This past week we have done the touch ups to our digital story. We chose the topic of poverty and decided to divide it into three parts. First we wanted to attract our audience by showing them the luxeries of our lives and then move into what poverty looks like and the lack
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I am what I learn
I am what I learn
I liked this video because it had a meaning that is really close to me. It talked about applying yourself and going for your dreams no matter what your situation is. She says make the best of yourself. Only you have the power to change your life! I find this inspirational and I
Digital Story #3
Digital Story #3
This past week I have been working on my digital story and finializing my decisions on it. I have found that digital stories aren't as easy as they look to make. You have to really put thought into them to be able to really allow your audience to connect with what you're trying
Video Reflection
Video Reflection
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=138518&title=Sweet_Dreams__of_Technology_This video was cute. I liked how it was all kids in the video telling about how technology is beneficial in their education. The line I liked is that each student can be good at something different regarding technology. They showed how you can use computers and internet to communicate with the world,
I Am What I Learn
I Am What I Learn
At the beginning the boy talks about how he can acheive his dreams and that is by getting an education! I strongly believe in this. Dreams are thing that we have to wrok towards, and to work hard you usually means you're becoming more educated. I am a strong believer in giving it
Digital Story #3
Digital Story #3
This week we learned how to use photo story. With this program you can upload pictures and create a presentation that has music, text, and recordings that will enhance what you're trying to display to your students.This tool is awesome and will allow me as a teacher to really be able to connect
cyber summit
cyber summit
In this video I liked how it explained how technology touches the minds of all types of learners. If this is true then why aren't all teachers using technology to their advantage. I believe it's because they aren't educated on how to do so. The students talked about how they teach the teacher
Field Experience 3
Field Experience 3
This past week I spent most of my time teaching. I once again used the smart board and the internet as my source of technology. I first taught a math lesson by using the smart board to demonstrate examples to the students. After I was through teaching the lesson I decided to allow
SPRING BREAK!
SPRING BREAK!
This was my spring break This was my spring break
Field Experience
Field Experience
This past week was my second week in the classroom. This week I had the opportunity to teach and see different ways that I could bring technology into the classroom.As a future teacher I realized the importance of technology use and how it is important for parents to have access to classroom information
What is the next generation learning?
What is the next generation learning?
IN this video it shows how students classrooms are much much different than they were in the past! The student showed how they use interactive technology that allow them to move and learn through hands on experience! They showed the use of a wii. I never thought of using a wii in the
Do you Teach or Educate?
Do you Teach or Educate?
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
Field Work
Field Work
This past week was my first week of field work. I have been observing at Timpagnogus Elementary school with Mr. Price's 6th grade class. I haven't had an opportunity to teach yet. So this past week I just observed how the classroom functions and how the teacher incorporates technology into the classroom.The classroom
Field Work and Technology
Field Work and Technology
What?Over the past few months I've learned everything from creating my own website, collaborating on google docs, how to blog effectively, how to create podcasts and vidcasts and how to make my own WebQuest. Now I am headed out to see how I can apply this information that I've been taught to teach
Why let students blog?
Why let students blog?
I liked what this video had to saying about letting our students blog. A few of the key statments it made that stuck with me was: for ownership, for excitement and for conversation. I feel as though these are all key in the process of helping a student learn. When a student has
Vidcast/Podcasts
Vidcast/Podcasts
What?We recently learned about podcasts and vidcasts. They are both tools that can be used as tutorials or to cast a lesson as a visual or audio tool. They are both useful tools that can be used when a student has missed a lesson, or if you have something you would like to
Webquest 2
Webquest 2
So this past week we continued with webquests. We learned the process of making a lesson plan and applying it with the core curriculum.As a student of UVU's education program I am realizing the importance of lesson plans and how to use different lessons to catch a student's attention and help them grasp
In this video it talks about engaging students by using twitter or facebook. The teachers felt that it was important to have the students interacting in the classroom so they completely understood how use the tools for educational purposes outside of the classroom as well. As a teacher I find that these tools
Engaged Learning Video
Engaged Learning Video
In this video it showed a few examples of different classrooms and what those classrooms are preparing the students for. I learned from this video that we need to prepare our students for the now and not the then. We live in a world that is always changing and growing. As a teacher
Web Quest
Web Quest
This past week we learned about webquests. Webquests are an online tool that takes a student through a process to complete a task and experience higher level thinking. Each webquest has a process that clearly states what a student should be engaging in. With this process comes steps to a task and a
How to Not Use a Powerpoint
How to Not Use a Powerpoint
I liked this video because it stated clearly everything that I really cant stand in a powerpoint. I actually have alot of problems with powepoints. I feel as though teachers or students use powerpoints as a way out, as a way to say that they really were just being lazy so they didn't
My beliefs
My beliefs
My beliefs as a person in society and as a future teacher are that technology and keeping up to date are extremely important. I don't mean that you always have the newest nicer tools, but I do believe that for the most part you need to understand how to work most of the
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
After I read the different articles and reviewed the videos I realized more so how the world is pretty much just a big network of technology. It is everywhere. You can pretty much access the internet anywhere you go now and always have access to information. With this in mind and with the
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths and Weaknesses
After I finished the surveys I realized that most of my skills are basic. I understand how to work most things on a computer and know how to incorporate it into a lesson and teach others how to use it. I am not an expert on anything when it comes to the computer.
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
In this video he talks about how you don't grow into creativity you grow out of it. We are born creative and education destroys part of that creativity. If this is true, if we are putting restrictions on student's creativity then what possibilities are we taking away from them?I feel as though it
Google Part 2
Google Part 2
What?We learned about how to make our own google site. This is a website that stores information that you can allow the public to view. You have control of it and control of editing it but when someone types in the URL they will be able to access and view important dates and
President Obama's Speech
President Obama's Speech
I really liked this speech by Obama to students because of how direct he was. In it he tells the students how they have an important responsibility. As Americans they have a duty to their education and to learning as much as they can. He pretty much tells the student's it's up them.
Do You Believe in ME?
Do You Believe in ME?
This video is true to how life really is! If you have just a little bit of hope for you or for someone else, that may just be all that it takes to change a life! I have had a few times in my life that I just didn't really want to continue
My Ideal Classroom
My Ideal Classroom
In my ideal classroom there will be a different feel to every section of the room. In each section you will find a different type of art that represents each of the students in my class. You'll be able to walk into my class and know what personalities each of my students have.
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