Project 9a

title="Source: www.timetoast.com"

Blog Post 5

SCOTT MCLEOD
Scott McLeod is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky. Dr. McLeod is also the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE) which is the nation’s only academic center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators. He is also a co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He has received numerous national awards for his technology leadership work. Dr. McLeod is a regular blogger for Dangerously Irrelevant, Mind Dump and The Huffington Post about technology leadership.

TRAVIS ALLEN
The ISchool Initiative project is something that could change all students learn. His arguments on the money that would be saved for both the school and the parents is something to consider since the economy has gone down and is constantly going down. It would be more convenient both money wise and for parents to keep up with their child's grades. No student could lie about homework or grades since the parents could check at any time.
My reaction to these videos were positive since I am very much on board with this idea. Our economy is going down but new technology is always being created. By using the ISchool Initiative it would be more eco-friendly and easier to keep track of our students or children in school. I didn't know about all the apps he mentioned and there are a few I am going to put on my ipod, ipad, or phone as soon as I am done with homework.

ERIC WHITACRE
This video is so amazing how someone could organize and create it. For Eric and the people that helped him make this, it must have taken a lot of time and patience to come up with one hundred and eighty-five people that have never met before. The whole song sounded great they were in perfect harmony.
In the beginning of the video I didn't realize they were not all at the same place, I first thought it was just made to look that way for the internet until I looked closely at the different backgrounds behind them. Seeing something this creative shows how much a person can actually do with the internet when they take the time to learn.

KEVIN ROBERTS
I think he believes it means to be up to date on all classroom technology and for the teacher to know how to use them. To let your students have the full benefit of knowing how to find the information and use it, the teacher has to be familiar with it also. Students need to be engaged and create using their own ideas not just viewing what another person has created because it will be more beneficial for them to learn by creating.
I feel his position towards how education is growing and changing is correct. Our future leaders have access to great resources but if they are not guided to use them how will we ever keep growing in knowledge. If he is correct then not too long from now I believe there will be no need for paper or pencils, it will all be internet resources and projects will be presented online. There could be no reason to come to an actual school and just communicate through the web.

PROJECT 8

TITLE=" Nikita Ladner, Eric Manheim, and Devon Weaver"

My Sentence Video

Blog Post 4

THE BENEFITS OF PODCASTING IN THE CLASSROOM
Watching this video I was surprised at what all can be done using podcasts. It is easy to interact with students all over the world and using podcast teaches higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. There are also different ways to do school projects in every subject. Creativity is enhanced including using audio files.
When a student is absent one day or a few days they can go online and watch what they have missed and not fall behind. Parents can also watch what their children are learning and listen at anytime. I am planning on using a podcast in my classroom for these reasons because when I was in grade school I did not like missing class and getting behind.

EDUCATION PROGRAMMING NETWORK
Different curriculum is easily found using this network. There are many websites that educators use to share knowledge, insights and talk about their passion of teaching. Stories and ideas are shared with each other from all over the world. Many teachers use these websites to get great ideas to use in their classroom.
I would like to join a few websites when I become a teacher so I could find different fun ideas I may have not thought of before. I would also like to discuss stories and other information with teachers near and far away. Websites are good resources to use for class and in class to show students that when they get in middle or high school if they need ideas for projects they could find great websites to use.

JUDY SCHARF PODCAST COLLECTION
Before reading this article I did not know podcast is a cross between broadcast and ipod. She describes it as a radio-style talk show with music if desired. These could be used on a computer or mp3 player and downloaded from itunes or podcast hosting services. Podcasts can be shared with millions of people through the internet all over the world. It does not cost much and is a fun way to do projects. Any subject can be found on podcasts, it is not just for the basic language, science, history and math. Especially college courses will be found on podcasts.
I thought this was interesting to find out a student could purchase podcasts on their ipod or mp3 player through itunes. That would be very convenient for students of all ages because most students now have a type of music play. It could be an actual ipod of mp3 play or it could be on their cellphones. Using podcasts would be a good idea in class incase my students would like to refresh their memory on a subject while doing homework or other reasons.

Project 5

Blog Post 3

For my C4C assignment to critique their work I chose to contact them by email to make it personal. I thought of what approach I would want someone to take with me if I made any type of errors in my work. Some people will get defensive either way but I believe they will be less likely to get defensive if they see I respected them enough to not publicly critique them.

IT'S NOT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
I agree with the statement teachers must be learners. There is always something new going to be going on with our future students and we need to know what that it. Whether it be a new social networking website or a new web browser. Teacher's do not need to sit and wait for the school principal to tell them what is going on and what to do. No two people learn the same way nor teach the same way. If a teacher is not getting across to the students maybe they need to try a new approach, with or without technology.
Teachers also need to know how to use this new technology in the classroom. They need to know a little more than the basic information so they could show their students what we can find on the internet pertaining to school. When teachers feel they do not need to learn to use the new technology they are depriving their students of ways they could be learning through the tools. Teachers are to prepare their students for their future and since our world is using technology more and more then it is the teachers' duties to prepare them with the right tools.

IS IT OKAY TO BE A TECHNOLOGICALLY ILLITERATE TEACHER
With how the technology world is constantly changing it is hard for anyone to learn everything there is to know but all teachers should try. Yes, they already have a lot on their plate but in my opinion they knew that when they decided to become a teacher. If the students are expected to learn and know certain technology items for their future then teachers should be expected to do so as well. If a group of teachers decided to research every so often to see what the latest trend was and they all shared what they learned it would be easier.
I agree with Mr. Fisch's statement "If a teacher today is not technologically literate- and is unwilling to make the effort to learn more- it's equivalent to a teacher 30 years ago who didn't know how to read and write." No, I personally do not believe it is too extreme because technology is becoming just as important in our society as reading and writing is. In order for most jobs to run smoothly they have to have some level of knowledge when it comes to technology.

SOCIAL MEDIA COUNT
Sitting and watching as each line changed constantly felt almost unreal. Normal people do not think of how fast the internet is constantly changing and producing items every second. Even just me sitting here it is moving so fast I cannot keep up with it.
The growing of all these different aspects of the internet means that as a teacher I will have to stay on top of the newest and latest stuff out there for my students to learn with. All or most of my students no matter what age group I will have will be technology literate even if it is just with their parents iphone. Each generation of students are learning more and more by using these different tools and it is my job to make sure I have the right resources for them to learn with at all times. If I do not know much about something then that means we can learn about it together.

A VISION OF STUDENTS TODAY
This movie was not what I first thought of when I read the title. It was very informative and well thought out. All of the statements that were wrote down and shown on pieces of paper or on computers were all true. Teachers do not realize or even act like they know how much pressure and stress is being put on a student that they did not ask for. All students, not just college students will get overwhelmed every year with school and home life.
We are becoming more and more technologically literate but it is costing families more money for school supplies and home life. Some families will have money issues and will not get the great resources that other students have. Something that could be done is to allow a certain amount of time spent in the lab for students who need to do online school work but can't because of financial burdens or home life burdens.

Project 3

I was assigned to The Scholastic Scribe which a teacher that has a dance group on America's Got Talent from Washington D.C . Their name is Ghoulish Pleasures, for the dark side of hip hop. I do not watch the show now but I have in the past and I think it is an interesting show. This was neat for me to be able to follow this teacher and her group on their journey of their dreams.
The first comment I wrote on talked about who the group was. It gave background information of when they were just cheerleaders for the high school. They are now winners of a million dollars and now competing for one million dollars and a Las Vegas headliner special. This group is very different and commended on their drama.
I introduced myself to her and told her how interested I was in the group. How they pushed their selves in to being better than just high school cheerleaders. I stated that I do not get to watch the show but I will try to do so and see how well they do and I hope that they win.

This week's post was a poem that was written about the dancers. It did not state if she wrote it or if someone else did for them. The poem was well written and inspiring to young people to never give up on their dreams. Ghoulish Pleasure came a long way and will not give up even if they did not win top prize on the show.
I really liked the poem and to me it captured how they feel and how people feel about them. I hated they did not win but I hope they will never give up. People like them are what younger generations look to. America likes to see people reach their goal and I think they will make it to the top.

Blog Post 2

DID YOU KNOW
This was an informative and interesting video about the advancement of technology and the human race. It shows how far we have come from the past and how fast we are still progressing. It's puzzling how far we have come in technology and so much more we will discover in the future. It could be looked at as being a scary situation with what knowledge we have but hopefully it will be put to good use.

Nothing is instantly popular overnight but when a technology craze finally does catch on it is incredible how big it grows. For instance, Myspace has 200 million subscribers and all the text each day exceeds the number of the world population. I could not imagine that at first but if a survey is done there are people that admit to texting more than 500 text a day.

MR. WINKLE WAKES
In this video it talks about how far we have come since Mr. Winkles fell asleep. The world has even changed a lot compared to a few years ago. Online there is something always new being discovered and becomes the new trend. Our classroom's are becoming more and more technology inclined but the curriculum being taught is still the same as many years ago.

One thing that is proven is that school curriculum will never change. There may be classes added like computers that are more technology advanced but reading, writing, history and math will always be the same. Students are being taught harder curriculum at a younger age since there is more being discovered about it but it still is the same information that has always been used. Technology also could never completely take the place of a teacher.

SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY
The most forgotten about class in school is art. Most schools think that this is the least important subject of all. People have been "taught" to do more job friendly activities and curriculum. For some people football and baseball are more reachable goals than an art interest. Ken Robinson states that everyone has the ability to do some sort of art while young but we do not use it as much as we should. If you don't use it, you lose it.

If we were all like kids then we would not be afraid to be wrong and we would use our creative side. He talks about a boy who called frankincense "Frank sent it." In a sense we need to be more like children and never stop using our creative side. As a parent and future teacher, I feel I should try to encourage the schools to put the arts higher on the priority list and it not be the first one to go when there is a budget cut.

CECILIA GAULT INTERVIEWS SIR KEN ROBINSON
In order to have all students getting the proper education the schools need to have a well rounded curriculum. Most schools think that the only important thing is reading, writing, history, science and math but in fact it is not. There are students out there that are very brilliant but are not able to use their ability in the way they know how, in an art class.

For my class, I plan on having a well rounded curriculum to enhance all of my students' abilities. Some teachers only worry about meeting standards, which are important, but then other students are not given full advantage. When there are budget cuts the arts are the first thing to go; when I am a teacher I will try to encourage the schools to find a different way to leave the arts in school. No person, young or old, should be told that they are not good in art. Just because a person does not posses the ability in the beginning does not mean that they could not practice and get better.

HARNESS YOUR STUDENTS' DIGITAL SMARTS
The classroom in this video shows how well technology can be used and how a person can teach their self a lot without having to be a computer wizard. Vicki Davis has her class interacting in all different types of online programs including making videos for other parts of the world. They have talked to different classrooms all over the world using wiki, podcasts, blogs and virtual worlds.

Vicki's class shows her that she does not have to know everything about the computer and internet in order to teach the class. She embraces that her students teach her to. Since there is always something new coming up in the internet world it is hard for any one person to keep up with it and interacting with different people in class and online helps to become more technology literate.