Ch Four

So I would say I am familiar with microsoft word and excel, but I have to be honest and say I have never opened access until I read this chapter. I have never even heard anyone talk about it. I love keeping track of my information in excell. But I love math and am a very organized person. I liked the suggested steps for teaching these programs to the students. I thought they were very helpful. They gave a place to start and broke it up into smaller chunks for teaching. I wonder how I will use any of these 3 in my classroom as a teacher?

Ch Three

I thought the different instructional software were interesting. I was not as familiar with the tutorial, problem solving, and the ILS compared to the others. I thought this type of technology would be good as a supplement in the classroom to engage and encourage the students. I always enjoyed playing software games when I was younger. The only part I did nto like about them was that sometimes it took so long for the game to be completed, I would get bored with it. I remeber playing Oregon Trail too! Does anyone remember playing any of the games with they were younger?

Lesson Plan 1

I did my lesson plan using the book Click Clack Moo Cows that Type.
My online technology was a movie of the story with a person doing American sign language with the book. I also had an online game. this is the website. http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/lions/cor-who.pl/click it is through the PBS site. That is where I got the video too.

YouTube Video

This is my YouTube video on why I want to be a teacher.

My Dad!!

So my boyfriends mom does cake decorating and this is a cake I decorated for my dad for Father's Day. It looked a lot better in real life. I was proud of my first cake. My dad and I are really close. We get along great because we have very similar personalities. So back to my boyfriend's family...his mom decorates cakes and his sister is a floral designer. Score! If we get married (which I hope someday we do (but not until I'm done with school)!) I already know who will make the cake and do the floral designing. Plus since it's family, I'm thinking that will cut the expenses down some. But if anyone has a wedding coming up or knows someone getting married and they need someone to do their cake, let me know. My boyfriend (Josh, sorry I forgot to introduce him)'s mom can hook you up. I have seen some of the cakes she does. They are awesome. She is reasonable in price usually too. Anyways this was supposed to be about my dad and it sort of got away from me.

Ch Eight

Wow it is definitely getting late and I need to get this done because tomorrow is not looking good for me. For some odd reason, I can concentrate better at night when it is dark outside and get a whole lot more done then, than all day long. I'm not sure why that is. I decided to add some personal spice to these posts and not just have my thoughts from the chapter. This makes the post more fun to read. (I think?) I don't think many people read my posts because I am at the bottom of the list, which is fine with me. Sabrina and I will hang out together at the bottom! So to get to it, integrating the internet into the classroom, summing it all up...positives - makes for a better learning experience for the students...negatives - it can be unreliable and cost lots and lots of $$$$$!! And $$$$$ is always a hot topic in education and life for that matter. I mean Who wants to be a millionaire, Deal or no deal, the power of ten, just to name a few. All about $$$$!

Ch Seven

I feel like I repeat myself a lot and it is probably because I do. So if you have read some of this before I appologize. And so chapter seven...I felt this chapter pertained more to the college level course for me because I am more familiar with distance learning here. I guess I don't see how this could be incorporated into the elementary classroom as much as the college level. I have not experienced this type of technology in the classroom in the elementary setting though, so I know that has a lot to do with that.

Ch Two

On a technology side I would think that I constructivists would be more inclined to incorporate hands-on technology into instruction for the students to learn and grow past the guidelines of the standards of what is needed to be taught. So on the other hand, I would think objectivists would not want to incorporate hands-on technology because that would be opposing the view of learning being teacher directed if the technology was doing the teaching. If anyone has a different opinion or I could not be understanding this concept of constructivism and objectivism please fill me in! That way i don't look like a fool. :) (thanks!)

Ch One

Chapter one was like all first chapters in a book - an overview of the rest of the book and what you can expect to read about. I liked to see the timeline on pg. 10-11 on how technology has progressed through time. I could see that even after 2000 and beyond there have been many technological advanced that were not mentioned - one being the ELMO used in many classes at USF.