My Space!

This one is for all the people obsessed with my space!! You know who you are!

My Podcast Assignment

The Show From Zefrank


So i finally got around to tech task #7 where you have to listen to a podcast. It has been super busy with other assignment that I kept putting it off (opps!) So I started looking for a good podcast to listen to about a week ago. I did find two and I added them to my Itunes, they were about the new gadgets, that are being sold and how they work. Well, to be honest, I totally didn't get what they were saying and I was getting very bored. I wanted something that I could relate to and enjoy watching. Then after class, i went to the ZEFRANK show website that Alec had shown us in class. I just went to the website to check it out and I really enjoyed it. Then I left it for a while . so today I found some time to work on it and I thought I would use one of his vodcasts/ videoblog to use for the assignment.

I listened to his July 28,2066 show, where he talks about "just playing with [things]" to figure out how they work. He mentions that if he wants to figure out how to photo show pictures, he just does it, by playing with it, without reader the manual. He states that reading the manual is a waste of time and by the time you read it and become an experts on it, the technology you are using is obsolete. This just reminded me of the presentation our Math class had on Math makes sense. The speaker stated that students need to become problem solvers and not be told what to do all the time. This is outline in the material from Math Makes Sense program. At the beginning of each lesson their is a part where the students are presented a problem and they work together to solve it, without any prior teaching from teaching.

This idea was also, brought in class by Alec, who suggests that we live a society where education like technology is taught in time, meaning you learn what you need to know at that particular time. If the child knows it then why explain it to them.

I complete agree with all of these perspectives. I believe, as teachers we should be teaching your students to not be dependent on the teacher. The Speaker from Math Makes Sense, is a classroom teacher and he explains, when it is math time in his class the students know what is expected of them and he says, he doesn't even have to be there for his students to work on the problem solving procedure. I found this amazing. I would love it for my students to be this independent!

As for the assignment for listening to a podcast, I think it could be a great resource to use in the classroom. I know sometimes the voice of the teacher can get very boring and when you get a chance to listen to someone different then it is a great thing.

Hot Potatoes!

In class today we got to create and play with a program called How potatoes. this program allows you to create quizzes and and such on the internet. I create a word search today here is my link
hot Potatoes

Learning so much!

Tristen and I have been working very hard on your final project and it is coming along very well. In the last couple weeks we have been filming and editing very hard. Some things that I have experience with lots of technology and programs, such as audacity, garage band, and adding music form Itunes. One of the most surprising and fun things I have experience with this project was on Sunday afternoon. We wanted to split the audio and video so we could place images in front of the video while still playing the audio from the video(the stuff we filmed). We went tot he help icon and we figured it out for ourselves. It felt so good that we were able to figure it out without the help of Alec! I guess it just proves that when you have no body to lean on to, you have to depend on yourself. Although it took a long time, and you got frustrated it helped you to realize that you can do things on your own. Thanks Alec!

telecollaborative project

Technology has entered the classroom and it can be overwhelming for the teacher who is already using "every single" moment of his or her day to the maximum. So when is there time for technology and how can you implement it?

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That is where TechnoSpud comes in. Technospud, provided by Jennifer Wagner, provides ways of seamlessly bringing technology into your classroom working within your existing curriculum. She can show you how technology can move from a "stand alone" tool, to an "always used" tool, with you and your students.technospud

One of the easiest ways to bring technology into your classroom is to join an online project. Technospud.com is proud to sponsor several Online Projects each year. Whether it is stacking oreos, rolling eggs, or sorting colors of frootloops, your students are learning!!! And Jennifer can provide many ideas on how to make it fun and leave your kids eager to learn more!!

one activity that she has on her website, is stacking oreos, on top of each other. It is a math activty dealing with estimation. the students were not allowed to move the cookie once they placed it and took their hand off it. Then the challenge was to get other students around the worlf to see how many they could stack.

I think this activity is great because it includes both technology and math1

The World Today!

I found this and it got me thinking about our world and the state of it that it is in. I have thought about these issues for a while now. 5% of the world population has 90.5% of th worlds wealth. there are so maybe out there in our world that has nothing. I feel that there is something wrong with these and we need to teach our students more how to be more giving.

In my school, they fund raised for lots of things but I feel that the students really didn't see the effects of their money. For example, we raised money for the school supplies for African child but we didn't raise anything for Telemerical (which raised 5.6 millions dollars!!! YA Saskatchewan!!!) I think students should realize that there is poverty in their neighborhoods and they cna make a difference with this families. Well I'm getting kicked out of the computer lap so bye for now!
Heather

Does any else rememeber this commercial?? What I love is how Barbie is dressed, still the slity dress. I don't forget the "bad boy" image coming to pick her up!!!

Vidoes create by Kids!!

After doing some research on Bratz dolls I came across this video. The fact that children made this video I think that is pretty cool. As for the content, it's so stereotypical. There is an exchange student in it and plays up to the high school stereotypes.



This video Crazy. As if this is meant for 10 years old. I mean " tippsy off of bicardi!! Come on!! Who makes these!!! I hate the fact that the women who singing these song were fine with saying such things as "Get a drink and you can pay for it:, or things like "You like your hands on my boobies"!!! Kids shouldn't be introduce this language. Wow this sure does drive me crazying!!!

I mean when you have grade 3's telling you that they watched the Jack ass movie number3 and saying the inapporiate things about. Something has to be done!!!!