tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48860643371080541302024-03-05T00:01:17.151-06:00Josh King's EDM 310 Class BlogJoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-17216219340583672972011-03-29T11:32:00.000-05:002011-03-29T11:32:26.733-05:00The Red Queen Hypothesis UnveiledAs many of us are familiar with "Alice in Wonderland", I was blown away that there was an underlying explanation of <i>co-adaptation </i>(or as evolutionary biologists call it...co-evolution).<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/1478055">Malice In Wonderland: The Red Queen Theory</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user657846">Ed Watkins</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Yes, it explains important mechanisms of adaptations in nature...but let us not limit this theory to ONLY biology. <br />
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The notion of 'running to stay in place' applies to the relationship between humans and technology!<br />
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I have to keep learning and keep using all the new things just to remain the innovative person I am today.<br />
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To be a technology literate teacher...to stay knowledgeable about using technology...to stay up to date... to stay caught up with the kids... We have to be an ongoing learners....never stop running!JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-13668094439686849532011-02-19T14:58:00.001-06:002011-02-23T17:29:34.955-06:00Early Mornings, Coffee, and Field Experience...As of right now, I am busier than ever! School has an odd way of stealing every single second of your time. (My plate is full, therefore my appetite must increase!)<br />
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I have been going back and forth doing field experience for my Educational Foundations class, whose one of many objectives is to acquire 18 hours of serving teachers. Over the past two weeks I've been visiting two schools (I'm not sure if any consequences would happen for posting their names in my blog. So, I will refer to them as School A and School B)<br />
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<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">School A:</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Private School</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">95% White</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">School B:</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Low-Income Public High School School</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">95% Black </div><br />
These schools are greatly different. School "A" has the best facilities in the city. "B"'s facilities are deemed adequate. "A" has all the coolest technology on the market whereas "B" uses chalkboards and book work.<br />
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BUT...where are the similarities in these schools? <br />
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It's in the students....adolescent High-Schoolers....(this is the age group I observed) <br />
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It doesn't matter that school "B" has almost all black students and school "A" has mostly white. ALL of these kids have a desire to learn. They <i>want </i>to learn and understand. ALL these kids want to communicate and interact with information around them. They want to perceive the world around them. They are ALL frustrated when they don't understand. They ALL need extra instruction, but not only instruction. They need a person to understand their confusion and kindle a desire for them to become a better person. <br />
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As I was walking through school "A", it dawned on me that these students can't help that they are in this school. They did not pick their situation. They could not choose their family (yes, they are blessed they are in that family). All they understand is they are here, this is my environment.<br />
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This applies to school "B" students. They are in a black school, born into black culture, and have learned the things they know because of their environment. The way they act is only a reflection of the environment around them. <br />
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Throughout these hours of field experience, my mind keeps coming back to this thought:<br />
Everyone has the freedom to achieve their desires (goals, aspirations, DREAMS)......but these desires seem to be shaped by social surroundings......Does this mean that some people have greater chances of achieving? Do social stratifications mean we are not all equal and freedom is limited?JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-16716510002718641112011-01-25T23:34:00.000-06:002011-01-25T23:34:23.557-06:00The class has ended but I have notA new semester has arrived, and this one is without EDM310. Always, we will do things we enjoy. So here I am...blogging. (also known as trying to scribe and form a better understanding of what is on my mind). What will be on my mind this semester?<br />
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<ul><li>Educational Psychology</li>
<li>Purging Myself of Cultural Bias</li>
<li>Learning to communicate Cross Culturally </li>
<li>Ecology </li>
<li>Evolution</li>
<li>Organic Chemistry </li>
<li> World Music (creating an ensemble awareness)</li>
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Emily Pilotte and I created a web site! <span style="font-size: medium;">This site is designed to help teachers, aspiring teachers, and anyone who wants to learn, become acquainted with the ever-changing world of technology.</span> On this site, we reflected some of our favorite parts about EDM.<br />
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What are our intentions? One of the main features of the site is the connect tab. This is a library of teacher's blogs (the best of the best, the blogging powerhouses). As of right now, it is categorized into elementary teachers, middle school/high school, and administrators/groups. But, as we find more teaching blogs we love, I want to categorize the connect page into which part of the world the teacher is from, and what content they teach. We are extremely excited about keeping up, maintaining, and getting feedback on our site. <br />
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COME CHECK US OUT... <a href="http://teachsavvy.weebly.com/index.html"> Teachsavvy</a>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-72573314637263205212010-12-05T23:18:00.000-06:002010-12-05T23:18:21.801-06:00Final Report on My PLNIt seems a bit bitter-sweet that this class is coming to an end. I have grown exceedingly attached to the pattern of work flow. I can honestly say that no other class has impacted me more than EDM310. Why have I learned so much? Well, I accredit most of my learning to the fact that I have been an ongoing, engaged, and autonomous learner.<br />
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How have I used a personal learning network throughout EDM310?<br />
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Yes, my symbaloo is full of sites that intrigue me. It is full of useful tools and things I check daily (emails, classblog, USA-online, bank account). But, my PLN is more than just a symbaloo screen that graces me with its presence every time I get on the internet.<br />
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My PLN involves RSSfeeds from sites and teachers I'm following. Google Reader is awesome! It's like my morning newspaper, but with all the articles regarding topics I love and want to hear about. Also, in my PLN are podcasts. If you subscribe to some good content, I'm sure you'll find yourself listening to podcasts every time you ride in your car (for me, especially on long trips) or when you have to walk to class. Listening to podcasts are a great way to warm up your brain before you go to class. They get your mind going and allow stimulation for those eager dendrites.<br />
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My PLN gives me information through many different mediums. Even though it is well established, I plan to continue learning this way and growing my network. I plan to especially work more at learning through twitter.JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-85925535881999857602010-12-05T17:49:00.000-06:002010-12-05T17:49:17.667-06:00Teacher #4<a href="http://www.ryanbretag.com/blog/?p=1938&cpage=1#comment-24330">Metanoia by Ryan Bretag</a><br />
The first post I commented on led to an extremely thought provoking comment and reply from Peter Rodrigues. I would like to hear what you think about students (and everybody in today's technological society) leaving behind a digital trail. A footprint. <br />
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<u>My Comment</u><br />
Thank you for sharing your ideas and beautiful pictures. Maybe I’m off, but I thought the main goal in using aliases and ID#’s were to protect identities and make the parents feel better about their child leaving behind a trail. Yes, I agree having a name (their name) is a healthy part of leaving a footprint. So, do you think our society is past the fear of leaving behind a real trail of our intellectual journey? <br />
Thank you very much for provoking thought!<br />
Josh King (an EDM310 student)<br />
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I GOT A REPLY, sort of...<br />
<div class="comment-author vcard"><cite class="fn"><a class="url" href="http://classroomconversation.wordpress.com/" rel="external nofollow">Pete Rodrigues</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="http://www.ryanbretag.com/blog/?p=1938&cpage=1#comment-24360"> November 28, 2010 at 10:43 am</a> </div>Coming to this conversation a bit late, but I’ve been thinking about this lately, as my daughter approaches two, has some presence on facebook, etc.<br />
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I think part of the reason we use the alias/id# thing is for the illusion of safety – parents don’t want students’ personal information out of the web through their school work. Yet, our students have a digital footprint outside of school. And instead of teaching them how to properly craft that footprint, we create a culture of fear. Instead of hiding students’ digital footprint, talk and teach the right way to create an online presence (that will make parents feel safe too). Personal Info, compromising pictures, etc need to be discussed.<br />
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<ul><li>Aliases and id#'s give the illusion of safety...</li>
<li>Are we creating a culture of fear?</li>
<li> Do you think we need to teach our "futures" how to develop a health digital footprint (inside and outside school)?</li>
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<a href="http://www.ryanbretag.com/blog/?p=1972&cpage=1#comment-24436">The second post</a> was a post about who he nominated for the EduBlog awards. This list had some people we've commented on and read posts from...(Scott Mcleod, CASTLE) There were others on his list that I didn't know. It was nice to be directed to more blogs, bogs that insightful in regards to teaching.JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-14920847906594415812010-12-04T20:55:00.024-06:002010-12-04T21:35:37.265-06:00Summary Post Comments4Kids<u>Yasmine</u><br />
She posted a video about a three year old riding a pony! <a href="http://www.horse-games.org/Horse_Videos/Three_year_old_Girl_with_her_Pony.html">See the video for yourself.</a><br />
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Haha.. This is too cute! The music made the video!<br />
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You are a really great writer. You may be interested in learning some HTML code that will make your posts look extremely professional! <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/html_links.asp">Here’s a site if you time.</a><br />
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Keep up the awesome work,<br />
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<u>Vernon</u><br />
Their class had a guest speaker come to school. He talked about telling stories and how to tell good stories. I could tell Vernon really enjoyed this speaker. He was especially enthused about their class getting to make up a collaborative story about monsters and the bed room.<br />
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Sounds like you learned a lot from the story teller! That’s awesome. Everybody loves a good story that’s why people are drawn to things like reading, movies, video games, and comic books. I really enjoyed your post.<br />
Keep up the awesome writing!<br />
Josh (an EDM310 student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL)<br />
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<u>Ashley Le's Blog</u> (Grade 5 French Immersion at NMES) <br />
Okay, at first I was a little confused because this school is in New Brunswick, Canada. The students are 21st century <i>bilingual </i>learners. The posts were in French and English. Most of them were in french and I had to use Google translator. I learned about <a href="http://voicethread.com/community/"> VoiceThread</a>.<br />
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Hey Ashley,<br />
My name is Josh King and I’m from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. This is such a cool post! “King Nugget”, it sounds like he was a fierce and mighty chicken! I LOVED YOUR POST! Keep up the good work!<br />
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Josh King<br />
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<u>Maclains Blog </u><br />
This young man lives in Quimbly, Iowa and he loves hunting. In his post he tells a story about a lady seeing a 10 point buck. His grandpa asked the lady why she didn't shoot it and the lady said, "I would not do that".<br />
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I’m from Mobile, Alabama and hunting is a huge part of my life. It is really cool to see that you enjoy it also! It sounds like you guys have some really big deer up there. <br />
Why do you think the lady would not shoot the deer?<br />
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Ice Station by Matt Rielly <br />
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Beauty by Susan Wilson <br />
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An Abundance of Katherines by John Green<br />
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card <br />
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<a href="http://pencilintegration.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-teach-them-to-solve-for-x.html">Just teach them to solve for X</a><br />
Instead of having the students solve for 'x' in math class. Tom Johnson has the kids create metaphors to explain the concept of 'x'. The CANDY LAND specialist inturrups his class because she doesn't agree with this method of teaching. She thinks, in math, you should be taught cold hard truths, truths so the students can understand the world. As Tom (Mr. Spencer) explains, there is no clarity like this in the learning process. While we learn there is mud and confusion and mishaps. Then, there is understanding and clarity. Learning is messy.<br />
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<a href="http://pencilintegration.blogspot.com/2010/11/sketchy-portraits.html"> Sketchy Portraits: 8th Grade Identity and Pencils</a> <br />
I like to keep in mind that he is talking about computers and technology in general. Yes, I thought it was pretty obvious of this fact when I was first introduced to this blog.<br />
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But, this post delves into more of the psychology of why middle schoolers behave the way they do. They want to be treated as kids <i>and </i>adults. They want to have freedom and govern themselves, yet they still cling onto the security of childhood. This is just the nature of a middle schooler.<br />
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It's important to be shaped by the students we teach<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8905p7hxCw">He Just Likes the Class for the Pencils</a><br />
So, a boy is accused of being disrespectful in all his class but the one that uses technology (Tom's class). The other teachers write off Tom as not having a voice in the meeting because the boy likes Toms class,; he likes Mr. Toms class beacuse of the technology. But, as you find out, he boy enjoys Mr Tom's class for more than the techonolgy. Mr Tom actually listens to the student. There is a mutual level of respect. Tom Johnson is an innovative teacher and even though he is using technology, the students love his class for reasons beyond the technology.<br />
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<a href="http://pencilintegration.blogspot.com/2010/10/medium-shapes-learning.html">The Medium Shapes the Learning</a><br />
The tool we use, the medium we teach with, shapes our learning. I about typed, "shapes the students learning" but I would like to steer away from the notion of the the students are the ones learning. The classroom it is <i>our </i>learning experience not just the students.<br />
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This was a very thought provoking post. As new technology comes out (not just the pencils any more but film and telegraphs), we must understand how to effectively teach with each, and understand how the medium creates an experience...which determines what we learn.JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-75565529400492829682010-11-22T00:26:00.000-06:002010-11-22T00:26:13.751-06:00Blog Post 13<a href="http://alex.state.al.us/plans.php">Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX)</a><br />
Okay what is ALEX? It is a library of lesson plans and other materials (such as web links). Teachers can collaborate material, and I really like that the lesson plans were detailed and outlined to cover content standards (based on <i>Alabama </i>curriculum). The search engine made finding useful material easy and most of the science lessons looked very interesting. The lessons I looked at used methods of teaching that incorporated a lot of hands on experience! I like that! Yes, I definitely think this is a useful source to find lesson material. <br />
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<a href="http://accessdl.state.al.us/">ACCESS</a> <br />
It is Alabama's distant learning initiative that is targeted at Alabama public high schools to bring them high quality instruction. They offer two type of courses: Video Conferencing Instruction and Web Based Instruction. I think it is a great idea to certify e-teachers. Actually, I would like to be able to teach (more like mentoring and guiding) using only 21st century technology. It seems like much more is possible than what this ACCESS program is offering, but it is great what they are offering.<br />
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<i>As a side note...</i><br />
I hated having to use the AVL (Alabama Virtual Library). It was like pulling beaver teeth trying to find a reliable source. When students are use to using wikipedia where topic specific information is very easy to find, it makes using AVL very frustrating.<br />
JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-9763150871761106642010-11-14T22:42:00.000-06:002010-11-14T22:42:27.457-06:00Blog Post 121. Watch <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tom_chatfield_7_ways_games_reward_the_brain.html"> Tom Charfield's 7 ways games reward the brain (16:29)</a><br />
Think about how he defines engagement and how video games can show us how we learn. Write a post in regards to these concepts.<br />
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2. Read Scott Mcleod's <a href="http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2009/07/do-most-educational-games-suck.html">Do Most Education Games Suck</a><br />
Pay attention to questions A, B, and C at the end of the post. I read a lot of the comments and downloaded a couple of free (actually decent) educational games.<br />
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<b>Why I chose to do a blog about video games?</b><br />
Video games are an enormous part of our society. They are a huge part of student's lives. We need to understand why we love them, why they engage us, and how we can incorporate video games into educating future generations.<br />
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Tom Charfield does a magnificent job explaining engagement. WANTING + LIKING = ENGAGEMENT. I think teachers can learn and adopt what video game designers have almost perfected: an effective ongoing reward system. What these games do is give out rewards at carefully calibrated percentages. They get us to work hard to achieve a win. A reward system can spark ambition and drive people to be continuously motivated.<br />
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I thought the "Do Most Educational Games Suck" was a really neat post. Most educational games just look dinky and cheap. They look simple. I think a main problem of these games is that the developers are too focused on <i>what </i>the student should learn from playing these games. They are focused on teaching first and fun second. You might as well just get the students to do a worksheet. <span style="font-size: x-small;">It seems like anytime we force and control learning...no learning actually happens!</span><br />
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I think that video games (either actual games or the concepts of the games) can and should be used in our teaching...<br />
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Here's my mini out line of what I want to do in my science class (found at the end of <a href="http://kingjoshedm310.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-post-11.html"> blog assignment 11</a>) <b>plus </b>the ideas of a video game style reward system.<br />
<ul><li>My class has a blog</li>
<li>The student scientists have their own personal blog where they complete assignments I give them, and they can do freelance research. </li>
<li>Freelance research. I will encourage kids to become observant in everyday life and do research. They keep up with their research by writing about their findings in their blog. If they wonder why salt is used in making ice cream or if they hear on the news about dispersants used in cleaning up oil spills, they can look up information (site it) and write about what they learned.</li>
<li> The reward system: I can give the student scientists experience points according to the work they are doing. After gaining so many experience points the student can level up! With each level up, the student scientist gets to choose a new ability to have (I'll have to get creative on this). Some abilities they could pick... being able to choose his/her seat in class, picking a pseudonym that everyone has to call that person while in class, getting bonus point to add to a test, or they can get free access to my pencil draw.</li>
</ul>I've heard about a college professor giving experience points instead of grades and giving experience points for things like coming to class. Here's one link to follow up...<a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/99224-Professor-Abandons-Grades-for-Experience-Points"> Professor Abandons Traditional Grades for Experience Points.</a> I'm going to do some more research and post it later. <br />
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<ol></ol>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-78445444723670337052010-11-14T22:38:00.000-06:002010-11-14T22:38:46.632-06:00Summary of Responces From Project 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewanalytics?hl=en&formkey=dEFpNU5CVWFMS0RhdklDa0dCRW5uNXc6MQ#gid=0"><img border="0" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhild0uC7DelGSCgc6GcZ3CveYcBnYNqRjIrxilQi51F6Y-BqcL5X6l4MMeFL3uraElnoFFMorrrew5U6KYKMhENzmcNDf5SqN7KwLJmcyC_H1e_3CdL_7RXC4dgaQwjBQFaq0F3EhSL7qT/s320/responce+summary.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><u>My project 6</u><br />
I created a survey in hopes to understand how well students are generalizing their education. To me, generalizing your education is taking what you've learned in class and applying it to everyday life. I feel as if college students today aren't sure exactly why they are in school. The society basically demands this furthering of education, but the students aren't sure what they are supposed to get out of school. I think on a basic level we do understand that being <i>good </i>at school isn't going to get us anywhere. The world doesn't care how many facts we are able to regurgitate. <br />
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So...as a student, I think it is my responsibility to be able to learn and preform what I am taught. To learn is to understand the why. When information is thrown at us we have to be able to reason with this knowledge and use it in life! AKA, generalize your education.<br />
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<u>What are my findings? </u><br />
Well, school is important to these 22 college students. Most all of them talk about school moderately or frequently outside of school. Also, they can remember things they have been taught in previous classes. They are more likely to remember (material taught in prior classes) than to have to relearn the material.<br />
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18 of these students (81%) spend less than 50% of their <i>own </i>time exploring classroom subjects.<br />
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Majority (68%)of these students claim that work related experience is more credible (worthy, important, valuable) than academic experience.<br />
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Majority of these students do try to understand the <i>why</i> behind the facts presented in school.<br />
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Most of these student's friends think they are above average in intelligence.<br />
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They feel as if they know more concepts in contrast to trivia.<br />
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The majority agree that if you teach a dog to fetch a <i>ball </i>but that dog can't fetch a <i>bone</i>...<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">then the dog did not learn how to fetch.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div> <u>What did I conclude </u><br />
I am really pleased with all the outcomes of this survey (you can click on the picture to go to the form analysis). I did not conclude any solid data. After analyzing the data, I get the feeling that these college students want to learn and apply what they learn to everyday life. We want to generalize our education. We want, but the system of education doesn't supply what we want.JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-63669797916253014702010-11-14T22:27:00.000-06:002010-11-14T22:27:09.233-06:00Progress on the Final ProjectEmily Pilotte and I are working together on this last project. We want to create a website! A place for teachers come and become inspired. We are getting comfortable with <a href="http://www.weebly.com/"> Weebly.</a> It seem like it will be able to do everything we want. Which are:<br />
<ul><li> Bring great minds and ideas of 21 century teaching together. </li>
<li>A place for teachers to find others to blog with and learn from.</li>
<li>Watch videos </li>
<li>Comment on blogs</li>
<li>learn how to use things like wordle, timetoast, voicethread.</li>
</ul>I really like the idea of creating this site and maintaining it as I become more involved in my teaching career. Weebly looks very professional. I'm not sure yet of all the possibilities. Also, I'm not sure if we need to get permission to put peoples blogs on our website.JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-69599315080947678312010-11-07T23:30:00.003-06:002010-11-07T23:37:36.302-06:00Blog Post 11<span style="font-size: large;"> 1st grade students can blog! What can you do?</span><br />
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One thing I have not thought about is the privacy issue with students blogging. Mrs. Cassidy endeavors to protect student's identity. <br />
What she does:<br />
<ul><li>Sends out permission forms on the first day of school regarding student work being on the internet</li>
<li>Only uses student's first name</li>
<li>Doesn't match any names with pictures</li>
</ul>I think I can use blog as an online portfolio. I like the fact that parents can watch their kids grow. Kids love technology. It is a natural part of their world. With technology in schools, kids don't have to power down when they come to school. They can live in their world and not the world of the 20th century.<br />
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Are elementary education teachers held most responsible to show students how to learn with technology? I know it is never to late to use technology with your students, but I feel like the elementary teachers have some of the biggest responsibilities because they are indoctrinating these students into their long like of learning. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="zemanta-img separator zemanta-action-dragged" style="clear: both; float: none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35468142462@N01/8582004" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Curtis is in first grade and he loves me" height="240" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/8582004_b4c4dbc906_m.jpg" style="border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" title="Picture from Zemanta" width="183" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></span></div><i>Now </i>is the time to learn. I say this with lots of things. It is kind of like my scholastic version of the "just do it" saying. Now is the time to learn how technology can help you learn.<br />
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<b>A cool advantage of blogs verses pen and paper</b><br />
With blogs, the students have a massive endless audience. This is an aspect you don't have to teach the kids. They know and understand what the internet is and what it allows. Does it make a difference if students have an audience? I think it makes a huge difference in one of the hardest areas about learning, motivation. They want to be heard. Everybody loves feedback on something they put personal time into, and I think it motivates students to do better quality work.<br />
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<b>I think it's a good time to talk about twitter.</b><br />
Okay I'm glad Ms. Cassidy said it, "Twitter doesn't feel worthwhile at first". That's how I feel now. I completely understand that I am following people who have similar interest as me, and I can learn from immensely from these people. Or, maybe I'm following too many old people. I have enjoyed some of the links people tweet, but there is so much material being thrown. Maybe my stream of knowledge is too much for me right now (I bit off more than I could chew). Also, I feel this way about the blogs I am following and in the RSS feeds being sent to my Google Reader. I just don't have near enough time to read, comment, speak my mind, and enjoy these things I'm interested in.<br />
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<b>What do I want my students to use? What do I see as having utility?</b><br />
Well, I definitely want to develop my students to be self learners. I do not want to be the person that supplies facts and grades them on how many they can retain. Here's a rough mini outline of what I want to do in my science class!<br />
<ul><li>I want organize my class around the theme that the student IS the scientist. The student scientists must be observant, form questions, collaborate questions, and test these hypothesis. (This is the scientific method)</li>
<li>I would like to present assignments (ideas, facts, problems, deep questions, or let them ask questions) on a class blog </li>
<li>I would like them to research the assignments using their self created learning environment. I can show them things I'm using now in EDM310. Also, I want to encourage learning from the natural world. I want them questioning things they experience in nature, around their home, and in everyday life. <i>The student scientists generate the questions</i>. Then, use the internet (their PLN) to do further research.</li>
<li>They have to keep track and record their data they collect in their blog. This can be video, images, audio, or text.</li>
</ul>This is just an idea formed from my desire to have people control their learning, and enjoy the world they live in. I would really like your feedback! What do you think about this outline? <br />
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=8a21acd9-6557-4193-abbc-42600468b8d5" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-31513780835450197692010-11-07T20:32:00.000-06:002010-11-07T20:32:59.075-06:00Summary Post C4T Teacher #3This teacher seems like a really interesting fellow. <a href="http://concretekax.blogspot.com/">His blog</a>. He was a concrete artist then turned turned technology teacher on a journey to teach paperless!<br />
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<u>The Concrete Classroom</u><br />
Here's the first post I read: <u><a href="http://concretekax.blogspot.com/2010/10/10-10-10.html">10-10-10</a><br />
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A woman had a baby on 08/08/08. She became pregnant again and had a child on 09/09/09. Now, she had her third on 10/10/10. Is this coincidence? Or was she <i>aiming </i>for these magic birth day numbers?<br />
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His post was asking if this was a worthy question to ask students and how could it be used/presented.<br />
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<u>My Comment </u><br />
Hello Mr. Kaechele,<br />
I'm Josh King an EDM 310 student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL. I'm preparing to be a general education science teacher! I think this is a great question to ask students because this questions makes students becme opinionated and form ideas to answer the question. This is a worthy question because life is going to be full of questions like this. Questions where we have to infer the best possible answer from our educated opinions.<br />
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Next week I'll be writing some more thoughts about this on my <a href="http://kingjoshedm310.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>. <u></u><br />
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<a href="http://concretekax.blogspot.com/2010/10/alchemist-and-louis-lamour.html"><u>Th</u><u>e Alchemist and L'Amour</u></a><br />
It is amazing how in this class many assignments reiterate ideas of previous assignments. I think you could entitle the last couple of weeks, "The failing aspects of institutionalized education". In this post by Mr. Micheal he quoted some of L'Amour's work. I want to remember these and spread these ideas, so what better place to start than here.<br />
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<i>Somewhere along the line I had fallen in love with learning, and it became a lifelong romance...</i><br />
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<i>No matter how much I admire our schools, I know that no university exists that can provide an education; what a university can provide is an outline, to give the learner a direction and guidance. The rest one has to do for oneself.</i><br />
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<i>Education should provide the tools for widening and deepening of life, for increased appreciation of all one sees or experiences. It should equip a person to live life well, to understand what is happening about him, for to live life well one must live with awareness...</i><i> </i><br />
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<u>My Comment</u><br />
I'm amazed at how cohesive this post is to what we've been learning in EDM310. You are right the ideas to change education really aren't new, and I think we need change now more than ever. We just watched a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2PGGeTOA4?" rel="nofollow"> video about Dan Brown</a> (a University of Nebraska student who dropped out of school because school was interfering with his education).<br />
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I have really taken to heart some of the L'Amour quotes (posted my favorites on my <a href="http://kingjoshedm310.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>) Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!<br />
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Josh King an EDM310 student.<i> </i>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-59205668452147344472010-11-07T17:23:00.000-06:002010-11-07T17:23:49.255-06:00Summary Post C4K 3-7<b>Levi </b>(year 4 class at Pt England School in Auckland, NZ.)<br />
His post was entitled "Crazy Monkey". He described a monkey eating a banana. He used so many adjectives I felt like I <i>was </i>the crazy monkey ripping into the banana with my teeth, tasting the bitter peel and drooling on myself when I tasty the creamy banana inside. <br />
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Hello Levi, I'm Josh King. I'm from the Unites States and in college at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. I don't think I've ever wanted a banana as bad as I want one right now! I think I'm going to just eat the creamy, tasty, fantastic part of the banana and not the yellow, nasty skin. <br />
I really like your writing. It has many crazy monkey characteristics. All the descriptions gave me a clear picture of how a monkey really looks when he eats a banana. That is awesome that you were able to do that! Keep up the good work.<br />
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<b>Jay </b>(in grade 6 at a school half and hour away from Hobart which is the capital city of the Australian island Tasmania)<br />
This may or may not be surprising but this 6th grade boy loves video games! In fact, all of his blog posts were about different games he had recently played. Desert Storm 2: Back to Baghdad was his most recent post. He was most interested in all the different weaponry available in the game. Why do we like video games so much? (I include myself in this because if I had more free time I would play some of the games he is describing.) We love action; we love story lines; and we want to be involved in both! All these things are key to in getting students to be engaged learners.<br />
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<b>My comment for Jay</b><br />
Hello Jay,<br />
I’m college student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL, USA. As a video game player myself, I enjoyed reading your blogs! I think what we enjoy most about games is being able to interact through the game and do all these crazy things like run around as a blue Avatar man or shoot really cool weapons. I also like a really good story plot in a game like in the game Mass Effect or Oblivion. It’s pretty cool to think that we can experience and learn things through a game, but that should not take away from the importance of learning from your teachers or from your parents.<br />
Keep up the good work and keep blogging!<br />
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<b>Liam </b>(from the same school as Jay, only Liam is in grade 7)<b></b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">His post was about different search engines you can use. I thought this was really cool because I usually only use Google, but there are many different search engines out there. The ones he listed are very visual search engines. I bet he is a visual learner as well! Here are the engines he listed </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> 1.<i>Sleedo.</i>I like <i>Sleedo </i>because every time you search something you are donating 10 grains of rice to the poor. Here is the URL with a hyperlink. <a href="http://www.sleedo.com/">http://www.sleedo.com/</a> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. I like <i>search cube</i>because it is cool and it is a visual search so you type in what you want and it comes up with the things that you’ve searched for like google. <a href="http://search-cube.com/">http://search-cube.com/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3.I like <i>blackle</i>because it is black and it is also a google custom search and the reason why it is black is becuase it is to save power <a href="http://www.blackle.com/">http://www.blackle.com/</a></span></div><b></b><br />
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<b>My Comment for Liam </b><br />
Hello, Liam<br />
This is Josh King. I’m in a class called EDM310 at the University of South Alabama. It’s in Mobile, Alabama USA.<br />
I really like these search engines! I’ve actually never used or heard of any of these. I really like the visual effects of search-cube. It makes searching and learning fun! I’m not really sure but sleedo wasn’t working, maybe the site was down, but I’ll try again later. <br />
Thank you for sharing these and teaching me!<br />
p.s here is a visual search engine I found.. <a href="http://search.spacetime.com/" rel="nofollow">http://search.spacetime.com/</a><br />
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<b>Riely S.</b><br />
<div class="entry clearfix"><span style="color: #ffcc00;">We are the FUTURE.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffcc00;">We are the PAST.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffcc00;">We stand LEGENDARY.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffcc00;">The TIME IS NOW.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc99ff;">WE SHOW THEM HOW ITS DONE!</span></div><br />
<b>My Comment for Riely</b><br />
Hey Riley, This is an EDM310 student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL. This is a very inspirational post! I’m not really sure what you are describing, but to different people it can mean different things. That is what makes this post so good. I took it as describing your generation! Keep up the great work and show them how it’s done!<br />
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<b>Autumn</b><br />
She blogged about being drug free. It was red ribbon week at their school and she learned about the importance of being drug free. She said, "you have a life don't waste it”. So, I would just like to be drug free growing up. If you are around an environment that has drugs, try to keep yourself away fome some where like that because it all depends on you to keep your life, body and yourself DRUG FREE. So make your self safe by staying away from drugs." These are great words from a young lady!<br />
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<b>My Comment for Autumn</b><br />
Hello Autumn, I'm in college at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL. I think you have an amazing future ahead of you! Planning to be drug free and knowing the importance of being drug free shows that you are very mature. Keep up the wonderful blogging!JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-57077119516402629972010-11-07T10:41:00.000-06:002010-11-07T10:42:00.010-06:00Instructional Video: A scholastic way to use your iPod<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N7N5skpwOcc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N7N5skpwOcc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-37557281011155123282010-10-31T23:45:00.000-05:002010-10-31T23:45:57.058-05:00Blog Assignment 10What is wrong with institutional education? Why is our society passing by this style of education? Here's a comment I left on<a href="http://morgbayda.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/an-open-letter-to-educators/#comment-499"> An Open Letter To Educators.</a><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: small;">Hey, I'm an EMD310 student and I totally agree with you. There is no need for teachers to be holders of information. The teachers are being used as if they are the only one who are able to hold an instruction manual, and it is their job to throw facts at us from this manual. Since all the facts are in the public domain via the Internet, why do we need this style of education? I really like your post and Dan Brown's response to this question.</span><br />
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I feel like my college experience relates to Morgan Bayda's experience (the girl who wrote the post). In most all of my classes, my learning experience is very impersonal. The teacher doesn't know me. We aren't encouraged to discuss with the teacher or other students. It's actually not much of an experience, and that maybe why we have a hard time doing the one thing we are demanded to do...focus.<br />
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I do have a slight counter opinion with one genre of classes (i.e. Chemistry). I'm in my third inorganic chemistry class and I actually use my book! (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Maybe the fact that I actually use my book in ONE of my classes speaks truths about institutional education failing</span>.) Anyway, I use the book because it follows the lectures and has may topic specific problems for me to practice. To me, chemistry is a skill that I have to constantly practice; use it or lose it. It's just like practicing free throws in basketball, and how well you perform in the game depends on the practice you put into it.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://pencilintegration.blogspot.com/2010/07/dont-let-them-take-pencils-home.html">Don't Let Them Take Pencils Home</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>This is a great way to use a blog. Combining fictional characters in historic situations to discuss modern conflicts. It's brilliant! I've had some of these same "pencil" thoughts last week while thinking of iPad use in school. Will kids think of iPads as a toy? How do you get parents and others on board with a new concept? Can this technology <i>really </i>be used for education?<br />
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Yes! As Tom Johnson said, "Don't hold the kids accountable. Try and find projects that keep them interested. But if they choose to play Hang Man or go on the pen pal networks, be okay with it. There's probably some learning that's taking place that we don't realize." I love this mentality. Give the students the possibility to learn, without holding any doubt over their heads.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://techliterateteacher.blogspot.com/2010/03/two-questions-that-can-change-your-life.html">Two Questions That Can Change Your Life </a> </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">What is your sentence? </div><br />
A great man is a sentence. A sentence that drives us. One to sum us up and for us to take with us where ever we may go. A second sentence goes hand-in-hand to motivate us and develop us.<br />
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<div style="color: black;"><div style="color: white; text-align: center;">Are you better today than you were yesterday?</div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Okay, this is probably the most difficult post yet. I write this keeping in mind that I hold the right to change it as I learn more about me, my purpose in life, and what motivates me. So, here it goes. <br />
<div style="color: #f1c232;"><i>Josh King is a man that strives to learn in every situation and tries to motivate others to do the same.</i></div>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-12030565352214545172010-10-31T23:31:00.000-05:002010-10-31T23:31:17.098-05:00Additional Assignment #3<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sanzio_01_cropped.png" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The ideas of Aristotle and Plato, shown in thi..." height="99" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Sanzio_01_cropped.png" style="border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" title="Photo taken from Zemanta" width="166" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 166px;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sanzio_01_cropped.png"></a></span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36x39hNZ4uY">Changing Education Paradigms </a><br />
To me the most important thing Kin Robinson said was, "The current system of education was designed and conceived for a different age." The culture of education was developed during the Age of Enlightenment and then combined with the idea of free public education during the Industrial Revolution. As our society changes, this old style of teaching kids doesn't work. Yes, our society has changed that much. How can we demand a student to be engaged on a teacher centered lecture when that student goes home and is bombarded by visually stimulating multimedia.<br />
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How are the things Kin Robinson says in agreement with what I'm learning in the College of Education? Well I don't have much to say here because I've only taken two education classes (EDM310 and SPE400). I am very glad that EDM310 was one of my first classes in learning to be an educator. I can confidently say that this class has allowed me to define my views of education.<br />
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What can I do to address the issues Kin Robinson raises? When I teach, I plan to make learning an active, engaging, and aesthetic experience. The funny thing is that I actually don't know how to do this, but I do plan to continue to be an alive learner myself in hopes to be able to assimilate my experiences with learning through creativity and technology to my students.<br />
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Yes, I loved this animated video. It shows some of the possibilities of composing through multimedia. If I had to create using these means I would like to be an idea generator. I would like to guide the flow of topics and how the discussion flowed. <br />
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"></div>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-72627028290465718182010-10-28T20:07:00.000-05:002010-10-28T20:07:52.336-05:00Project #13 SMART-Boards<i>This was my first time ever touching a SMART-board. I had fun working with a SMART-board and learned a little about rocks in the process!</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">My first year of teaching...Wow! It's hard to even imagine. I hope that I'm able to learn busloads every year, but there is no doubt my first year will be very meaningful as a growing teacher. This <a href="http://attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-i-learned-this-year.html">post by Mr. McChung</a> gives great insights on how to be that awesomely effective teacher.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
To read the crowd is another way of saying the audience is driving the instruction. If the students aren't comprehending, then what good am I doing?</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
Why do we need to be flexible? We need flexibility because humans are not perfect. We screw up. The lesson that I actually teach and the one I plan to teach will be different! To me, a lesson is just a group of information that I plan to present a certain way. (A crazy thought) Some days I can't even remember what I ate for lunch. So, how am I supposed to remember and execute teaching a lesson the exact way I planned it? In regards to chaos, mistakes, and misunderstanding; we should proceed in life with a smile on our face and opportunity in our eyes. I think in all situations learning can happen.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Some skills to practice to make me that awesome teacher!)</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Be flexible</div><div style="text-align: center;">Communicate</div><div style="text-align: center;">Be reasonable</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't be afraid of technology</div><div style="text-align: center;">Listen to your students</div><div style="text-align: center;">NEVER STOP LEARNING </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-43232538715498501702010-10-24T22:28:00.001-05:002010-10-24T22:30:12.376-05:00Project #12<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aMuKrbuY--w?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aMuKrbuY--w?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-10129196212392179152010-10-17T23:49:00.000-05:002010-10-17T23:49:39.898-05:00Blog Assignment 8<a href="http://techliterateteacher.blogspot.com/2009/07/dr-richard-e-miller-discusses-writing.html">This is how we dream</a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">This is Dr. Richard E. Miller discussing writing with multimedia.</span><br />
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Our society is changing! The web and modern technology is changing the material we compose. The content we create is different. Now, we can create material that combines video, audio, and text. Also, the material we make can be updated instantly. There is no need to buy the newest version of <u>The World Book Encyclopedia</u>. Maybe the most important aspect of this change is that we can push our ideas out into the world. As Dr. Miller implied, there is no need to go through the publication process when we can publish our own work instantly. We can let our social feedback be our critic.<br />
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So, I guess the question exists: Am I prepared to write/compose with multimedia? Is that not what I've been doing? True, I have not mastered the skills of integrating text, audio, and video in a powerful, compelling, and innovative manner. But, as I network with others and mature into the possibilities of multimedia creation, I think I can do it! My growth already has been exponential. Since August, I have learned a gargantuan amount about communicating, learning, and creating through technology today. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Other than the word, I didn't even know what a <i>blog </i>was until this class!</span><br />
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Will <i>my </i>students be able to do this? Well, they should be able to. Dr. Miller's discussion allowed us to see small glimpse of the future of composing. Our students will live a life and have jobs that require them to deceiver and create this type of material.<br />
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<u>The Chipper Series and EDM for Dummies</u><br />
Chipper series felt a bit lengthy, but I liked the point that if you just take everything seriously from the beginning and try to understand the importance of what you are doing at the time, then you won't find yourself in a loop of mishaps. The personal message I take away is that I'm finding myself submitting my work later and later each week (while still being on-time, I've gotten away from doing my work early on in the week and proofreading it throughout the week). A new week is a new opportunity to be efficiently productive.<br />
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Also, I really like the creativeness behind EDM for Dummies. I think overall, I want to make a final video that speaks creativity along with a clear message. <br />
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<u>The SMART Board Contrasts</u><br />
Here's my pro-SMART board blog (super recent post, Sunday Oct, 17)<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hptaonline.blogspot.com/2010/10/smart-boards-smart-thing-to-do.html">SMART Boards: The Smart Thing To Do!</a><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">The biggest pro-SMART board comment here is the statement, "Probably the biggest benefit the SMART Boards offers is that children are more likely to engage in learning no matter what their learning style may be." Also, they said that with the IWB the kids are <i>eager </i>to participate and volunteer. </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
And, the other two rather opposite of this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2010/01/27/tln_ferriter_whiteboards.html?tkn=Q[RFGmQux6XnMebDMl4nddRDutTae13KtmNE">Why I hate Interactive Whiteboards</a> <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a 05="" 2010="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4886064337108054130" http:="" theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com="" why-smartboards-are-dumb-initiative.html="">Why Smartboards are a Dumb Initiative</a><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"> The main thing I take from these anti-IWB post is that these boards are just giving us a glorified teacher centered style of lecturing. They aren't actually changing the system of education, but instead they are supplying an expensive add-on to the traditional system. And, administrators like these IWB because they are a tangible way of counting technological advancement in their schools.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
What do I think?</div><div style="text-align: left;">To me, if the IWB is used for lecture, then it is no better than a slightly more advanced PowerPoint. But, if the students are able to create and interact through it, then there is utility in these IWB. Actually, I'm really excited about using one because I do not know much about them. I think some personal use with one of these boards may help me in deciding how useful I think they are.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886064337108054130.post-23790800707001468332010-10-17T21:17:00.000-05:002010-10-17T21:17:03.126-05:00Short Movie Assignment (The Brave Monkey Pirate by Hayes Roberts)<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0XIuMcsS40?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k0XIuMcsS40?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>JoshuaKingEDM310http://www.blogger.com/profile/05523857110722546009noreply@blogger.com1