WHAT?: This week in class we were able to work on our digital stories with our partners. In class my partner and I went through and found more pictures because based on the copyright laws we learned we wanted to make sure we had pictures to use that were out there for reuse.
SO WHAT?: I think that days like these are very appreciated in class and can be used to our advantage. They give us time to put together our projects and give us more time to find new pictures and ideas. I think that digital stories will have a great advantage to me learning as a student, teacher, and colleague because as a student I can use these projects for other classes. As a teacher, I can use them in my class as an introduction to teaching new subjects or even to teach the whole lesson. As a colleague, not only could I use them in presentation but I could help the faculty around me to become experts at them as well. Applying the copyright laws to finding our pictures was a very important thing for my partner and I. We did not want to use pictures that were not labeled for reuse, especially after all the laws we learned last week. I am so glad that as a student and teacher I learned these laws that way I am always using information found properly, and that way I can inform my future class on what can be reused and how to reuse it.
NOW WHAT?: I think that having a full day in class to work on our projects to improve our ideas and story was great to have. We got so much done, and it was nice because we did not have to meet outside of class. Sometimes, it is hard to find times in our schedules. I think that as a teacher I need to allow for my students to have some days like this so that way they can have time to finish homework/projects in class. I think that it was a great day to really apply all of the rules/laws we have learned in class-- to make sure we fully understand. I know that as a teacher it is very important to let the students try and apply the knowledge that they have learned. It does not do any good to learn something and not apply it to anything or else it is easily forgotten. I know that I need to share this technology/copyright knowledge with my future colleagues and students so that way they can use the knowledge to their benefit. Digital stories are a great thing to incorporate into my classroom because not only are they learning how to properly use copyright laws but also learning how to use this technology to create awesome projects.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Reflection #8: Digital Story 2
WHAT?: This week in class we were learning about copyright. We learned about many tools in order to copyright our on work, many ways to find proper pictures to use for our digital story (without breaking copyright laws), and we learned about many things that have happened in copyright history.
SO WHAT?: I think that this lesson was so important because in all the projects that I have done in the past I have never realized that there are certain pictures or information that you can use and some that people copyright so you cannot use. A lot of this information is still getting used and many people are breaking these copyright laws. There are many projects in the future that I will be doing as a student, teacher, or colleague where I will need to know these laws and how to go about them without breaking them. As a teacher I will need to know how to teach them to my students so they know how to properly use information/pictures that they find on the Internet. Also, it helps me protect and copyright all my work.
NOW WHAT?: I think that this is one lesson that will be so important for me to be able to share with my students and teach them. I never realized that I was really breaking some of the copyright laws (oops) because honestly I had no idea that there was some information on the Internet that is allowed to be used and some that is not really suppose to be. I am glad that I can share my knowledge with them. I think in order for the students to be able to use their knowledge about these copyright laws in would be important for them to put together a project like a digital story. I think that lessons like these make me become a more knowledgeable teacher/colleague because this is a subject that I think so many people know about so it will be nice to be able to share it. Also, I loved learning the creative commons tool so I can help my students protect their work and copyright it (along with my own work.) Also, the digital citizenship was really awesome to learn more about to be able to have lesson plans on how to teach my students on this topic in fun, creative ways.
SO WHAT?: I think that this lesson was so important because in all the projects that I have done in the past I have never realized that there are certain pictures or information that you can use and some that people copyright so you cannot use. A lot of this information is still getting used and many people are breaking these copyright laws. There are many projects in the future that I will be doing as a student, teacher, or colleague where I will need to know these laws and how to go about them without breaking them. As a teacher I will need to know how to teach them to my students so they know how to properly use information/pictures that they find on the Internet. Also, it helps me protect and copyright all my work.
NOW WHAT?: I think that this is one lesson that will be so important for me to be able to share with my students and teach them. I never realized that I was really breaking some of the copyright laws (oops) because honestly I had no idea that there was some information on the Internet that is allowed to be used and some that is not really suppose to be. I am glad that I can share my knowledge with them. I think in order for the students to be able to use their knowledge about these copyright laws in would be important for them to put together a project like a digital story. I think that lessons like these make me become a more knowledgeable teacher/colleague because this is a subject that I think so many people know about so it will be nice to be able to share it. Also, I loved learning the creative commons tool so I can help my students protect their work and copyright it (along with my own work.) Also, the digital citizenship was really awesome to learn more about to be able to have lesson plans on how to teach my students on this topic in fun, creative ways.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Reflection #7: Digital Story 1
WHAT?: Today in class we began learning about our digital stories that as a group we will be presenting. In two weeks we are require to have our story board and script written out for our digital story! I cannot wait for this assignment, it seems so fun!
SO WHAT?: I think that as a teacher(someday), student, and colleague(someday) it is so important for us to stay up with technology. Especially, how we were talking in class today about how schools are now able to require more technology wise from their future teachers. I think that as a colleague it is great for me to be learning technology based things (like digital stories) to someday help out the people I work with and share my ideas with them so they can make use of these teaching ideas in their classroom also. I think that digital stories can be used in my other classrooms especially for presentations that we need to present to the classroom. Also, for field I think that they will be so neat to show to the students and to the teacher. I think that there are so many different ideas that can be used for digital stories, so it will be really neat to see every one's projects.
NOW WHAT?: I think it is so important to learn different ways to present material to my students. That way it is not the same thing every time, because I know that as a student right now lecturing and PowerPoint's really get tiring EVERYDAY! I think that digital stories are so cool, because really they build off of vidcasts and almost take it just a little step farther. It is so neat that we are able to use the information we already know to help us put these digital stories together. I never realized until today in class that younger students will be able to put these projects together. I think that as a student (K-6) it would be so fun and awesome to learn how to and be able to put together a digital story to show to the rest of the class. Children are becoming so technology savvy at a young age, so it is important for me as a teacher to stay on top of the new things coming out. I believe that this class has helped me out so much and made me so much more comfortable with different technology products. I know that I need to become so familiar with technology if I want to get a job in today's world. Everything is turning to technology so it is so important for me to learn it now, so that way I can hopefully teach the colleague's and staff at my future school how to integrate technology more into the classroom, especially digital stories. It is such an awesome way to teach students!
SO WHAT?: I think that as a teacher(someday), student, and colleague(someday) it is so important for us to stay up with technology. Especially, how we were talking in class today about how schools are now able to require more technology wise from their future teachers. I think that as a colleague it is great for me to be learning technology based things (like digital stories) to someday help out the people I work with and share my ideas with them so they can make use of these teaching ideas in their classroom also. I think that digital stories can be used in my other classrooms especially for presentations that we need to present to the classroom. Also, for field I think that they will be so neat to show to the students and to the teacher. I think that there are so many different ideas that can be used for digital stories, so it will be really neat to see every one's projects.
NOW WHAT?: I think it is so important to learn different ways to present material to my students. That way it is not the same thing every time, because I know that as a student right now lecturing and PowerPoint's really get tiring EVERYDAY! I think that digital stories are so cool, because really they build off of vidcasts and almost take it just a little step farther. It is so neat that we are able to use the information we already know to help us put these digital stories together. I never realized until today in class that younger students will be able to put these projects together. I think that as a student (K-6) it would be so fun and awesome to learn how to and be able to put together a digital story to show to the rest of the class. Children are becoming so technology savvy at a young age, so it is important for me as a teacher to stay on top of the new things coming out. I believe that this class has helped me out so much and made me so much more comfortable with different technology products. I know that I need to become so familiar with technology if I want to get a job in today's world. Everything is turning to technology so it is so important for me to learn it now, so that way I can hopefully teach the colleague's and staff at my future school how to integrate technology more into the classroom, especially digital stories. It is such an awesome way to teach students!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Vidcast Reflection
The Vidcast that my partner and I put together was labeled “Expressing Emotions.” This vidcast covered the sixth grade Health Education Standard 1, Objective 1. Standard 1 states: the students will learn ways to improve mental health and manage stress, and objective 1 states: develop strategies for appropriately and safely expressing emotions. As a group, we focused more on an introduction to instruction for objective 1 because a whole standard is hard to cover.
I believe that learning how to express emotions appropriately and safely is very important for the students to learn especially in sixth grade because this is when children start becoming really in tune with their emotions. If students do not know how to appropriately express the way they are feeling, they are going to run into problems as they get older. In our vidcast we discussed the proper ways to express the six main emotions: happiness, anger, contempt, fear, surprised, and disgust. We displayed pictures that gave hints to the children on how to express these emotions through their face and even on how they can read these emotions on other people. As a person it is very important to be able to read other people’s emotions in order to react properly and respectfully to how they are feeling.
I think that vidcasts really connet to NETS standards because as a teacher we are suppose to use technology in order to facilitate student learning, creativity, and innovation. I believe that vidcasts help us, as teachers, complete this specific standard. By showing the students a vidcast about expressing emotions not only are they learning through a virtual environment, but they may even be having their creative ideas churning. They could be thinking of how to express these emotions just like we are discussing or they could even be thinking of how to put together a vidcast for their own use. Either way they are expanding their knowledge, creativeness, and innovations. Another standard that I am clearly completing with this project is continuously improving my professional practice by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools. In this vidcast I am using many digital tools with Photo Story.
There are many INTASC standards that are being demonstrated through this assignment. I believe by showing the children how to appropriately express their feelings I am making an environment that is managing the student’s behaviors and creating an environment that is engaging all students to learn. If emotions are not being controlled and used properly the classroom will be hectic for everyone! I believe by creating a vidcast according to a Utah Core Curriculum standard that I am demonstrating my knowledge of the content. As a teacher it is very important that we research and make sure all of our material is accurate. I believe by presenting this vidcast and narrating it, that the children will understand the instruction as clearly as possible. I think that students, as well as teachers, really enjoy presenting information like this because it is interesting for the children and a great way to introduce your instruction.
Vidcasts can be a great way of instruction; however, I believe that if they are not presented properly that they could be very boring for the students. I think that if I am going to use vidcasts in my classroom frequently I will have to use different formats, so it wasn’t the same thing for my students every time that I present one in class. As a teacher, the only thing I would be cautious about in using vidcasts is making sure they were creative enough not to bore my students.
I believe that as a teacher I will use vidcasts, because I believe that they really are a great way to introduce different things to the classroom. I believe that they are very creative and require a lot of personalization, which I enjoy. As a teacher, I think that it will be great to switch things up in my classroom so it is always not the same old lecturing and Powerpoints. This is no fun for the students, and as a teacher I want to make my classroom as interesting and fun for the students as I possibly can!
I believe that learning how to express emotions appropriately and safely is very important for the students to learn especially in sixth grade because this is when children start becoming really in tune with their emotions. If students do not know how to appropriately express the way they are feeling, they are going to run into problems as they get older. In our vidcast we discussed the proper ways to express the six main emotions: happiness, anger, contempt, fear, surprised, and disgust. We displayed pictures that gave hints to the children on how to express these emotions through their face and even on how they can read these emotions on other people. As a person it is very important to be able to read other people’s emotions in order to react properly and respectfully to how they are feeling.
I think that vidcasts really connet to NETS standards because as a teacher we are suppose to use technology in order to facilitate student learning, creativity, and innovation. I believe that vidcasts help us, as teachers, complete this specific standard. By showing the students a vidcast about expressing emotions not only are they learning through a virtual environment, but they may even be having their creative ideas churning. They could be thinking of how to express these emotions just like we are discussing or they could even be thinking of how to put together a vidcast for their own use. Either way they are expanding their knowledge, creativeness, and innovations. Another standard that I am clearly completing with this project is continuously improving my professional practice by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools. In this vidcast I am using many digital tools with Photo Story.
There are many INTASC standards that are being demonstrated through this assignment. I believe by showing the children how to appropriately express their feelings I am making an environment that is managing the student’s behaviors and creating an environment that is engaging all students to learn. If emotions are not being controlled and used properly the classroom will be hectic for everyone! I believe by creating a vidcast according to a Utah Core Curriculum standard that I am demonstrating my knowledge of the content. As a teacher it is very important that we research and make sure all of our material is accurate. I believe by presenting this vidcast and narrating it, that the children will understand the instruction as clearly as possible. I think that students, as well as teachers, really enjoy presenting information like this because it is interesting for the children and a great way to introduce your instruction.
Vidcasts can be a great way of instruction; however, I believe that if they are not presented properly that they could be very boring for the students. I think that if I am going to use vidcasts in my classroom frequently I will have to use different formats, so it wasn’t the same thing for my students every time that I present one in class. As a teacher, the only thing I would be cautious about in using vidcasts is making sure they were creative enough not to bore my students.
I believe that as a teacher I will use vidcasts, because I believe that they really are a great way to introduce different things to the classroom. I believe that they are very creative and require a lot of personalization, which I enjoy. As a teacher, I think that it will be great to switch things up in my classroom so it is always not the same old lecturing and Powerpoints. This is no fun for the students, and as a teacher I want to make my classroom as interesting and fun for the students as I possibly can!
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