Blog Post 8

This is How We Dream


In the videos This is How We Dream Part One and Part Two, Dr. Richard Miller gave a presentation at Rutger’s University titled “The way we teach now.” After reading and completing the assignments assigned by Dr. Strange, I have enjoyed exploring technology more and using it. Throughout my years of schooling, I grew up writing with pencils and pens and doing manual research. Schools in the future will eventually just have laptops in front of their desk and doing all their work through the web. I think that this method is great but I do not think that students should no longer use their pencils. I believe the pencil is an essential tool to learning and writing.

Teachers play a major role in student’s success and have affected every accomplished person in some way. No matter what tool students use to learn, it is always important that they get the correct amount of information to lead them in the right direction. Wether students are using pencils or the internet, learning is just as important and always has been. The difference has and always will be how much effort the student is willing to put into the assignments and how helpful the teachers can be. Mr. Miller talks about the increasing popularity of ebooks. I completely agree with him in the state that one day all books will be on ebooks and there will be no need to go to books a million.

I completely agree with the use of technology in order to enhance education. Without technology, I would be lost and would lose a major source for information. Without blogging, you tube, google crome, facebook, or twitter I do not know where I would be. I use the internet to help me catch up from class I have missed from tennis. It has helped me look up information to get me through the school year. I cannot imagine if my students did not have this same opportunity.

Carly Pugh Blog Post #12

In Carly Pugh's blog post, I was not surprised to see so many wonderful suggestion’s in Carly’s Blog Post #12. Carly has given me so many wonderful tips this year in her blog comments and lab sessions. I really appreciate her belief and use in technology in all the suggestions she shares with out class. After reading her post, I came to think a little bit different of technology and a greater appreciation for it. It makes me seem to be a bit more open about technology in general. I hope that one day I can be as excited and enthusiastic as Carly is with technology and her students. I cannot wait to use this advice Carly has given me with my students to improve my classroom.

EDM 310 Is not for Dummies or Chipper Procrastinators

The Is not for Dummies and Chipper Procrastinators were two great videos. The Chipper series started out with a girl who could not stop procrastinating. She drops out of school and begins to have job trouble which makes her become a student who can work hard. This video shows students how important it is to work hard and how procrastination gets you nowhere in life. EDM 310 for Dummies is a book that students are trying to sell. It is a book that gives students tips on how to get an A in EDM 310. All the tips have to do with is using tools that are provided for us. If we use what is provided for us, rather than getting overwhelmed and panicking then we will do just fine in this class. Also, we must always get our work done in a timely manner and not last minute.
These were not only informative videos but were very interesting and helpful. I hope to make my videos interesting and fun with I am trying to teach my classes in the future.

Learn to Change, Change to Learn

I found this video very interesting but not new information. Children are growing up using technology daily for social networks. Almost all kids grow up with cell phones or ipods or some sort of electronic device. Technology is something that kids grow up with but are using them for non-educational reasons. All these electronic devices are banned in a classroom, so it automatically gives off the negative vibe. Kids need to learn to use their electronic devices for education purposes and they would gain a lot of useful learning tools. As the video mentioned, all the technology and social networks that kids use it is a great environment for them to learn.
As a future teacher, I want to be able to incorporate as much technology as possible in my classroom. Children grow up using technology anyways and I want to teach them how it can be beneficial to them through learning. By using tools that children are already interested in can be very beneficial in the classroom. When students enjoy learning and listening then it is much more efficient. Overall, I found this video very interesting to watch.

Scavenger Hunt

I really loved this idea of the scavenger hunt. It was not only fun, but a useful assignment. I found several helpful tools that will be very useful when I’m an educator.

I found a social network that both teachers and students can use called google docs. I find this network very helpful because the teacher can add something to your writing and you can view it through your own account. I have created myself an account and have gotten very familiar with it and cannot wait to eventually incorporate it into my classroom and work on my student’s paper at the same time they are doing it their selves.

I made my own comic by going to Make Belief Comix website. I think this could be a fun activity for my students in the future.
My comic can be viewed through Mary Angela's Comic


Animoto is a video tool that I have never used before. After looking at it I have seen some very cool features. It has a spotlight that allows you to spotlight a specific image. It also is very easy to share and download your videos. A really helpful feature of Animoto is that it automatically analyzes music and video clips. I cannot wait to use this is my classroom soon.