Jason is the project manager of our presentation. He has gone well above and beyond the call of duty to make sure that our presentation is well done and well on target.
Johanna and Kayelani supply a lot of the information for our project as well. They have supplied useful research and quality pictures to enhance our project tasks each week.
This week, we all had a chance to give our input on our SLO's for our project. Jason and Kayelani were the first to give their input, and I gave my input in on Saturday night.=)
What's great about Jason, Kayelani, and Johanna is, they are not afraid to step in and help out other group members when we need the help. That is what I think is the strong point in our group.
I was on spring break this week from my two jobs, but I have recently picked up a third job tutoring so I was busy with that among other things like visiting my mother at her nursing home, and making sure her doctor appointments and neurology appointments were all set up.
What can I do differently? To not procrastinate, to research the current event topic earlier in the week, and give my input on our forums and projects sooner and on time.
Also, not to lose faith in myself or in the DOE. I have had setbacks within the DOE this spring semester at my job, and it has really made think...do I want to become a teacher? But, I love the special education teacher I work with, despite another teacher being mean to me, and I love the students I get to work with. And that's why I stay on, for the students that make me smile and laugh, and make me realize that they are the reason why I want to become a special education teacher in the future.=)
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Week #11, Group #4, Buddha's-Current_Event
Hi Everyone. This week our current event topic that our group chose was submitted by Jason Nagata. Jason found a blog written by Steven W. Anderson. Steven W Anderson posted it on November 9, 2011, and the title of the article is: Cool Projects with Skype. Url:http:www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx. You can also find the article/blog using the hash tags: skype, web20classroom, and under StevenWAnderson.
Steven W Anderson decided to check out the Skype In the Classroom website to check out projects, and to search out how teachers use Skype in their classrooms. His interest in the subject came across by a tweet that was tweeted by a teacher that was searching for teachers that would partner up and join a bookclub. Steven W Anderson was interested in how teachers collaborated in the USA and around the world using Skype and how they communicated with other classrooms by means of projects and by searching teachers out on the website.
I went on the Skype In the Classroom website: url: https://education.skype.com . The site has three videos on how teachers can create a Skype account, and how to create a Skype in Education account. Once teachers create those accounts they can search the directory for other teachers, they can also specify in their profiles what subjects they teach, where they are located in the world, and what subjects their classes are studying. They can also disclose information on what kind of educational background they have.
After teachers have created their profile, they can then search for partner teachers for projects, and or post projects that they are creating in thier classrooms. They can invite other teachers to Skype in on certain days and times and have their students hold discussions, interact with games, and also invite guest speakers and experts to participate on projects throughout the USA and around the world.
Some of the projects that Steven W Anderson's blog speaks of is a project that a teacher posted on Practice Graphing. This particular teacher was searching for classes to Skype in and play the game Battleship with this particular class. Instructor was willling to provide the template for the Battleship board to those teachers and classes that were interested. This project was to teach students graphing and interacting with other students as well.
Another project that caught my eye was on: What Does Your Sky Look Like? This teacher wanted "students from different parts of the world to show students how the Earth is positioned, thus causing different moon phases around the world."
This site is great because it introduces teachers and students to different cultural exchanges around the world and different ways of collaborating using technology all around the USA and around the world.
Thanks Jason for the article/blog.=)
Steven W Anderson decided to check out the Skype In the Classroom website to check out projects, and to search out how teachers use Skype in their classrooms. His interest in the subject came across by a tweet that was tweeted by a teacher that was searching for teachers that would partner up and join a bookclub. Steven W Anderson was interested in how teachers collaborated in the USA and around the world using Skype and how they communicated with other classrooms by means of projects and by searching teachers out on the website.
I went on the Skype In the Classroom website: url: https://education.skype.com . The site has three videos on how teachers can create a Skype account, and how to create a Skype in Education account. Once teachers create those accounts they can search the directory for other teachers, they can also specify in their profiles what subjects they teach, where they are located in the world, and what subjects their classes are studying. They can also disclose information on what kind of educational background they have.
After teachers have created their profile, they can then search for partner teachers for projects, and or post projects that they are creating in thier classrooms. They can invite other teachers to Skype in on certain days and times and have their students hold discussions, interact with games, and also invite guest speakers and experts to participate on projects throughout the USA and around the world.
Some of the projects that Steven W Anderson's blog speaks of is a project that a teacher posted on Practice Graphing. This particular teacher was searching for classes to Skype in and play the game Battleship with this particular class. Instructor was willling to provide the template for the Battleship board to those teachers and classes that were interested. This project was to teach students graphing and interacting with other students as well.
Another project that caught my eye was on: What Does Your Sky Look Like? This teacher wanted "students from different parts of the world to show students how the Earth is positioned, thus causing different moon phases around the world."
This site is great because it introduces teachers and students to different cultural exchanges around the world and different ways of collaborating using technology all around the USA and around the world.
Thanks Jason for the article/blog.=)
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Task_3-1 Reflection
Jason, Kayelani, and Johanna did a really great job of creating a newsletter/flyer this week explaining Problem Based Learning. Jason created the Google docs flyer, Johanna and Kayelani contributed a lot of the body of the letter, and all three of them contributed creative art and graphics to appeal to the reader.
I did not contribute to this week's Task 3 Milestone. Sad to say, I should have asked for help earlier with the Task to get a better understanding of it. I believe I was overwhelmed by the content and goals of what we had to do as a group.
Jason, Kayelani, and Johanna did a great job of stepping right in and getting the job done. Their perserverance and attention to detail paid off in getting our groups flyer done. They have upheld the Buddha group this past week.
I will ask my teammates for more information on what are task is this week, and try to take my time in reading carefully what is expected of us as a group this week for our task and for our current event. I will also try and search online and focus on getting my online current event done on time and posted since I am facilitator this week for our group.
Also, I will try my best to contribute to our task as much as possible this week and in the week's to come.
I did not contribute to this week's Task 3 Milestone. Sad to say, I should have asked for help earlier with the Task to get a better understanding of it. I believe I was overwhelmed by the content and goals of what we had to do as a group.
Jason, Kayelani, and Johanna did a great job of stepping right in and getting the job done. Their perserverance and attention to detail paid off in getting our groups flyer done. They have upheld the Buddha group this past week.
I will ask my teammates for more information on what are task is this week, and try to take my time in reading carefully what is expected of us as a group this week for our task and for our current event. I will also try and search online and focus on getting my online current event done on time and posted since I am facilitator this week for our group.
Also, I will try my best to contribute to our task as much as possible this week and in the week's to come.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Web 2.0 tool: Argument Mapper/Creator
I chose Argument Mapper for my web 2.0 tool. I would definitely use this tool because we have the Common Core Standards coming up in 2014. As faculty and staff of Honoka'a High and Intermediate here on the Big Island, we are being introduced to how arguments will be developed and how to teach our students to think critically.
All across the boards, from English, Math, Science, AVID, Social Studies, students will be introduced more to writing intensive courses and how to debate and defend their arguments. At my second job, during our tutoring hour, students at our middle school are learning how to formulate arguments by first creating "maps" or different charts and ways that they come up with ideas.
I know that this web 2.0 tool called Argument Mapper, will help with formulating their ideas, and helping students develop critical thinking skills. We are blessed to have mobile carts at the middle school that house at least 20 laptop computers, so with me introducing this program to our afterschool students will be more than helpful during tutoring time. Argument Mapper is great because it has prompts and students can formulate thier writing, publish to the web, and invite thier fellow classmates to view thier argument map, and debate with them.
Before enrolling in ED 279, I just used Gmail because I didn't know how to use any other tools. I am glad that I enrolled in this class because it will help me and my students to navigate through different web tools to learn new content. Tools such as Argument Mapper, Diigo, Twitter, are ways that we can share information, save it, publish it onto the web, and connect with not only colleagues and classmates from our school, but connect with people from everywhere.
I think it is really neat how all of these web 2.0 tools work. I am glad that I am being introduced to them now, and am gaining a little bit of confidence in learning how to navigate and use them to my advantage. I have yet to try the Prezi tool, Storybird, and Planboard tools, to get me organized and set up to plan lessons for my Sunday school class. I know that a lot of the web 2.0 tools can aid my colleagues and I and the teachers I work with, granted that they are willing to let me engage them and the students and are willing to give me a shot in teaching them some of the technology that I have tried and learned about.
You can view my presentation on Argument Mapper/Creator at: http://screenr.com/4Yt7
All across the boards, from English, Math, Science, AVID, Social Studies, students will be introduced more to writing intensive courses and how to debate and defend their arguments. At my second job, during our tutoring hour, students at our middle school are learning how to formulate arguments by first creating "maps" or different charts and ways that they come up with ideas.
I know that this web 2.0 tool called Argument Mapper, will help with formulating their ideas, and helping students develop critical thinking skills. We are blessed to have mobile carts at the middle school that house at least 20 laptop computers, so with me introducing this program to our afterschool students will be more than helpful during tutoring time. Argument Mapper is great because it has prompts and students can formulate thier writing, publish to the web, and invite thier fellow classmates to view thier argument map, and debate with them.
Before enrolling in ED 279, I just used Gmail because I didn't know how to use any other tools. I am glad that I enrolled in this class because it will help me and my students to navigate through different web tools to learn new content. Tools such as Argument Mapper, Diigo, Twitter, are ways that we can share information, save it, publish it onto the web, and connect with not only colleagues and classmates from our school, but connect with people from everywhere.
I think it is really neat how all of these web 2.0 tools work. I am glad that I am being introduced to them now, and am gaining a little bit of confidence in learning how to navigate and use them to my advantage. I have yet to try the Prezi tool, Storybird, and Planboard tools, to get me organized and set up to plan lessons for my Sunday school class. I know that a lot of the web 2.0 tools can aid my colleagues and I and the teachers I work with, granted that they are willing to let me engage them and the students and are willing to give me a shot in teaching them some of the technology that I have tried and learned about.
You can view my presentation on Argument Mapper/Creator at: http://screenr.com/4Yt7
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