Friday, April 30, 2010
Farewell
Well, it is all coming to an end!! I cannot believe it!! The semester is finally over and it has gone by fast! I have learned a lot from EDM 310 and I have never been in a class as active as it was. The people in my class were awesome and I pray that they will have a bright future!! I thought that Dr. Strange taught the course really well. He was really good teacher and I believe that he will continue to do so. I will miss this class very much as well as the people I have met! So Farewell to all and God Bless You!!
Tiffany
Interview with John Vallas
Denise Vallas and I interview her son John Vallas through Skype; however, I had trouble converting the AFL file into a link to upload on youtube. So he video himself for us and we thank him for doing this for us!! Enjoy!
https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=1c464878ce&view=att&th=12851652cc71f65e&attid=0.1&disp=attd&zw
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Final Post of the Class: Honest Reflection
This post is in reaction to Dr. Strange's Honest Reflection Questionnaire:
http://www.johnstrange.com/edm310/FinalPostSpring2010.pdf
I have learned so many things in the EDM 310 class. I have learned a lot, that I honestly thought I would lose my mind!! These are the things I have learned: Blogging, Google Presentations, Google Earth, Timetoast Timelines, Videocasts/Podcasts, Vocaroo, iTunes, PLN, Twitter, Movie Maker, Google Docs/Forms, Delicious, YouTube, ACCESS/ALEX, and Commenting on other blogs. The purpose about learning these things is to incorporate them into education. These tools are very useful and should be use more often. In my future as an educator, I would definitely some of these tools because it will help benefit my class better. Out of all of these, I would probably use Movie Maker and Google Presentations/Docs/Form the most. Movie Maker is more fun than the rest of them and I think it would be more beneficial for children with hearing disabilities. The only thing I have left to learn for this is how to add close captions when uploading the video through YouTube (which I am still trying to figure out). Google Presentations would definitely be helpful because it will show visuals. Many children rely on visual learning as well as I. Google Docs will allow me to share anything I do to others, so they will have a copy of the materials. Google Forms are a great way to make up quizzes. Also, another thing that I think I will use the most is probably a blog. This way, I can post everything we do in class online and if students miss school for some reason, they can check the blog and not get too far behind. This will also allow parents know what is going on in the classroom and enhance communication skills between the students, parents, and me. I do have a feeling that I will use ACCESS/ALEX to help will lesson plans and guide me through teaching my students. I may use timelines and google earth when necessary. I will definitely keep up with twitter, just for fun, and continue to build up my PLN and Delicious. I will use iTunes to download videos I could use for my class. All of these are great ways to help enhance education.
There are things that I wish were included in the EDM 310 Curriculum, but they are not: how to add close captions in videos, how to incorporate audio into text for the deaf community, and how to incorporate text into audio for the blind community. There are probably many more things I wish I could have learned, but I cannot think of them right now. I would love to learn how to do these things because I am a Special/Elementary Education major and I want to teach to children with hearing and seeing disabilities. It would be very important to add close captions to video or incorporate audio into text so that deaf students can understand what is going on in the video. So if I make a video myself, then I need to add the text into it to help the deaf children. It would be the same way for the blind. I think it would be beneficial if these three things were added to EDM 310 curriculum.
If there is anything that I wish I had not learned in class, it would probably be the vocaroo voice recording. I do not think I would ever use this tool if I am planning on teaching to the deaf community or anybody with disability with the exception of the blind community (I would rather read out aloud to them than for to listen to a voice recording). I do not think that a voice recording is reliable in education because it does not benefit everyone in the world; therefore, I do not see a point in using this particular tool. Vocaroo is probably the only thing I wish I had not learned, even though it was kind of cool.
At first, I was thinking what have I gotten myself into when I signed up for this class. I started hating the class in the beginning, but when I got to the Substantive Project using any tool in class, I decided to make a movie and it was so cool. After that, my attitude changed right away. I was beginning to have fun with the class. When I was making the movie for my project, I was learning things outside of what the class taught: Editing Music!! I was playing around with this particular tool and fell in love with it. I tried using this attitude towards the rest of the projects and I was having more fun. Everything I have learned in class are useful to me and I will use them in education!
I believe that this entire class is intellectually challenging because I was learning some of these things almost at the same time. I believe I was doing four projects at the same time at one point. It was so stressful that I thought I was going to have a mental breakdown. Eventually, I got through it. I made it through. Come to think of it, I always like a challenge because it pushes me to work hard and be successful!!
I was never bored with this class. This class kept me busy everyday. It feels like a 8-hour job. Every night I was working on something in this class, whether it is small or big. Again, I was never bored with this class.
If there is anything that I would choose to change this class in any way, I would probably choose alternatives videos for students who have disabilities that may be going into education as a major. I would make sure that this class could be beneficial to EVERYONE, not just the people who could probably handle the class.
I would not say that I am 100% technologically literate. I am sure I have a lot more to learn in the technology world. However, I would say that I know a lot more than just researching for a paper, emailing, facebook, downloading musics, and typing papers for school. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best), I would probably be a 7 in the technology world, unless there is something I do not know about that I have not learn yet. Just in case, I would say a 6. I do not think I would ever be 100% and I do not think it would matter as long as I am willing to keep learning about the technology world.
I think that keeping in touch with Dr. Strange and being active in the EDM 310 Alumni Blog will definitely help me improve my technology skills. I would be willing to keep on learning and being part of the Alumni blog will help me to do that. If I stay active on the blog, then I can always get help whenever I need to!
Overall, I am starting to like this class. I wish there would be another one like this as a follow up to help me be an expert in this. But I can always ask around if I need it. I really did learned a lot and I did not expect to do so. This is a really useful class. Yeah, it is a lot in one semester but in the end, it is all worth it.
http://www.johnstrange.com/edm310/FinalPostSpring2010.pdf
I have learned so many things in the EDM 310 class. I have learned a lot, that I honestly thought I would lose my mind!! These are the things I have learned: Blogging, Google Presentations, Google Earth, Timetoast Timelines, Videocasts/Podcasts, Vocaroo, iTunes, PLN, Twitter, Movie Maker, Google Docs/Forms, Delicious, YouTube, ACCESS/ALEX, and Commenting on other blogs. The purpose about learning these things is to incorporate them into education. These tools are very useful and should be use more often. In my future as an educator, I would definitely some of these tools because it will help benefit my class better. Out of all of these, I would probably use Movie Maker and Google Presentations/Docs/Form the most. Movie Maker is more fun than the rest of them and I think it would be more beneficial for children with hearing disabilities. The only thing I have left to learn for this is how to add close captions when uploading the video through YouTube (which I am still trying to figure out). Google Presentations would definitely be helpful because it will show visuals. Many children rely on visual learning as well as I. Google Docs will allow me to share anything I do to others, so they will have a copy of the materials. Google Forms are a great way to make up quizzes. Also, another thing that I think I will use the most is probably a blog. This way, I can post everything we do in class online and if students miss school for some reason, they can check the blog and not get too far behind. This will also allow parents know what is going on in the classroom and enhance communication skills between the students, parents, and me. I do have a feeling that I will use ACCESS/ALEX to help will lesson plans and guide me through teaching my students. I may use timelines and google earth when necessary. I will definitely keep up with twitter, just for fun, and continue to build up my PLN and Delicious. I will use iTunes to download videos I could use for my class. All of these are great ways to help enhance education.
There are things that I wish were included in the EDM 310 Curriculum, but they are not: how to add close captions in videos, how to incorporate audio into text for the deaf community, and how to incorporate text into audio for the blind community. There are probably many more things I wish I could have learned, but I cannot think of them right now. I would love to learn how to do these things because I am a Special/Elementary Education major and I want to teach to children with hearing and seeing disabilities. It would be very important to add close captions to video or incorporate audio into text so that deaf students can understand what is going on in the video. So if I make a video myself, then I need to add the text into it to help the deaf children. It would be the same way for the blind. I think it would be beneficial if these three things were added to EDM 310 curriculum.
If there is anything that I wish I had not learned in class, it would probably be the vocaroo voice recording. I do not think I would ever use this tool if I am planning on teaching to the deaf community or anybody with disability with the exception of the blind community (I would rather read out aloud to them than for to listen to a voice recording). I do not think that a voice recording is reliable in education because it does not benefit everyone in the world; therefore, I do not see a point in using this particular tool. Vocaroo is probably the only thing I wish I had not learned, even though it was kind of cool.
At first, I was thinking what have I gotten myself into when I signed up for this class. I started hating the class in the beginning, but when I got to the Substantive Project using any tool in class, I decided to make a movie and it was so cool. After that, my attitude changed right away. I was beginning to have fun with the class. When I was making the movie for my project, I was learning things outside of what the class taught: Editing Music!! I was playing around with this particular tool and fell in love with it. I tried using this attitude towards the rest of the projects and I was having more fun. Everything I have learned in class are useful to me and I will use them in education!
I believe that this entire class is intellectually challenging because I was learning some of these things almost at the same time. I believe I was doing four projects at the same time at one point. It was so stressful that I thought I was going to have a mental breakdown. Eventually, I got through it. I made it through. Come to think of it, I always like a challenge because it pushes me to work hard and be successful!!
I was never bored with this class. This class kept me busy everyday. It feels like a 8-hour job. Every night I was working on something in this class, whether it is small or big. Again, I was never bored with this class.
If there is anything that I would choose to change this class in any way, I would probably choose alternatives videos for students who have disabilities that may be going into education as a major. I would make sure that this class could be beneficial to EVERYONE, not just the people who could probably handle the class.
I would not say that I am 100% technologically literate. I am sure I have a lot more to learn in the technology world. However, I would say that I know a lot more than just researching for a paper, emailing, facebook, downloading musics, and typing papers for school. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best), I would probably be a 7 in the technology world, unless there is something I do not know about that I have not learn yet. Just in case, I would say a 6. I do not think I would ever be 100% and I do not think it would matter as long as I am willing to keep learning about the technology world.
I think that keeping in touch with Dr. Strange and being active in the EDM 310 Alumni Blog will definitely help me improve my technology skills. I would be willing to keep on learning and being part of the Alumni blog will help me to do that. If I stay active on the blog, then I can always get help whenever I need to!
Overall, I am starting to like this class. I wish there would be another one like this as a follow up to help me be an expert in this. But I can always ask around if I need it. I really did learned a lot and I did not expect to do so. This is a really useful class. Yeah, it is a lot in one semester but in the end, it is all worth it.
Week 16 Blog
PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
I thought this video was really informational. This video about a girl creating a Personal Learning Environment, which helps her keeps track of information and being able to share information into her blog. It organize the information for her. This is similar to what a Personal Learning Network is. My PLN is pretty much similar to her PLE except my links are beneficial for me for college, while hers is beneficial for her class in 7th grade. Other than that, the PLE and PLN both have the same purpose.
TWO QUESTIONS THAT COULD CHANGE MY LIFE!!!
1. WHAT IS MY SENTENCE?
Honestly, I have not really thought about this. I guess my sentence could be "I made a difference in someone else life." I think it would be somewhere around this sentence because I do want to make a difference in the world, whether it is in someone else life or in the environment. Either way, I have a desire to make a difference to influence positive effect on things.
2. WAS I BETTER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY?
I would say yes, I am better today than yesterday because I learned something difference. In fact, I learned something different everyday. It could be life lesson, school lesson, or whatever it wants to be. The point is I am getting better everyday because I am growing up and as I am growing up, I am maturing and learning how to live life the best way I can. I have made mistakes, but I learned from those mistakes to be a better person. Not everyone is going to be perfect, but everyone can be better.
I thought this video was really informational. This video about a girl creating a Personal Learning Environment, which helps her keeps track of information and being able to share information into her blog. It organize the information for her. This is similar to what a Personal Learning Network is. My PLN is pretty much similar to her PLE except my links are beneficial for me for college, while hers is beneficial for her class in 7th grade. Other than that, the PLE and PLN both have the same purpose.
TWO QUESTIONS THAT COULD CHANGE MY LIFE!!!
1. WHAT IS MY SENTENCE?
Honestly, I have not really thought about this. I guess my sentence could be "I made a difference in someone else life." I think it would be somewhere around this sentence because I do want to make a difference in the world, whether it is in someone else life or in the environment. Either way, I have a desire to make a difference to influence positive effect on things.
2. WAS I BETTER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY?
I would say yes, I am better today than yesterday because I learned something difference. In fact, I learned something different everyday. It could be life lesson, school lesson, or whatever it wants to be. The point is I am getting better everyday because I am growing up and as I am growing up, I am maturing and learning how to live life the best way I can. I have made mistakes, but I learned from those mistakes to be a better person. Not everyone is going to be perfect, but everyone can be better.
Two questions that can change your life from Daniel Pink on Vimeo.
Project 8: Teaching Something
Here are some more links to learn Sign Language from:
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/ASLweb/browser.htm
http://www.lifeprint.com/index.htm
http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
New Blog
Hey Everyone, I just started my Professional blog. It is a work in progress but here is the link:
http://clarktiffanypb.blogspot.com/
http://clarktiffanypb.blogspot.com/
Final PLN
When I first started my PLN, I had no idea what I was doing. Now I am understanding it a little bit more each day. It is just a way to help me keep track with all of my links. I started out by following people on blogging (I followed people that I know), then, I opened up a twitter account. With twitter, I followed a few classmates, my professor, few news stations, charities, and some celebrities. It is sort of interesting to know what is going on with people around the world. I haven't really use twitter that much, but I am hoping to get into it more as part of my PLN. Finally, I opened a Delicious account and I started bookmarking some websites that are beneficial to me. So here is my PLN on My Delicious:
http://delicious.com/dancalanche10
Of course, my PLN will still be a work in progress because I will continue to develop one until the day I retire.
http://delicious.com/dancalanche10
Of course, my PLN will still be a work in progress because I will continue to develop one until the day I retire.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Google Earth Project
These are the places I have been on vacations just to get away from the house!!
Google Earth Practice Project
This is just a practice tour of places that I want to go. A friend help me with this one! Thanks, Zak!!
My First Experience with Skype Use
This past weekend, I have finally experience Skyping with a deaf friend. I was able to see him through video and hear some of his feedback (if he uses his voice). I only wish I could have recorded it, but the version I downloaded only allow limited features, including two video calls. I guess you have to pay for such services. Anyway, this friend of mine do not use skype anymore because he thinks ooVoo is better, which is similar to skype. However, I was able to encourage him to do one skype session and he agreed. Basically, we just talked about some of the stuff I have been doing in class. Not only did we talk about school, but he recently got married, so we talked about how his marriage life was going. His name is Heath and he is married to my very best friend, Holly. They are both deaf and I have to use sign language to talk to them. I do not have to sign too much to Holly because she is really good at reading lips. Heath, on the other hand, can barely read lips. I also have to keep telling Heath on Skype to slow down with his sign language because I could not catch what he was saying. He has a habit of signing 90 miles per hour, knowing that I cannot read his sign language that fast. Sometime I wonder if he is doing it on purpose because I tends to look at him funny when he starts to sign fast. Anyway, it was cool to be able to talk to him through Skype, using sign language.
EDM 310 Survey: Life in General
Here is the Questionnaire:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dEtsQ0JZVUdoMGtuRS1vaktTdnU0YlE6MA
Here are the two different format of the Survery:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dEtsQ0JZVUdoMGtuRS1vaktTdnU0YlE6MA
Here are the two different format of the Survery:
Sunday, April 18, 2010
April 18, 2010
This week we were suppose to talk about one of the things we have done in EDM 310. I decided to talk about my favorite thing I did in class: Making Movies. I did this through Movie Maker. Enjoy the video and the song!!!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Week 14 Comment4kids using Project 8: Voicethread
Here is my Voice Thread for Comment4kids:
Here is what I said:
This week on Comment4Kids, I was assigned to read Makerita's blog. She attends PT England School and she is 9 years old. Her class has been learning about "Early Europeans" coming to New Zealand back in 1814. She had an assignment, in which she wrote a script as if she was one of these Europeans and recorded it with her animation of the European ship arriving in the background. Makerita play Elizabeth, who was 15 years old. Elizabeth was born in England and her family moved to New Zealand due to her father's missionary work. Makerita did a great job in doing this video.
Here is what I said:
This week on Comment4Kids, I was assigned to read Makerita's blog. She attends PT England School and she is 9 years old. Her class has been learning about "Early Europeans" coming to New Zealand back in 1814. She had an assignment, in which she wrote a script as if she was one of these Europeans and recorded it with her animation of the European ship arriving in the background. Makerita play Elizabeth, who was 15 years old. Elizabeth was born in England and her family moved to New Zealand due to her father's missionary work. Makerita did a great job in doing this video.
Project 14: Substantive Project
This video is about certain problems that needed to be address, so that other people do not have to face the same problems I am facing now.
Note: I am still working on trying to get the close caption on, but until then, here are the three dreams that the students have: Kiara wants to be an Elementary School Teacher, Joshua wants to play football for Florida State, and Marc wants to be a police officer. I think this is the only part of the video you may have trouble hearing.
Note: I am still working on trying to get the close caption on, but until then, here are the three dreams that the students have: Kiara wants to be an Elementary School Teacher, Joshua wants to play football for Florida State, and Marc wants to be a police officer. I think this is the only part of the video you may have trouble hearing.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Week 14 Blog
DR. SEUSS: THE ZAX
This video shows how the Zax never wants to change. This is true in today's world. I wish the world would not change so much because every once in awhile, life gets confusion. But the world does change as well as life. I just have to go along with it even if it is scary. I am willing to change along to do whatever it takes to make education easier on the students. I will do whatever it takes to make sure that my future students will get the benefits they need to make it in life. It will not be easy because life is never easy. I believe that changes are good because what would life be without change?
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO POST THEIR WORK ONLINE?
At first, I would not be one of those who would have posted work online because of exposure. But being in this class and seeing all of the works of young kids online has really change my mind a little bit. I mean after see the video with Keia: http://dearkaia.blogspot.com/2009/09/first-photo-essay.html, a young
child is learning to take pictures and posting them online with the help of her father;
and the video by Dan Brown:
a student reaching out to the world say how educators are wasting time teaching
things that are irrelavant to us; and a couple of kids' videos: http://pesteam2.blogspot.com/,
a bunch of kids learning how to use blogging.
Seeing all of these works open my eyes to see that it is important to post works
online because it shows that all of us can learn how to use technology. It also
shows that technology can help us improve our education: it helps come up with
better ways to teach to students. It helps us research things faster, communicate
around the world, and provide better opportunities for everyone. There are probably
many more reasons, but I believe these are the three main important reasons why
students' work should be posted online.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Comment4Teachers Week 13 through 14
For the past two weeks, I have been following Jenny She's blog for Comment4Teachers. She is a primary school teacher in Auckland, New Zealand. She loves her job because she believes she can make a difference.
FEBRUARY 6, 2009: PICASA (FOR MAC)
Jenny found this video and put it on her blog. It is about how to use Picasa. This video seems very informational to me. So for all of Mac's user, I hope this is helpful for you too.
FEBRUARY 27, 2009: THIS COULD BE THE FUTURE WAY OF READING: WE COULD READ WITH ONE HAND.
This is another video Jenny found talking about ebooks. It sounds interesting that you can put so many books into one ebook and it has a lot of different features on there. One of the features I heard was that it will read the book out loud to you as you are reading along with it. For me, this is would be really helpful because I understands better when reading aloud. Plus, it would be nice to read with just one hand. This video is a little funny too. You'll see why.
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MARCH 20, 2009: DON'T FIGHT AGAINST TWITTER
This video is about a young man who has never heard of twitter and can care less about it. Sounds like me.
MARCH 30, 2009: TWITTER IN THE CLASSROOM: COULD IT BE A FUTURE TREND?
The next video Jenny posted was talking about using twitter in classroom. It talked about how twitter can engage more participation from the students in classrooms. I think I can agree with this statement because students tends to be more interested in stuff like facebook and twitter. Using them in classrooms could possibly help encourage students to be more willing to learn. I would not mind using facebook in classroom but twitter, I probably do not see the point in it. Since I have created an account in twitter, I have only been on it 3 times and that is it. So I will probably use something that I use more frequently like facebook. I am constantly on facebook. Here is the video:
MAY 23, 2009: TWITTER ADDICT!! COULD YOU BE ONE?
This is another video Jenny posted. I am not a twitter addict for sure because I do not twitter very much! This is video is just a comedy of twitter. I did not like it but you may.
Twitter Addict - watch more funny videos
JUNE 27, 2009: SONG ABOUT TWITTER THAT JENNY LIKES
So I come across more posts about Twitter!! I'm sorry for saying this, but what is so special about twitter? My opinion? Nothing. All you do is update the status and read what is going on with other people. I don't know; I am not a fan of twitter. I think it is insane that there are some people that will be willing to change their status every two hours or so. I do not have that kind of time. I have facebook, but I only get on it twice a day: when I wake up and before I go to bed... if I get on it more than two times on a particular day, then it is probably because I needed to send a message to a person, whose email address I do not have.
So Jenny loves to twitter!! Here is the song about twitter she loves:
APRIL 9, 2010: ARE TASK BOARDS USEFUL IN CLASSROOMS IN THE CLASSROOM?
Finally, something that is not about twitter! Jenny is talking about how to use Task Boards to keep the children from year 1 to 6 on track with their learning. "The task boards are essentially a list of rotation activities that the children can do while the teacher carries out his or her mircro teaching groups. Why micro-teaching? Well, the little children can not handle whole class teaching. They get lost easily and many can't bear listening to a teacher talking in front of the class for a long duration of time. The next reason which could be a more valid reason is that the children are of different abilities or levels right across the curriculum areas from reading and maths and social studies. Because of this, the children are sorted into different ability groups and hence there are small groups teaching."
Here is how the task boards work: the children's names are listed under the names of the activities and when they are asked to change activities, they look at the chart and go do the appropriate activities that they are assigned to do. In this way, all children have something meaningful to do while waiting for their turn to be called to the teacher.
Task boards were very helpful for Jenny and the children she teaches. They help manage the class in which the activities are helpful and kind for the children. "Nowadays, I have progressed so much in use of integration of e-learning that I have found the constant interruption of the rotation cycle actually break the link in e-learning," Jenny wrote. She also wrote that many children do not like leaving the computers and coming back to them later when they lose their great ideas in their heads. Because of this, she has modified the task boards in a way that the children ar allowed on the computers till they have finished the projects.
Not only did she modified the task boards, so that the children can finished their computer project, but she also changed the way task boards work. "The task boards that are just lists of things on the charts that the children can do. They are encouraged to choose wisely --like attempting different activities, never overcrowd an activity (Max:4 persons). " So far, this technique is working for her class and it allows more flexibility.
I find this post very helpful. Since I changed my major to special/elementry education, I will probably use this technique, especially if I want to teach at the Regional School for the Deaf and Blind or any other schools for deaf and blind children. I think this technique will help the deaf students to keep track of what they are suppose to do and what they have or have not done. For the blind students, I would create their own task boards in braille. Either way, I would probably use this technique in my classroom. Not only will it help the students keep track of their activities, but it would help me keep track of their work.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Comment4Kids week 12-13
Week 12: Japati's Mihi in Maori
This week I was assigned to welcome Japati into Room 9 of Afio Mai. This was his first blog post and he has been learning to speak Maori. I think he did really well. He looks like he is around 10 years old. That is a young age to be learning a language, which I think is amazing. I did not learn French until I was in my junior year of high school. My brother started learning several languages in middle school.
Week 13: Mao makes butter for Fairy Bread
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ehsasnz/4435863425/
The video of making butter for the fairy bread is Mao's first post of the year!! To watch the video, you can click on the link above. Basically, she talks about what they did in class on friday, which was to make butter for fairy bread.
This week I was assigned to welcome Japati into Room 9 of Afio Mai. This was his first blog post and he has been learning to speak Maori. I think he did really well. He looks like he is around 10 years old. That is a young age to be learning a language, which I think is amazing. I did not learn French until I was in my junior year of high school. My brother started learning several languages in middle school.
Week 13: Mao makes butter for Fairy Bread
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ehsasnz/4435863425/
The video of making butter for the fairy bread is Mao's first post of the year!! To watch the video, you can click on the link above. Basically, she talks about what they did in class on friday, which was to make butter for fairy bread.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Week 13: All about Kaia
First of all, I think the relationship between Mr. Jabiz and his daughter Kaia is very sweet. He seems like a great father and wants the best for his child. He was helping her with her photography project and introducing her to the technology world. She is only three years old and I think that it is amazing that she is learning and experiencing news thing at such a young age. This taught me that kids can learn anything at a young age. You know, I just remember something. I remember seeing a commercial sometime on TV showing a 6-months baby already learning how to read. I remember thinking it would be impossible. But as I continue to watch, they showed a particular program (I cannot remember the name of it) that parents can get to start teaching their babies words whenever they feel ready to do so. So I suppose if a 6-months-old baby can start reading, then I would be guessing that by the time this baby turns 2- or 3-years old would have a lot of experience in technology.
Secondly, Mr. Jabiz made a comment in his Singing Hearts Blog post about being a little bit afraid of exposing his daughter's connection online all over the world. I can understand the feelings he was going through because there is always that risk of internet predators. But now I am learning is that we do not have to be afraid to use technology to connect with the world because there is some protection. We all just have to be more careful. If we let something like internet predators stop us from online connection, then how can we be improve our technological education?
Finally, Mr. Jabiz asked this question: Is the risk of exposing ourselves and our children online worth the connections that will be made and the lessons that will be learned? Here is my thought to this question: I would say yes because there are a lot of opportunities out in the world through technology. It may take awhile to get where you want to go, but technology can help. Connecting to the world can help us learn the things we need to know to get through life.
So what is your answer to this question?
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