Saturday, April 6, 2013

Blog Post #11

I enjoyed the video, Little Kids...Big Potential. In this video Mrs. Cassidy and class are showing how they use different technology in their classroom. The students use blogs, wikis, videos, Skype, a class webpage, and they use Nintendo DS's to connect with people in other classrooms all over the world. In the video the students tell about the different ways of communication and how they have learned to use it in their classrooms. The students said that blogging was their favorite, they enjoy this because they feel they are contributing to the world when people read and comment on their blog. Some of the children even gave tips on how to be safe while on the internet, they said "to only put your first name, not your last name," while you are doing things online.


This Skype Interview with Mrs.Cassidy, was very helpful for future teachers trying to learn how to incorporate technology into their classroom. Mrs.Cassidy tells how she started with only a 5 computer center in her classroom. She also talks about other teachers and how they do not feel that they need to change the way they teach to incorporate more technology, they think the way they are doing things is perfectly fine. She shares that all teachers must be technologically literate. All teachers need to keep up with the changes and development in technology, because Mrs.Cassidy says "it isn't going anywhere." While she is teaching her students in the use of technology, she teaches them the rules about how to be careful on the internet, and she shows them proper etiquette for learning comments on others' blogs.

4 comments:

  1. Hey Brelyn!

    I am also in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class!I have noticed a few grammatical errors on your blog but nothing big. I also agree that the Skype session was a great resource to use in the future!
    Don't forget to stay on time! Keep up the good work and good luck!

    Shelby Day

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  2. Hi Breylyn,
    First of all, thanks for sharing this post about the podcast and first graders. They seem to haves much fun with that stuff and its a plus that their parents LOVE the idea of an online portfolio. Great post and keep up the good work!

    Wannetta Fincher

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  3. Nice Blog. and Interesting! Saw a few errors but other than that it was good! Enjoyed reading it!

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