For Mrs. Cassidy Skype Interview she talks about how she has accepted technology into her classroom over ten years ago and has been using it ever since. She helped her students in many ways with the five computers that were giving to her class. The blogs is like an online progress. Parents can check up on their child through the classroom blog or their personal blogs. I like how she said “the world will go on without blogging, but one of the things the students get with blogging that they cannot get with paper and pencil is an audience”. They are learning to communicate with other students around the world and not just the students in their class. Mrs. Cassidy also thinks teachers need to be technology literate. I think so as well because it’s much more then word processor or Microsoft software. I also liked when she says "getting information off of other people blog is not cheating its collaborating." She made a good statement because I have learned so much this semester through other people blogs post.
I would love to use technology in my future classroom. I would love to use blogs, Skype, wikis, videos, and much more in the classroom for a fun learning experience. There will still be class work without technology. I do not want technology to take over the classroom complete because I do not want the students to forget what is more important. Sometimes technology can be just a tad bit too much fun. When I took computer courses in school or college I could not stay focus without chatting or being on Facebook or YouTube. I want them to learn but also have fun.
Jeanette,
ReplyDeleteYou have some very good and well thought out opinions about incorporating technology into the classroom. I loved how you mentioned Mrs. Cassidy's quote about how her students "have an audience when they blog." I really enjoyed listening to her input about blogging because I had never looked at it from that perspective before.
However, I did find some grammatical mistakes. For example, in your statement, "It just amazed me how well educated they are for children of their age", I would change "it" to "it is" and "amazed" to "amazing to". I would have written this sentence as, "It is just amazing to me how well educated they are at their age." or "I was amazed at how well educated the children are at their age." The mistakes I saw were similar to this one. I would re-read your post to see if you could re-word some of your sentences in order for them to flow better. I'd be more than happy to help!
Your lay out and design of this blog post looks great! I like how you have one picture on the left side and one on the right. It looks very neat and organized like this.
We only have a few weeks left! Keep working hard! :)
Your Classmate,
Amy Archer
But not too much fun?
ReplyDeleteInteresting.
Hi Jeanette,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post! Your perspective on the 1st graders and Ms. Cassidy’s interview was interesting. It is amazing that the 1st graders know so much about technology and it’s a good thing. They are being prepared for the future where technology is flourishing and expanding. It is good that you would use technology in your classroom! I know sometimes we worry about possible distractions if technology is in the classroom but that can be controlled through software (such as a software that allows teachers to monitor or see what the student is doing on their computer). I am slightly confused by what you meant when you said, “I do not want technology to take over the classroom complete because I do not want the students to forget what is more important.” What is more "important"? Maybe technology will help the students know and understand what is important on an educational perspective! You will never know!
This is a good post! Your images work, but I am not sure if your “title” tag for sources are correctly done. Your links work and good usage of break tags. It is also organized, which makes this post pleasing to the eye and easier to read!
However, you do have several grammatical, punctuation, and/or spelling mistakes! Here are some examples:
"For the students to be so young they are well educated."
You need a comma after "young". It is basically joining two sentences together.
"She helped her students in many ways with the five computers that were giving to her class."
I assumed you meant "given" instead of "giving"..
"The blogs is like an online progress."
"Blogs" is plural therefore you need to use "are" instead of "is".
"I think so as well because it’s much more then word processor or Microsoft software."
The word "then" needs to be changed to "than".
"She made a good statement because I have learned so much this semester through other people blogs post."
"..through other people's blog posts."
"I do not want technology to take over the classroom complete because I do not want the students to forget what is more important."
I assume you meant "completely" instead of complete.
It is good to proof-read your posts several times and read out loud (in your head) word for word. Again, good post! I hope this will help you in the future!
Regards,
Anna Zhuo