Rubistar would certainly be a very helpful teaching resource. We learned about this in class today and now whenever I need to make a rubric I am going to go to this site. It a very easy way to make a rubric for any lesson. It gives you the whole outline and you can even save it and come back to making it later.
So instead of sitting and starting from scratch this resource gives you and entire outline and makes creating a rubric much easier on the teacher.
We also learned many more resources in this class. One being about the states. The website gave you a picture of a map and then a picture of a state. It was your job to take the picture of the state and move it to the spot on the map where you thought the state went. This would be a really neat resource to use for the children after just teaching about the states, because it allows the students to extend on their knowledge of what they just learned about the states!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Ways Schools Are Using Technology
Schools now are trying to make technology a bigger aspect of the curriculum. In this article written by Meris Stansbury it talks about the different ways schools are starting to use social networking. Teachers are using the social networking to communicate with parents and students. They are also using them to post homework and school assignments.
One teacher even mentioned how she uses twitter to do end of the unit discussions. After a unit she will tweet certain topics and questions and then the students can see this and respond back.
Using technology in the classroom is so vital and it is important that school allow more of it to happen. The article states how some parents are concerned about the bullying that can happen on the internet. I understand this but I feel that if the teacher is on monitoring the students through a social network site they set up for them, it should not be a problem.
One teacher even mentioned how she uses twitter to do end of the unit discussions. After a unit she will tweet certain topics and questions and then the students can see this and respond back.
Using technology in the classroom is so vital and it is important that school allow more of it to happen. The article states how some parents are concerned about the bullying that can happen on the internet. I understand this but I feel that if the teacher is on monitoring the students through a social network site they set up for them, it should not be a problem.
Math Problems
In my host teacher's classroom this week the kids got to share their math problems they made on the SMARTboard. In to previous class the students worked on problems they would like to see up on the SMARTboard that they had created. Then the day I was there my host teacher picked some of the problems students had created and put them up on the SMARTboard for all the class to solve.
This was a really neat lesson because the students loved seeing their problems up on the board for the whole class to solve. My host teacher made sure to tell the class who made the problem, read it out and then the whole class went on solving the problem. After the class had solved the problem a student would come up and then do out the problem on the SMARTboard for the rest of the class to solve.
Its a lot of fun watching the students engage in the SMARTboard. It's also amazing to see how much the students already know about SMARTboards since they have been working with them so much in the classroom
This was a really neat lesson because the students loved seeing their problems up on the board for the whole class to solve. My host teacher made sure to tell the class who made the problem, read it out and then the whole class went on solving the problem. After the class had solved the problem a student would come up and then do out the problem on the SMARTboard for the rest of the class to solve.
Its a lot of fun watching the students engage in the SMARTboard. It's also amazing to see how much the students already know about SMARTboards since they have been working with them so much in the classroom
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Time in the Classroom :)
Today I had the great pleasure of being in the classroom. I have a great host teacher who I know I am bound to learn a lot of teaching skills from him!
Today was really exciting because my host teacher introduced the SMART Slate! His class room was the first ever in Parker school to use one. Basically it was a SMART Board but on a smaller scale, one that could fit right in your lap! This was such an exciting tool because all the children were so excited about it and could not wait to use it. Having the children be so excited was a great thing because now I knew the children were engaged in the lesson because they were learning about the math but then so excited to get to use the SMART Slate to show their answer up on the SMART Board.
This SMART Slate was also a great idea because it was another piece of technology the students were getting to learn about, which in return was making them more prepared for using this type of technology in the future.
As a future teaching I am constantly hearing about how it is so important to begin to teach through more technology and it is a great experience to see the children using technology in the classroom and also seeing how excited they get about it!
Today was really exciting because my host teacher introduced the SMART Slate! His class room was the first ever in Parker school to use one. Basically it was a SMART Board but on a smaller scale, one that could fit right in your lap! This was such an exciting tool because all the children were so excited about it and could not wait to use it. Having the children be so excited was a great thing because now I knew the children were engaged in the lesson because they were learning about the math but then so excited to get to use the SMART Slate to show their answer up on the SMART Board.
This SMART Slate was also a great idea because it was another piece of technology the students were getting to learn about, which in return was making them more prepared for using this type of technology in the future.
As a future teaching I am constantly hearing about how it is so important to begin to teach through more technology and it is a great experience to see the children using technology in the classroom and also seeing how excited they get about it!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Cathy Sanor
On the eSchool website today, I watch a remarkably inspiring video on Cathy Sanor and her speach about how children need to be engaged.
This video talks about how teachers are starting to attend conferences involving how inquiry learning and the ability to engage children within a lesson. This is so important now because children are beginning to become less interested in school and it is up to us as teachers to rope them into our lessons.
Cathy talks about how teachers are starting to realize that through inquiry learning is when a child is going to learn best. Through these types of lessons children are able to take part within the lesson and this is going to make them want to learn the information being presented.
She also touches on the use of technology within the lesson and how this also engages the children. Not only does it engage the children but it is better preparing the children to learn and want to use technology in the future. This is a very important idea because technology is becoming so advanced it is important we keep children up to date with it and have them working with it so they can use it and excel in the future.
This video relates so much to what we are now learning in the classrooms, I loved listening to what Cathy had to say. The way she spoke about inquiry learning was beyond inspiring and certainly makes me want to use the methods in my own classroom someday!
This video talks about how teachers are starting to attend conferences involving how inquiry learning and the ability to engage children within a lesson. This is so important now because children are beginning to become less interested in school and it is up to us as teachers to rope them into our lessons.
Cathy talks about how teachers are starting to realize that through inquiry learning is when a child is going to learn best. Through these types of lessons children are able to take part within the lesson and this is going to make them want to learn the information being presented.
She also touches on the use of technology within the lesson and how this also engages the children. Not only does it engage the children but it is better preparing the children to learn and want to use technology in the future. This is a very important idea because technology is becoming so advanced it is important we keep children up to date with it and have them working with it so they can use it and excel in the future.
This video relates so much to what we are now learning in the classrooms, I loved listening to what Cathy had to say. The way she spoke about inquiry learning was beyond inspiring and certainly makes me want to use the methods in my own classroom someday!
SMARTboard!
This weekend I had the great pleasure of working with my group to create a SMARTboard presentation! The first day my group got together to do this project we thought it was going to be soooo hard. We could not figure out how to do anything, it's safe to say we were completely lost.
The next day however our group got together with out professor and she showed us so many tricks to use on SMARTboard. Once we learned these new tricks our group met once again to attempt to make a presentable SMARTboard lesson.
During this time our group met it was so fun! We were now able to do so many fun things though SMARTboard to make our lesson so much more engaging. We couldn't believe what we were capable of doing on this SMARTboard. We worked very hard on our lesson and it ended up turing out to be awesome! We made every page special to what we were teaching and we knew the class we were presenting it too would have so much fun with it.
Even though we did learn a lot of new tricks to use on the SMARTboard I know there is still so much to learn, and I am more then excited to come to the edge and try new tricks within SMARTboard!
The next day however our group got together with out professor and she showed us so many tricks to use on SMARTboard. Once we learned these new tricks our group met once again to attempt to make a presentable SMARTboard lesson.
During this time our group met it was so fun! We were now able to do so many fun things though SMARTboard to make our lesson so much more engaging. We couldn't believe what we were capable of doing on this SMARTboard. We worked very hard on our lesson and it ended up turing out to be awesome! We made every page special to what we were teaching and we knew the class we were presenting it too would have so much fun with it.
Even though we did learn a lot of new tricks to use on the SMARTboard I know there is still so much to learn, and I am more then excited to come to the edge and try new tricks within SMARTboard!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Drop Box
In class today I learned all about Drop Box. This is a really neat tool that allows someone to save any file and access it at a later point. This is helpful because if you need to save something and you do not have your usb then you can save it right online and your whole project will still be saved for you.
This is also a great help because it gives you another option of where to save files. This is important because if something happens to the device you were previously saving information on then you now have a back up spot where all your projects and papers are saved.
Another tool we learned today in class was how to save music directly to our itunes. All you have to do is type the song into google and after the song name you type mediafire. When you do this a website comes up with the song saved in mp3 form. Once you see this the website also gives you and option to download the file. Once the file is downloaded then the song goes directly into itunes and it is there to use in a project you are constructing.
This is also a great help because it gives you another option of where to save files. This is important because if something happens to the device you were previously saving information on then you now have a back up spot where all your projects and papers are saved.
Another tool we learned today in class was how to save music directly to our itunes. All you have to do is type the song into google and after the song name you type mediafire. When you do this a website comes up with the song saved in mp3 form. Once you see this the website also gives you and option to download the file. Once the file is downloaded then the song goes directly into itunes and it is there to use in a project you are constructing.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Using The Command Talk On Mac
The other week in class we all learned how to use the command talk button in order for the Mac to read something to us on the computer. This is an amazing feature the Mac can do and I love using it now. I let it read me all my essays and anything else I need read to me. It really helps because now I can hear all the information being told to me and so it is easier for me to pick out mistakes and fix them. This tool makes my essays sounds much better and makes correcting them so much easier.
This is also a great tool for children. If children are on the computer reading something and have a hard time they can just highlight the word and press to key sequence that is needed for the computer to read the word and then the word will be read to them. In doing this the children are able to see both the spelling of the word and then the sound therefore they can always link the two together in the future.
This would also be a great tool for children learning vocabulary. The teacher could set up a word document for the children with their vocabulary words and the words within a sentence and the child can go on and have the whole this read to them, so they are able to see the word and how the word in pronounced, that way they can say and use the word correctly.
This was a very helpful tool to learn and I am very grateful it was taught to me!
This is also a great tool for children. If children are on the computer reading something and have a hard time they can just highlight the word and press to key sequence that is needed for the computer to read the word and then the word will be read to them. In doing this the children are able to see both the spelling of the word and then the sound therefore they can always link the two together in the future.
This would also be a great tool for children learning vocabulary. The teacher could set up a word document for the children with their vocabulary words and the words within a sentence and the child can go on and have the whole this read to them, so they are able to see the word and how the word in pronounced, that way they can say and use the word correctly.
This was a very helpful tool to learn and I am very grateful it was taught to me!
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