Teacher Post #4

I was directed toward Dianna Krause's blog for my teacher post this week. First off her blog is amazing. There are so many links on this blog. There is so much information. The first blog I posted on was a link she posted about top twenty ways to use google docs. Here is what I posted:
Hey! My name is Carly Dougherty and I am currently a student at the University of South Alabama. I am taking an education media class and was led to your blog! First of all your blog is amazing. There are so many resources, tools and ideas to use! This post is wonderful. This is great list of of ideas to use for each subject! i never knew all you could use google docs for all of this! It is so great! Again, your blog is so great and I’m glad I was led to it! Thank you! I’ll be writing a summary post onto my blog in the next couple weeks so please check it out!


The second blog I posted on was a quiz about "What color are you?" It asks you questions that you rate from 1-4. 1 being least like you and 4 being most like you. It asks you a series of questions basically asking you to describe yourself. Are you competitive, cooperative etc. Here are my results:

The quiz also goes into detail about your color and what it means. This is a great way for children to really see the qualities they think they have themselves. 

C4K #8,9,10,11 and special blog

I commented on Paige's Page in Mrs. Cassidy's class! She has some great blogs with some really good pictures that she drew. The blog I commented on was about Halloween. She said she was going to go as a unicorn! Here is what I posted on her blog:

Hey Paige! My name is Carly Dougherty. I am a student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. I love your blog! You are doing so well! Did you have a good time trick-or-treating? I hope you got a lot of candy!! Keep up the great work! I also listened to your story at the beginning of your blog! You are a good reader! 

I commented on Emily's Blog from Gaudet 60. She talked about P.E. and how she loved football, volleyball and soccer. She loves playing outside with her friends but doesn't really like to be one the track! I commented on her post:

Hey Emily! My name is Carly Dougherty and I am a student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. I love your blog! Everything is bright and colorful! You also give great descriptions of everything! I am actually in school to be a P.E. Teacher. I am so glad you enjoy it! Volleyball is one of my favorite sports! I used to love going outside and playing at school! I love running, it is very good for you! Walking the track is good for you too so make sure you do it as much as you can! Keep up the excellent work!

I commented on Britney R's blog in Mrs. Melito's Class! She did a blog on Sir Isaac Newton. She explained who he was and what he accomplished. She used wonderful pictures as well! She also has other blogs where is she is breaking down math problems. She does a great job doing this! She seems to be very smart! Here is what I wrote to her blog on Sir Isaac Newton:
My name is Carly Dougherty. I am a student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama! You have done such a great job with your posts! You did so good with this post. Where did you find all the information about Isaac Newton? You did so good with the pictures as well. I also looked at your other posts and they are so good! You are very good at explaining/breaking down math problems! Do you enjoy math? I was never very good at math! You seem like you are though! Keep up the excellent work! You are doing so good!


Mr. St. Pierre's Class blog was so great. I commented on Yasime's Blog! She talked about her favorite flavors of gum! Fruit was her top favorite! They are allowed to chew gum in class as long as they don't disturb anyone. I took the pleasure of searching around her blog posts and found out she loves horses, reading and movies! Here is what I commented on her blog:

Hey! I am a student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. I was told to read your blog by my teacher! You are doing such a great job! I love fruit and mint gum! That is so neat that your teacher lets you chew gum in class! I wish I were allowed to chew gum when I was younger in school! I read some of your posts and you seem to be very interested in horses and reading and movies! That is so great! What are your favorite movies and books not mentioned on here! You are doing so great! Keep up the great work!

Carly

I commented on Rocio Flores from Mrs. Huebner's class! She wrote a story about a lion and a witch! Here is her story she wrote on her blog!:

The Little Girl That Was a Lion
Rocio Flores
In the zoo there was a girl that was a lion. Her name was Rose. Rose was 10-years-old. Rose became a lion because a witch cast a spell on her. The witch’s name was Corn. Corn was known for making little girls into lions. Corn lived in a plant. Corn’s plant’s name was Ana. Ana was at the top of a hill. The hill was 10 feet tall.
She lived in the town of Cheeseburger. The town had a bad zoo. The zoo was bad because they never gave the animals food. Rose did not want to be there for a year. One day she saw a new lion coming. Rose was thinking of a plan. Rose said to the other lion that she could go home now. “Will one of you go with me?”
“No,” one answered Rose.
“Look,” Rose said to a lion named Matt, “I am not going to talk to you.”  Rose would not talk to him because he does tricks on her all the time.
“I am not trying to trick you,” said Matt.
“Matt stop it now,” said Rose.
“Stop fighting,” said Matt’s mom.
“Look it is Corn,” said Matt.
“Corn what are you doing here,” said Rose?
“I am here to take the spell off,” said Corn.
So, that is what Corn did. Rose went home after Corn took the spell off. Corn went to the Cornfield and lived there. Two months later, Rose got addicted to eating cheese. One Month after that Rose turned into cheese.
THE END

This is what I posted: Hey! I am a student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. This is such an interesting story! You chose great names and did a great job being creative! I also love the picture! What made you think of this story? You really have done a great job and it is a wonderful story! The end is very funny! Do you like cheese? What would you do if you really were addicted to cheese?! Thanks for the post! Keep up the great work!
Carly

Project 15 What is Your Sentence?

Blog #12

Watch the video Top Ten Tips for Using Technology in the Classroom. Write a paragraph describing your response to these tips. Would you use these in your classroom? If you do what are some of the most important ones? (If you notice, all of these tips are used in the EDM310 class)

I believe he has come up with great tips! I truly think using music in the classroom is extremely important. That was one of my favorites. You can do so much with music and kids really seem to enjoy it when it's music they like. Also using interactive tools like skype in your classroom is important as well! It allows children to talk to people face to face halfway around the world. It gives them something to look forward to. Doing lessons on the smartboard or interactive board are important as well. It is a different and fun way of teaching a lesson. It keeps students interactive and keeps them paying attention more. Of course, setting up blogs and wikis is probably the most important. All of these tips give students the ability to express themselves and gives them the ability to learn technology if different ways. Each of these tips requires the student to learn something different on the computer as well being able to apply in their daily lives! Every single tip that is on this video is something that we have come across in EDM310!

Google Forms

My survey for EDM 310 class was based on the Life of a College Student. I asked questions about work, school, and other activities around the University of South Alabama. Here are my results. 

I had 22 responses on my form. It was on the life of a college student. This first question was  are you a full or part time student. 18 students were full and 4 were part time. The next question was asking what their major was. 13 were elementary ed majors, 5 were secondary ed majors, 2 Physical ed majors, 1 Music ed and 1 Special ed. 

In this picture I asked the question Do you have a job and the second question asked If so how many hours do you work? 13 do have a job and 9 do not work. Of the 13 that work,  only one works 40 hours a week. The rest work between 15-25 hours a week. 

I asked if they were part of sorority or fraternity. All but one said no. The one that said yes is in Alpha Gamma Delta.

I asked on a scale of 1-5 how many hours a day do you do homework? 1 being none and 5 being more than five hours, I had 1 say they don't do homework, 7 rate themselves at a two, 6 rate themselves at a three, 4 rate themselves at a four, and only 4 spend more than five hours a day doing homework. 

How many hours do you spend watching television or playing video games?
1-2 hours- 13 students
2-3 hours- 8 students
3-4 hours-1 student
4-5 hours- no students

I also asked them to check the events they attend at the University of South Alabama.
17-Football; 7-Baseball; 2-Softball/Volleyball; 1-Soccer; 9-Basketball

I asked them to rank on a scale of 1-5 how important it was to attend sporting events at the University of South Alabama.
1 being the least and 5 being the most important they answered:
8 rated one; 5 rated two; 6 rated three; 1 rated 4; 2 rated 5.

I also asked if there were any other events besides sports they were interested in attending at the University of South Alabama. Most of them said no. One said guest speakers.  About 5 said theater, dances, performances. 3 said they would love to spend more time with all events if they could but they can't. 

Progress Report for Project 16

My group, Nicole Kelley and Haley Riviere, are doing our project as video. We are going to interview different teachers and students in some schools around Mobile about technology. We are going to ask how they use technology or how they would use if their school doesn't have the money for technology. We have started discussing what schools and who to use for our project. It is coming along great. We are hoping to start this week on getting some interviews.

Blog #11

First Graders in Mrs. Cassidy's Class
I think it is so great that Mrs. Cassidy is an advocate for technology and pushes it towards her students. It is so great the skills these young children have acquired at just a little age. Imagine the things they will be able to do later on down the road. She has given them one of the greatest tools they are going to need while growing up in their era. It's so great how excited they are about using the internet and it's also equally important that she has shown them the rules and tools to apply to using the internet safely. She is letting these kids express themselves. They are learning things that are going to be so valuable to them in the future.

Cassidy Skype
I think it is amazing the ways people have been able to use technology. It is so great that we are able to use something like skype to talk to people half the world a way. How great it is that children can use skype in the classroom to communicate with other students all around the world. It's just amazing. If I were teaching an elementary class, I would definitely input the use of skype into my class! I would have a class blog that each student posted to, but would also have an area where parents can see lesson plans, games, activities and so forth the students have done or will do in the future. I think the only problem with having/wanting to use computers in the classroom is the fact that some students may not have the ability to do extra learning from home. Unfortunately there are still a lot of children who's family cannot afford a computer! These students would not be able to show their parents what they are learning and get extra practice.

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