Monday, January 26, 2009
Who knew how cool FREE technology software could be?
TPACK Baby...it is what you need!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Quiz Questions!
Module 9:
A disorder is a/an
A) a)Inability to keep things organized.
B) b)Inability to do something specific.
C) c)Disadvantage in certain situations
D) d)General disturbance in physical or mental functioning.
Module 11:
For which group of students does tracking/between-class ability grouping cause problems?
A) a)Low income students
B) b)High-achieving students
C) c)Low-achieving students
D) d)High-income students
Module 36:
According to the text you can plan on your own, but it is better to…
A) a)Have someone else plan for you.
B) b)Work with other teachers and share ideas.
C) c)Have the students have a hand in the planning.
D) d)All of the above.
Monday, January 19, 2009
I learned so much my brain hurts!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Learning Reflection
When I started this assignment to find something I didn't know how to do and learn how to do it, I decided I as going to learn how to make a paper crane. I have always wanted to learn how, but I have never really made time for it. This assignment made me make time.
I looked up sites on the Internet to help me learn. I started out just fine. Reading the instructions and then doing it. Even though the instructions were not very good and the pictures along with the instructions were not helpful. I wanted to learn how, so I kept going. I got more that half way there and got to frustrated to go on. Now I have a piece of paper nicely folded to look like a diamond with legs.
I then started to look for the easy way out. What is something easier that I could learn. Sometime that won't take me as much time. I realized I was taking the lazy way out, but I was frustrated and I no longer cared about paper cranes. (Okay I might be over reacting a little.)
Then I started thinking about my week. I realized how much I have learned how. I learned about RSS and how to use them. I got an account at Goodreads and made some book selves, added friends, and selected books. I figured out how to use Delicious, a site that helps you store different articles on the Internet. I learned how the real dance to Cotton-Eye Joe. I learned the the Texas-two step and can actually do it pretty well. I also enjoyed learning all of this things. After thinking about all of these things I learned how to do I realized something that they all had in common. I was with people when I was learning how to do them. People were there supporting me and helping me along. One other thing that they had in common was a person told me what to do. I didn't have to read it and look at pictures.
If I was sitting around a table with a group of friends and we were learning how to fold paper cranes I would have loved to do that. I would have actually learned how, and I would not have gotten so frustrated and stopped before the end.
I apparently am a people person. I need people around me and I want them there. If I want to learn something to the best of my ability I need someone teaching me all the way. Not just giving me a hand out and letting me try and figure it out on my own.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Technology...What?
I have made a couple of power points but I have never been able to do the cool stuff. I can put things on slides and then manually move through the slides. I can enter numbers in a spreadsheet but I don't know how to do anything else. I have had my cell phone for 6 months and don't know how to do anything but call people. This partly has to do with me being lazy and not wanting to read the user's manual. My lazy days are over. I am going to learn how to do EVERYTHING, and it will be FABULOUS!