Comments 4 Kids Week 12

A picture on Mrs. Glaze's class blog of what look like the beach and it's titled Team Two Tells Tales
Who am I Part 2
I had to comment on Mrs. Glaze's class this week for comments for kids. The class made a video describing an animal. Each student describes what the animal looks like, and they show a picture of the part of the animal the student has described. At the end of the video, each student's picture of the animal is shown, and they show you the picture of the animal at the end.I thought this was a very creative way to help the students learn. It looked like the students enjoyed the assignment.

March 28, 2010

This is picture that was on Ms. Bayda's Blog I liked.An Open Letter to Educators

I thought this was a good post and video as well. I thought Ms.Bayda made several good points about being in class and being bored. There are some teachers that teach the old fashion way and don't try change thing up to help keep their students interested. I've found myself in similar situations in past classes that I've taken. When I become a teacher I hope to be able to keep up with new technology to help keep my students interested.

I found the video to be very interesting. I thought he made some very good points. He was very passionate in the video. I think he's right when education at Universities needs to change, but I think you will always have to take the basic classes. I think whatever major you are studying, that should be the classes you need to take. A good example of this would be if your major was History. Why would you need to take Biology. I don't see how that would help you with your career. I think universities will always be needed in order to obtain a college degree.

Comments 4 Teachers Weeks 10, & 12

Digital Storytelling with Prezi

The diagram the class used to make their stories.

This post is about a program called Prezi. It's a way to learn digitally. The students inserted pictures and wrote stories by using Prezi. I thought the students did an excellent job on the stories they created. Before reading this blog, I had never even heard of Prezi. When I become a teacher I hope to find great ways like this to help challenge my students to be creative.

Teaching in the Caribbean 3.0
Ms. Deyenberg has been going to the Dominican Republic to help the teachers how to use new technology. She stays there for 10 days. The teachers learn how to use different programs and how to use them in the classroom. She also teaches them how to blog and how to use the blog into the classroom.I think it's awesome that she gets the opportunity to help teachers from another country to learn new technology. I would love for an opportunity like that.

Comments 4 Kids Week 10

I had to comment on Mrs.Goerend's class Blog. The post that I commented on was called All Kids Should Play Sports. It was written by Zebin K.I thought he made some greats points about there are too many kids being obese and committing crimes, but I don't think every kid is cut out for sports. I do believe there are other activities kids can do to occupy their time. Playing in the band, getting an after school job, or tutoring someone would be good examples of thing kids could do.

March 12, 2010

ALEX
ALEX stands for the Alabama Learning Exchange. It's a useful website for teachers. It gives you the courses of study available from grades K-12. The website gives you lessons plans for each subject that is being taught.The website also gives web links for teachers, administrators, and for students as well. There are also podcast available for you and is broken down into certain subjects.

I think the ALEX website is a great resource tool for all teachers and could be useful for students. I think it will be especially useful for a beginning teacher. It will help you learn how to be a better teacher more easily. I think when I become a teacher, I will use this website. I think it will make my first year as a teacher much easier.

ACCESS Program
ACCESS stands for Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide. ACCESS is a website for distance learning. It's available for all public high school students. The University of Alabama and Troy University are support centers for ACCESS. The website gives you a list of upcoming announcements on the right side of the page. The website tells you what the program is about, and it tells you what courses are available that you can take.

I think the ACCESS program is a great idea. I didn't even know it existed. I wish my school was involved in it. I think it would have been very beneficial for myself and my classmates. I'm not sure that the school where I'm from even know about ACCESS. I think they should be aware of this website. I think it would really help the students that need extra help and want to learn different classes than the ones that are taught at their schools.

Comments 4 Kids Week 9

Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog
For this week, I had to comment on Mrs. Yollis' Class Blog. The post on the blog i commented on was about Math. There was a link available for her student to log in and play games about Math with other students from another country. I thought that was an excellent idea. It was a fun way for the students to learn math and to develop social skills with other people. I hope as a teacher I can find creative ways like this for my students to learn more easily.

Commments 4 Kids Week 8

I had to comment on Raplh's blog. His post was about the moon. I thought he gave an excellent description of the moon. I agreed with him about how beautiful it is. I think its most beautiful when it's full.

My Pride and Joy

My son was born at 5:12p.m. on March 8, 2010. He weighted 5lbs 15oz and was 18in long. He was a surprise and a few weeks early as well. We named him Noah Dustin Jerkins. Noah and my girlfriend are doing great!

 

March 7, 2010

Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture
I thought this was a great video. Mr. Pausch's attitude is outstanding. I don't know if I would have that great of an attitude if I had ten tumors inside me and was on the verge of dying. I thought it was awesome that he didn't stop planning for the future. He put his wife and kids first by buying a new home for them. If I'm ever in a situation like that I hope I will be able to do something similar like that.

I would have loved for Mr. Pausch as my professor. He seemed like he loved his job and was very good at it. I hope I can be a good teacher like that and be a good influence on my students like he did. He never lost sight of his dreams and found ways to achieve them before he died. I thought it was awesome how he helped his students, and the fact that they felt comfortable to come to him for help.

I found it interesting how his students finished his assignments ahead of time. and he had to call his mentor for advice because he didn't know what to do. It made me realize that it's ok to ask for advice or help. I think for his students to finish their work ahead of time says a lot about him as a teacher. I do think it was important for him to push his students to do more and work harder to make the project better. It will make them want to do a better job in everything they do not just in school.
Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture