Blog Post #8

This is how we Dream Part 1 & 2

Dr. Miller distinguishes between an incremental change and a fundamental change in technology. There are many ways you can be creative in the web and there are also many subjects and material you can research. You don't have to step foot in a library anymore, you just have to type related words to what you are looking for into Google or any search engine and find anything on that search. Creativity on the web is more than just expressing yourself or finding new things, it's creating new virtual buildings or inventing new ways to interact with the actual web. Finding new ways to create things that are interesting like taking polls from elections and making it motion through the past and present rates on a U.S. map.

There are many other attributes to the World Wide Web such as live feed streaming online about virtually anything! You can create videos, speak to someone across the world instantly and there is even virtual worlds you can connect to and create all different kinds of things. I would create a world that was a learning environment for my students and they would create their avatar, the learning environment like a game or a virtual classroom and then I would create the material they were to learn each day. My students would have to sign in every day for attendance, complete the lessons, and then interact their avatars with other classmates. I would have to learn more about these things, but this would be a start for me. Teaching and technology go hand in hand with each other and once people realize that this is beneficial for everyone and not be so scared about teachers losing their jobs (because they won't), then the whole world would be technologically literate, beginning at a young age.

Writing with multimedia will enhance to the full extent and teachers should know what it is and how to use this to their advantage. That way, students can learn this to its' full capabilities and be comfortable with it. There are so many things connected with writing with multimedia and as long as the teacher knows how to write with multimedia and use it with their students, then this will become an every day occurrence in the classroom.

Carly Pugh's Blog Post #12

Carly is right, your philosophy needs addressing and for the world to know your philosophies. In my opinion, this is a good way for future employers to know what kind of person you are and how you will withhold your responsibilities in the classroom. Her assignment is very unique and seemingly, very productive. She created an assignment that would benefit students not only in this class, but also in the future when employers look at what kind of person they are. It's also an assignment that gets students more comfortable with Youtube and how to organize videos that benefited them. She created a really good assignment!

The Chipper Series

EDM for DUMMIES

Well, its is hard to come up with something after the chipper series! I thought it was hilarious and the underlying message is to not do what chipper did because you could end up really messing up and it is not the right attitude to have. A video idea from me is one where I create a classroom where there is no technology allowed with an old-fashioned teacher that would not accept the technology world. It would be a high school environment and students would get in serious trouble for just having a cell phone. I would then have another classroom where there is a laptop in front of every student and they would have an online avatar with virtual worlds of learning and etc. I would go back and fourth between the classroom and the point of this video would be to show the importance of technology in the classroom.

The primary message from these two videos is to not procrastinate, turn work in late, settle for less than your potential and to always show up on time to a job. Also, you do your own work and learn it only by doing it yourself because if not, it's "burp-back education".

Learn to Change, Change to Learn

wow, this was a very compelling video about change in the classroom. These people really know what it means to have technology in the classroom and what to do with it. Their arguments made a very clear understanding of the role of teachers in a technology world, what students to already with social media and how ti can be incorporated into the classroom and how students will benefit from this not only int eh classroom, for college, but also for the future because the future is all about technology. Technology, or the internet, creates opportunities for students to expand their creativity and give them a place they want to attend instead of a place they would rather cut a finger off than going to. School needs to be more fun oriented and should make students want to come and want to learn about space, Albert Einstein, mathematics and much, much more. There is so many things students can research and teachers are there to help them know how to accredit it and expand beyond their minds and into the virtual world of technology.

Scavenger Hunt

Number 3. Create Your Comic!

Here is also a link to the comic. My Comic

Number 4. I have never used this!

SMART Board Revolution

This is a social media network about SMART Boards! People talk about things from the SMART Board to technology teaching! It has pictures and blog posts of students conquering theories of science and such through using the SMART Board and having meeting on there as well!

Number 5. Create Your Own Poll!

Create your own sms poll at Poll Everywhere