Project #8 Book Trailor

C4K #3 September Summary

Mao, New Zealand, 6th grade student and did a presentation on solving math problems by changing one number to a tide number. My response was Mao,I think this was a great presentation, showing us how we can change a number to to a Tidy Number. I think this is very interesting because it shows us different ways on how to use Math and different techniques and strategies to use with math problems. Although I am a bit confused, I understand that one number will get bigger and the other will get smaller. But I am not understanding problem #1, how the second number is not adding up to 79 instead of 90 since we +1 and #3 on how the first number is not 235 instead of 135 and we -1. I would be ecstatic if you would be able to explain and teach that to me, so I will be able to have a better understanding.
Great Presentation,
Shayla McCorvey

Ava, Nebraska, 4th grade student wrote a blog post on "Pizza ice cream is awesome because you can freeze it or you let it melt on the plate. You can also freeze it into ice cubes. My response was Ava, I have never heard of Pizza Ice Cream, how does it taste? What made you come up with a interesting food topic? Maybe this is a recipe I can try one of these days, are you willing to give me more information on Pizza Ice Cream?

Avery, Massachusetts, 5th grade student wrote a blog post on "I love the teachers. The teachers are nice!" My response was "Hi Avery, You are so sweet so say such a wonderful thing. I am currently going to college to be an Educator. I always wanted to be a teacher when I was a child, I use to play school while my younger sister would pretend she was the student. What is so special to you about your teacher that makes her so special and nice? Do you want to be a teacher? If not, what do you want to become when you get older? Can't wait to hear from you. 

Blog Post #6

Project Based Learning Part 1 When we think of Project Base Learning, that is a project we do and demonstrate at the end of the lesson or by the method of which we should learn. Anthony Capps, stated that you need to create a project that will meet all the contents that they will need to know enable to complete the project.When students is subject to do a  project, they will need to an authentic audience, involving the community, and also driven by content. So as teachers, when we create or assign a project we need to create a good project to motivate them to get the content of the lesson.

Project Based Learning Part 2 Children used culture such as Afghanistan in a project. The students were very interested in this particular project. Anthony, assigned them to do a narrative script to act like they were a child in Afghanistan. The outcome of the experience was excellent, they was able to describe the food and how to make it, fashion and what type of clothes that was worn over there. However, he did have a student in the classroom that had a parent that did not want his son to do the project for Afghanistan so Anthony was able to come up with an alternative route for that one particular student. With Project Base Learning, never limit your students by giving them exactly what you want them to do.

iCurio iCurio is an online tool that serves a few different purposes. It allow student to safely search text, audio, and video. This online tool can be pulled and filtered for educational use. It allow student to store content that they find value to, also teachers can use this tool for the exact same thing. This tool and website give students practice to be well organized and learn how to teach them virtual organization.

Discovery Ed If a student is able to grasp on to information through visual learning, then they will be able to retain a lot more information or illustrate to support every text you using Discovery Ed is a great resource to use. Discovery Ed has everything like Science, Math, and Social Studies that you can possibly think of especially for teachers. This tool is a excellent resource the students are able to use this tool to research different subject and video, and also this is a great resource for teachers as well to be able to show students different topics of what they will be learning.

The Anthony-Strange Tips for Teachers Part 1 Dr. Strange made a great tip by saying if you are not a learner, then will you not be a successful educator and we have to model that behavior for other people. Anthony stated that let your work become a fun experience for you, if teachers are able to do that then we as teacher can be successful at anything we come up with. When becoming a teacher you should be able to be flexible and creative through every aspect of teaching no matter what the outcome maybe. I would say never leave a child behind without them getting a understanding of what is being taught in the classroom. Always give students interesting topics to discuss and to become focus on so they will be able to ask question and grasp information.

Use Technology Don't Teach It When using technology, now in days students or adults use technology for everything. Technology is a material that should be used and not taught. Anthony stated that his 3rd grader know how to use iMovie, whereas EDM310 class took a little bit longer to know how to use and work iMovie. That may be true in most cases however, generation and things have change. Younger kids have more access to technology then we had access in our days of growing up. I see younger kids walking around with high tech cell phones and Ipads that give them a better opportunity to learn how to work things out on their own with less help, Use technology, let your students get excited about using technology and nevertheless, don't expect them to be perfect, because it will not happen.

Additional Thoughts About The Lesson  A lesson should be 4 layers thick with 4 different topics. 1. Lesson, will your lesson that will be taught will cover everything within a year and make sure all the standards get covered. 2. Unit size, have you divided unit project that is meaningful and that is all connected in some way. 3. Week, how are you divided your week? So that everyday how are your getting things done or will you be able to reach your goal for that week, 4. Daily lesson, is how you delivering to your students which is the most important thing. All of these 4 lessons are key components to making a lesson.

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Blog Post #5 Part 1

    Personal Learning Network, PLN is an informal learning network that consists of the people a learners interact with and derives knowledge. A PLN, a person makes a personal connection with another person with specific intent that some type of learning will occur because of that connection. Most learning connections are made through social networks and blogging sites. Teachers, use this tool at it's best to get their problems solved and also become better educators. 

    

This photo was taken from Google.com/images/personal learning network

    I was working with my Personal Learning Network on the website Symbaloo. I like how the website is setup, and so easy to work with and maneuver in a timely matter. You can set up all of your social networks that you use on a regular day basis (for example: Facebook, twitter, instagram), and you can also put a Google search engine at the top just in case you need to look up specific information. I can also add my G mail account in order for me to have quicker access to my email.

C4T #1

    I was assigned to read the blog of Josh Stumpenhorst, who is a 6th grade Language Arts Teacher in Naperville, IL.

 Post #1 (June 7,2014) You Never Know
    In this post Stumpenhorst, is concerned will he make a great impact on his students learning experience in his classroom this year. Some kids come with so much baggage and responsibilities from home that they may not stand a chance to be able to even connect with the teacher in the classroom due to different learning behavior that they have. We really never know as teachers what impact you may have on a kid, that is why you should never give up on the student's learning ability.
My Comment:
Great Post!
I think it is a great accomplishment on how we can have impact on student lives in the classroom. Some kids do not have a clue how they will grasp on to information or  wondering if they will be able to achieve for that school year or anywhere. Knowing that we know that the kid's are staying focus, engaging in activities, and asking lots of questions that we have a great deal of an influence on the students learning in the classroom.

Post #2 (September 5, 2014) Because I said So
    In this post, it is explaining on how we should explain to the students why they are doing this or that instead of just telling them "Because I said so". Explaining to the student's why this activity is important and how it is connecting as a learning target and also a skill. In this post, Stumpenhorst explain how students are really never explained and told what is the purpose of the activity or then it is an activity or a lesson. We as teacher or future teacher's should be more then happy to explain why we do anything as well as the thought process behind my decision to do it.
My Comment: 
I agree! We should be able to explain to the students what we are teaching and why they are doing this or that project. The phrase "because i said so " should be a phrase towards parenting and not in the classroom. As a teacher, you should be able to teach and show your students plenty of examples on the purpose of what we are teaching them. As Stumpenhorst stated before "we shouldn't be doing something if we are not able to explain it"

Project #15 Search Engines

1.WolframAlpha- www.wolframalpha.com
I found this search engine to be the most useful to resources. It can help students with math problems, and checking over there work (something like a study guide, but not use to depend on for accurate answers). This would be great for students because it is like a self tutorial and guidance aide.
2. Bing- www.bing.com
Bing is another known source, kind of compared to Google. You can use Bing as a search engine, look up images, watch videos and various information that is needed.
3.Ask- www.ask.com
I remember when this search engine was known as ask Jeeves. You would simply ask this search engine a question It is very useful to people that just want to know a simple a question, and very user friendly.
4. iSeek- www.iseek.com
iSeek is known as a academic search engine that let you break things down into different categories. This search engine allows you to filter by breaking it down into grade levels, school subjects, and also a rating system that allows you to find good quality articles. This search engine is very easy to use, and allow factual information.
5.Yahoo- www.yahoo.com
Yahoo search engine reminds me of Google, it allow there users to search for information with multiple ways to find an answer. It also has an advance search, like Google has "Feeling lucky" search. Most useful search engine.
6. AOL- www.aol.com
AOL could also be a very useful search engine, it has a more options with different categories that you can be able to choose from.
7. Blinkx- www.blinkx.com
This type of search engine is for video use only. It something similar to YouTube, you can put a particular subject you are looking for in the search bar and a string a videos will appear that you can be able to choose from. This would be a great source to choose from if you are looking for videos only.
8. MyWebSearch- www.mywebsearch.com
This search engine is mostly use as a tool bar and is free to download and free to used by everyone. You can personalize your toolbar by customizing it, also reading the news sports and different horoscopes that they have to offer. MyWebSearch is also sponsored my Google.com

Blog Post #4 Asking Questions: What questions do we ask? How do we ask?

    Coming up in school, I was the one that the students use to get tired of me asking questions. It was a must that I ask questions and be able to understand what was taught in the classroom. Also, there were times where I just did not bother to ask questions and try to figure it out on my own, which eventually lead me to asking more questions.
    Watching the video "Asking better questions in the classroom" by Joanne Chesley, often teachers find that that the students are unresponsive in the classroom. We expect student's to say more then yes, no, uh huh, or I think so. A close ended question, is when an instructor ask a question and the student may respond with either a yes or no, with out any type of explanation. As a teacher we expect more from a student then just one response, instead we get exactly what we ask for when we ask a close end question. If we ask a open ended question, it leads the responded to do more thinking, come up with a variety of responses and also to do more thinking.
    The solution to come up with to get more students involved in discussion question is to change a solid question into a open ended one, so the students will do higher level of thinking and lot more brainstorming. "Three ways to ask better questions in the back ground" by Maryellen Weiner
1. Prepare the question, by asking mixed bags of questions, and if I was to look to see if the students was confused I would make sure I rephrase the question again.
2.Play with the question, sometime it is good to leave the question unanswered to give room to the students to use more strategies to think about the question a little more.
3.Preserve good questions, I will make sure I keep good question from students by jotting a few notes about the answered students offered.
    The questions that we ask our students determine how we will get an accurate response back from the students. We should make sure we ask a question accurately to get an accurate answer with greater detail and critical thinking from the students.

Blog Post #3 " How Can You Provide Meaningful Feedback to Your Peers? "

    There are three important things to do when peer editing a paper, Compliment, Suggestions, and Corrections. When peer editing a paper that mean's some one your own age. It is very important to show compliments through out the paper, you don't want anyone to show you negative feedback or say something out the way that is not pleasing to you. Always give suggestions about the paper, let your peer know what he or she could of added to the paper and what they did not need in the paper. Lastly, show and make the corrections that need to be made. Let the writer know what they have could have done better and what correction will need to be made on there final paper.
    Peer Edit Tutorial was an excellent slide show, the slide show taught me the different ways on how to view and edit another person's my age paper. We should take every one's paper that we edit into consideration. We should always think positive and how the writer that we are offering constructive criticism and not negative feed back. By developing the three important steps into editing peer's paper everyone should be please and should be able to make a much better paper,then what was presented before.