Blog Post #15 Final Reflection

Final Report on PLN

PLN is really one of the coolest things we were introduced to in EDM310. I found it to be so helpful, and just so much easier to deal with. We have so many cool and interesting sites that Dr. Strange assigned us to view. A lot of those sites I found really interesting and thought they would be helpful, so that is where PLN comes into play. It makes it easy to keep with with all of the sites I enjoy. Also, it helps me stay organized. I really think that this was useful and I would really advise anyone to use PLN.

Blog Post #14

I really enjoyed browsing the educational blog created by Jose Picardo. I thought that he incorporated so many useful things to share with everyone who viewed. When looking at the long list of resources for teachers I was really fascinated. He has a list from A-Z all in alphabetical order on resources he finds important. I thought that his list was really impressive! He has so many cool resources listed some that I have heard about and know about from EDM310, and there are some that I am curious about. I find this blog to be very beneficial, and I hope to learn more and more about each one of these resources on his list.

While watching Top Ten Tips For Using Technology in the Classroom I become immediately interested. I thought that all of the tips he gave were all important and beneficial. The tips he listed were most of the things we learned in EDM310. He also suggested some other tips that I had not thought about before such as incorporating music the students are interested in. I thought that this was a good idea to capture the students attention. I would agree with this list, for I as well think these tips are necessary.

C4k Summary (November)

I loved doing the C4K's! I really enjoyed reading what other students are doing in their
classrooms. They all seem to be having a lot of fun, and that made me really happy to comment on all of their posts.

November 6 comment was of P.J. He is in room 9 @Pt England School. P.J. created a Australian animation using Hyperstudio. He created his animation from common scenes and animals that are found in Australia. He really did do an excellent job. His whole project turned out to be really cute. I commented on his project telling him that I was really impressed with his hard work.
November 13 comment was on Mrs. Yollis' class Blog. I would like to start off by saying Mrs. Yollis seems like the coolest and best teacher ever. I am sure that all the students would love to be in her class. I know I would for sure love to have her as my teacher. While looking at her blog I commented on a video she posted of her demonstrating the difference between fiction and non fiction. She was dressed up like a cowgirl. The video was really good, and I hope to be a great teacher as she is one day.
November 20 comment was on Fauea's Blog @ Pt England School. He talked about his class making ice cream comets. He explained the whole process, and it was really quite interesting. I let him know the idea his teacher came up with was really awesome, and I bet that he really loved being in class that day.

C4T # 4

I was assigned to explore Ms. Lara's Blog. She is a preschool teacher in Mobile. She attends the University of South Alabama inquiring her degree in Elementary education. She has posted some very inspirational things, and she seems like she is doing a fabulous job in her classroom. The first post that I commented on by her was titled "I owe It All To You Dr. Strange". In this post she discussed the different things that she has learned form taking EDM310. She really expresses how she has gotten so much out of it. She is now using computer in her preschool classroom, and she loves it. She says that at first she was unsure if she wanted to incorporate computers in her classroom, but now that she has she would not have it any other way. I told Ms. Lara that I am currently enrolled in EDM310, and that I find all the this knew information I am still learning to be super beneficial.
The next post I commented on was called "School Days Schools Days". This post was about how she is always learning and making a difference in her students lives when she thought she was not. She told a story of a student of hers making her so happy when he had to recite his poem because he did such an awesome job. She thought that he never once listened to what she was saying. I commented telling her how this was an inspirational story and made me want to become a teacher so much more.

Final Project