Internet Safety Watching Videos

The following sites are the resources I used for watching internet safety videos:
http://www.isafe.org/webcasts/video.php?id=1
http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/teresa.htm
http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/julie.htm
http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/amy.htm
http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/friendship.htm
http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/canttake.htm
http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/feathers.htm

1. What are the most important things you learned? The most important things I learned are first of all that once information has been given on the internet, it is like feathers in the breeze you can never get back. Gossip and information spread like wild fire on the internet. I learned that someone can stalk you with as little information as your name, your birthday, and your five digit zip code. The most important thing we can do is be careful of the private information we provide on the internet.
2. How might you use the resources I you discovered in your future classroom or home? There were some pretty cool sites I found just for kids and I want to show these internet safety videos to my children at a young age and to my students at the beginning of the school year. If kids are informed it will prevent certain dangers found on the internet.

Reflection for Week 14

1.  What article did you choose to read for your fourth article?  I chose to read a talk given by Gordon B. Hinckley  called, "An Ensign to the Nations, a Light to the World."  I really enjoyed this article because it talked about how members of our church can be an example for the world to follow if we remember the covenants we have made with our Heavenly Father and choose only appropriate media/entertainment to be involved in.

2.  What are the most important things you learned from the readings?  I learned that the most important thing is to become educated and to educate those around you about appropriate internet use.  I also think one of the most important things is prevention! 

3.  How will what you have read influence your actions as a parent/teacher?  I will try and be as mindful as I can as far as the internet/media my students and kids are involved in.  I will also allow for open communication so they know that if ever they come across a pop-up they can come talk to me and won't feel ashamed.

4.  How can you use the readings as a positive influence on family/friends?  I have already set a goal that this upcoming Sunday I will prepare a family home evening lesson based off of the articles I read today.  I will try to be a good example and not view anythings potentially inappropriate.  

Internet Safety Tips

• Kids should refrain from giving out their personal information online. 

• Stay away from Spam/Spim sites and emails.

• Be aware of the sites your kids/students are visiting.

• Pay attention to website credibility and appropriate nature before visiting any sites.  

• Pornography, hate sites, cyber bullying, and chatting with strangers are now common forms of internet use.  

• People on line may not be who they say they are!

• Sexual predators are hugely common right now!

• Pay attention to who your kids are chatting with.

• As an educator we need to know what our students are up to on the internet and we need to educate them about the dangers of internet use. 

• Not enough kids discuss internet safety with their parents!

Week 12 Reflection

1. What technology use and attitudes did I see modeled? I saw my teaching partner use an overhead projector and I saw my cooperating teacher use a stereo and a DVD/VHS player. Other than that I just noticed that both my cooperating teacher and my teaching partner used a microphone again so that students could always hear them during their lessons.

2. What was my own experience trying to use technology in this setting? I used the microphone in all of my lessons so the students could hear me. For a literacy lesson I taught about "opposites" I used a stereo and taught the students "The Opposites Song". Also, I created a power point presentation for a guided reading lesson I taught in order to introduce the students to new words. One last way I used technology is I had the students type in a score of 1 to 3 on my lap-top depending on how they thought they behaved throughout my lesson.

3. Share 1 idea that you have for using technology for a lesson or content area that you observed being taught this week. I saw the students being taught math on worksheets where they counted, measured, added and subtracted m&m's. I think an Elmo or an overhead projector would have enabled the teacher to model how to do the worksheet which would have helped the students get more practice before they had to work independently.

Reflections for November 10-16

1.  What technology use and attitudes did I see modeled?  This week in my cute little first grade classroom I noticed that  when students got finished early with their assignments they would go to the back of the room where listening centers were set up.  The way listening centers work is the kids just put on head phones and listen to a book on tape while they follow along in their own books.  It is a really cute idea and is something they can easily do on their own.  

2.  What was my own experience trying to use technology in this setting?  This past week I was able to use the microphone again so that all of the students could hear me while I taught my lesson.  Also, next week I plan on making a power point presentation for a literacy lesson on homophones.  With this lesson  I also plan on teaching the students a song about homophones and using the stereo located in our classroom.  

3.  Share 1 idea that you have for using technology for a lesson or content area that you observed being taught this week: My teaching partner used a web cam in her most recent literacy  lesson.  She taught about long and short vowel sounds for the letter "a" and about the silent "e".  Then she taught the kids a chant and let them perform the chant on web cam so they could view themselves.  The students loved this idea and were so engaged all throughout the technology portion of the lesson. 

Week 11/03-11/08 Technology Self Report

1.  What technology did I see modeled in the classroom? This past week I saw my teacher use a microphone so that all of the kids could hear her during her lessons.  I also observed that she used a CD player for the kids to sing Thanksgiving songs with.  Last but not least, our class had the opportunity to go to the computer lab where Mrs. Reire helped the students to create their own turkeys on a Mac program called "kid pix".  It was such a fun activity and the kids really seemed to enjoy it.  

2.  What was my own technology experience in the classroom? This week I had the opportunity to use a microphone when I read the students stories and taught lessons.  It really helped me feel like I didn't have to strain my voice and all the kids could hear me without me having to yell.  Also, I was able to help the kids create their turkeys in the computer lab using the "kid pix" program.  It was definitely trial and error for me at first because I had never used the program but I figured it out and it was fun to see what the students created and see them expand their knowledge of technology. 

3.  Share one idea that you have for using technology in the classroom? I think it would be such a great idea to do a Guided Reading lesson with the use of an "elmo" projector.  This way if all of the kids don't have a copy of the book they can all still view the text.  Another idea I have is to use a powerpoint presentation about the book I am going to read to the students to get them excited about what we are about to read.    

TPACK and Fair Rights Use

I learned a lot about TPACK and correct fair rights use.  I now know that it is illegal for teachers to use more than 30 seconds of audio and/or 30 minutes of video unless they have received legal permission to do so or are getting their music/videos from a website such as www.freeplaymusic.com.  I learned that TPACK stands for Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge.  It encompasses three elements of knowledge, content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and technological knowledge.  This knowledge is required for teachers who wish to bring technology into the classroom.  I'm really glad we learned about such important issues because I know we will have to address these issues at some point or another as future teachers.  

Critical Attributes of Shared Reading
*everyone participates
*everyone has access to text
*teacher and students involved
*it's visual and auditory

Incorporating Technology in the Teaching of Shared Reading
*use a document viewer if there aren't enough copies of text
*projector connected to the internet to view articles, websites, and online text
*power point presentation
*digital story telling to introduce the book

Critical Attributes of a Read Aloud
*reading a book aloud that is too difficult for students

Technology in a Read Aloud
*use a digital story book trailer
*website on illustrations
*Google earth to research author

Shared Writing
*teachers and students work together
*together they come up with ideas
*teacher is the only one that writes

Technology of Shared Writing
*smart board
*document viewer where you write and they watch
*digital pics for ideas on what to write about

Interactive Writing
*student and teacher write something together

Tech
*Smart Board
*projector to introduce interactive writing
*write a story on the overhead

Guided Reading

*Students read with the assistance of the teacher

Tech
*power point
*digital story telling

Readers Workshop
*increase fluency and prosidy
*helps to understand the text

tech
*video their final performance
*video clips to show them actors performing

Week 2- Web Tools

I enjoyed class today because we learned about different web tools that can greatly assist us as future teachers. First I created a blog which would help me be able to post announcements for my students weekly. We also learned about the benefits of an RSS which could help a teacher filter information about current events you wish to teach students. Also, we learned about goodreads.com which enable teachers to communicate with one another about what books to read in the classroom.

What I learned from mine and other's virtual tours

My partner and I chose to create our virtual tour on the seven wonders of the world. We posted pictures up for each wonder and then displayed a description of the facts and the location of the site. Lastly, for our activity we put a web link to sites that enhance further understanding of the Seven Wonders. This could be used in the classroom to teach students the geographical locations and facts of the some of the worlds most important sights. I also had the opportunity to view two other virtual tours. One concerned the most famous volcanoes around the world and the other talked about the the California Gold Rush. It was awesome to see where everything was that I have heard so much about since I was just a child and I think they did a fabulous job! It is my belief that virtual tours can be used to teach just about any topic/unit in school. :)

Google Earth Reflection, Week 10/16

I am so excited to have learned more about Google Earth. I actually found out that I can find my own house if I just plug in my home address! You can seriously look up anywhere on the Earth you want to view on Google Earth. Now I have so many ideas as to what I could do to implement Google Earth into my future classroom. I think it would be awesome to do a unit on cultures and to focus on a different location every week. For instance, I chose a link that would help students understand Egypt better. Maybe on week two of this unit we would discuss parts of Europe and the different cultures within. There are endless possibilities!

3 Videos I Observed

The first video I watched was awesome:) They used clay to assist in illustrating "The ABC song" and they made up a rap to go with the pictures.  It was pretty cool.

The second video I watched was a book review of the book, "Lousy Catcher's Mitt" and they did a really good job with incorporating pictures from the internet to make their video more fun.  Also, each of them had an opportunity to put their voice on the video. They did a great job and I enjoyed it :) 

The third video I watched was a book trailer for the book, "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle". I loved the music they chose for the background of their film.  It was intense and it really kept my attention throughout the trailer.  They definitely made me want to read the book.

Steph's Week 6 Reflections

Through completing this digital story telling assignment I came up with several ideas that could be applicable to any classroom.  I was thinking it would be neat for a third grade class to read the book "BFG" and then instead of writing a paper or doing a book report, they could do a book trailer or create a brief film about the book which would help a teacher to assess if students really understood the main idea of the book.  Also, I think it would be fun to have students help make videos in class concerning weekly announcements and upcoming events.  There is so much you can do with digital movies!

Steph's reflection for 10/03/08

I learned that making movies isn't as hard as I thought it would be. We decided as a group that we would do a book trailer on the book "Where the Wild Things Are" and we came up with so many ideas right away. I thought of the song "Fear Not the Wild Things" by Kallai and I figured it would go perfectly with our book trailer. We also came up with some great pictures from the actual illustrations in the book and then Katie had a great idea. She suggested that we make three small trees out of the clay and three larger trees out of the clay and then take a picture of the small trees and then the three large trees to create the appearance of a forest growing in a place where the wild things are. I can't wait to be able to put our movie together and see how it turns out!

Storyboard template

Stephnanie Orme's week 4 reflection

I really f0und this assignment to be beneficial to further know how to incorporate technology into the classroom. I also enjoyed reading the cool ideas that my peers had. I read a lesson concerning teaching students about different types of clouds through using a website for students to check their knowledge. The second "tech-savvy" article I read had to do with constellations and the use of the "stellarium" site to assist learning. I thought their idea about naming a star for their class was such a unique and incredible idea! It's always fun to share ideas with friends who are aspiring teachers as well :)

Steph's goodreads

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1520151

Science Technology

This Science lesson is based off Standard 1 objective 1 from the Utah Core Curriculum and is targeted towards a third grade audience.

Standard 1: Students will understand that the shape of the earth and the moon are spherical and that Earth rotates on its axis to produce the appearance of the sun and moon moving through the sky.

Objective 1: Describe the appearance of Earth and Moon.

We will use the Computer Program, Google Earth, to assist us in teaching these concepts.

First we will begin by having students open up the Google Earth program on their computers. Next, they will observe the appearance of Earth from Space. After which we will have the students discuss with their neighbors what they have observed about the Earth’s qualities. Students should observe that the earth is round and that most of the earth’s surface is composed of water.
Next, we will have students use the Google Earth Zoom tool to observe the Earth’s surface in closer proximity. This will allow students the opportunity to view the various geographical components of the earth. For instance, students will be able to see the seven continents, several mountain ranges, and large bodies of water. Once again, they will discuss their observations with neighbors.
The last part of our lesson will focus on the earth’s movement and rotation using the tools (arrows) that make the earth spin. As students experiment with Google Earth, they will see that the earth is constantly spinning on its axis. In fact, it is spinning so fast that we as human beings on the earth’s surface do not feel the movement!
This is just half of the material we would cover when focusing on Standard 1 Objective 1. The remainder of our lesson would be directed towards the properties to the moon and its relationship to the earth. We chose to focus on the earth because it would take several weeks to cover all the material within this objective.