Why is it important for students to post their work to blogs!

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Why is it important!

Reason 1

When you post your work to a blog, a potential employer, a fellow colleague, or even the president of the United states could be following your blog. Posting your work to a blog can give everyone who reads it more ideas. If you are a second grade teacher and you post a blog about how to deal with tattlers, this would be a blog that I feel that I could benefit from as a 1st year teacher. You can post a resume for future employers and this not only tells them that you are competent but also technology literate. Being technology literate in 2009 is what most employers are looking for.

Reason 2

I was listening to WABB about 2 week ago and a mother had called-in wanting to know what should she tell her 13 year old daughter about boys. The Morning Guys set up a bog letting their listeners give this mother ideas. I feel that parenting blog are good because there is bound to be one parent that has went through what you are going through now. And parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth, because there is no right or wrong way. Check out this parenting blog. Talking to Teens about Marriage

Michael Wesch

Toward a New Future of Whatever

Personal Democracy
Do we let media predict our out come? I understand the different between being “How I should be” and being me. We get so caught up in materialistic things that we lose ourselves and our values. How communication through media affects the way people perceive things is the study of media ecology. The video bar to the right has clips of media ecology. One of my favorite clips is the Wizard of Media Ecology. It made wonder what would happen if we “turned it (media) off.”

Media has a big impact on student because it does shape our culture.In high school I searched for identity and recognition, but it was not my own identity. I want to be “tall and beautiful,” just the way society shows it. The media is not all bad; sometime it can help us come out of our shell. Like Wesch was saying about Youtube we will do thing that we normal would not do because there is no one staring at us. There in no one there to say we are doing it wrong, this space on Youtube seems so private but we know that it is one of the most public places on earth.


I feel that one of the best aspects of new media is that it gives us a chance to get to know about other people and their culture. The new media such as Twitter, Skype, and Facebook offer was to communicate with anyone around the world.

State Initiatives and Programs

Alabama Department of Education

ALEX

Alabama’s new educational web portal where teachers and administrators can find courses of study lesson plans, and web resources aligned to Alabama Course of Study content standards. ALEX is designed to share many types of educational material and information through a simple resource for parents, students, and teachers. Many of these resources or connected to ACOS. ALEX has links related to course of study, web, lesson plans, searches, personal work space, professional learning, podcast treasury, and a help link.

ACCESS
ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educator and Students Statewide)is a distance learning program. It provides opportunities and options for Alabama public high school students to engage in Advanced Placement, elective, and other courses to which they may otherwise have access to. If you have any questions about the who, what, and when of ACCESS check out FAQ



I feel that both ALEX and ACCESS are very good programs. ALEX is a one stop resource with basically any material, ideal, or link to help with planning an activity, helping with homework, or tutoring. And I feel that ACCESS is a great college prep program. It teaches student how to manage time as if they are taking an online college class. It is a great way to teach self discipline.

Dear Kaia

Dear Kaia

This is a very interesting blog. Kaia has made learning even more inspiring. Kaia and her father has helped me to see object in different views. The book Last Child in the woods, which is the book that inspired Jabiz Raisdana (Kaia's father) to take her outside, is based on research that found that nature is vital for a healthy development in childhood and for the physical and emotional health of children and adults. Although Mr. Raisdana thought that this was a regular outing, he was not only teaching her about the outdoors and how to stay fit but also about technology.

Mr. C's Class Blog

Jabiz responded to Mr. C’s class blog by asking if they could do a video or audio because Kaia did not know how to read. And the class did just that.
Great technology links on this blog page are:
Vozme
Google Translate

There are other technology that I could not figure out how to put on my blog page. So , if anyone know how to put double click any world for its definition on a web page please let me know. This is a great web site to visit, I really learn a lot. I also found a lot of links that are useful for my 3rd grader.

The Intrepid Teacher

I glad to see father and daughter enjoying the outdoors. It is scary sharing information over the net because of all the things that goes on. But I am glad that Mr. Jabiz decide to share his experience. My daughter is an outside child but I know a lot of people who don't let their kid out due to time and most of them have computer but not the Internet. This has been one of the the blog we have had in this class.

The Networked Student

Wendy Drexier

I think that students that network on projects have better learning experience compared to a student that listen to lectures. Networking teaches student how to find reliable sources and it also gives them the opportunity to network with other students, and people around the world. I know for me when I figure things out on my owns I can always go back and reference to it compared thing that I memorize for test.

Why does a network student even need a teacher? A teacher is a learning architect that gives guidance. She teaches how to communicate properly by being a modeler. She teaches him how to ask for help and how to differentiate between good information and misinformation. By the time he leaves her class she hopes that he knows how to combine ideas to come up with a new concept.

Although letting students network to learn about a subject is a great idea, I do feel that teacher need to lecture. Student learn in different ways. During a lecture a student can ask questions and they can make sure they have a clear understanding. When teaching student you need to make sure you cover all the learning styles.

Check out this website
An Overview of Learning Styles

This Is How We Dream

Richard Miller

Dr. Alice Christie conducts workshops on how to enhance teaching and learning through technology. One of the links that interested me the most was Digital Media and Photography This site teaches you how to incorporate digital cameras and camcorders, iMovie, pod casts, or digital photography into the classroom. Reading over the information about digital cameras made me realize cameras were not just for field trips. My major is elementary education and I when I stated to read over the information the first thing that came to mind was any one under the age of 15 will not have a chance to handle my $400 camera. This web site shows you what to look for in a camera and how to pick a good reliable cheap camera. Using a digital camera in the classroom teaches the students more about technology ( they have to learn how to use the camera) and how to be responsible( they learn how not to break the camera).