A few projects...

 Project 5 - Google Form

Survery on Books

Project 6 - Skype

A number of my friends have Skype I have noticed.  I use this program plenty to talk with my parents when I am not at home and to my friends.  I used Skype over spring break to video chat with one of my friends and co-workers. It was quite interesting because it was the first time for me to use the program. However, I did have fun and will continue to use this.



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Project 9 - Timetoast Timeline

The Simple Life of Penelope Humenansky

Project 10 - Timetoast Timeline 2

Dante Alighieri

Project 11 - Google Earth

 I have used Google Earth several times. I googled my house and a few other places. I am still using the program and finding new things to search.

3-28-2010

Morgan Bayda -

I found this blog to be pretty interesting.  What Morgan Bayda and Dan Brown both had to say was good.  If students can not afford to go to college and further their education, then they are just going to be down the toilet.  However, if said student uses their head correctly, they will be able to find probably the majority of the information needed for them to graduate from college online.  A lot of the information today is free and online for all to see.  This is helpful so that you do not have to sit in the lecture hall for a couple of hours copying down information that can still be found on various websites. 



Comments4Kids -
The page that I commented on this week was about Mathletics.  It is a mathematical website to help students from k-5 and up to improve on their math skills. Is seems like a great way to learn the new techniques. Here is the website for further reference - Mathletics

3-12-2010

Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) –

This website is amazing. It has many different items that you can click on to help you when you are teaching. For example, if you needed some help creating a lesson plan for your third grade science class you can go to the left hand side of the page and click on “lesson plans” and then click on the ALEX lesson plans, select the correct items needed for your search. After the search in completed there will be numerous lesson plans for you to choose from. If you do not want to find a lesson plan that has already been created you can make your own. Not only are there lesson plans, but there are also podcasts, web links for teachers and students, professional learning and personal workplace.
I would definitely recommend this website to other teachers and students that did not know about it. As a future teacher I now plan on getting great use from this website. There are so many different features that could help me out for when I am in a jam with my class.

Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) –

This website contains useful information for high school students and teachers. There are plenty of test preparations for AP classes and graduation examinations, advance placement tests, and whether or not a text will be required for class. Not only does it have test guides, but also chemistry help. There is so much more on this site that can be utilized.
I do like the site. Even though I am not planning on teacher high school students, if I was then I would use this site to help them if I am not explaining something that they can understand; for example, chemistry. I would also inform teachers and students about using this site and the many ways that it can be helpful in the long run.

3-7-2010

Comments4kids -

This is Henry and he wrote some poetry about pandas. It is a very cute and funny poem. I really enjoyed reading it because I read it repeatably. Henry's Blog Post






Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture - Achieving your childhood dreams


 By far this is the best video I have watched for this class.  Randy Pausch made it so very interesting to want to keep watching. 
The video was about his childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others, and the lessons learned.  One of the things mentioned is something that everyone should know already- "don't lose sight of your inspirations."  Not everyone, but some people do lose sight of the things that help them to achieve their goals in life.  One of the quotes the Randy Pausch used was "experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."  True.... we do not always get what we want.  However, there is always some great experience behind them.  Sometimes we even use these experiences to our advantage. 

Randy Pausch also says that we need brick walls.  These so-called brick walls help show us our dedication to our dreams.  He also mentions the term "head-fake," which is making someone think that they are learning something else.  This happens all day and everyday to millions of people. I know that it has happened to me plenty of times.  I give many kudos to this video, it was by far the best one.