PLN

My personal learning network has been acquired through many years of school. My personal Learning network consists of myself, my computer, my cell phone, and mentors. Using my computer, i am able to navigate through countless pages to find the information that I want. I know that computers are an important tool to use when you are a college student. I have to write on average 4 papers a week to atay ahead, and that is one of the reasons that I am thankful for having a computer. In the future, I plan on using computers even more. As time goes by, technology will only get better and better, and i want my students to know that their teacher is tech literate. My mother has been the best advocate for success in my life. She pushes me harder than I push myself. My mother is part of my PLN because she knows things that I do not know. If I need help with anything, my mother will try her best to accomodate me. In the years to come, I will be building up on my PLN to include more people.

Project 11 Presentation

Me, Erica, and Stephen did a instructional video. The video was on how to navigate through classroom 2.0. The first thing you have to do is sigh up for the site. Once you have done this, you will receive a email that gives you a link to open. You open the link to verify that you have an accurate e mail address. When a teacher first gets out in to the field of teaching, they should have already been building their PLN.
This website classroom 2.0 is a wonderful site for beginning teachers who need a little help. On this site, you can actively participate in discussions with other educators. You can post questions on this site, and the comments start coming in. I believe that all teachers should use this website to gain insightful suggestions from people all across the world. You can chat on this site with other professionals. The site is not hard to navigate, but it is rather easy. At the top of your page, you have a navigation bar, so it will be easy to run through. I believe that when I first start teaching, i will use this website to futher my own learning, because as a teacher, you must keep on learniing new things.
Overall, this website would be great for teachers who are tech literate.

7 mistakes, 7 brilliant things teachers can do

I truly believe that as a professional teacher you should always back up data for your classroom. It is a very stupid mistake to nit back it up. You can possibly lose all that you have worked so hard to accomplish. I also agree that teachers should not surf the net while occupying a school building. If a teacher wanted to surf the internet while teaching, then they should bring their own personal laptop. It is not fair for a teacher to surf the net, while students are in attendance; some students may need help.

Of the brilliant things teachers can do with technology, the most important to me would be to empower kids with technology. By doing this, a teacher can set their students up for success. Technology can open many doors for students in the future. As students progress through their school years, the use of technology increases, so this is why it is good to start using technology with kids at a early age. The last brilliant thing a teacher could do is make conferencing real time. Teachers can send emails to parents via online. . Many teachers now a days send a letter home to parents everyday, if things were done online, this will help our planet by cutting back on the use of paper.

Since most things are done online now adays, i would want to sit at home and learn, than driving 20 miles to get to class in early morning traffic. Bringing you required items to class is a must. I must have my cell phone, lap top, and flash drive. I never know what the day brings so I bring all my technology along with me.

At the Teachers Desk

I learned that school is becoming a more successful institute for girls rather than boys. This is disturbing to learn, not only because I am a woman, because there was once a time when males were the dominant figures in the classroom. Twitter is a network that I am not quite fond of, But I can see how it helped out the teacher who was sitting in for a sick teacher. All networks have their advantages and all a person has to do is find them. It worked out well for the sit in teacher, she recieved many posts back about what the students should do after their test. As a future teacher, I will continue to learn and be technologically literate. I know that when I complete college, I will continue to focus on technology that will make my classroom run smoother. I believe that the banning of pencils and crayons is a crazy idea. Why exclude these two items that parents are required to purchase at the beginning of school? Students color and write outside of the school, and now they will not be able to be creative during their down time. As a student in Dr. Stranges class I have learned a lot about technology. I believe if I had not taken this course, I would be a technology illiterate teacher.

Whatever

I think after watching the video it important to use technology in the classroom because by watching students need immediate stimulation. I believe society has come a long way from writing everything down. Technology has become widely used not only in the classroom, but also in other professions. Wesch kept me interested in the speech, with all of the clips and media that he used. I think after watching the video it important to use tech in the classroom because by watching this so many people use and students need immediate stimulation. Lets be honest, no student wants to be bored to death in class. Just as Dr. Wesch said, each generation seems harder and harder to impress.

Posting to My Blog

It is important for students to post to their blogs because, it can lead to many new opporitunities for them. Posts can be seen by people all over the world. I post things in my blog because it will stay there forever. Everyone in the world who has access to the internet can access things that I have posted.

As a friend told me, we can learn about different cultures and geographical areas by reading these posts, and watching videos that may be posted.Lastly, I feel it is important for students to post their work because of the technology being used today. Introducing students at an early age to technology is only going to be beneficial to them.

The video of ps22 is wonderful and very moving. This is a great example of how blogging and posting can lead to new opporitunities. These students had to chance to sing at Madison Square Gardens. Technology is so amazing.