Field Experience

Field Experience

  Beck Shep   11:11 PM    0 Comments
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?

  Beck Shep   10:22 PM    0 Comments
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?

  Beck Shep   5:04 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

Field Work

Field Work

  Beck Shep   2:04 PM    0 Comments
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

  Beck Shep   8:40 PM    0 Comments
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?

  Beck Shep   2:56 PM    0 Comments
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

  Beck Shep   2:33 PM    0 Comments
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