When I become a teacher...

WebQuest

1. Which two of example WebQuests listed on the Elementary link are the best ones? Why? Grow School Greens because it was time efficient and taught a lot of skills over time. Where is My Hero? was good because they learned a lot of important facts about the presidents.
2. Which two are the worst? Why? The Underground Railroad was not good because it seemed like a time waster and they didn't learn much from it because it is only a journal which is created by the student. The Ice Cream was also bad because it didn't really teach any lessons that would be used later in life.
3. What do best and worst mean to you? The best is the one that utilizes time the most efficiently and teaches a deep lesson. The worst is one that is long and doesn't really teach a lesson of great value.

Web Quest Worksheet: The Efficiency Expert

WebQuest	Strengths	Weaknesses
Grow School Greens	It seems to teach critical thinking and teaches a good lesson that goes in depth. It takes very little time each day.	It is long and has the ability to have students slack off.
Where is My Hero?	You can learn a lot of facts about each president.	The project is probably too long.
Underground Railroad	None.	Does not seem to teach the students anything of importance is used to waste time.
Ice Cream	Learn to make ice cream.	Learning how ice cream is made doesn't really teach anything of importance to the students future.
Ancient Egypt	A lot material to learn with a fun activity to keep the students interested and learn a lot about the ancient Egyptians.	Will take a long time to gather the information.

Double Journal Entry #12

Quote: "We must teach communication comprehensively, in all its forms. Today we work with the written or spoken word as the primary form of communication. But we also need to understand the importance of graphics, music, and cinema, which are just as powerful and in some ways more deeply intertwined with young people's culture. We live and work in a visually sophisticated world, so we must be sophisticated in using all the forms of communication, not just the written word."


Reaction: This is a very good way of thinking about communication. One might be able to convey a message well with the written word but do we know how that message makes someone feel. There are many different tones you can use while saying the same statement, but even though you say the same thing with a different tone the message is received differently. This also works in movies as George was saying. The background music and the colors play a key role in communicating a message, by making a person feel the way you want them to feel while receiving the message. Communication is not just the written word, it is the way the word is seen, heard, and taken in.


Citation: Daly, J. (2004, September 14). Life on the Screen: Visual Literacy in Education | Edutopia. K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work | Edutopia. Retrieved November 10, 2011, from http://www.edutopia.org/lucas-visual-literacy


External Resource: http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/technologies/bridwellbowlesetal.cfm


Citation: Bridwell-Bowles, Lillian, Powell, Karen L., & Choplin, Tiffany Walter. (2009, January 19). Not just words any more: Multimodal communication across the curriculum. [Special issue on Writing Technologies and Writing Across the Curriculum] Across the Disciplines, 6. Retrieved November 10, 2011, from http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/technologies/bridwellbowlesetal.cfm

Autobiography

Autobiography

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Glass Giants

Double Journal Entry #11

1.Summarize the argument made in this article.


This article is saying that having a law that restricts registered sex offenders is not really going to do any good. The article says that the rate of people being sexually abused through use of the internet is very low. It is also stated that most registered sex offenders are not people who have actually sexually abused a child or teenager, but people who have done things like flashing, public urination, and consensual sex between teenagers. This article states that blocking the sex offenders actually takes away a form of rehabilitation, by taking these people away from sites that could help them in their career. The last thing this article brings up is that the most dangerous offenders are the ones that have not been caught yet. 


2.What evidence is presented to support the argument?


The evidence used are things such as statistics from studies, expert testimony, and articles from trustworthy news providers.


3.State and justify your position on banning sex offenders from social-networking sites?


I am going to have to agree with the article because not everyone who is registered as a sex offender is a danger to children. Also keeping them from these sites is hurting their career which could in turn be hurting their rehabilitation.

Wikipedia: Gregor Mendel

1. Any one of the following cleanup banners means the article is an unreliable source:

This article or section has multiple issues.	no
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.	no
The neutrality of this article is disputed.	no
The factual accuracy of this article is disputed.	no
This needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling.	no
This may contain material not appropriate for an encyclopedia.	no
This article only describes one highly specialized aspect of its associated subject.	no
This article requires authentication or verification by an expert.	no
This article or section needs to be updated.	no
This article may not provide balanced geographical coverage on a region.	no
This is missing citations or needs footnotes.	no
This article does not cite any references or sources.	no

2. Read through the article and see if it meets the following requirements:

Is it written in a clear and organized way?	yes
Is the tone neutral (not taking sides)?	yes
Are all important facts referenced (you're told where they come from)?	yes
Does the information provided seem complete or does it look like there are gaps (or just one side of the story)?	yes

Wikipedia: Friend Not Foe

1.  Did the class activity about Wikipedia and this article change your opinion about the value of Wikipedia to society in general and education specifically?

I have always thought of the site as a starting place for information and going further by checking the resources they used but, by using what's not in the Wikipedia as a research topic is not something I would have thought to do.

2.  Describe how you might direct students to use Wikipedia in your future classroom.

I think I would take sort of the same approach with my students, by telling them to do research on things that are missing on the page. They would use Wikipedia as a place to get an idea for their actual research paper.

Wikipedia

a. What is Wikipedia? 

"'Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit organization.'"
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”

If it can be edited it can be changed to be inaccurate but by checking the sources posted, you can check to see if they are correct. 
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? 

They believe in "wisdom of crowds". 
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? 

"Mr. Sanger left Wikipedia, believing that it should give more authority to experts; he has since created another site, Citizendium that does just that."
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? 

Giving misleading information about a certain entry.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? 

They reveal that almost everyone that uses the internet has been to or used Wikipedia. 
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? 

I think it is successful because it has information about anything and everything.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? 

With a lot of advertising it could make people less likely to go to their site if it had all the annoying adds.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?

"Wikiscanner, quickly exposed examples of self-interested editing by prominent businesses and governments around the world."

Think Aloud

Think Aloud

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Double Journal Entry #9 (Week 10)

Quote: "I willed myself into being him. I invented a character who could read and write. Starting that night, I’d lie in bed silently imitating the words my mother read, imagining the taste, heft and ring of each sound as if it were coming out of my mouth. I imagined being able to sound out the words by putting the letters together into units of rhythmic sound and the words into sentences that made sense. I imagined the words and their sounds being a kind of key with which I would open an invisible door to a world previously denied me."


Reaction: This article truly is a tale of perseverance. This man struggled through so much to get to where he is today. The way he learned to read and speak must have been very difficult because he had to learn it by himself because no one could help him. The quote I picked really illuminates how badly he wanted to be like a normal person and the triumph over the things that had once eluded him. He now loves the English language more than most, creating beautiful poem with the words he has now conquered. It is even better that he is now helping people with dyslexia to get through the struggles he had. 


Citation: SCHULTZ, P. (2011, September 3). With Dyslexia, Words Failed Me and Then Saved Me - NYTimes.com. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. Retrieved October 25, 2011, from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/opinion/sunday/with-dyslexia-words-failed-me-and-then-saved-me.html?_r=1


External Resource: http://athome.readinghorizons.com/research/dyslexia-information.aspx


Citation: Sagmiller, G. (n.d.). Understanding Dyslexia: Learning Disability Treatment - Reading Horizons. Orton-Gillingham Program | Reading Horizons At Home. Retrieved October 25, 2011, from http://athome.readinghorizons.com/research/dyslexia-information.aspx

Website Evaluation

http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html
Who?
Has someone taken responsibility for the content of this Web site? 
Yes, Paul Guinan appears everywhere and his email at the bottom.
Is information about the author or organization clearly stated? 
The information is organized in chronological order.
Can you contact the company or author through a real world postal address or phone number?
Yes on the home page there is a real world postal address.


What? 
Does the site offer more than one viewpoint?
No it is presented as a factual article.
Does the site clearly state the topics that it intends to address?
Yes and no because the main name is bigredhair but it has a /robots which kind of tells what it's about but not fully.
Does the site's information seem thorough and well organized?
Yes it is organized chronologically.


When?
Is it important that the information you're looking for be absolutely current?
No it does not because it is talking about things that have already happened.
Is a reference date provided to show when the material was put online, or when it was last updated?
No there is not one provided.
Do the links work?
Yes all the links on the site work.


This site is clearly not valid since the author is a comic book writer and the statements are obviously false.

Double Journal Entry #8 (Week 9)

Quote: "On the contrary, cyber or online social networking may increase a person's social ease, the breadth and depth of off-line relationships, and their overall 'social capital' – the resources accumulated through the relationships with people."

Reaction:  I think this quote is very true in that online social networking does not harm a persons ability to socialize. I think that a person gains a sense of how to talk to someone even though it is online. You still want to make a good impression on the person and try to have them like you. You want to still exhibit proper behavior and etiquette. On the other hand there is a part that may not agree with this quote is that bad habits and improper behavior can develop. It can develop because you are not talking face to face so you might be inclined to say something you would not normally say to their face. This comment could range from some plea of your love to something that can hurt the persons self esteem drastically. 

Citation: Owens, L. (2009, April 23). Internet & Anti-Social Behavior Theory Unfounded: Facebook, MySpace, Online: Research Refutes Cyber Socializing Fears | Suite101.com. Laura Owens | Suite101.com. Retrieved October 23, 2011, from http://laura-owens.suite101.com/internet--anti-social-behavior-theory-unfounded-a111897

External Resource: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/13/internet-troll-jailed-mocking-teenagers

Citation: Morris, S. (2011, September 13). Internet troll jailed after mocking deaths of teenagers | UK news | The Guardian . Latest US and world news, sport and comment from the Guardian | guardiannews.com | The Guardian . Retrieved October 23, 2011, from http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/13/internet-troll-jailed-mocking-teenagers

Google Form

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG9SYXRkaC13dGg0NTVMeGJVMHZpWEE6MQ

Web 2.0 tool

I like the site, wepapers.com. This tool has a large amount of powerpoints on about every subject. I could use this tool for any content area. The way I could use this in the classroom is by finding a powerpoint that is on the same area of study as the class and they can go there to review the powerpoint. Why make a powerpoint if it is already available? The thing to consider before using it this site is the abuse of the powerpoints available. This could be things like not paying attention in class and "reading it later" which could lead to dropping in grades. The way to combat this is to not tell them the site name but to post the powerpoint on a community site such as Edmodo a few days before the test so they can review.

Voki Lesson Plans

http://l-www.voki.com/open_pdf.php?file=Earth%20Day%20(6th%20Grade%20Science).pdf

Philosophy of Education Voki

Double Journal Entry #7

Quote: "Educators face enormous challenges in preparing their students to be critical online readers. For the most part, the teaching of critical-thinking skills is not part of the regular curriculum, and printed text is still considered the mainstay of school reading."


Reaction: This is very true that critical thinking it not really taught. Critical thinking seems to be more of something that is excepted of students but no one really shows them how to do it. The one class that I have taken that focuses on critical thinking is philosophy. The philosophy class that I took showed me more in depth on how to think critically and has really helped me in all my classes that I take. If there is one class that should be required even at an early age it should be philosophy because it really is the art of critical thinking. If this was taught early in school I believe that students would do better in their classes than they do now without it.


Citation: David, J. L. (2009). Teaching Media Literacy. Educational Leadership, 66(6), Pages 84-86.


External Source: http://www.statepress.com/2010/03/29/critical-thinking-skills-boost-philosophy-students-after-graduation-researchers-say/


Citation: Johnson, A. (2010, March 29). Critical thinking skills boost philosophy students after graduation, researchers say | ASU News | The State Press | Arizona State University. ASU News | The State Press | Arizona State University. Retrieved October 6, 2011, from http://www.statepress.com/2010/03/29/critical-thinking-skills-boost-philosophy-students-after-graduation-researchers-say/

Magazine Cover

Deconstructing Arnold Photo 2

1. I see a gentle man that looks like he cares. The background is a soft blue which is known to be a calming color and the suit he is wearing is very professional.
2. He makes me feel sort of happy because he has that big smile on his face and like I can trust him.
3. I think of this person as a trusting individual that cares about what he is doing.
4. He looks happy and gentle, these looks influence how I feel because they make him appear to be a nice man.
5. He appears to have a laid back lifestyle and good moral values. His point of view looks to be optimistic and happy.
6. The differences between the covers are that the first one is more action packed and the second one is calm and reassuring. The techniques used to grab my attention wee the background colors, the look on his face, and the attire had.

Deconstructing Arnold Photo 1

1. In this photo Arnold is in a tight shirt and flexing. There is what seems to be an explosion in the background. He also has sunglasses and gloves on with a look that says hes going to take care of business.
2.This makes me feel like this magazine is action packed and he is going to kick some butt.
3. It makes me think of him as a big strong guy who is going to kick butt,
4. He looks action packed and has giant muscles so those looks makes me feel like he is ready for action.
5. His lifestyle in the photo seems to be reckless and relentless. He doesn't seem to have value his him life with the giant explosion in the background.

Double Journal Entry #6

Quote: "By sequentially focusing seven increasingly strong lenses on the news media, beginning with a close-up look at a news photo, students learn to apply powerful cross-disciplinary skills of visual, news media, and information literacy to analyze current political issues."


Reaction: After reading about the seven power lens I can see how this would help students a lot in their studies and in everyday life. Being able to break down an article or picture can help determine what is really going on in the story. To see what they want they want you to see and to understand why they want you to see it. By understanding why they want you to what you see makes it to where you can understand their motive. Usually people call these things subliminal messages. They are used to get you to think a certain way without realizing it. 


Citation: Abilock, D. (2003). A Seven-Power Lens on 21st-Century Literacy: Instilling Cross-Disciplinary Visual, News Media, and Information-Literacy Skills, 10(6), 30-35.


External Resource: http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/how-analyze-advertisement


Citation: Berger, A. A. (n.d.). How to Analyze an Advertisement | Center for Media Literacy.Center for Media Literacy. Retrieved September 29, 2011, from http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/how-analyze-advertisement

Photo #2 Analysis

From this picture I inferred that he was either told very bad news or is making a very hard decision.
The questions that this picture raise are: When was this picture taken? What was he really being told or asked? Is he dressed so casual because he was caught off guard?

The picture that gives me that most confidence in the presidents leadership abilities is the first photo. It shows that he is taking care of business and is ready to correct this error as soon as possible. The second photo makes him seem weak and confused on what he should do.

Photo #1 Analysis

From this photo I have inferred that they are on a mission and are ready to take care of business.
Some questions that this photo raise are: When was this picture taken? What are they walking towards? Where is the ship going?

Double Journal Entry #5

Quote: "I was watching a 10th grader struggle at his computer to create a multimedia presentation for his language-arts project. He wasn't struggling with the technology-like any infoage kid, he could click around the screen with considerable ease. It was the aesthetics that seemed insurmountable. As I watched him clumsily cramming together scads of video clips, graphics, sounds, buttons, and a few words, it suddenly hit me like a ton of bits: He was trying to create art, and no one had shown him how. In the process of fumbling with the medium, he was losing his sense of what he wanted to communicate in the first place."


Response: This is kind of like my last journal entry because it describes exactly what I had experienced. There are a lot of kids who try too hard to make their presentation look good they forget what they were trying to communicate. This is at fault because I'm sure that the teacher would much rather have a detailed and clear message about the project rather than one with fancy text/slide intros with music. The whole reason for doing the presentation is to tell your fellow classmates about the subject that you picked. It is also important that you display to your teacher that you have mastered the subject that you picked and can explain it to others.


Citation: Ohler, J. (2000, October). Art Becomes the Next R.Educational Leadership Magazine, 58, p. 16-19.

Extra Resource:

Citation: AlmightyDevin. (2009, May 30). The Worst Powerpoint I've Ever Seen Made By A High School Student... - YouTube .YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.. Retrieved September 22, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eukwtNNBIus

Digital Story Project

My digital story was based on a this quote by Thomas Carruthers, "A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary." I did not use the quote in my digital story but with the images and the words I still had the same message. I also used calm but sort of upbeat music in the background, this was just the intro to Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd.


The digital story covers, Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, because I designed a story to tell the quote by Thomas Carruthers that is above. 


They can promote learning because they capture attention and explain things that can sometimes not be explained in lecture or reading. The only downside is if the lights are off while you show the video because that makes students prone to falling asleep. 


A lesson plan that could work is that each student could make a digital story about an element on the periodic table. This could contain certain hazards of the element, how it was discovered, who discovered it, its properties, and more.

PhotoStory1

Double Journal Entry #4

Quote: "The problem for many students is their focus on the power of the technology rather than the power of their stories. Some students are engaging the medium at the expense of the message, producing a technical event rather than telling a story."


Response: This is really very true, I remember back in elementary school when we had to make powerpoints. We all got so caught up in the spinning of the letters, the way the slides came in, the colors, music, and flashing lights that you could not really tell what the presentation was about because there was so much going on. It may be possible to make a very professional and dramatic story come to life with the power of a powerpoint but most children don't see its potential. The article mentioned a little girl making this elaborate and dramatic story about their life with this sort of technology but it honestly takes a very mature and serious person to make such a presentation. Lets face it, most the children in the 6th grade are more concerned about playing around than their school presentation and will most likely throw it together last minute.


Citation: Ohler, J. (2006). The World of Digital Storytelling. Educational Leadership, 63(4), 44-47.


External resource:http://www.ehow.com/how_8669389_teach-powerpoint-children.html


Citation: Hooser, T. V. (n.d.). How to Teach PowerPoint to Children | eHow.com. eHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Trusted Advice for the Curious Life | eHow.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011, from http://www.ehow.com/how_8669389_teach-powerpoint-children.html

Comic

Picassohead

My Learning Style

After taking the VARK questionnaire I have discovered that I am multimodal. I had a 10 in Aural and a 9 in both Kinesthetic and Visual. This is what I thought it would be. I notice that I am able to remember things better when some one does a demonstration of what is suppose to be done. These demonstrations have Aural, Kinesthetic, and Visual parts to them which makes sense since they are my three top areas.

Double Journal Entry #3

Quote: "She predicts that the number of 'textisms' will stop growing as people continue to develop more proficiency in using handheld devices and as the devices continue to grow more sophisticated than simple telephone touch pads. She adds that part of the appeal of texting shorthands is their novelty, and that that will fade."

Response: For the most part I think that a lot of people use the texting abbreviations just for quickness. If in the future it is just as easy to type it out instead of abbreviating it, they will probably begin to type out the full word. The shorthands also make one seem more ignorant in my opinion and of course no one wants to be found as such. I'm sure people will grow tired of the texting lingo just like most things in this world it too will fade. This as already become apparent in the fact that most young adults have grown out of using the "textisms" and now type out the full word. 

Citation: SHEA, A. (n.d.). On Language - The Keypad Solution - NYTimes.com. NY Times Advertisement. Retrieved September 6, 2011, from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-t.html

External Resource: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhongosh/3680003795/sizes/z/in/photostream/

Citation: Hongosh, J. (n.d.). All sizes | Periodic Table of Texting | Flickr - Photo Sharing!. Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing. Retrieved September 6, 2011, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhongosh/3680003795/sizes/z/in/photostream/

Using Wordle/Poll Everywhere in the Classroom

We used Poll Everywhere to ask people in the class something we wanted to know about them. The words that were used in the responses to the poll were used in Wordle to display our responses. We then posted it on our blog for everyone to see. In the class I could use Poll Everywhere to have students give me the second half of a reaction problem or I could have them make a Wordle for the periodic table of elements. In the article about Poll Everywhere it showed how it could be used for open ended questions and to make an on going poll that makes a bar graph to display which options are getting the most votes. These could be used to engage students in real-world issues such as a current event question which could be made as a free response or an on going poll.

Wordle

My Poll

Click here to take my poll

Double Journal Entry #2

Quote: "Diminished concern over spelling and punctuation. Spell-check, along with online search engines, may be convincing us that devoting energy to honing spelling skills is anachronistic. Even before you finish typing a word containing an error, spell-check often automatically corrects the word. Similarly, if you type a misspelled word (or phrase) into Google, chances are the search engine will land you pretty much at the same list of sites you would have reached had you been a finalist in the National Spelling Bee."

Response: This is pretty much so very true that no one can deny. I know that personally I find myself relying on spell-check on all my papers. For one all major papers have to by typed and printed because the teacher doesn't want to have to strain themselves to read the students hand writing. It is because of this that spell-check has become such an easy tool and one of the most helpful. If you can even spell a word close you can probably right click the word and find the one you meant to use. This although doesn't help for things like your and you're, if you mess those up it's your own fault. It helps somewhat with commas, semi-colons, and colons but very little. Even now I am able to see if I misspelled any words and no one will know this unless i tell them. The only thing that is missing really, is a way to tell you that your sentences make no sense or your train of thought is very jumpy and your paragraph is all jumbled up.

Citation: Baron, N. (n.d.). Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Are Digital Media Changing Language?. Membership, policy, and professional development for educators – ASCD. Retrieved August 31, 2011, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are-Digital-Media-Changing-Language%C2%A2.aspx

Extra Material: http://www.education.com/magazine/article/spell_check/
This article shows how spell-check is creating a generation of people who will be so reliable on spell-check they cannot spell without it.

Citation: Sorrentino, J. (n.d.). Is Spell Check Creating a Generation of Dummies? | Education.com. Education.com | An Education & Child Development Site for Parents | Parenting & Educational Resource. Retrieved August 31, 2011, from http://www.education.com/magazine/article/spell_check/

Double Journal Entry #1

Quote: "After studying the matter, Ms. Davidson concluded, 'Online blogs directed at peers exhibit fewer typographical and factual errors, less plagiarism, and generally better, more elegant and persuasive prose than classroom assignments by the same writers.' "

Reaction: This quote to me was very interesting because it shows that students care more about their posts on the Internet than their school reports. I say they care more because with less error one could only assume they care more about this than the other. The reason for this is most likely due to the fact that everyone can see a post on the Internet. If a person decides to make a post on the Internet they would want the millions of people reading to perceive them as intelligent rather than some ignorant buffoon babbling on the Internet. This would mean that one must go to great lengths to make their spelling, sentence structure, and information all come together to form an intelligent response to whatever they are posting about.

Citation: Hefferner, V. (n.d.). Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com. Opinion - Opinionator - NYTimes.com. Retrieved August 30, 2011, from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp

Extra Material: http://chronicle.com/article/Studies-Explore-Whether-the/44476/
This article describes how the internet makes students better writers.

Citation: Keller, J. (n.d.). Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education. Home - The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved August 30, 2011, from http://chronicle.com/article/Studies-Explore-Whether-the/44476/

Captain's Log

My name is Sean Harwell and I am from Charleston, WV. I would like to teach at a high school level, teaching Chemistry. Middle school would also be fun teaching the general sciences. I believe children learn by doing, by interacting with different things to absorb the information not from just reading but also from doing what is described in the readings. An example of this would be doing an experiment showing create different compounds such as 4Fe + 3O₂ = 2Fe₂O_{3.  
This is the formation of rust, this experiment is a very easy experiment that is done with water, white vinegar and fine iron wool. This is a way to explain the chemical equation and they can see the process themselves.}