Final Reflection

PLN

My PLN is growing more and more every time I log into it. I use Symbaloo. This is a great tool and I recommend it for anybody. I love it. I have many tools that I use, ranging from Facebook to CNN. This is so helpful to me for school and I know it will be when I become a teacher. It helps organize all the internet tools I need into one convenient location. 

Blog Post # 14

I really enjoyed Jose Picardo's " Top Ten Tips for Using Technology in the Classroom". They were in this order: 1. streaming videos 2. music 3. teleconference 4. creating your own exercises 5. interactive whiteboard 6. podcast 7. creation of blogs and wikis 8. social networks 9. internet tools 10. pupil's gadgets.  I am familiar with most of these techniques because of EDM 310. We have used podcast, through our podcast group project where we summarized a book. I used teleconferencing when I completed a Skype interview with Mrs. Byrd, and I often use skype outside of class. When at home I use social networking to keep up with my family and friends, I also think social networking is great for teachers to use. I use the internet tools, for instance I am using Google Docs for the majority of my classes to collaborate with  my groups. I also blog regularly for this class. The one tool I want to be able to use more for the classroom is the students gadgets. I think this will entertain the students more and get them interested in school more. I also look forward to using the interactive whiteboard more when I become a teacher, I only wish my teachers would have had them when I was in elementary school.

Final Project

C4T Summary

For my last C4T I was assigned the blog, " Ideas and Thoughts", by Dean Shareski. This is a great blog and I am glad I had the opportunity to visit it.  The first post I commented on was titled " Does it Poo?". I know your probably thinking gross, but actually this is pretty cool. It is a video of his daughter doing a school project. Her project was for an elementary science course. She combines science with music to present her project. She creates a song writing template for her science kids. I love how she combines science, music, and language arts. The second post I commented on was titled " The Power of Your Voice". This post was about picking someone who you have recently been connecting with online, and trying to remember the first time you met them. Dean approaches this by podcast.  he explains that podcast had only been around since 2004. He goes on to share some of the people he has met through podcasting . This challenged me to go through my Facebook friends and try to place everyone of them. You will be surprised how many people you have no idea how they are on your friends list. Some I have known my whole life and in between, others I could not remember ever meeting. I challenge you to do the same, you will be very intrigued as I was.