Week 14

I posted the internet safety on the previous post.
I also completed the following: Course evaluation, course survey, and I checked my grades.

I fixed the lesson plans. Week 11 and 12 PLE- what were supposed to do for those? Other than that, all the grades are correct.

Internet Safety

The article I chose to read was "Focus and Priorities" by Dallin H. Oaks. I really liked it was a good reminder to me that even if I am not doing bad things on the internet, we still need to remember that spending too much time on the internet can be a waste of our time if we are not careful.
The video resources I watched were so good. I watched a cartoon about internet safety that was very cute. I thought it would be a good thing to show in a classroom. A lot of my other videos were about teens who got deceived by older men. Other videos were about cyberbullying and similar situations.
The thing that hit me the most was about the teens' situations. It made the situation that I thought never happened jump out at me as a reality. It happens all the time. I need to be more aware, especially when I have kids of my own. I also learned things we can do to stop internet abuse if nowhere else then our home. First, spend quality time with your children so that you have a relationship with them. That way if the time comes where something happens, they will respond by telling you, not hiding it. Put computers in public places and also limit time children can use it. We must not let the virtual reality become their reality.
I talked to an adult about internet safety and she told me that it is important to not log on a computer as someone else. Kids should not be able to go to any websites. Some need to be blocked. Also, personal information should be kept that...personal and not shared. She agreed with everything I said. Nothing surprised me about the reaction I got. It was pretty much what I expected because I talked to someone who knew the importance of taking precaution to helping her kids growing up. I think the person will continue to use internet safety.

TPACK project

TPACK planning

Math lesson
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Acb1IcfrhqRnZGRyd3ZmeDVfMWRodmh6dzlm&hl=en


Science lesson
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Acb1IcfrhqRnZGRyd3ZmeDVfMmY0dzdjemdw&hl=en


Language Arts lesson
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PLE week 10

I learned using technology in the classroom takes a lot of patience and time. When I use technology in the classroom, I need to be able to stay calm if the project takes way longer than intended. I really liked the Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? video because it seemed the most practical and something that is closer to the technology I want to use in the classroom. I think it would be kind of difficult to wait and make sure everyone had time at the computers. I think I would be tempted to realize the activity is going a long time and to try to cut out the lesson and move on the next thing I was suppose to teach that day. The spider activity was creative, but I don’t think I would be able to do it because I am so afraid of spiders. I thought it was cool how they were connected to a teacher millions of states away. I wasn’t a huge fan of the habitats lesson. I don’t see myself really using that kind of activity. Overall, I thought the technology lessons were creative and made learning fun for the kids.

Technology in the classroom

I have noticed that in my classroom, not much technology is used or even available. We are lucky to have three computers in the back for students to play math games and such on. Although the overhead is not counted as much in modern times as technology, it is probably the most used. I did the midcourse evaluation and the informed consent form.