Reflection #12 - Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcast 340

This is an interview is taken place on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. The person being interviewed is with Ryan L'Esperance. This is an amazing opportunity. It is a non profit recording facilitiy. They stay up to date with the latest technology and have young people be able to share their music with everyone. These young people are able to meet famous people and learn to write, perform, record, and produce original songs. The bus travels the country visiting many schools. This would be an amazing opportunity for students that are interested in music. They would find resources that would help them believe in their dreams of recording music.

Reflection #11 - Chuck Todd

This Podcast interviews Chuck Todd who is a NBC political expert. He touches on that he doesn't surf the internet. He goes to specific websites and really relies on e-mail. He also touches on how he uses Mac instead of PC. I find myself not surfing the internet like I used to but usually checking the same websites over and over. I heavily rely on my e-mail especially my K-State e-mail. Technology is really changing and I believe that as a future educator, I need to surf the internet and find the resources that are available to me online. I'm also new to using a Mac this year and absolutely love it. It will be useful that I am able to use a Mac but can also use a PC.

Reflection # 10 - Driving Questions - First Year Tech Integration

One of the important things to look at it in my future school that I may teach at is the technology they have available. Having a person at a school that is a Tech Integration Specialist would be very beneficial. It was be really helpful and nice to have one on one computers with the students. I know that is it beneficial for me to be able to bring my laptop to class and type my notes instead having to handwrite them. Letting the students work on their own computers keeps the them engaged. It is a great resource and a tool. The only problem would be keeping the students on task and not going on websites they are not allowed on.

Reflection #9 - Driving Questions - Celebrating Kansas Voices

This is awesome that I had found this because it is one of my Professors discussing Celebrating Kansas Voices. It is a digital story telling project that tells our own personal stories and the history of Kansas. There is a simple tool that my class used called VoiceThread. This let us pick pictures with our own voice or someone else's voice telling the story. This really was special to me because I was able to tell my Grandpa's story. My Grandpa had truly lived the American Dream by moving here with nothing and creating a very respected business. The other videos that I was able to watch were really interesting. This would be a great project to do around Kansas' birthday. There are plenty of videos to watch as examples before starting the project.

 http://voicethread.com/?#u1742334.b1910067.i10057805

Comic Strip

I was a little intimidated when I was told to make a Comic Strip but I found an easy tool to help me make one called ReadWriteThink. It was set up in easy steps to make a 2 scene, 3 scene, or 6 scene comic strip. The start screen has you create your characters name, a subtitle, and the creator. There are characters already there for you to choose from, different type of dialogue bubbles, and different props. This could be used in a classroom as a fun activity but can be connected to any type of content area. For example, we used it for technology. Students could choose one piece of technology that they use or want to know more about and make a easy, fun comic strip on what they have learned. This also incorporates language arts because of the dialogue they can create. Every child loves having fun and humor. Any child would like to create their own comic strip that they can use in your classroom and at home.

Podcast, Website & Blog Mid-Term Critiqures

Part 1: Podcast
I liked looking at other classmate's Podcasts. A lot of the resources that they had chosen to talk about were resources that I had not heard of. This really emphasizes how beneficial a Podcast can be to a future student or teacher. One resource that I had not known about it KERC, Kansas Education Resource Center. This tool would be great for new teachers, it helps teachers align their lessons with standards. It gives advice on how to manage students and help students with learning disabilities. Another resource is SearchyPants, this is a SAFE search engine and the teachers can make a personalized search engine. These are only few resources that I have found through Podcasts. Podcasts are interesting because they are not only informative but they are interesting and engaging.

Part 2: Website/Blog
The main thing that I want to improve on my website is for it to be more interesting and engaging. I want it to be more creative and catch the explorers eye. I plan on adding more pictures, videos, and quotes. The only thing that is hard is placing things in places where I want them because I have found this to be difficult on Google Sites. On the blog; I want to go through and add links to the websites that I talk about and also add more pictures and videos to make it more interesting.

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