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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I enjoyed creating and presenting our lesson. I would not change anything technology wise, but next time when presenting I will make sure I talk to the entire room and not just Dr. Lomax. I felt at times that I was looking and speaking directly toward him than my classmates. That would be the only thing I would do differently. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300599130091529964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969308402996316091.post-24874645149528559542015-04-30T18:07:00.000-05:002015-04-30T18:07:03.216-05:00Final Reflection Video<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi Blaine F! Good post! I have never heard of this book, My Side of the Mountain. It sounds very interesting, and a book I know will keep me engaged. I really enjoy reading and adventurous books are always great. Thanks for giving me a new book to check out. Do you have any other book suggestions?<br />
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Hi my name is Santana Mullins. I'm in EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I was assigned your blog. I will start off by saying congratulations Abby on your award! You must be really good at basketball. I LOVE basketball! It is by far my favorite sport! Speaking of, I know of an NBA player from New Zealand who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Does Steven Adams sound familiar? I'm not sure what part of New Zealand he is from, but he is a good player. Do you watch the NBA or have a favorite player/team? I read some of your older posts and Auroa looks amazing. I loved the picture of the mountain in the background. I also saw a post that said your birthday is April 18th, well I want to wish you a happy early birthday. Continue the great work on your blog! </div>
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Hi Amy! Funny post! At first glance, I was like hmm, what is this all about? Then, I thought back to my Art class I took last semester, and remembered we did something kind of like this with Bruce Lansky's poem, If Pigs Could Fly. So this post has to be about his poem, What I'd Cook For My Teacher. I must say everything sounds good minus the soup and main course ha ha. Bruce Lansky has so many funny poems for children, and they are great for fun activities such as your blog post. If you have time, check out Lansky's poem, How To Torture Your Teacher if you haven't. I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy it ha ha. Good job and have fun blogging!</div>
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Hello Mr. Vilson! My name is Santana Mullins, and I'm a student in EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I will be summarizing my visits to your blog with a post to my blog on April 9, 2015. My blog URL is http://www.mullinssantanaedm310.blogspot.com and our class blog is http://www.edm310.blogspot.com if you would like to check them out. I want to start off by saying compelling post. I loved when you said "we shouldn't be preparing to teach content or the students we imagine might be there, but rather the students in front of us". That's good! I know that will definitely stick with me as a future educator. I concur that building a relationship with students, as a teacher, is key. We can be friendly with students, but building a relationship that is caring and has patience and understanding is much more important. We have to create an environment where there is balance and boundaries to the teacher/student relationship.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The teacher's blog post I read and commented on was Jose Vilson. In his blog post <a href="http://www.edutopia.org//blog/empowering-educators-through-cultural-competence-jose-vilson">Empowering Educator Through Cultural Competence</a>. He talks about how we all come from different backgrounds, and how we need to be more open to learning about different students and their backgrounds. In order to be able to understand different aspects of different cultures, we must build a relationship with students. Jose then begins to talk about the teacher/student relationship and how it can be testy. Testy as far as trying to determine how to be "friendly" to students, but not necessarily their friends. Teachers need to build relationships with students as their TEACHER first. Teachers need to have an environment that is fair, so students can see they are all equal. Because they see enough of inequality outside of the classroom. In order to have this type of environment, teachers must build great relationship with their students both individually and collectively.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This a very well written post. In a way, I am kind of torn. I know cheating is wrong, and I do not condone it at all, but on the other hand I understand why some teachers, like these teachers in Atlanta, would think they had to cheat. I agree policy makers have set somewhat impossible goals when it comes to these standardized tests. And when some teachers know there is no way their students can reach those goals and the consequences of not reaching those goals, things like this scandal happen. Yes, teachers have accountability when it comes to their students and making sure they learn the state's common cores, but let's not raise goals so high that we set them up to fail or in this case cheat. I read a quote in the New York Times from one of the indicted teachers that said "I truly believed that I was helping these children stay in school just one more year." While I do not know this specific teacher's heart, I can understand why she would feel this way.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I once again commented on a post form Jose Vilson. The post is entitled <a href="http://thejosevilson.com/recruiting-educators-of-color-in-the-time-of-race-to-the-top/#comment-127637">Recruiting Educators Color in the Time of Race to the Top</a>. It is a very well written article that will have you really think about where education is and where it's heading. It talks about the 11 educators from Atlanta who were found guilty of cheating by changing their student's test scores. Their reasoning for this is because they were instructed by the principal and because they wanted to keep their school afloat. I don't condone cheating and neither does Jose, but he writes things within the article that makes you look at both sides. I personally do not look at it as a race thing because things like this happen everywhere, but I understand why Jose wrote it. I agree with him that teachers do have some accountability for students and their results, but lets not make goals so unattainable that we set them both to fail.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In the video, <a href="http://www.edm310.com/edm310/makingthinkingvisible.m4v">Making Thinking Visible</a>, Mark Church divides his classroom into small groups. Then, he gives them a topic and tells them to discuss it among each other. The students start discussing the given topic, and they seem very much engaged and work well collaboratively. While his students are finishing up the activity, Mr. Church talks about why he does this. His goal is to take what the students create, put them up on the bulletin board, and then weeks later he sees where the student stands on the same topic. He wants to see how has the story changed and how their thinking has changed? I learned from Mr. Church that motivating students and pushing them pass what they think they can do is good. In the activity he gave them, he wanted them to get their minds working and to get them to learn more about the topic.<br />
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Hello Tamari! Great post! Yes, Maya Angelou was a great writer and civil rights activist. Did you know that she was also a dancer, actress, and singer? I love all her work, but my favorite work from her would have to be Phenomenal Woman. It is a poem that relates to every woman in the world. It talks about what society thinks a woman should look like as far as beauty and how we act. You should check it out because I think you will enjoy it.<br />
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Hello Steve! This is a good post on Friday the 13th. I actually did not know there was a word for the fear of Friday the 13th. Reading your post, I now know paraskevidekatriaphobia is that word. What a word! Did you know that we will have a Friday the 13th three times this year? Two of those will be back to back (February and March), and the other one is in November.</div>
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Hello Ethan H! I was assigned to read your blog post. Great post! I've never read this book, but reading your blog has got me very interested. I will definitely put this on my to read list, I love basketball, so this is right up my alley. Are you a fan of basketball? Good job and keep up the good work!</div>
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There are so many things we can learn from Mrs. Cassidy. The first thing I learned automatically is how passionate she is about technology in the classroom. Mrs. Cassidy talks about technology and how she got into it. She says technology is not going away, and that we have to change because the world is constantly changing around us. She thinks every teacher should be technology literate. Mrs. Cassidy believes teachers who don't use technology in their classroom are handicapping their students by not taking advantage of tools. We need to keep up with what is happening with new tools. In order to keep up, we need to direct our own personal network. We have to keep learning, and find a way that works for us. Mrs. Cassidy says that we should start with what we're interested in. For example, if a person likes to write, then they should start by blogging. If a person likes to take pictures, then they should start with Flickr and so on.<br />
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Mrs. Cassidy tells how she started with technology. She had a classroom years ago that only had 5 laptops. Well, she wanted to find a way to let the students use them within the class. She started to figure out how to make webpages which lead to her blogging. Now, Mrs. Cassidy has a classroom blog. She likes blogs because of the audience factor. Before she allows her students to use technology in the classroom, she sends out a form to parents. The form asks the parent's permission to allow their child to use computers. She protects her student's identity by only posting their first names, so you cannot match a name with a picture. Mrs. Cassidy uses her student's blogs as online portfolio of their work. She says it also helps with their writing process. The kids love it. They particularly love that the whole world can see it and the feedback they get. Students love seeing how many times people have viewed their page, and what they have written. Mrs. Cassidy and her students also communicate with people who comment on their blogs through Skype, so they are getting writing, video and audio lessons.<br />
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I may use a few of Mrs. Cassidy's techniques in my class one day. I like the idea of a class blog, and being able to communicate with people using different tools. I also like the idea of sending out permission forms to the parents because you don't want to have any problems with any of the parents or students. This is a good idea just in case a student has some reason, be it religious, culture or whatever as to why they can't be online. Mrs. Cassidy has many other good ideas for her classroom, and her students seem to love them. Check out this video of her students talking about technology in the classroom.<br />
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Hello Mr. Sladkey! My name is Santana Mullins, and I am a student in EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. I will be summarizing my visits to your blog with a post to my blog on March 12, 2015. My blog URL is <a href="mailto:mullinssantanaedm310@blogspot.com">mullinssantanaedm310@blogspot.com</a> and our class blog is <a href="http://edm310.blogspot.com/">edm310.blogspot.com</a>. First, I would like to say great post! I love the idea of making ferris wheels out of piper cleaners to learn some basic Trig ideas. I sure could of used this idea in high school ha ha. I concur that students most times are so concentrated on what teachers are explaining that things just don't sink into their brains. Students tend to learn better visually than reading and writing. Math is tough as it is, and I love how you used a manipulative and project based learning in a way in order to keep your students engaged to DO MORE. Hope the test scores are great! Thanks for sharing!<br />
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Mr. Sladkey teaches Trig. <a href="http://teachhighschoolmath.blogspot.com/2015/01/math-is-lways-better-when-you-do-more.html">Math is always better when you do more than just WATCH</a> He wanted to find a way to get his students to DO MORE. He understood how hard it could be for students to concentrate and understand what he was teaching. So he decided to use a manipulative in order to get the students to DO MORE. He had the students make ferris wheels out of piper cleaners to learn basic Trig. He did not tell or show the students how to make the ferris wheel. He just gave them a fictitious story about a person being thrown from the ferris wheel and released into a moving tub of water. The students then had to answer a few Trig questions using the ferris wheel and the scenario<br />
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Hello, Mr. Sladkey this is Santana again from EDM 310 at the University of South Alabama. Great post about Google Docs! I really enjoyed the symbolism between the magic straw and Google. I must admit I had no clue what Google Docs was until I took my EDM 310 class, and now I use it everyday. I concur with what you said about it being so easy to use. I also enjoy no longer having to wonder if I pressed save or not.<br />
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Mr. Sladkey symbolized Google Docs into a story titled <a href="http://teachhighschoolmath.blogspot.com/2015/03/doc-and-magic-straw-story-about.html">Doc and the Magic Straw</a>. His purpose for this post was to show the benefits of collaborating. He wanted to show how you could present your project to others while also allowing them to collaborate on the project. No matter where the person was or how many people worked on the project, it was possible for everyone to contribute. The story was very interesting and went right along with what Google Docs does. The story was about Doc writing a letter to the mayor in order to save a tree. Doc began writing the letter, and noticed it would take some time, so he decided to send it to a friend with his "magic straw". Then, Doc had trouble finishing writing the letter and decided he needed help, so he created a "magic pen" for others to help him write the letter. Finally, after a collaborative effort, Doc was proud of the letter and sent it to the mayor. What happened next? Well you'll have to click on the link and see. :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300599130091529964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969308402996316091.post-34134028629067734352015-03-12T13:37:00.002-05:002015-03-12T13:37:31.853-05:00Blog Post #8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I watched <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/">Randy Pausch's Last Lecture</a> and I must say it was an astounding lecture. It was a very inspiring video with some great messages. I loved that Randy Pausch was very enthusiastic and passionate about what he was saying. One of the first things he mentioned was to not take pity on him because of his illness, Randy was diagnosed with a terminal illness and had only a few months to live, hence the last lecture. Most of the video is about Randy speaking about his life as a college professor. He taught at Carnegie Mellon and the class he enjoyed talking about was his class that was based on virtual reality. His class was pretty much I've grown to learn about in my EDM 310 class, Project Based Learning. He divided his students into groups and instructed them to create a virtual game every few weeks for the semester. Of course, this class being PBL, there were no specific directions ore guidelines given. Students could create whatever they chose. After seeing the projects the students created, Randy talked about how surprised he was to see how creative his students were that he got to a point where he didn't know what to tell them to do next. So what did he do? He told the students their projects were good, but that they could do better. Hearing that is important to me as a future teacher because I know to always motivate and push my students further then they believe they can go.<br />
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Students with ADD or ADHD can be helped with different methods and activities to keep them interested.<br />
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Students as well as teachers can learn from the smartest and best teachers in the world.<br />
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Teachers don't have to spend more money to get things for their classroom.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sbIevFDZfz0" width="560"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300599130091529964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969308402996316091.post-85409405522923414222015-02-23T21:12:00.000-06:002015-02-23T21:12:37.215-06:00C4K Summary for February<b>C4K #1 Olivia</b><br />
<a href="http://kidblog.org/Smeby/3d0ca898-5e61-4b1e-b90b-e5913ca97370/criter-kin-blog-swap/">Mrs. Smeby's Class</a><br />
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Santana Mullins (University of South Alabama EDM 310)<br />
Hello Olivia! Only seeing 2 clues has intrigued me. So the two clues from your story are that there are 2 dogs, and one dog likes to dig while the other dog likes avocados. I have a few questions for you. Are the dogs the only characters in the story? What are the dogs names? Do the dogs have owners? Where is the setting of the story? Are the dogs play around? Are the dogs searching for avocados?<br />
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<a href="http://kidblog.org/class/MrBoylens2014-158thGrLAClasses/posts/9x36pfxh7cydud7ufqbwwo806">Mr. Boylen's 8th Grade LA Class</a><br />
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Santana Mullins (University of South Alabama EDM 310)<br />
Hello Abigail Z! Great post! This is a powerful list to read when beginning your day or even throughout the day. Motivation, self confidence and inspiration make for a productive day. I personally would print this list and put it on my bathroom mirror and repeat these things each morning before I left home. Of course, everyday will not be all butterflies and lullabies, but waking up and starting my day off positive is key.The world needs more posts like these.<br />
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<b><a href="http://kidblog.org/MsLeatherwoodsClass/1fcf66dc-af24-4022-999e-21d68c251996/mars/">Mrs. Leatherwood's Language Arts Class</a></b><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Hello Joseph! This is a good informative post about the planet Mars. I've always found Mars interesting due to the fact that growing up I always thought Martians lived on the planet ha ha. Did you also know that Mars is home to the tallest mountain (Olympus Mons) in the solar system?</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Hello Lucero! Good post about KeKe Palmer. I am of fan of her as well. She is an intelligent and very multi-talented young woman who can sing, act, and dance. Did you know she was recently cast as Cinderella on Broadway, and was the first African American actress to do so? She was also the youngest person to ever have her own television talk show as well.</span></div>
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