I think that the idea of online schooling has its pros and cons. Colleges often provide online classes that range from Math courses all the way to public speaking courses. Some of these courses require students to come into classes to take tests and give their speeches however. I think there are benefits to online education in certain situations of course, but not every student benefits from online education. Online courses require students to be responsible for their class work; this can be a problem even for college students who procrastinate. I’m not sure middle and high school students would benefit from this type of education.
I have taken online courses but I really prefer the traditional classroom setting. I do like having online lectures to go back and review before tests but I have notice I make higher grades in courses that I actually have class room time in.
Budget cuts do however come into effect considering the state of our economy. I understand that online education can save thousands of dollars on each student but if the students aren’t benefiting from these cuts, is it really worth saving this money? I think that they should judge and be sure that it will benefit the students in these courses. After all, our job is about the students isn’t it?
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Blog Post # 12
Watch Rick Lavoie’s video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRIKkU6IVRQ and write a paragraph or two about what he is discussing and what the video means to you.
In this video Rick Lavoie uses poker chips to describe self esteem. The popular kids in school have a ton of poker chips and get more chips every time something good happens to them. If they are picked to be the captain of the football team or homecoming king they get 10,000 poker chips. Because of inclusion, learning disabled kids are forced to attend school with these children who have thousands and thousands of poker chips. The learning disabled kids however, do not have many chips at all and they want to hold on tightly to the few they do have. This is why these children don’t ask questions in class, this is why they don’t try out for sports teams, or even ask peers to go to dances with them for fear of being rejected and losing their chips.
As teachers, our job is to make sure that every kid has more poker chips when he or she goes home than when they got up that morning. We need to give them as many poker chips as we can and take away just the minimum we have to. We need to build our children up, our job as teachers is to be sure they have confidence and let them know they can achieve their potential.
In this video Rick Lavoie uses poker chips to describe self esteem. The popular kids in school have a ton of poker chips and get more chips every time something good happens to them. If they are picked to be the captain of the football team or homecoming king they get 10,000 poker chips. Because of inclusion, learning disabled kids are forced to attend school with these children who have thousands and thousands of poker chips. The learning disabled kids however, do not have many chips at all and they want to hold on tightly to the few they do have. This is why these children don’t ask questions in class, this is why they don’t try out for sports teams, or even ask peers to go to dances with them for fear of being rejected and losing their chips.
As teachers, our job is to make sure that every kid has more poker chips when he or she goes home than when they got up that morning. We need to give them as many poker chips as we can and take away just the minimum we have to. We need to build our children up, our job as teachers is to be sure they have confidence and let them know they can achieve their potential.
Final Project Report
For a final project, my group has decided to ours on how to make good use of the different skills we have learned in EDM310. For example, we want students, parents, and teachers to see the advantages of using programs such as skype. This class has taught us to put aside our biases, and we want to spread the word to those that have not been fortunate enough to take a class like EDM310. We are planning on each person demonstrating the one thing they found the most useful in EDM310.
C4K # 10
Mrs. Yollis's class blog:
Mrs. Yollis seems like an amazing teacher. From her blog I have learned that she loves being a teacher and has traveled to different parts of the world doing what she loves. She has put so much effort into her class blog and her class website. Mrs. Yollis has included educational links for her students to help them stay involved outside of school hours.
I think it is great how she involves her student’s parents and families. I know once I become an educator I want to include my student’s families too. Parents love being able to see what their child has done in school and how much they are improving throughout the year. Mrs. Yollis has done an amazing job on her web site and class blog!
Blog Post #309:
Rexon,
I am a student from the University of South Alabama. I am currently in Dr. Stranges EDM 310 class. I have never been to China but I hope to go one day. I find their culture fascinating and would love to experience it firsthand. This was a very interesting post. I know a lot of our clothing and garments come from overseas but I have never seen the actual factories they are made in. I really enjoyed all of the pictures that were included too. Thank you for such an insightful post.
Mrs. Yollis seems like an amazing teacher. From her blog I have learned that she loves being a teacher and has traveled to different parts of the world doing what she loves. She has put so much effort into her class blog and her class website. Mrs. Yollis has included educational links for her students to help them stay involved outside of school hours.
I think it is great how she involves her student’s parents and families. I know once I become an educator I want to include my student’s families too. Parents love being able to see what their child has done in school and how much they are improving throughout the year. Mrs. Yollis has done an amazing job on her web site and class blog!
Rexon,
I am a student from the University of South Alabama. I am currently in Dr. Stranges EDM 310 class. I have never been to China but I hope to go one day. I find their culture fascinating and would love to experience it firsthand. This was a very interesting post. I know a lot of our clothing and garments come from overseas but I have never seen the actual factories they are made in. I really enjoyed all of the pictures that were included too. Thank you for such an insightful post.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
C4K summary
10/9
Neeves post was short. It had pictures and said she can count up to 20. Neeve also went on to talk about how much she likes to read.
Comment:
Hello Neeve,
My name is Audrey, I am in a class called EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I love your wikispace, I’m sure your very proud of it. I have a cousin who is in the 1st grade and he loves coming over to playing at my house. I bet the two of you are learning about the same things right now. What is your favorite subject in school? He loves science class. Which is perfect, because I am going to be a science teacher. Hope you have a great week!
10/16
Deer antlers are actually tissues that grow backward and up and then shoot forward. Most of the
time the antlers of the deer are used to fight off other bucks and to attract mates. In Febuary or
March deer antlers fall off or shed from the deer. At the peak of the antler growth, depending on
the deer’s genes and nutrition antlers on a buck can grow up to a half inch in a day. When a deer
is growing its’ antlers there is a clothy material velvet. Velvet helps the antlers grow. Velvet has
circulating blood in it. And that is what deer antlers are.
Comment:
Hello Will,
My name is Audrey Carrio and I’m in Dr. Strange’s EDM 310 class at the University of South
Alabama. I am studying secondary education; I want to be a high school science teacher after
college. Your blog was so interesting, my dad used to hunt deer and I have a few friends that
do too. Are you a hunter too? I did not know the antlers fell off in February and March. I would
think this would make them more vulnerable to prey after their antlers fall off. What do you
think?
10/23
DJ made a movie about Mermaids and fish and published it on her class blog.
Comment:
Hello Dj,
I am a student at the University of South Alabama in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. I loved your movie, the animations were incredible! How did you learn how to do that? I have to admit I love mermaids too. "The Little Mermaid" was my favorite Disney movie growing up, I still watch it sometimes too! Thanks for your great video!
Audrey Carrio
10/30
Two students made a short video about their school yard and play ground outside of their school with music to accompany it.
Comment:
Hello,
My name is Audrey and I am a student at the University of South Alabama majoring in Secondary Education and I am in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. Your video is great; did you two make it on your own? Or did your teacher help you? I have a cousin who is in the 2nd grade and he loves the play games and go to the play ground. I look forward to seeing more blog post.
11/6
Procrastination
What I have ben studying throughout his year in Age of Exploration are the 15th and 16th century. The very first project that I had to present was a project about Christopher Columbus and his first voyage. Where I tried to go with this project was give some details about the voyage and how it came into play, and also why it was important to the world. I also wanted to tell people what the impact of his voyage was.
As of right now, we are in the middle of the 16th century project researching the Christian Reformation. My project is on Martin Luther and the three walls. What we are trying to do in this project is describe a primary source from this time period and describe it. The hardest part of this project is always staying on task and taking advantage of all our time. This is hard for me because there are no guidelines and we basically have to make our own timetable for our project. How I have been able to overcome being distracted is by using paper instead of using a computer. Paper allows me to see and touch the source rather than just reading it off of a computer.
What I have been learning about myself as a student is that I have to take advantage of all my time that is given in class, and also my best way of researching is by looking into different sources and then pick which one is my favorite. The most successful strategy that I have been using is taking notes on paper rather than a computer, because it helps me stay focused. What I think I can improve is taking more time outside of class earlier on in the project to get ahead, just so when it comes time for the presentation I don’t have to rush as much, and so I don’t have to be using a lot of time outside of class to get my work done. But, overall I think that if I use my time inside of class more productively I can get a better understanding of the project and also not have to rush as much later on in the project.
Comment:
Hello,
My name is Audrey and I am a student at the University of South Alabama in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. Your class sounds like it is very interesting; my history classes always fascinated me. It also sounds like you are learning a valuable lesson on time management. I think this will really benefit you once you get into college though; a lot of students have to learn this the hard way. Once in you are in college you have to be responsible for managing your time and study habits. Great post, keep up the good work!
Neeves post was short. It had pictures and said she can count up to 20. Neeve also went on to talk about how much she likes to read.
Comment:
Hello Neeve,
My name is Audrey, I am in a class called EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I love your wikispace, I’m sure your very proud of it. I have a cousin who is in the 1st grade and he loves coming over to playing at my house. I bet the two of you are learning about the same things right now. What is your favorite subject in school? He loves science class. Which is perfect, because I am going to be a science teacher. Hope you have a great week!
10/16
Deer antlers are actually tissues that grow backward and up and then shoot forward. Most of the
time the antlers of the deer are used to fight off other bucks and to attract mates. In Febuary or
March deer antlers fall off or shed from the deer. At the peak of the antler growth, depending on
the deer’s genes and nutrition antlers on a buck can grow up to a half inch in a day. When a deer
is growing its’ antlers there is a clothy material velvet. Velvet helps the antlers grow. Velvet has
circulating blood in it. And that is what deer antlers are.
Comment:
Hello Will,
My name is Audrey Carrio and I’m in Dr. Strange’s EDM 310 class at the University of South
Alabama. I am studying secondary education; I want to be a high school science teacher after
college. Your blog was so interesting, my dad used to hunt deer and I have a few friends that
do too. Are you a hunter too? I did not know the antlers fell off in February and March. I would
think this would make them more vulnerable to prey after their antlers fall off. What do you
think?
10/23
DJ made a movie about Mermaids and fish and published it on her class blog.
Comment:
Hello Dj,
I am a student at the University of South Alabama in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. I loved your movie, the animations were incredible! How did you learn how to do that? I have to admit I love mermaids too. "The Little Mermaid" was my favorite Disney movie growing up, I still watch it sometimes too! Thanks for your great video!
Audrey Carrio
10/30
Two students made a short video about their school yard and play ground outside of their school with music to accompany it.
Comment:
Hello,
My name is Audrey and I am a student at the University of South Alabama majoring in Secondary Education and I am in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. Your video is great; did you two make it on your own? Or did your teacher help you? I have a cousin who is in the 2nd grade and he loves the play games and go to the play ground. I look forward to seeing more blog post.
11/6
Procrastination
What I have ben studying throughout his year in Age of Exploration are the 15th and 16th century. The very first project that I had to present was a project about Christopher Columbus and his first voyage. Where I tried to go with this project was give some details about the voyage and how it came into play, and also why it was important to the world. I also wanted to tell people what the impact of his voyage was.
As of right now, we are in the middle of the 16th century project researching the Christian Reformation. My project is on Martin Luther and the three walls. What we are trying to do in this project is describe a primary source from this time period and describe it. The hardest part of this project is always staying on task and taking advantage of all our time. This is hard for me because there are no guidelines and we basically have to make our own timetable for our project. How I have been able to overcome being distracted is by using paper instead of using a computer. Paper allows me to see and touch the source rather than just reading it off of a computer.
What I have been learning about myself as a student is that I have to take advantage of all my time that is given in class, and also my best way of researching is by looking into different sources and then pick which one is my favorite. The most successful strategy that I have been using is taking notes on paper rather than a computer, because it helps me stay focused. What I think I can improve is taking more time outside of class earlier on in the project to get ahead, just so when it comes time for the presentation I don’t have to rush as much, and so I don’t have to be using a lot of time outside of class to get my work done. But, overall I think that if I use my time inside of class more productively I can get a better understanding of the project and also not have to rush as much later on in the project.
Comment:
Hello,
My name is Audrey and I am a student at the University of South Alabama in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. Your class sounds like it is very interesting; my history classes always fascinated me. It also sounds like you are learning a valuable lesson on time management. I think this will really benefit you once you get into college though; a lot of students have to learn this the hard way. Once in you are in college you have to be responsible for managing your time and study habits. Great post, keep up the good work!
Blog Post #11
I think it is so great that these children have their own blogs. Its helping them learn safety techniques for the internet by allowing them to explore on safe and secure websites. The blog allows them to let out their feelings and opinions and to have people comment on their ideas. The children are learning all kinds of exciting tools such as wikis and Skype. Their teacher is really helping to open their minds to new technologies and allowing them to explore their creative side. I really hope to include activities like this into my own teaching style. The children really seem to be enjoying themselves while learning.
I really enjoyed Mrs. Cassidy’s Skype interview. She discussed the “audience” students were able to reach by blogging and how wide that reach could be. As a future science teacher for high school students this really stands out as a tool I want my students to master. They would be able to listen to lectures for different teachers or professors and also from scientists around the world! Skype is such a great technology for teachers and classrooms. This was a great post and interesting interview.
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