This is my final week for this class and for the first time since starting my masters class, I am actually sad to be finished with a class. I have really enjoyed this one. It has exposed me to a variety of topics, technology, and people that I am positive I would have never connected to. It is not that I did not know the technology was out there, it was more that I never had the opportunity to truly check it out. I have also connected to some great educational articles, that I would have never read if I had not been following them. It is amazing the opportunities technology can give you!
Thursday, June 20, 2013
How to Have a Healthy, Brainy and Fun Summer | Edutopia
How to Have a Healthy, Brainy and Fun Summer | Edutopia:
I enjoyed this one too, and I think it can apply for ideas throughout the entire year and not just for summer. Parents are always saying to me that they can't help their students because they don't understand their homework most of the time. I think that parents often forget that they are the ones who are teaching their kids the most. It is not always about sitting down with them and helping with their homework. It is much more. In this article, Lisa Murphy, ECE specialist and author is quoted
"Learning is occurring all the time, whether we label it as such," she writes. "In fact, sometimes the best learning occurs when it isn't called learning. Sometimes you just have to know when to be quiet and let things happen and observe from afar."
There are so many lessons we can teach our children. I especially love the reminder from the article on teaching Math and Empathy in one setting just by talking about tip from dinner. Most parents don't realize they have all of these mini lessons they could be going over with their children that could greatly improve their academic skills.
I enjoyed this one too, and I think it can apply for ideas throughout the entire year and not just for summer. Parents are always saying to me that they can't help their students because they don't understand their homework most of the time. I think that parents often forget that they are the ones who are teaching their kids the most. It is not always about sitting down with them and helping with their homework. It is much more. In this article, Lisa Murphy, ECE specialist and author is quoted
"Learning is occurring all the time, whether we label it as such," she writes. "In fact, sometimes the best learning occurs when it isn't called learning. Sometimes you just have to know when to be quiet and let things happen and observe from afar."
There are so many lessons we can teach our children. I especially love the reminder from the article on teaching Math and Empathy in one setting just by talking about tip from dinner. Most parents don't realize they have all of these mini lessons they could be going over with their children that could greatly improve their academic skills.
More School Districts End Ban on Cell Phones and Embrace BYOD | EdTech Magazine
More School Districts End Ban on Cell Phones and Embrace BYOD | EdTech Magazine
I found this interesting since my own school is debating about this right now. As of right now, students are not allowed to have them on their person. I usually stick to the "if I don't see it or hear it, then I won't take it." I wonder how this will work for these schools that are opening up their schools. There is a lot of pros to students having these devices in the classroom. I let my students have their Ipods and Ipads, and readers in the classroom but not their cellphones and I always feel like I am be prejudiced to the cell phone. Cell phones do just as many things as the other technologies. I think just like anything staff just needs to learn how to monitor for inappropriate behavior. Don't get me wrong, I do think this will be tricky.
I found this interesting since my own school is debating about this right now. As of right now, students are not allowed to have them on their person. I usually stick to the "if I don't see it or hear it, then I won't take it." I wonder how this will work for these schools that are opening up their schools. There is a lot of pros to students having these devices in the classroom. I let my students have their Ipods and Ipads, and readers in the classroom but not their cellphones and I always feel like I am be prejudiced to the cell phone. Cell phones do just as many things as the other technologies. I think just like anything staff just needs to learn how to monitor for inappropriate behavior. Don't get me wrong, I do think this will be tricky.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
My Summer Math Reading List
My Summer Math Reading List
Alright so normally when I read on my own (especially during my summer) it is not educational in at all. I read for pure enjoyment. I don't even look for anything educational. But I saw this in my NCTM New and Noteworthy RSS feed. I just went and checked it out to see what was listed.
Which was interesting on it's own. But the math nerd in me loved this find The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse by Jennifer Ouellette. I completely agree with NCTM President Linda Gojak, it's the subtitle that catches your eye. Ouellette is an English Major that feared math but goes on a journey of rediscovering Math. She learns how to apply calculus to all these real life situations. The kicker is she really enjoys herself! I love that because it seems that so many people always say they "hate math" or they are "horrible at math." I just like the idea of someone discovering it is not all bad. I think I will be checking this book out.
Alright so normally when I read on my own (especially during my summer) it is not educational in at all. I read for pure enjoyment. I don't even look for anything educational. But I saw this in my NCTM New and Noteworthy RSS feed. I just went and checked it out to see what was listed.
Which was interesting on it's own. But the math nerd in me loved this find The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse by Jennifer Ouellette. I completely agree with NCTM President Linda Gojak, it's the subtitle that catches your eye. Ouellette is an English Major that feared math but goes on a journey of rediscovering Math. She learns how to apply calculus to all these real life situations. The kicker is she really enjoys herself! I love that because it seems that so many people always say they "hate math" or they are "horrible at math." I just like the idea of someone discovering it is not all bad. I think I will be checking this book out.
NCTM President Linda M. Gojak
NCTM President Linda M. Gojak
NCTM President Linda M. Gojak
NCTM President Linda M. Gojak
NCTM President Linda M. Gojak
7 Steps to Ready Loaner PCs for Classroom Use | EdTech Magazine
7 Steps to Ready Loaner PCs for Classroom Use | EdTech Magazine
How nice would this be if you had people donate laptops or PCs even. This article tells you how to get a computer ready for your classroom if you do happen to have someone from your community donate a computer for you. Although, I suggest checking with your distract first because not a lot of schools will allow you to get any old technology you want. I know in my district we have to get a approval first before we bring in technology.
How nice would this be if you had people donate laptops or PCs even. This article tells you how to get a computer ready for your classroom if you do happen to have someone from your community donate a computer for you. Although, I suggest checking with your distract first because not a lot of schools will allow you to get any old technology you want. I know in my district we have to get a approval first before we bring in technology.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Top 20 Ways to Share a Great Blog Post
Top 20 Ways to Share a Great Blog Post
Okay, because of this course, I have been posting blogs on a lot of great articles I have found. I will tell you though because I am pretty new to all this sharing and blogging I have been a little frustrated sometimes. I find this great article and I want to blog about it but when I go to share it, there is no blog button on the article. I really like that blog button when other articles have them. It makes it so much easier to share the article on my blog directly. It is probably pure laziness that I just don't create a link myself on a post but I don't care. Well I did want any person of my generation would do I "googled" a solution. I found this article which is great but they also gave a way to share what you find with your social media sites without having to visit them. (Which was really just what I was looking for!)
Let me introduce you to Shareaholic for Firefox users. So far so good for me. I actually used it to share this article. I hope this helps any of you with the same frustration.
Okay, because of this course, I have been posting blogs on a lot of great articles I have found. I will tell you though because I am pretty new to all this sharing and blogging I have been a little frustrated sometimes. I find this great article and I want to blog about it but when I go to share it, there is no blog button on the article. I really like that blog button when other articles have them. It makes it so much easier to share the article on my blog directly. It is probably pure laziness that I just don't create a link myself on a post but I don't care. Well I did want any person of my generation would do I "googled" a solution. I found this article which is great but they also gave a way to share what you find with your social media sites without having to visit them. (Which was really just what I was looking for!)
Let me introduce you to Shareaholic for Firefox users. So far so good for me. I actually used it to share this article. I hope this helps any of you with the same frustration.
10 Summer Options to Keep Students Learning | PublicSchoolReview.com
10 Summer Options to Keep Students Learning | PublicSchoolReview.com
If you are a teacher like me, all your friends/family are asking you what can they do for their child over the summer right now. It's a great question and I love that my friends are asking me. I always try to give them some options but I am really liking this article. It has some great suggestions that I will be pointing my friends to.
If you are a teacher like me, all your friends/family are asking you what can they do for their child over the summer right now. It's a great question and I love that my friends are asking me. I always try to give them some options but I am really liking this article. It has some great suggestions that I will be pointing my friends to.
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