Blog Post #8

This is how we dream

In these videos part 1 and 2, Dr. Richard E. Miller pronounces that we are in one of the highest periods for communication technology. He makes the point that with the internet we always have access to information. The new technologies that are marking their way through our society are very encouraging and will impressively improve the way our students learn. Dr. Miller also talks about the internet that has given us the power to cooperate on work and projects without ever actually having to meet in person. Everything can be handled through the internet which means that teachers can work and talk with other teachers from around the world and students from around the world can read each other’s blogs and talk and work together as well.
Dr. Miller also talks about how writing in the academy has changed and how writing in our culture has changed. This is the best change in human communication in human history. We now have the opportunity to communicate immediately. Dr. Miller states that we need to be involved in the work of knowledge now. He considered writing as a solitary activity. However, incremental change is where we work now, it is not so much in libraries anymore. We carry our laptops and our desk is our workspace. It is now possible to work together using technology. We not only have to use text, but we also can use images and video. It is amazing how much technology is changing and I really did not think about it or realize it until I took EDM 310. It is unbelievable how much it has and is changing!!

Carly Pugh blog post #12

Carly Pugh did an incredible job with this post. It is a very creative and motivational assignment that also provides a lot of freedom in the workspace. It is kind of like having a playlist of music that describes your mood, but instead it's videos that describe your goals and thoughts on teaching. Carly had said in her post that instead of making her students to the same-ole-same-ole read a book then write an essay on it, allow them to research! Just like Dr. Miller stated in his videos about writing with multi-media, there are tons of ways for students to access information. With this assignment, I can show my teaching techniques through videos. This post was definitely an asset to my list professional blogs, videos and people to follow. I think Carly nailed it when comparing her post to Dr. Richard Miller’s video. Everything she wants to incorporate into the classroom is what he was saying our classrooms would soon be like. Her ideas were so creative and gave me something to go off of as a student and a future educator!


The Chipper Series/EDM 310 for Dummies

Both of these videos were very artistic and useful! These types of videos are great for applying into our future classrooms. They could be used for presenting a new concept in a school subject like science or math. They are not only great for explaining more in depth, but they are also wonderful for engaging for students. It is way more entertaining for students to visually watch something be clarified than have it just taught to them orally. Both videos were awesome and very helpful!!

Learn to change, change to learn

This video talks about the significance of change in our schools. Students need to learn how to be modern students. If they learn by doing and practicing rather than memorizing facts and reciting them, they need to know how to find those facts on the web, make sure they are correct, back the facts up with learned knowledge and learn how to communicate it. Nearly everything I learned while I was in school was memorized and forgotten as soon as I turned the test in. This type of learning certainly did not prepare me for college or my education career. This new teaching method, will truly prepare students for college, real life, and a successful intellectual journey. Even from my time being in high school not that long ago, everything is much different now. Therefore, I have to learn to change, and change to learn so that way my students will be taught properly to survive in their thriving technological world.

Scavenger Hunt 2.0

The tool I found like Facebook and Twitter was Classroom 2.0. This is a network for those who are interested in Web 2.0, and Social Media in the classroom. It is a free community supported network. It is an online community for teachers. They have their own blogs, they can post, and comment to other teachers also. I think this would be an awesome tool to have once I become a teacher. It would be nice to be able to interact with other teachers from all over and get ideas that they are using in their classroom with the Web 2.0.
Prezi gives students and teachers a free license. It allows you to have 500mb of storage space, all of your presentations will be private, and you get to use your own logo instead of Prezi's logo.
The video tool that I chose was Animoto. I have never used it so I searched it to see what it was like and it is extremely cook and unique. It allows you to take your pictures and video clips and create a video. You can style your video like the music and add some words if you would like. It also allows you to share it online like facebook, email, twitter or whatever you would like. It is really cool and I would love to use it.