Blog Post 6

Project Based learning Part 1. And Part 2 Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher

Project Based Learning is continuingly evolving. PBL is something that is done at the end of the lesson to show that students have learned what they are supposed to learn. Instead of a method that students should learn. What I have learned is that the goal of educators is to have students to take something from PBL with them. Students have achieved something from PBL. To get students excited about what they are creating and the goal for the project is to create a project that they will need all the content they need to know to complete that project. The goal of a good project is on that has an authentic audience. So that students are rewarded for the work that they do and be motivated for the good work they do. A PBL that is relevant to students lives and has the student interested. They can involve the community because the student can see that it is related to the real world experiences but most importantly are driven by contact. Projects must be within the state standards of what the students are suppose to learn. That will give the students the opportunity to need to know the content. Students can complete the project according to the states requirements.

I curio is an online tool that allows students to safely search websites. Students can also search images and video. I curio has been filtered for educational use that fits the ACCRS and other state standards. It has a virtual online storage for both student and teachers to store valuable information. Students and teachers are able to retrieve their stored information at any time.

Discovery Ed is a text article that can be used along with visual content. Students will be able to retain a lot more such as background knowledge, extended conversation, or illustrations to support text being used. It can be used for all subjects such as science and social studies. It is a great tool for teachers and student to do research for subject topics such as flowers or animals. Discovery Ed not only provides pictures but it has videos that the students can connect with someone outside the class room. It brings experts into the class room by video to video. Discovery Ed can be used by student to do searches so they can enrich their research experiences. Teachers can use Discovery Ed to bring different text to life.

The Anthony- Strange Tips for Teachers Part 1 1. Be a constant learner yourself. If you are not a learner you will not be a successful educator. Teachers have to be constantly learners. Educators have to model that behavior for students. 2. Teaching never ends. It is hard work. It is very rewarding. Teachers learn from their craft of teaching in their free time. 3. Be Flexible. The Unexpected will happen. Teachers have to be creative, flexible and cannot be committed to one way of doing something. They must be able to respond to unexpected events. 4. Start with a goal. 5. Engage 100% of your students 100% of the time in 100% of their projects. 6. Reflect, Revise, Share work with an audience.

Use Tech Don’t Teach it

What I have learn about “Use Tech Don’t Teach It “is that teachers should introduce technology to students smartly. Educators should allow students to learn technology in steps before advancing further. Technology can prove to students that they are learning. Students are excited about learning with technology and what they are learning. Technology should never be taught to students allow them to figure it out and learn from their mistakes.

Blog Post 5

What is Project Based Learning (PBL)? “It is a teaching method in which student’s gains knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question, problem, or challenge. PBL creates an effective and engaging class that promotes students ability to master the common core state standards” (Buck Institute.com).



In the “Micheal Fawcett Discusses his PBL video”, I have learned a lot about PBL. I have learned that PBL can be used in many different ways such as blogging, and twitter. You can have more than one blog. A teacher's blog that can be use to connect with other teachers around the world that have the same ideas and doing some of the same things in the classroom. A class blog can keep teachers connected with students and students connected to each other. Teachers and students can read and comment on a class blog.

It gives the class the opportunity to communicate, connect, and collaborate with other students. How would I create my own PBL? I would set up a twitter account so I could discuss and talk about things as they happened and after it happened. I would continue to add people to my twitter weekly. It would help me to extend my network of people around the world. Using twitter would allow me to send and receive tweets from teachers and educators with different backgrounds and experiences that can be a part of my professional growth. This would allow other teachers and educators to exchange ideas about new sites, new web tools, classroom activities and projects.

Fawcett also uses live stream. It can give you the sense of being there in conferences and meetings with other teachers and educators from primary schools to universities around the world. As a future teacher, I plan to use PBL in my classroom. PBL makes school a more exciting environment in which for students can learn. It helps students learn what they should know and be able to do at the end of school.

Project Based Learning

My Passion

My Sentence

C4T Summary #1

http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/


C4T #1 Summary


My C4T teacher assigned to me was Cathy Jo Nelson Professional Thoughts. She is a South Carolina Educator blogger and blogs regularly. Cathy Jo Nelson is part of “Somewhat Virtual Book Club”. This is a book club that connects to students through online books and libraries across the world. Her plan is to add to the site Face book, Goodreads and twitter for any time book discussion. My comment was that my name is Christina Chapman and I am EDM 310 student at the University of South Alabama. Her virtual book club sounds really exciting and fun. Cathy Jo Nelson, I hope you have great success with your book club. I enjoyed reading about your book club.


My second visit to her page, I read her blog “It’s coming as a new initiative for us”. She blog about her awards that she had achieved form Google. One was the Google Teacher Academy and the Google Certified Teacher award. Both of her awards were deal with technology. She also talked about “It’s learning how she was excited to be a part of the program. She also mention about how teachers were going to implement technology in their class room. My comment: I congradulated on her success. My plan is to become a teacher and be able to help my students with the use of technology. Many kids are more advance in technology than a lot of college students.

Search Engines

Search Engines

www.wolfalpha.com is the first search engine. I found that this engine is helpful in answering different questions about algebraic and technical question. It helps people with information and different ways to do math and science. The second search engine that I found was www.Bingcom . This search engine provides help in keeping up with media and the news. The best way to use this search engine is to enter the letter of the words that you would like to search and it will provide a list of choices. My third search engine is www.yahoo.com. This has been one the most popular search engine. Yahoo allows you to search for the news and weather.
My fourth engine is www.netscape.com. http://channels.netscape.com/search/default.jsp . This search engine also lets you search for shopping and AIM. The best way to use it is by typing your search in the search bar. My fifth search engine is www.ask.com. This engine will provide any information that you need. It will search for the answer to question that you may have. The sixth search is that I found is www.hotbot.com. This engine wills all you to find out information about local forecast once entered in the search bar. The seventh search engine that I found helpful was www.altavista.com. This engine could be used to search for sports, finances and screens. The best way to use this engine is to click on the topic bar or use the search bar. The final search engine is www.alltheweb . This search engine is good for the use of database and giving different result of that database. It is used for any search by clicking in the search bar and typing your search.

Blog Post #4

What do we need to know about asking question to ban an effective teacher?

“The Right Way to Ask Questions in the Classroom By Ben Johnson”

I was once a teacher aide, during that time, I have seen middle school students go their entire day without answering any questions that the teacher asks. There would always be certain students in the class that were more than happy to be the first ones to shout their answer before the other students. Not sure whether they would have the correct answer or not. So all the other students were glad that the teacher did not called their names. So they would not have to ask the question. As a teacher, I plan to have a prepared list of question that I will ask the students. I will ask the class a question, waiting a few minutes for them to think about the answer. I would then pick a student to answer the question. I believe by doing this the students will have time to thinking of an answer.

“Asking Questions to Improve Learning” is very important to make sure while planning questions to keep student on track. Making sure the students have the detail, information, and mean of thoughts that are key essential to the class. Although, students may like yes or no question and may be quick to give their answer. It is best to ask the students to give an explanation as to why they answer yes or no. Asking students a bunch of question all at once may confuse the student as to which question should be answered. As a future educator, I intend to ask question during my lecture. I will also give students time to answer the question fully without cutting them off to hear their ideas on the subject. This will let me know if the student understands the lesson.
Search Engines

www.wolfalpha.com is the first search engine. I found that that this engine is helpful in answering different questions about algebraic and technical question. It helps people with information and different ways to do math and science. The second search engine that I found was www.Bingcom . This search engine provides help in keeping up with media and the news. The best way to use this search engine is to enter the letter of the words that you would like to search and it will provide a list of choices. My third search engine is www.yahoo.com. This has been one the most popular search engine. Yahoo allows you to search for the news and weather.
My fourth engine is www.netscape.com. http://channels.netscape.com/search/default.jsp . This search ending also lets you search for shopping and AIM. The best way to use it is by type your search in the search bar. My fifth search engine is www.ask.com. This engine will provide any information that you need. It will search for the answer to question that you may have. The sixth search is that I found is www.hotbot.com. This engine wills all you to find out information about local forecast once entered in the search bar. The seventh search engine that I found helpful was www.altavista.com. This engine could be used to search for sports, finance and screen. The best way to use this engine is to click on the topic bar or use the search bar. The final search engine is www.alltheweb . This search engine is good for the use of database and giving different result of that database. It is used for search any search by clicking in the search bar and typing your search.

Blog Post 3

What is Peer Editing? In the "what is peer editing " video. I have learn the meaning of a peer “someone your own aged”. It tells about how peer editing should be done. When editing a peer paper the things that need to be considered is making suggestion, comments, and compliments or changes to someone writing. There are three steps to peer editing that everyone needs to remember when editing. The peer editing is compliments. When doing this you want to always remember to think positive and give positive feedback. Keep in mind how you would feel if you were given some evil compliments. The other of peer editing is suggestion. This should be done in a way that would help the writer to improve their writing and to choose interesting words. A student paper should have details described throughout the paper, and in the right order.

"Top 10 mistakes peer review" What I have learned from the top 10 mistakes peer review video and reading "Peer Edit With Perfection Tutorial" is that, it is important to do a quality peer review. When doing a peer review you will need to be nice to the person you are doing a review on and not be a “Picky Patty”. For Example, if a student’s period looks like a comma at the end of a sentence. While making a review it is important to remain focus on what you are doing and not be interactive with everyone around you. Being a “Social Sammy” can be distractive to others. You want to always give suggestion in a kind way. You don’t have to be a “Mean Margaret” and use name calling.

Blog Post 2

What will teaching in the 21st century be like?

In the Mr. Dance lot the central message of this video, is that it teaches from a lecture on a smart board is not the way a class of this type should be taught. The case for this conclusion is that the students are not being taught how to dance. Teaching involves more than a lecture. They are only told how the dance steps should be done. In conclusion this is not the way a dance class should be taught. The students also need to practice the dance steps alone with the instructor to learn how the dance should be done. The class needs to be prepared for their final.

Teaching in the 21st century video by Kevin Roberts Outline:
A. Roberts see teaching changing
B. How it affect educator
Robert views on teaching changing are on point. There are many classrooms that uses some form of technology such as twitter, I pads, Google, which provides limitless information anytime, anywhere, and anyplace. Robert does provide some great ideals. In my future classroom. I plan to be well prepared to teach; and to help my students with the use of technology.

The networked student by Wendy Drexler. Why does the networked student need a teacher? Teachers are needed to provide assistance to students. To make sure and provide students with an understanding about what they are learning. As an educator, I plan to make sure that students reach their full learning potential.

Harness your students digital smarts video by Vicki Davis Mrs. Davis enforces the ideal that students should be learning new things whether it’s with student within the class or different parts of the country through social media. Mrs. Davis looks forward for her student to be learners.

Who's Ahead in the Race? The kids that are in elementary school are ahead in the race, for example first graders. They are already familiar with Ipads, Mac’s computers, and other advance technological devices. Many of these students know how to use Google docs and have their own blogs.

Flipping the classrooms is a new concept that engages students to use technology. Students are assigned a video to be view at home to be prepared for class the next day. The children will then have opportunity to ask questions about what they have watched on the video in the classroom. The teacher will be able to help them if they do not understand something about what they have seen on the video.