Project #9

Project #16

Group Blog
PowerPoint for Lesson

Final Reflection

Blog Post #5 Part B

At the beginning of the semester, I created a PLN. My favorite PLN is Symbaloo, right now it is set up as my homepage and it makes it so much easier to get to the websites I love to use all the tme. I've had a Twitter for awhile now.  Symbaloo is a great way to have your personal and business websites right there together.

Blog Post #14

First problem: Teachers are being hired only because of a degree.
Solution: Hire teachers who not only have a degree, but were in the top of their class.

I couldn't agree more that this a serious problem in schools all across the world. Make teaching a hard job to get because those who are passionate about it will work hard to get there.



Second problem: Seniority
Solution: To make teaching a profession by treating all teachers as equals, and allowing teachers to earn their levels of achievement.

I agree with this to an extent. I believe that seniority should be taken into consideration in some circumstances, but all teachers should be treated equally. I believe that sometimes teachers with tenure forget what teaching is all about. 

Blog Post #13

What are some ways we can help prevent bullying?

Explore StopBullying.gov
Watch the video Ways to Stop Bullying by Watchwellcast

Importance of Technology

C4T #4

Teacher Leaders: Planting a flag – or foot – in the classroom
Submitted by Sharon Rubinstein on Wed, 04/22/2015 - 6:47pm


Jose Vilson has been a math teacher in Manhattan for about a decade. He’s part of the new crop of “Teacher Leaders” with one foot in the classroom, and another on a career ladder up.

When he first began expanding his duties, it was to coach other teachers in math instruction. Now, he’s an advocate and author too, and a board member of the Center for Teacher Quality, one of the supporters of the federal Teach to Lead initiative. He says he has no plans to leave his school anytime soon.

Just what - and who - are teacher leaders? Why does the role exist? And who chooses them?

A key feature of teacher leadership as it is evolving now is greater precision about qualifications, selection, tasks, and rewards.

Professor Susan Moore Johnson, who has been advocating for a more differentiated teacher corps since the 1980s, says the teacher leader role responds to a relatively flat teaching profession that has characterized American public education. By recognizing teachers for their expertise and providing them increased responsibilities, the teacher leader position creates some “elevation,” she says, and can stem the fast-swinging revolving door of teachers that creates instability in the workforce, and problems for schools that have to cope with constant restaffing.



My comment:
Kristin Evans • a few seconds ago
Hi my name is Kristin Evans I attend the University of South Alabama and I am in the Education program. I really enjoyed reading this post. It help me gain a lot of confidence that when I become I new teacher in a school I can make a difference, even without having all the experience everyone else has around me

Blog Post #12

C4K Summary April

C4K #8

Kristin Evans (Guest)
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April 5, 2015 at 9:12 PM


My name is Kristin Evans from the University of South Alabama’s EDM 310 class. I enjoyed reading your post. It was very interesting to read and well written. Your book report titled Counting by Sevens is very good. You gave a great review of the story. Based on your book review, I would recommend this book for anybody. Great job! Just make sure you spell check before posting.



C4K #9

LUNCH FOR WILLIAM
April 9, 2015 @ 9:53 AM 4 Comments


Rabbit salad

Snake soup with brain sauce

Steak with teeth

Blood with a table spoon of lava

Ice cream guts

Eat up William!!!!!!!!



Kristin Evans (Guest)

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April 13, 2015 at 3:15 AM


Hi Hailey,

My name is Kristin Evans from the University of South Alabama in the class Edm 310. I really enjoyed your post. Although a little wild and out there for food, it is very creative.


C4K#10

My grades


Kristin Evans (Guest)

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April 20, 2015 at 12:42 PM

Hi Kamar,

My name is Kristin Evans I am a student in Edm 310 at the university of South Alabama. I understand where you are coming from with your grades. You just have to work harder and you will achieve the grades you want. You may only have a few more weeks but with determination you can do it.

Blog Post #11

Back to the Future
Brian Crosby keeps his students for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. 90% are second language and most are students of poverty. I really enjoyed the information that was given. The hot air balloon project was a great way to approach the students with technology and learning the different areas they've come from. While working on the project, the students wrote a story about when they were a balloon. Technology is an active learning for students. They will always need a push, an idea, or words of encouragement and if we as their teacher don't give it to them then we are not doing a very good job of being teachers.



Blended Learning Cycle
The five "E's" - start with an engaging question, students are allowed to explore, you explain, and expand and then you evaluate. The speaker really stresses the importance of a hook, and also pulls them aside individually making sure they know and understand what has been taught. He also feels more involved with his method and feels like it's important to keep involved and keep them interested.

Questions (Presented with data and explain it)
Investigation/Inquiry (Timing on projects)
Video (On any content using direct instructions)
Elaboration (A lot of reading and more understanding)
Review (Meeting with the students before moving on to the next part of the project)
Summary Quiz (Quiz on covered material)



Man Thinking Visible
Ron Ritchhart believes his students needs to be thinkers. He used his own experiences to relate things into his teaching and focuses on his students be avid learners. Richard also thinks that its about the culture on how the lesson gets taught to have a good supportive atmosphere.

Project Based Learning.
In the video, three teachers combine History, English, Information and Processing into PBL. PBL engages learners and have a deeper understanding. The use of technology today has been enhanced to be shared in different ways. Technology is also used as a tool that can come to life. For something as combinable as history and literature this is a great idea - and making it project based learning keeps the students excited and engaged.



Roosevelt Elementary PBL Program
This elementary school uses project based learning from a young age. These projects can help students gain more knowledge. It also helps them retain more information that's given than the teacher explaining it to them.

Project Based Learning is...
-In Dept Learning
-Integrated thematic instruction
-Based on a real world problem
-Research-based
-Project & Presentation

C4T#3: "Arvind Grover"

Screen Smart Parenting By: Jodi Gold

In his post Mr. Grover review Jodi Gold's book. It was a very good review on the book and taught me a lot about how to let my children and students have space when using technology, but also how to be safe. 

My comment:

Mr. Grover:

My name is Kristin Evans, I'm a student at the University of South Alabama in the EDM 310 Class. Your post has really enlightened me on how to deal with this situation with my future students or children. The internet can me a scary place to just let your students/children explore, without the right guidelines. The points you brought up are really important to build that trust between and your students, and to make you feel more comfortable with them using technology. Jodi Gold seems to haven't written a great book. I will definitely have to look into purchasing it.

Thank you for your time.

— Kristin Evans

His comment back:

Kristin, thanks for the comment. I’m glad that you found the review useful. We’ve since had Jodi back at our high school and she was most well received. Enjoy the book!
— arvind s grover

Photomath App


This app, without overstating it, is a game changer to me. It is a game changer because students will inevitably use it. The challenge for teachers becomes that knowing that, how will we assign work accordingly?

The best assignment I could imagine would be for students to design their own app with the same functionality, the ability to solve problems. What would a computer need to be told to do to be an effective problem solver?

I am not sure why, but I am really stunned by the capabilities of this seemingly simple app.

My comment:

Mr. grover,
Hi , I am a student at the University of South Alabama. Thank you so much for posting this great video on the Photomath app. I think your idea of having the students create an app is a really good place to start. It's going to take a lot of research, but I think the students will enjoy it more than solving math problems. They will also find it more meaningful and interesting. They can see the purpose behind it. Yes, you can use an app to solve any math problem, but someone has to create it.
Thank you again,

— Kristin Evans

His comment back:

Hi Kristin, thanks for reading. I think that students designing apps is
great, and they also have to learn fundamentals. I am really enjoying the
book "Made To Stick" by Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel which teachers how
well-designed fundamental instruction gives rise to creativity and greater
problem solving. It's worth a look.
— arvind s grover

Blog Post #10

Little Kids...Big Potential
In Mrs. Cassidy's first video, her first graders talk all about writing their blog and how much fun it is for them. They are learning the same things we are learning in EDM 310. The students enjoy learning these things in class. Technology they're using in class are blogs, webpage, wikis, video, and Skype. The children are learning reading, writing, and math.



Interview with Mrs. Cassidy #1
Mrs. Cassidy got into computers when her class was given 5 computers 10 years ago. She talks about the five special computers students used. She also stated that she teaches her students what's appropriate to click on and what is not appropriate. She started trying to make different webpages and utilize the online resources since those computers could not have applications be downloaded. They finally settled on blogging. The student's blog is used as an online portfolio. For teachers, she recommends they should make their own Personal Network Learning.

Interview with Mrs. Cassidy #2
The best way to use technology is something that you're most comfortable with. Mrs. Cassidy does not use any social media in her free time She also discusses the importance of Twitter, calling it the "old people version of Facebook. With social media, the best thing for elementary schools to use is Facebook. Teachers can use this to communicate and post homework assignments to remind their students on what's due

Interview with Mrs. Cassidy #3
Mrs. Cassidy has very good views on cheating. She mentions that blogs are not the problem with cheating, it’s a good way to collaborate by sharing with one another. It's an additional source of information, like googling a topic. Every time we do something we collaborate on it, but as long as we make it our own it should not be considered cheating



Mrs. Cassidy had some very good points throughout her video. Like it or not the times are changing and technology is happening all around us. I see she's preparing them for the future ahead of time. By the time I teach, I know my students will have some of the basics of technology down packed future.

Project 12 A

How to Use a Smartboard.

C4K #2 Summary

Per 8 Andres' Blog
Friday the !3
Posted on February 14, 2015

Jesus was crucified on a Friday and ever since the day has been associated with “general ill omen,” Michael Bailey, a history professor at Iowa State University who specializes in the origins of superstitions, told USA TODAY Network. Weddings in the Middle Ages, for instance, were not held on Fridays and it was not a day someone would start a journey, Bailey said. Thirteen guests are believed to have attended the Last Supper, the night before Jesus was killed, according to Stuart Vyse, a psychology professor at Connecticut College. And Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is considered to have been the 13th guest, Vyse said. The superstition’s origins are mysterious.

My comment:
Kristin Evans on March 17, 2015 at 11:16 pm said:

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Hi Andres,
My name is Kristin Evans I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I really enjoyed reading your blog and your facts on Friday 13th. This is the first time that I have heard any of these facts.



Blake's Blog
Samaria

Categories: Blog

January 12, 2015 @ 9:46 AM

Samaria are legendary and skilled warriors. They have big sword and cool armor.The samaria and the ninja are enemys and have wars and battles. In battle the samaria have long swords so it is easy for a samaria to hit from a couple feet away.


My comment:
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March 25, 2015 at 1:49 PM

Hi Blake,

My name is Kristin Evans. I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I really enjoyed reading your facts about Samarias’. I really like samaria’s too. If you haven’t seen it, you should watch the movie The Last Samaria. It is a really great movie.

Blog Post # 9

What can teachers and students teach us about Project Based Learning?

In Seven Essentials for Project- Based Learning, every project needs to be meaningful for the students and it needs to fill an educational purpose.

The seven essentials are:
1. A need to know
2. A Driving Question
3. Student Voice and Choice
4. 21st Century Skills
5. Inquiry and Innovation
6. Feedback and Revision
7. Publicly Presented Production
These steps can turn an assignment of an ordinary worksheet into a problem solving, very educational experience.

Project Based Learning for Teachers tells us about all that you can do with PBLPBL is an important tool when used with Common Core. Common Core is what needs to be taught, PBL is how you are able to teach Common Core. It explains how it ties in with common core standards and gives some benefits of using PBL over regular instruction in the classroom.

What Motivates Students, The performance management first details what children think their result will be when the make good grades. The later part shows what teachers use to reward students for good grades and behavior. There are all kinds of things that motivate them, like being told they did well and their visions of the future.


PBL in PE is an article that starts telling us about the six standards PBL easily meets. It also gives the students to be more creative in an area that they don't always get to be creative in. Pflug showed how high school kids helped middle school kids with the physical fitness. By using the six standards of physical education, the project benefited both age groups. They can meet higher fitness levels, and set their own goals.

C4T #2: Arvind Grover

Blog Post #1:
Dr. Grover talked about a book he had read by Jodi Gold, on how to make sure your children and students are using technology safely.


My Comment:
Mr. Grover:
My name is Kristin Evans, I'm a student at the University of South Alabama in the EDM 310 Class. Your post has really enlightened me on how to deal with this situation with my future students or children. The internet can me a scary place to just let your students/children explore, without the right guidelines. The points you brought up are really important to build that trust between and your students, and to make you feel more comfortable with them using technology. Jodi Gold seems to haven't written a great book. I will definitely have to look into purchasing it.

Thank you for your time.
— Kristin Evans

His Comment:

Kristin, thanks for the comment. I’m glad that you found the review useful. We’ve since had Jodi back at our high school and she was most well received. Enjoy the book!
— arvind s grover

Blog Post #2:
Dr. Grover posted a video called Photomath app is blowing my mind via @KarenBlumberg, it talked about the app and he talked about how the students should try and create their on app.


My Comment:
Mr. grover,
Hi , I am a student at the University of South Alabama. Thank you so much for posting this great video on the Photomath app. I think your idea of having the students create an app is a really good place to start. It's going to take a lot of research, but I think the students will enjoy it more than solving math problems. They will also find it more meaningful and interesting. They can see the purpose behind it. Yes, you can use an app to solve any math problem, but someone has to create it.
Thank you again,

Blog Post #8

In the video Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams , Pausch talked about a lot of personal things. Most of the video is about Randy speaking about his life as a college professor. The way Dr. Pausch taught his students was very special. It was encouraging and exciting for them and rewarding for him. When they thought they'd done all they could on a project he would tell them they could do better. Pausch talked about kids making movies and games, but in actuality they are learning computer programming.

The idea is that kids have fun while learning something hard. Parents, teachers, and mentors are all different types of people that help you learn. Pausch also talked about metaphorical brick walls. Brick walls are challenges that stop the people who don't really want to achieve their goals. He got an entire school and even parents involved in what his students were doing, just by letting them do their own thing. It's interesting what you can learn when you're given the opportunity to an almost rule free project with endless possibilities.

I learned that there will be times when you may hit a brick wall, but never give up.

Blog Post #7

Using iMovie and Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarten
In this video it is said that kindergarten students are using iMovie to create book trailers on books that have also read. While my College level class just recently learned how to use the same technology. I would have never imagine being in kindergarten and being able to produce such work that students, that young, do in today's society. This is an indication that my generation of student is currently behind the up and coming one, as far as using technology.


We All Become Learners!
I really enjoyed because it shows us that teachers can still be students as well. In the video Ms. Michele Bennett talks about how a student taught her about the camera on an iPad. The teachers are being taught by the students on how to use certain features on the devices they are using in the classroom. Thus, everyone becomes the learner at some point and everyone becomes the teacher at some point. Keeping the students more engaged creates a better learning environment for the students and technology allows for that. The barriers are lowered allowing children to become comfortable in their knowledge. This shows us that even teachers must still be willing to learn.


iPads in the Classroom.
Using iPads in the classroom was what this video touched on. I love how teachers learn new things from their students on a daily basis. It amazes me what students already know before they even start school just from one little device.

The two ladies explain the use of the website Padlet. Padlet is a website where you can add people to a group and post questions or statements that everyone in your group can see and respond to. This is a great website to use for open-ended questions and group projects. It makes students feel so proud of themselves when they can show their work to their teacher and classmates and if they can teach their teacher how to do something she may not know. This enhances every lesson and helps keep the students interested and inhibits a more productive learning environment.


Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology in Education: iPad, Tablet, Computer, Listening Centers
1. Students Love It
2. Engages the 4 Key Components to Learning
3. Professional Development
4. Makes Life Easier For Teachers
5. Improves Test Scores
6. Helps Students With Low Attention Spans
7. Learn From the Experts

8. Encourages Completion of Homework

9. Saves Money
10. Removes Obstacles

Project #6 C4K Summary Comments for Feburary

C4K #1: Blake

I was assigned Blake in Mrs. Smeby's fifth grade class in Nebraska. Here is what Blake posted in his blog,

"Clue#1: He likes digging into flowers.
Clue#2: They are going to a pinic"


Mrs. Smeby's Class Blog
My comment

Your comment is awaiting moderation.
February 8, 2015 at 10:49 PM

Hi Blake,
Would you be talking about Cifford the Big Red Dog. This is the first story that popped in my head. If you are those are some great clues for that book. I am also a student attending the University of South Alabama.

Ms. Kristin Evans




C4K #3: Cameron

I was assigned Cameron in Ms. Leatherwood's Language Art Class. Here is what Cameron posted in his blog,

Nature Is Amazing

"Cardinal’s are beautiful birds. They are know as family bird because they travel in flocks of 70 or more. When the female cardinal (shown in the picture) sings from the nest, it means her and the babies need food. The females and males sing, but the female sings more complex melodies. The males are strong and very protective. They could fight their own reflection for hours. They love to live in bird houses and eat out of bird feeders. They get the name “backyard birds” from this. Their diets consist of seeds, beetles, grasshoppers, and many other insects."

Ms. Leatherwood's Language Art Class

My comment:

Kristin Evans (Guest)
February 22, 2015 at 12:22 PM

Wow, Cameron. That is amazing. I never knew that about Cardinals. They seem like very complex birds.

C4K #4: Alyssa

I was assigned Alyssa from Joliet West High School in Illinois in Mrs. Maslowski class. Here is what Alyssa posted in her blog, 

Black History Month

Gabrielle Union is a inspiring black woman in the industry. She is a successful actress who has starred in many movies such as “Bring It On” and “Bad Boys II”. She also right now has a show called “Being Mary Jane” that comes on BET which in my opinion teaches real life lessons. Union is a inspiring person to the people due to her being involved with the communities and giving back to the world. I personally like Gabrielle because watching in movies and television shows makes me want to do something with my person life even though I’m not inspiring to be a actress

Mrs. Maslowski class

My comment:

Kristin Evans says:

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February 23, 2015 at 4:35 pm


Hi, Alyssa. 

My name is Kristin Evans. I am a Student at the University of South Alabama. I also really live Gabrielle Union as a person and as an actress. She seems to be very compassionate person who she plays her roll in “Being Mary Jane”. I feel that the show does have some real life prospective also and could teach everyone a little something who watching it. I really enjoyed reading your blog post. Keep up the good work.

-Ms. Kristin Evans

Project #8 Book Trailer

Blog Post #6

I enjoyed getting to know more about Project Based Learning, while watching the provided videos of Dr. Strange and Mr. Capps conversations. Project Based Learning is all about getting students excited to learn. Project Based Learning is our future. We need to better embody the ways to teach by utilizing PBL methods and ideas. I feel like students as well as teachers learn more as well as being more engaged and interested in what they are doing. PBL get students excited about learning and what they create. The goal of a good project is one that has an authentic audience and keeps the students motivated to create good work. Content driven is also a good component of a good PBL project as well as projects that interests students.

Also teachers should use technology to also allow students to share what they are doing. Don't expect perfection, and let the students have time to reflect on their work so next time they will do it better. Teachers should also use the technology themselves so they can understand the questions students will ask. It is also a way for teachers to get students to need to learn what they are required to know. It is important to set goals when creating a project such as; having an authentic audience, student interest, and having choices for the students. Making sure everything that is done in the classroom is meaningful not only to the teacher but to the students also.

Project #3 Presentation

Blog Post #5 Personal Learning Network

A PLN (Personal Learning Network) is a network of people and tools you can use to get help, collaborate ideas, or use for consultation. If you have accounts with Twitter, Facebook, Skype, A personal blog, ETC; then you have your own personal learning network.

As a teacher, it's important to have a network, people to share ideas and thoughts with, and get help from. People that will be important in a PLN will also be the teachers and classmates and sometimes even the students whose blogs we read and comment on weekly. There's so much out there we can use to network, thousands of people and millions of resources.  

C4T #1- Project 4 Post 1&2

Post #1: In my comment for teacher writing, I was assigned Two Writing Teachers. This is a blog where many teachers blog. For my first comment I chose to read a "Compliment Conference" by Elizabeth Moore. The post was about how to give good compliments and how important giving compliments are. I really enjoyed her view on this and reading some of her ideas on how to give compliments.

My Comment: I really loved your compliment points. It is really important to give them feedback especially positive. It helps build their self esteem


Post #2: For my second post I chose to read "Starting With Talk and Breaking Through The Barriers" by Betsy Hubbard. This blog post was all about breaking through barriers when you begin to write or talk to someone. This is a problem that some students and also adults have. Mrs. Betsy addressed this problem by opening up with a story.

My Comment: I love this post. I never thought about this as a way to break the ice. I have trouble with public speaking sometimes, and this is a great way open up and start a speech or writing. It makes you feel comfortable and safe and also gets your audience attention.

Post #4 What questions do we ask? How do we ask?

Asking Questions: What questions do we ask? How do we ask?


This is a very good question. As teachers we are known to ask questions, but if the questions we ask aren't clear or on topic then they aren't helping our students. We have to be specific in what we are asking them for. Sometimes simply changing the phrasing in a question can make a world of difference for students.


We can't expect them to give us detailed information, when we asked a closed ended question. As teachers we have to spend time preparing questions to ask our students just like we prepare the lesson plan and everything else. We also should be aware of the different techniques they use when asking questions. I feel like asking the right questions at the right time in the class is a great tool for teachers to monitor student's understanding.

Project #15 Search Engines

Here is my list for 8 different search engines. I have taken time to try each of these out or explore them in some way. I have included the links and a described how they can be used and how they are useful.














1.Go-to : For Go-To I searched for "wedding dresses" resulting in a list of wedding dress shops popping up. It was really good. I liked the fact that the most popular and most up to date shops popped up.



2. Lycos : For this search engine, I searched for the "Mardi Gras" bringing up a number of different Mardi Gras things from dresses to invitations. I really liked the set up, really appreciated it told me where I was and the temperature outside as soon as I pulled it up. This website it was very easy to you and I would use it again.



3. NationalGeographic Kids : This seems to be a great search engine for kids. They can search, find pictures, play games, and learn about the world. It also seems to be filtered pretty great.



4. Pipl : Is a search engine used to find people. I did not like this search engine at all. The fact that I could type my name and it told me what my street name was back in my hometown. I don't think that is very safe and I think the website should be taking down.



5. RefSeek : is a search engine that will search through newspapers, books, encyclopedias, journals and webpages.



6. DuckDuckGo : This search engine would be most useful searching for general topics It was created for users to search and not be tracked, and it also does not take or share any personal information from its users.



7. Wolframalpha : Wolframalpha is useful for mathematics, world facts, and data. It is really useful because it provides specific information on the topic you are searching for.



8. TeacherTube : TeacherTube as you can see in the title is a great search engine for videos, photos, and documents for teachers. It is really safe and you don't have to worry about unwanted things popping up when you type something in the search bar like on youtube. It is very educational and student friendly.

Blog Post #3 What is Peer Editing?

What is Peer Editing?
What do you think is the best way to approach peer editing?
How will you peer edit your classmates blog posts in EDM 310.
What is the importance of peer editing


Peer editing, is when you and another person in your class get together and look and correct each others paper. Both of the videos went over very important rules to peer editing. I can remember peer editing in high school and the rules were never told to me, and looking back I can say I did a lot of thing wrong. I think the best way to approach peer editing is stay always stay positive. You never want to be rude and start right off the bat with saying all the wrong things your peer did in their paper. When you start like that you and that person get off on the wrong foot and things will never go well from there.

I think that it is very important that we peer edit in EDM 310, because we do some much writing and it would be nice to know what we're doing wrong and what we could improve on. At least I would like to know because knowing were you're lacking and correcting your mistakes will only make you a better writer in the long run. The importance of peer editing, I think, is to learn how to take circumstance well. We all need to learn how to take positive circumstance well if we are going to survive in this life.

Blog Post #2 21st Century Teachers Only

1. Professor Dancealot
In the video "Mr. Dancealot", the author is trying to show what can happen when the learning activities, goals and assessments for a course are not aligned. I don't think the students were given the proper instruction for the course in any way whatsoever. The central message of this video is that just because we may have the technology to help teach does not necessarily mean that is the only way to teach. All of the students look completely baffled as to what the instructor is attempting to teach.


2. Teaching in the 21st Century

In Roberts’s video, he outlines all of the limitless resources that students, as well as the entire world, have at their fingertips. Our world is ever changing technologically and we need to be prepared as educators as to the proper way to teach the next generations how to safely and efficiently use these material. Technology will be used in my future classroom to make learning more fun and understanding. Even though some may not be very computer literate they can still learn easy things to help students in the classroom with technology.


3. Networked Student
I agree that teachers are the ones that show students how to actually create their networks and utilize all of the opportunities afforded by using all of this information. Teachers are to teach the basic things the students would need to know to help them grow. Students will use their own skills and tools learned from the teachers to find the facts and answers to things. Teachers show students how to properly use all of the information that they may gather and what is important as opposed to farce statements or material.



4. Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts
I love how she makes that statement because we do all pull from one another. The teacher is showing that she too could learn from the students made the students that more focused in the lesson. It gave them a sense of empowerment knowing they figured something out that the teacher didn't. Having that feeling will inspire any student to want to learn more. I wish that when I was in school, I had a class like this because her students truly look like they enjoy the class.



5. Who's Ahead in the Learning Race

Since kids are starting at such a young age learning about technology it would only make sense they are ahead. The idea is to help keep her students interested in learning, but also give them a way to have fun while doing it. Her students are doing things in her class that I did not start doing until high school. All these students have the resources to find information quick. When I was growing up, we did not have this option.


6. Flipping the Classroom
This approach really depends on the teacher. Flipping the classroom would benefit not only the teachers, but also the students. Students will be getting the best knowledge they can get and possibly even learn more. Since classroom time would no longer be wasted it is an advantage on the students for growing their own knowledge on things and it helps students better prepared for class, and not as boring for a student since they can be at home. I would definitely use this in my classroom.


7. Bringing the Locker Room into the Classroom
Interaction and collaboration among students and teachers is crucial. We all have different ideas and thoughts and they should be shared to compile one agreed upon conclusion. This will help the students engage with more interest in the classwork and get along with the students among the class.

Test

Blog Assignment #1

What about Edm310?

Coming into EDM 310 I was a little nervous. All I had ever heard about the class was how hard it would be, and how the teacher was real rude and that I would never have time for anything else. So, this made me very apprehensive and nervous about taking the course.

When I do something, I never want to do it halfway. I either go all out and all the way or I don't do it at all. I'm a bit OCD and a perfection so that might be my only downfall when it comes to this class.

I have a lot of experience with computer and movie making software. When I was in Elementary school I was in a program called GIFTED, for very bright children. We had a news station we at school called WAES (Andalusia Elementary School) where we produced a morning broadcast show every morning telling about thing that were going on in our school. I really enjoyed doing that being in front of the camera and also editing taping. Although it was a lot of work, once things were done it was well work every minute spent on it.

So, I'm really looking forward to this semester, and getting to brush up on my rusty computer skills.

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Who am I? Why do I want to be an educator? What does an educator do in his or her practice? What are my passions?1. A Little Bit About Me and Why I Chose USA

2. How Education Became Me

3. What does and educator do?

4. My Passion

1. My name is Kristin Evans and I am a junior majoring in Elementary Education. I was born and grew up in small town called Andalusia, Al with my three siblings. I have an older brother who is 26, an older sister who is 24, and a baby brother who is 20. I can remember when I was in Kindergarten and my teacher Mrs.Clifton was going around the room and asking us what we wanted to be when we grew up, and when she finally got to me I told her that I wanted to be a teacher. Little did I know back then that I would really set out to make that become true.


2. I've always wanted to be a teacher. Something about seeing the smile on a child's face when they finally understand what you've been teaching them, or watching the master a skill that they've worked so hard on warms my heart. Being one of the people they look up too for guidance and help with life and everyday problems is so special to me. I tried going the Nursing route, because I thought, "Oh I'll make more money"., but honestly my heart wasn't in it. My heart is being in a classroom and teaching students.


3. As an educator, we are there to teach our students basic things like math, reading, and writing. But we are also there to teach them life long skills. Like how to be kind to one another, that it is always better to tell the truth than a lie, and that everything make not always go your way but you can still make the best of things.


4. My passion is God, family, and my friends in that order.