EDM310 Final Reflection

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Final Project #16

SUMMARY POST TEACHER #4 C4T

 

My Mind Gap by Angela Doucet Rand. She is an librarian, amateur bookmaker and mixed media artist.

My PLN

 

I love my PLN and I so excited about using it. It is like having all your favorites on one page. It is very easily accessed. I will continue to tweak and work with my PLN until it is exactly how I want it. This is definitely one of my favorite things I have learned in my EDM310 class.

C4K Summary Post November and 12/5

 

#8 My comment was to Friendship, who is a local student at Alba Middle School. His blog was a picture of the USS Battleship and we were ask to think of a name. I said Freedom.
#9. My comment was to Rosmery. Her blog was quit interesting.It was typed in Spanish. I google translated it. I found out her blog was about someone who got bit by a snake and had to go to the hospital.
#10 I was assigned to Mrs. Melito's class and I read Chelsea's blog. They were asked to blog about how they prepared for a scientific notation test and to tell what they are thankful for.She was thankful for her family, friends, and teachers who love and support her.
#11 My student was Logan. He is in Mrs. Huebner's 2nd grade class. He wrote a short story on Mario and his side kick, Luigi. He included himself in his story. It was very interesting. I think he is a talented boy with lots of potential. When I was younger, I loved playing the Mario game.

ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENT #5

 

Sometimes you have to allow students or people in general to get a little confused to get the point. When things are all laid out on the line and then explained, I think it gives the students different aspects to the way they learn. I believe if confusion leads to clarity: then in the end it is worth it.
Mr. Spencer relates pencils with his students. Children are full of emotion and they change day by day. At one moment, they could be happy without a care in the world and within seconds, they can be mad at the world. Pencils can be broken, reshape, sketchy. My favorite quote by Mr. Spencer is, "It's change, constant change, sometimes in smooth lines and sometimes in wild, dark jagged edges." He respects his students. He sounds like an awesome teacher. If all teachers cared like he does, maybe there would not be so much rebellion with children. He Just Likes the Class for the Pencils is my favorite blog by Mr. Spencer and the one I commented on. I hope I can be a teacher like Mr. Spencer. Being a teacher is not about trying to embarrass the students. I do not want to be the type of teacher who does not know or care to know her students. I think so many times teachers either loose sight or just do not care that students are human beings with feelings too. It breaks my heart to see a child hurt or sad. I substitute at a school and I see how some teachers treat the students. In order to receive respect we must give it.

Blog Post #13

 

Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX), one stop website of lesson plans and other educational resources for teachers, students, and administrators in Alabama.Their goal is for Alabama students to utilize the benefits of Alabama educators sharing their wealth of expertise and knowledge with colleagues. The material on Alex is searchable and listed by subject and grade level. The courses of study are Science, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, Physical Education, Technology Education, English, Math, Arts, Health Education, and more. Once you click on a particular subject, it will give you the state standards and lessons plans. There are many different web links to search through. They are useful for students and teachers. The student web resources allow students to ask questions, play games, and learn about different subjects. The web links include personal workspace, personal learning, lesson plans, search, pod cast treasury, alexville. I would recommend everyone to check out ALEX. It is interesting and has some very resourceful information for everyone. I have had the opportunity to use ALEX in some of my education classes at University of South Alabama. I found it helpful, especially with ideas about different types of lesson plans. I know several teachers who use ALEX for resources and they without a doubt would swear by it. I have already printed out some of the Alabama standards. My suggestion is for everyone wanting to be a future teacher to print out these standards and keep them nearby.

 

Students Statewide (ACCESS), a distance-learning program that provides credit recovery courses. ACCESS uses both interactive videoconferencing and web-based online course formats. These courses are taken during the school day at the student's school. They have trained facilitators supervise students and collaborate with the distance teacher. The Vision of ACCESS: The State of Alabama will provide equal access to high quality instruction to improve student achievement through distance learning. The resources include things like Alabama Virtual Library, ChemLab, HippoCampus, and many others. I personally have not had much experience with this website. After researching through it some, I know it is something I would like to be involved with. My daughter actually uses this at her school. She takes a class through ACCESS, her teacher is the facilitator, and she has an online teacher. This is the first year she has done this. She said at first it was complicated but it has gotten easier. Students can enroll in ACCESS if they attend an Alabama public high school (grade 9-12) or they are identified as a special education student. The question and answers page was informational for me. Click the link below to check these out:
http://accessdl.state.al.us/documents/AccessFAQtobeposted.pdf