Final Reflection

Final Reflection Question: What did you get out of this class? Will you use tech in your classes? How will you use tech in your classes? How has this class changed the way you think about teaching? About technology?

I have learned so much in this class. First of all I'd just like to say that I used to be terrified of computers. I have even caught myself breathing in deeply before starting a new assignment in this class to calm my anxiety about learning a new concept. That was how terrified I was. Anyways, after taking this class I can honestly say that I am not intimidated of computers any longer. I have the confidence to start a project a completely new project that I have never even heard of ie studiocode, and be able to follow through with it and be able to now go back and use it. I believe that this has been really useful to me as a future teacher because I can be up to date with my students and do things with in the classroom that will benefit them and the style of learning that they are exposed to. It is a different day and age in middle schools from when I was there, 10 years in technology is HUGE! I believe that through this class I am no longer intimidated of simple things such as a blog etc. I am not going to be intimmadated by my students neither my computer. I feel very confident and am now looking for new things to learn. Such as the I-Clicker. I am no longer taking deep breaths and feeling anxoius when it comes to computers. Thank you IPT!!!!

EXTRA CREDIT!!!!

Reflection Question: Describe the technology you learned, how you could use it in your teaching and why using it would be beneficial.

I chose to learn how to do an I-Clicker for my students to take polls and quizzes. I learned that i need to install the software and then a base unit. You set up the base unit to the computer through a USB port. I can always contact the HelpDesk at 836-5711. Greg Rineck can also be reached at 836-6017 or at rineckga@uwec.edu.

How I would use the iClicker during a presentation is by opening the folder containing your copy of the iClicker software for the course and section. open up the iclicker.exe file at the start of class. and then select "Start Session" from the main menu. And BAM I have an I-Clicker incorporated into my lesson. I think I would most deffinately use this technology in my classroom. That is if the school has funds for them. I think that we could just have thirty per classroom and they stay in the classroom IDK??? I dont know how funding is distributed yet....but soon I will :)

Mobile Apps

Reflection Question: Would you use mobile apps in your class, why or why not?

I don't plan on using mobile apps, well not yet that is. I feel that this is so new and I don't even have a smart phone. I still have a dorky flip phone that doesn't even have a camera on it....yeah I know, I am still not that technologically savvy. I know that it could be useful use mobile apps in class, but I don't plan on it anytime soon. I am going to student teach next semester and then start teaching in the Fall, hopefully! I feel that I am going to be doing a lot of changes this next semester, hopefully starting with getting a new phone that can access apps. I as a new teacher am not going to worry about whether or not I have the latest and greatest technology. So as of right now, I am not going to use mobile apps in my class.

PLE POST FOR STUDIO CODE!

I learned a lot about management and instruction through watching someone else teach through studio code. I was not in this class like i stated before where you videotape yourself this semester so i borrowed Crystals video. Through watching her it was great to see how she used management and instruction all through out her lesson. In management she did a lot of organization, transitions, and was great at explaining the lesson all through out her class to the students. In instruction she used a lot of cues, jargons, and simplified the lesson as she went.

The students responded to all the management and instruction because Crystal did such a good job at executing it. I think one of the most important thing was to simplify the lesson as you go throughout and teach it. To simplify to the level that your students can perform. And to be a flexible teacher to moderate any lesson that you have organized. What makes a good teacher is one that can go with the flow and make changes without the students knowing that your lesson has not changed completely. And that you are still in charge and confident. Students are sharks and they know when they smell a weakness. So through watching and coding Crystal she did a great job at not showing when she had to make simplifications.

I think that I would demonstrate more than what she did. Just at the start, so that if I demonstrate on the front end I don't have to correct the mistakes on the back end. I will also have definite transitions on everything so that the students know when they should do something, therefore I wont have to be the hardest, busiest one in the classroom, constantly reminding my students to transition. And to have smoother transitions so that I do not waste precious classroom time.

STUDIO CODE

SO I TOOK PEDAGOGY A WHILE AGO AND DID NOT HAVE A TAPE OF MY OWN, I JUST BORROWED ONE FROM CRYSTAL IN OUR CLASS AND HAVE JUST STARTED WORKING ON IT. I HOPE ALL GOES WELL AND THAT I AM ABLE TO DO THIS ASSIGNMENT AND GET A 100% ON IT! I STARTED WORKING ON IT YESTERDAY BUT HAD TO STOP BECAUSE I NEEDED MY HEADPHONES AND I AM TOO CHEAP TO BUY SOME HA SO I AM PLANNING ON DOING IT ALL DAY TOMORROW! HOPEFULLY GET IT FINISHED BEFORE CLASS. SO FAR I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS OTHER THAN LEARNING HOW TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE CAN BE A BIT CHALLENGING. I CANT WAIT TO SEE THE FINISHED PROJECT.

2.0 is all the rage!

Reflection Question: Were there any Web 2.0 tools that we talked about today that you feel would help further education? How might you use them in your teaching? Also, how might Facebook be utilized in education?

I think that and know that Wikipedia has helped me in my education in so many ways. For example, in English I would go on to Wikipedia and find out more information about a book/novel that we read in class and would get quized on the following class. It is another tool for learning, I love learning from various sources, so this was great to help me out with English.

Facebook in Education?? I think that FB could be used to communicate with classmates who are working on similar at home projects. It could be useful to meet up and make arrangements to do so and to do group projects together. I think that FaceBook is a great communication tool and a way to connect to your classmates. If you cannot get ahold of your teacher, you know you can always find a classmate who might answer a question for you.

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IMOVIE PROJECT

Reflection Question: Talk about challenges or problems you have. If you find solutions to them, include those as well. If you find an easier way to do something or a tutorial or some other helpful resource, share that as well.

So for class we are suppose to be working on creating a 30second video for a theme we are to advocate for physical education. My groups theme is "Everyday Family Play." I am excited about our two video ideas, but the problem comes with actually doing them. Lindsay in my group is having her aunt and uncle's family do one of the films. I dont know how that is going. So I am excited for hear from her today. I hope that we can meet up. This week has been CRAZY! But then again which week isnt. I really do wish we had another week to do! I think we are going to have to come together as a group and really get to work on this!

October 27 2010

What is the theme for your two videos?

The theme for our two videos is "Everyday Family Play: A Prescription for a Closer, Healthier, Happier Family." This theme is to suggest that playing together and being physically active as a family, no matter the age whether it be two years old to seventy years old, you can participate and become closer and happier as a family as well as reaching the benefits of healthier lifestyl

1- have a family participate in the video (mom, dad, few kids- different ages). have each person say one word “every” “day” “family” “play” (like mom says every, one kid says day, etc....) and then cut to a scene of them playing a game or doing something. then have them alternate saying “prescription for a closer, happier, healthier family” and then have a scene of them playing something again. and end with a cute family picture with the theme written.

2- “no speaking” video- just music or a song. have different scenes of the family playing together, having fun. have writing come up with the theme and sub-line (was thinking letter by letter in a side-walk chalk style, just a thought).. just a “feel good” commercial

Internet Safety

So I am very very very intrigued with internet safety. There is this movie that came out called "CATFISH". Its about these brothers who have this little eight year old girl sends him a painting of one of his photographs. They become Facebook friends and soon they are facebook friends with this little girls whole family, including her mother, father, and her attractive older sister Megan, a songwriter.

For a documentary, the boys film this long-distance relationship with Megan through the Internet and phone calls and want to meeting in person. The brothers find out that Megan is taking credit for things that she found on youtube, and that she is lying.

The brothers decide to continue the relationship for the documentary. They travel to Michigan to confront Megan. The truth is revealed and I hope that this is enough information to make everyone want to see this and to make them want to be more careful about the internet.

I took my little brother who is 17 to this movie. Its a deffinate eye opener. Afterward we both questioned if we had too much of our lives out to the public. We want to protect ourselves i think it would even be wise if i took my birthday down from FB. I thought this was a great wakeup call. If you want to watch this movie it only plays in jordan landing in south jordan. i dont know why but it only got released to one theatre in utah.

WEbsite completed!

Follow my website at https://sites.google.com/site/shannonluckybird/ this is my class website

Discuss your feelings about this project both in terms of what you learned and its usefulness to you as a teacher. As you discuss the project the following are some things you should consider: Do you feel the project was beneficial? Would you use a website like this in your class (why or why not)? Do you feel you could create another website if asked to do so? Was it easier (or more difficult) to create this website that you thought it would be? Also, make sure you include the URL (web address) of your website so I can grade it.

This project was really hard for me. I went into this assignment not knowing anything. But I can definately say that i learned a ton from this. I believe as a teacher this will help me make syllabuses, and disclusure statements. also too with calandering. I would never do a website like this in my class i feel like it would overwhelm my students and being over whelmed is never fun. It was more difficult than i thought it would be.

October 6

Reflection Question:

Discuss your feelings about this project both in terms of what you learned and its usefulness to you as a teacher. As you discuss the project the following are some things you should consider: Do you feel the project was beneficial? Would you use a website like this in your class (why or why not)? Do you feel you could create another website if asked to do so? Was it easier (or more difficult) to create this website that you thought it would be? Also, make sure you include the URL (web address) of your website so I can grade it.

I feel that I am learning a lot from this class. I feel as though this assignment is a bit overwhelming, and is hard because we only meet once a week. This is all new material to me and through my learning process, I am trying really hard, but I am a question asker, and as I am doing this assignment at home I feel as though I have a lot of questions that go unanswered. I am so so grateful for the extension on this assignment. It was more difficult than I thought it was going to be. my site

September 30 2010

Same question as last week, but make sure you post for both weeks. As a reminder, here's the topic from last week: Talk about challenges or problems you have. If you find solutions to them, include those as well. If you find an easier way to do something or a tutorial or some other helpful resource, share that as well. Read your group member’s PLE’s and if they have a problem and you know how to fix it, leave a comment and tell them!

A problem I experienced is that I didn't know how to get back into my site on gmail. So I simply had to go log into gmail, go into my site, underneath the more tab and just find it. It was the whole more thing that threw me off. I am still overwhelmed and cant wait for this assignment to be completed.

September 28, 2010

Reflection Question:

Talk about challenges or problems you have. If you find solutions to them, include those as well. If you find an easier way to do something or a tutorial or some other helpful resource, share that as well. Read your group member’s PLE’s and if they have a problem and you know how to fix it, leave a comment and tell them

A challenge that I have is that I sometimes forget how to create a new post. I know this sounds weird and its been what 4-5 weeks since we've been doing this but this is all pretty new to me and so I really do go blank when I come to my home screen on my blog account and I need to do a new post, but I totally space it.

September 21, 2010

Reflection Question: Keeping in mind what you learned in class, what do you think of copyright laws? Are they helpful or harmful? Do you think changes need to be made? If so, what would you change?

I think the copyright laws are great! I would not change a thing. I think they are there for a reason. I think it's great that you can make as many copies as you want and it is not against the copyright laws. And also how scholarships and teaching is not an infringement on the copyright laws. I dont think anything needs to change.

September 12 2010

Reflection Question: Would you like to use any of these resources we talked about in class (or perhaps others you found on your own) to help further your learning? Which ones? How might these resources be useful to you as a student and as a teacher?

I would love to start a blog with my husband and I. ITs like an electronic journal. I place that we can write about and add pictures to and share with our family members. in the school setting, i would have my students all join a blog, and we can all relate to one another by commenting on a topic question that i address or something of the sort. If we were all reading the same book we could start like an online discussion discussing chapters, etc. I could assign the student to share their opinions about a certain topic or subject matter that relates to the topic discussed in class etc. This will be a great tool for my class room.

September 1 2010

Reflection Question: Describe your experience with technology. Are you a techie, totally lost when it comes to computers or somewhere in between? Are you able to learn new programs easily or is it difficult. What kinds of technology do you use well? What would you like to learn or learn to do better this semester?

Answer: My experience of technology is this....I have a MacBook, I have 4 sites I go to IE banking, facebook, gmail, and YouTube and one more BYU, so a totally of 5. I have an I-Pod and so I also know how to use I-tunes. I use word and that is all my experience, thus far. I am excited to learn all that my computer can do! I love typing and am a fairly fast typer, thats as Teched out as I get, I know homerow :) I would really like to excel and do well in this class. I would love to project films and downloads for my lessons. I would love to learn how to do URL's as well. I would also like to feel more confident in my powerpoint making skills. And hopefully learn how to do a great blog so that I can have it for my family. well one that actually works, I've tried to do one but it was unsuccessful.