IBook

For our final group project Dr. Strange asked us to create an iBook. In this iBook our collaborative projects, individual blog post, and group blog post will be apart of this book. You will also see different pictures from each member of the group. My group Excel chose to do a out of space theme. Working with my group was very easy, our schedules were flexible enough that we were able to meet twice that week. I have really enjoyed creating this iBook, it was a lot of fun.

C4T #4

My last comment for teachers was a Physical Education Teacher. His blog was named just that , The Physical Education Teacher it was created and owned by Dylan Blain. I enjoyed reading his blogpost about technology in P.E., but the last blog post I commented on was blogged on August 5, 2013 and hasn't been much activity since then. Although he hasn't posted his blog about the use of iPads and different technology he used in his classes were quite interesting. Most people think of P.E. as just another credit to finish whatever grade or credit they need to make it out. But just like any other subject, its just as important. Then I read his next blog about using iPads to record different lessons and sending them to your colleagues. I thought that was a very helpful idea, because the best way to reach all of our students and to make sure they are all on the same page is by working together as a team.

Hello My name is Alexis McSwain. I am a student in EDM310 at the University of South Alabama. I think its a great idea to record different lessons and share them with colleagues. The best way to know if something works and make sure we are reaching all of our students is by team work. Excellent job. I think my professor would be excited to know that you are using technology is this way.

Hi! My name is Alexis McSwain. I am a n EDM310 student at the University of South Alabama. I have enjoyed reading your post. I’m not a physical education major this app is a great tool that teachers should know and use. Being in EDM310 it has taught me to look for things to not only help me, but help my students. This app most certainly does that.

C4K April

The two blog post I had to read were from students at the PT England School. I enjoyed reading their post. Olivia talked about family time being spent together. She had some very interesting pictures of her and her family and friends added in on her blog post. While John talked about a game he played that helped him with math and problem solving. He left a link on his blog and I visited it. The game was really interesting, I truly enjoyed playing it. It took John only 7 guesses to catch the robbers while it took me 9. I enjoyed reading both students blog post and I cant wait to introduce these ideas to my students in the future.

Hi Olivia I'm Alexis McSwain. I'm a student in EDM310 at the University of South Alabama. I enjoyed reading your post about fiafia. Me and my family have plenty of those. Any holiday that comes around we get together and eat and dance. Great job you taught me something new. Keep up the good work. Olivia @ pt England school

Hi John, my name is Alexis McSwain I'm a student in EDM310 at the University of South Alabama. Your blog is really cool. You have to be very smart to only catch the robbers in 7 guesses, it took me 9!! Keep up the great work!

Blog Post #13

This weeks assignment we were ask to create our own blog post on what we thought Dr. Strange may have left out. It took me quite sometime to come up with something, but after thinking through all of our post and projects we had I decided that it would be something so simple. When I first started in this class I was against using too much technology in the classroom. I think there should be a post or a project where the students of EDM310 interview future teachers about how they feel about technology in a class before they take EDM310. At first I thought it would be hard to find students who major in Elementary Education who haven't taken this course, but if we can find busy teachers, I'm sure we can find busy college students. I think that this project would be an opportunity for other future educators to give them an idea of what we do in this class before they get there. This class for me has open my eyes to what I would be missing if I didn't use technology in my classroom. I have this debate with a friend all the time who hasn't had the opportunity of being apart of this class. She is completely against the thought of technology, I truly feel like if she had the opportunity to take this course and see all the things we learned and got to explore, she would have a completely different look on the use of technology in the classrooms.

Blog Post #12

Blog Post #11

Back to the Future
Blended Learning Cycle
Making Thinking Visible
Project Based Learning
Roosevelt Elementary's PBL Program
Sam Pane 4th Grade

C4K March

This week in the comment for kids, I was assigned a class in Auckland, New Zealand. I watched Leilani's video and she talked about where and when she wears hats. Its so amazing to me that all the way across the world s child is doing just about the same assignments that a college student is doing and we're all complaining about how hard it is. No they might not have as crazy scheduled as we have but they enjoy the experience. As much as I'm ready for the semester to end I have learned so much from this class. I enjoyed the kids blogged that I was assigned to every month I am amazed at the work these children do.

C4T#3

My teacher blogspot this week was Dangerously Irrelevant. This blog was a very helpful blog, it was one the few I really liked. It talked more about technology and its use in the classroom. This particular blog helped me this week with the project we did on interviewing a teacher. Some of the vital questions I used were things I learned in these post. I have saved this blogspot to my favorites because I believe that it will help me in the future. Scott McLeod who is the owner of the blog made some very valid points on how we should set up rules for our students using the internet. He says we shouldn't be so strict, of course monitor what our students are doing, but don't subject them to just one or two sites to do their research.

Hello Scott, I'm Alexis McSwain. I attend the University of South Alabama and I'm currently enrolled in EDM310. This class teaches us future teachers to open our minds to technology and use it in more ways than one. I think this blog is one of the things our professor is trying to get us to learn, not only help us open our minds but our students as well.

Hello Scott, I agree with you. I don't think we as educators, even as adults know how to explain to our kids that they can make a difference, but that their difference could be that to change the world. As teachers we should be as open minded to change as we expect the world and our students to be, but still we are the ones who are the most stuck in our ways of learning, mainly because we feel as if what we learned is the only right way to do so.

Project #10

I've had the opportunity of discussing technology in the classroom with some friends, classmates, and even teachers. Before I began in this class, I had completely out ruled the use of technology in my classroom. As of know I don't know how I would be able to do so. How can I not expect my students to explore and use technology, when I use it on a everyday basis for my homework. When I'm assigned lesson plans to come up with, my first thought is to do some research on it. I interviewed Ms. Claudia Weems she is an amazing teacher. She told me some of her views on technology and I couldn't agree more with her.

Project #12

In this video I will teach you how to use a Smartboard.