Hi Everyone. Hey everyone, I'm Rachel. I am 24 from Memphis, Tennessee. I got married in July. I moved to Idaho because I got married and my husband is stationed in Mountain Home. It has definately been a big adjustment for me. I will be returning to Tennessee in January for 6 months while my husband is deployed. I'm the youngest of 4 kids. I am Italian and very proud of being Italian, like most of my family. I absolutely love children and the joy they can bring to any situation. I have a dog named Kasey who is a boxer and I love her to death, and a cat named Rocky(Balboa, yes I love the movies and the cat hits like a boxer.) I'm going to school to be a Physical Education and health teacher. I started off wanting to teach high school, but after working with high school students I think I would enjoy working with middle school or elementary aged children. I am confindent and certain that I will use spreadsheets and internet based quizzes like quizstar and other similar tools. I give quiz star and 8 out of 10 on the benefits it offers teachers. Quiz star is great, but spreadsheets help make grade keeping easier, help introduce technology to students by allowing them to input data into an organized spread sheet. Spreadsheets will help my students keep track of their daily food consumption log, to see if they've met all the categories on the food pyramid, or to help them keep track of their weekly and monthly exercise. Blogs would be helpful in a classroom because it allows an alternative way for students communicate to other students and teachers communicate with their students. It allows students to take a leadership role and help other students while providing a way to give immediate feedback. I would use blogs in my classroom as a way to help promote team work projects, and a way to keep daily journals. Here is a video that I absolutely love, it's hilarious! I wish I would have done this at my wedding in July. Enjoy everyone!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Hello Sorry I'm a little late...
Hey everyone, my name is Bruce, I am a CommEd major, only recently though. I had been over the past few years declared as a ITM major. As a result most of this teaching stuff has been beyond me. The struggle in this class has not been how to use the technology, rather it has been how to make the transition to an education degree. There is so much that I have to learn about being an educator. It really is overwhelming to say the least and I haven't even really gotten into the Education side of things. I have taken a Foundations of Education course this summer with Holly Anderson. She was such an awesome professor, I could take all my classes from her. I always enjoyed her stories about her pet Elk Ramone!
I am looking forward to my career as a Secondary Education teachers, I have a great connection ability with high school students. I have been envolved in teens lives for several years helping out as a youth leader at the church I attend, The Pursuit in west Boise. I have a couple of directions I would like to go as far as an educator, one direction would be broadcast technologies. I think that is an incredible field of study for young students. It is a skill that you can take with you right out of high school and become gainfully employed, it also prepares those who seek to continue their education in to college. This type of course is very technology driven. Students are required to use technology everyday, whether it is using a computer to create text for a teleprompter or to create graphic overlays for on-screen information.
Using blogs are a way I as a teacher can reach out to students outside of the classroom. I think that you can only do so much for some students they will only do the minimum to get by, but for those who love to excell you can give them that advanced level of support that would allow them to have a greater level of success. By posting blog information you can post video examples that will give them futher ideas for a project. You can also send reminders of homework assignments, and use it as a depot for extra credit projects. I beleive students love that extra special attention you can provide for them.
I am attaching a little clip that a former Communications Student made as a video project. The Video is a news report about our church
I am looking forward to my career as a Secondary Education teachers, I have a great connection ability with high school students. I have been envolved in teens lives for several years helping out as a youth leader at the church I attend, The Pursuit in west Boise. I have a couple of directions I would like to go as far as an educator, one direction would be broadcast technologies. I think that is an incredible field of study for young students. It is a skill that you can take with you right out of high school and become gainfully employed, it also prepares those who seek to continue their education in to college. This type of course is very technology driven. Students are required to use technology everyday, whether it is using a computer to create text for a teleprompter or to create graphic overlays for on-screen information.
Using blogs are a way I as a teacher can reach out to students outside of the classroom. I think that you can only do so much for some students they will only do the minimum to get by, but for those who love to excell you can give them that advanced level of support that would allow them to have a greater level of success. By posting blog information you can post video examples that will give them futher ideas for a project. You can also send reminders of homework assignments, and use it as a depot for extra credit projects. I beleive students love that extra special attention you can provide for them.
I am attaching a little clip that a former Communications Student made as a video project. The Video is a news report about our church
Thursday, October 22, 2009
I love blogging :)
Hey everyone, my name is Kimberly and I am in my second year of college. I am engaged to my high school sweetheart and will be getting married on June 5. I CANT WAIT!!!! We moved here from Delaware - me in August 08 and him in January of this year. I have a little chihuahua named Monkee, and she is the cutest dog I have EVER seen. You would agree if you saw her :) I plan on teaching elementary education, preferably in the lower grades (kindergarten, first, second...). I plan on using technology by utilizing powerpoints to teach lessons, having activities on the computer for my students, for my gradebook, keeping in touch with parents through email. Technology is something that is pretty impossible NOT to use in today's world. I could find some kind of technology to use in every aspect of my classroom.
Learning how to use excel has been a huge help. I had learned a little bit about excel in high school, but had forgotten a lot of it. Having this refresher course was very helpful and I am using it for things like my budget, etc. Excel is perfect for organizing information and predicting the outcome, say an average or sum, etc. without having to do all the work. That's why I like it -- especially if you have a lot of information to organize.
I have a personal blog (that I haven't written on in a while). I think it is a great way to reflect on yourself and to keep in touch with others. I say reflecting on myself, because I will be a new teacher learning new ways of doing things. Writing in a blog will allow me to get either positive criticism or feedback that may be useful in developing my skills as a teacher. It would also be a great way to keep in touch with parents. like I saw someone else had said in their post. Internet is almost more accessible than sending a paper home for the parent. The child could lose the paper, but they cant lose the blog :) I think it would also be fun to have a class blog that the kids alternate writing in. It could include their experiences, such as what they learned that day, what they liked about it, what they didn't like. Not only would it be a great reflecting tool for the child, but a great tool to see what I could do better as a teacher.
Blogs are fun :)
Learning how to use excel has been a huge help. I had learned a little bit about excel in high school, but had forgotten a lot of it. Having this refresher course was very helpful and I am using it for things like my budget, etc. Excel is perfect for organizing information and predicting the outcome, say an average or sum, etc. without having to do all the work. That's why I like it -- especially if you have a lot of information to organize.
I have a personal blog (that I haven't written on in a while). I think it is a great way to reflect on yourself and to keep in touch with others. I say reflecting on myself, because I will be a new teacher learning new ways of doing things. Writing in a blog will allow me to get either positive criticism or feedback that may be useful in developing my skills as a teacher. It would also be a great way to keep in touch with parents. like I saw someone else had said in their post. Internet is almost more accessible than sending a paper home for the parent. The child could lose the paper, but they cant lose the blog :) I think it would also be fun to have a class blog that the kids alternate writing in. It could include their experiences, such as what they learned that day, what they liked about it, what they didn't like. Not only would it be a great reflecting tool for the child, but a great tool to see what I could do better as a teacher.
Blogs are fun :)
A Simple Tale About A Soon To Be Teacher
Hello everyone,
My name is Melissa Wheeler. I have lived in Boise for 13 years. I have also lived in Salt Lake City, Utah and Orlando, Florida. In the cold winter months I sometimes miss that Florida sunshine! I love to travel and have been to 43 US States, Canada, Mexico, Spain, France, Portugal, Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Panama, and Barbados. My next trip, in May, is going to be spending two weeks in Alaska; which is one of my favorite places. I also love sports and try to support the local teams as much as I can.
I plan on teaching high school English and maybe going on to teach at the college level. I plan on having my students submit their papers electronically. I want to prepare my students for life after high school, whether that is college or working. I plan on using a variety of mediums for my students to do assignemts with; whether with PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc. I also plan on keeping a class website where the sylabus and assignments/rubrics will be located.
The tool that I enjoyed using the most this class has been the easy test maker. I liked that you were able to change the order of things and go back and edit after you had finished a section. I also liked the fact that it could create different versions of the same test for you, instead of having to go and manually make the changes. I think that using this website will make it a lot easier for teachers to create tests.
My name is Melissa Wheeler. I have lived in Boise for 13 years. I have also lived in Salt Lake City, Utah and Orlando, Florida. In the cold winter months I sometimes miss that Florida sunshine! I love to travel and have been to 43 US States, Canada, Mexico, Spain, France, Portugal, Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Panama, and Barbados. My next trip, in May, is going to be spending two weeks in Alaska; which is one of my favorite places. I also love sports and try to support the local teams as much as I can.
I plan on teaching high school English and maybe going on to teach at the college level. I plan on having my students submit their papers electronically. I want to prepare my students for life after high school, whether that is college or working. I plan on using a variety of mediums for my students to do assignemts with; whether with PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc. I also plan on keeping a class website where the sylabus and assignments/rubrics will be located.
The tool that I enjoyed using the most this class has been the easy test maker. I liked that you were able to change the order of things and go back and edit after you had finished a section. I also liked the fact that it could create different versions of the same test for you, instead of having to go and manually make the changes. I think that using this website will make it a lot easier for teachers to create tests.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Me in a nutshell...
Hey,
My name is Sarah Watzke and I moved to Boise from Alaska. I am the oldest of 5 girls, and want to have a few of my own someday. I am currently engaged to my high school sweetheart, and we just celebrated our 5 year anniversary.
I am majoring in Elementary Education and I really want to teach 3rd or 4th grade. With this grade level I plan on using technology in many different ways. I will use it for my grade book, group power point projects, teaching power points, creating activities for students to do, and creating tests. I also really like the idea of a class blog to keep the parents up to date on what their child's class is doing and learning.
I really liked creating the test online. It was super easy to understand. I really liked the fact that they had a variety of types of questions to use. I think that this template format could be used for any grade level. It leaves little room for error. I would rate the test making service a 9 out of 10.
I have actually been in the process of creating a blog for my fiance and I to keep our families up to date on wedding plans. I think it is awesome how you can personalize your blog. I am currently using Blogger, and I have used it before in my English 102 class for a group project. It is really easy to use and to add followers. I think it is a good tool for the classroom to get people involved whether it be students, parents, or fellow teachers.
My name is Sarah Watzke and I moved to Boise from Alaska. I am the oldest of 5 girls, and want to have a few of my own someday. I am currently engaged to my high school sweetheart, and we just celebrated our 5 year anniversary.
I am majoring in Elementary Education and I really want to teach 3rd or 4th grade. With this grade level I plan on using technology in many different ways. I will use it for my grade book, group power point projects, teaching power points, creating activities for students to do, and creating tests. I also really like the idea of a class blog to keep the parents up to date on what their child's class is doing and learning.
I really liked creating the test online. It was super easy to understand. I really liked the fact that they had a variety of types of questions to use. I think that this template format could be used for any grade level. It leaves little room for error. I would rate the test making service a 9 out of 10.
I have actually been in the process of creating a blog for my fiance and I to keep our families up to date on wedding plans. I think it is awesome how you can personalize your blog. I am currently using Blogger, and I have used it before in my English 102 class for a group project. It is really easy to use and to add followers. I think it is a good tool for the classroom to get people involved whether it be students, parents, or fellow teachers.
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