Blog Post #14

Problem: Seniority Distraction
Solution: This is the way it dictates the way schools operate. Albert Shanker wants the best for each student. He's using "knowledge base" and "formal set of peer relationship." He also wants to use "national teacher examination" to test the knowledge of each lawyer and doctor. Lastly, he would require "supervised internships of from one to three years" to evaluate the performance of prospective teachers.

Problem: Radical Change
Solution: Shanker wanted the teachers to have their own board to police profession. It is used to establish standards and providing mechanism for removing incompetent teachers. Teachers would also be subjected into merit based careers ladders and would be promoted based on speciality exams.

Problem: Pick from the best
Solution: Picking academic trained for prospective teachers, new way to change recruiting teachers, and change how to reward teachers.


I have to say I agree with Seniority Distraction. It runs the school. They have a lot amount of time to work on things. Teachers have to work hard to get where they're today. It's not fair for others that are  just sitting there and not do anything about it.

Radical Change has come to play an important part. I feel like its judging the education majors, saying we can not do anything that put our minds to it. This problem will find a solution. Shanker would treat the teachers like an old fashioned factory.

I can absolutely agree with picking from the best. Nowadays it is hard to chose the right teacher for the job. Some people are only taking up the teaching major to have holidays, summers, and weekends off. I think that picking a teacher with a high GPA will work out much better. The school system will have the ability to see what the that person has instead of what they do on paper.

Blog Post #5 Part 2

At the beginning of the semester, I created a PLN. My favorite PLN is Symbaloo, right now it is set up as my homepage and it makes it so much easier to get to the websites I love. I've had a Twitter for awhile now. Since I've been in this class, a lot of Educational pages have been following me and its a great opportunity to see what's going on through their pages. Symbaloo is a great way to have your personal and business websites right there together.

C4T #4 Gwen Pescatore

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2015/04/15/improve-communication-between-home-and-school/#more-188404

Mrs. Pescatore talks about the 4 tools to improve communication between home and school. She explains that sending newsletters home to the parents would no longer work anymore. She expresses that she likes communicating with online and mobile tools. Blogs to maintain students progress, Social Media to see what's happening, Remind one way tool to reach out to parents, and Class Dojo a two way tool that focuses on the social-emotional aspect of the school day.


Leslie Evans Apr 18, 2015 12:07pm 

Hi Mrs. Pescatore,
My name is Leslie Evans. I am a student at the University of South Alabama and majoring in Elementary Education. I love this blog post. I was actually thinking about the social media to keep in touch with parents and remind them when their child's assignments are due or coming up. Thank you for sharing this post! I'll look back at this for future references.

Hi Mrs. Pescatore, 

C4K Summary April

http://kidblog.org/MrsLsAwesome7thgradeclass2014-2014/4b774413-f70f-4edb-890f-f2b4baaadf03/really/#comment-313

This week I had to comment on Treasure's Blog Post. She is a 7th grade student in Mrs. Lombard's class in Oklahoma. She talked about her testimony whenever she was practicing for cheerleading tryouts, and almost broke her neck. She's thankful that God was by her side through it all.

Leslie Evans (Guest)

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April 2, 2015 at 6:44 PM

Hi Treasure, 
God is always amazing! I’m glad you didn’t hurt yourself during tumbling practice. Just don’t over do yourself whenever you’re tumbling, Thanks for sharing!


http://kidblog.org/MrGardnersClass-3/61bcfd67-dcfe-4123-95c9-112df4fc469c/296/#comment-205

This week I had to comment on Ira's Blog Post. She is a student in Mr. Gardner's class in Canada. She wrote a poem about a cat. She described what the cat does like meow and purring.

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April 11, 2015 at 10:09 AM

Hi Ira, 
Great blog post about cats. You described what cats do very well. Keep up the good work!

http://kidblog.org/JHFIClassof2015/category/blog/?author_name=738b6480-c8c5-4db9-bec6-2e955dd4c919

This week I had to comment on Keavon's Blog Post. He is a student in Ms. Thomas' class in Georges, MD. He talks about how he would like a lot of money and become famous one day.

Leslie Evans (Guest)

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April 16, 2015 at 9:47 PM

Hi Keavon, 
Great blog post! Who doesn’t dream about becoming famous and have a lot of money. Keep up the great work!

Blog Post #13

Technology and Sign Language

This assignment is about learning sign language with technology. As you all know, sign language can be used as a second language. This assignment I would like the students to learn more about it and be put in their shoes. This is the only way for them to communicate for deaf and hard of hearing to understand. Technology can be used with this as well, but it seems like now technology is getting in the way with it. There are apps on the phones and tablets to start off as a beginner. Before downloading any sign language apps, read these articles.

Sign Language and Technology

Technology and Deaf Communication

Sign Language Resource

Best Apps to learn Sign Language

Blog Post #12

C4T #3 Jabiz Raisdana

http://www.jabizraisdana.com/blog/leave-with-a-suggestion/#comment-47323

Jabiz Raisdana spoke about how students should need to comprehend in reading doing it everyday with the book they're interested in. Also with writing, students use their critical thinking skills. Helping them use their thinkings more public. She uses these essentials to help them.

READING

1. Some Essentials:
   1. Be positive
   2. Build classroom Libraries
   3. Read everyday! Everyone- teachers and kids
   4. Confer with kids as often as possible
   5. Give choice. Choice. Choice.
      1. Don’t hand! Let them grab. Offer them three possibilities and let them choose books.
   6. Set goals.
2. Build a school culture of reading
3. Reading is the foundation for any writing program.
4. Increasing stamina builds engagement (kids inhaling books), building complexity builds confidence= Independence.
5. We Think in Narratives
6. Persistence + Self-control + Curiosity+ Conscientiousness + Grit= Self-Confidence
7. Try 6 word book summaries or Twitter reviews to get to the heart of thinking.

Leslie Evans PERMALINK

March 27, 2015

Hi,
My name is Leslie Evans. I am currently a Elementary Education major at the University of South Alabama. I love your blog post. I agree on students need to comprehend reading by doing it everyday and choosing a book they’re interested in. I also love the whole writing in front of the students and make our thinkings public to them to help them practice more on their writing skills. Also, letting them use critical thinking skills. I found this blog post very interesting and helpful to me since I am pursuing my degree in Elementary Education. Thank you for sharing this post with us!


http://www.jabizraisdana.com/blog/back-from-the-cutting-edge/#comment-48855
Jabiz Raisdana talks about how it felt great to be able to read and write without the use of technology. She's been on the cutting edge and in need of a break. She stated that it felt so long that she's being using social media that it seems like she forgot all about it.

Leslie Evans PERMALINK

April 12, 2015

I love this blog post. I feel the same exact way with technology today. I actually love to read books and try not to look on social media, but it always tempts me every single time. I also agree with Sarah Glenn. Technology shouldn’t rule our lives and we should be able to use it in the classrooms as well to interact with the students.

Project #14

I did a lesson on Kindergarten math with counting by ones and tens. Also, counting coins for snack time.

Lesson Plan
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Counting Coins Online

Blog Post #11

After watching Back to the Future, I really enjoyed the information that was given. The hot air balloon project was a great way to approach the students with technology and learning the different areas they've come from. While working on the project, the students wrote a story about when they were a balloon. Technology is an active learning for students. Brian Cosby explained the possibilities which are: Collect, Collaborate, Motivate, Empower, Active, and Include. These possibilities can help their learning change each others lives. My favorite quote he said was, "A focus back on the future or consider other possibilities."

In this video, it went into great detail about about the Blended Learning Cycle. It's the power of the question and learning in the classroom. This cycle uses online, mobile, and classroom. There's also the 5 E's in the learning cycle which are: Engage, Expand, Evaluate, Explain, and Explore. Paul Anderson talks about QUIVERS.

Questions (Presented with data and explain it)
Investigation/Inquiry (Timing on projects)
Video (On any content using direct instructions)
Elaboration (A lot of reading and more understanding)
Review (Meeting with the students before moving on to the next part of the project)
Summary Quiz (Quiz on covered material)


In Making Thinking Visible, Ron Ritchhart talks about the importance of thinking. Using creative ways have a great deal with flexibility. He thinks students should have an opportunity to know more about the world's influences and looking from different perspectives. Richard also thinks that its about the culture on how the lesson gets taught to have a good supportive atmosphere.

In Super Digital Citizen, Sam Pane is teaching his 4th grade class on how to be a good digital citizen. The class is evaluating the websites they might be able to use in school. Digital citizens are held responsibly and react safely to things. The class project was to make a digital citizen super hero; this project gives the students more ownership. Sam also discusses about ELA Takeaways.

ELA Takeaways
1. Write narratives to develop imagined experiences or events.
2. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contributes to text.
3. Ask and answer questions.


This video was about Project Based Learning. In the video, three teachers combine History, English, Information and Processing into PBL. PBL engages learners and have a deeper understanding. The use of technology today has been enhanced to be shared in different ways. Technology is also used as a tool that can come to life.

Roosevelt Elementary's PBL Program shows how they use Project Based Learning in the school. These projects can help students gain more knowledge. It also helps them retain more information that's given than the teacher explaining it to them.

Project Based Learning is...
-In Dept Learning
-Integrated thematic instruction
-Based on a real world problem
-Research-based
-Project & Presentation