Blog Post #13

I tried to not use any electronic device and I was very unsuccessful in doing so. I found this basically impossible to accomplish. Electronic devices play a very important role in everyday life. Not to mention that my wife has been very sick last week and most of this week, so we had to have our iPhone to communicate. Either by Face-time or Tango Video chat when I'm away from her.  Every time I attempted to go 24 hours with no electronics, I would find my self texting or checking my gmail or video chatting to check on my wife.. I would be curious to know if there was anyone that was successful with this project.

This project made me realize how much I depend on my smart phone. My iPhone 4 has become a part of me and my life. I use my phone at least 20 to 30 times a day easily. If I could not have my phone for a hour I don't no what I would do.

1st progress report on PLN Project # 10

I started by using Symbaloo. I'm still figuring the rest out. Seems like its gone be neat though. I could really use something like this in my teaching career. Looking to figure it out soon.

Final report on PLN

I used Symbaloo for my PLN but i still can't quit figure this one out. This was a hard one. I was hoping that as time went by I would figure this out but I didn't. I'm going to keep trying though.

Project # 13

We had issues meeting up in the beginning. We started by emailing, then we met at the lab to throw ideas to one another. It was  difficult to coming up with what we thought would be the best topic for our project.  We decided on a topic, but it had flaws and  we  switched to something else. We found that texting was the fastest method for an immediate response. It is quick and easy to send then the other person can respond whenever they have a chance. Instead of meeting at the lab, we used Skype for one of our conference sessions. It was hard to get us all on the screen at once but we mad it work.

Final Project # 16

Reflective Video

C4T Summary Post

My teacher was Dianne. She tittled her blog Dianne's Digital Discoveries. She alway would post alot of helpful links for education.

Comment#1
My name is Byronn Brye and I’m also a student in EDM 310 at University of South Alabama. Your resources are great and easy to use! I can’t wait to graduate and actually use some of your resources in my own classroom. I plan to be an educator not just a teacher.


Opening Smart notebook file of SMART Exchange on an Ipad

Comment #2
These are some very good links and I think they will be very usefull in my future as a educator. Each time I veiw your page I find lots of usefull infromation. I see that you value being a educator, and it needs to be more educators like you in the world. Its funny that you would post links about the smartboard, due to the facts that we are using it this semister. I was happy to see your post, it really gave me lots of great ideas.

Blog Post # 12

I chose an assignment to find an Iphone app to help with Physical Education. I chose an app that is made by Data Supply and it's a BMI Calculator.

The steps would be as followed:

1)Log into ITUNES
2)Type BMI Calculator in search field.
3)Select and install the App.
4) Enter required informatiom to obtain BMI.
5)Write a summary on how this helped in your clasroom.

This App allows you to calculate your own BMI. It's a free App, and works great. This allowed students to see if their BMI was out of range. Students were so excited to find out about this. Most students installed the App immediately. I would say this was a complete success.

Creativity and Curiosity: My Thoughts- Special Post #12A

Why am I not curious and how do we start to become curious? Being curious is a habit that people are born with. Most younger children are very curious and don't even realize it. They walk around touching everything they see and also ask lots of questions. We as adults need to get back to doing some of the same things. We need to understand that learning is all about asking questions and making mistakes.

Why should we model this behavior? In life being curious is how we've learned things. If we had never touched a hot object how would we know that it hurts. Also if we were to afraid to make a mistake how would we learn to correct things. Curiosity plays a very important role in being a great educator.

Why don't students pay attention or follow instructions? Sometimes students don't follow instructions because the teacher can be very boring. In order to make a lesson plan stick to the students it should be something in the plan that is exciting. We as educators have to get our points across in a more lively fashion. Just remember that your students curiosity is only as good as the instructor imagination.

What do we doubt about it? I feel I can sometimes be very curious person. My only down fall is that I have to be more open in my assignments. Understand that sometimes you have to dare your self to be different. Know that you have to be a risk taker and not so conservative all the time.

Progress on Final Project

Our group shuffled through several ideas before we came to, what we think, is the best one. We have been meeting at the lab, emailing and texting for a couple of weeks, pulling our ideas into one. Since EDM310 is a technology class, we think that it is important to get, first hand what teachers are lacking in the classroom. I am currently working on my part of the final project.

C4k Summary Post (April)

Week 1 Hebrew Song http://drewd600.edublogs.org/files/2012/03/Isral-28l5x43.m4a In history my student Drew was studying ancient Hebrews. He and a group of two other classmates were told to make a song. With Jeff, Jonathon, and Drew they made a song. I think the song is very creative. What inspired the words you and your partners used. It’s a little hard to understand what was being said in certain parts of the song, but overall you guys did a great job. I loved the beats in the song. It had a attention grabbing rhythm. Sounds like you all really enjoyed making this song. I bet your grade was awesome. Week 2 In week 2 My student raised awareness by logging on water. He had facts like: Every one hour 180 children die from water disease. Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water related illness. 3,575,000 people die each year from water related disease that is equal to the entire city of Los Angeles. I really thought your post about water was both interesting and educational. I see that you did some research. That’s always a good idea to help support your topic. When you said most people can’t live without water , that caught my attention. No person can live without water. Up to 60% of the human body is water, the brain is composed of 70% water, and the lungs are nearly 90% water. Lean muscle tissue contains about 75% water by weight, as is the brain; body fat contains 10% water and bone has 22% water. About 83% of our blood is water, which helps digest our food, transport waste, and control body temperature. Each day humans must replace 2.4 liters of water, some through drinking and the rest taken by the body from the foods eaten. So you see it is impossible to live without it. Week3 My student didn’t post, so I wrote a post encouraging him to write another post. My Name is Byronn. I commented on this post last week, and I was hoping that you would have another post this week for me to comment on. This post was so interesting and I could tell that you spent a great amount of time on it. I really enjoyed all the links within your post as well as the pictures. I just look forward to seeing you next great post

Blog Post #11

Blog Post #10

Do you Teach or Do you Educate? My name is Byronn Brye and I am a student in EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I feel I educate rather than teach. The reason I feel the is way is because I love to offer advice but also love to listen and learn new things as well. Also, I like for people to look towards me for advice if i have a better knowledge on the situation that is at hand. If I don't understand the situation I will be willing to learn or gain knowledge along with my students. Loving to be a leader and not a follower makes people feel I am a good mentor. A mentor should be a open minded person that is always willing to consider new ideas. I also am willing to advise a person on what to so without trying to control there thoughts. By only advising this allows the student to think there problem through very careful. Trust is a major issue when you are in the educator field. Let your students know that you are not afraid to make mistakes.

Don't Let Them Take Pencils Home: Yes I understand what the post is saying, but I don't agree with the pencils being the problem. There are to many teachers that believe test scores are the most important thing in school. Test scores mean nothing if you don't learn the material and remember the material for later purposes in life. I don't think it is as important that students are playing hangman or writing with there pencils. If that how the entertain them self it is great. Sometime in low income areas pencils and other simple objects become great past time tools. Those pencils could be the reason the student does not get involved with the wrong people and get in trouble. With attendance in our schools dropping so very rapidly, it is great to see the students in class no matter what they are writing with there pencils.

Blog Post #9

Hi my name is Byronn Brye and I’m an EDM 310 student at the University of South Alabama. Mr. McClung made some very important points in his post: What he learned in his fist year of teaching. Learning is a very important part in becoming a great teacher. As a teacher or a student you can not be afraid of making mistakes. Mistakes are how we learn how not to make the same mistake in the future. The objective of teaching is to make sure your students are comprehend or catching on to the lesson plan. You must also keep an open mind and no that no one is prefect. The students are in your classroom to learn material that you already have a good idea on. It is great to have high expectations for your students but keep in mind they are students. Your job is to correct them when they are wrong and acknowledge when they are right. There are lots of grown people that are afraid of computers. I was one of those people until I took EDM 310. I realize that computers are taking over the world one day at a time. Mr. McClung came back and talks about how he had to make changes in his second year of teaching. In his second year he had a larger school distinct and he also started to teach 8th grade instead of 6th. By Mr. McClung having to make these changes this was another important step called adapting. Adapting plays a strong role in gaining a great understanding of your students and there surroundings. Teaching is a very hard job. You have to stay on your toes in order to keep your classroom interested in your lesson plan. There are ways to keep them focused by not becoming a control freak. Lots of teachers are guilty of trying to control them rather than to understand them. It is a good idea to take a look at yourself and learn to correct your problems, rather than blame everyone else.

C4T Teacher #3

Comment #1 Twitter I agree twitter chats are A great way to stay connected and informed in our professional circle. I like being able to communicate with my clasmates, family, friends and celeberties. Twitter is so neat tome. I’ve om=nly been tweeting since January this year so i don’t thinki’m using it tomy full potential. I’m a college student at the University of South Alabama and I take an educational Media class. When we watch different powerpoint about different people we have to see the author a thankyou tweet. My teacher is very creative. Comment #2 “Slideshows for Facebook, Twitter and blogs” I’m a student in EDM310 at the University of south Alabama. Your post was very helpful to me, since I’ve only been using the social networks for a few months. It was all so confusing to me in the begining. I’m getting better but not as good as I would like to be

C4K Summary

My first C4K of March was on Kaitlyn a fourth grader and her post was about 5 things what makes a great teacher. I thought it was really cute that she thought all teachers needed Starbucks coffee. One other thing she named was an educational tent her teacher created and I really liked that it a great way to do creative learning. My second C4K was on Drew. He is the student I will be blogging on for the next three weeks. He and two partners in his class made a song called the Hebrew Song. I really thought this song was creative and interesting. I would like to learn more about the construction of this song. I asked Drew what gave them ideas on the construction but I haven't gotten an answer.

Blog Post #7

Why do networked students even need a teacher? Hi,my name is Byronn Brye and I'm a EDM 310 student at the University of South Alabama. I think that teachers are very important to have in the networking program. The only problem is the teachers must be technologically literate in order to teacher the students to there full knowledge. As we no that it is hard to teach someone something if you your self don't have a clear understanding. I believe that teachers in the 21 century have to have a great understanding of computers in order to be successful in teaching. With the world relying so heavily on computers, everyone will need to have a good understanding of computers. Networking is becoming a very important skill in order for students to become good teachers. Networking is also a great way to hold a meeting or get a point across to lots of people at one time. You can also share ideas with a group of people or your entire classroom. Networking is also a great way to hold conversations with people without meeting face to face. By watching this video on YouTube it makes me want to learn networking even more. Students need the teachers in order to correct problems and help them get better prepared for how to teach.

Summary of C4T

Summary of C4T Lectures are beneficial, but only if the material is presented well and explained thoroughly. I agree with Mr. Young that the messenger is more important than the message. Dr. Mcleod grabbed my attention with the sarcasm and satire. If not caught it could give the wrong understanding of the topic. Sarcasm is pretty self explanatory, but on the other hand satire can be confused and not understood.

Blog Post #6

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Randy Pausch is a lively and happy man even in the eyes of death. Although Randy did not have long to live, he still gave his lectures to help students and teacher get a better grasp on learning new technology. He was always smiling and seemed to be a very positive person to be around. Randy also makes a good point on the football concept. He said that his football coach had practice with no ball because only 2 maybe 3 players ever touch the ball. With that being said, there are 20 more jobs on the football field that don't require the football that have to be learned. Randy Pausch talks about other skills that are very important to consider in teaching. The next skill that was pointed out was called leadership. He used Captain James T. kirk of the star ship enterprise as a great example of leadership. Kirk had all the cool gadjets that it took to be the leader of the spaceship and the entire crew. There was also a point made about students not really knowing a lot about books. Books are becoming extinct due to all the ways they can be downloaded onto your computer from different web sites. Every thing from the lecture to the students assignments for the entire semester are being posted on sites for your entire classroom to view. By posting assignments on the internet, makes attending class sessions somewhat a thing of the past. Randy also mentioned that if you are mad at someone you just didn't give them enough time yet. He also says that there is a good way and a bad way to answer a question. Most teachers answer the questions the bad way because they don't have a logical answer for there students. Randy built a virtual world using 50 students from art, design, drama, and CS. Lots of schools are talking about turning labs and other class rooms in to virtual rooms. Randy was a great thinker that always had teaching on his mind. He was always trying to in store a better way of learning for students and teachers to get on the same page.

C4K Feburary's Post

My CK4 #1 was on a fifth grader named Marlene she was very bright. She discussed Witch Craft very briefly. CK4 #2 was on a forth grader by the name of Peterse. He discussed how he like playing with Lego's, and how he was trying to build a really big ship.I shared with him that my son also loves to play with Lego's. CK4 #3 was done on Igarcia and she discussed reading Dr.Seuss books. I shared my like for those books as well