Ms. Cassidy uses technology excessively in her classroom. As a kindergarten teacher, she uses a lot of ideas to incorporate technology in her classroom. Ms. Cassidy, like most teachers in todays education atmosphere, are using technology and having their students come up with new ways on their own to use technology in their learning process. She began her technology trip ten years ago when she created her own web page. She created a class blog and started having her students comment on the blog. She expressed how her students enjoyed the blog and not having to "power down" their technology in the classroom. Ms. Cassidy uses an Nintendo DS in her classroom, I think it is amazing! I would have never thought of a DS as anything other than a video game, but she incorporates it into her classroom very well. In EDM 310, I can continue to build my Personal Learning Network and hopefully will be able to incorporate those unusual, yet useful technologies in my classroom.
Interview with Kathy Cassidy Part 1
Interview with Kathy Cassidy Part 2
Interview with Kathy Cassidy Part 3
Sunday, October 26, 2014
C4K Summary October
Monae was my first student this month. I have written on Monae's blog posts before.
Monae was very bored. I commented on her post and told her at times it can get a little boring and she may become distracted. But, I also suggested that when she gets bored, find something that interests her, research it, and write a blog post about it! Instead of posting a post that says "I'm bored...", research something important to her and keep it interesting.
I had my next student twice. In each of her blog posts, she went over baking cookies. She explained in one of her posts how to make an edible fish bowl out of cookies shaped as fish and rock candy for the "rocks" at the bottom of the fishbowl. She also explained how to bake simple chocolate chip cookies. I would say she enjoys baking and loves cookies! She did a great job with the creativity of this project blog post and I commented her on that and told her to continue exploring her creativity.
My last student's name is Cyrus. His most recent blog post was on explanation writing. He explained, in detail, on steps to avoid skin cancer. He explained that wearing sunscreen and a hat would protect you from the sun. He also used sunglasses as an example to avoid the sun and its cancerous rays.
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Monae was very bored. I commented on her post and told her at times it can get a little boring and she may become distracted. But, I also suggested that when she gets bored, find something that interests her, research it, and write a blog post about it! Instead of posting a post that says "I'm bored...", research something important to her and keep it interesting.
I had my next student twice. In each of her blog posts, she went over baking cookies. She explained in one of her posts how to make an edible fish bowl out of cookies shaped as fish and rock candy for the "rocks" at the bottom of the fishbowl. She also explained how to bake simple chocolate chip cookies. I would say she enjoys baking and loves cookies! She did a great job with the creativity of this project blog post and I commented her on that and told her to continue exploring her creativity.
My last student's name is Cyrus. His most recent blog post was on explanation writing. He explained, in detail, on steps to avoid skin cancer. He explained that wearing sunscreen and a hat would protect you from the sun. He also used sunglasses as an example to avoid the sun and its cancerous rays.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Blog Post #9
Seven Essentials for Project Based Learning, I learned how to properly decide for a project in the classroom that will educate and motivate students.The steps given are to be followed by the students and be engaging. The most important step, in my opinion, is the "hook." To grasp your students attention, the teacher must present the project in a compelling way. Once the students are "hooked", it is about advising students on good research and great presentation skills. Students learn through relation with the project's subject that this so called "driving question" really resembles the real world.
In the video, Project Based Learning for Teachers, we are given several different examples of driving questions and resources the students have available to them. In the video, different types of skills students will learn while doing projects e.g. communication and collaboration are being described. Einstein's quote "Teachers should not teach but set the grounds for which their students learn." is a perfect way to describe Project Based Learning.
The article, Project Based Learning In Physical Education, gives a perfect example of how Project Based Learning is so diverse and is not just for one certain classroom. In the article, it describes how students got the opportunity to come up with a way for their peers to be involved in P.E. I feel it was a perfect way for students to become more knowledgeable about their fitness and just how important P.E. is. Project Based Learning in P.E. gave the students the opportunity to become more involved in warm up routines, exercises, and any of those physical things that one would only research about P.E.
High School Teachers Meet the Challenges of Project Based Learning Implementation was a great video for me, as a future teacher. It helped me realize that PBL is a NEW way of teaching and although in my head it is such a brilliant aspect of teaching, it is more than likely going to get difficult to know how to incorporate PBL in the right way in the classroom. The teachers in the video really express the hardship they have with PBL, but they know it is a great way to teach. They try to incorporate PBL in all subject learning.
Two Students Invent New Ketchup Bottle Lid video was very reassuring. It made me think, myself as a teacher, what my students could possibly come up with when the sky is the limit on their research and projects with Project Based Learning. It reminded me of the video of Pausch when he said that he never had certain expectations of what his students could accomplish. Keep your students learning off the radar! Do not give them a settling point on their projects, let them explore and research into something that is relative to their learning, yet interesting to them.
In the video, Project Based Learning for Teachers, we are given several different examples of driving questions and resources the students have available to them. In the video, different types of skills students will learn while doing projects e.g. communication and collaboration are being described. Einstein's quote "Teachers should not teach but set the grounds for which their students learn." is a perfect way to describe Project Based Learning.
The article, Project Based Learning In Physical Education, gives a perfect example of how Project Based Learning is so diverse and is not just for one certain classroom. In the article, it describes how students got the opportunity to come up with a way for their peers to be involved in P.E. I feel it was a perfect way for students to become more knowledgeable about their fitness and just how important P.E. is. Project Based Learning in P.E. gave the students the opportunity to become more involved in warm up routines, exercises, and any of those physical things that one would only research about P.E.
High School Teachers Meet the Challenges of Project Based Learning Implementation was a great video for me, as a future teacher. It helped me realize that PBL is a NEW way of teaching and although in my head it is such a brilliant aspect of teaching, it is more than likely going to get difficult to know how to incorporate PBL in the right way in the classroom. The teachers in the video really express the hardship they have with PBL, but they know it is a great way to teach. They try to incorporate PBL in all subject learning.
Two Students Invent New Ketchup Bottle Lid video was very reassuring. It made me think, myself as a teacher, what my students could possibly come up with when the sky is the limit on their research and projects with Project Based Learning. It reminded me of the video of Pausch when he said that he never had certain expectations of what his students could accomplish. Keep your students learning off the radar! Do not give them a settling point on their projects, let them explore and research into something that is relative to their learning, yet interesting to them.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Blog post #8
PauschLastLecture
What Can We Learn About Teaching and Learning From Randy Pausch?
As I started watching this hour long video, my though was "For real?!". What could this guy possibly talk about for an hour on teaching and learning. In the video, Pausch talks about three different topics, 1. Childhood dreams 2. Helping other enable dreams 3. Lesson learned.
Through Pausch's lecture, I realized that with me as a teacher, I will always be learning.
With teaching, and the example story in the lecture that Pausch gives, when you give your students a project and the over come your expectations on what they will research and learn, Pausch tells his students that they have done a good job, but he thinks they could do better. With that, I believe that is a great way to teach because you, as a teacher, are complimenting your student's work , but at the same time pushing them to learn more.
What Can We Learn About Teaching and Learning From Randy Pausch?
As I started watching this hour long video, my though was "For real?!". What could this guy possibly talk about for an hour on teaching and learning. In the video, Pausch talks about three different topics, 1. Childhood dreams 2. Helping other enable dreams 3. Lesson learned.
Through Pausch's lecture, I realized that with me as a teacher, I will always be learning.
With teaching, and the example story in the lecture that Pausch gives, when you give your students a project and the over come your expectations on what they will research and learn, Pausch tells his students that they have done a good job, but he thinks they could do better. With that, I believe that is a great way to teach because you, as a teacher, are complimenting your student's work , but at the same time pushing them to learn more.
Implications and Teaching Opportunities for Camera Use in Teaching and Learning
Part A:
We, as teachers in education, can implicate smartphones into our classroom in many various ways. First, we have to know if all of our students know who to work a smartphone. Now a days, we all assume that everyone owns and/or knows how to work a smartphone. Involving smartphones in our lessons with school, if everyone know how to use them, I believe we could all benefit. Our students' education will only boom and they will be even more technologically advanced.
As teachers, it would also help if our student's parents own a smartphone. We can send emails, and more than likely respond to them a lot quicker. We can setup an application with all of the school's events, lunch menus, and even alerts. It could be used also for parents to easily see their child's progress in the classroom. We could also include frequently asked questions to the class blog so that parents can be knowledgeable of up to date questions and answers in the classroom.
Part B:
We can include them in our Math, by using the calculator. We can use a smartphone in reading by using the voice recorder, so that our students can hear themselves reading and catch their own mistakes. Also, in Science, we can take the camera from our smartphones outside and explore nature and different Science topics and capture pictures for examples. In History, we can use smartphones' internet, to research dates, pictures of wars from long ago, and today's news and events.
We, as teachers in education, can implicate smartphones into our classroom in many various ways. First, we have to know if all of our students know who to work a smartphone. Now a days, we all assume that everyone owns and/or knows how to work a smartphone. Involving smartphones in our lessons with school, if everyone know how to use them, I believe we could all benefit. Our students' education will only boom and they will be even more technologically advanced.
As teachers, it would also help if our student's parents own a smartphone. We can send emails, and more than likely respond to them a lot quicker. We can setup an application with all of the school's events, lunch menus, and even alerts. It could be used also for parents to easily see their child's progress in the classroom. We could also include frequently asked questions to the class blog so that parents can be knowledgeable of up to date questions and answers in the classroom.
Part B:
We can include them in our Math, by using the calculator. We can use a smartphone in reading by using the voice recorder, so that our students can hear themselves reading and catch their own mistakes. Also, in Science, we can take the camera from our smartphones outside and explore nature and different Science topics and capture pictures for examples. In History, we can use smartphones' internet, to research dates, pictures of wars from long ago, and today's news and events.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
C4T Post Summary #2
Mr. Wheeler is currently posting about his different theories for education. The post that I commented on was about constructionism. Constructionism came about by learning by making. To construct something will help to the student learn better and more in depth than sitting and listening to a lecture about the subject. For example, would a lecture on robotics, and an actual demonstration on robotics, help you learn easier.
Mr. Wheeler's second most recent post was on Piaget's theories of learning with each child being in a different age groups. Wheeler goes on to explain Piaget's stages for cognitive development. The Sensorimotor Stage is when infants and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects. The Preoperational Stage is when kids learn through pretend play but still struggle with logic and taking the point of view of other people. The Concrete Operational Stage is at the time when kids at this point of development begin to think more logically, but their thinking can also be very rigid. They tend to struggle with abstract and hypothetical concepts. The Formal Operational Stage is the final stage of Piaget's theory that involves an increase in logic, the ability to use deductive reasoning, and an understanding of abstract ideas.
Mr. Wheeler's second most recent post was on Piaget's theories of learning with each child being in a different age groups. Wheeler goes on to explain Piaget's stages for cognitive development. The Sensorimotor Stage is when infants and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects. The Preoperational Stage is when kids learn through pretend play but still struggle with logic and taking the point of view of other people. The Concrete Operational Stage is at the time when kids at this point of development begin to think more logically, but their thinking can also be very rigid. They tend to struggle with abstract and hypothetical concepts. The Formal Operational Stage is the final stage of Piaget's theory that involves an increase in logic, the ability to use deductive reasoning, and an understanding of abstract ideas.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Blog Post #7
How to make an audio Qr code:
Record MP3 website is a perfect way for students to get involved with their education using technology. The teacher's observation if the students record themselves reading the story, they're more likely to listen to that book many times, just because it's their voice is a display in the theory of project based learning.
RecordMP3
QR Code Generator
The QR Code Monkey website is a perfect and easy step in making a qr code! It seems like a very simple step for students. You can download a free application on any smart phone to scan the QR code, so this would be a different, yet convenient tool for parents to be involved in their child's progress and see how they are learning so much new things with technology.
QRGenerator
iPads In Reading Centers:
Having the iPads at the students reading stations is a perfect way to use technology in the classroom. Again, another example of project based learning, in that the students are able to listen to themselves after they read and check for any errors they might have had. Kindergarten students are doing this, it amazes me!
Poplet
Poplet is a free application that you can download on your iPad. It is a great tool and is very useful in the reading center. As in Ms. Tuck's video (Poplet), the students are able to do make a web graph of their book and upload pictures to describe what the main focus is. I also believe this application would be a good tool in Science or Social Studies as well!
Record MP3 website is a perfect way for students to get involved with their education using technology. The teacher's observation if the students record themselves reading the story, they're more likely to listen to that book many times, just because it's their voice is a display in the theory of project based learning.
RecordMP3
QR Code Generator
The QR Code Monkey website is a perfect and easy step in making a qr code! It seems like a very simple step for students. You can download a free application on any smart phone to scan the QR code, so this would be a different, yet convenient tool for parents to be involved in their child's progress and see how they are learning so much new things with technology.
QRGenerator
iPads In Reading Centers:
Having the iPads at the students reading stations is a perfect way to use technology in the classroom. Again, another example of project based learning, in that the students are able to listen to themselves after they read and check for any errors they might have had. Kindergarten students are doing this, it amazes me!
Poplet
Poplet is a free application that you can download on your iPad. It is a great tool and is very useful in the reading center. As in Ms. Tuck's video (Poplet), the students are able to do make a web graph of their book and upload pictures to describe what the main focus is. I also believe this application would be a good tool in Science or Social Studies as well!
Project #13
Meagan Jones
EDM 310
Project #13 (Collaborative)
Group #1
EDM 310
Project #13 (Collaborative)
Group #1
Lesson Plan #1 Group 1 W6
Lesson Name: Traveling to American Indian groups
Category: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5 Lesson Number: 1 of 1
Date: Oct. 5, 2014
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Alabama Standard(s): Distinguish differences among major American Indian cultures in North America according to geographic region, natural resources, community organization, economy, and belief systems.
• Locating on a map American Indian nations according to geographic region
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Objectives:
According to rubric in assessment.
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Upon finishing the project of “traveling” to different tribes, students will be able to receive 90% of their points according the the rubric below.
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Activities:
Students will be giving a starting amount of “money.” All students will receive $500 to start their journey which will start in Mobile, Alabama. In this journey the student will be required to travel from one region of the country to “visit” the different tribes. At each tribe, the students will be required to “participate” in two activities to that particular culture. In participating, the student will have to research an activity done by those people and write a short (3-5 paragraphs) description of that activity. Ex: When visiting the Pueblo Indians the student can help “build a house” and in doing so the student will write a description of the the type of living arrangements on the Pueblo Indians.
After they have participated in at least two activities then they will travel to another group. In doing so they will have to learn where the tribe is/was located. Being that the student will start out in Mobile, if their first stop is the Pueblo Indians, they will have to travel to Central Arizona to visit this group. The location will have to be researched by the students.
The money comes into play with travel and activities. The student will have to pay to travel from region to region. The student will look up the distance between the two destination points (ex: Mobile and Arizona, a rough estimate of one state to another is acceptable). Mobile and Arizona are 1,591 miles apart. It will cost the student $3 to travel every 24 miles. The student will have to use math skills the figure this out. 1,591 miles distance/24 miles per gallon. Then that total will be multiplied by $3 per gallon of gas to find out how much that drive will cost them. In this case, $199. This would be subtracted from the original $500.
The activities with the tribes will cost the student $100 per activity for the first two activities and $50 for the third activity on. After they have traveled to the region and done the activities, they will turn in that portion of the assignment (via a class blog). After it has been turned in, the student will receive more money for their travels. If the student traveled and did at least two activities, they will receive $500 more. If they travel and participate in one activity, they receive $200. If the travel and participate in no activities, the student will receive $150.
The students will have to visit 8 different groups. Six if the groups are listed below and 2 of the groups will be at the student’s choosing.
The goal is to have a little money as possible by the end of the journey. The student’s project will be graded by number of tribes visited (8 minimum, 6 of which are specified), number of activities performed (16 minimum), and how much money they have left (less than $50 for the best grade) by the end of the project. Part of the student’s grade will also come from from his or her list of sources (minimum of 16) due at the end of each section of the journey. In addition, spelling and and grammar count. The project is worth 50 points total.
The summary at the end of each section of the journey (minimum of 8) will be on their class blog. This will include the tribe’s name, region of the country, how far the student traveled, what activities were performed, the total cost started out with and finishing with, and sources used (2 sources per tribe required).
Groups to visit:
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Materials/ Equipment:
Internet access, computer access, writing utensils and paper (if desired by the student to keep account of travels), and research material (decided on by the student).
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Homework:
Student will have some class time to work on this project, any time necessary to work on this project outside of the allotted time will be homework.
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Assessment:
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Project #7 Part B Two Movies As A Teacher
Mrs. Jones 2nd Grade Class
Mrs. Jones 2nd Grade Class Parent Video
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