Blog Post #3

Peer editing is working with someone your own age with his/her writings; by using compliments, suggestions, and corrections. It is indeed important in today's society. This helps students build up more confidence than have insecurities about their writing by accepting responses from their age group. The best way to approach peer editing is by giving them positive compliments. This helps our peers feel good about their selves that will help them achieve more in the writing process.


The importance of peer editing is to push and encourage our peers with writing to improve. It is better to get feedback from your peers than a teacher. Receiving feedback from a peer should be nicely done instead of hurting the students feelings. At a young age, peer editing would teach them how to nicely edit their classmates work in a positive manner. The students should be able to evaluate on the details of the topic, spelling/grammar, and using the right sources with the content.

Blog Post #2

What would teaching be like in the 21st century?

1.) Professor Dancealot

After watching the Professor Dancealot video, I see that he was lacking teaching skills and impropor instructions. All aspects of teaching differs from where they're trained with different experiences. This was supposed to be a dance class where students should interact with one another. I really did not understand why he was behind the desk doing the dance moves instead of standing in the front of the class and demonstrate the technique of the dance styles.

2.) Teaching in the 21st Century

I. Resources that can be used anytime
A. What are resources are being used today

II. How to get students' attention by using these resources
A. Let the students explore the different sites provided

I agree with Mr. Roberts when said "Teachers are just filters now." Nowadays students have more free access to the internet and get more information. Since teachers now aren't the main source for the students. I feel like Mr. Roberts is more focused on the skills of the students today than the contents and the facts. By watching the video, it made myself realize that us educators need to be more aware of the different variety of new things that are arriving in the future to keep the students more interested.


3.) Networked Student

Why does the network student even need a teacher?
The networked student needs a teacher to help them guide through the problems he/she has to help develop their understandings. This video shows the different resources that can be used with the 21st century that can help students achieve in their professional studies. The educators should be able to help the students maintain an organized positive environment.


4.) Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts

The thesis for Mrs. Davis video was to help encourage the teachers to use more technology in the classrooms with their students. The reaction to her argument with the teachers telling her that she needs to able to know about the different topics of technology before teaching. However, it is best for the students to learn more about the variety of technology on their own, and come tell her because she ends up learning something new everyday from her students.

5.) Who's Ahead in the Learning Race

I personally think that the elementary students are ahead of the race. Technology now in 2015 is more high advance than back in 2000. Elementary students are eager to get their hands on since they're being introduced to them in school or at home.

6.) Flipping the Classroom

Flipping the classroom is actually new to me. This concept is a great idea to approach in a elementary school system. It is useful for the teachers to let their class take home a video for them to watch and comprehend. The students can come back to class and be challenged with questions the teacher might ask.

7.) Bringing the Locker Room into the Classroom

With this article, I found that the different sports can be used as examples with the classwork. This will help the students engage with more interest in the classwork and get along with the students amongst the class. Coaching in the classroom is an amazing idea for different ways of teaching methods.

Test

Blog Post #1

When I first came to South, I heard a lot of negative comments about EDM 310. I've heard from my advisor that Dr. Strange would make other people cry and that he's really hard to take. My fears/thoughts with this course were going to be the death of me. I thought I wouldn't pass and possibly have a hard time. EDM 310 is different than the Microcomputer class I took at Faulkner my freshman year. Since it is 2015, this class is more high def on technology by using MacBooks. The most difficult aspect that I could possibly have is the projects dealing with iMovie as well as uploading a video to YouTube. The best way for me to address to this aspect is by practicing talking in front of the camera more often to help myself feel more comfortable about it. I saw this picture on Google when I typed in "Blog Pictures" and this picture pops up. This is basically describing almost everything what would go on in this class.

Practice Blog Post 1

I. About myself

A. Name/age
B. Major in education/minor in dance
C. Mobile, Al
D. Hearing impaired/premature birth
E. Family
F. Hobbies
G. Major in pursuing with deaf studies

II. Educational Approaches

A. Attending USA
B. Why I picked education
C. Feelings about teaching


Hello! My name is Leslie Evans and I'm 20 years old. I am a junior at the University of South Alabama pursuing as a education major as well as a dance minor. I was born here in Mobile, Al. When I was born, my mom ended up having a premature birth. With me being premature, it caused my auditory nerve to not develop all the way in my right ear. My family is the biggest motivation ever. Along with my mom and dad, my mom pushes me to do the best I can even when I'm struggling. My hobbies involved reading and dance. I just love to sit down whenever I have nothing to do and read book that interests me. Second is dance, I'd started dancing at the age of nine at church. As I progressed, I was on the dance team at Baker High School for three years and Faulkner State Community College for two years. Since I am a education major, I plan on pursuing Deaf Studies to be able to teach at the Regional for the Deaf and Blind here in Mobile, Al. I feel like since I have the same disability as them, it would make me feel comfortable to be able to teach kids that are the same as me.

The reason why I attended University of South Alabama was to be close to my family and boyfriend as possible. Also, I have a one year old niece I help my sister out with as well. The reason why I picked education is because my grandma used to be a Elementary Education teacher. She went to three different colleges at the same time to finish with her degree. She also would drive to Sunflower, Al to teach until some teaching positions opened up here in Mobile, Al. She later took a position at Dodge Elementary and retired. My grandmother served 35 years of teaching, and that inspires me today to become a teacher just like her. My feelings about teaching are all over the place. I'm excited, nervous, and anxious about how the first day will be in your own classroom. I am getting closer and closer to follow my dreams as a elementary teacher. It is a great feeling to have your own classroom of kids that will look up you. Being a teacher has to be the most wonderful thing.