Project 11 succesfully posted to Youtube =) FINALLY!!

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GoodBye!!! =)

Goodbye Fellow students and Dr. Strange!! It was a pleasure being around you in this class and getting to know everyone! I Know I will be seeing you around!! =)

My EDM310 Summary! =)

blogs- the blogs have helped me keep up with my work in edm310 and also being able to see other people's blogs from around the world.

wikis- I believe that wikis are a way to have a website or being able to edit a website.

presentations- The presentations that we had to do helped each of us with our public speaking.

Google Docs-- This is a way to save your work online, which by the way is a genius invention!! How cool is it that you can pull your work up online ANYWHERE you are. It is very convenient!! I will definitly keep using google docs when I become a teacher.

Google spreadsheets- Anytime you need to keep track with data or polls this is a great way! Its also available anywhere that you can pull up the internet.

Picasa- This is a great and neat way to edit and resize your photos. provided by google.

podcasts- A podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released and downloaded through web. The class had an assignment to do a podcast and my partners and I made a video of Randy Pauchs last speech. Which is provided below in a previous post.

videocasts- The term is used to distinguish between podcasts which most commonly contain audio files and those referring to the distribution of video where the RSS feed is used as a non-linear TV channel to which consumers can subscribe using a PC, TV, set-top box, media center or mobile multimedia device.

YouTube- I use Youtube just about everyday. It is so educational and also very entertaining. You can find just about anything on the website! From Songs to movie trailors, even educational speeches. I will keep using Youtube throughout my teaching years!!

Twitter, I just started getting into twitter recently. But I dont use it for educcational purposes yet, I mainly use it to check up on celebrities. =) I know in the future it will be more easier to use and more entertaining, because im thinking I can post up on my website what I have planned for the kids that day. Then that way the childrens parents can get on and check it out! =) sound like a good idea???

other teachers and students outside of our region-I think this is one of my favorite things that I've done in EDM310. It was a very educational experience getting to see other students around the world and letting them see ours!!

comments4kids- Having to comment on other students work from across the world was really neat. They do not even know me but yet I am commenting on their work. And i get to see what the other students are writing about. I Loved it. If I am able to have some sort of connection with computers I would definitly try to keep this going and let my students do the same thing.

iTunes and iTunesU- iTunes is a way to download music for a small fee, but not only can you downloadm music but you can get the whole album. Books are also available! Podcasts and Videocast are available as well. iTunes U is a way to dowload lectures from college professors. So in case you miss your lecture for the day just get online and download it! This option is not available for all universities yet. But im sure it wont be long before it is everywhere!!!

Google forms- This task allows you to create a poll or quiz. Its very easy to make! I know I will keep using Google Forms throughout my teaching experience. It's to easy not to!! =)

data bases- This allows you to keep track with data!

Google Earth- A Map literally of EARTH and whereever you want to go. It's really COOL!! I know my little 1st graders would find this interesting!! =)

Delicious Delicious Bookmarks is the official Firefox add-on for Delicious, the world's leading social bookmarking service (formerly del.icio.us). It integrates your bookmarks and tags with Firefox and keeps them in sync for easy, convenient access.

ACCESS- The State of Alabama will provide equal access to high quality instruction to improve student achievement through distance learning.

Foliotek- foloteck is extremely comfusing, and Im not really sure what exactly it is. I know that we have to upload all of our work to it because of our EDUCATION major.

technological literacy- I think it is important to be good with technology if teaching is in your future because we are going to be teaching the future!!! We need to be able to teach them so that they can know about technology as well. The world is only getting more advanced. =)

the future of schools- The future of our schools is one word...TECHNOLOGY!! We may not even have to go to school one day, we will just have to log on to the internet, and that will be it! School will be online! But if not then I know there will definitly be smartboards In every school room, and maybe there will even be a requirement to have an iphone!! =)

**** This class has excited me a few times, I mean realisticly college classes do not excite me!! HOWEVER, Talking with Kaia's father was really EXCITING!!
****Intellectually challenging was Everything in this class in my opinion. This class really stressed me out at times. Just because I had to actually go figure out through videos how to put links or pictures on my page. I actually had to figure it out. =( STRESSFUL at times. But I made it!
****I can honestly say that I never had a problem going to this class because I never got bored there was always something to catch up on.
****I can't really think of anything to change in this class. Your doing a great Job Dr. Strange. =D
****I think that I am pretty good with technology. I am definitly not the best, and I for sure need to learn more. But I feel I am good enough to handle a task that I am given!
****to keep learning about technology I will probably keep up with Dr. Strange and his blogs and also do my own research!

Project 10 PODCAST

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Project 11

PARTNER: Dara Mcdowell.

My Topic was Outstanding teachers with technology. So for this project I made a video using Windows MOVIE MAKER.... and I am still trying to get it on youtube so that i can post it to my blog. But for now i will tell about it. I downloaded the Michael Jackson song "Easy as 1,2,3." for the background music. While the music plays several flasehes of pictures, cartoons, and even a wordle comes up. It shows the different types of technology there is and also several eduactional quotes. It was a fun project to work on!

NEW CLASSROOM RULES

7. Use polite speech when speaking, blogging, texting, Twittering, instant messaging, etc.

Millions of people all around the world will be able to read what you post, so be polite. This could affect your future. Your future boss could get online and see some unappropriate things that could affect your position.

14. If you need help raise your hand, but don’t wait for the teacher get help from your neighbors and post your question to your online Personal Learning Network.

I agree because most of the time, when it takes 10 mins to get help from your professor it may take 2 seconds for your neighbor to help! Usually someone around you will know whats going on if you dont. MOST OF THE TIME!! CLICK HERE

Brilliant things teachers do with technology

6. Use the kids’ own devices to teach them. Brilliant teachers understand the old Arab proverb, "It's easier to steer the camel in the direction it is already heading." Students are increasingly and unstoppably bringing in personal communication devices -- cell phones, cameras, game devices, iPods/mp3 players, netbooks, laptops, and PDAs. Brilliant teachers know how to use cell phones to poll their classes; create podcasts of lectures for later review; use games to teach difficult concepts; and make "Google-jockeys" of student wireless laptop users.

Its a good idea to make the kids feel like their technology is important and fun. Such as their ipods or cell phones. Making sure us as teachers also know how to use the new cell phones with new technology is a great idea!! I like how we could do polls through text message, teachers would probably have more participation since it is happening through students and their cell phones.


7. Delight in the discovery, the newness, and the fun technology holds. It's not about technology; it's about finding out and doing "cool" things. We knew that ourselves as kids. Brilliant tech-using teachers have never lost the thrill of doing something new and interesting with these electronic Tinker Toys. They are pleased with their tech-using students and pleased with themselves. Brilliant teachers use technology's engagement (not entertainment) power. Technology is not "just one more thing," it’st a vital experience that brings discovery, excitement, and even fun to the classroom.

Make learning fun!! =) This is great!
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Stupid mistakes teachers make with technology

2. Treating a school computer like a home computer. Teachers who use a school computer to run a business, edit their kid's wedding videos, or send tasteless jokes to half of North America (including that fundamentalist math teacher down the hall) are being stupid. Teachers who take their computers home and let their kids hack on them are being stupid. Teachers who don't own a personal computer for personal business deserve to get into well-deserved trouble.


I believe that this is a very bad idea. Especially when teachers let their kids use their personal computers because first hand I learned that downloading music will crash mommys computer!! =(


3. Not supervising computer-using students. It is really stupid to believe Internet filters will keep kids out of trouble on the Internet. If they choose to do so, even the slow kids who can't get around the school's filter, can still exploit that 10 percent of porn sites the filter won't catch. They can still send cyberbullying e-mail -- maybe even using your e-mail address. Or they can just plain waste time


I agree students should be supervised while on computer, because chat rooms are filled with vulgar material. Even at schools i remember that there are certain codes you can type in to get pass the "Blocked" sites.

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At the Teachers Desk

"The Fundred Project is a art project that focuses on bringing awareness to lead-contaminated soil in major U.S. cities and contributes. These valuable drawings will be picked up by a special armored truck and presented to the U.S. Congress with a request for an even exchange of the creative capital–your Fundreds–for real funding to make safe lead-polluted soils in New Orleans." Students from around the country will be designing Fundred dollar bills in an effort to raise awareness.

I think this is a great and neat experience for the children. My neice alyssa is in 5th grade and said that her school does this. She says "the children think it is a fun and great history project."CLICK HERE

LANDSLIDE

I Think it is very important for kids to post their work online that way they can share with other kids around the world what they are doing. That is very neat and is a great experience if you really think about. We can see other cultures through posting our work online. Other countries can see what we are doing as well. This video was so inspiring to watch! I really enjoyed watching the kids sing together and to be so involved. Its very out of the ordinary to see every kid actually paying attention and being involved in something espcially a song! I think it is good for kids to post their things so that they can go back and see what they have done as well. One example of posting work is when we did the assignment with Kaia. All of the wonderful activities her and her father did were posted online for the world to see. That was very interesting for me to see because I got to see how a young child from across the world was being educated. Its a very neat and educational experience. Another example which was not introduced through this class is facebook. Its another way to show how people are interacting throughout the world and its a great way to keep in touch. One other example we did in this class that I have really enjoyed was the project we were assigned to tell about anything... and most of the class told about themself. Which I really enjoyed because I got to see a little bit about everyone that was in my class, and learn about their family or what they enjoy! Then of course we were assigned to post that to our blog for everyone in the world to see! =) CLICK HERE