Teaching about internet safety.

I talked to my mom and sister about this. First I asked them what they knew and they knew more that I thought they would. They knew more then I did before reading and watching all that information. My sister's husband's cousin makes internet games that teach children about internet safety. It was really interesting to learn about.

I told them about the things that I learned actually happen, the things that shocked me. And my mom and sister both knew about them. I talked about how it is important to know what could happen so that you are ready to fight it and prevent it.

I also talked to them about cyber bullying. My sister is teacher and she told me a story about one of her students who was bullied on a myspace page. I then talked about pornography and how you need to turn off your computer. My mom then told me a story of when she was doing family history and this site came up and she couldn't get it off. She then learned that you have to completly turn off your computer. My sister recounted a story of a student in her school coming to a pornogrpahic site and school and he did the right thing. He first turned off the monitor and then went and told a teacher.

This experience was good because we were all on the same page and agreed and were worried about the same things.

4th reading

What article did you choose to read for your fourth article? An Ensign to the Nations, a Light to the World by Gordon B. Hinckley

That were the most important things you learned from the readings?

“There are forces all around us that would deter us from that effort. The world is constantly crowding in on us. From all sides we feel the pressure to soften our stance, to give in here a little and there a little.

We must never lose sight of our objective. We must ever keep before us the goal which the Lord has set for us.”

Sometimes I forget that the world is trying to pull at me. I need to remember and not falter. If we have our objective in sight we would not be partaking in media that offends the spirit. We would not be partaking in media that is not virtuous, lovely, of good report, and praise worthy

How will what you have read influence your actions as a parent and/or teacher of children and youth?

I need to make sure that my students and children know that:

“Life is better than that which is so frequently portrayed. Nature is better than that. Love is better than that. This kind of entertainment is only an evil caricature of the good and the beautiful.”

I need to make sure that my children know that they need to be an example to the world. Make sure my children are aware of the danger and help them not be a part of it.

How can you use what you have learned from the reading to have a positive influence on family and friends?

“We cannot be arrogant. We cannot be self-righteous. The very situation in which the Lord has placed us requires that we be humble as the beneficiaries of His direction.

While we cannot agree with others on certain matters, we must never be disagreeable. We must be friendly, soft-spoken, neighborly, and understanding.”

When I talk to my family or friends about this I need to be soft-spoken and understanding. If I force what I think on someone else and am arrogant about it, that will not work. I need to be humble.

Two Best Ideas

While watching the presentations today I learned about different technology that I could use in my classroom to enhance a lesson. The ones that I thought were good were the use of i-clickers. It is a great way to assess what the students know. And it is easy to use. Another thing that I thought was neat was the Jeopardy game. It was simple but it got the students exited about learning vocab words. The easier the better for me.

Technology Lesson!

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Observational Reflection!

Observational Reflection

While observing Mrs. Poai's math lesson I noticed things that I hadn't really been able to pinpoint before. Goes to show when you are looking for it you can find it. I was looking for the good and I found it. I know that isn't really what this reflection was for, but because of it I am going to remember to look for the good in my future lessons and the good in my students and I will find it. It is still important to find and fix the things that aren't the best and improve as much as possible.

Back to the lesson that was observed. The first thing that I was able to notice was that she stated the objective right at the beginning of the lesson. “Today we are going to learn how to write and count to in the teens.” Not only did she state the objective she stated it at least 4 times that I heard. If the students didn't know what the lesson was about it was because they were not doing their part in the lesson.

When the students were not acting like they should of, and were talking when Mrs. Poai was talking she would stop talking and wait for them. But she didn't just wait for them to be quite she told them why she was waiting for them to pay attention. She let them know that she had to wait for them to listen because this is important for them to learn. She talked about how they needed to learn this, so they could do their best in 2^nd grade. She got them to see the bigger picture for a minute. They needed to learn this for 2^nd grade. She showed them that she wanted them to do their best in 2^nd grade and she was trying to help them they best she could, but they had to do their part to learn.

Her methods of teacher were also great she used a poem in this math lesson and also used the students in her object lesson. She picked students to come up to the front so the rest of the class could count them. She also noticed that one student wasn't paying attention so she had him come up and help her. She didn't call him out on not listening she just got him engaged.

One other thing that I noticed was that she motivated the students but letting them know that after they learned about “the teens” they were going to use the white boards and play a game. The students love to play with the white boards. At first being able to use the white boards was an extrinsic motivation, but when they were playing the math game the white boards were an intrinsic motivation.

I hope that my teaching is similar to Mrs. Poai's but I know I have a ways to go to get their. She seems to see everything. She sees the student that need a little push, she see the student that need to help her to stay engaged, she knows her students so well. She was able to adjust her lesson to better fit her students and that is what it is all about.

Week 11

In our first grade class we made a story. As a class we first wrote a story about plants, because that is what we were learning about in science. As we wrote the story, we told the students that we were going to make it into a movie. That got them excited to make the story great. After we had written the story we had each student illustrate a page of the story. After that we took pictures of their drawings and used photostory to narrate the story and make the "movie" of their story.

Today in class we got to go to the movies we used the projector to make it a big screen movie. All the students were excited to see their movie and thought it was great that it was their pictures and their voices.

Week 10

In our classroom literacy is very important. And it is the emphasis for half of each day. The students have just finished writing stories on their own. And now we want to write a story as a class. To teach them about beginning, middle, and end. And also using detail and good grammar to make a good story.

After we write the story as a class we are going to have each student illustrate a page fo the story. And take a picture of the page and have each student narrate their page. And make a photo story out of it. We will also bind the pages that they make and have a finished book that they can read during free time.