Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Ipad assignment
Logic Solving
Help your child learn to associate numbers with their corrilation skills. With Logic Solving children will play an old game we all grew up with.. memory. However with logic solving children have to match up a certain number with the correct amount of dots. This would be a great app to use in a K-3 classroom. Not only will the kids be learning but it will also help with their memory skills along with learning to count and use their numbers.
They could play this by themselves or even against one another. I would deffinatly use this app in my classroom for smaller children and even to teach my own children! I know my numbers and I still had fun playing it.
Rating:5/5
Price: Free
Help your child learn to associate numbers with their corrilation skills. With Logic Solving children will play an old game we all grew up with.. memory. However with logic solving children have to match up a certain number with the correct amount of dots. This would be a great app to use in a K-3 classroom. Not only will the kids be learning but it will also help with their memory skills along with learning to count and use their numbers.
They could play this by themselves or even against one another. I would deffinatly use this app in my classroom for smaller children and even to teach my own children! I know my numbers and I still had fun playing it.
Rating:5/5
Price: Free
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Webquest
Monday, November 14, 2011
Webquest
My Role: The Affiliator For Secondary
Saving the Gorillas
Strengths: Students could work together to find out questions to these answers. There are specific questions this website wants answered, and there is a goal to be reached. Gives specific websites for the students to go to to help them answer questions given.
Weaknesses: There are many typos throught the website. This could distract from work. The rubric givin on the website isn't very clear. The credits aren't sited correctly. This could show students how not to do something.
World of Shakespear:
Strengths: It is a group assignment. It has clear and direct directions. It prvides websites that the answers to their questions can be found on. The rubric is very clear and not hard to read at all.
Weaknesses: Some of the work to be turned in is a lot of work. Even if they are working in a group seeing that much work could be discouraging. It gives each group member a role. This will make them work individually for a while they should stay in groups and work as a team.
Anti Earthquake Designer
Strengths: Has fun colors and fun pictures to get students involved. Has students working in a group at all times, even though they have different names of what they are to do. Step by step instructions planned out in weeks.
Weaknesses: There are many objects the students will need to do this task. That could use up a lot of money. It is through a four week window and it gives a lot of work for these groups to do.
Foreign Country Presentation
Strengths: It has very clear instructions. Also made into a contest that will get students motivated. Websites are given to students to help them with their work.
Weaknesses: It is an individual work not group.
Waves and Sounds
Stengths: It has good directions and is easy to read. Has good websites to help the students. Easy to read rubric
Weaknesses: It is not a group activity. It is a little boring which will probably not motivate students.
Saving the Gorillas
Strengths: Students could work together to find out questions to these answers. There are specific questions this website wants answered, and there is a goal to be reached. Gives specific websites for the students to go to to help them answer questions given.
Weaknesses: There are many typos throught the website. This could distract from work. The rubric givin on the website isn't very clear. The credits aren't sited correctly. This could show students how not to do something.
World of Shakespear:
Strengths: It is a group assignment. It has clear and direct directions. It prvides websites that the answers to their questions can be found on. The rubric is very clear and not hard to read at all.
Weaknesses: Some of the work to be turned in is a lot of work. Even if they are working in a group seeing that much work could be discouraging. It gives each group member a role. This will make them work individually for a while they should stay in groups and work as a team.
Anti Earthquake Designer
Strengths: Has fun colors and fun pictures to get students involved. Has students working in a group at all times, even though they have different names of what they are to do. Step by step instructions planned out in weeks.
Weaknesses: There are many objects the students will need to do this task. That could use up a lot of money. It is through a four week window and it gives a lot of work for these groups to do.
Foreign Country Presentation
Strengths: It has very clear instructions. Also made into a contest that will get students motivated. Websites are given to students to help them with their work.
Weaknesses: It is an individual work not group.
Waves and Sounds
Stengths: It has good directions and is easy to read. Has good websites to help the students. Easy to read rubric
Weaknesses: It is not a group activity. It is a little boring which will probably not motivate students.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Social-networking ban for sex offenders
Summarize the argument in this article:
This article is about a law passed in Illinois to keep registered sex offenders off social media websites. The author of this article doesn't think a registered sex offender should be kicked off the web. They make many good points as to why they believe this is so.
What evidence is presented to support the argumnt:
The author gives us examples of some states who make a person register as a sex offender if they pee in public. Or if they are two teenagers and get caught having sex. These aren't the typical people I think of as sex offenders. These aren't the typical people anyone thinks of as sex offenders. I mean think about it.. do you think a streaker should be considered a sex offender?
Validate what is presented:
I think that this article makes some very good points. It is clearly stated what the author feels and they back up their opinions with facts about other states. I find this article to be very credible.
I feel that this article is correct. I am not in any way for sex offenders, and I wouldn't want them online either so they could hurt my children whenever that time comes. But I don't feel that a teenager that got a little drunk one night and was dared to go steaking should be banned from social media websites because their state made them register as a sex offender. We do need to crack down on who our children can talk to, b ut I think a lot of that is up to the parent being involved with their children.
This article is about a law passed in Illinois to keep registered sex offenders off social media websites. The author of this article doesn't think a registered sex offender should be kicked off the web. They make many good points as to why they believe this is so.
What evidence is presented to support the argumnt:
The author gives us examples of some states who make a person register as a sex offender if they pee in public. Or if they are two teenagers and get caught having sex. These aren't the typical people I think of as sex offenders. These aren't the typical people anyone thinks of as sex offenders. I mean think about it.. do you think a streaker should be considered a sex offender?
Validate what is presented:
I think that this article makes some very good points. It is clearly stated what the author feels and they back up their opinions with facts about other states. I find this article to be very credible.
I feel that this article is correct. I am not in any way for sex offenders, and I wouldn't want them online either so they could hurt my children whenever that time comes. But I don't feel that a teenager that got a little drunk one night and was dared to go steaking should be banned from social media websites because their state made them register as a sex offender. We do need to crack down on who our children can talk to, b ut I think a lot of that is up to the parent being involved with their children.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wikipedia Friend Or Foe
Wikipedia Friend Not Foe
Three things I learned...
1) Before class and before reading this article I had no idea that anyone could edit wikipedia. I had no idea that teachers really had that big of a problem with it. When I went to school we were encouraged to use Wikipedia but only for a starting point. I didn't know that schools actually banned this website.
2) I had no idea that Wikipedia is so widespread. I only thought it was for the english speaking nation. But in the article it states that it is in over 90 different languages.
3) Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia.. but there are entries on it that aren't included in the actual encyclopedia.
Two thing that surprised me..
1) I find it amazing how fast information can be put on wikipedia. The Virginia Tech example amazed me. I remember being in school watching the whole thing as it unfolded because where I lived we were all "Hookie Fans." It's just so crazy!
2) Students like us are constantly editing wikipedia to make it a more credible resource to use in papers! As they find information they put it in wikipedia.. I think this is so neat!
Question
Why are so many teachers against this site? After reading this I don't see why it's so bad.. I actually think its really helpful!
Related Resource
This link talks about how wikipedia tops the charts in where students plagarize from. This could be the reason so many reachers are against this website. I believe however it's the students fault for being lazy and not understanding plagarizim is bad and that teachers do look on all sites even if they are forbidden to use.
Click here to see my resource
Three things I learned...
1) Before class and before reading this article I had no idea that anyone could edit wikipedia. I had no idea that teachers really had that big of a problem with it. When I went to school we were encouraged to use Wikipedia but only for a starting point. I didn't know that schools actually banned this website.
2) I had no idea that Wikipedia is so widespread. I only thought it was for the english speaking nation. But in the article it states that it is in over 90 different languages.
3) Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia.. but there are entries on it that aren't included in the actual encyclopedia.
Two thing that surprised me..
1) I find it amazing how fast information can be put on wikipedia. The Virginia Tech example amazed me. I remember being in school watching the whole thing as it unfolded because where I lived we were all "Hookie Fans." It's just so crazy!
2) Students like us are constantly editing wikipedia to make it a more credible resource to use in papers! As they find information they put it in wikipedia.. I think this is so neat!
Question
Why are so many teachers against this site? After reading this I don't see why it's so bad.. I actually think its really helpful!
Related Resource
This link talks about how wikipedia tops the charts in where students plagarize from. This could be the reason so many reachers are against this website. I believe however it's the students fault for being lazy and not understanding plagarizim is bad and that teachers do look on all sites even if they are forbidden to use.
Click here to see my resource
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