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This week on comments 4kids we commented on students in a first grade class they are learning how to read and write. Mrs. Cassidy is their teacher and she is doing a good job because the students had alot of post up with all types of things they have been doing in the classroom. My student posted a blog about a skype they had from a geologist who talked to them about rocks, they were so cute.

"What I've Learned This Year" by Mr. McClung

This was a great post, he really help me get a better picture of what to expect my first year of teaching. I am sure that was a very scary and exciting time in his life. From the post he seemed to find his way thru teaching better than most teachers I know. It takes some teachers years to get to the point he explain in his blog. Listening to your students and not being afraid of technology are some key points of being a good teacher. I hope my first year of teaching is great and that I can remember to not bet myself up when things don't go thru as plan. We all make mistakes, its what we learn from those mistakes that make us better.

Can Wikipedia be a trusted source of information?

I am a true believer in that, you can not trust everyone or everything. If it is to good to be true, then it's probably not real. Wikipedia has its' pearks and its' flaws. It is great that Wikipedia makes all types of information available to the public thru the Internet, but if people want to get on Wikipedia and post information for the world to see, then the public should know who is changing or posting the information. They should make some type of rule for posting information on Wikipedia, it should be a consequence if you post information that is not true. How are people suppose to trust the site if you don't know if the information is correct? Come on Wikipedia get your act together!

Class Presentation

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This was another great assignment, getting to look at other students work from across the world is great. The post I read was about a student who got a puppy and how excited her family was. She did a great job, it was well written.

Did You Know 4.0

I am not sure if we are suppose to do this. I was confused about what you were tring to say in the blog. So instead of not doing the blog I'll take my changes by going ahead and doing it anyway. The facts that were mention in the video were interesting. I have never read that information any where before. Learning about how much technology has grown and will grow in the next couple of years is remarkable. By the time I have children they will be learning things in school way more advance than what I was taught. I am in my mid-twenties and half the time I can't keep up with the latest tech gadget that comes out. When I’ am in my fifties, I wonder what will be the latest and newest technology on the market.

Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture

I have seen this video before it is really sad. He made this lecture for his kids but, it turn out to help more people than he thought. He had a lot of heart to get on stage and do what he did. The lecture is about really achieving your childhood dreams, how he enables his students to dream and how you can achieve your dreams. He makes you feel that anything is possible and how every individual should dream. I know I have alot of dreams that I want to accomplish but, sometimes like Mr. Pausch said you hit a brick wall. When that happens you have to work a little harder if you really want that dream to happen. Life is not easy but, when you never give up on something you truly want it makes you a better person. The only person holding you back from your dreams is yourself.

Karl Fisch: Is It Okay to Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?

Illiterate is such a strong word in my eyes, but to each their own. Yes I do believe that every teacher should know something about technology. No one is perfect, everyone learns at a different pace. Students graduating from a college should defiantly know a lot about technology. For those who are older and did not grow up in the tech. generation, should try their best at learning something about technology. I feel that younger teachers and tech. smart people should help those who are struggling with tech. problems. What ever happen to, if you don't know ask someone who does? When you can't ask someone for help when you have a question, it makes it where you can't make mistakes and everyone makes mistakes once in a while.

"It's Not About the Technology" by Kelly Hines

Mrs. Hines touched on a great point in this blog. Teachers are going to have to want to learn. Doing everything by the text book is not going to work in the years to come. Teachers have to find ways of getting the students interested in learning. No one is perfect, so if mistakes are made then think of it as a learning opportunity. When teachers bring technology into the classroom it is working as a aide to further educate the students and show how what they learn in the classroom is applied in other places beside school. I feel that technology is a tool teachers can use, but it is up to each individual teacher on how they use it. By getting your creative juices following then it will show in your students because if you are excited about learning then it will motivate them to want to learn. A teacher may not motivate ever student they come in contact with, but inspiring a couple is better than none.

Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Today

This video told a true story about the collage experience. If I could add something to the video it would be, "I will earn a degree that is of no use with out experience." My fist degree is in hotel management and tourism administration. This is a great degree, but most people who work in this industry do not have a college degree. Why do we have to be in a classroom learning information from text books, when the job market wants people who have experience? I have a problem with understanding why we go to college because when you go on a job interview one of the first things they ask is, "what type of experience do you have." It makes me think that they have not read my resume. Why do they think people go on interviews? I always say how do you expect someone to get experience if you never give them a chance. Therefore, I wish I would have saw this video when I was a freshman in college. It probably would have open my eyes to what college is really about.

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This week we commented on students who are learning how to use blogs as a personal writing tool. I guess every student got to pick there own topic to write about. My student wrote about his/her teacher. He/She must have interviewed the teacher (Mr. Stevens) because he/she found out what Mr. Steven's favorite food, sport, movie, car, animal, game, and much more. Also, I saw that the students go to school in St. Louis, Mo. I love St. Louis my best friend lives there...F.Y.I. :)

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The students at Point England School have a blog where they post work they do in the classroom. I looked at three of the students work and they our working on short story's. They made videos where they talked about their schools immersion assembly. The teachers an their students dressed up as different characters and perform scenes from puss in boots, little red riding hood, sherk and the evil step sisters. The videos of the three students I saw, seem to have really enjoyed themselves. The teacher Mrs. Lavakula is doing a great job and I can't wait to see what else she will be posting on her class blog.

Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom: The benefits of podcasting in the classroom

Their are many benefits of using podcast or videocast in the classroom. I did learn that podcast help in giving students a chance to work on project base learning, allows students to use their higher order thinking skills and gives parents a way to communicate by seeing whats going on in the classroom. The students seemed to love creating and designing their own podcast. Reading seems to be the area that podcast are used the most in the classroom for younger students and allowing students to use podcast in their blogs is what older students seem to use it the most for. Since I am tyring to become a physical education teacher, I'm not sure what I would really use podcast for in my class. I have some idea but, not really sure. Any Idea?

Last Years Videocast

They did a good job. I'm not sure what my podcast will be on but, I hope I do as good of a job as they did. The video was interesting and I learned a lot of things from it. One thing I need to work on is how I am going to make my podcast exciting, what will be my topic, and finding ways to make my podcast unique. If anyone has any idea's let me know:) I was thinking about having a theme for my videocast. It sounds pretty good but, I might have to think about that idea a little more. Before I do anything I need to get a camera for my laptop, I think that would be a great idea since I do need that in order for my project to work.