Final Blog Post :(

Project 16: Final Project

Final PLN Report

This is my final PLN report. My PLN has come a long way but it is great and helpful. I use Symbaloo to keep track of all the websites I use regularly. These include the EDM310 blog, South Alabama, Google, Facebook, and many others. I also have found that Delicious is a life saver. I use it for just about everything and consider it important. I also use twitter to keep track of what teachers have to say. This helps me to see what’s going on in the educator community. I read their status’s about three times a week and have found that they have much to say. I also use tweet deck to really keep everything on my twitter account organized. I think PLN’s are very resourceful and helpful and I plan to continue using mine!

Last C4K's for EDM

 Last C4K's for EDM

My first blog post for September was for Mrs. Yollis’s class. She had posted a post about November being family month. That means that on the children’s blogs family members get to comment on them. I told Mrs. Yollis I thought family month sounded like a great idea. It allows family members to get involved with the students. I also told her though we in EDM310 don’t get a family blogging month, we get to comment on great blogs like theirs.

My second comment was for Room 8 at Melville Intermediate School. The had a post that was about a photo challenge room 13 participated in. They had the class mascot (which was a donkey) and had to take random pictures of it at different places. I thought this was a great idea because I love photography. The kids seemed to have a ball. The challenge only lasted a few minutes but that made it even more exciting. I would love to do this with my future students.

My third comment was for a boy named Sam at A Cary Academy. His blog post was amazing. He wrote a story called “Reversed Egyptian History” which was so wonderful. It was about him going back in time as
Ramses II Pharaoh of Egypt. He was in the pharaoh’s place but the spirit of the pharaoh was telling him what was going on. The story is amazing and I advise anyone who reads this comment to read Sam’s story. I told him that his story was great and I was very impressed. They also did a self reflection and I told him he did reach his goals. Also, I told him to keep striving with his goals and he’d continue to write great stories. Read Sam’s story! http://discovery.caryacademy.org/sams780/2010/11/trimester-writing-assessment/

My very last C4K for EDM310 was for a girl named Rachel in Ms. Naugle's 5th period math class. She did her post on storytelling. On November 4th, her class had a speaker come and talk to them about storytelling. The storyteller talked to the children about inspiration. At the end of the speakers speech, he got all the kids to make a story together which turned out great. I told Rachel I thought it was wonderful that they learned about storytelling and inspiration. I also said I'm sure that her class's story was amazing!

Blog Summary for C4T #4

My C4T #4 was Jason T. Bedell. His blog was very interesting. The first post I read was titled TechMeet NJ. It was about a meeting where teachers from different states come together and share ideas. The teachers get to have different sessions and meet each other. They also have presentations and interactive activities. I told Mr. Bedell in my comment that I thought this was a great idea. It's great to get to know different educators and share ideas to see what each other offer. I also said that when I become an educator maybe I can attend the meet.

 My second post for Jason T. Bedell was on a post called "Detoxing Education".  This post was on how he thinks education should be changed to make it better. He also had a video on the post which was RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms. I really enjoy RSA Animate videos. This post was very good and I appreciate his attempt to get people involved to make a difference. Because it may not effect educators now, but it will effect us that are in school right now to be future educators. He also talked about having a teacher boot camp so teachers could join together and share ideas. I thought this was great and that when I become an educator I would like to know there were things like that to do. I also told him I liked the video and I enjoy his blog. I will be keeping tabs on this blog! Check it out!   http://jasontbedell.com

Blog Assignment #14

For this blog assignment, we commented on a young girl named Yasmine's blog. The post I was assigned to was a video about a three year old little girl riding and training her pony. I told Yasmine that this was a very cute video. It was amazing that a three year old could ride and train her own pony. I also said I liked the website she got the video from and I would have to remember it. Yasmine seems like a great young girl with a bright future and a huge love of horses. I'm glad we got to make her day and comment on her blog!