Blog Post 3

Peer Review
The video and slideshow was very informing. Although I have learned about peer reviewing throughout high school and in English classes from South, the video was a refreshment for me. What I learn from the video and slideshow was to always be positive when critiquing others because after all, I wouldn't want someone to be rude to me. When peer reviewing, you should be specific so your peer knows what you're talking about. It's important to stick to grammatical errors that the writer did and the clarity of the writing.
For my C4C, that classmate that I was assigned, I really liked her stance that she made. She made it very clear on where she stood on her opinion about the videos. The only grammatical errors I found was that she didn't capitalize "I." I would chose to comment on the blog publicly. The blog is publicly so I don't see why correcting it in the public would be any different.



Assistive Technologies
Wow. Technology is so amazing. I was completely mind blown after watching those videos. I honestly did not want them to end. I learned so much that I didn't even know about. I never really realized that math would be an issue for someone that is blind, actually, it never even crossed my mind. I think it's amazing that people are out there coming up with solutions to help people who are blind learn. The only problem that I could see arising is that it is time consuming to scan each letter and check to make sure they are all lined up.
If I had a blind student in my class, I would try my best to accommodate him or her. Hopefully, I would be able to get a mountbatten so I first of all, learn how to use it and secondly, be able to help my student out as best as I can. Technology is advancing so rapidly and I love it for basically these reasons alone. It can help out so many different people around the world. When doing the questionnaire, I put that I didn't know what an iBook was and after watching the video about the iPad, I am informed. I would raise money to get iPads in my classroom so everyone can learn from it not just the blind students.

Vicki Davis
Vicki Davis' video on harness your students' digital smarts is showing people how much technology can be used in the classroom. Vicki Davis shows her students how to properly blog, create different websites, and to connect to people all around the world. She believes the students can't learn by just simply using a pen and paper. She teaches her students how to work new software and how to collaborate with other students. She wants all of her students to be comfortable with any technology that comes their way. She also wants her students to know how to research well by looking up words that they don't know. I love that Mrs. Davis wants to show her students new ways to use software. With the advancing world, I think that is a wonderful thing for her to do. I think her making her students look up words that they don't know will help them in the future when they have research projects.

Blog Post 2

"Did you know?"
In the video, "Did you know?" by Dr. John Strange linked to EDM 310 Class Blog, he is discussing numerous statistics about how the world is rapidly changing. Technology is taking over the world and more and more people are become tech savvy. Even a year ago, more teens and families have gotten smartphones and computers.
I agree that the world is changing and soon everyone will have a computer in their home and everyone will have a smartphone. Even when that day comes, some new technology will be coming out. As a future educator, it is my job to stay up to date with that is going on in the world and help my students keep up also. I will have use the latest technology instead of an outdated chalkboard.

Mr. Winkle Wakes
On EDM 310 Class Blog, Mathew Needleman posted a video called "Mr. Winkle Wakes." In this video, they talk about similar aspects to what the previous video talked about. But in this one it talked about how the hospital and different businesses were improving in technology. As Mr. Winkle walks around the town going to corporations and hospitals, he sees that they are all using a computer and machines to help them. He then goes to a school and realizes that not much has changed in a hundred years. There was a computer in the room but it wasn't being used by the teacher or students.
The world is changing fast, businesses and hospitals are becoming more technological. Different machines are becoming invented to help people interact with people around the world and helping people survive and stay alive when they are sick. Learning is the same also, teachers lecture and students take notes. But I don't agree with computers are not used in the classroom. Teachers use computers to help lecture and students use computers to take notes. How to obtain knowledge will never change but making learning easier will.

The Importance of Creativity
"The Importance of Creativity" by Sir Ken Robinson on EDM 310 Class Blog, is all about the creativity of children. Sir Ken Robinson believes that creativity in kids are squashed and it starts in the classroom. He says that because kids are scared to be wrong, they can never search for their creativity. Also, he says that arts and dance is at the bottom of the hierarchy for learning. He believes creativity is just as important as mathematics. In light of the Mr. Winkle video, classrooms should also encourage the creativity of students not just the typical reading, writing, and arthritic. Kids shouldn't be afraid to be wrong.

Pinterest


Pinterest would be good for teachers because it can not only help you decorate your classroom in cute fun ways but it can also help create games and activities for students. Teachers can follow and repin other teachers and help them stay connected and come up with different ideas.

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Blog Post 1

About me:
My name is Jasmine Smith. I was born in Georgia but I've lived all over the United States. I am privileged enough to have both of my parents serve for our country. My dad served twenty years in the Army and is now retired. My mom has been in the Air Force for six years now and is currently deployed to Afghanistan. Growing up being a military brat, I have lived in Georgia, New York, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Mississippi. My family lives in Las Vegas, Nevada at the moment so that is where I call home. I have a younger brother that is my heart. We are eleven years apart which is very unusual for siblings that come from the same parents. I chose South Alabama because of cheerleading and I love cheering at south. Besides school, cheerleading takes up most of my free time so that is my hobby and interest. I want to be an Elementary teacher and the reason why I picked that is because I absolutely adore children and their fascinating growing minds. I want to help them develop different ways of learning because not everyone learns the same.

My Classroom:
When I become a teacher, I would want to help each student as much as I can. I know every person doesn't learn the same so I would hope that I could aid to each individual as uniquely as they are. I would also like to have as many hands-on learning activities as possible. Learning should be fun and I want to create an atmosphere where each student wants to come to school. I really want my children in my classroom to have the urge to learn, I know that there is always that one kid that just doesn't want to be there and doesn't want to learn. But children like that I want to change their way of thinking of school. If I can just help one kid love school and make an impact in their life then I will be okay. I don't think I would use more advanced tools other than a white board and a marker. I will probably make up learning games that the children can do. I've noticed that adults remember things better from elementary if the information was put into a song, that is probably another tool I would use. I haven't put much thought into what I want to put into my classroom. I love flowers and girly stuff but that probably wouldn't be the best things to put in there. I love colorful items and furniture, so that's most likely what I'll do. When I was in sixth grade, my teacher had a bath tub in her classroom with bunch of pillow in it. We could only sit in it if we were reading a book. It was really relaxing and it encouraged us to read. I would want a similar aspect to my classroom. I want to have something where the children can relax and not stress out about whatever is going on in their life. I really want to teach third grade, although I heard you don't get to chose what grade you want to teach. But I will be more than happy to teach any grade.

Randy Pausch on Time Management:
That was the first time I have ever seen Dr. Pausch but I learned to do the ugliest thing first. I've never thought about doing things that way when it come to to-do lists.

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