Blog Post #10

Ms. Cassidy is an Elementary teacher up in Canada. She shows us what her first grade students are up to in Little Kids...Big Potential. She shows us that her students us the very same technology we have and letting her students us it to enhance the students learning. Most of the learning comes from writing from comments. Many of their classmates and many other people from across America comment on the students blog in order to become more efficient in writing. Using the internet with blogs that let anyone read the post very helpful because the feedback the children get can become life changing. Anyone can leave a comment which could help the student learn a new thing or a new approach to the subject. I believe that is why Ms. Cassidy has her students learning and doing blogs.






I might would use the techniques that she uses in Interview 3 which is hiding the students from others. She goes out there and changes the pictures of the student and uses only first name to protect the students. Protecting the students is the most important thing a teacher ,who uses technology like blogger, to do. With all the creeps and offenders they might try to connect with the student in someway and try to find them. As a teacher you must protect the students from it always try and help the students out always let them show you there work. Ask questions about who commented and make it where the I ,the teacher, has to agree the comment before anyone else to see it. If I found out that anyone of my students were in trouble on the internet by someone out there I would call the cops to alert them about SO SO and help the student out by changing their name, age, and picture but still allow the other students to view the blogs that student post. Also to announce it in the classblog that the student has ran into some problems and this is their new blogger and this is his profile so remember this student is now called Jon.


In Interview 2 Ms. Cassidy tells us . people in EDM310, that we should start joining twitter not only for the social aspects but the learning aspects. I did not think I could join twitter to help out other teachers. I was just using Twitter as a social media but now that I know I can help more people out with my comments I will be more vocal on any question I see on my Twitter. Because any one comment can change the way you see things, one day my friend showed me a video about a certain subject ( I will not say the subject do to the fact it will raise heated arguments and discomfort) and now my life completely has been change. I always second guessed the subject even though I do not believe it. I just thinking that this could be real really scares me and makes me see the world in a different way.

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   Clifton's blog said, "What are the things in your life you can convince someone to change?" He goes to in saying, "people are out of control".

   I commented Clifton people are going out of control but we as humans can change anyone’s life just by being ourselves. Peer pressure is one of the most worst things that many young kids can go through. Many kids do bad things under peer pressure. It is not only the kids that feel peer pressure it is also the adults. Adults feel peer pressure just around the office where many of their co workers are.



      Natasha's blog was about Should kids lose recess. She argues that the student should realize that in a act it states that recess is a privilege not a right. She goes on sharing that she believes you can get better students out of taking away recess from the misbehaved students and let the good kids play.

   I commented I agree with you Natasha. Kids now a days think that they just can have recess no matter what. Many more schools need to push forward and make the kids know that recess is a privilege in school. Kids will then start to behave better so that way they can get to go to recess and will led to less complications in the class room.



   Nike's blog asked one big question," Is Football to dangerous for kids". He states " That football gives kids one too many concussions. Showing that youth football players should not go tackle head first because it causes more concussions.

   I commented Nike why I agree that concussions are bad I just do not think they will change football for the youth. As a volunteer coach we are teaching the youth better and more proper ways to tackle so they will be less likely to get a concussion.



    Taimana blog is about "What do Capitals mean". He goes saying that what should be capitalized in letters like Names, pronouns, places, religious holiday, and more. At the end he goes and makes a rubric of how he grades a paragraph in many areas like vocabulary, Spelling, meaning, and more.

    I commented Great job Taimana. Capital letters are important for a paragraph to move more smoothly throughout the writing. I agree with your graph. It shows how you understand the whole picture of writing nit just small things. Keep up the great work.

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Blog Post #9

    In the Seven Essentials for PBL and in the video PBL for Teachers states out its driving question with what does every good project needs? Both begin with “A need to know”, which is like sparking the interest for the students to learn with a video or other means of engaging the students. Two was “A driving question” which is giving the students a clear and challenging question for them to overcome in the classroom. Third was “Student voice and choice” which is what topic the student wants to choose to how to give the driving question answered. Fourth was “21st century skills” which means the students should build their use with technology by using it to help with communications, working together, and also critical thinking. Fifth was “Inquiry and innovation” which is the student using their own inquiry in their own work to help find and understand the driving question? Last was “Feedback and revision” which gives the student the opportunity to correct the errors they make because let’s face it no one’s project will be 100% right. Then the students will publicly give their project to not only the class but also to everyone by putting it on the internet.

    In PBL and Physical Education they use the same techniques also not only help some one in the class room but also activities such as sports

    In this video What motivates Students Today are students saying what makes them more motivated in school. First was to congratulate the student on their hard work and their grade. Which makes the student feel like the work he did was good and to keep up the good work they have done in the class. Second is them looking forward beyond the school year but after they graduate and try to do what they want to do in life. Next the students talked about what the teachers in their schools have done for rewards.


    InKetchup solvers two senior students love ketchup and hate the watery substance which comes out when you squeeze the ketchup. So they designed a part which will separate the liquid from the water. which in my mind is the best invention ever.

Blog Post #8

   This Video has to be my favorite ever. This video was done by Randy Pausch. Randy is giving a speech in Carnegie Mellon University auditorium. This speech is about achieving your dreams. Randy is giving this speech because he found out that he is diagnose with ten tumors in his liver and has about three to six months left to live.

   Randy begins his speech in his lecture. First, was what his childhood dreams were and how he accomplished those dreams. Second was how we can enable dreams of others and how he has enabled dreams of students and co-workers. Last is lessons learned: How you can achieve your dreams or enable dreams of others.

   He starts his speech by going down his lists of childhood dreams that have had a huge impact on his life. The lists started with being in zero gravity, playing in the NFL, authorizing an article in the World Book Encyclopedia, being Captain Kirk, winning the big stuffed animals, and being a Disney Imagineer. He goes over the lists and tells the audience how all these things have impacted his life in which he became today.

   He then goes on and tells how he has enabled students to do work. He comes back to teaching and gives an assignment and all the students surpass his expectations all the way to being done in the first year. A mentor told him you need to go out there and tell them “yeah yall did well but yall could do better”. If you set a limit on the students they will go no higher than that limit. If you do not set a limit the results are amazing.

   Last he goes on and tells about achieving the dreams by deciding if you are going to be an Eeyore or Tigger. Next he says never lose the child like wonder. Then he goes on to say help others. Later states that loyalty is a two way street and he tells how he vogue for a student before he ever had tinier. Last is never give up.

  Lastly Randy gives a huge twist on the speech but to find out you must watch his last speech up at the top.

Randy has change the way many will teach in their classrooms. Randy inspires us to never set limits in our class room. We will set our classes with the highest expectations and hope that they will surpass any expectations. Because all we can do as a teacher is teach our students to the best of our ability and help them learn new views about the subject. When we teach we will try to pass on this video to my students.

We can learn for Randy that sometimes following your dreams is more important than being safe. Randy went out their and sought out his dreams. His dreams never came to him, he went out there and found it. Randy is an inspiration to everyone out there not just us as teachers.

Implications and Teaching Oppertunities for Camera use in Teaching and Learning

    Smartphones keep up to date with all the new technology. As a future teacher I believe that the education, schools, teachers, and students should also be up to date with the new technological advantages in the world. Everyone can been benefit from the new technological advantages. Smartphones are more commonly used throughout the student by statistics from HERE CLICK ME! Zogby. If Kids use their phones more than laptops or tablets I say lets use that to our advantages.

    Smartphones allow students and teachers to use any questions they have and find the immediately through there phones. Phones are smaller and faster than most Laptops. This is a key factor why kids use their smartphones more. Smartphones also can look up information when no wifi is around. Phones use is all around better than a laptop.

    We can Use the camera's on the smartphones for use. We could send out the kids outside of class to take pictures of people or things that inspire them. Then they could share it on their blog. The product that you can see will be outstanding. You can also use the camera for the same reason but let them take a picture of their favorite place. This will be an affective way to increase the interactive opportunity in learning to gain knowledge.

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