GOOD BYE FOR NOW

I have really enjoyed everyone in this class. It has bein great getting to know each of you. I am sure we will met again in the near futre. Take care and Be Blessed. See you in sequence.

What I Learned in EDM 310

This class has taken me on a journey through the land of technology. And what a journey it has been. I have being exposed to so much, that I truly feel that I will be a better educator because of EMD 310. The experienced that I encountered in the class were certainly new. I have always considered myself to literate where technology was concern. But after taken this class, I was definitely proven wrong.

The blogging, podcasts, videocasts, PLN, google docs, google presentation, and google earth are all new to me. I have always read blogs of others for entertainment purpose only, but I never thought I would create one myself. I have found blogging to be an enjoyable process. It very therapeutic to share your insights and ideas on various information.

Google was thought to be a search engine. But after taken this class, I discovered it has much more to offer. Google provide free applications that can used by anyone. I will certainly be using in the near future. The google translate, I have used it a couple of times since being introduced to it. I love it. What an excellent way to introduce students to foreign language. It not just limited to Spanish, or French. It translate language that are spoken around the entire world.

I can not say enough about Twitter. I just love my twitter land. It allows me to express my self freely. Whatever I am thinking I just twitt it. I can maintain a certain level of privacy. Twitter is not so personal, like most social networks. My email, birth date, graduation date, age, social status, and my hair color, or not ever made known on twitter. I guess that's why I like it so much. My life is not on public display for the world to see.

I can see using podcast in the classroom. I am glad that I had the good fortune of learning about them in EDM 310. My students will certainly think I am a cool teacher. I will certainly be using this as a group assignments. I can see it. Coming live from Ms. Holloway Third Class today we bring the evolution of life.

I can't say there are things that I wished I had learned. Technology is changing everyday. I can only try to keep up. I cant say that I was excited by this class. I had to take in order to get into sequence. SORRY!!! This class was a challenge. Every week there was an assignment due. Boredom, trust me, you do not have time to get bored with this class. There is always something to do. In class, I always learned something new. There was something that we worked on every time we met. There is nothing I would change. The class is fine, just very demanding.

I consider myself to be technologically literate at the moment. I embrace technology. The world is changing and I know I must change with it. Technology changes everything we do from driving, learning, teaching, cooking, reading, and making calls. It even changes the way we communicate with the entire world. I realize I will never know everything, but I can sure try to educate myself. I will always try to stay a step ahead of my students.

My Personal Favorite on the Lists

These lists were very interesting. Especially, Dough Johnson's Seven Stupid Mistakes that a teachers make. I have being guilty of a few. Let's just say surfing the Internet, and sending email while at work is not a wise choice. It's better to do that at home. You never know when it will come back and hunt you. Just because you deleted it from your computer does not mean a it doesn't exist. Trust me someone is keeping track of every email, Internet site visited, and phone call that you make. Keep it business at all times.

Ignoring the intrinsic interest of tech use in today's kids. Kids like technology. Not using it as a hook to motivate and interest them in their education is stupid.This was Dough Johnson's sixth mistake a teacher makes. Technology can be used to enhance a child's education. And as an educator, it is our job to stay ahead of the students. Technology can be used in all subject matter from math, English, science, and history. It should never be ignored. Today's kids are more tech savvy than most of adults. They are surfing the Internet, joining the latest social network, playing games, and uploading videos to YouTube. Therefore, educators must stay ahead of the game.

Thinking technology in schools will go away. But it is stupid to think technology in education will go away. It isn't going away in banking, medicine, business, science, and agriculture - anywhere else in society. Anticipating that "this too shall pass" about technology is pretty stupid. Dough Johnson's seventh stupid mistake teaches make with technology. Technology is here to stay. Not only is it staying, it will continue to change. And it's changing in exponential ways. Technology is changing the way we drive, the way learn, and the way we communicate among friends. The GPS is the new map. No more getting lost on those highways and byways. We can take online class no more going to class, but I prefer going to class. There just something about that online thing. The cell keeps us connect everywhere we go. The various social networks. We are able to stay connected to the entire world. We can not afford to be a stupid tech teacher. We must get on board or else we will get left behind.

Accept the role of co-leaner. Brilliant teachers not only accept the dismal fact that they will never know all there is to know about technology, they also turn that condition into a classroom advantage by having their brilliant children teach them how to do something techie now and then. This Dough's Johnson fifth point that brilliant teachers do with technology. I must admit, I will probably never know everything about technology. I will be willing to learn from my students. I would love for them teach me something new. Just to think, they know something there teacher don't.

Dough Johnson's number six thing a brilliant teacher does with technology is use the kids’ own devices to teach them. There are so many devices available to kids. They have ipods, phone with camera and video recorder, laptop computers, and playstations 3. These all can be used as an educational tool. Kids can develop blogs and podcast.
They create projects by documented certain species and flowers. There games that kids can play to enhance their knowledge of all subject matter. The kids will be learning will using their on gadgets. What an excellent way to trick them into learning.

The Education Innovation had some great classroom rules to use with technology. These rule are certainly new and was none existence ten years ago. Use polite speech when speaking blogging, texting, twittering, and instant messaging. These rules do not apply to me. I have broken these rule more than once. And you can kiss my keyboard @:#) #_. Yeah that's what I was going to say. Kids should be made of aware that somethings are not meant to be said in the virtual word. We are able to hit delete, but there is always a record somewhere. So be careful. This rule should certainly be enforce in the classroom. Students will be blogging, texting , instant messaging, twittering, and using facebook. Please keep it clean at all times.

Keep your hands to yourself, but share all your ideas and knowledge with others in your Personal Learning Network. Knowledge is meant to be shared. Hands not so much. Sharing our information allows for constructive criticisms and critique from our peers. This allow the students to learn from their mistakes and make progress in the future. The students become the teacher when they share their experience and knowledge. We should all learn from someone or something. So please share with me and keep your hands to yourself.

Teacher's Desk

I really enjoyed this blog. It reminds me of a certain class, EDM 310. Yeah thats what this blog brings to mind. A collaborative blog such as this one is very important for present educators as well future educators. The blog on twitter was very interesting. The teacher posted a simple question about probability and got a response back from several educators. The information that was given had to be helpful given the sources. Twitter has become a new passion of mine. I absolutely, positively, love my twitter. I will certainly use this to my advantage when I enter the world of teaching. What a helpful tool to have at my finger tips. Just to think that I am not alone. When I need clarity on differnet subjects, why not post it on twitter.

The skping between classroom was exciting to read about. Two classrooms from different parts of the world were able to connect via skpe. The students were able to gain insight on other students approaches to education. What an excellent way to learn. Only if this was available lets say twenty years ago. That would have made for an interesting classroom assignment.

Teachers sharing their ideas and innovative ways of teaching can certainly help me in the future. As a teacher, you can gain insight and knowledge on other subjects. You can learn ways to present them to your class. Engage the students in interactive learning. I will certainly be returning to The Teacher's Desk.

Michael Wesch

I am a twitter addict. I post at least four or more times a week. I must admitt, if I had choose between twitter and facebook. I will choose twitter any day. It allows me that anonymity to say what I want. I know there are others reading my twitts, but they can't see me, there is no connection. They can not hold me accountable for my feelings or thoughts. I feel that is me against the world. Facebook is a whole another story. That's were my classmates, friends, and family hang out. I am not as open on facebook. I know they will judge me, and become questionable. Like a certain follower on my twitter account. I want call you out this time.

"That hurt Charlie." Now that was a funny you tube video. Did they win a million dollars for that? I have watched an occasional you tube video for entertainment purposes and educational. But, I will never engaged in creating a video for myself to post on the web. Why would I want the world in my life. I am a very private person. Let me see, I sit in front of a camera and talk to it. I do that in the car and if it's not recorded there, then forget about it. The whole world does not need to know that I talk to myself from time to time. I am not crazy. Just check out the you tube videos. Just imagine all this time I thought I was the only one.

But kids, think different than adults. I can see how I can use this in classroom. Kids love dancing, performing, and singing. They can develop a play and record it to air on you tube. Hollywood here comes Ms. Holloway's Third Grade Class. Playing soon in a theatre near you.

Why Posts to Blogs

This is my first experience with blogging. I can defintely see the importance from an educational stand point. Blogging give kids a place to share their educational experiences and talents. It provides them with feedback on improvements. By sharing their work with others, they are constantly striving to become better. People all over the world are giving the opportunity to view their success. They are learing from critics, which will defintely help later in life. What a valueable tool for kids. Blogging is a teacher without the teacher. click here View to learn about Kaia's world. What an excellent teacher.

The PS222 choir was amazing. It shows how blogging allows kids, and teachers to share their knowledge around the world. These kids voices should defintely be on public display. So much talent should be shared with everyone. So why not blog about postive aspects of kids talent and learning experiences. Let them see, how much other people admire their gifted ability. It should be shared with everyone. And blogging allows them to do just that.




Like I stated before blogging is defintely new to me. I have always being familiar with Perez Hilton, YBF, TMZ, and other blogs that provide the latest dirt of lives of the rich and famous. But EDM 310 has provide with the educational insight of blogging. What a valuable tool that will certainly be used by me in the future. This is a wonderful educational tool. It allows me to share my thoughts and opinions with world. This is my link to EDM 310 http://hollowaytedm310fall2009.blogspot.com/