tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54709312928123527612024-02-06T20:45:36.513-06:00Tiffany Blanton's EDM310 Class BlogTiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-88790952738751743462011-05-04T14:19:00.016-05:002011-05-04T14:37:03.957-05:00Final Post # 15 (Video Reflection)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvo3vKaoe8BOiq98LFgS9Aq65nZ8G2Oscf7MfY7f0TULAYgZ0Edops2BnWV11eIivpn2dqu0I-95q8mgC-tkDrfcu4hzNQ_6U-FeYbUo467trRX7QcCFbnwbho8tMa-axfAKydrC0drQcN/s1600/the-end.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="An image of thats all folks logo for bugs bunny" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvo3vKaoe8BOiq98LFgS9Aq65nZ8G2Oscf7MfY7f0TULAYgZ0Edops2BnWV11eIivpn2dqu0I-95q8mgC-tkDrfcu4hzNQ_6U-FeYbUo467trRX7QcCFbnwbho8tMa-axfAKydrC0drQcN/s320/the-end.jpg" title="Source:"goldandthegame.wordpress.com"" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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This is the last blog post for this semester!! Good luck to all the future students taking EDM310!!!Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-68747599950698201312011-04-27T16:16:00.001-05:002011-04-27T16:25:27.304-05:00C4T # 4<div style="border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: white; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 3.95pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 16.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZjSm1Crs_cUw8KMU03yRPkUKMq7s8b_XvnvkbIori6fm9cyaPVo281AmGwKA9gbHPoKzonhC8KjtZDIjoPG0EFt1Xwupmwz6649BwmEBfL-tkdaJp277BQPqtqcaRt6Tyewtu5qnmC1p/s1600/C4T+%2523+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A picture of a pencil that has the words write on" border="0" height="200" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZjSm1Crs_cUw8KMU03yRPkUKMq7s8b_XvnvkbIori6fm9cyaPVo281AmGwKA9gbHPoKzonhC8KjtZDIjoPG0EFt1Xwupmwz6649BwmEBfL-tkdaJp277BQPqtqcaRt6Tyewtu5qnmC1p/s200/C4T+%2523+4.jpg" title="Source:clipartmonsterclub.com" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Post 1</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This week I was assigned to read and comment on Mr. Kemp’s blog post entitled, “The Ebb and Flow of Shift – Thanks @PinkneyMichael.”</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In this post Mr. Kemp talks about or comments on a tweet that Michael Pinkley had posted on Twitter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Kemp basically summed up in his own words what the tweet meant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here Mr. Kemp as well as Mr. Pinkley is talking about there is a shift in teaching or education taking place and that they are not sure where it may be leading them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They both talked about how what they do in the classroom has changed or has shifted.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: white; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 3.95pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 16.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>My Response:</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mr. Kemp,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: white; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 3.95pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 16.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I read your post and I have to say that I find it fascinating for someone such as Mr. Pickney to post such a short but useful comment on Twitter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While reading his comment as well as yours, I started to wonder if I would feel the way you two do, especially when I become an educator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you talk about there is a shift in education do you mean technologically or just everything in general?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I interpreted it as a technology shift but I could be wrong.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: white 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 16pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I do feel like there is a shift being made and teachers have to adapt to it as well as the students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teachers are having to constantly learn new methods and use different tools to reach out to the students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could see this shift being a positive one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess this just means as future educators we are going to have to work extra hard to try to keep up with this shift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you so much for allowing me to read your post as well as comment on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a link to my blog page as well as my class blog. Please feel free to check them out!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">….visit<a href=</span><a href="http://blantontiffanyedm310.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://blantontiffanyedm310.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">>my blog</a> and check out the <a href=</span><a href="http://edm310.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://edm310.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">>edm class blog</a></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Post 2</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For the second part of the C4T # 4, I was assigned to comment on Mr. Scott Kemp’s blog post entitled, “Well, Duh!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This post is about an article by Mr. Alfie Kohn about ten (examples) or obvious truths that we should not be ignoring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Kohn said, “Some statements are worth noticing because in our school practices and policies we tend to ignore the implications that follow from them. It’s both intellectually interesting and practically important to explore such contradictions: <i>If we all agree that a given principle is true, then why in the world do our schools still function as if it weren’t?</i> “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ten examples <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that he stated include: </span><br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Much of the material students are required to memorize is soon forgotten</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Just knowing a lot of facts doesn’t mean you’re smart</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Students are more likely to learn what they find interesting</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Students are less interested in whatever they’re forced to do and more enthusiastic when they have some say</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Just because doing <i>x </i>raises standardized test scores doesn’t mean <i>x </i>should be done</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Students are more likely to succeed in a place where they feel known and cared about</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We want children to develop in many ways, not just academically</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Just because a lesson (or book, or class, or test) is harder doesn't mean it's better</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Kids aren’t just short adults</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Substance matters more than labels</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; 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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My Response:</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mr. Kemp,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I really enjoyed reading this article by Alfie Kohn. I also really love the title of the article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ten examples listed are or should be very obvious to teachers as well as others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should be a "Well Duh" moment but unfortunately that is not always the case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do though; find the ten examples to be very true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you so much for allowing me to look over your blog and comment on your posts!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-Tiffany Blanton</span></div></div></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-86848595447484736352011-04-25T21:22:00.002-05:002011-04-25T21:22:17.847-05:00Final Project # 16<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NGKQGEn2vaM" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-35228703243715216222011-04-21T18:26:00.029-05:002011-04-21T18:48:21.943-05:00C4K Summary #'s 7, 8, 9, and 10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxZjsUaOSNkJdXh9DD-LmIs2sSSp_HUYOsriD3MYb-IPwQNWc0Puvj7nHb8rYIAulHjeh0WpbI4P2v1A7xhqJlTW9Ah4TMnz6hZcwYGFiep9zFNFUlSDhjYqGula6tCLKkGJkKUjfT1vN/s1600/c4k+summary+7%252C8%252C9%252C10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img alt="An sign that reads kids zone" border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxZjsUaOSNkJdXh9DD-LmIs2sSSp_HUYOsriD3MYb-IPwQNWc0Puvj7nHb8rYIAulHjeh0WpbI4P2v1A7xhqJlTW9Ah4TMnz6hZcwYGFiep9zFNFUlSDhjYqGula6tCLKkGJkKUjfT1vN/s1600/c4k+summary+7%252C8%252C9%252C10.jpg" title="Source:vector-clip-art.com" /></span></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C4K # 7 </span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For this week's assignment, I was required to comment on a specific post by Mr. McClung. The post was entitled, "Lessons Learned: Lesson Four-March Madness." In his post he talked about the NCAA tournament. He spoke about how he absolutely loved basketball. He <br />
also mentioned the term bracket. I responded to Mr. McClung by saying:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Call me crazy but I do not watch basketball on televison. I would rather watch it in person. My husband on the other hand loves it! I hate to admit this but I really did not know what a bracket was or maybe I just knew another term fcr it, who knows. I certainly know what it means now. Thanks for allowing me to learn something new!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C4K # 8</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Comment for Kids for week 8, I was assigned to read the blog entitled, "Year 6L: Keeping up with a connected classroom" and comment on the post entitled, "Week in review 03/03/11." This post was about how a student learned how to make games using the program Scratch. I responded to this student by saying:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is a great idea!! I bet that creating games is so much fun. I have never heard of a program called Scratch. I will have to see what that is all about. I wonder if I could <nobr><a class="FAAdLink" href="http://year6l.blogspot.com/2011/03/week-in-review-for-030311.html#" id="FALINK_1_0_0"><span style="color: #00264c;">create a game</span></a></nobr>. You must be a very creative person to do such a thing. Good for you!! Keep up the good work and thank you so much for allowing me to read your blog post. I also have a blog and you are welcome to explore so here is a link to my blog as well as my class blog..<br />
...visit </span><a href="http://blantontiffanyedm.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #00264c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">my blog</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and check out the </span><a href="http://edm.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #00264c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">edm class blog</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C4K # 9</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For this week's C4K, I was assigned to explore and comment on Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog. I was required to leave a response for Mrs. Yollis as well as her student bloggers. Here is the comment that I left for them:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">Dear Mrs. Yollis and Student Bloggers,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">My name is Tiffany Blanton and I am a student in EDM310 at the University of South Alabama under the instruction of Dr. Strange. This is such a great blog! It is so nice to be able to read and comment on this blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love how the students are so involved. I have enjoyed checking out this classroom blog and I have learned some very useful techniques. Thank you! I personally love that the month of April is set aside for Family Blogging. I love this idea because it allows the parents, grandparents, etc. to get involved. Keep up the great work! I certainly will be checking back to see all the great things yet to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you Mrs. Yollis, as well as the students’, for allowing me to view as well as comment on your blog.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">Sincerely,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tiffany Blanton</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also was assigned to post a detailed summary about Mrs. Yollis and her blog page then post it on my blog. Here is just a little summary of what I posted on my blog post assignment. You can also read the blog post just by scrolling down and then find the post entitled, "Blog Post # 9." While exploring Mrs. Yollis' blog I clicked on all of the links on her page. She has some very interesting links. The tabs included everything from l<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">earning how to shoot digital images, the different time zones, to getting to know the bloggers. Mrs. Yollis had a very interesting blog and I found all of her links and advice or inspiration to be very helpful. I admire her for learning new ways to reach out to her students and just for going the extra mile.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C4K # 10</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For this week's Comment for Kids, I was assigned to read and comment on Mrs. Yollis' third grade student named Miriam. Miriam had the opportunity to have her own blog page entitled, "Miriam's Magical Moments" unlike some of the other students' in Mrs. Yollis' class. The blog post that I was required to read and comment on Miriam's blog was entitled, "Hawaiian Volcanoes." In Miriam's post she talked about her exciting trips that included her parents. Miriam and her parents went to visit an active volcano as well as walk through a rain forest. I responded to Miriam by saying: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I find it truly amazing that you have the opportunity to have your own blog for Mrs. Yollis' class. I also find it amazing to see that you and your family went to see an active volcano. Wow!! Your pictures are very good and it looks like that everyone had a great time. I would absolutely love to walk through a rain forest. I have always wanted to travel so some day maybe I will get the chance. Keep exploring and I will keep checking back in to see all the great places you get to visit. If you would like to view my blog here is a link to it as well as the class blog</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">..visit <a href="http://blantontiffanyedm310.blogspot.com/">My Blog</a> and check out the <a href="http://edm310.blogspot.com/">EDM Class Blog</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-23534832616156160332011-04-21T11:50:00.000-05:002011-04-21T11:50:42.709-05:00Final Report on PLN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This is a cropped screen shot of my final PLN. I really enjoyed making my PLN. I made it by using <a href="http://www.symbaloo.com/">Symbaloo</a>. A PLN is a very useful and time saving tool. As one can see here, my PLN is filled with many tabs. Some of the tabs, I use on a daily basis as well as tabs that could possibly help me when I become an educator. Some of tabs I use on a daily basis are South Alabama's email, EDM class blog, my blog, USA online, etc. When I become an educator, it would be a great idea for me to show students how to create a PLN and they could use it at home and in the classroom. There is nothing like having a time saving tool especially in today's "always on the go" society. </div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-21137229406666794032011-04-19T19:26:00.003-05:002011-04-21T10:28:28.599-05:00Blog Post # 14 Special Assignment On Metaphors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEchF8EmrR8s6OHPMvc2fjYp0xGI5VEb6WHhM1QA9OLfCPfmdXwi9IxM9yDSo4-F6G3lDko7Q9beZMvKThyNVDyd_7PVLWBn-X4pyMvc9ZxqNnPGT_o3adSYoJSqwnyn7avSUJD3yFO6H/s1600/blog+post+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img alt="An image explaining what a metaphor is and lists an example of a few" border="0" height="236" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEchF8EmrR8s6OHPMvc2fjYp0xGI5VEb6WHhM1QA9OLfCPfmdXwi9IxM9yDSo4-F6G3lDko7Q9beZMvKThyNVDyd_7PVLWBn-X4pyMvc9ZxqNnPGT_o3adSYoJSqwnyn7avSUJD3yFO6H/s320/blog+post+14.jpg" title="Source:teacher-of-literacy.com" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">Blog Post # 14</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 19.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;">Why did you miss the metaphor in Tom Johnson's post, or, if you "hit the nail on the head", why do you think you understood the metaphor and why do you think that others in the class missed the metaphor? </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">I actually thought that this post was little odd but just did it anyway and I totally missed the entire subject.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It never occurred to me that a metaphor was being used here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt so silly that I did not even get the idea of technology being involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My light bulb should have went off, I am taking a class dealing with technology not necessarily pencils. Duh me! I believe the reason why I may have misinterpreted this post is maybe I was just looking at the post too seriously or to be honest, maybe I was not putting the effort into this assignment as much as I should have. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 19.5pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 19.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;">What metaphors have you encountered since I asked you to create a log of them? </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">There are so many metaphors that I have encountered but not necessarily since we were asked to make a list. I have been hearing metaphors every since I was a little girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have heard some metaphors that others may not have ever heard before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some actually may not make any sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are a few: Bad to the bone, Jumping for joy, Dead as a doornail, To go the extra mile, To break the ice,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To turn over a new leaf, As old as the hill, Hitting the nail on the head, It’s raining cats and dogs, Falling in love, and Racking our brains, just to name a view.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 19.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;">What other things can we do as educators to help our students to understand and to use metaphors? </span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>I myself do not always understand metaphors that are used today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what do I do when I hear one that I am not sure about? I Google it to find out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an educator I would first find out what it means so I could give the students’ the correct answer or explanation of what the metaphor actually means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students’ could also Google them but only with the help of a parent or guardian because there are a few inappropriate ones. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 19.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Why do we use metaphors? </b>Maybe we use metaphors to be humorous? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe we are trying to expand our vocabulary and we get tired of saying the same old boring statements? There could be numerous reasons; I guess it just depends on the person using the metaphors. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-1586002725290653102011-04-14T19:12:00.004-05:002011-04-23T21:31:42.774-05:00Blog Post # 13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Personally, I have never been introduced to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ALEX </i>website before now, but I have learned so much just by looking over the webpage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I have learned so far:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ALEX</i> stands for the Alabama Learning Exchange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alex is a project done by the Alabama Department of Education to help current teachers as well as future educators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ALEX</i> webpage has many helpful tabs to click on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tabs include: courses of study, lesson plans, web links, professional learning, personal workspace, podcast treasury, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ALEX</i>ville, and search.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> ALEX</i> webpage is very useful for teachers, future educators, as well as parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I especially like this webpage because it is a free place to get information on lesson plans and watch podcast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another great thing that the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ALEX</i> webpage has to offer is that teachers can create their own lesson plan and be able to share with other educators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I certainly plan to use the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ALEX </i>webpage when I become a future educator. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">While surfing the ACCESS website I noticed that the word ACCESS stands for: Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide. What is the purpose of ACCESS? ACCESS ia a Distance Learning Initiative available to any public high school student in the state of Alabama. On this webpage one will find links that include: Courses, Educators, Resources, Students, Technical Support, and ways to Contact them. On this site they describe the goal of using ACCESS as well as the future of it. So check it out!! It is a very interesting program. </span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-68724436022394153142011-04-13T15:57:00.002-05:002011-04-14T19:16:36.430-05:00C4K # 9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">Getting to Know Mrs. Yollis:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I must first mention that I would love to travel as well as be a great educator just as Mrs. Yollis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I admire her for teaching for twenty-four years and how she continues to enjoy every minute of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also admire her for traveling to learn about new ideas to take back to her students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I especially like what she stated,”<span style="color: #333333;"> I am very fortunate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love being a teacher and a lifelong learner too.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is exactly what I have stated before, to be a lifelong learner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I become an educator, I will be willing to learn about any new technology tools, especially if it means it will benefit my students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One other important statement that stood out to me was, “</span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Working alongside parents to bring out the best in their children gives me great satisfaction.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I especially agree that including the parents in on the student(s) education is extremely important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally want to be able to include the parents in on the different activities, assignments, etc., whenever I become a future educator.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Bloggers:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As I have stated before, seeing young students blogging just amazes me! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially, due to me just now learning how to blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These third graders probably are better at blogging as well as having much more experience than I do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While reading about these third graders, I love how Mrs. Yollis listed some of their hobbies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sure that the students’ love this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can only imagine how excited these students’ are to see that they can be viewed all around the world. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Video: How to Comment:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I really love that Mrs. Yollis put this helpful video on her blog. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like how Mrs. Yollis went into detail and showed specifically where to go and how to leave a comment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a very useful video for parents, students, or any other person for that matter who is unfamiliar with blogging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Learn HTML Code:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Yollis’ post on HTML codes was exceptionally helpful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actually learned a few tricks myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also like how she left a list of the different codes as well as how she posted a video on how to use the HTML codes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By Mrs. Yollis putting a link on her classroom blog helps the students as well as others reading the blog whenever they may need help in remembering the different codes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whenever a student or any person for that matter may forget a HTML code, all one would have to do, is click on Mrs. Yollis’ link on the classroom blog. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time Zones of Friends:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What a great idea to post the different time zones of the people that Mrs. Yollis as well as her class comes into contact with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never seen any teacher do this on his or her classroom blog page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I absolutely love this idea!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Learn About California:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here again, I really like how she posted a video of the state in which they live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By putting this on her classroom blog, this allows others to get to know where the students’ as well as where she is from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would love to place a link, "Learning About Alabama,” on my future classroom blog just as Mrs. Yollis has done to allow others to get to know a little about where my future students’ and myself are from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Learn How to Shoot Digital Images:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mrs. Yollis included a link on the top of her classroom blog page for viewers to click on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The link takes viewers to two videos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first video shows some great tips on how to take correct and incorrect pictures as well as videos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I especially liked how she placed a second video for backup just in case the first video would not work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I admire Mrs. Yollis for her exceptional blog, being an educator, as well as being a lifelong learner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also love how she includes the parents in on the student’s education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found that all of her links that she used on her classroom blog were very helpful for her students’ as well as others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just by looking and reading Mrs. Yollis' classroom blog, it looks like she is doing a fabulous job with the third graders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope to carry some of the techniques that Mrs. Yollis uses as well as her encouraging words, with me as I pursue my degree in education</span>.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-40872713286082402402011-04-12T13:08:00.003-05:002011-04-12T13:18:48.665-05:00Blog Post #12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my opinion teachers really need to be technologically literate. Why do I believe that? Well, the world continues grow technologically and if we has future teachers do not decide to change with it, we are going to be left behind. We as future teachers must wake up and see that the world is changing and we need to change with it. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jessica Brown and I having been working on our video for the past couple of weeks for project #16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have everything together, our scripts as well as how we are wanting it to end up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would explain what the video is about but, then it would not be a surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are planning on recording this video and putting the clips together this week and will have this video uploaded to our individual blogs, hopefully before the due date, May 1<sup>st</sup>. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-89063173213805205112011-04-08T17:13:00.000-05:002011-04-08T17:13:00.641-05:00Project # 15<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o4jlnAUPsa8" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-66231297605463291682011-04-07T19:52:00.002-05:002011-04-07T19:56:30.506-05:00Special Assignment: Mr. McClung's World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebHG45jVa2pDpXdTy6_oWbZIRiZdx5kstChP-JKaGMzvPphsd1ukKfVYHJsLUa6ZkmzSzftZCtEeSbPuCau7ySC_ZVG9riP5F8weYycY4uw11otnYMNH70naEBu9KR8qYsOrk8AICdV_Z/s1600/special+assignement+mr+mcclungs+world.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mr. McClung's World Blog Page Icon" border="0" height="112" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebHG45jVa2pDpXdTy6_oWbZIRiZdx5kstChP-JKaGMzvPphsd1ukKfVYHJsLUa6ZkmzSzftZCtEeSbPuCau7ySC_ZVG9riP5F8weYycY4uw11otnYMNH70naEBu9KR8qYsOrk8AICdV_Z/s320/special+assignement+mr+mcclungs+world.bmp" title="Source:edm310.blogspot.com" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">Mr. McClung’s World: Special Assignment</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">Mr. McClung is a huge supporter of using technology in the schools/classrooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He uses his blog for Social Studies as well as his cross country team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His blog is just one example of how he exemplifies technology in the classroom and out of the classroom. I believe that Mr. McClung uses his blog due to him wanting to include technology in everyday instruction and I believe using his blog does just that. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His class blog is used as a newsletter for parents as well as the students to let everyone know what new assignments or projects are approaching. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">Just by reading Mr. McClung’s rules and expectations I believe it speaks very highly of him as an educator. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He expects everyone to come to class with energy and positivity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also talks about how he wants his students to speak up in the classroom because he wants his students to learn from each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also expects everyone to listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One would think these few things that I mentioned would be the rules but they are just the expectations of his students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like his expectations and hope to carry these with me in my classroom.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">I believe that a day planner is needed first and foremost under the Everyone Needs Column because keeping things in order can help eliminate procrastination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe everyone should keep a day planner because it can help students be very organized and keeps them from being scatter brained when their assignments may be due. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As far as penalty for late work, according to Mr. McClung, each day that the work is late a letter grade is lowered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If late on the fourth day, it is a failing grade on the assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As specified by Dr. Strange, his penalty for late work is the possibility of an “F” and if consistent late work, results in a “D.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">When looking over the links of Mr. McClung I noticed that all of the links were helpful and used to practice technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I noticed that most of the links he had, we have been over and are still going over in EDM310 this semester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both Dr. Strange and Mr. McClung are trying to get students introduced and more familiar with technology and these links on Mr. McClung’s site I believe does just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two that stuck out to me were Gmail and also TED: Ideas Worth Spreading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am also familiar with both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;">While reading the internet safety rules, I noticed that his rules are not the same as other teacher/students blogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sure he is just being very secure and really as a teacher one has to be, especially when considering other people’s children are involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really think that his rules are good and are made for students to be secure but are still allowing them to communicate with others.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">I was given the opportunity to read and comment on Mr. McClung’s blog post entitled Lessons Learned: March Madness NCAA. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. McClung wrote about his love for basketball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately I am not a huge fan of watching it on television, I would rather watch in person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others responded by saying how they loved basketball. The other students commenting were very familiar with all the terms that Mr. McClung talked about when referring back to basketball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other categories under “Lessons Learned,” included Spring Break, Talent Show, and 9:23.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">Mr. McClung’s blog does differ from other teachers due to him having a syllabus, class rules, expectations, useful links, students work, as well as the computer app available for the teacher, parent, and student.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. McClung is very organized and I believe, has the best interest for his students to become technologically advanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He really seems like he has everything together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. McClung’s blog may be more advanced compared to other teachers maybe because he keeps it up to date or either he has more experience technologically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be honest, I am not really sure, there could be many reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">As far as my blog, as of now, really there is nothing that I would not want to change, but if I have a blog when teaching I would like to advance my blog, basically how Mr. McClung’s blog is set up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course mine would be on a elementary level but I would have some of the same little buttons or links at the top. For example, the syllabus, a button for parents to comment or view upcoming assignments, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like how his blog is set up and how it is full of information for everyone to read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-78838068252727312632011-04-07T18:51:00.000-05:002011-04-07T18:51:16.943-05:00Project #14 Teach Someone<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DinSTDm57B8" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-41494049982524019962011-04-04T19:21:00.000-05:002011-04-04T19:21:22.765-05:00Blog Post # 11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipa6wKhSkqtQ8evw69WrKb-MSPKP16zYCkVDuiE8h-IivXyVz8vRSgJ7DV5MA_JmLh7FksrLCnaSZ8szaTQ74JWe_wknPpWxXpKomThG4dmhfoC5rZTvnh0ncDPyNdxxqyAulv6IXFCvvv/s1600/Blog+Post+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A girl sitting at a computer" border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipa6wKhSkqtQ8evw69WrKb-MSPKP16zYCkVDuiE8h-IivXyVz8vRSgJ7DV5MA_JmLh7FksrLCnaSZ8szaTQ74JWe_wknPpWxXpKomThG4dmhfoC5rZTvnh0ncDPyNdxxqyAulv6IXFCvvv/s200/Blog+Post+11.jpg" title="Source:adyclprybg.xp3.biz" width="191" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">Little Kids…Big Potential</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">First of all, I have to say, WOW!!! This video is very impressive. I absolutely loved watching this video and seeing these young students being so involved with technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never seen first graders use Skype, Wikis, Blogs, or just having computers all in the classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. Cassidy obviously is on top of her technology and I hope to follow in her steps when I have my own classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would love to use Skype, Blogger, or any other technological tool that will benefit my future students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These first graders are so involved and I love how the little boy said he could go home and look at his blog. I especially liked when he told us that we should be careful what we say because it could hurt people’s feelings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought that was so sweet and very wise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As far as using blogs, I can see them being very beneficial for the teacher, students, as well as the parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having a blog also allows students to communicate with students all over the world, which in my opinion is a great idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students get to see different approaches to learning and they could possibly see the new technology being used in others classrooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">After watching the Skype interview between Ms. Cassidy and Dr. Strange, I noticed that both teachers had the same views about technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both teachers believe that technology is advancing and will continue to advance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I totally agree with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. Cassidy said that the world is constantly changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I agree with that too, which in turn should make us future teachers to advance right along with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must continue to learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really loved hearing Ms. Cassidy talk about how her student’s love the idea of using their blogs and how they cannot wait to get the day started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She talked about how her six year olds loved to stay busy and how it makes them feel important when they have a computer in front of them and know that someone else can comment on their blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really love her use of technology in the classroom and allowing the students be involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the beginning of the semester up till now I have learned how to use numerous technological tools and I thought I was doing so well but these first graders seem to be showing me up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am just now learning about the new tools at twenty two years old and they are learning at age six.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This just shows how quick technology is advancing and is being used more and more in the classroom. </span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-54758473766507032372011-03-31T21:15:00.000-05:002011-03-31T21:15:02.901-05:00Blog Post # 10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDl2S57yGPZWUiul2CqPDaLTUxjnj94XQD0kUPRXaPNcrxSMTIL0745iOyy3iQbfAiHYKGcdg6gWwXBnlwazxZDNEf3VPADbhyphenhyphen38jPtnGf5zzhSAwky-kjlQxdqTAeAEc3Vp_kh1V4DVM/s1600/Blog+Post+10+Pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img alt="An image of pencils that are colored brown" border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDl2S57yGPZWUiul2CqPDaLTUxjnj94XQD0kUPRXaPNcrxSMTIL0745iOyy3iQbfAiHYKGcdg6gWwXBnlwazxZDNEf3VPADbhyphenhyphen38jPtnGf5zzhSAwky-kjlQxdqTAeAEc3Vp_kh1V4DVM/s1600/Blog+Post+10+Pic.jpg" title="Source:tillmanerinedm310.blogspot.com" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">An Open Letter To Educators:</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I really enjoyed reading Morgan Bayda’s post as well as watching Mr. Brown’s video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both Morgan and Dan made some very interesting points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They talked about how college is so expensive and that one would think that students would learn valuable information and have something to carry with them when they leave the class. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately this is not always the case for each class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have experienced the effect of being cheated out of an education only in a few of my previous classes, actually one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I paid so much money to attend the class and left out of there feeling as if I learned nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really hate the idea of this because school is so expensive and something should be learned in the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Brown also talked about how educational institutions seem to be falling behind technologically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stated that since the world is advancing so should the institutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said that we as students are paying for an education that we can get for free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said that most of the information that we learn in the classroom we can get for free by the simple click of the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Don’t Let Them Take Pencils Home:</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This blog post was very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this post the teacher was told not to allow students to take pencils home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research was shown that taking pencils home could lower test scores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never heard of this before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is something new for me! What I believe this post is about or the moral to it is that the teacher here is worried about the problem but never focusing on the solution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This should be changed or reversed; not just focusing on the problem but looking for better or positive ways to overcome it. </span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-23517810243014571632011-03-31T21:05:00.002-05:002011-03-31T21:11:35.894-05:00C4T # 3<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyJ2wysREOZmYVKGRkuEOOIUGH287H9BPnmYU7wQCNgxio8VOCYYmx2W0xanioAUYcONzhkznezzcGFutA88Vg_bLKhVfIYp1kXavyPmmwwiHLLNOcwhfk8m5sK_MPHqpgvWT6wtpx2q3/s1600/C4T+%25233+Not+posted.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img alt="TED ideas worth spreading icon" border="0" height="270" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyJ2wysREOZmYVKGRkuEOOIUGH287H9BPnmYU7wQCNgxio8VOCYYmx2W0xanioAUYcONzhkznezzcGFutA88Vg_bLKhVfIYp1kXavyPmmwwiHLLNOcwhfk8m5sK_MPHqpgvWT6wtpx2q3/s320/C4T+%25233+Not+posted.bmp" title="Source:billyjealousy.com" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was required to read the blog entitled, "21 apples" by: arvind s. grover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, his name is in all lower case letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the latest blog post by Mr. grover he put a video entitled, “Salman Khan takes to the TED stage to present flipping the classroom is working” and basically it was about this guy named Salman Khan and how he began helping his cousins, basically tutoring them and he began putting up some of the lessons on YouTube.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually the videos became a big hit and people began using the videos for help with various subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I responded to Mr. grover by saying how I really enjoyed watching the video and how great it is that someone would post something very useful and helpful for others. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe it is a great idea that other teachers like you are producing videos. Some students work better on their own, so to speak. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like Mr. Khan was saying, some students learn on their own time and with using the videos he or she can rewind, pause, etc. instead of in person having to get frustrated with tutors. He makes some very interesting points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you so much for putting this video up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I can share the video with others and it could possibly help students in need with problem subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also agree with you about the data information he presented being very powerful.</span><br />
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<h1 style="line-height: 12pt; margin: auto 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><strong>Post # 2</strong></span></h1><h1 style="line-height: 12pt; margin: auto 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was required to read and comment on Mr. arvind s. grover’s blog post entitled, “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.21apples.org/nicholas-kristoff-does-social-media-why-dont"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Nicholas Kristoff does social media, why don't you? The teacher's toolkit.</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">”</span></span></h1><h1 style="line-height: 12pt; margin: auto 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></header></article><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">In his blog post Mr. Grover said that while reading Nicholas Kristoff’s article he noticed a small clipping of text that caught his attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The text read:</span></span></h1><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: auto 0in;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"I invite you to comment on this column on my blog, <u>On the Ground.</u> Please also join me on <u>Facebook</u>, watch my <u>Youtube videos</u> and follow me on <u>Twitter</u>."</span></em></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: auto 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Grover said he found it interesting that Mr. Nicholas Kristoff uses Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube as a journalist toolkit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He states that this should be a teacher’s toolkit as well. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I commented to Mr. grover by saying </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I too agree with you about having a blog, a Facebook page, a YouTube account, and a Twitter account being a journalist's toolkit but just as importantly a teacher's toolkit. Teachers should use Twitter, YouTube, or a blog. This could be very beneficial for the teacher as well as the student. While in my EDM 310 class that requires us to have a blog etc. I have seen that communication is so easy through the use of a blog, Twitter, as well as YouTube.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You make a very good point with just one sentence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I could sum up what I want to say in one sentence. Thank you so much for allowing me to read your blog as well as comment on it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again I will be summarizing your post as well as my comment and posting it on my blog. Here is my blog if you would like to comment or view it..... Thanks again ...visit <a href="http:///"><span style="color: black;">myblog</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: auto 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-65721788431735282011-03-25T16:24:00.000-05:002011-03-25T16:24:05.072-05:00Skype Interview Project # 12<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GmlPx98vHTk" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-53572501323677771692011-03-22T15:15:00.001-05:002011-03-22T15:17:07.539-05:00C4K Summary 4,5,and 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kids holding hands around the world" border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS3widut5b3rDv9J8efGbdL-R7k5D6KigaVTCmt2p6De13TauEVRTsFG387tOxEUmn-2vdUT8jJosDjQI8_GVOstHO0BCIe0WGlZDmbqLSeKyC83RIYp36a1YZvlJWNyKJ1L3YF6AROoR/s320/clipart_children_globe+summary+c4k+4%252C5%252C6.jpg" title="Source:mkinsmansedu-zone.blogspot.com" width="316" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C4K #4</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mr. Wolfe’s Class </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A student in Mr. Wolfe’s class wrote about orangutans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She spoke of what orangutans eat and where they reside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I responded to her by saying that orangutans are so cute!!! They also are very smart creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would love to visit the forests or the places that they reside or live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it is so strange that orangutans eat bark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would think that would hurt their mouths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Strange creatures, those orangutans!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also find it interesting that they sleep and hang out in the trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would be like me or you hanging out in a tree house all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would be pretty neat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something else that would be fun is that, if we were an orangutan we would get to travel from tree to tree by swinging on the branches by using our long arms.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C4K # 5 </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pt. England School -Mrs. Nua</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A student named Kalim in Mrs. Nua’s class wrote a story about him being home a while before his grandmother arrived home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He described this as a holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I responded to his story by telling him how interesting his story was. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also told him that I especially liked it due to it being straight from his heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His story is something that happened to him which makes it very </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";"><a href="http://peskalimm.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-holiday.html?showComment=1299522092172"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">special</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. From the very beginning of his story it just made me want to keep reading, so I could see what happened next. I also told him how it seemed like he had a very interesting holiday!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C4K # 6 </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ms. Engelhard</span></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A student in Ms. Engelhard’s class named Grace wrote a story about a Dalmatian that went on vacation. I responded to her story by telling her how cute it was and that I really enjoyed reading it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her how I could only imagine that the Dalmatian had quite an adventure. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also mentioned to her that I was sure at the end of the Dalmatian’s adventure or vacation he or she probably wished it would have stayed home, but everyone needs a vacation sometime. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her that at least the Dalmatian got to experience the vacation he or she always wanted to go on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gave her encouraging words: to keep up the creative writing and that she did a very good job on her story. </span></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS3widut5b3rDv9J8efGbdL-R7k5D6KigaVTCmt2p6De13TauEVRTsFG387tOxEUmn-2vdUT8jJosDjQI8_GVOstHO0BCIe0WGlZDmbqLSeKyC83RIYp36a1YZvlJWNyKJ1L3YF6AROoR/s1600/clipart_children_globe+summary+c4k+4%252C5%252C6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-15077463003223010542011-03-11T18:16:00.001-06:002011-03-11T18:18:10.178-06:00SMARTBoard Presentation Project # 13<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bWoXkhbqtyY" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our group consisted of four members and we did our lesson plan or presentation on the four types of clouds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each member of the group chose his or her own cloud to represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had an audience with three people observing us and participating throughout the entire presentation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We included games into the presentation usually located at the end of each cloud lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After the presentation was complete we handed out a questionnaire about the material that our group had just covered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questionnaire consisted of ten questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were four multiple choice, three true/false, two fill in the blank, and the last was a rating response.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have included above, a link to the statistics of the questionnaire that the group observing us took. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But here is basically a brief summary of what the audience scored as far as the questionnaire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like I mentioned earlier, we had three audience members with ten questions total on the questionnaire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each member answered all the multiple choice questions as well as two true/false correctly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only one member answered the last true/false incorrectly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All three members answered the first short answer question correctly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only one member correctly answered the last short answer question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I really enjoyed working on this project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe it turned out to be successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We worked very hard and I am pretty sure our hard worked showed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really enjoyed working with the SMARTBoard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really made learning fun, especially when we incorporated games with our lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As far as the statistics on the questionnaire I believe our material that we went over was fairly simple and everyone did a great job on it. Yes, some did miss a few questions but did good overall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think we got the material across judging by the statistics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good job everyone!!! </span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-82628363946427730992011-03-08T15:45:00.001-06:002011-03-08T15:47:38.886-06:00Blog Post # 9<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVDjNy_PytpszykobxjgcYiq1ztm6ihvGg4GpyKSytV_C624bPv_dADv5OaKliDVpbN5HQIk8TpF1aOJEoXTmQLEEJz4NWUb098dZXJlluFpUyFBnJa-ewZdevg_YnexnQukPlWLj49hn/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="An image stating an important decision i've learned this year and it says stay positive" border="0" height="83" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVDjNy_PytpszykobxjgcYiq1ztm6ihvGg4GpyKSytV_C624bPv_dADv5OaKliDVpbN5HQIk8TpF1aOJEoXTmQLEEJz4NWUb098dZXJlluFpUyFBnJa-ewZdevg_YnexnQukPlWLj49hn/s400/untitled.bmp" title="Source:chastangamberliedm310.blogspot.com" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">What I’ve Learned This Year By: Mr. McClung</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">I really enjoyed reading Mr. McClung’s essay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He made some very great points! Mr. McClung talked about all the things he had learned throughout his 1<sup>st</sup> year of teaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He talked about, as being teachers we must be flexible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each lesson will not go perfectly as we would hope. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also talked about how communication is so important to teachers especially in the workplace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Communication is also important when it comes to students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only way to get to know your students is through observation and also communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He expressed that we as teachers should not be afraid of technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Technology continues to grow and we must learn to follow in order to keep up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should not be afraid to learn things especially since we expect students to learn and try new things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also said that as teachers we should be good listeners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so important for us teachers to listen to what the students have to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students then will have respect for us or more respect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also mentioned that we should be responsible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All students are going to make mistakes just as all of us do and when students make mistakes we should be there to pick that child up when they fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should lift them up when they are down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are there to teach and encourage students and to keep them going forward</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-48627469017334763082011-03-07T22:14:00.001-06:002011-03-08T15:47:06.730-06:00Blog Post # 8<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidxBWA5dOHL94IhBzetquz82aKNyqZeEeQ9C2n31xmHUTLFNFgkK3sAwNrubgTjB3erZjCzJTyT25TsVZgDa7q3ZjcTtWQeQZYJvK2Fb8cU46RxKN9PBj6Js87D9G7uC8OsIqzUYx-qq2/s1600/EDM310+This+is+how+we+dream+3-7-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="An image of children holding hands around the earth" border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidxBWA5dOHL94IhBzetquz82aKNyqZeEeQ9C2n31xmHUTLFNFgkK3sAwNrubgTjB3erZjCzJTyT25TsVZgDa7q3ZjcTtWQeQZYJvK2Fb8cU46RxKN9PBj6Js87D9G7uC8OsIqzUYx-qq2/s320/EDM310+This+is+how+we+dream+3-7-11.jpg" title="Source: 123nonstop.com" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">Richard Miller- This is how we dream part 1 and 2</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">By watching Mr. Miller’s videos, I can tell that he has done an extensive amount of research about writing with multimedia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This video was very informative and he covered the positives of using multimedia writing. This video was used to show a positive change in visual literacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also mentioned that we can share information instead of going to the library. I can relate to this. There has been many times when I would have to research for a school project or paper that kept me in the library for long periods of time. By using the internet, it just makes things so much easier and accessible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">Mr. Miller’s videos explained how we can communicate globally and instantly and that we should grasp this time to put literacy into play. He also mentioned that writing in the culture and academy has changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stated that he has been inspired to work with books every since he was a child which led him to multimedia writing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">Mr. Miller pointed out that the goal is not the technology itself but that the technology makes possible, with allowing us to articulate our dreams and share them with others and tackle the fundamental problems of humanity because we cannot make our work visible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">He said that we can do this and that we should do this! Writing with multimedia is something that I could possibly try in my classroom. I would certainly try anything new if I knew that it would positively benefit my students. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">Chipper</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">I thought this video was really cute. I really like how Jamie Lynn used this video to teach students that it is not a good idea to procrastinate. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like the point she is making when she says that Dr. Strange is not doing his job in teaching her because she does not want to learn on her own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember Dr. Strange talking about this at the beginning of the semester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She came up with an idea to create a Timeline Pilot School. This school allowed one to choose how long they wanted to be in a certain class. With this school she allowed her students to report in on how much they had done without her checking the progress of each student’s work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> She had to trust that they were doing what they had said. </span>The school was shut down due to lack of certain knowledge. The student did not acquire the knowledge she needed to fully complete the class or program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We as students must be responsible when doing our schoolwork. How can we be a responsible teacher if we cannot even turn in our schoolwork on time.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">EDM310 For Dummies</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">What a great idea!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can relate, when hearing previous things about EDM I was so scared going into this class. There are days that I just want to give up and feel like I am going to go insane but I have to remember that I am not the only one. The only way that I can keep stress down is to try to work ahead and not procrastinate. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">While talking with a few of my friends we came up with the idea of making a video on how to make an “A” in EDM310.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this was would be a very interesting movie and very informative to future students . </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">Learn to change, Change to learn</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">At the beginning of the video it mentioned that education is put on the bottom of the list with coal mining. That to me is so crazy!!! They also mentioned how children or students are more engaged outside of school when using technology then inside of the classroom. Technology should be brought into the classroom. One would not want too much technology that the children are not focusing on their studies but in turn allow students to use technology to their advantage. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do feel though that the school systems are allowing technology to come in and be used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see technology progressing more and more throughout the schools. I know that technology has advanced in my high school since I graduated in 2007.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">The Secret Powers of Time</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">I really enjoyed watching this video. While watching the video, especially with pictures being drawn, it helped to keep my attention and it brought what he was talking about to life. He mentions the term time. Different cultures have different paces of life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It surprises me that in America every 9 seconds a child drops out of school. The speaker talks about how we get angry when we have to wait on certain things. For example, while waiting for, the computer to boot, waiting in line, etc. We have become a microwave society so to speak, we want it now!!! He explains how things have changed over the course of years. Family meals , patience, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has decreased. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stated that technology has re wired kids brains. Every year we get busier and busier. We live a very fast paced life. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">The surprising truth about what motivates us</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">In this video he explains the different things that motivate us. He explains how money is a big motivation. In today’s society money is a big motivational tool. When getting out of the bed in the morning to go to work motivation to go to work kicks in because money is what keeps the world going round. Without it we would be in serious trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gives three factors that lead to better performance as well as personal satisfaction. The three are: Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose. He states that Autonomy is something that urges us to be self directed. Mastery is the urge to succeed or be better at something. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, playing an instrument on the weekend. Why do they do it on the weekend? For fun and to get better at it. </span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-2449040508403200002011-03-05T15:33:00.001-06:002011-03-05T15:35:55.341-06:00Blog Post # 7<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ji5_MqicxSo" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This video made me smile and have a positive attitude. This entire video had very positive attitude. Even though Mr. Pausch had a medical history he still was positive and in great health. He talked about how he was very blessed as a child. He talked about his childhood dreams. Even though he did not accomplish all the dreams on his list he came really close to doing it. I really like how he mentioned one than once about brick walls. He said that brick walls were there to show people if they want something bad enough then one will go through or over it to get to the other side.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I really enjoyed hearing about all the great things that he had accomplished over his lifetime. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From meeting Captain Kirk, floating at ground zero, and winning all the stuffed animals. I really admire him for teaching people to try to accomplish their dreams and to never give up. Mr. Pausch accomplished so many things throughout his life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said to never lose the childlike wonder; this is what keeps us going. He also told us to never give up! He also mentioned that…. “be good at something and you will be valuable.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While teaching, he told students to work on projects such as virtual tours. He was so overwhelmed with the students’ projects. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They did exceptionally well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Pausch then called his mentor and asked what he needed to do next because the students did more than what were told. The mentor told him to tell the students that they could do better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With project after project they improved every time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like how he made the students work together. He took them on field trips and it was a very interactive experience for the students. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I really enjoyed watching this video. This video was nothing but positive and taught me to never give up on my dreams. I really like how he used the example, are we going to be a tigger or and eeyore?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned that when that brick wall comes up that it will just show me how much dedication I really have to go over it, under it, or through it to get to the other side. Nothing should stand in our way when we strive to do accomplish something. </span></div>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-37769253597553264212011-03-03T15:16:00.003-06:002011-03-03T15:33:18.661-06:00Project # 11 Short Movie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftSf6MkULlY568NFE374ZDrGU0yldt68yuq8Q3ON9CMes25rdXB_Ku2TG6OaTwFYETbCWiGWOWW8t16wq2uAood1rKnv-7b2GEr5Ugd1WDQi0XuZql-9_7I16b2d9a9TQ3fuHyS11esY_/s1600/ericcarle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A book cover entitled brown bear brown bear what do you see" border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftSf6MkULlY568NFE374ZDrGU0yldt68yuq8Q3ON9CMes25rdXB_Ku2TG6OaTwFYETbCWiGWOWW8t16wq2uAood1rKnv-7b2GEr5Ugd1WDQi0XuZql-9_7I16b2d9a9TQ3fuHyS11esY_/s320/ericcarle.jpg" title="Source:"http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/eric+carle/default.aspx"" width="262" /></a></div><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yDXVzMqlsQE" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-19738814328946975812011-02-24T20:59:00.000-06:002011-02-24T20:59:52.331-06:00Timetoast Timeline Instructional Project #9b<object height="400" width="550"><param name="movie" value="http://www.timetoast.com/flash/TimelineViewer.swf?passedTimelines=117378" /><param name="passedTimelines" value="117378" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.timetoast.com/flash/TimelineViewer.swf?passedTimelines=117378" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" passedTimelines="117378" width="550" height="400" allowScriptAccess="always" /></object>Tiffany Blantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825385524769704457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470931292812352761.post-71621287483953342522011-02-23T14:24:00.001-06:002011-02-23T14:26:27.359-06:00Blog Post # 6<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggQBqVY0yLvbhLEhAPGqWcS75LJ5jDdkyAal3ZmXUIwq3lVd03L__aXsUWSMTuSMQSChgU89I1X8qr_25v9Cp40EXYy49cHsA_j6rzkEo98pp1NGz9MmUmWl9Jxmd_ak0YWzfqchXNuKe/s1600/networked+student+edm+clip+2-23-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="An image of group discussion" border="0" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggQBqVY0yLvbhLEhAPGqWcS75LJ5jDdkyAal3ZmXUIwq3lVd03L__aXsUWSMTuSMQSChgU89I1X8qr_25v9Cp40EXYy49cHsA_j6rzkEo98pp1NGz9MmUmWl9Jxmd_ak0YWzfqchXNuKe/s1600/networked+student+edm+clip+2-23-10.jpg" title="Source:presentermedia.com" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">Networked Student</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By: Wendy Drexler</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can relate to the student on the video. I am also learning how to go to the different networks such as blogger, wikispaces, etc. I then can communicate with people all around the world. People all over can read my post anytime, anywhere. I can share my thoughts and concerns and have people comment on what they believe or don’t believe. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also believe that it is important to have a teacher to be able to properly and effectively teach students how to use the different networks. The teacher(s) give advice on the best networks; give instruction, and insights or guidance when problems may arise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teachers are not just there to teach but make sure that students learn what they are being taught so in turn students will be able to carry that with them as they leave the class. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still learning and will continue to learn more about networks so I can possibly carry some of the different networks that I have learned how to use and use it in my classroom. The only way that I can be prepared to be a teacher of a networked student is for me to be prepared when it comes to knowing how properly use and demonstrate the different networks. I still have a good bit to learn when it comes to all the different networks that are around today. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyacClMPzbYPpyc6xNoRbTgm5H-o8PXSKAjalTyqjyQbj3L1DPEFl6T9l6spcxy2Sw5IYr_KPr4EmbbETQ-L-M4VIIISVJtlEMad753xhdGZ0XpxYESK_Gwnp6q_SnceKMCpWwPvCsxVr/s1600/7th+Grade+PLE+Edm+image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A image contrasting and comparing the difference between a PLN and PLE" border="0" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyacClMPzbYPpyc6xNoRbTgm5H-o8PXSKAjalTyqjyQbj3L1DPEFl6T9l6spcxy2Sw5IYr_KPr4EmbbETQ-L-M4VIIISVJtlEMad753xhdGZ0XpxYESK_Gwnp6q_SnceKMCpWwPvCsxVr/s1600/7th+Grade+PLE+Edm+image.jpg" title="Source:mollybob.wordpress.com" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr. H’s Seventh Grade Student</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The seventh grader did a great job when creating her PLE. She sure has her PLE very organized and can use it throughout her classroom experience. I really enjoyed watching and listening on how she created her PLE. She had a great idea of listing her school tiles on the bottom of her PLE and her other interests outside of school at the top. That way she would be familiar with where everything she needs for school is located. I feel like she is a very organized young lady and knows how to use technology. She sure did a great job showing how she used her PLE throughout her Science class when it came to doing presentations and looking at the agenda for her daily assignments. She also mentioned that her class was a paperless class just as EDM 310. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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