PodCasts

Teachers connecting # 11 Year end ideas
The first 10 min of this blog were basically pointless. They didn't really get into much. Ben was talking about his trip to Ottowa, and about Obama cookies in the market. Towards the end of the first 10 minutes they were talking about Math movies, which I thought was a good idea. There are different well known movies that have information about mathmatics in them. Mathmovies.com shows clips of these movies to get the students interested in the topic you're teaching that a specific lesson.

Kid Cast
Podcasts
Dan Schmit
In this podcast, Mr. Schmit gave some reasons why video podcasting "vodcasting" is better than just audio podcasts. Video podcasts, of course, give visuals rather than just sounds. You can see the emotion in the face when you could miss that if you were just listening to voices. It also shows the body language behind the speech. Video podcast are also good for demonstrations, making it easier to explain with visuals rather than just audible instructions.

ConnectLearning
David Warlick Episode 91

Some of the representatives attending the podcast seminar were concerned about young children being posted with their names and pictures, and being indentifiable online. Warlick and another rep. suggests that for young children creating their own podcasts should probably stick to audio podcast. He also suggested that they should review and use their acceptable use policies. They also talked about how podcasting could improve their jobs, here are some responses. Use them to help "sell" books, by talking them up and drawing in readers. We could have podcasts of spanish translations of books for ESL students. Children can use podcasts to express themselves. They could be used to interview people in the community.

This week in Photography. Alex decides on a camera
The last one I listened to, I didn't like so much. I thought I would because it was about photography and I enjoy taking pictures. But they just talked about this alex character picking out a new camera and it wasn't very interesting...

Harness your Students' Digital Smarts Blog

This video is inspiring. I want to be the kind of teacher that has an open mind and is ready for anything. I want to let my students be hands on and create their learning modules. The more they're interacting, I believe, the more they're learning. I always loved doing different crafts and projects in school. I didn't like sitting around listening to lectures and taking notes.

I like the connection she gave them with the outside world. Even from south Georgia, those students were connected to others all over the world. They were learning technology while learning different cultures and ways of life at the same time and that, to me, is awesome.

Ken Robinson Blog

I really enjoyed this video. It seems like they were having a good conference. He is exactly right about the schools putting arts and imagination on the low end of the hierarchy. The arts are very important in my opinion and it's sad that they are slowly but surely being removed from the school systems.

I enjoyed what he said about the choreographer of CATS. The doctor said that there was nothing wrong with her, simply she was a dancer. A lot of times, students, who are diagnosed with this learning disability or this mental handicap, simply need to be approached in a different way. Not every student learns from lectures and note taking.

Mr winkle blog

This video is sad. Imagine going to sleep of 100 years and missing everything. You have no idea what's been going on around you and you feel completely lost in everything. You don't know what to do in your office. Everyone is bustling about around you and you're spinning around in circles. You don't know what the doctors are doing to you at the hospital. You're completely lost in the world around you. But the saddest part would be that you feel right at home in the schools. They're just like you remember them.

If you're lost in the world around you, and there are so many technical advances, why are our schools the same. Why are the kids still coming and sitting and listening to the teachers yap all day. Why are they not up and doing and learning and participating with hands on activities that will contribute to their life in the world and help them contribute to the rest of the world?... it's something to think about.

did you know blog

I liked this video. It was very interesting to see how rapidly things have changed and are continuing to change. So what does all of this mean? It means that with each generation more and more discoveries are being made. It is a little irritating that statistically everything I learned in my first years in college are now outdated. It kind of scares me a bit to know that my students will probably know a lot more than I do. I guess that's why I have to keep my eagerness to learn and continue to learn over the years.

It also scares me to know that it is predicted that by 2049 there will be a computer that can do exceedingly more than any human being can do. Personally I think that is ridiculous. Why, when so many people are out of jobs now, would someone create something that could do so much more than a human could do? I just hope Jesus Christ comes back before any of that happens. I'm not sure why all of this rapid growth of communication scares me so badly, but I do know that I want to be off of this Earth when things go south...

Blog #1

I just posted most of this stuff about me on the about me section on my blog page, but I'll go ahead and repeat it, since that's what our first blog is supposed to be about.
My name is Erica Freeman. I am 21 yrs old and live in Pascagoula Ms. I drive every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, to Mobile for class. I am going to USA because the community college close to home doesn't have an Education Program. I am an Elementary Education major. I want to teach 3rd grade. I grew up with 3 sisters and I now have a brother-in-law as well. I still live at home with my parents. I'm waiting for the day that I don't have to live at home anymore! I love to laugh and have a good time. I spend a lot of time hanging out with my friends and family. I sing on the worship team at Church on the Rock in Pascagoula. I love to sing. I'm a christian girl and I don't know where I would be without the strength and guidance of Christ. One of my very best friends is my sister Natalie, that I miss very much...basically this is me: a fun loving girl, who likes to laugh and have a good time and watch movies and read.