The second teacher whose blog I commented on was William Chamberlain. Mr. Chamberlain blogs often, and requires students to write blogs in his classroom. I was a assigned children's blogs to comment on from his class, and he has commented on one of my blog posts before, so I felt more comfortable commenting on his blog than I would have a complete stranger. The first post I commented on was a post where he was showing the functions of a website called VozMe. This website allows you to select a text, copy it into the website, and the text you selected will be read out loud. At first I thought maybe it was just for blind students, so I asked Mr. Chamberlain how he incorporates VozMe into his classroom. He told me he gets uses it so he can have something read out loud to his classroom all at once. Like instructions to a project or something. He informed me that listening and reading uses two different parts of the brain. I think this is wonderful because students who are on different reading levels can hear the same instructions. I was a good reader in grade school, and I can remember constantly getting annoyed with other students when we read things out loud, because the other reader was so much slower than me. VozMe would help students like me, as well as all the other students work the part of their brain that listens. I like the thought of using VozMe in my class very much, and it is free, so why not use it?
The second post I commented on was called I got Your PD Right Here! In it Mr. Chamberlain is talking about how he was assigned to a math class for team teaching. I hadn't heard of team teaching before this and I found it very interesting. I asked him what exactly the concept of it was, and am waiting to hear back from him. But to assign teachers to team teaching is very clever because it re-vamps the teachers teaching skills and allows them to begin learning inside the classroom as Mr. Chamberlain pointed out. I think that is so exciting that after years of teaching, Mr. Chamberlain is put back into the students placde again. He remembers now what it feels like to learn in the classroom, as well as teach the subject of math, which is very difficult! Props to Mr. Chamberlain!
http://attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com/
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Comments for Classmates #1
The first classmate I commented on was Carey Dekle. What she thought about the Mr. Winkle video was the same reaction I had. We both agreed that Mr. Winkle was wrong. That classrooms have changed over the past 100 years. When I put this on my blog Jamie Lynn, our lab associate for our EDM 310 class, disagreed with me saying that, "The majority of schools are operating like schools 100 years ago. Teachers are still lecturing, while students sit quietly in their desks taking notes." I told Carey about Jamie Lynn's comment, and after thinking about it, the odds of a teacher not using technology are most likely higher than those who do. Doesn't anyone from high school remember the teachers that just lectured on and on? I sure do. We even had smartboards that just sat there and got dusty my senior year. Teachers didn't know how to use them, and it was questionable if they even cared. I mentioned how teachers are so used to the "old" way of doing things so maybe we can change that for them in the future.
http://deklecareyedm310.blogspot.com
The second classmate I commented on was Sarah Davis. Sarah and I both agree that you have to have a passion for teaching in order to be a good teacher. I asked Sarah, "If teaching is a passion, then why do teachers slack so much on their responsibilities?" Sarah said that school is not a place to hide from technology, and I agree. I reminded her however, that it is not just for school our students will be learning technology, but for life experiences as well. It isn't only about the technology, even though it is important, it is about how we can bring out that same passion for learning in our students, as we have for teaching.
http://davissarahedm310.blogspot.com
The third classmate I commented on was Sydney Broughton's class blog. She wrote how she really like the iSchool idea. I commented and told her one of my opinions, which was how I felt the teacher-student relationship would be take away, which is key to development in students, so I asked her how she felt about that.
http://broughtonsydneyedm310.blogspot.com
The fourth classmate I commented on was Heather Bright. I love her page first of all. You can tell just by viewing it that she appreciates what this class can really give us, and you can tell she really is enjoying her work. She pointed out that podcasts allows students to get creative and I love that because she sees all of the benefits that come out of podcasting for students, and teachers as well!
http://brightheatheredm310.blogspot.com
http://deklecareyedm310.blogspot.com
The second classmate I commented on was Sarah Davis. Sarah and I both agree that you have to have a passion for teaching in order to be a good teacher. I asked Sarah, "If teaching is a passion, then why do teachers slack so much on their responsibilities?" Sarah said that school is not a place to hide from technology, and I agree. I reminded her however, that it is not just for school our students will be learning technology, but for life experiences as well. It isn't only about the technology, even though it is important, it is about how we can bring out that same passion for learning in our students, as we have for teaching.
http://davissarahedm310.blogspot.com
The third classmate I commented on was Sydney Broughton's class blog. She wrote how she really like the iSchool idea. I commented and told her one of my opinions, which was how I felt the teacher-student relationship would be take away, which is key to development in students, so I asked her how she felt about that.
http://broughtonsydneyedm310.blogspot.com
The fourth classmate I commented on was Heather Bright. I love her page first of all. You can tell just by viewing it that she appreciates what this class can really give us, and you can tell she really is enjoying her work. She pointed out that podcasts allows students to get creative and I love that because she sees all of the benefits that come out of podcasting for students, and teachers as well!
http://brightheatheredm310.blogspot.com
Blog Post Assignment 6
The Networked Student by Wendy Drexler
I think this video was very informative, and it did a good job of showing how effectively a student can learn independently. There are so many online research tools a student can use to their advantage these days, learning possibilities are endless. The teacher of a networked student can indeed assist in helping to student learn more ways to use the internet for school. A networked student will always need a teacher to help distinguish between what information to use when they do find it.
Using the internet for school can help make learning seem more fun and less like work because people use the internet for so many things in daily life, searching for things on the internet, or using the computer for school work atuomatically seems less like a hassle. I feel as though all teachers will need to be prepared to be the teacher of a networked student because the standards for how technology contributes to teaching will raise. In the future teachers will most likely have to incorporate a certain amount of technology in the classroom.
I love the concept of a networked student because this will not only train students at a young age to be independent learners, but they will have access to many different types of people, including other students and teachers. And how cool is the idea of watching a lecture from a Stanford, or Harvard professor! That would get high school students so excited about going to college, I know it would have that effect on me!
A 7th Graders Personal Learning Envornment(or PLN)
I love this girls PLE! The home page at the beginning where she kept all of her things organized was really cool I would really like to have one! Both of our PLN's are kind of the same because we both can keep our thoughts organzied on one page. We both can connect with people around the world, and on our blogs we both get to share our thoughts on things, which I feel is really important because by writing on these blogs, and participating in bigger discussions, one starts to feel as though their voice is finally being heard.
The Machine is Changing Us
Michael Wesch pointed out that our society is always seeking recognition and self fufillment, and I agree. All we ever want to do is find ourselves and who we are as people. Through things like reality television, we see all the time how people want to be recognized as the person they are, in a society as Wesch says, that doesn't normally give recognition easily. I feel that my genertation is very self aborbed. We live in a time where everyone is trying to better themselves, and we do most things for our own self fufillment. In todays world everything is all about me, and what I can to do better myself. Its pretty cool in the end when hes talking about speaking video beautifully and artisitcally. I would love to speak video like he is talking about! We as people all need to work together towards not only bettering ourselves, but society as well. This concept of "whatever" Esch speaks of makes you wonder why people generally associate "whatever" with doing what they want, and not "I'll do whatever it takes".
I think this video was very informative, and it did a good job of showing how effectively a student can learn independently. There are so many online research tools a student can use to their advantage these days, learning possibilities are endless. The teacher of a networked student can indeed assist in helping to student learn more ways to use the internet for school. A networked student will always need a teacher to help distinguish between what information to use when they do find it.
Using the internet for school can help make learning seem more fun and less like work because people use the internet for so many things in daily life, searching for things on the internet, or using the computer for school work atuomatically seems less like a hassle. I feel as though all teachers will need to be prepared to be the teacher of a networked student because the standards for how technology contributes to teaching will raise. In the future teachers will most likely have to incorporate a certain amount of technology in the classroom.
I love the concept of a networked student because this will not only train students at a young age to be independent learners, but they will have access to many different types of people, including other students and teachers. And how cool is the idea of watching a lecture from a Stanford, or Harvard professor! That would get high school students so excited about going to college, I know it would have that effect on me!
A 7th Graders Personal Learning Envornment(or PLN)
I love this girls PLE! The home page at the beginning where she kept all of her things organized was really cool I would really like to have one! Both of our PLN's are kind of the same because we both can keep our thoughts organzied on one page. We both can connect with people around the world, and on our blogs we both get to share our thoughts on things, which I feel is really important because by writing on these blogs, and participating in bigger discussions, one starts to feel as though their voice is finally being heard.
The Machine is Changing Us
Michael Wesch pointed out that our society is always seeking recognition and self fufillment, and I agree. All we ever want to do is find ourselves and who we are as people. Through things like reality television, we see all the time how people want to be recognized as the person they are, in a society as Wesch says, that doesn't normally give recognition easily. I feel that my genertation is very self aborbed. We live in a time where everyone is trying to better themselves, and we do most things for our own self fufillment. In todays world everything is all about me, and what I can to do better myself. Its pretty cool in the end when hes talking about speaking video beautifully and artisitcally. I would love to speak video like he is talking about! We as people all need to work together towards not only bettering ourselves, but society as well. This concept of "whatever" Esch speaks of makes you wonder why people generally associate "whatever" with doing what they want, and not "I'll do whatever it takes".
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