After reading Morgan Bayda's blog, I am relieved to know other students experience the same concentration difficulty as I do. I could not agree with her blog more. When I am sitting in my two hour classes two and three times a day, I find it very difficult to concentrate and participate especially in the last two hour session of class that day. I also find it difficult in the early morning classes as well as the professors with boring monatone. Classes always seem to be more enjoyable when the professors include the students in the lecture topics and allow us to communicate amongst each other to discuss our ideas with each other. Class is usually always more effective when the professor asks the students questions throughout the lecture, this always seems to hold my attention to the material instead starring off into space. Also, if the classes were maybe a little shorter, it would help us students to retain all of the information provided by the professor. Sometimes in these two hour classes, I feel as though the professors try to squeeze all of the material into these two hour sessions, and they may or may not cover all of the material in depth.
Overall, I feel that classes would be more enjoyable and effective if professors would include the students in the lectures and allow them to participate throughout the class period. Also, I believe that if the class times were shortened this would give us students more time to read and study on our own time outside of class and maybe be more prepared for upcoming test. While I do feel that staying in school and attending class at its scheduled times are important, I feel it is very difficult to hold everyone's attention in one particular topic for two hours especially when we have several two hour classes in one day.
My sentence:
I am trying to better the younger generations with my inspiration of an education degree.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Additional Assignment #3
I am beginning to enjoy Sir Ken Robinson's lectures. I remember the first couple of lectures we watched really upset me and got me going. I'm starting to realize he is totally right. I think I was slow to come around because I come from a long history of teachers and not doing things the way they did just does not feel right. As the World changes we as teachers and a society must change. I firmly believe believe the quickest way to change a society is through it's teachers and professor. I believe this because those lucky people are the one that are shaping the minds of the youth. So I regards to Sir Robinson I feel he is very enlightened and speaking the truth I just feel some of his beliefs well never be a reality. For example he asked why we group kids by age in school? I do not have a problem with grouping kids. For starter kids of the same age act the same and are into the same things. I would not have a problem adjusting some kids grade levels based on their achievement levels but I would not get to radical.
I love the style of the presentation. I really kept my attention and I wanted to learn more. It was kind of just like those UPS commercials on the whiteboard. I am all for any kind of presentation that keeps my attention. During a presentation such as Sir Robinson"s takes some talent. I know the part of the team I would not be a part of and that is drawer. I believe I could be the narrator or possibly the author.
I love the style of the presentation. I really kept my attention and I wanted to learn more. It was kind of just like those UPS commercials on the whiteboard. I am all for any kind of presentation that keeps my attention. During a presentation such as Sir Robinson"s takes some talent. I know the part of the team I would not be a part of and that is drawer. I believe I could be the narrator or possibly the author.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Blog Post #9
Mr. McClung's seems to be someone that really enjoys his job and looks forward to going to it everyday. That reason alone is why Mr. McClung is probably a good teacher. He really had a lot of interesting points that really stuck with me. For starters I liked how he discussed how his lesson where centered around his students. He did not care if his peers like his style as long as the students where picking it up. He also said lesson plans are always changing and not to get upset if to had to change them up some. Just be flexible was the phrase he used. Then he went into one of my personal beliefs which is communicate. People work together so much better when they communicate. Mr. McClung continued by discussing why you should not set your students expectations to high. They are still children and failure to they does not always work. Finally he ended by say "Never stop learning." I totally agree with this comment. If you are not learning you are not living.
http://attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-i-learned-this-year.html
http://attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-i-learned-this-year.html
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Post #8
1.) Richard Miller's video on how we dream was interesting and brought up some really good points. His main focus was how we as a civilization did not just read book or write like they did 50 years ago. He focused on how everything has went electronically. I myself personal have noticed that too. For example my girlfriend who is currently in nursing school recently bought all E books this semester for her clinicals. It shocked me when she told me but I know we are in modern times.
My overall feeling about Miller's video is kind of neutral. I know E books, word processors, and video lectures are the wave of the future but it will be hard for those to bet a real book, pen and paper, and good one on one lecture. I know those are all ancient and barbaric things but they work and that is how I personally learn.
http://techliterateteacher.blogspot.com/2009/07/dr-richard-e-miller-discusses-writing.html
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My overall feeling about Miller's video is kind of neutral. I know E books, word processors, and video lectures are the wave of the future but it will be hard for those to bet a real book, pen and paper, and good one on one lecture. I know those are all ancient and barbaric things but they work and that is how I personally learn.
http://techliterateteacher.blogspot.com/2009/07/dr-richard-e-miller-discusses-writing.html
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Additional Assignment #2
How Kids Teach Themselves
1. Yes I believe motivated learners can teach themselves. Motivated individuals have the power to do just about anything they set their minds to. It is all about how bad the person wants the thing they are after.
2. A kid's mind is a powerful powerful tool. Early in life this tool might as well be a huge sponge. Knowledge and know how is just waiting to enter their minds so yes motivated kids can teach themselves.
3. The conditions do have to be right do learning to happen. One key factor I believe in is the ability to exclude oneself from everyone else so you are free of distractions.
4. Technology does play a factor in today's learning styles but I believe the style of learning that an individual picks is solely based off their preference.
5. Someone hungry to learn is a great thing and self drive plays a huge part in someone's ability to learn.
6. Problems are nothing but a speed hump on the road to success. When one of these individuals faces a problem they should try to tackle it themselves or find someone who can help them.
7. Motivation someone to learn is a tricky situation. You can push someone or the edge and they will not come back you for guidance but in turn you can be so hands off they they lose interest and are forced to go else where.
8. Motivation for me comes in many different forms. For starters I think about my future and my future family. Second I think of my family and all the sacrifices they made for me to be here. Third I am a self motivated person who wants nothing but excellence.
9. It is difficult for none motivated learners to learn but it is not impossible.
10. Yes I teach myself everyday. Like I said I am a motivated person and if I cannot do something I will find a way to do it or I'll get help.
11. Teachers are everything in learning when you are in a school setting. Teachers are their for motivation, guidance, and most of all help.
12. The video showed me how important and interesting computers are to the world. They are not as difficult as they seem to be.
13. How should I motivate my students?
1. Yes I believe motivated learners can teach themselves. Motivated individuals have the power to do just about anything they set their minds to. It is all about how bad the person wants the thing they are after.
2. A kid's mind is a powerful powerful tool. Early in life this tool might as well be a huge sponge. Knowledge and know how is just waiting to enter their minds so yes motivated kids can teach themselves.
3. The conditions do have to be right do learning to happen. One key factor I believe in is the ability to exclude oneself from everyone else so you are free of distractions.
4. Technology does play a factor in today's learning styles but I believe the style of learning that an individual picks is solely based off their preference.
5. Someone hungry to learn is a great thing and self drive plays a huge part in someone's ability to learn.
6. Problems are nothing but a speed hump on the road to success. When one of these individuals faces a problem they should try to tackle it themselves or find someone who can help them.
7. Motivation someone to learn is a tricky situation. You can push someone or the edge and they will not come back you for guidance but in turn you can be so hands off they they lose interest and are forced to go else where.
8. Motivation for me comes in many different forms. For starters I think about my future and my future family. Second I think of my family and all the sacrifices they made for me to be here. Third I am a self motivated person who wants nothing but excellence.
9. It is difficult for none motivated learners to learn but it is not impossible.
10. Yes I teach myself everyday. Like I said I am a motivated person and if I cannot do something I will find a way to do it or I'll get help.
11. Teachers are everything in learning when you are in a school setting. Teachers are their for motivation, guidance, and most of all help.
12. The video showed me how important and interesting computers are to the world. They are not as difficult as they seem to be.
13. How should I motivate my students?
Monday, October 11, 2010
Project #10 - MY PLN
Halfway through the semester and my PLN is coming along slowly but surely. PLN is a new concept to me so it is taken a minute for me catch on to it. I think by the end of the semester I'll have one of the best in the class but I'm just a few weeks behind on picking it up. One part of my PLN that I do feel good about is my BLOG. I have stayed up to date on my assignments and blogged regularly so made that is a strong point of my PLN. Keep checking in because the sky is the limit on my PLN.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Summary Post C4T
It is amazing to seeing how other teachers work in their classrooms. The teacher I got to focus on was Paula White. In here first blog she discussed how she used visual charts and pictures to help her students learn. She used a graph to show how the three little pigs worked. In her second blog she discussed how putting students in groups can be both a bad thing and a good thing. She was very insightful and helpful.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
BLOG POST #6
NETWORKED STUDENT
The networked student is a new idea and term for me. I always kind of felt I used every resource I could but I guess I was not using enough to be considered a networked student. Once again I am not sure I i totally agree with this. I feel a teacher should have a hand in every part of their students development. I do not agree with the hands off approach. I know personally some the best teacher I have ever had in both college and high school were hands on teacher and were their for me whenever I need them.
I do agree with being connected to other student from around the World but their is a time and a place for that and it should be used sparingly. Relying solely on interacting through a web cam or e-mail will cause students to not interact on a one on one level. When that happens you lose out on your true people skills. People skills have recently fell to the waist side in the past few years and I think it is just said. Take for example the other day I saw where they now offer Public Speaking as an On-Line class. How is that possible? You need people to have "PUBLIC" speaking.
So in reguards to the question "Does a networked student really need a teacher?" I firmly believe they do. They need them for to guide them through their academic years and to prepare them for the real world.
http://techliterateteacher.blogspot.com/2009/06/networked-student.html
PLE & PLN
PLN and PLE are both new terms to me. You must have a PLE to have a PLN. The PLN is a the group of people you use in your PLE. PLN goes more along the lines with the Networked Student. Any good student should already be using a PLE. Through my research and discoveries an PLE is just being organized and using more technology than they did in the past. So looking at it from the big picture PLN and PLE both go bother and are the wave of the future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY
THE MACHINE IS CHANGING US
Yes the machine is changing us. We as a civilization are always changing so this is not a shocker to me. If we are not changing then we are not evolving and we are getting passed up. Everyone is their own person and wants to be treated that way. The machine is the reason why everyone thinks they should be treated in a special way but they must understand you have to earn the right to be treated special. So the Machine is changing us both in a good way and in a bad way. How will the Machine change you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09gR6VPVrpw&feature=player_embedded
The networked student is a new idea and term for me. I always kind of felt I used every resource I could but I guess I was not using enough to be considered a networked student. Once again I am not sure I i totally agree with this. I feel a teacher should have a hand in every part of their students development. I do not agree with the hands off approach. I know personally some the best teacher I have ever had in both college and high school were hands on teacher and were their for me whenever I need them.
I do agree with being connected to other student from around the World but their is a time and a place for that and it should be used sparingly. Relying solely on interacting through a web cam or e-mail will cause students to not interact on a one on one level. When that happens you lose out on your true people skills. People skills have recently fell to the waist side in the past few years and I think it is just said. Take for example the other day I saw where they now offer Public Speaking as an On-Line class. How is that possible? You need people to have "PUBLIC" speaking.
So in reguards to the question "Does a networked student really need a teacher?" I firmly believe they do. They need them for to guide them through their academic years and to prepare them for the real world.
http://techliterateteacher.blogspot.com/2009/06/networked-student.html
PLE & PLN
PLN and PLE are both new terms to me. You must have a PLE to have a PLN. The PLN is a the group of people you use in your PLE. PLN goes more along the lines with the Networked Student. Any good student should already be using a PLE. Through my research and discoveries an PLE is just being organized and using more technology than they did in the past. So looking at it from the big picture PLN and PLE both go bother and are the wave of the future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY
THE MACHINE IS CHANGING US
Yes the machine is changing us. We as a civilization are always changing so this is not a shocker to me. If we are not changing then we are not evolving and we are getting passed up. Everyone is their own person and wants to be treated that way. The machine is the reason why everyone thinks they should be treated in a special way but they must understand you have to earn the right to be treated special. So the Machine is changing us both in a good way and in a bad way. How will the Machine change you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09gR6VPVrpw&feature=player_embedded
C4K Summary
C4K assignment #1 and #2 was a very interesting assignment. Being involved and posting on an elementary school student's blog was pretty interesting. For starters an elementary school student having a blog is kinda uneasy to begin with but he did really well on his blogs. In my responses I posted on his blog were simple and strait to the point. I told him I enjoyed reading about him and how I felt he had a good understanding of the world around him. I also told him to keep up the good work and to never stop learning.
In assignment #2 I was assigned to the same student at the same elementary school. In his second blog he kept repeating how important respect was to him and how he believed in it. Respect is a pet peeve of mine too so we saw eye to eye on that as well. Both assignment combined I felt I had a real connection with my student and enjoyed every second of it.
In assignment #2 I was assigned to the same student at the same elementary school. In his second blog he kept repeating how important respect was to him and how he believed in it. Respect is a pet peeve of mine too so we saw eye to eye on that as well. Both assignment combined I felt I had a real connection with my student and enjoyed every second of it.
Friday, October 1, 2010
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