Personal Learning Network

I started my personal learning network as a coach, which I teach young girls the skills of volleyball. Being a coach has introduced me to alot of great people. Since I want to be a physical education teacher, these people are great to know. Currently I work at the University of South Alabama as a graduate assistant for the volleyball team, which I got by networking through the late athletic director of South Alabama Joe Gottfried. The head of the volleyball team is Nicole Keshock, she is a great coach and I have learned alot from her. She allows me to further my career in the sports world, by letting me run practices at times and being involved with the day to day affairs of coaching a Division I volleyball team. In the spring I also coach a club volleyball team and talking with the other coaches in the club I use them as references when I need help in thinking of ideas for drills to use in my practices. Facebook is a great way for me to communicate with the other coaches since we have different schedules and don't get to see each other that much. Another person I have in my PLN is the volleyball coach at LeFlore Magnet High School Barba McCovery, I help her in the summer with her volleyball team. She is also a P.E. teacher at LeFlore, so she answers any questions I have about physical education. My personal learning network is going to continue to grow the more people I meet through out the years.

Project 11: You Tube vs. Teacher Tube

My group's topic was You Tube vs. Teacher Tube. Jessica Debose, Frederick Patterson, Jahmarkus Rabb and I learned alot about You Tube and Teacher Tube. We showed how You Tube is a place for any individual to post a video, of any content for the world to watch. Teacher Tube is a place for teachers to go and find great videos about education related issues. This site is made for only educational videos to be posted, which is a good idea since most schools block teachers from visiting You Tube on school computers. To visit You TubeClick Here and to visit Teacher Tube Click Here

Goodbye EDM 310

I will truly miss my teacher and classmates of EDM 310. This has been one of the best classes I have taken. I hope we keep in contact with each other because I would love to see what everyone will do with their teaching career. Adding people to my personal learning network would be a great way to keep in touch with each other. So long for now:)

Summary of EDM 310

I learned so much from this class and I will be using those things from now on. When we learned how to create a blog I liked that because I always want to know how people did that. The thing that I will use when I become a teacher is iTunesU, it was a great place to find things for students to learn and do. The best thing was google, I have used google before, but I never new that they offered so many different options beside their search engine. Google docs, forms and iGoogle are great to use as a teacher or a business professional.
The one thing I wish we would have learned but didn't was how to create our own website. Google got me interested in learning how to create my own website, when I was playing around on my iGoogle page one day. I have started a website for my wedding that I am planning by using google.
Everything I have learned in EDM 310 will be used when I become a teacher. I will not forget what I got out of this class. The more I use what I have learned, the better I can teach it to other people.
I wasn't excited about EDM 310 because I use a computer everyday. Being showed things that I have never used on the Internet was what I like the most.
I can't think of anything in EDM 310 that was intellectually challenging. Sometimes when I had to post something on my blog about a site we visited, I had difficult sometimes trying to think of something to write.
EDM 310 never had a boring moment for me, I always had something to do. This class was interesting so it made me want to keep up with what was going on in the class.
I don't think I would change a thing about EDM 310, it was a great class to take. One thing I'm sure future students might like is more instructional videos to help them with the assignments.
At the moment I am technologically literate, taking this class has made me learn alot more about technology. I will be using what I learn in this class to stay technologically literate by using it at my current job and in other classes I take at south Alabama.

New Classroom Rules/7 Brilliant Things Teachers Do With Technology

The three list had some good topics that are important. I picked one from New Classroom Rules by Education Innovation. The one rule I picked said, "come to school everyday, unless you would rather just go online." I liked this because I wished as college students we had the choice to go to class only when we needed help. It would make it easier for students who work, have a family and go to school. The next one I picked from 7 Brilliant Things Teachers Do With Technology by Doug Johnson. The topic I picked said, "use the kid's own devices to teach them." This is something that I agree with as a future teacher. Why not let the kid's bring their own devices to school because I am sure they use it at home, where they do most of their work. Some devices allow the kid's to collaborate with others, make their own videos and have access to the world wide web.Click HereTo visit New Classroom Rules and Click Here to check out 7 Brilliant Things Teachers Do With Technology

At The Teachers Desk

I found some great topics on this blog. Most of all the post were on topics that were important to know. Having collaborative professional blog's is a good idea. It allows people to post articles that are important and might effect other peoples lives. As a teacher, it would give teachers the opportunity to keep it touch with some new things other teachers are doing in the classroom.Click Here to view the blog

Toward A New Future of Whatever: Michael Wesch

This was a very interesting video. The two books about 1984 were books I have never heard of. The media does shape our way of life, my generation has grown up with cable, internet and radio. I don't know what we would do with out technology, it shapes who we are like Michael Wesch said. The more the world grows, the more things will change and shift do to the media. Classrooms in the future will be different and students will learn with technology as a main tool. YouTube is just the beginning of things to come. I am glad I can say that I was around when YouTube was launched and got to experince the excitement that evolved around it.Click Here To check out the video

Why Is It Important For Students To Post Their Work To Blogs?

The more students post their work to blogs and other sites, the more other people can view their work. Students work is no longer just seen by the teacher and thrown in the trash after the year is over. It is saved in the clouds as Dr. Strange says. In my edm 310 class I was assign to watch a video call Mr. Winkle Wakes and I had to leave a comment about what I thought. When the author read my post he left a comment and a few days later my teacher sit up a time for him to skype in to our class, to talk to use. Another example of students posting their work to blogs is the assignment I had about Dear Kaia where a group of students did a voicethread for her. There are a lot of reasons for students to post their work to blogs.Click Here To check out a website I found about why students should go public with their work. The teacher talks about the pros and cons of this topic.

Believing Inventing , and Implementing Technological Pedagogies: Anthony Capps

Anthony had a very detail post about Dr. Miller's video. I loved when he said, "I believe it is an educator's responsibility to help their students discover what they love." I agreed with him 100%, I never felt that way growing up about my teachers. But I hope when I become one that I can help my students find who they are and what they truly like to do.Click Here To check out Anthony's great blog

Comments4Kids

This week on comments 4kids we commented on students in middle school at Bluford Elementary School. They are located in Philadelphia and their school is named after its famous attendee, Guion Bluford, the first African American astronaut to travel in space. I didn't know this and thought that was pretty cool. The students went on a field trip to a art museum name Arthur Ross Gallery. They viewed an exhibit of paintings of West Philadelphia in the 1860’s, by an artist name David Kennedy. My student's name was Jeromaine and he reflected on his visit to the museum. He picked a painting that was 3D because he said it makes him feel as if he is right there in the painting.Click HereTo take a look at their blog

ACCESS: Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators & Students Statewide

ACCESS was started by Governor Bob Riley's Task Force on Distance Learning. The purpose of ACCESS is too, "provide equal access to high quality instruction to improve student achievement through distance learning opportunities." I think this is a great idea, I wish this was around when I was in high school. They are doing a great job exposing students to the growing expand of media and preparing them with the social skills they will need to function in this society.Click Here To browse ACCESS's site

ALEX: Alabama Learning Exchange

ALEX is a state program in Alabama that the Alabama Department of Education designed to allow teachers, students and parents access to educational materials. The website is full of resources that are useful for teachers to find lesson plans, students to use interactive activities and parents to find web links to help their children with school work. When I become a teacher I will use this website because I found some useful information that would help me with my students. The lesson plans for physical education where good and they have something for every subject in school.Click Here To browse ALEX's site

Dear Kaia

Great Story!! Kaia is a cute girl who lives in Qatar. At the time this story took place Kaia was three years old. This story began when a group of 8th graders commented on Kaia's blog because her and her father posted a photo essay they made when they went on a outdoor adventure with their camera. The 8th grade students commented on her blog, but Kaia's father ask if they could make a video because she was learning too read. So the students decided to make a voicethread and they talked about what they liked about Kaia's photos. I think what the students did was cool. I am sure they will remember that experience for the rest of their life. Getting to know people and learning something in the process is a great way to let students be creative.Click Here To see Kaia's blog

About: New Media Literacies Project

When searching the web I found out a little about the group NML. They are based with in MIT's comparative media studies program, as a research group. The purpose of the group is to look at how they might best prepare young individuals with the social skills and cultural competencies necessary to turn in to full participants in a growing media landscape. Also, to raise public understanding about what it means to be literate in a internationally interconnected, multicultural globe.Click Here To learn more about this group

New Media Skills: NML Staff

In today's world people will need all of these skills to fully engage with today's participatory culture. The new media literacies are something that people have to learn in order to function in our society. I think they are skills you need to be a effective worker, but I don't know about artist or citizen. Maybe I need to look at these two a little different. Over the years I have learned how to multitask and pretty good at judgement. These two skills have helped when I work for other people. Most jobs require you to multitask at work, it makes you more productive. Skills that I wish to acquire as I get older are negotiation and play. When watching the video play seemed to be a weakness of mind, hopefully as I get to learn more and experiment with new media I can become comfortable with it. Therefore, as teachers of the future we need to continue learning and educating ourselves more on these skills.Click Here To check out the video

The Networked Student: Wendy Drexler

This video really broke down what a networked student is. If I compare my collegiate career with this video I don't think I would have been one of those students. Most of my classes taught out of a textbook. Edm 310 is the only class I have ever taken that has challenged me to think about the future. Learning how to be a good tech literate teacher is preparing me to teach networked students. To be able to teach a network student I must show my students tools of technology that they can use, how to build a personal learning network and most important is how to communicate properly. All of these things and more I have learn from edm 310, which I will use in the future with my own students.Click Here To check out the video

This Is How We Dream Parts 1&2: Richard Miller

This was a very interesting video that made you think about the future of learning. The way teachers teach and the way students will learn is going to change in the next few years. The dream that Mr. Miller has is possible, but like he said we will need inspiring teachers of new media composing, spaces that foster collaborative learning and creativity. I have learned alot over the years about media and since I have started edm 310 I have learned far more than any textbook I have read in school. When it is my turn to be a teacher I hope I am ready to write with multimedia. If I take what I have learned from edm 310 and apply it on a regular bases to my everyday life then teaching multimedia to my students will be easier. Since most students in elementary and high school use the web for school already. I think that they will be able to write with multimedia. All of the students that blog, is a good example of students using multimedia. Which makes the future look promising.Click Here To check out the video

iPods In Instruction

It seems that Duke University in Durham, NC. was the first school to give students iPod's to use in the classroom. Since then more schools have followed in their foot steps. The students who use them rave about the potential the iPod has and the different ways they use them in the classroom. Some people don't like the use of iPod's in school because they think it is a distraction and students use it for recreation purposes rather than for school work. I feel it a device is make to make life a little easier for students, why not utilize its positive capabilities. The iPod has changed the way students learn in the classroom, they are know able to take the classroom where ever they go. Therefore, when is my University going to jump on the band wagon:)This is a website I found about iPods in instruction Click HereTo see when iPod goes collegiate.

iTunes University

Learning about iTunes University makes me want to buy a Mac, but I need to save my money because it is pricey. iTunes U is free educational media available to people all around the world. As a student I have grown to like listening to lectures in the business category. I get to learn about building a business, how to become a entrepreneur and making a business plan. As a future teacher I think I will use iTunes U as a resource for my classes. It is useful for so many topics that any teacher could use it in their classroom. Since my major is physical education, I saw alot of topics on health exercise science, anatomy and physiology. I wish my teachers would use iTunes as a resource in the classroom!Click Here If you want to download iTunes.

Dr. Christie's Site

The best thing I saw on Dr. Christie's site, that would be helpful to me as a teacher is her helpful tips and resources on web design. She broke down the parts you needed to have a really good web page. She also gave good examples of some really great web pages and really bad ones. I think as a teacher I could use and design my own web page, so that my students could have access to their teacher outside of school. What I would like to do with my web page is have healthy tips and exercise ideas for my students to do at home by themselves or with their family. Also, I could use the information she gave on web design at my current job. It will give me some ideas on how to make our web page better. I know I will be coming back to this site in the future.Click HereTo check out Dr. Christie's Site