day and time.

6. I think flipping the classroom is a very useful source to use in the classroom. It helps the students be a little more prepared with the lessons. They will be able to read over the material that will be taught by the teacher the next day when they come in the classroom. Also, they will be prepared to ask any type of questions that they might found that was a little difficult to understand or the material. I think it will help the students that has fallen behind throughout the class or learn slower then others to be able to get a head start on the materials that is being taught throughout the course.

7. This article is saying how teachers need to involve there teachings and activites more in students life so it will make a huge impact on them one day. I mean anybody can be a good a teacher but how many people do you know that can make great excellent teachers? It's not just about teaching your students the material, it more about making sure the grasp into the information so they will be able to get a better understanding of what is being taught in the lesson, also empowering students with great wisdom.

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Blog Post 1 "What about EDM310?"

When I first spoke to my advisor she told these was one of my requirements about taking this course. She also advise me this class requires a lot of work and hands on project in this class. I was skeptical about taking this course, but I decided to take it this semester because I knew I was going to have to eventually to take this class.
My fears about this class is falling behind and not keeping up with the individual assignment. I don't think EDM310 can compare to any other class that I ever took at USA or at a high school. Dr. Strange was emailing us way before school even started about the class and what to expect. It was so overwhelming to even read everything he was talking about in the syllabus and reading the different emails he was sending out everyday.
The most difficult thing that would be for me out this class is making sure I read over all the checklist and making sure I attend all the meeting that is set up with my group and completing all the assignment out this class with out being late or behind.  The way for me to address this issue so it want be difficult for me is to answer all questions that have concerns with, looking at my class mates blogs for good example and referring back to my resources if needed.  But if I stay on top of the class and assignments that's giving and remain stress free, I think I will do just fine out this class. 😆👌

I chose this image to remain stress free and that anything is possible if you stay focus on trying to reach your goals. So this is my goal for the whole semester is to remain stress free out this class... 
stress reliever

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Practice

Outline:
-Who I am
-Why do I want to be an educator
-What will I be doing in my practice
-What are my passions

    Hello, my name is Shayla McCorvey I am 23 years old and I am from Moss Point, Mississippi. I graduated in 2009, and been living in Mobile, AL since then. My major is currently Secondary Health Education. I happen to attend the University of South Alabama, because I heard they had a good education program and it's also not that far away from where I am originally from. I have a lot of educators in my family starting with my mom who is just recently retired after 35 years of teaching, also I have an aunt that is a education major, and a great uncle that is a Principal of a school as well.
Source: This photo was taken from my phone outside of my house January 2014. 
    I want to enter the field of education, because I have a passion teaching others and having a great impact on another's ability to learn or to be able to show them something. What an education should embark on the kids today in the classroom is to show them the ability to learn and different ways of viewing different learning styles. Teachers should be able to keep the kids active in the classroom with different techniques to show and group projects they will to show in the long run. What's special about me and what I consider my passion is I like to take a lot of pictures and capture memories That you wouldn't even imagine of.