This is my final video for EDM310. this has been a awesome semester and will miss this once the semester is over.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Final PLN Summery
EDM310 this semester has been hard and difficult, but It would have been much harder without my PLN network. This information came from teachers, web search engines, and plan old brain power. This information was very important for me, because without it I would not have understood the scope of thinking that we had to use in class. For any questions or request I needed I would rely on Google, Google Squared and Twitter. These provided a wealth of information that I can call up on at anytime in the future. I never even knew about Google Squared before this class and know I have a way to analyze more than four items at a time depending on what I need. You Tube became an important source too for videos and topics that I was curious about. With all the videos on that site it's hard not to rely on it. I also learned how to use twitter. With this was able to tweet specific groups of people or individuals about any topic that I could think of. The abilities of Evernote was very handy in typing up notes that I would need later on. Evernote not only helped me in EDM310, but in all my other classes as well.
The most important learn tool for me came from reading the blogs of fellow teachers. These individuals took the time out to write down their ideas and share it with the world. This spreading of ideas is what the internet was made for. The topics they covered will also be of great help to me when I become a teacher. Some of the teachers and educators I have come to rely on are Sir ken Robinson, Karl Fish, Dr. Mcleod, Randy Pousch, Professor Stephen Heppell. I also loved the videos of sugata Mitra. It's amazing the work Mr. Mitra has done to further the advance of technology to children around the world. Ted Talks, Neil Tyson The Smart Teachers, and Danah Boyd to round them off.
I would like to thank all the teachers, educators and Dr. Strange for exposing us to these wonderful ideas. With out caring individuals like these teachers or educators our education systems would be very different. This learning experience will continue with me long after I leave EDM310 and the information I have learned will go with me all the days of my life.
The most important learn tool for me came from reading the blogs of fellow teachers. These individuals took the time out to write down their ideas and share it with the world. This spreading of ideas is what the internet was made for. The topics they covered will also be of great help to me when I become a teacher. Some of the teachers and educators I have come to rely on are Sir ken Robinson, Karl Fish, Dr. Mcleod, Randy Pousch, Professor Stephen Heppell. I also loved the videos of sugata Mitra. It's amazing the work Mr. Mitra has done to further the advance of technology to children around the world. Ted Talks, Neil Tyson The Smart Teachers, and Danah Boyd to round them off.
I would like to thank all the teachers, educators and Dr. Strange for exposing us to these wonderful ideas. With out caring individuals like these teachers or educators our education systems would be very different. This learning experience will continue with me long after I leave EDM310 and the information I have learned will go with me all the days of my life.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Summary post for CFT #4
This was a pleasure to be able to read the posts from arvind grover or 21 apples as he likes to be called. The two post I commented on was the article "Bullying" has little resonance with teenagers, and the second article was "Social media revolution 2" and was inspired by the You Tube Video of Did you know 2.0. The author was a very enciteful individual having grown up in Western Pennsylvania.
The first article I read was done by Danah Boyd and was about the troubles that teenagers go through. This article mainly stated how teenagers do not see picking on each other as bullying. She also stated that the kids do this as a way to seek attention and stir up drama. She goes on to say how teenagers tell her, that what they do is normal and that this is going on in their own home environments. She belives that until young people stop getting praise for negative acts of social validation little will change concerning this behavior.
I thought this was a very lovely article and I had never thought of bullying as a way to get attention. Now all the things I saw in high school begin to make much more sense. I would like to thank Mr. grover for showing us this enciteful article on a critical issue that is facing teenagers today.
The last video was a basic remake of the You Tube video "Did You Know 2.0" and covered things from Face Book topping Google for traffic on the internet every week to if Face Book was a country it would be the worlds third largest. Man that is insane when I sit back and think about it. This video also stated that You Tube is the worlds second largest search engine that's crazy. After watching this video I was even more impressed with the technology that we are doing and working with in EDM310. This use of the social internet will be the most important thing that we as teachers will do. We must also remember that this is not only for us, but for the children that will depend on us for this information. This work has been fun and I have enjoyed commenting on all these teachers and I would like to thank Dr. Strange for the wonderful articles and videos that he has shown us over this fall 2010 semester.
The first article I read was done by Danah Boyd and was about the troubles that teenagers go through. This article mainly stated how teenagers do not see picking on each other as bullying. She also stated that the kids do this as a way to seek attention and stir up drama. She goes on to say how teenagers tell her, that what they do is normal and that this is going on in their own home environments. She belives that until young people stop getting praise for negative acts of social validation little will change concerning this behavior.
I thought this was a very lovely article and I had never thought of bullying as a way to get attention. Now all the things I saw in high school begin to make much more sense. I would like to thank Mr. grover for showing us this enciteful article on a critical issue that is facing teenagers today.
The last video was a basic remake of the You Tube video "Did You Know 2.0" and covered things from Face Book topping Google for traffic on the internet every week to if Face Book was a country it would be the worlds third largest. Man that is insane when I sit back and think about it. This video also stated that You Tube is the worlds second largest search engine that's crazy. After watching this video I was even more impressed with the technology that we are doing and working with in EDM310. This use of the social internet will be the most important thing that we as teachers will do. We must also remember that this is not only for us, but for the children that will depend on us for this information. This work has been fun and I have enjoyed commenting on all these teachers and I would like to thank Dr. Strange for the wonderful articles and videos that he has shown us over this fall 2010 semester.
Project 16: The final project.....
This was a blast and I had lots of fun with Prent and AnMarie. This was a good group to work with and has been a pleasure to finish this last video. Hope You enjoy it.
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