Project #10

I interviewed Mrs. Robinson and some of the things we discussed were the differences in teaching in a inner city school vs. a non-inner city school. We also discussed some technology that she uses in her classroom.

C4K

OCTOBERS C4K

C4K #1

My first C4K is from Ariana. Her blog was about her taking her first online class. She is taking her first online class which is AP Government. She was hesitant at first but she is finally getting familiar with the tools. She really enjoys using Google Docs, drop box, and discussion forms. She also found out that having patience is essential for learning how to use technology.  
She is glad that she traded in her pencil and pad for Google hangout. 

Comment:

Hello Ariana, my name is Dominique Jones, I am student at the University of South Alabama class EDM310. I am a junior and this is my first time having an online class. I thought it would be easy but it can be frustrating at times and it is a big responsibility to keep up with your work. But I am slowly but surely learning the ropes and being patient does play a key role. I actually love taking notes on paper I personally think it helps me learn the information better. But everyone learns differently. In EDM310 we recently started to use Google docs and i really enjoy it. It is easy to communicate and I like the fact someone else can edit your work. It is great to hear that more schools are teaching students to use and become comfortable with using technology more because they did not use it as much when I was in high school. Also, you will be more comfortable in college since you already know how to use it. Good luck with everything!


C4K#2

My second C4K was Caitlin. Her blog post was about service dogs. I watched three videos about service dogs that help people who have a variety of conditions. These dogs help people who have autism, seizure alerts, psychiatric service, mobility assistance,  and those for hearing.  The website I went on was called little angels dog training. I also learned that people donate money to this organization to help pay so these people can get dogs.


Comment:

 Hello Caitlin. My name is Dominique Jones and I am a student at the University of South Alabama EDM 310. I really enjoyed this post and found it very informative. I did not know that they trained dogs to help people for other medical reasons. Next time that I see a person with a guide dog I wont automatically think the person is blind.




C4K #3

My third post was a child under the name Potato LOL XD. He was talking about the forest eco-system. He talks about producers, consumers, and decomposes.

Hello!  My name is Dominique Jones. I am a student at the University of South Alabama EDM 310. I like your post about the different animals in the eco-system. It seems like you posted this to help your classmates before they learned this in class. I like how you posted the pictures of the animals so they could get a better understanding. Good Job!













C4K #4

My fourth kids blog is Aidan. His blog was about a speech he wrote about rebuilding a city. He proposed three goals to help the city. The three goals were make the city green, improve transporation,  and better entertainment. He thinks the city would be beautiful and their would be no more air pollution. The city would have more plants, trees, and parks. Also, people would walk more than drive their car. The second, idea was to have environmentally friendly transportation. Last, Aidan would like the city to have more activities for children.


 Hello Aidan. My name is Dominique Jones and I am a student at the University of South Alabama class EDM310. I really enjoyed your speech on rebuilding ChristChurch. You have some good goals on making the city better. Especially on going green because that is a very important issue today. I also like your third goal which is culture and entertainment. I like how kids can have workshops to build things instead of them being in the house all day. Great job!

C4K #5

My last C4K of the month was Jana. Her post was about a book she read called Melody. Melody was a girl that has cerebral palsy. melody wishes that she could talk. She dreams about being able to play and talk with her friends. Melody wishes that should she could be like everyone else.

Hello, Jana. My name is Dominique Jones and I'm a student at the University of South Alabama EDM310. I really enjoyed your summary of Melody. It seems like it is a really good book but it is sad that she has trouble talking and playing with her friends. There are a lot of kids like Melody out there and we have to remember to treat them like anyone else. Good job!

C4T #3

My third  C4T is  Diane Dahl. She is an elementary teacher who lives in Texas. She likes to incorporate technology and using brain-based teaching strategies.

#1: Using Data to Drive Meaningful, Targeted, Brain-Based Math Instruction

Her first post was about using the multifaceted approach. This approach makes teachers get to know the students better, reflect on previous content, teaching new content, student performance, and students know the right language. Diane says students need to know the language of math. Since she is teaching second grade her students need to know what certain words mean such as value, portion, and fractional model. Students have a daily math problem in the morning. These problems  come from data used in homework and from quizzes. Diane also likes to use student names, other teacher names, and school staff in problems to help the students become more engaged.  

Comment:
     I really enjoyed your ideas on the multifaceted approach. I like that you include students names, their friends names, and staff names in problems. I think students would become more engaged that way. I also like how you define language to the students. It's very important for them to know what the words mean. If they don't they wont understand the question. Last, keeping a list on the questions that the students missed the most is a great idea. That means they don't quite understand the material and review is necessary. Great post!


#2 :Tips for Productive Math Groups

 Diane's second post was the effective way to get students to work in groups. She talks about students working together in groups with different personalities such as those kids who may not want to work with other kids or kids that are criers. Diane also talks about how to determine accountability. She asked her students to write their own responses in their journal so she would knew if they all participated in the activity. Also, she makes her own QR codes ( the bar code found on many  things that you can scan from your phone to get more information about). With the QR codes she has a problem with the QR code on the paper and students can scan the code to get the correct answer to the problem.

Comment:
  I really enjoyed this post. Even though I am not studying elementary education I really found this post to helpful for my subject (Social Studies). I plan to have my students working in groups often and I always wondered how I can make sure all of the students are actually participating. I think your ideas on participation and accountability is great.  I also, like your idea on using QR codes. I did not know it was possible to use those. Very interesting!

Blog Post #10

What can we learn about teaching and learning from Randy Pausch?


I really enjoyed watching Randy Pausch Last Lecture. He was a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Randy was diagnosed with ten tumors in his liver and was told that he had 3 to 6 months to live. Even with this news he still enjoyed life and continued to fight. His lecture was about achieving your dreams but in reality he wanted to tell people how to lead your life the right way, and that karma will take care of its self. He begins with his childhood dreams and how he has gotten to achieve most of them. He's had some down falls but he never gave up.

Some things that I learned from Randy was criticism is a good thing. When someone gives you criticism that means that person cares and wants you to do better. Also, he states that you can learn from your students. I think this is so true, when becoming a teacher you continue to learn throughout your career. Pausch goes on to say you cant make it in life alone you will always need someone to help you. In life you need to tell the truth and apologize for your mistakes, it will get you much further,

I think the most important point of his lecture is to never give up! Pausch has had some disappointing moments in his life and he realized its okay and its apart of life. He quotes, " brick walls are there for a reason they show how bad you want something." When you hit a brick wall in life, pick your self up and keep trying. His last lecture was truly amazing and taught me some valuable things not only in my career but in my life!