Last Reflection

Overall this project turned out good in the end! Even though at first I was lost I finally figured out what my job is. Our group did the project on ants and did an awesome job on their blog and voicethread. They kept it short and sweet. It sounded like that had fun using this tool which is good. I like how they posted pictures and a video from youtube. I hope the teacher liked how they incorpated technology into their project. Hopefully my advice and input helped in some way. And I hope I did a good job on part. I hope prisicilla and karlo got a good experience out of this project because I know I did.

ECED Service Project

I've gotten hold of one of the girls from my group last week and she gave me the students blog email. I saw the students blog. Well I've seen my groups student blog and they have done a fantastic job so fair. Our project is on ants and they have done a fantastic job with finding all the important imformation. I like how they put videos about ants. Im looking foward on seeing how the voicethread will turn out.

ECED Project

Ok so I am very confused. I wasnt able to attend class tonight for personal reasons. So I just found out we have to sign up for a new student. This past weekend I kept checking my email to see if my student emailed me but he neve.r did. But I guess it doesnt matter since im going to have new student. Im still not sure how im going to do the face to face since I work all day and go to school at night. But I guess it will work out somehow. Till then ill prepare myself how I will help my student for their blog and voicethread.

Our Amazing Sun

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Our Amazing Sun

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Digital Storytelling Movie

It took me a while to figure out how to embed my video into my blog. Making the video was fun but putting into my blog was a challange. Here is my movie.

Spreadsheet

Well I finally figured out how to do the spreadsheet and its pretty neat. I can use it in my future classroom. My unit plan was with the sun. So I can ask the students 3 questions. Find out the diameter of the sun?The temperature of the sun? And the distance from the sun to the earth? Then could configure the numbers through the spreadsheet. Here is my spreadsheet using the wedding Budget.

7 Elements of Digital Storytelling

The digital storytelling is a great tool for students to use as a project. I think we all benefit from it. Instead of just having your students read from a text book this tool allows them to learn new technology skills. This will keep students engaged in thier assignment. You can conduct a project for your students and break them into groups into 3. Then they will do the project on the unit plan about the sun that we have been discussing in class.

Internet Resources

There is so much information out there that I didnt know much of. I love what I found and want to use it my classroom in the future. It can be helpful to the kids if I were to use this unit plan. There was so much information about the sun that I didnt know and im pretty sure the kids would love if were to do a project on the sun. Here are some of list of websites that I thought were helpful for me About the Sun. I loved seeing the images of the sun there were all awesome to see and beautiful. And the information sites helped me out with a lot I didn't know much about. I think technology is good way to involve kids because it will really interested to do projects and research. I can't wait to inlvove it into my classroom. There is so much internet resources out there and can't wait to search for more.

Envision Blogs in the future

I looked over David Warlick page and I found it all interesting. In general this is what I learned by using blogging can be helpful.

Well im learning using blogs is great way to communicate with the students, parents, and students communicating with each other. Technology is every where and students are no strangers to it. Blogging will promote literacy skills for the students. Several students can work together on a blog centered, or on a single topic or assignments. Also blogs record the process of collaboration, which will allow me to observe, comment, and intervene as needed while allowing students to reflect on the process at the end of the assignment. I can start a blog in my classroom as a discussion of readings or assignments. Students can perform Web searches to keep up with the topic, which stresses the importance of continual, up-to-date research, while also giving them additional practice evaluating Web sources.
So this tool will benefit not only the students but teachers as well. Im going to embrace these technologies. It can help students learn to use them responsibly and can add an exciting new element to their lessons. I can use blogs as bulletin boards, as class suggestion boxes, and to communicate with parents.

inquiry and project-based learning

Essential Question: Why is the sun important?This essential question is very important and applies to all grade levels. This question is very broad. The sun is important and we need it for many things. Practically everything that moves across the surface of the Earth is ultimately powered by the Sun, whether alive or not. Students can look into this deeply and find out many things. The sun can affect things that we need in good ways and bad ways. So I think it’s a very good essential question because students can explore into this question.
UQ1. How do plants grow?
UQ2. How does the sun effect us?
UQ3. Does the sun give the earth engery?
My unit questions allow the students to explore the essential question. The unit questions is applied to science. This has the students finding about information about the sun. And also learning more information about the sun they can see how its applied to their lives and the enviorment.Teks 2nd grade Science(b) Knowledge and skills.A) ask questions about organisms, objects, and events;(E) construct reasonable explanations and draw conclusions using information and prior knowledge; and(F) communicate explanations about investigations