Final Reflection

Summary Post C4K (November)

My first comment was my assignment to Ms. Yollis' class blog. I want to say that I felt a little nervous about commenting after the reputation of her calling out students could potentially bring my lovely little blog crashing down. What I found once I got on her blog was an array of incredible tools and I really enjoyed the blog I was assigned to. It was on on the Fall festival as part of a project called Yollis' 365 Project. It was about some fun facts involving Halloween and its origins. I added some interesting facts to the blog as that is the way Ms. Yollis likes to see people reply to her student's blogs.

Blog Post #14

I really enjoyed Jose Picardo's video on Top ten tips for using technology in the classroom. Some of his tips I have already learned how to utilize while doing assignments in this class. But there were a few reminders he put on there that I wasn't aware of. I never thought of actually letting the students utilize their gadgets in the classroom. With so many students having either an IPhone or IPod, we should start taking the initiative to show them how to use those products in helping improve their education. It would seem to spark their interests and possibly motivate them to want to come to a class where they actually get to play on their phone!! Although that "playing" would be in an educational format.

I also like his list of a-z internet resources for education. There is an extensive list of free resources that teachers and students can use for further improving their education. The list is updated regularly and it is encouraged to suggest other sites that I may find are useful to add to the list. I like the site called lingro that will translate a website into English to help you learn some interesting perspectives from other cultures and languages around the world. This is just one of many awesome resources available to anybody that is smart enough to utilize them.

Final Report on PLN

So I have done a lot with my PLN since my last update. I added a ton of sites that I feel will help me become a better educator. I have a few blogs on there such as Ms. Yollis' class blog and a blog by Mr. Jeff Delps who is a k-12 administrator. His blog is very inspirational and has a lot of very useful tools. I also added a video sharing site called TeacherTube and I added a couple of great sites for helping kids with learning. I also put a project learning site as a resource for me to help implement some of those ideas into my curriculum in the future. Symbaloo has been a great tool and I will continue to add to it as I grow in my profession.

C4T #4

My first comment was on Ms. Jenna Bentley. She did an amazing post on Perception is the Key to Survival. She gives her opinion on the idea of optimism and how people's perception has such a major impact on their life. I commented on how I see optimism as one of the greatest tools that we have. The power of will has made and broken the identity of some of our greatest leaders and historians. We could all be a little more optimistic in our life!!

My second comment was on another post by Ms. Jenna Bentley. She had a post called Recipe for Defeating Fear. The post talks about the effects of fear in our personal journey and the steps you must take to defeat your own fears. This is done by acknowledging your fear and then taking action to face it head on. I mentioned how I used to have a fear of public speaking. I talked about how I defeated it and what that did to my confidence when I became a better public speaker.