Saturday, November 24, 2012

C4T #4

Dean Shareski


For this assignment I had the privlege to read the blog of Dean Shareski. In the post he addressed a quote that things were better back in the day.I agree to disagree with some of it. I agree that technology should be integrated in the class, but shouldn't be a main focus in teaching students. In the blog Shareski talked about balance and moderation in ones life which I agrees with. Without balance and moderation we as people would be in a world of problems. I think that in the blog he addressed some issues that are in todays society and the blog was very informative. I took alot from the blog post that Shareski wrote.

C4K 4

Jason Seliskar 's Class

The student that I did for the assignment was Ethan. In his blog Ethan wrote about the story James and the Giant Peach. In the post Ethan used very descriptive words to describe the story. I told Ethan that those were a good choice of words to use. I also told Ethan that he he did a great job on his blog and that he could improve on somethings in his next blog post.



Robertsdale High School History Class The student I had for this assignment was named a Thomas. In the blog asssignment Thomas commented on Veterans Day and he gave thanks to all Veterans. In my comments I told Thomas about me serving in the military and that his comments were greatly appreciated.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Blog Post 12

Physical Education


For this blog assignment find me two physcial education journals and summarize what the journal is about.

JOPERD


Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD) is AAHPERD's largest, most frequently published, and most wide-ranging periodical. It is AAHPERD's cornerstone journal, providing information on a variety of health, physical education, recreation and dance issues. The latest issues of JOPERD have included articles on teaching strategies, fitness, legal issues, assessment, dancing, teacher education, adapted physical education, leisure for older adults, the use of technology, and ethics and gender equity in sports and physical education.

JOPERD’s sole mission is to advance the common goals and discrete roles of health, physical education, recreation and dance professionals who are committed to improving the quality of life through the movement arts and sciences, sport, and leisure.


JTPE


The Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JTPE)presents research on teaching, cirriculum,and the different teaching styles in physical education.field. JTPE is an ideal resource for in-service and pre-service teachers, teacher educators, and administrators who wish to enhance their understanding of how children learn in physical education.JTPE also gives teachers in physical education research data from survey studies.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Blog Post 11

First Graders in Ms. Cassidy Class


In watching Ms.Cassidy's short video on her first grade class using technology it gave me a litte assurance that children of all ages can utilize and navigate the web safely. The children in Ms. Cassidy's class were 6 years old. They were able to use and savy enough to explain how to use the equipment they were using. This would be great in any classroom setting. Whether you're a physical education teacher or a math teacher the technology that is being introduced in the early stages of development are critical. Learning as well as learning safety on the web is important to know. This sets the chldren up for a sucess in the ever loving world of technolgy. With all this technoogy children can and will get into trouble.


  As mentioned in the second video, the skype session, children will have to have limits set and will require the occasional reminder on staying on task. A question was brought up on basical issues the might arise do to plagirism. This is were teachers will need to be more creative. I think screening the post before it is submitted would work and having other students screen the post as well. The other issue I see if work is online students still need classroom time to interact with other students. This was a great video and I got alot of great ideas from Ms. Cassidy.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Special Blog Assignment

A World Where Grades Will Be Left Behind


 This was a very entertaining article it talked about how education will change over the next 30 years. This article mainly talks about how technology will take over in the classroom and how education will become free for people. Thrun, who started this online free education website, said that he can't teach in another classroom. The n Thrun takes it a step further to explain his reasons and tells his plans to make education better for all people. Thrun says he will use computers in the classroom, flip the classroom, and use video cameras to help in the classroom. He talks about teaching student new skills to learn,instead of having students memorize material in classrooms. The most interesting phrase Thrun says was grades were failing the education system. I feel the same way Thrun does about making sure a student understands a concept before moving on to learn a new skill.


 I liked many of the points made in the article,but I don't think that grades should be taking away from the classroom. I believe that a student should be able to meet with a tutor and teacher if they don't understand a particular subject. I think if this was to happen money would be saved and time from sitting in the classroom.

C4K #3

Keynote Speaker


The blog I did was from Ireland and the post was talking about a keynote speaker. In this post it talked about how business and industry played a factor in the changing curriculum has changed the developement of students and their grades. I agreed with the speaker in this post for a few reasons. I feel that too much corruption is going on in the school systems and the needs of the students is being left out of the equation all together.


Canada


The student I had for this assignment was from Alberta, Canada and her name was Alison. In the blog she showed a collage of pictures and told some facts about the mountains of Canada. In my comments I told Alison that she had good facts to show about Alberta and she even showed the type of work people do in that area. The collage even showed the type of animals in the mountain region in Canada. I also encouraged Alison to keep up the good work.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Blog Post # 10

Cartoon


This cartoon represents types of pencils. The Papermate pencil is cheap and breaks alot and the Ticonderoga is more expensive and reliable. They both serve the same purpose which is to write down information.However if we are trying as a society to make education in the classroom more computerized using either of these instruments will come to a end, but I feel in the classroom some writing should be still involved to educate students.


Why Kids Play Games


This post was interesting to me simply for the fact of I play games to. To me most people play games to exscape along day of work, school, or many other reasons. I believe if games were to be integrated in the classroom students would learn at a faster rate. I think education should be taking to the next level. Like Mr. Spencer said soldiers and doctors play games so why not play them in school for education reasons. I believe most students play games in class because of them being bored with the information that is being taught by teachers. If teachers would integrate different teaching methods instead of boring students to death they probaly won't play games during class time.


Dont't Teach Your Kids This


In this post it talks about the good and the bads of computers. Kids today will have more technology at the there finger tips than any other generation, but with that will come alot of dangers that parents will need to be aware of. With all of the techological advances of computers children will still make mistakes and be adventurous. It is up to parents and teachers to give the child the proper education of being computer literate.