Reflection #4

Reflection #4

  Beck Shep   10:45 PM    0 Comments
UEN. Utah Education Network. This site I have found to be really interesting so far. There are so many things within it that it's almost mind boggling, but at the same time I slowly figuring out the beauty of this website. One of the most useful things I found while doing my scavenger

Do you Teach or Do you Educate?

Do you Teach or Do you Educate?

  Beck Shep   9:01 PM    0 Comments
I found this video to be inspiring and interesting. I have never really thought too much about the difference between teaching and educating. To teach is just showing how to do something. To educate is to really give instruction, intellectually, morally and socially. They are a mentor, an advisor and they guide their

Reflection #3

Reflection #3

  Beck Shep   8:52 PM    0 Comments
I found in class this past week how useful powerpoints really can be. When trying to get across to a kid I try to think back to when I was a kid and what caught my attention. One of the things that really got me to focus was color, music, visuals. Something that

Video Reflection

Video Reflection

  Beck Shep   9:03 PM    0 Comments
I found the video to be a bit of an eye opener. I was taught as a child pretty much to learn without technology because there wasn't so much out there. Now our world is packed with it and that is what our students will use. I find that it will be extremely

Reflection 2

Reflection 2

  Beck Shep   6:20 PM    0 Comments
I currently discovered the beauty of googl calendar. When I first accessed the link I thought that it seemed ok, but didn't really see myself logging on all that often to check out my agenda. I figured that using a written planner would still be more convienent. After reviewing the details and after

  Beck Shep   9:23 PM    0 Comments
My Ideal ClassroomSetting Organization- Bins where students know to turn in papers, organized sections of the room for computers, learning centers, science, geology, math, art, etc. My classroom will be filled with hands on learning tools, It will be warm and welcoming with a positive vive from the way it appears. There will