This lesson is designed as a “welcome back” or “school spirit” opener to a new school year. I have created a map using Google Maps that shows you how far students walk from school. They can go on a see where they live and how far it takes them to walk to school. In the lesson, students would receive a link to this map and edit/enhance it to include their house, familiar landmarks, and other places they would relate to “Navarre Country.” We would then have discussions about what common places are found in the district, how students can expand beyond the boundaries of Navarre View, and overall design of the buildings locations.
The overall goal of this lesson would be to get students thinking about what makes a school district and a community. Is it merely location? What other attitudes constitute as having Navarre Pride? Do you have to live in “Navarre Country” to feel school pride? We would also take polls as to how many students live directly on the bordered outline of Navarre Territory. And how many of those students walk to school, receive rides from parents, or ride the bus.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Podcasting
I think that the Internet and Web will have a major impact on educational programs at grades K-12. The Internet offers so many educational things that I just can’t see it not having a major effect on education, especially at the high school level. The Internet is such a valuable tool to students who are working on research papers/projects. It seems like more and more, we are relying on the Internet over going to the library and finding books to do research. With so many journal articles, newspaper, and various other web sites available online, doing online research is so much easier than going to the library. However, I think that students should still be exposed to that and taught how to use library books as a reference. In chapter 3, Reiser and Dempsey talked about how media has had very little impact on instruction in the past. I think this is partly due to the fact that many of those forms of media did not offer as much as the Internet and Web offer. The other forms of media have not been as practical to use in the classroom. The Internet and Web offer so many uses in the classroom that I think this is one form of media that will create a major impact within the school system HPI, Human, Performance Improvement, can definitely be applied to the classroom and to my professional work. The basic idea of HPI is that a company or organization will work to become successful in a way that impacts everyone and is cost effective. This is exactly what schools are doing. Teachers are required to be involved in professional development trainings throughout the year to better themselves in the classroom, and are also required to take classes towards a master’s program. All of these things work to improve our teaching skills, help us to be more organized, and have a better understanding of how our students learn. The trainings, professional developments, and classes all work to benefit the teachers, administrators, and the students. Students can also be encouraged to improve in their performance at school. Teachers should be creating incentive for students to learn and giving feedback to students so that they can continue to grow and learn. We can create an environment that will foster continuous growth and improvement if teachers work to improve and continue to learn, and if we encourage our students to do the same.
Podcasting may provide a way to allow other practitioners to visually see applications of modalities and other treatments. It is simple to read about it in a book or to have someone to explain it to you, but to actual see the technique can dramatically improve the reapplication. This can provide a way to keep your colleagues updated if you attend a conference because they are expensive and not everyone can attend personally. To have students keep in touch with home school if they are field-working far away. I chose to view a podcast on a woman who presents up to date information of hot educational topics. As a parent I like to stay informed on new improvements, technologies, and Acts that states are trying to employ in the school setting.
Podcasting may provide a way to allow other practitioners to visually see applications of modalities and other treatments. It is simple to read about it in a book or to have someone to explain it to you, but to actual see the technique can dramatically improve the reapplication. This can provide a way to keep your colleagues updated if you attend a conference because they are expensive and not everyone can attend personally. To have students keep in touch with home school if they are field-working far away. I chose to view a podcast on a woman who presents up to date information of hot educational topics. As a parent I like to stay informed on new improvements, technologies, and Acts that states are trying to employ in the school setting.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Application
The internet and World Wide Web have already had a substantial impact in the educational setting today. As new methods and techniques for technology become available it will become an integral part of the learning process. Currently there are ways for teachers, students, parents, and colleagues to interact through blogs and other forms of media. As we have learned in this class you can create news feeds to aid and support each other in information attainment. In the higher education you can use it to teach entire courses, in presentations, finding information and ways of enhancing your teaching methods in the classroom. Individuals can use podcast to interact with loved ones that are far away or to host meetings.
My daughter will be going to a Kalamazoo Public School, and the concept of HPI seems to be one that the Kalamazoo Public School system is employing with the Kalamazoo Promise. How they have promised to provide a sound educational beginning pay to enhance your learning and become a valuable professional to give back to the communities in our state. It’s interesting because I was a psych minor in undergraduate and this was similar to a concept that we learned about the many psychologist utilize in an organizational setting.
Podcasting may provide a way to allow other practitioners to visually see applications of modalities and other treatments. It is simple to read about it in a book or to have someone to explain it to you, but to actual see the technique can dramatically improve the reapplication. This can provide a way to keep your colleagues updated if you attend a conference because they are expensive and not everyone can attend personally. To have students keep in touch with home school if they are field-working far away. I chose to view a podcast on a woman who presents up to date information of hot educational topics. As a parent I like to stay informed on new improvements, technologies, and Acts that states are trying to employ in the school setting.
My daughter will be going to a Kalamazoo Public School, and the concept of HPI seems to be one that the Kalamazoo Public School system is employing with the Kalamazoo Promise. How they have promised to provide a sound educational beginning pay to enhance your learning and become a valuable professional to give back to the communities in our state. It’s interesting because I was a psych minor in undergraduate and this was similar to a concept that we learned about the many psychologist utilize in an organizational setting.
Podcasting may provide a way to allow other practitioners to visually see applications of modalities and other treatments. It is simple to read about it in a book or to have someone to explain it to you, but to actual see the technique can dramatically improve the reapplication. This can provide a way to keep your colleagues updated if you attend a conference because they are expensive and not everyone can attend personally. To have students keep in touch with home school if they are field-working far away. I chose to view a podcast on a woman who presents up to date information of hot educational topics. As a parent I like to stay informed on new improvements, technologies, and Acts that states are trying to employ in the school setting.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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