Wednesday, December 3, 2008
My EDM 310 Blog Assignments are Now Complete
We have had many good times in EDM 310 this semester. I will always remember the questions Larrica asked after each presentation and how funny her presentation was. I will also remember all of our podcast and how nervous each of us were, besides Daniel. I have enjoyed having class with each of you and look forward to seeing you around campus.
Last Blog
I learned many things from Dr. Strange. I learned about blogs and how important they can be in a classroom. I knew nothing about blogs and how to use one before I started this class. Dr. Strange opened my eyes to blogs and how I can use them in my classroom. I plan on continuing to use blogs especially my professional blog so that my students can have access to it.
I also learned about spread sheets. I knew how to use spread sheets but Dr. Strange showed us how to calculate payments and how how long it would take you to pay off your loan. I didn't know how to do this before this class. By doing spread sheets I also learned to never tell a car dealer how much you are willing to pay.
Another thing I learned was about Google. I didn't know that you could create documents, power points, or spread sheets in Google and it still be FREE. Google is a very helpful tool and can be used for more than just a search engine.
I think that Dr. Strange did an excellent job teaching this course and that he covered a lot of material that was very helpful. There was really nothing more I would have liked to learn but did not. We covered a lot of new stuff that was very beneficiary to me.
I also learned about spread sheets. I knew how to use spread sheets but Dr. Strange showed us how to calculate payments and how how long it would take you to pay off your loan. I didn't know how to do this before this class. By doing spread sheets I also learned to never tell a car dealer how much you are willing to pay.
Another thing I learned was about Google. I didn't know that you could create documents, power points, or spread sheets in Google and it still be FREE. Google is a very helpful tool and can be used for more than just a search engine.
I think that Dr. Strange did an excellent job teaching this course and that he covered a lot of material that was very helpful. There was really nothing more I would have liked to learn but did not. We covered a lot of new stuff that was very beneficiary to me.
ACCESS Assignment
I visited the ACCESS site at Citronelle High School. I found ACCESS to be very interesting and useful for the students. I met with Mrs. Rankin who is over the ACCESS lab there and she gave me a little more incite on the lab.
Mrs. Rankin explained how ACCESS works and showed me the different schools that they connect with and that teachers from Citronelle teach to. She stressed the importance that there is supposed to be a teacher in the room monitoring students at all times. On one incident, one of the teachers at Citronelle was trying to teach a lesson to studets at another school and the teacher that was supposed to be in the room with the students had no control ov
er them.We discussd ACCESS and the benefits of it and how helpful it is to students. Mrs. Rankin said at this point not as many students as they had hoped for are participating in the program and the ones who are are just doing to because they think it will be an easy grade and play time on the computers. They are expected the lab to bring in more students after students realize the benefits they can receive from it.
I found the ACCESS lab to be a good tool for the future of our students. It gives the students more of a chance to take some of those classes that aren't offered at their high schools. All of the bugs aren't out of the system at this point because it is a new program but soon they will have just as they need it.
Electronic Contact Assignment
I contacted Jennifer Ibrahim a teacher in Nashville, Tennessee. Jennifer teaches elementary education in the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System. We had several discussions and conversations about technology, education, and some of the differences in there and here in Mobile County.
Jennifer expressed the importance of education that her school system conducts. She said that the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System values every students education and the particular school she teaches at includes every student and brings out the strengthens in each child.
Jennifer just to teach school in Northern Alabama and said that in Nashville it is so much more relaxed than in Alabama. They have more funding than where she was and have more technological advances. When going to the computer lab Jennifer stated that the students each have their own computer and don't have to share where as some schools have to split a computer between two or maybe three students.
I enjoyed getting to talk to Jennifer Ibrahim and talking about the education and technology with her. It was able to open my eyes more to what others are doing in their classrooms and the more advanced some are than others.
Jennifer expressed the importance of education that her school system conducts. She said that the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System values every students education and the particular school she teaches at includes every student and brings out the strengthens in each child.
Jennifer just to teach school in Northern Alabama and said that in Nashville it is so much more relaxed than in Alabama. They have more funding than where she was and have more technological advances. When going to the computer lab Jennifer stated that the students each have their own computer and don't have to share where as some schools have to split a computer between two or maybe three students.
I enjoyed getting to talk to Jennifer Ibrahim and talking about the education and technology with her. It was able to open my eyes more to what others are doing in their classrooms and the more advanced some are than others.
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