This week in class we went over more of the final. We have to make two lesson plans that use tools that we have learned this semester. These lesson plans seem a little intimidating, because I have never done one before.
I think that I have a pretty good idea to start off with; it's just a matter of making it inventive and collaborative.I really hope that the more I have experience with lesson plans the better I will be at them. I also was working on my brochure, an newsletter this week. I had a lot of trouble with it last week. I had better luck with my newsletter this week. I was excited that I finally got publisher to work.
In the future I plan to take all the things I have learned in this class and be able to come up with inventive ways of using and teaching technology. I really want to teach first grade, so I know that using technology may be a little bit of a challenge. I just hope that after I go through the program I will be better equipped for the task. I have enjoyed this class and I really do feel like I am a little less technology-challenged then when I started.
The video for this week was: Called Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things. Here is the URL address:http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=6252&title=Ordinary_People_Doing_Extraordinary_Things. It was a cute video about all the people who have done things that seemed impossible. It was very inspirational. I didn't know that Thomas Edison got kicked out of school for asking too many questions. Crazy.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Weekly Blog Number Fourteen
This week in class we were introduced to the first part of our final. We have to make a flyer, newsletter, and a brochure using any tool that we have learned about this term. I thought it was a fun final assignment.
I had alot of trouble making my flyer at first. I decided to design it in Google presentations. I don't know why I thought this would be a good idea. It was very hard and the program kept malfuntioning. I couldn't get it to look quite how I wanted it to. So I then decided to use Word Publisher. All seemed to go well, it was nice, because this program had templates so it was nice to have a good starting point. All went well, until I tried to open or/and save the file as a PDF. It would open up as a blank page. Everything I tried didn't work. So I ended up just doing the flyer in Power Point using Word. I'm not as excited to do the other two projects anymore.
I hope that through this assignment I will be able to reach back into my memory and utilize tools we have learned this semester. By the end I know that I will realize how easy this assignment is and I will be able to make these kind of documents with very few difficulties in my future classroom. I do know that I will be making these kind of documents in the future.
For the video this week we watched Schoolhouse Rock- A Noun is a person, place, or thing. I thought this video was really cute. I remember watching it when I was younger. I think it is a great way to teach children a concept through visual, and musical aide. I just really enjoyed it. It took me on a trip down memory lane.:)
I had alot of trouble making my flyer at first. I decided to design it in Google presentations. I don't know why I thought this would be a good idea. It was very hard and the program kept malfuntioning. I couldn't get it to look quite how I wanted it to. So I then decided to use Word Publisher. All seemed to go well, it was nice, because this program had templates so it was nice to have a good starting point. All went well, until I tried to open or/and save the file as a PDF. It would open up as a blank page. Everything I tried didn't work. So I ended up just doing the flyer in Power Point using Word. I'm not as excited to do the other two projects anymore.
I hope that through this assignment I will be able to reach back into my memory and utilize tools we have learned this semester. By the end I know that I will realize how easy this assignment is and I will be able to make these kind of documents with very few difficulties in my future classroom. I do know that I will be making these kind of documents in the future.
For the video this week we watched Schoolhouse Rock- A Noun is a person, place, or thing. I thought this video was really cute. I remember watching it when I was younger. I think it is a great way to teach children a concept through visual, and musical aide. I just really enjoyed it. It took me on a trip down memory lane.:)
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Weekly Blog Number Thirteen
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I'm not sure what we are supposed to blog about this week, so I'll just talk about what I did over the holiday. I really needed this break from school and work. I spent Wednesday with my nieces and nephews just preparing and shopping for Thanksgiving. It was really fun. I can't believe that they are growing up so fast. I spent time with an old best friend of mine also, we went to dinner. It was really nice to see her and be able to catch up on things going on in our lives.
On Thanksgiving I went with my parents and extended family over to my Grandma's house for dinner. We all had way too much food. I really enjoyed visiting with family that I don't get to see very often. It was funny, I had brought my scissors and clippers home from work, so I had to cut my Grandpa's and cousin's hair. All in all it was a pretty good Thanksgiving.
Well, I did watch the videos posted for this week. They were Mr. Deuy Fractions And Introducing Web 2.0. I liked both of these videos. One was a rap given by a teacher all about fractions. I thought that this was such a creative idea. It was definitely a creative way to teach fractions, and I definitely think that students would respond to this kind of instruction. The second video was all about new tools that allow creators to share ideas through different mediums on the web. I thought this video was informative and interesting. It pointed out a few tools that I have never used before, one of these would be Wikis. I liked the video, but to be honest I felt like it was a little boring and a little repetitive.
On Thanksgiving I went with my parents and extended family over to my Grandma's house for dinner. We all had way too much food. I really enjoyed visiting with family that I don't get to see very often. It was funny, I had brought my scissors and clippers home from work, so I had to cut my Grandpa's and cousin's hair. All in all it was a pretty good Thanksgiving.
Well, I did watch the videos posted for this week. They were Mr. Deuy Fractions And Introducing Web 2.0. I liked both of these videos. One was a rap given by a teacher all about fractions. I thought that this was such a creative idea. It was definitely a creative way to teach fractions, and I definitely think that students would respond to this kind of instruction. The second video was all about new tools that allow creators to share ideas through different mediums on the web. I thought this video was informative and interesting. It pointed out a few tools that I have never used before, one of these would be Wikis. I liked the video, but to be honest I felt like it was a little boring and a little repetitive.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Our Vidcast Assignment
This is Chelsea White, and My (Nicole Meldrum) video for our vidcast assignment. It is a video of my niece and nephew showing different faces, for different emotions. I think it is cute, and fun.
I also posted the video on You Tube also, here is the url:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI9s6yDzqqE
I also posted the video on You Tube also, here is the url:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI9s6yDzqqE
Weekly Blog Number Twelve
We have learned many different technologies this semester. Some of my favorite things we have learned about are Picasa, Power Point Activities, Zamzar, UEN, and Vidcasts. We have been introduced to many different ways of utilizing these tools to teach our future students.It has been very fun and interesting to learn about different forms of technolgies.
This semester I think that one of the hardest assignments we had was the big UEN assignment. I felt that it was pretty crazy. It was neat though when I finally started getting the hang of it. I thought it was really useful. Zamzar is a online tool that converts files, I thought this was a really neat tool to use. This way I can convert music, and educational videos from you tube, this will be a great help to have on my own computer. This way I can incorporate music and video in presentations to better help my students understand the material I will be teaching.
I plan to use these tools we have learned about in class in my future lesson plans. I think it will be great to be able to go on virtual field trips, have e-mail pals, and to be able to help my students learn through music and video instruction. I feel more equipped to teach my future students how to use and be comfortable with technology. I'm excited to think of creative ways to use technology with my future first graders. :)
The video I watched this week was called Shake it Up, it was a video on how the world has changed. It talked about how the average student will have ten to fourteen careers. It talked about how since we live in a world of instant information we need to make sure that we are teaching students the skills they need to really thrive in the world and in their future careers. It was an interesting video. It once again made a point that technology is changing and we need to be constantly learning as much as we can, so we can teach our students. Here is the url for this video I found on Teachertube:http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=223&title=Shake_it_Up
This semester I think that one of the hardest assignments we had was the big UEN assignment. I felt that it was pretty crazy. It was neat though when I finally started getting the hang of it. I thought it was really useful. Zamzar is a online tool that converts files, I thought this was a really neat tool to use. This way I can convert music, and educational videos from you tube, this will be a great help to have on my own computer. This way I can incorporate music and video in presentations to better help my students understand the material I will be teaching.
I plan to use these tools we have learned about in class in my future lesson plans. I think it will be great to be able to go on virtual field trips, have e-mail pals, and to be able to help my students learn through music and video instruction. I feel more equipped to teach my future students how to use and be comfortable with technology. I'm excited to think of creative ways to use technology with my future first graders. :)
The video I watched this week was called Shake it Up, it was a video on how the world has changed. It talked about how the average student will have ten to fourteen careers. It talked about how since we live in a world of instant information we need to make sure that we are teaching students the skills they need to really thrive in the world and in their future careers. It was an interesting video. It once again made a point that technology is changing and we need to be constantly learning as much as we can, so we can teach our students. Here is the url for this video I found on Teachertube:http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=223&title=Shake_it_Up
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Weekly Blog Number 11
This week in class we learned about power point. For our assignment we had to make two power point presentations.
It was really fun making these power point presentations, for our group we made one about the top five reasons to live in Utah, and the other one was about all the senses to describe the feeling of being grateful. This assignment was pretty easy, I liked it though.
I will definitely use power point presentations in my future classroom. I think that my first graders will respond well to power points. It will help to have pictures and written text about the subjects I am teaching. I think that by using this tool, subjects will come alive for students and help them to become very interested in the subjects I will be teaching.
The video I watched this week was called A Vision of K-12 Students Today. It was a little informative video about how we as teachers need to be able to let our students create and learn by using technology. It really opened my eyes to how little teachers of today are allowing the use of everyday technologies in their classrooms. It made me realize that I don't want to be one of those teachers. Here is the Url: http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
It was really fun making these power point presentations, for our group we made one about the top five reasons to live in Utah, and the other one was about all the senses to describe the feeling of being grateful. This assignment was pretty easy, I liked it though.
I will definitely use power point presentations in my future classroom. I think that my first graders will respond well to power points. It will help to have pictures and written text about the subjects I am teaching. I think that by using this tool, subjects will come alive for students and help them to become very interested in the subjects I will be teaching.
The video I watched this week was called A Vision of K-12 Students Today. It was a little informative video about how we as teachers need to be able to let our students create and learn by using technology. It really opened my eyes to how little teachers of today are allowing the use of everyday technologies in their classrooms. It made me realize that I don't want to be one of those teachers. Here is the Url: http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Weekly Blog Number 10
This week in class we talked about podcasts and vidcasts. These are two very useful tools that can be used in education. A podcast is just audio that can be played over the web and a vidcast is audio and video.
I thought this was a fun thing to talk about. I use you tube all the time, so I am already familiar with vidcasts. Our assignment this week was fun, we had to make a video teaching something and then post it on our blogs. It was nice to get ideas from the class about subjects that we could use for our videos. I really think that you can find a way to teach any subject by using this tool. It's fun for the students to be able to view material, because so many children learn by watching anyways.
In my classroom I think it would be fun to take advantage of this tool. It would be fun to have introductory videos, to introduce new ideas and subjects to the students. I think another fun way to use this tool would be to split students up into groups and have them make videos about gravity(for example). Then we could have a day where we watch all the videos and we could even have popcorn and call it our "movie minute", or something. I think it would help the students to get interested and excited about new subjects.
The video of the week was about student blogs, blogging. It was a cute video that tells many of the reasons why blogging is beneficial for students. It made me really realize that I really do want a class blog for my students. I think it would be fun, and students need to learn literacy with technology early on. This way, students can help put things on a class blog and parents can also access it as well, to know what is going on in our classroom. :)
I thought this was a fun thing to talk about. I use you tube all the time, so I am already familiar with vidcasts. Our assignment this week was fun, we had to make a video teaching something and then post it on our blogs. It was nice to get ideas from the class about subjects that we could use for our videos. I really think that you can find a way to teach any subject by using this tool. It's fun for the students to be able to view material, because so many children learn by watching anyways.
In my classroom I think it would be fun to take advantage of this tool. It would be fun to have introductory videos, to introduce new ideas and subjects to the students. I think another fun way to use this tool would be to split students up into groups and have them make videos about gravity(for example). Then we could have a day where we watch all the videos and we could even have popcorn and call it our "movie minute", or something. I think it would help the students to get interested and excited about new subjects.
The video of the week was about student blogs, blogging. It was a cute video that tells many of the reasons why blogging is beneficial for students. It made me really realize that I really do want a class blog for my students. I think it would be fun, and students need to learn literacy with technology early on. This way, students can help put things on a class blog and parents can also access it as well, to know what is going on in our classroom. :)
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