C4T #3 & #4 Summary

C4T #3

 

What Ed Said spoke of a theme box his family kept. In this theme box was article, pictures etc. He didn’t recall caring about the content or wondering about its relevance. The author then began to speak about geo-literacy. The central idea is: Understanding the interconnectedness of the world empowers people to make informed decisions for now and the future. They have, however, articulated some desired conceptual understandings for students to reach, as they explore the big idea through the lenses of connection and reflection.

 

I agree that engaging with and learning from people in other places helps us understand our interconnectedness. I also agree that individuals and countries are interconnected in many ways. It's great that Skype allowed them this experience. I really thought the invitation to other classes to engage with your class was a good idea. The students should find this very interesting.

C4K #4

Frank Buck was my teacher for C4K #4. He gave a link to get small clickable buttons to take my readers to my other outlets. He tittled the post Get Organized. Such a good tittle.

I commented: My name is Byronn, and I am a Sophmore at University of South Alabama College in Mobile Al. I think that is good information that you shared. My class had to do a PLN which was similar I think. Educational Media is so cool. I never thought so much media would be a part of teaching. I really like learning educational media.

Blog Post # 9

                                                         What I've Learned This Year (2008-09)

In Mr. McClung’s first year of teaching, he started out in Noel, Missouri as an elementary teacher. He came into the school with the wrong state of mind on how to be a great educator. Worried about what his superiors thought of his lesson plans, he steered away from making his students his first priority. Mr. McClung also had to learn that there is no such thing as a perfect lesson plan. You are only human and you are going to make mistakes. Mistakes are a very important stepping stone on the process of becoming a great educator.

Something else McClung also learned was the very important skill known as communication. No student relationship with his teacher will ever blossom without having great communication with each other. Being on the same page as your students makes all the difference in the world. In becoming a great teacher, you have to be able to recognize and help keep your students in some sort of comfort zone. With computers becoming a must have in the world, teaching technology is also mandatory in today’s society.
Teaching computer skills is a learning process for the students and the teacher. By that being said, teachers can’t be afraid to fail. Great educator can’t ever stop wanting to keep learning and better themselves.

I feel that Mr. McClung is no different from the average first year teacher. With the way things are changing in the world a future educator really dosen’t know what to expect in the future. As future educators, we must keep our heads clear and be prepared for what ever changes come our way. Reading Mr. McClung’s post really gave me lots of ideas that I can take into my future classroom. I also learned how a great relationship with your students can become so helpful.

                                               What I’ve Learned This Year- Volume 4

Mr. McClung use to worry about what his superiors thought of his teaching methods. Now that he got over that, he is starting to worry about what his peers are thinking of his teaching methods. Quickly realizing the only ones that really mattered to him are his students. He knows that as long as his students are enjoying his teaching skills then he is still on the right track.

Mr. McClung found himself repeating the same lesson plan he had been using for the past 3 years. He felt that his lesson plans had became routine like tying your shoes laces every morning. Before long, Mr. McClung was exploring other courses to expand his knowledge into. He knew he had to stay excited in order to keep the students wanting to learn. He was the first to realize that his lectures he was giving had become lazy and boring.

 I agree with what Mr. McClung wrote in his post number 4. You can’t worry about what other adults say about how you’re handling your business. There are lots of people in the world that feel if it isn’t done their way then it’s not right at all. Also if you don’t want to continue to learn and challenge yourself to get better you will not succeed in nothing. Your goals should be set high, even if you feel they are out of reach. Being stuck in your old ways and not wanting to open up and try new things only hurt your students in the end.

C4T # 1 & 2 Summary

C4#1


Cooperative Catalyst Educators talked about what kids could do if they weren’t assigned so much homework. They felt like kids didn't learn as well due to so much homework. Kids could use all the extra time to study. A small study was done and proved that when kids aren't loaded down with homework their grades were much better

 

I totally agreed with homework being deleted. My wife is in nursing school, and she has huge amounts of homework each day. She doesn’t get much rest, because she also has to study after completing her extensive homework. I believe studying is more important than doing homework in most situations.

 

C4T #2

For the Love of Teaching talked about the importance of listening. They preferred to teach the skill of listening separate from the skill of focusing. They wrote" Young children's listening and speaking competence is in advance of their reading and writing competence". Once a child is aware of listening as a specific skill, he or she is able to be metacognitive in its application.

 

I know that listening is a very important component. Listening does help with other areas of development. Listening skills are very useful in day to day life as well. It’s important for teacher to be very careful when teaching the skill of listening.

Project #12

Blog Post #8

This Is How We Dream

Watching Richard Miller’s : This Is How We Dream was a great experience. It shows just how far technology has advanced in the world. I also was amazed at how great a research paper or report can turn out using multi-media. Multi-media will change how all reports and papers will be done in the future. Using paper to write or draw pictures will quickly become a trend of the past.

I can see multi-media taking over our very stubern school system in the future. It leaves so many opperitunities open to better our work in class. Also, it allows you to communicate with the entire world in seconds flat. Just think, by the press of a single button you can be connected to the entire world sharring ideas and thoughts.

Richard Miller makes me realize that this mlti-media is a must to learn if you plan on becoming a future educator. In my classroom, students will defently have to learn method called multi-media or composing. Multi-media also will make teaching so much fun and very interesting to the students. Keeping the students interested equals a very successful classroom.

Blog Post 12

Carly Pugh’s blog post was nothing short of amazing. The reason I liked her post so well, was because of all the interesting links that she provided. Carly Pugh comes very close to Dr. Miller’s hopes of writing with multi-media. She uses her blog to post assighnments and also to get her leasson across. By doing so, she is using her blog post for a social networking tool. Just like Dr. Miller, I agree that multi-media is a fun a great way to learn. With Carly using multi-media, she was able to gain my unaided attention. She kept me wondering what was coming up next. Gaining and keeping the attention of your students helps everyone to be successful in the classroom.

Learning to Change, Change to Learn

Schooling in today’s society will have to learn how to make changes to move forward. I feel that technology has become a must in the school system. Taking away smart phones and any technology tools are hurting our students. In today’s society, technical devices play a very large role in learning hoe to network. Teacher’s will have to be thought how to teach their students to become technology literate. By the teachers never having to learn these skills, it will be a learnig process for both the student and the teacher. The way to world and computers are headed, these changes will have to come sooner than later.

Blog post #7

The Networking Student
Hi, my name is Byronn Brye and I feel networking has become a mandatory learning tool in the 21st century. Networking can be useful in many different ways and situations in today’s society. One way it can be useful, if you are a student that misses a lot of lecture time it can save your grade. Networking will allow you to still get all your assignments done because you have the power to do them anytime before your due date. Just like in my EDM 310 course, networking is very useful because I run a tight schedule.

Network learning has endless possibilities and countless ways of getting a lesson plan to your entire classroom, without ever seeing them face to face. In my opinion, there is no tool that is more useful than networking in the 21st century. Teachers and students are building a great relationship by using the networking system. It gives the students more flexibility to carry out everyday things and still have time to finish the work for school. Being able to open up our lesson plan any were assures there is no excuse not to do your work. The teacher also benefits because he or she can give the lesson to the class without even leavening the house.

At the end of the movie there is a great question asked. I feel the question was answered very well. Why do we need teachers,  is a great question to ask. In my opinion, the teachers would know more about the lesson plans than the students. There would come a time, when you ask the teacher a question, and they don’t know the answer. That’s when the teacher and the student must get together, and learn the answer to what ever the question asked.

                                          A 7th Graders Personal Learning Enviroment

After watching the PLE of the 7th grader, I found lots of similar characteristics in our work. I just did a PLE with my group called BAJA. We are a group from EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. Our PLE was done mainly on the same style as the 7th graders PLN. We used social networking communications such as face book to set up our group meatings. Most of our work just like the 7th graders PLN was done using no pencils or paper. Using the computer makes all your work look very professional.

Project #8 (part 2)

Project #8 (part 1)

C4C Summary

C4K#1

End of term Olympics Unit

Ajani talked about the summer Olympics. She had thrown a real shot put, and vested a gymnasium. I commented “I think it's cool that you guys are learning about the Olympics! Wow, you got to throw a shot put. That had to be fun. I wished I could go to a gymnasium just like you did. “

C4K#2

The Armpit of Doom

The Armpit of doom was a poem used in the classroom. This classroom has a new poem each week to help with dyslexia and keep the kids engaged. I commented “I thought this was a great topic. Dyslexia is a big problem that needs to be addressed. I totally agree that it gets really difficult to keep reading the same material over and over due to lack of excitement. The Poem was very funny. I also agree that poetry helps the students with fluency, but it also will have them engaged and laughing up a storm!”

Blog Post # 6

Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch was a very interesting professor and human being. Even is the eyes of death, he could still put helping others to focus and pursue their goals in life. Setting goals help give the mind something to work towards so that your mind does not get boarded. If you don’t have goals then no matter how hard you work its all for nothing. Randy used lots of techniques that he used while at Carnegie-Mellon.

Randy Pausch stresses to everyone about hitting a brick wall. Hitting a brick wall brings you back down to earth. This allows people to understand just how badly you want something. Life is about choices; you can either keep pursuing your goal or lie down and give up. Most of us have dreamed of play professional sports at some period in our lives. Sports can teach more than how to throw a ball or run up and down a field. There are more important skills that can come from sports. Team work is a very important aspect that will be used in everyday life. Counting on your classmates to do a group project or co-workers at your job will all require teamwork in order to be successful.

Leadership is also very important in becoming a great educator. Gathering everyone’s attention in a classroom requires great leadership skills.  Maintain control over your classroom, because that makes it easier to get your point across to the students. Virtual programs make learning more interesting than listing and taking notes from a boring lecture. Getting all the students on the same page will also make bonding in the classroom easier. A close nit classroom tends to be more helpful to all the students because they don’t mind helping each other.

Randy Pausch made numerous amounts of great points though out his lecture. I agree that you must make learning appealing to your students. After watching Randy’s lecture I will have a far better approach towards any obstacle that I encounter in life. Not only can I use these skills in my classroom but in my classes that I am currently enrolled in now. The Entertainment Technology Center reminds me of my EDM 310 course a lot. They both are basically hands on and we learn as we go along.  There also is no use for the boarding method of paper and pencil.

Project #9

Blog post #5

By watching The Ischool Initiative by Travis Allen, the argument about needing Ischool in class rooms was a great idea. Using Ischool would change the face of learnig as we know it in a positive way. Bringing Ischool in classrooms would be a very useful tool in todays computer driven world. I agree with Travis Allen and his idea to get rid of paper, pencils, and books in modern classrooms.

 By doing so we would leave a cleaner carbon foot print for the next generation of students. Another great point Travis makes is how much money is being wasted in our school system. Ischool would save at lease $450 per student per school year.

 In Zeitigeist Young Minds Entry, made by Travis Allen after he left high school shows how great his idea about Ischool became. Travis gained a lot of public awareness and fame from hid ideas. He opened the eyes and gained lots of respect of many educators by pushing technology into their classrooms. I think Ischool is great and I wish Travis Allen nothing but the best in spreading the power of Ischool.

 I was blown away by the organization and the use of the internet in Eric Whitacre's Virtul Choir. This shows the organization and the power of the internet in the world today. Just think, the internet can put a piece together like this, that makes the ideas of the internet endless.

 In the video Teaching in the 21st Century, by Kevin Roberts he feels teaching is far more than just presenting information or facts to a classroom. By this said, it is not enough in todays society to only lecture. Kevin feels that problem creating and problem solving is a far better technique to become a great educator. Learning Kevins technique will require the learning of computers. I feel this is a very useful tool in becoming a great educator in the future. Flipping the classroom is a great teaching tool to insure you have to classrooms attention. I really agree with the flipping method, it really does make learning easyer.

Flipping the classroom is very useful because I have instructors that use this method in there classrooms. The method makes you have a better understanding of the lecture in the classroom. Hearing the information over and over again helps me to remember the information better. Therefor I will surely use this method in may classroom in the future.

Project #6 This Is My Sentence (Video)

Blog post #4

Podcasting

Hi my name is Byronn Brye and I am a student at the University of South Alabama. Reading about podcasting was very interesting in many different ways. Podcasting is a great learning tool to use in classrooms for students. For me, it is a great way to get my point across by being able to speak,  rather than write. The power of the voice far outweighs writing things down on paper. Listenig to your own voice really makes information stick in your head. Podcasting, as I seen in the video is great how it grabs the attention of the entire classroom. In my podcast, I  will surely have some great music playing in the background to grab the attention of my audience. The smartboard would also make a great tool to use in my podcast assignment. Seeing how affective these learnig tools were in making a good podcast, I can't wait to get started on mine.

Project #5

Blog Post#3

Peer Editing

Peer Editing can be helpful in many different ways. Depending on the way you use it, it can be very helpful or at the same time very hurtful. When Peer Editing, keep in mind that you reviewing your classmates. There are nice ways to tell someone how to better their work.

By saying this, it’s ok to correct and give advice in order to make a persons work better. This does not mean to pick every mistake you can find. Be nice with your comments when Peer Editing a persons work. It’s not how many mistakes you make, but can you train your self not to do them over and over again.

Technology in Special Education

Technology is great in all classrooms and in all grade levels. It helps students to learn more and take in more information than just lectures alone. Technology makes students want to learn. Making learning fun is a great way to push kids to greater levels of achievements.

Special Education students benefit even more from technology in their classrooms. It ables the students to complete tasks that would be almost impossible to handle without it. I love the idea of technology in Special Education classrooms. I strongly hope the school systems keep up the good work in expanding technology through out the schools.

How Ipads work with the Academics for Autism

The app I found that can be used in a class room with special need students is called First word Sampler. First word sampler teaches kids about letters, hoe letters relate to sounds, and even how to spell words. The game includes beautiful pictures matching with sounds to go along with the pictures.

Harness Your Students Digital Smarts

Vicki Davis has the write idea in making students technology literate in every way possible. I also agree that using computers over weigh the progress in classroooms over paper and pencils. Vicki Davis also talked about some very good points in the video. She said if you hear a word that you don't understand then you should Google the word. Make it your main objective to find out what the word means. When learning or teaching you can not be afraid to make a mistake.

Digiteen is a great way to communicate with lots of people everywhere. This allows the students to learn along with people from all around the world. No matters what part of the world you are from computers are the link between everyone. I really believe in what Vicki Davis is suing in her classroom. By her teaching technology to her students that will prepare them for the world in the near future.

Blog Post #2

  Did You Know

Did You Know- by John Strange was a very interesting video. Most of the facts that was posted in this clip were very alarming. Like most of the people living in the United States, I cant believe another country would have just as many english speaking students as the United States. India has just as many honor students and they dont have a quater of the population as we have. The United States better get it together before we are found behind the world playing catch up.

I feel becomming a educator will require lots of learning computers. Computers have become the center of all learning in the world. Everywere you go there are computers being use. People in the world that dont have any knowledge of computers will sadly find their self out of work. After watching this video I feel that I am ready to accept the challenge of becomming a great educator.

Mr. Winkle Wakes

Mr. Winkle Wakes- by Mathew Needleman:I found Mr. Winkles very amusing as well as informative. I really dont understand why he slept so long. He missed a great deal I advancement of technology. In the hospital he was very confused on the usefulness of the respirator. Only if he really knew how many life it has saved.

When he went to the school, he felt comfortable. He was in a zone where he could relate. This shows how far behind the school system is in todays world. There was only one computer in the whole class room, and there wasn't a person using it. School systems are stuck in the stone age with pen and paper.

The Importance of Creativity

The Importance of Creativity- by Sir Ken Robinson:Ken Robinson says that schools kill creativity. The way he explains it makes good sense. How can we educate our kid for a world that we really don't understand. The world is changing to fast. We really need to keep up in order to teach our kids.

Ken Robinson hinks that dance is just as important as math. In public education systems the most useful subject for work are at the top. They do this to meet the needs of indutrialism. He belives this is profoundly mistaken. We have to rethink the the fundamental principals on which we are educating our children.

A Day Made of Glass 2

A Day Made of Glass 2-is a very beautiful peice of work. Seeing the kids come to school so excited to learn was great. Having the glass pads makes learning a event that the kids will never forget. I think in the near future some of this technology will become posible to use in the future. This video makes me realize how important it is to get computers in each and every classroom.

The medical aspect of the video was very detailed and the glass technology would be a great help to the doctors as well. By useing the glass it would keep down the infection and the spread of germs. This glass technology would be great for the world in a good way. I hope that I am around to see some of this technology being use in the world.

Wordle Project #2

Blog Post # 1

My name is Byronn Brye I was born in Mobile AL. I am 32 years old and come from a very teacher oriented family. I’m a Physical Education Major at the University of South Alabama. I chose the education field because my mother, my 4 aunts, and my 4 sisters are all currently in the teaching field. I also enjoy sports and what better way to interact with kids than teaching Physical Ed.

I hope to coach football in the future, because that is a life long passion for me. I enjoy all the P.E. courses that I have to take because they help me to get on the right track in getting physically fit. This will be a great experience for me and I am looking forward to the task. I am enjoying every aspect of being a college student.

  In watching Randy Pausch's Time management video I learned that good judgment comes from experience and experience come from bad judgment. I learned that planning is very important and it has to be done at multiple levels. Failing to plan is planning to fail. I found that drafting a "To Do List" helps to break thing down into small steps.

Blog Post#8

Richard Miller This is How We Dream
 Dr. Miller, Dept. of English @ Rutgers University, challenges us to consider how writing has changed in the academic culture in response to technological advancements. He points out how today we have the ability to instantly collaborate and communicate globally, sharing ideas freely and push these ideas into our culture instantly. He states that this process in the "book" form would easily take two years! He thinks that we need to start producing compositions that are beautiful, compelling and pay attention to the auditory detail of the experience. This is something that he says is necessary if we are to argue for the humanities. Within 3 months this publication on youtube got 9,000 views. This is a way to push ideas into our culture. We need this type of composition. He can't imagine doing it himself, but there are people composing with the web itself. They don't use images or the alphabet. Teachers are needed to teach this visual literacy and many teachers aren't ready for this yet

 Carly Pugh Blog Post 12
 Carly is a true inspiration to others. Her dedication and enthusiasm for education shines throughout the entire post. Her assignment is very unique and seemingly, very productive. She created an assignment that would benefit students not only in this class, but also in the future when employers look at what kind of person they are. It's also an assignment that gets students more comfortable with Youtube and how to organize videos that benefited them.