Good-Bye EDM310, It Really Has Been Great

EDM310 has been an overwhelming but effective experience. The first day of class I thought I was going to throw up. Dr. Strange was using words that I had never heard of and really never thought about, such as being a technologically literate teacher. I knew what each of those words meant separately, but when they were put together in the same sentence my mind drew a blank. This caused me to become really nervous. When he asked the question, do you think it is important for teachers to be technologically literate, I answered to myself, "I don’t know." Moving forward through this class has taught me that it is very important for all teachers to be technologially literate. Our society is quickly moving with technology and soon the students will know more than the teachers. This simply can’ t happen.

This class challenged me to learn for myself. Before EDM4310 I had never blogged, made a wordle, or made a movie. I am so glad that this class is required because I learned so much. I am more confident in myself after taking this class. It made me get out of my comfort zone to create things such as a blog that I didn’t really think were important. Now I know I was wrong.

If I were to give advice to upcoming classes I would tell them to figure things out for yourself. That is the best way of learning because you will remember it better if you figure it out. Also, come to class. I learned so much by working with others and listening to all of the ideas that my classmates had. Make sure that you do your work on time. Dr. Strange isn’t joking when he says it will be exremely hard to catch up wen you fall behind. Several classmates did fall behind and hearing their stories of how stressed they were or how they didn’t get any sleep the night before made me thankful that I took his advice. Lastly, take a deep breath and have fun with this class. It gives you an opportunity to be creative and explore what other teachers around the world are doing. I loved watching videos and reading things that other teachers posted or made. Using the information that I learned in my classroom will help me to become a better teacher for my students. I am excited for the day when I will be able to teach my students how to use technology to better their learning experience.

Thank you Dr. Strange, Anthony, Jamie Lynn, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Tashbin for all you did for us!

Our Final Project

FabLab ModelMaker

All of these videos that I watched were incredibly informative! I love to be creative and I could use this in my classroom. Depending on what grade I teach depends on the level of complexity but I could incorporate this into many different activities. I enjoyed watching these videos! These are the 3 other videos that I watched.

Changing a Shape Net's Permutation: Click Here to watch this video.

Moving Shapes: Click Here to watch this video.

Print Fabricate: Click Here to watch this video.

Mr. McClung's Year 1 and 2

Mr. McClung gave some great advice for me to follow. I am very grateful for this advice that he wrote. I really enjoyed reading his posts and will continue to go back to the page to see what else he has come up with. He seemed to really focus on teachers should never stop learning. I think that this is an extremely important thing. It is when we think that we have it all together that we end up falling flat on our faces. We as future teachers should not forget the fact that there are millions of things in this world that we don't know. Our students will teach us something on a daily basis, and we should look forward to this fact. I can not wait to apply some of the things Mr. McClung has written about to my classroom.

Kelowna Secondary School's Channel-The Playground

The Kelowna Secondary School's channel "CinemaOwls" is so neat! The students in this program are incredibly talented. This video was very cool. I loved the symbolism that was used. The students worked really hard on this video and it definitely shows.

Wesley Fryer: Moving At The Speed Of Creativity

Wesley Fryer's page was very interesting. He not only posted things that were helpful in the classroom, there are also posts that are helpful for life outside the classroom. I really enjoyed being assigned to his posts. There is even a post about doing a PLN and how important it is to create one. I thought that was very cool that the timing worked the way it did. I found that post very helpful!

My PLN

This is a picture of my PLN. I used symbaloo.com to create this masterpiece. There are so many different ways to create a PLN, but I found this one the easiest and most fun! As you can see, there are many different things to click on. I am following Mr. C's Class, Karl Fisch, Wendy Drexler, Pt England School, and many others. I loved using symbaloo because google netvibes, youtube, teachertube, delicious, glogster, etc. are all one click away! There are many different things that I have bookmarked on delicious.com. I love looking on Educator's PLN to get new ideas. Teachweb is also a good website to get great ideas from. I really enjoyed creating this PLN. This is not the end of my PLN, it's only the beginning!

Teaching Lori Beth

My Questionnaire Summary

This photo is only the top portion of the responses. The responses from my random questionnaire were about like I expected. After reviewing the information, I think my favorite response is to the last question. I asked "what is your dream job"? The responses varied but I think my favorite was being a cake decorator. I found it really funny because that is something that can be started now! I also love decorating cakes. Receiving the responses for my questionnaire was very interesting because everyone is different. Seeing the various ways people think is very entertaining. You can click here to see the full responses from my questionnaire.

Interview with Lori Beth Graham

Mrs. Cassidy's Class

Mrs. Cassidy's Class amazed me! I was fascinated by the 1st grader's ability to use the computer. I think her approach to technology is great. We should start teaching the students about technology while they are young. I loved that the students knew what a blog was and how to click on the pictures to see more. I think it is awesome that Mrs. Cassidy was given computers to put in her classroom. Gone are the days when the teacher stands up in front of the class and writes on a chalkboard. Instead, bring on the new technology!!! I can't wait to see where this is going to lead for the future!

Our Smartboard Video

Assignment #7

My PLN is coming along. I created a 'symbaloo' just like the 7th grader did. I absolutely love it! I think the PLN is not something I am going to complete in this class time. I think the PLN is something that I will continue to build on throughout my career. That is exciting to me!!! I can not wait to do some more exploring, not just for this class, but for the rest of my life!

I loved this video. I will definitely save it for those days when I need a boost. It really encouraged me to try harder tomorrow than I did today...in everything.

My sentence is: "I will make a positive impact on the lives of my future students. Whether rain or shine, good day or bad, my students will know that I am there, not only to teach them, but to enrich their lives."

Mr. McClung's World

In Mr. McClung's World, the students are learning about many different things. Two of the things they were learning about were bending light and a website called Prezi. Click Here to go to the website. Prezi is a website that you can go to and create fun presentations! I went and looked around on the website and it looked like fun. I also found it very interesting that the students were learning about bending light. I would imagine that is not a very easy subject to teach. You can visit Mr. McClung's webpage by clicking here .

ALEX

ALEX (Alabama Learning Exchange) is a useful website that allows you to look at various lesson plans and activities that teachers have put on the website for others to view. It goes step-by-step in order to find just what you are looking for. This website allows you to break down what grade level and what subject you want to look up. All you have to do is click on the subject you want to do and then click on what grade level. Many lesson plans will come up and you just choose which one fits you best. This website even has health education or driver safety education, if you want to teach that or learn more about it!

I want to teach young kids, 2nd grade or lower) so I clicked on kindergarten. I found many different lesson plans that I could incorporate into my teaching. I found ALEX very beneficial and helpful. It will be a great asset to have when I have my own classroom. I will continually visit it regularly for great ideas!

Me vs. Morgan Bayda

There isn't much of a difference between my school experiences and Morgan Bayda's school experiences. I find myself constantly falling asleep or drifting away while sitting in class. This is incredibly unfortunate because I'm paying a ton of money for these classes and I can not even stay focused through a 50 minute lecture, much-less a 2 hr and 15 minute lecture. I think teachers should incorporate different activities for students to do throughout the class time to keep students engaged. Otherwise, the generations after us are even going to attempt to go to college, or finish high school for that matter. Then we would all really be in trouble.