Sunday, April 26, 2015

C4k Summary and Comments April

Peyton's Blog
Peyton's blog post was about delicious bagel bites. She likes to have them for lunch and her favorite bagel bites are the pepperoni flavored.
Comment:
Great post about bagel bites Peyton. I've never tried them but they must be good because you made a blog post about them. Keep up the good work!

Carson's Blog
Carson's blog post was about left handed people.
Comment:
Work on your grammar.

C4C #13

Janelle J's Blog

I enjoyed your blog post. Your blog post about an influential person in your life was a good choice.

Blog Post #5 Pt. 2

http://learning.oconeeschools.org/course/view.php?id=446
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PLNs Summary

I created my PLN through Sybaloo.  My PLN is currently equipped with necessities, such as, YouTube, Gmail, Google, Twitter and many more search engines and great websites. There are also other icons on my PLN that I personally use for shopping such as Walmart, Target, Ebay, and Amazon, just to name a few. There are entertainment icons on my PLN, such as, Netflix, Skype, and Facebook. Personal Learning Networks help future and current teachers and students learn new, exciting things on their own. PLNs give the students and teachers freedom. Creativity flows through PLNs.  You can pin any website on your own PLN and begin learning.  I have worked through my PLN throughout the semester and I will continue to work through my PLN even after this semester. PLNs are a great source of learning. PLNs are great!

Blog Post #14

1.Pick from the best
2.Seniority distraction

According to Joel Klein, in Teaching our children can be a profession: Column, there are ways for teaching to be a profession. There are a list of problems that hinder teachers from being as good as they can be. The following problems and solutions can help teachers be better teachers. First teaching is not professionalized, according to Klein. He believes that teachers should begin with academic training for prospective teachers. Recruiting the top third of all graduates ensures above satisfactory academic training from prospective teachers, rather than anyone with a degree become a teacher. This is called "picking from the best." Second, Joel Klein says that we should change how we reward teachers. He says that teachers are "interchangeable." The seniority distraction is a major problem. The more experienced teachers teach in the nicer schools with more privileged students whereas the inexperienced teachers teach in school where there are poor students.
All of these points are significant to the fact that teaching can be a profession. If we give above satisfactory academic training to prospective teachers then our teachers will be better teachers. I do not agree with "picking from the best." It is not fair to prospective teachers that give their all in everything they do academic to fall short because some other prospective teacher is smarter than them. This should be re addressed for all prospective teachers.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/11/16/teaching-profession-education-reform-exams-column/19144267/


Sunday, April 19, 2015

C4k #10

Connor's Blog
This is a great post Connor! Your grammar was correct and the post was straight to the point. This is a well-written blog post. Keep up the good work!

C4C #12

Hannah Tolbert Blog Post

Great blog post Hannah. You summarize the information well and created a neat blog post. Keep up the good work!

Blog Post #13

What type of learning community is best in an English classroom?

According to Hassan Mansaray in the 9 Strategies for Reaching All Learners in English Language Arts article, there are 9 strategies for reaching all learners in English Language Arts. The first strategy is to encourage individual reading. This strategy allows students to choose the books they want to read. These books should be on the student's reading level. Students should read for a minimum of 30 minutes daily. The second strategy is to design product driven reading and writing instruction. It is good to have a key question to begin product driven reading and writing. The third strategy is pre-reading and pre-writing. This allows for good writing ideas. This also allows for students to incorporate better word choice. The fourth strategy is making meaning. In this strategy the teacher is to create basic reading strategies for the students. The students then get into groups to apply these strategies for better learning. The fifth strategy is text annotation. In this strategy students highlight and bookmark main ideas and find answers to questions. The sixth strategy is to ask text-based evidence questions. This strategy allows for students to provide evidence to support their answers using a t-chart or some other organizer. The seventh strategy is immerse students in the genre. The eighth strategy is to provide options for writing The teacher should provide a wide span of writing topics for students with different learning and writing skills. The ninth strategy is to analyze and interpret. The teacher is to teacher lessons that focus on interpretation and analysis. The students should analyze the author and his or her use of diction and syntax.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/stw-expanded-learning-time-individualized-learning-hassan-mansaray

Sunday, April 5, 2015

C4C #10

Kristin's Blog
Great post! Just make sure you proofread your post before publishing it.

C4K #8

Peyton's Blog
Great post about bagel bites Peyton. I've never tried them but they must be good because you made a blog post about them. Keep up the good work!



Blogpost #11

In the Blended Learning Cycle Paul Anderson puts students in control of learning by doing peer reviewing and peer grading. He also talks about a method of learning called The Blended Learning Cycle. This is a combination of mobile, classroom, and online learning. Anderson uses the acronym "Quiver." This stands for QUestion, Investigation/Inquiry, Video, Elaboration, Review, and Summary Quiz. In the Back to the Future video, Brian Crosby talks about his 4th grade students and how they learn in the classroom. His students have blobs in which they write in often. The students build learning networks with other students through blogging. They leave comments on other students blogs from around the world. Crosby promotes students to learn on their own. He also promotes active learning. This is more fun for the students and it also keeps the students engaged in learning. In the video, Sam Pane 4th Grade, Sam Pane allows his students to create Digital citizens which are digital super heroes. His students create these super heroes on the computer. These super heroes keep his students engaged in the classroom while teaching them how to use technology. In the video, Project Based Learning, technology is used to enhance student learning in English and History classes. The teachers combined English and History together. The students enjoy project based learning. In the Roosevelt Elementary PBL video, PBL is in depth learning, with integrated thematic instruction, based on a "real world" problem, research based, and containing projects and presentations. PBL is an instructional approach that incorporates real world problem solving skills within the classroom. Teachers collaborate when figuring out which assignments to make. They use cooperative learning. The teachers give the students free choice. Free choice helps students because they learn in different ways. It incorporates many different learning styles from the students.
http://www.fractuslearning.com/2013/08/23/students-e-learning-likes/
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