Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Final Report on PLN
My PLN is primarily on using technology in early education classrooms. I created a Twitter and have been following several teachers. I used Symbaloo to create the PLN and have bookmarked several helpful sites. Twitter, EMD 310, my blog and different teachers blogs are some things I have bookmarked. Watching YouTube videos on technology in the classroom has been very eye-opening and useful for me.
These are some different blogs I have found and have been reading:
Summaries for C4T #4
C4T #4
At the Teacher’s Desk
The first C4T post I commented on was by Mr. Chamberlain.
He equates collaborative advancement in society with collaborative advances in education. He advocates a connected classroom that will benefit from interfacing with other classes and teachers over the long term.
I told him that I agree with his global idea of classroom connection. I asked him, do we depend on independent outreach or can we organize a larger entity to facilitate effective connected learning by “matchmaking”?
The second comment I made on this blog was to Mr. McClung.
Mr. McClung’s post was about staying positive. He talked about having a bad day, and taking it out on his students. He said that later that same day he saw another teacher that was having a bad day screaming at her class about something trivial. It hit him that he was doing that exact thing earlier in the day and he didn’t like that. He said that he wants his class to be something special and that he wants a better education for his class
I told him that I teach 4K and when it is a "bad" day it seems like the children act worse than they ever have. I said that I've learned that it's my impatience with them that makes me think that they are acting worse.
I said that especially at a young age, I feel that they can sense when I'm in a bad mood (even if I try my best to hide it) and that that affects them. I said that just like him, I want them to have a wonderful experience, so I've tried to change my attitude because my bad mood is NOT because of them, so it shouldn't be taken out on them.
Lastly I said that everyone has bad days, yells and makes mistakes. We just have to learn from what we have done wrong, and try our best not to do it again!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
C4K Summaries
C4K #8
This child posted a photo that was an element of photography. It was a picture of part of the USS Alabama.
I said that he/she did a great job. I also said that I loved all the details I could see in the picture like the dust on the window and the small cracks.
C4K #9
Ceaso said that he is learning about the planets in his class. He said that they learned how to make a kerpoof picture to help remember the order of the planets.
I told him that I loved the idea. I also said that making up little saying to help you remember important things can really help. I said that I’m in college and I still use mnemonic devices to help me study.
C4K #10
This post was done by Room 7. They created a movie for the Manaiakalani film festival.
I told them that they did a wonder job. I said that I loved it and that I had a smile on my face through the whole movie. I also told them they had very nice dance moves!
C4K #11
In Anna’s post, she is talking about a series of books called A Series of Unfortunate Events. She also said that she is really enjoying this book.
I told her that when I was younger I had never read, or heard of these books. I told her that from reading her blog post, it made me want to search the internet and find out more about these books.
Special C4K
Yasmine wrote a poem about winter /Christmas time.
I told her I loved the poem and that it flowed very well and was great. I said that she was a wonderful writer and that her poem makes me wish it snowed here.
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