Mobile Learning

Teachers should embrace mobile learning because it is a great tool to keep kids engaged. Students love playing with technology. Many kids already have mobile devices so why not use it for educational purposes. Teachers can incorporate mobile learning each day to show kids that learning can be fun. Some issues/challenges with mobile learning is that children can be distracted by apps that are not educational. One solution to this problem is to block all apps that are not educational. Many people think that children spend enough time on mobile devices outside the classroom. One way to tackle this problem is by limiting the amount of time the students use the mobile devices. I think that mobile devices can be helpful in all subject areas. Some applications that I think might be useful in the classroom are Counting and Addition, Stack the States, and Word Challenge. Counting and Addition is a great application to get preschoolers ready for kindergarten math. Preschoolers can practice basic addition and subtracting if they download this app. Stack the States is a good application for fifth graders. This application allows students to locate states on a U.S. map. This application is a good tool to use when students are having a difficult time identifying states. Word Challenge is a wonderful app for increasing a students vocabulary. This application allows students match a definition to the best matching word. I would use this application to help students improve writing skills.

Educational Leadership

1. I believe that we can define what it means to be information literate. I think that being information literate you are able to identify and evaluate the difference between credible and non credible websites.

2. I think we can we teach our students to have the skills essential to information literacy. Educational Leadership states that to evaluate the accuracy of a website you should look for length, text revisions, editorial ratings, and patterns of editing.

3. I believe that we can truly prepare students to be effective users of the most powerful medium. If we continue to educate students on how to determine if a website is reliable they will be effective users of the most powerful medium.

Podcasting

Podcasting is a great tool to keep students informed. I would use podcasts to inform students about projects and difficult assignments. I could recored specific directions or update assignments just in case students do not understand what they need to do. I all so think podcasts are a great resource for students to communicate with there peers. I would encourage students to help each other using podcasting. Lastly I would use podcasting to notify students quickly if I am going to be absent and what I want them to do while I am gone.

Video Creation And Podcasting

I could use video creation and podcasting in my classroom in multiple ways. I could assign students to do a research project requiring them to incorporate video creation and podcasting. I could also recored my lessons and podcast them to my class blog so students have fast access to my lectures if they need help.

Flickr

I would use Flickr in the classroom to help enhance my presentations. I would use relevant images from flicker to help engage students when I give presentations. I would all so urge my students to become a member of Flickr to explore what other students around the world are posting. Learning about other cultures through Flickr is a great resource because students can actually converse with others in a safe environment.

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Presentations

I was already aware that when making a power point you should rarely use bullet points. I was not aware that you can make graphs 3-D.  According to Presentationzen, using 3-D graphs are not the best way to show your data. You should always use 2-D graphs to make it easier for your audience to understand the  graph. 3-D graphs can sometimes be hard to figure out. I can make sure to always use 2-D graphs in my presentations and recommend that my students do the same. I have seen many presentations use 3-D charts that were hard to understand. I have also seen a lot of power points have lengthy bullet points on each slide.

Copyright And Fair Use Policies

As future teachers, I believe that  its important for you to model appropriate citations and seek permission to use copyrighted work. I think that every teachers should make it their priority to make sure that they always cite  work correctly and ask permission to use copyrighted work. Teachers should always show students that citing someone else's work and asking permission to use copyrighted work is the right thing to do. Teachers should also warn students that copying someone else's work without citation or permission is against the law. Kids usually look up to their teachers so it important for teachers to demonstrate how they asked permission to use copyrighted work and used proper citation.
 Copyright And Fair Use Policies For Teachers

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Experiencing Web 2.0

Twistynoodle.com purpose is to give teachers easy access to coloring pages and practice worksheets. The functions of this website met my expectations. The site worked smoothly  and was not complicated to understand. I would use this website when students finished work early. I would hand out these worksheets to keep the kids busy. I liked how there were a variety of worksheets teachers could look at. I believe the intended audience of this website would be kindergarden through first grade students and teachers.

Carrotsticks.com purpose is to help students practice math. There are many games on this site that students can compete with others their age. The functions of this website met my expectations. There are many different grade level games that students can participate in. I would use this website in teaching when students need extra help with adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing. The intended audience of this website would be first through fifth grade students.

Gameclassrooms.com purpose is to assist teachers and students in the classroom. This website met my expectations. There are multiple activities students can do on this site. They can get homework help and play educational games. Teachers could get interesting worksheets and lesson plans on this website. I would use this site in teaching when I wanted to look for additional material to enhance my lesson plans. The intended audience of this website would be kindergarden through sixth grade students and teachers.

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Lesson Plan From Google Apps For Education

This lesson plan is designed for fourth through sixth graders. The lesson objectives are to understand how erosion works and how to create an answer  that demonstrates how they understand science. This lesson plan uses digital information. This lesson plan meets the creativity and innovation standard. Students will demonstrate creative thinking and problem solving skills when they look up web sites about erosion. Students will also have met the critical thinking, problem solving and decision making standard. Students will  use critical thinking skills to plan, conduct and analyze research in this erosion activity. I think this lesson plan is a good to show students that science can be interesting. This activity allows students to be more involved in searching for information about erosion.

Lesson Plan About Erosion
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JeUaby4-rj-bCtocZ90A03N7XCJslwZEq9r1SCsuEg0/preview

National And State Technology Standards

Some standards that will be met by classroom blogs are creativity and innovation. Students will demonstrate creative thinking and problem solving skills when they develop their blogs. Students will also have met the communication and collaboration standard. Students will use digital media to communicate and work collaboratively with their community to support their own and others learning when they make a blog.

National Technology Standards 
http://www.iste.org/standards

State Technology Standards
http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=141

Blogging With Students

I believe that before a student starts blogging a teacher should explain why blogging is important and how blogging should be used properly. First the teacher should show the students some good examples of blogs. The teacher should mention that blog posts are usually short. The teacher should recommend  students to post on other peoples blogs before they make their own. Teachers should also show students how to stay safe when they are on the internet. First of all the teacher should send a contract home to the student's parents explaining how their child should act when using their blog. This contract should contain information on how students can stay safe while using the internet. Students should never give out personal information and always be aware of dangerous websites.Teachers should inform their students that they will monitor each students blog. I might use a blog in my classroom to help me communicate better with my students and their parents. I would make a blog where I would post homework, notes, exam dates, and grades. I would encourage students to write posts on my blog. They could ask me questions if they do not understand a topic discussed in class, or write posts about what they learned in class that day.

Good Examples Of What A Blog Should Look Like
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Example Of A Contract For Safe Blogging
http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Blogging_letter