4th Blog

  I really enjoyed the video. I think using videos in a classroom as a form of education would be beneficial to each student. Instead of students having to keep up at a certain pace of the teacher, those that area little bit slower can learn the same information but at their speed. Growing up and still to this day, if I do not understand something the teacher has gone over, I will look it up online to see how to do the problem so I can master the lesson.
  This has really helped me decide what I want to do in my future classroom. I would like to either find links or make my own videos to help students go back and review so that way if there wasn't enough time in the class, they would be able to go and look at my page so they would not fall behind. I think this would also be beneficial to those that miss class. They are able to review what we learned and can come in the following day and ask any questions.

3rd Blog Post

   Creating a free app trailer for class was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. I'm not a very tech-savvy person, so I struggled a little bit a long the way. There is a lot more details that went into it than I initially had planned. Trying to get the music playing just at the right moments were hard, but that was fun to play around with. My favorite part was using the music engine, audacity. I enjoyed messing with that and trying to make new sounds. Also, making the video flow nice and smoothly was difficult because you have all of these different slides, music, and clips that need to be shown  in a neat and orderly manner.
    I learned a lot of new techniques I would like to use in my future classroom. I would really like to try and make a trailer possibly for the beginning of the year, so the students can have a fun way of knowing what the school year has in store for them. It would also be fun, to have a project day with students where they could help me put together an end of the year trailer just about them. We could then invite some of the teachers that will be teaching them that following year as a preview for the future students they will have that fall. This project has made me excited and has given me new ideas for my future classroom.
 

Blog Post 2

  Watching the video, Do Schools Kill Creativity, had me thinking a lot about the schools I went to. Our schools put such a strong focus on core academics, but don't think about letting the child put his or her spin on it. We are taught certain ways to do school work and follow these certain guidelines in order for us to receive a good grade, but no where does it let us be unique and true to ourselves. The arts program in schools are not considered to be as of equal value as the mathematics or sciences. If you want to have a degree in the arts, then you are told "you'll never find a job" or "that's a waste of money". Why can't we think of art, music, or dance the same way we think of math and language? We should be encouraging those who want to pursue an arts degree instead of degrading them.
    If you go into schools today, you will see bright, lively classrooms that want children to be themselves, but if you sit in these classrooms and observe, everyone is expected to be the same. Everyone must write the same, act the same, or even dress the same. We are not giving our children the chance to be creative and do something that is unique to them. Our schools are killing imagination and creativity. When a teacher asks the students questions, there should be no right or wrong answers. The child's answer is their opinion, and we should not squadron their ideas. We need to be there for the children with open arms, welcoming their creativity and using it to their advantage.

Blog Post 1

       As I watched the video, Reimaging Technology, I realized how much of our technology in education is just normal, classic teaching but in a digital form. This is exactly how technology was used in my classes growing up. The technology was not used to help students that were falling behind  to succeed or to improve the schools test scores . It was just to show us a different form of teaching. But, if schools were to use the advances in technology to their students advantage, then our students could succeed in all aspects of learning and actually understand the lessons better rather than learning without technology.
       This video has taught me a lot about what I want to do in my future classroom. Each student is different and special in their own way, but the traditional form of teaching does not meet each students needs. Using technology in my classroom will help me make sure that each student has a chance to succeed without falling behind their peers. Also, this will provide a variety of ways for students to learn. Some children learn better by listening and doing their work on their own, while others retain more information by reading and working with others. This will help make sure all students learn their way, so no one is falling behind.  Lastly, instead of giving back final grades at the end of the semester, I would want to continuously give feedback to my students and their parents, so that we may fix the problem before it is to late. Why would we give report cards to children after the time has already passed for them to bring up the grade? I want to let students know when their grade is falling so we can see where the issue is rather than wait till last minute. Research has shown how much technology is helping students be more successful in their school. Why should we wait any longer? Let's begin to use technology to our best ability so we can help our children thrive.