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MR. DANCEALOT:
By: Lisa Smith, Heather Smith, Briann Smith, and Amanda Weller
Mr. Dancealot is unfortunately a typical class for many students. The professor lectures but the concepts are never thoroughly explained or covered. Students are expected to listen to directions rather than be taught the steps of the dance. Some things must be taught physically, rather than verbalizing a physical movement. Using these teaching methods will display serious negative consequences. PowerPoint presentations should not be the only learning tool that your Professor uses. There should be activities for hands on experience because statistics show that people learn better by actually doing it rather than just being told about it. During the times that Mr. Dancealot did present to the class a dance move, he had a desk blocking his movements and he taught from a far distance. This is not a good teaching method. Teaching, especially a class as physically involved as dance, should be hands-on. He also did not allow movement or talking in his classroom. Mr. Dancealot failed as an educator, failed to realize the proper way to teach dance, and he failed to educate a single person in his class. Mr. Dancealot is a prime example of how a teacher’s teaching technique can hinder a student’s ability to learn and understand information. He gave poor instructions and expected the class to follow along. The lesson he gave was rushed and lacked the adequate information that the students needed to prepare for the final. For the dance lesson, Dr. Dancealot should have created an in-class activity that allowed the students to practice using the dance steps and participate in a mock test. By creating an in class activity, the students would have been able to rehearse the dance steps and get an idea of what the final would include. The in-class activity would also give the students a chance to ask questions about any of the dance material that was confusing to them.
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The Networked Student
The networked student uses information from teachers, fellow classmates, and the internet circle to further their career's in learning. It starts with the student’s ability to learn new technologies and to think outside of the traditional classroom. The student is given an enormous amount of information that he or she will have to absorb and begin adapting to this new way of learning. The student must have access to the internet and have proper technology for this system to work. It will also take many hours of research to get the required information/learning material all in one spot for study. In the end it is up to the student to change their way of learning by becoming the networked student.
First you will get the guidance from your teacher on what topics you need to know about. Then you would ask any questions that you may have about the topic and she will give you feedback so that no one is confused. You will then be instructed to surf the internet and find material to help you on your subject matter. Everytime that you locate beneficial material you will add a bookmark to that page. In the end you will put all of your bookmarks into one folder and this will create your textbook for your subject.
Having all the resources at the touch of a fingertip is amazing. It is like no end to learning new things. It is very exciting to know that my own children get to use some of “The networked Student,” ideas in their classrooms now. Through the use of Smart Boards and other handheld devices I can see the changes already beginning to take place.
Welcome to the future of learning!
In Shukla Bose’s Ted Talk Ted Talk, she tells the awe inspiring story on how she created her foundation,Parikrma Humanity Foundation , which brings promise to the children in India’s slums by focusing on teaching each child as an individual. Shukla Bose did not start out in the field of philanthropy. She humbly says that she is not a trained academic or a veteran social worker. For twenty-six years, she worked in the corporate world, trying to make organizations profitable. In 2003, she started her foundation, Parikrma Humanity at her kitchen table. There in her kitchen, her journey began. The first thing that she did was walk through the slums of India and identify houses, where the children would never go to school. The number of children that did not go to school blew her away. Against peoples doubts, she decided then that they were not going to go by the numbers. They instead would focus on the children individually and take them through school and prepare them for a better life. The first Parikrma School was started in a slum, where 70,000 people where living below the poverty line. More schools soon followed, including a junior college. In Shukla Bose’s presentation, she included clips of some of her students eloquently talking about their favorite subjects in school. The parents even started to participate in their child’s education and some them were inspired to learn themselves, all because of their child’s achievement. The Parikrma school not only became a safe haven for the children, but it also helped the community and the parents of the students. Many of the non teaching staff members at the school are the parents and relatives of the children. The schools are all English medium schools and they use the ICSE curriculum. They have professors from Berkeley, the Indian Institute of Science and other prestigious schools, who come and teach the students. Art and music are considered as therapy and a way of expression for the students. They believe that content is more important than the infrastructure of the school, the important thing is what is happening in the school. She believes that creating an environment of learning, inquiry, and exploration is what is “true” education. Shukla Bose says that her life has been transformed and forever changed by the children. She says that she has learned so much from them, especially love, compassion, and imagination and creativity. Shukla Bose’s story was so inspiring! It was amazing to see how one school changed a whole community and gave the children groundbreaking opportunities. It was incredible to see the children speaking so eloquently and saying how much they loved school and enjoyed learning. As future teachers, we can learn from her story and remember that it’s not always about the number, but it’s about the individual student and their abilities. The other valuable lesson learned, is to always believe in your students and yourself, even when people doubt your ability!
SMARTboard Presentation
Many people tend to think that projects are what you do at the end of a lesson plan to show the students have learned what they are supposed to have learned, but the goal of PBL is not only a MEANS to show students have ACHIEVED what you need them to have ACHIEVED, but it is a MEANS to get them to LEARN what you need them to LEARN. Get students excited and wanting to own their learning because they are creating something as they discover the knowledge.
The Goal of a Project:
• uses an authentic audience,
• keeps students interested,
• involves the community,
• and most importantly is driven by content.
When you are thinking about PBL, you should think: What project could I create that will give students the opportunity to need to know the content that I need them to know? In other words, in order to complete a project, the student has to know the content in which state requires them to know.
In order to efficiently approach and utilize PBL in the classroom, one must make sure that they create a project that will give students the opportunity to learn the content that they need them to know. We have also been taught that PBL is a democracy in grading and reflection. The key to PBL, actually the most crucial part of PBL, is to revise and reflect on the work done!
Student choice is a great aspect of Project Base Learning. Never limit your students with giving them exactly what you want them to do. Create an opportunity for them to go beyond what you want them to do.
When giving a project you must make sure that each part has meaning. It is like each part of the project feeds into the next part. The student gets rewarded by getting to advance to the next step of the project. By doing this order you give the student meaning to what they are set out to accomplish. I know that from experience if you are being respected as a student that your work will show it. This happens to be the same case with project base learning. You are given choices and it is up to you to complete them. If you do not do your part and are unwilling to buy into Project Base Learning then this type of learning experience may not work for those students.
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Strike One...
My First Born
Strike Two...
6-0
"The Love of Baseball"
High Five!
Headed to the Play-offs!
Strike Three...
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Strike Out!
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Blog Post #7:
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Interview with Dr. Strange and Anthony Capps: Don’t Teach Tech- Use It
What Can We Learn From These Conversations with Anthony Capps?
We are all considered students of technology because we are all constantly learning and shifting our technological thinking to new directions. Children are natural with technology- regardless if they come from low or high income areas- they enjoy using technology to improve their learning. In Don’t Teach Tech- Use It, Anthony Capps and Dr. Strange talk about using Technology in the classroom. Capps says that teachers should NOT teach technology, they should NOT have technology on their list of things they need to get done a given day. Teachers should, however, scaffold technology when designing projects and assignments. How does Capps suggest implementing technology into projects/ assignments?
• Week One: Let students use ONE research tool, talk about the content and how technology either impeded or helped them.
• Week Two: Couple that research tool with video tool. Now two skills are mastered.
• Week Three: Have students do a research project that requires a movie component that combines the two skills- this is known as scaffolding. Students can now show they have mastered these two skills by sharing their work.
There is tons of technology available but it is crucial to focus on ONLY ONE at a time, review it, and continue using it in the learning environment.
What are some benefits of using technology in the classroom?
• Students can express themselves.
• Students can create for free.
• There is not the demand to purchase more and more supplies.
• It’s clean, mess-free!
• It’s very shareable.
• Gives students the tools they will be able to build on forever.
• Gives students that ability to reflect on their mistakes in order to learn how to do something better for a more beneficial product in the future.
To Sum Up What We Can Learn From Anthony Capps, NEVER teach technology! Introduce it smartly. Don’t worry about spending a great deal of time teaching students to use technology, this comes natural to them, instead give them the opportunity. Do not expect perfection, either. There are two critical things educators in the 21st Century should teach their students beyond the content: how to ask valuable questions AND problem-solving skills. If a teacher does a project themselves, before assigning it to students, then they understand why the student is asking a particular question and they can figure out the answer together using problem-solving.
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Important Technology Tools to Use in a
First Grade Classroom...
My Wonderful Little Family!
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By: Heather Smith, Amanda Weller, Briann Smith, and Lisa Smith
Project #12
Mastering SMARTboard Tools
In this SMARTboard presentation I will show you how to:
- turn on the SMARTboard
- calibrate it
- work with text
- work with objects
- use object animation to hide and reveal feedback
- use multimedia objects
- use the Infinitive Cloner and work with digital ink
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They LOVE the park, too!
We LOVE the Beach,
We stay every Summer!
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My Beautiful Girls!
My two girls, niece, and three nephews...
[And they had on their swim suits...]
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My Baby Sister:
Hannah
My daughters:
Kloe' and Layla
My Soccer Team
GO BULLDOGS!!!
Amanda Weller and Briann Smith Take on the Most Important Technology Tools to Use in a First Grade Classroom...
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My Momma and Layla
The Love of My Life:
Jerald
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Me and My Husband (again)...
Teaching One Child at a Time
An Inspiring Story
The Parikrma School Founder: Shukla Bose
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My Wonderful Parents
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Olive
My Amazing Niece
My Friend and Mentor
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My summer to California
Four legged family member #1
Bebe
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