Digital Blog #F Chapters 6 and 12

For this assignment, we were given chapters 6 and 12 to look into and choose three other concepts, and to write about what we think of these concepts and how they will impact our future classes. The concepts that I chose this time were: Information Alerts, e-Newsletters, and RRS Feeds, Social Bookmarking, and Taking Virtual Field Trips. 

The first concept I chose was Information Alerts, e-Newsletters, and RRS Feeds, because I believe that these could have been very helpful when I was in school. Teachers can be able to email parents about assignments, as well as students and keep them updated with them. These could help increase students learning because it will guide parents to check their emails, and make sure students do their work. I believe this will be helpful in my class because I will be able to know that parents are going to the able to get the notifications, as well as students and help them prepare for quizzes and tests as well. 

The second concept I chose was Social Bookmarking, because students are able to bookmark from one user at a computer to a community of users on many computers. This is common around the united states almost like being able to view many computers on one single monitor. This will be helpful towards my class because it will give students who are doing a project to bookmark one site and the rest of their partners will be able to look into the bookmarks and be on their way with a click of a button. 

The third and final concept that I chose was Taking Virtual Field Trips, because this is an actual cool idea, or form of taking "trips". Virtual Field trip to me would mean looking at places on a big screen while taking notes and keeping the video and thoughts in your head. This gives students the idea of the place you chose and do not really need to be there. Also the Virtual trip can help students study and work on projects while other, can just come to class and work on it with me. This will be helpful towards my class because we can take many trips to places without having to actually be there, and i can also test my students on what we learned on our trip. 

In conclusion, these three concepts will influence my class in the future because we need to types of technology, because technology is the future. 


Resources:


Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

 Bencosme, P. (n.d.). Digital Blog F by PBENCOSME - ToonDoo - World's fastest way to create cartoons! Retrieved April 24, 2016, from http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/10010888 

Cartoon site.

http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/10010888

Answers to WebQuest Questions.

Answers to WebQuest Questions. 


Pages 1 to 10 of the story

1. Who is writing in this journal? - Greg Heffley 
2. Where does the journal begin at? - At the swimming event
3. What award did he get for being on the swim team? - Most Improved
4. Was he even good? - No 
5. Why were people acting strange around him when he got to school? - Because he still had the cheese touch from last year.

Pages 11 to 20 of the story

1. What would the students say when Peter Uteger would raise his hand and try to answer questions in class? - P. U. 
2. What made the journalist think that Mr. Huff had Rodrick when he was in 7th grade? - Made him sit facing the class in the front.
3. What are Rodrick and the author not allowed to do until they do the dishes?- They are not allowed to watch TV.
4. What was another reason his summer was lame? - His best friend Rowley was on vacation.
5. Who was Joshie?- A European Pop Star that Rowley got hooked on to. 

Digital Blog #D Chapters 4,9 & 11

As the semester is coming to an end, and though we still have a few more weeks to go, I have been reading through the book and as selected by the professor chapters 4 and 9 or 11, the concepts that i chose were: Student Learning Objectives, Teaching Goals, Methods, and Procedures (How to Teach), Student Performance Rubrics.

I chose Student Learning Objectives because I believe that sometimes some teachers just have no objective. They come to school just to get get paid and leave. They have no meaning in teaching and they are just there for the money. I think having an objective towards a class and a subject is a major factor of being a teacher.

The second concept that I chose was Teaching Goals, Methods and Procedures (How to teach). When I first started high school, i went to a school that I always thought teachers never really went to school. They just got lucky and passed the assessments needed to teach. Teachers should always have goals, and methods to work through these goals in teaching each student in the class.

Even to this day I use Student Performance Rubrics. They help you with your partners and also with your work. Rubrics allow you to understand see what you can't see with your own eyes, but with the eyes of another person. It is helpful to work with these rubrics because it gives students more ideas.

In other words, as a teacher you should always plan ahead and have an objective to what you're teaching and not just go for the money. Students that are in school are our future and we need to be able to teach them what they need to know.


References:


Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

 Bencosme, P. (n.d.). DigitalBlog #E by ChiChiChubbs on Storybird. Retrieved April 03, 2016, from http://storybird.com/books/digitalblog-e/?token=x9pd4q7tzj 

http://storybird.com/books/digitalblog-e/?token=x9pd4q7tzj