week 6

On these two websites i found, they were both schools located in Asia that use blogs in the classroom. One was in Thailand and the other in central Asia. Both were very interesting sites to look at because of all the information that was along the same lines of what we are doing in the Unites States.
One school used blogs to help with German and English that they were teaching the children. They had different tips, websites to help with questions or just to put up what they think. While the other sites was open to the parents of the students to post their feelings so the teachers know.

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week 9

This was very interesting to learn that wikipedia isn't all that it is cracked up to be. It is considered one of the most reliable websites for information, but however it seems that anybody can go in there and change things so that they reflect things they want to say. It is also interesting to know all this because I use this site all the time because i thought that it was so reliable. However I feel that some of the information that is posted is reliable depending on what it is you are looking for.
I also thought that it was very interesting that they have come up with a way to check and see who has gone in and changed the information, and what the information has been changed to. This gives people the power to know who changed it and how far from the truth they changed the information. I feel that this is very inportant.

week 8

I chose to look at the February post. I thought that it was interesting that he wanted to know if there was another way to see if someone got the right answer in math by asking them why they think its right and how they got that answer. I feel that it should be put in affect because sometimes people don't always do something the "technincal" way. But do it different ways and end up with the same answer.
I feel that it is important because I am the same way and sometimes do things backwards and get thing right. I feel that as long as you have the concept and know how to explain how they got the answer then it should be counted as correct.

week 7

I think that what he has to say is very correct. I agree that teachers should be held responsible for having technology knowledge when entering the classroom. As the years pass we are no longer doing things the way they were done in 1950 with pen and paper for everything. Now we are using technology in many ways to make things more and more easy.
I also feel that people who say they have technology know how but actually don't should highly go and seek a program that will teach them how to use it properly. There is not going to be a sudden turn around to where we just stop using it altogether. So as teachers, staff or inspectors we should futher ourselves and learn more about technology, so that we are able to help our students.

week 2

Alex is a program that is offered across the state of Alabama and has many tools that are offered to help with the lessons, yourself, the classroom and many other things. I found this website to very easy to use and very helpful. There were many things here that I thought that I could use in my classroom once I start teaching.
Some things that I really like were that they offered lesson plans for many subjects and all grades. So if you were having trouble finishing a lesson plan you could go and look at some of these lessons and get ideas. Also that it has a place just for teachers that offers them different tools and and programs can help futher themselves in many was.It also shows different things that you can use if you classroom is hooked up to the classrooms connected across the state.

My EDM 310 Blog Assignments are now Completed.

Hey classmates. I hope that I will be able to have class with some of ya'll in the future and hope that you all do well in this class. I hope that everyone has a great and safe holiday break. Love Rachel

Final Blog

In this class there were something that I did learn and found interesting.

1. I didn't know how to use access until this class. It was a lot easier to use than what I imagined and use for tons of stuff that can be used in the classroom.

2. I also learnedhowto use publisher to create all types of flyers, posters, and calenders. This is definately a program that I will use now and when I start teaching. This makes it easier to make something just the way that you want for the classroom rather than having to go out and buy something.

3.Blogs were something I had heard about but never knew how to make one or even use one. But I'm glad that I now know how to use it.

week 12 itunes U

When I first looked at this webpage, I thought that it was really interesting that itunes has paired with many universities to help with learning. I think that it is great that this site can provide the slides that are offered in the classroom in audio as the teacher went over them in class or the different pictures that may have went with a lecture. I feel that all of these things are only futhering the learning that one student can do.
I also think that it is very conveintant that these are available to be placed on your ipod, like they said on the site you can listen to the material for a class while walking to class or working out. It would be and is very difficult to walk or workout with a large text book. Not to mention you are able to hook it up to a itravel, for trips so you can hear it while you are driving.
I'm not sure if South is yet connected with this program, but I think that it would only benefit the school. Students would be able to get lessons that the teacher had and hear the discussion that happened in the classroom that day if they were absent. They would also have many tools that could benefit the students. Maybe also students would be able to post their notes from the class so that other students would be able to have access to them, like a filing cabinet of sorts.

week 11

Ipods are being used more and more in the classroom nowadays that what they were originally made for-music. I think that it is great that we can take something whose main purpose is one thing and then go and adapt it to be used as a teaching and learning tool. I had a co-worker who would use his ipod to record his lectures for his pharmacy classes. He said that it made studying so much easier since he could actually hear everything that was said in class, rather then just have to cover the notes that were taken or what was in the book; because there could be material that you aren't sure about.
I found while looking on the web, that now ipods are being used in classrooms from K-12. They are being used in all different ways to help the students learn all different material, such as a foreign language, music lessons and different podcast that are relative to what is being taught. At Duke University each incoming freshman and faculty was given and ipod and invited to learn and explore how it could be used in the acedemic realm and student life at the university. Now Duke offers ipods to the students who are taking classes in which the professor will use it as tool in the classroom. Some examples are using case studies, audio samples and photos for the class being offered. I wish that there were some classes that were like that at South because I feel that it would be another window of learning that could be offered to students.